CN110626534A

CN110626534A - Automatic packaging system of split type cutlery box

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Publication number: CN110626534A
Application number: CN201910899263.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 罗湘桂; 刘明; 刘二震; 段芳梅; 杨宇; 莫振侃; 倪一函; 杨威; 郑小桓; 田龙强; 张琴; 丘建军
Original assignee: Chun He (shenzhen) Automation Technology Co Ltd; Shenzhen Fan Li De Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Chun He (shenzhen) Automation Technology Co Ltd; Shenzhen Fan Li De Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-09-04
Filing date: 2019-09-23
Publication date: 2019-12-31
Anticipated expiration: 2039-09-23
Also published as: CN110626534B

Abstract

The invention provides an automatic packing system of split meal boxes, which comprises: the turntable device comprises a turntable body and a turntable drive for driving the turntable body, wherein a plurality of positioning structures are arranged on the turntable body at intervals, and a single lower box or a lower box buckled with an upper box is positioned in each positioning structure; the pressing device comprises a pressing die and a first linear driving mechanism, the pressing die is located above the turntable body and comprises a die cavity and a pressing edge formed on the edge of an opening of the die cavity, and a rotor end of the first linear driving mechanism is connected with the die cavity to drive the pressing die to vertically move downwards, so that the pressing edge deforms the connection edge between the buckled upper box and the buckled lower box to seal the upper box and the lower box in a pressing mode towards the inner side. Can realize the automatic lock of split type cutlery box and seal the box automatically, it is efficient, the quality is guaranteed more easily. The box has the advantages that the transfer of the upper box and the lower box between different stations is further realized through ingenious structural combination, the structure is reliable, and deformation of the lunch box in the transfer process can be avoided.

Description

Automatic packaging system of split type cutlery box

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of food packaging and assembling, in particular to an automatic packaging system of a split type lunch box.

Background

In order to meet the requirement that users in offices, shopping malls and other occasions can eat clean and fresh dishes quickly, I constantly develops a new generation of automatic cooking device from several years ago, and realizes the characteristics of miniaturization, quickness, no need of washing a pot, cleanness, sanitation and the like. Specifically, the food that will not cure is packed in disposable pan in advance, and the user only need take out disposable pan from the freezer and place and heat in automatic cooking device when having a meal.

However, there still exists a need for improvement in the prior art, such as the need to place the lower box and the upper box containing food in a specific mold on a workbench for snap-fit packaging during the production process. Because the cutlery box is mostly the aluminium foil box equal thickness thinner material and makes, easy deformation, the automatic transmission line who uses in the mill among the prior art can't be applicable to the automatic feeding of aluminium foil class cutlery box, especially can't be applicable to the automatic transmission workstation of the lower box that has held food. Although the robot among the prior art is high in flexibility ratio, the top of the lower cutlery box that holds food is mostly the opening, and its solid part is the turn-ups that warp relatively easily, and conventional manipulator is difficult to the centre gripping, if for the complicated manipulator of robot configuration, can control complicacy, with high costs, the operation is unstable. More troublesome is that the robot has a slow feeding speed and cannot meet the requirement of continuous high-speed feeding. Therefore among the prior art cutlery box material loading packing platform's process be artifical material loading, and half manual work seals the box, and is inefficient, and still exists because the cutlery box size is thin easy deformation in the material loading process leads to unable box of sealing.

Disclosure of Invention

To overcome the disadvantages of the prior art, the present invention provides an automatic packing system of split-type lunch boxes, which can solve at least one of the aforementioned technical problems.

Specifically, the technical scheme is as follows:

an automatic packing system of split cutlery boxes comprising:

the rotary table device comprises a rotary table body and a rotary table drive for driving the rotary table body, wherein a plurality of positioning structures are arranged on the rotary table body at intervals, and a single lower box or a lower box buckled with an upper box is positioned in each positioning structure;

pressing device, pressing device includes moulding-die and first linear drive mechanism, the moulding-die is located the top of carousel body, the moulding-die includes the die cavity and forms the pressure edge at the opening edge of die cavity, the die cavity is used for holding the box, the pressure edge for the die cavity leans out, first linear drive mechanism's active cell end is connected the die cavity is in order to drive the vertical downstream of moulding-die makes the pressure edge will have buckled last box and the inboard pressfitting deformation of connection edge between the box down in order to seal box and lower box.

In a specific embodiment, the material frame is configured to stack a plurality of upper boxes, the upper box grabbing and releasing moving mechanism comprises a first chuck component and an upper box moving platform, the first chuck component is mounted on the upper box moving platform, the first chuck component is configured to adsorb the back of the bottom of the upper box, and the upper box moving platform is configured to drive the upper box to move above the upper box and the lower box of the turntable body and then release the upper box, so that the upper box and the lower box are buckled.

In a specific embodiment, the material frame device further comprises a plurality of material frame bases, a plurality of material frame translation mechanisms and a material frame jacking mechanism, wherein the material frame translation mechanisms are arranged on the material frame bases and are configured to contact the material frames and drive the material frames to translate; the material frame jacking mechanism is configured to jack the material frame after the material frame moves to the position matched with the material frame jacking mechanism, so that the material frame is separated from the contact with the material frame translation mechanism, and other material frames can continue to translate; the upper box moving platform is also configured to drive the first sucking disc component to move to the top of the lifted material frame so as to grab the upper box from the lifted material frame.

In a specific embodiment, the upper box moving platform comprises a lifting platform and a transverse moving platform, the lifting platform is mounted on the transverse moving platform, and the first sucker assembly is mounted on a rotor end of the lifting platform;

preferably, the lifting platform comprises a first-stage lifting platform, a connecting arm and a second-stage lifting platform, a stator end of the first-stage lifting platform is mounted on a rotor end of the transverse moving platform, one end of the connecting arm is fixedly connected with a rotor end of the first-stage lifting platform, the other end of the connecting arm is fixedly connected with a stator end of the second-stage lifting platform, and the substrate is fixedly connected with a rotor end of the first-stage lifting platform;

further preferably, the first sucker component comprises a sucker fixing plate and a plurality of suckers, the sucker fixing plate is installed on the rotor end of the second-stage lifting platform, and the suckers are distributed on the sucker fixing plate.

In a specific embodiment, the automatic box feeding device further comprises a lower box feeding mechanism, wherein the lower box feeding mechanism comprises a conveying line, a jacking translation mechanism and a lifting switching mechanism, and the conveying line is configured to place a plurality of lower boxes and convey the lower boxes forwards; the jacking translation mechanism comprises a translation platform, a jacking platform and a bracket assembly, the jacking platform is installed on the translation platform, the bracket assembly is installed on the jacking platform, when the jacking platform is configured to jack upwards, the bracket assembly jacks up a lower box from the conveying line, and the translation platform is configured to drive the lower box to translate forwards, so that the lower box can move away from the conveying line and translate to the position above the positioning structure; the lift adapter mechanism is configured to receive a lower cassette from the carriage assembly when raised and to move the lower cassette into the positioning structure when lowered.

In a specific embodiment, the bracket assembly comprises a first bracket and a second bracket, the bottoms of the first bracket and the second bracket are respectively and fixedly connected with the jacking platform, a gap between the top of the first bracket and the top of the second bracket is used for the conveying line to drive the lower box to convey forwards, and when the jacking platform is lifted, the top of the first bracket abuts against a first side wall of the lower box, and the top of the second bracket abuts against a second side wall of the lunch box.

In a specific embodiment, the turntable body is provided with at least one through hole, the positioning structure comprises an annular frame, the annular frame is installed in the through hole, and the annular frame is matched with the lower box in shape to support the outer wall of the lower box.

In a specific embodiment, the lifting switching mechanism comprises a lifting mechanism and a first supporting plate, the lifting mechanism is located below the turntable body, the first supporting plate is mounted on the lifting mechanism, the position of the first supporting plate is matched with the through hole, and when the first supporting plate is aligned with the through hole, the first supporting plate penetrates upwards through the through hole under the driving of the lifting mechanism to receive a lower box on the first supporting plate assembly.

In a specific embodiment, the lower box bearing device further comprises a second supporting plate and a second linear driving mechanism, the second supporting plate is located below the turntable body and used for dragging the bottom of the lower box, the second linear driving mechanism is vertically arranged, the second supporting plate is connected with a rotor end of the second linear driving mechanism, and the second supporting plate is aligned with the pressing die in the vertical direction.

In a specific embodiment, the automatic blanking device further comprises an automatic blanking mechanism, the automatic blanking mechanism comprises a second sucker assembly and a blanking manipulator, the second sucker assembly is mounted on the blanking manipulator, the second sucker assembly is configured to absorb the back of the box bottom of the upper box, and the blanking manipulator is configured to drive the upper box and the lower box which are sealed to move out of the positioning structure.

The invention has at least the following beneficial effects:

according to the invention, a plurality of combined bodies of the buckled upper box and the buckled lower box can be sequentially moved to the position aligned with the pressing device by utilizing the turntable device, and the first linear driving mechanism in the pressing device is started to drive the pressing die to vertically move downwards so that the pressing edge presses and deforms the connecting edge between the buckled upper box and the buckled lower box inwards to close the upper box and the lower box. Therefore, the automatic box sealing operation of the split type lunch box can be realized. The efficiency is higher, seals the box quality and guarantees more easily.

Furthermore, the automatic feeding of the lower box is realized by ingenious structural combination. Specifically, the lower box containing food is conveyed to the position of the bracket component by the conveying line, the jacking platform jacks up the lunch box through the bracket component with a simpler structure, then the lunch box is conveyed forwards to the upper part of the workbench by the translation platform, and then the lunch box is received from the vertical direction by the lifting switching mechanism and is moved to the positioning structure. The whole structure can realize automatic operation, the transfer of the lower box containing food is realized by ingenious structural combination, a robot structure with complex design is not needed, and the system reliability is higher. The action that needs to carry out is jacking and translation, and the control degree of difficulty of equipment is lower, the execution speed is faster, is convenient for improve the transport speed of lower box, improves production efficiency. Moreover, the box body deformation condition caused by clamping the lower box by the manipulator in the prior art can be avoided through the structure.

And, the automatic feeding of the upper box is realized by ingenious structural combination. Specifically, go up box moving platform and can drive first sucking disc subassembly automatically and remove to the top of the material frame of stacking the box, but the height that descends automatically makes first sucking disc subassembly suck the back of box in order to realize snatching of last box, and the height that box moving platform can promote the box automatically after snatching the box, and the box moving platform drives the top that the box removed the lower box on the carousel body on continuing to start, then releases the box and makes the box lock close the top at the lower box. The deformation which may be produced in the process of transferring and feeding the aluminum foil box bodies can be prevented or reduced, a complex robot structure does not need to be designed, and the system reliability is higher. Moreover, the upper box is grabbed by the sucker to realize position transfer, and the soft characteristic of the sucker and the air pressure difference adsorption positioning can better avoid deformation of the upper box in the process of moving to be buckled with the lower box.

In order to make the aforementioned and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention comprehensible, preferred embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments will be briefly described below, it should be understood that the following drawings only illustrate some embodiments of the present invention, and therefore should not be considered as limiting the scope, and it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that other related drawings can be obtained from the drawings without inventive effort.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an automatic packing system for split-type lunch boxes according to embodiment 1;

FIG. 2 is a first angle perspective view of the combination of the upper box gripping and releasing moving mechanism, the material frame translation mechanism and the material frame jacking mechanism in embodiment 1;

FIG. 3 is a second perspective view of the combination of the upper box gripping and releasing moving mechanism, the material frame translation mechanism and the material frame jacking mechanism in embodiment 1;

FIG. 4 is a third perspective view of the combination of the upper box gripping and releasing moving mechanism, the material frame translation mechanism and the material frame jacking mechanism in embodiment 1;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged partial view of the area A in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a linear module in example 1;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a stopper positioning mechanism in embodiment 1

FIG. 8 is a first perspective view of a combination of a lower case loading mechanism and a turntable device in accordance with embodiment 1;

FIG. 9 is a second perspective view of the combination of the lower box loading mechanism and the turntable device in embodiment 1;

FIG. 10 is a third perspective view of the combination of the lower case loading mechanism and the turntable device in embodiment 1;

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of the conveyor line, the jacking translation mechanism and the lifting adapter mechanism combination in the embodiment;

FIG. 12 is a first perspective view of the conveyor line and jacking translation mechanism assembly in the embodiment;

FIG. 13 is a second perspective view of the conveyor line and jacking translation mechanism assembly in the embodiment;

FIG. 14 is a partial schematic view of an automatic packing system for split-type lunch boxes in example 1

FIG. 15 is a perspective view of the upper cartridge pick-and-place moving mechanism and the prefolding mechanism in embodiment 1;

fig. 16 is a perspective view of the first stage elevating platform, the second stage elevating platform and the pre-folding device in embodiment 1;

FIG. 17 is a first perspective view of the prefolding apparatus in accordance with embodiment 1;

FIG. 18 is a perspective view of a second perspective view of the prefolding apparatus in accordance with embodiment 1;

FIG. 19 is a perspective view of a substrate in example 1;

FIG. 20 is a perspective view of the tray device and the caulking device in accordance with embodiment 1;

FIG. 21 is a sectional view of the pressing means and the lower cartridge accommodating means in embodiment 1;

FIG. 22 is a perspective view of the first stage elevating platform, the second stage elevating platform and the pre-folding device in embodiment 2;

fig. 23 is a sectional view of the pre-molded and divided lunch box of embodiment 2.

Description of the main element symbols:

1-a turntable body; 2, a box loading, grabbing and placing moving mechanism; 201-transversely moving the platform; 202-a first level lift platform; 203-a linker arm; 204-a second-stage lifting platform; 205-a suction cup fixing plate; 206-a sucker; 207-a substrate; 208-roller frame; 209-roller body; 210-a positioning block; 211-relief holes; 212-a top plate; 213-long hole; 214-an axle; 215-mounting grooves; 216-a sensor; 217-screw hole; 5-a workbench; 6, putting the box; 7-placing the box; 8-a base frame; 9. 80-driving the turntable; 10-pressing mould; 11-a second pallet; 12-second linear drive; 13-first linear drive; 14-a connecting flange; 15-pressing edge; 16-an annular frame; 17-prepressing the die; 601-a linear module; 602-jacking a supporting plate; 701-synchronous belt; 702-a guide wheel; 703-a driven wheel; 704-a backing plate; 705-driving the motor; 080-blocking positioning mechanism; 801-cylinder jacket; 802-a piston rod; 803-a connecting seat; 804-a rotating shaft; 805-a turning block; 806-a roller; 090-a caster; 010-a support seat; 011-cylinders; 012-lifting plate; 013-top column; 030-a base; 040-material frame; 041-openings; 20-a conveyor belt; 40-a translation stage; 50-a first bracket; 510-a first vertical shelf; 520-a first cross frame; 70-a lifting transfer mechanism; 710-a lifting mechanism; 720-a first pallet; 100-a scaffold; 110-jacking platform; 120-a drive assembly; 130-a second bracket; 131-a second vertical frame; 132-a second cross-frame; 140-a through hole; 150-transmission structure.

Detailed Description

Various embodiments of the present invention will be described more fully hereinafter. The invention is capable of various embodiments and of modifications and variations therein. However, it should be understood that: there is no intention to limit various embodiments of the invention to the specific embodiments disclosed herein, but on the contrary, the intention is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and/or alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of various embodiments of the invention.

It should be noted that the term "edge" in the structures "connecting edge", "press edge" and the like in the present invention should be understood in the general meaning of "component edge" in the mechanical field, i.e. the connecting edge is an edge for connection, and the press edge is an edge of a press die for contacting and pressing the connecting edge of the lower case into shape.

It should be noted that, when the outer side and the inner side are understood by those skilled in the art, the packing state or the user using state should be understood, that is, the outer side of each structure of the lunch box facing the user or operator is the outer side, and the side of the structure opposite to the outer side is the inner side.

It should be noted that, in the present invention, the stator end and the mover end of the elevating platform, the horizontal moving platform, the linear driving mechanism, and other structures are all defined, and the fixed portion is the stator end, for example, the housing of the motor, the cylinder of the cylinder, and the like, and is called the stator end because it is fixed. The part of the output power is the rotor end, such as the piston rod of the cylinder, the rotating shaft of the motor, the output shaft of the linear motor, and the like, and is called as the rotor end because the part is movable.

Example 1

This embodiment provides an automatic packaging system of split type cutlery box for realize the automatic lock of split type cutlery box and seal the box automatically.

The split-type lunch box comprises an upper box 6 and a lower box 7, wherein the upper box 6 and the lower box 7 are both configured to have heat conduction characteristics, and the open end of the upper box 6 is matched with the open end of the lower box 7, so that the open ends of the upper box 6 and the lower box 7 can be buckled together to form a closed pot body. Specifically, the side walls at the open end of the upper box 6 and the lower box 7 are respectively provided with a connecting edge 14, for example, the connecting edge 14 is an outward turned flange which forms a certain angle with the side walls, the flange and the side walls are in an integrated structure, and the flange is a planar flange or a multi-section flange which is sequentially and oppositely bent. For example, the connecting edge 14 of the upper box 6 is a flat-type flange, the connecting edge 14 of the lower box 7 is two flanges connected into a whole, the first flange is turned outwards relative to the side wall of the lower box 7, and the first flange is also a flat-type flange, when the upper box 6 is buckled with the lower box 7, the first flange is attached to the connecting edge 14 of the upper box 6, the second flange of the connecting edge 14 of the lower box 7 is vertically bent relative to the first flange, and the connecting edge 14 of the upper box 6 is positioned on the inner side of the second flange. When the box is sealed, the second section of flanging is deformed inwards to press the connecting edge 14 of the upper box 6, so that the connecting edge 14 of the upper box 6 is tightly wrapped between the first section of flanging and the second section of flanging, and the box sealing between the upper box 6 and the lower box 7 is realized.

It should be noted that the specific structure of the connecting edge 14 between the upper box 6 and the lower box 7 of the split-type meal box is only a preferred embodiment for those skilled in the art to implement the present invention. On the premise that the connection edge 14 of the lower box 7 deforms from outside to inside to complete the box sealing, the connection edges 14 of the lower box 7 and the upper box 6 may be in other forms, for example, the connection edge 14 of the upper box 6 may also have multiple sections of flanges bent in sequence, which is not described in detail in this embodiment.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, the specific structure of the automatic packing system for split-type lunch boxes includes a turntable device, an upper box grabbing and placing moving mechanism 2, a pre-folding device, a pressing device, a lower box receiving device, a material frame, an upper box grabbing and placing moving mechanism, a material frame base, a material frame translation mechanism, a material frame jacking mechanism, and a lower box feeding mechanism.

In this embodiment, the carousel device includes the carousel body and is used for driving the carousel drive of carousel body, and the interval is provided with a plurality of location structures on the carousel body, and the location has a single lower box or the location has the lower box that the lock has gone up the box among the location structure. Wherein, the turntable body 1 is rotatably arranged on the workbench 5. Preferably, the lower part of the table top of the working table 5 is of a cabinet type structure, and a built-in space for installing electric equipment or other parts of the automatic lunch box conveying system can be formed. The turntable driver 9 includes a motor and an indexing mechanism, the motor provides initial power for driving the turntable body 1 to rotate, the indexing mechanism enables the turntable body 1 to accurately rotate a preset angle at each time, for example, 45 degrees or 30 degrees, the indexing mechanism may be a protractor, and the like, and details are not repeated in this embodiment.

In this embodiment, the positioning of the at least one lower cassette 7 on the turntable body 1 is realized by a positioning structure. For example, the turntable body 1 is provided with at least one through hole, the positioning structure on the turntable body 1 comprises an annular frame 16, the annular frame 16 is installed in the through hole, and the annular frame 16 is matched with the lower box 7 in shape to support the outer wall of the lower box 7. For example, for the lower case 7 having a bottom cross-sectional area smaller than that of the top opening, i.e., when the lower case 7 is of a reduced-diameter structure, the annular frame 16 is of a reduced-diameter structure, the cross-sectional area of the portion of the inner wall of the annular frame 16 engaged with the lower side of the lower case 7 is smaller than that of the portion engaged with the upper side of the lower case 7, and the annular frame 16 holds the side wall or the connecting edge 14 of the lower case 7. Thereby, positioning of the at least one lower cassette 7 on the turntable body 1 is achieved.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 20 to 21, the pressing device includes a pressing die 10 and a first linear driving 13 mechanism. The pressing die 10 is located above the turntable body 1, the pressing die 10 comprises a die cavity and a pressing edge 15 formed on the edge of an opening of the die cavity, the die cavity is used for accommodating the upper box 6, the pressing edge 15 inclines outwards relative to the die cavity, the rotor end of the first linear driving 13 mechanism is connected with the die cavity to drive the pressing die 10 to move vertically downwards, and the pressing edge 15 enables the connecting edge 14 between the buckled upper box 6 and the lower box 7 to be pressed and deformed inwards to close the upper box 6 and the lower box 7. Preferably, the first linear driving mechanism 13 is a cylinder or a hydraulic cylinder, the stator end of the first linear driving mechanism is mounted on the workbench 5 through the base frame 8, the rotor end is a piston rod and a connecting piece mounted on the piston rod, and the back surface of the pressing die 10 is fixedly connected with the connecting piece on the piston rod.

As shown in fig. 8-13, the present embodiment provides a preferred conveyor line, which includes a frame 100, a conveyor belt 20 and a driving assembly 120, wherein the conveyor belt 20 is configured to place a plurality of lower cassettes 7, the conveyor belt 20 is mounted on the frame 100, and the driving assembly 120 is configured to drive the conveyor belt 20 to move. Where the rack 100 includes a pipelined rack 100, the rack 100 may be disposed on the ground or on a work bench, and embodiments disposed on the work bench are shown in fig. 1 and 8. A plurality of roller shafts are arranged at the front end, the rear end and between the two ends of the bracket 100, and the conveyer belt 20 is sleeved on the roller shafts. The driving assembly 120 is preferably a motor, and the roller shaft is connected to the motor through a transmission structure 150 such as a belt, a chain or a gear, so that when the motor is started, the conveying belt 20 is driven to rotate circularly, and then the lower box 7 on the conveying belt 20 moves from the rear end to the front end.

In the present embodiment, the front end of the conveyor belt 20 refers to the end close to the table, and the rear end of the conveyor belt 20 refers to the end far from the table.

Wherein, the translation platform 40 and the jacking platform 110 in the jacking translation mechanism form a horizontal and vertical two-stage moving platform. The translation platform 40 is one of an air cylinder, a linear motor, a hydraulic cylinder or an electric cylinder, preferably an air cylinder, the translation platform 40 is located at the bottom and is mounted on the workbench, and the movable part (e.g., a piston rod) of the translation platform 40 has a mounting plate or a mounting seat. The jacking platform 110 is one of an air cylinder, a linear motor, a hydraulic cylinder or an electric cylinder, preferably an air cylinder, the jacking platform 110 is located and installed on the translation platform 40, specifically, a fixed part (e.g. a cylinder body) of the jacking platform 110 is installed on a movable part of the translation platform 40, and the movable part (e.g. a piston rod) of the jacking platform 110 has a mounting plate or a mounting seat for mounting a bracket assembly.

Fig. 8 and 9 show a preferred bracket assembly, specifically, the bracket assembly includes a first bracket 50 and a second bracket 130, the bottoms of the first bracket 50 and the second bracket 130 are respectively fixedly connected with a jacking platform 110, a gap between the top of the first bracket 50 and the top of the second bracket 130 is used for a conveying line to drive the lower box 7 to convey forwards, and when the jacking platform 110 is lifted, the top of the first bracket 50 abuts against a first side wall of the lower box 7, and the top of the second bracket 130 abuts against a second side wall of the lower box 7.

Further, the first bracket 50 includes a first vertical frame 510 and a first horizontal frame 520, the bottom of the first vertical frame 510 is fixedly connected to the jacking platform 110, the top of the first vertical frame 510 is connected to the first horizontal frame 520, and the first horizontal frame 520 extends in a direction towards the workbench relative to the first vertical frame 510. The fixed connection between the bottom of the first vertical frame 510 and the jacking platform 110 may be integrally formed, or may be detachably fixed connected by bolts or the like.

Further, the second bracket 130 includes a second vertical frame 131 and a second horizontal frame 132, the bottom of the second vertical frame 131 is fixedly connected to the fixed jacking platform 110, the top of the second vertical frame 131 is connected with the second horizontal frame 132 as a whole, and the second horizontal frame 132 extends in the direction towards the workbench relative to the second vertical frame 131. The bottom of the second vertical frame 131 and the jacking platform 110 may be fixedly connected together or detachably fixed by bolts.

In this embodiment, the first and second sidewalls of the lower case 7 have steps, respectively, and the top of the first bracket 50 abuts against the steps of the first sidewall and the top of the second bracket 130 abuts against the steps of the second sidewall.

It should be noted that it is only one preferred structure of the lower case 7 that the first side wall and the second side wall of the lower case 7 have steps, respectively. In practical implementation, the lower case 7 may also preferably have a side wall with inwardly recessed positioning slots, in which the tops of the first and second brackets 50, 130 abut.

In addition, the abutting and positioning structure between the lower box 7 and the first bracket 50 and the second bracket 130 may be other preferable modes, and details are not described in this embodiment.

In this embodiment, the turntable body 1 is provided with at least one through hole 140, the positioning structure on the turntable body 1 includes an annular frame, the annular frame is installed in the through hole 140, and the annular frame is shaped to match with the lower case 7 so as to support the outer wall of the lower case 7. For example, for the lower case 7 having a cross-sectional area of the bottom smaller than that of the top opening, the cross-sectional area of the inner wall of the annular frame at the lower side of the lower case 7 is smaller than that at the upper side of the lower case 7.

In this embodiment, the lifting/lowering switching mechanism 70 includes a lifting/lowering mechanism 710 and a supporting plate 720, the lifting/lowering mechanism 710 is installed on the worktable 5 and located below the turntable body 1, and the supporting plate 720 is installed on the lifting/lowering mechanism 710. The lifting mechanism 710 is one of an air cylinder, a linear motor, a hydraulic cylinder, or an electric cylinder, preferably an air cylinder, and a movable portion (e.g., a piston rod) of the lifting mechanism 710 has a mounting plate or a mounting seat for mounting the supporting plate 720.

The position of the plate 720 is matched with the through hole 140 so that when the plate 720 is aligned with the through hole 140, the plate 720 passes through the through hole 140 upward to receive the lower cartridge 7 on the tray assembly by the driving of the elevating mechanism 710. Specifically, the supporting plate 720 is located on the rotation trajectory line of the through hole 140, and the supporting plate 720 corresponds to the preset stroke of the translation platform 40, when the translation platform 40 drives the lower box 7 on the bracket assembly to translate forward to the preset stroke, the lower box 7 on the bracket assembly, the through hole 140 on the turntable body 1, and the supporting plate 720 are aligned, so that the lifting mechanism 710 is started to enable the supporting plate 720 to pass through the through hole 140 upward to drag the lower box 7. When the translation assembly drives the carriage assembly to reset, the lifting mechanism 710 is activated to move the support plate 720 downward, the support plate 720 is reset through the through hole 140, and the lower box 7 is moved downward to the ring frame for positioning.

Thus, the lower box with food can be transported to the position of the bracket assembly by the conveyor line (as shown in fig. 12) during the production process. The jacking platform 110 jacks up the lower box 7 through a bracket assembly with a simple structure, and then the lower box 7 is conveyed forwards to the position above the workbench by the translation platform 40 (as shown in fig. 18 and 13), and then the lower box 7 is received from the vertical direction by the lifting switching mechanism 70 and is moved to the positioning structure. The whole structure can realize automatic operation, the transfer of the lower box containing food is realized by ingenious structural combination, a robot structure with complex design is not needed, and the system reliability is higher. The system is particularly suitable for automatically conveying the lower box 7 of the rotary workbench, actions to be executed are jacking and translation, the control difficulty of the equipment is lower, the execution speed is higher, the conveying speed of the lower box 7 is convenient to improve, and the production efficiency is improved.

The material frames 040 are configured to stack a plurality of upper cassettes 6, the number of the material frames 040 is multiple, and the material frames 040 are arranged on the base 030, and the material frame translation mechanism is configured to contact each material frame 040 and drive the material frame 040 to translate. The carriage lifting mechanism is configured to lift the carriage 040 after the carriage 040 has moved to a position matching the carriage lifting mechanism, so that the carriage 040 is out of contact with the carriage translation mechanism and the other carriage 040 can continue to translate. The pick-and-place moving mechanism 2 is provided on the top of the lifted-up material frame 040, and is configured to pick up and move the upper cartridge 6 from the lifted-up material frame 040 to a preset position and then to place it. For example, the preset position may be a specific station on the table 1 for packaging.

The preferred lunch box in this embodiment is a top-opening 041 and other side-closed lunch boxes made of metal or plastic.

In this embodiment, the number of the material frames 040 is plural. Fig. 1 shows the case where the number of the material frames 040 is 3, and it is preferable that each material frame 040 has at least one lunch box compartment, and when the number of the lunch box compartments in the magazine is plural, the lunch box compartments are separated by a frame in the material frame 040, and the lunch box compartments are arranged in an array along a straight line, which is preferably perpendicular to the translation direction of the material frame 040.

Preferably, the bottom of the base 030 is provided with a plurality of casters 090 and a liftable support 010, the casters 090 enabling the base to move, and the support 010 positioning the base on the ground.

Referring to fig. 3, 4, 5 and 6, the frame translation mechanism includes a driving motor 705 and a conveying assembly, the conveying assembly is mounted on the base 030, the conveying assembly receives the frame 040 from below, two ends of the bottom of the frame 040 are respectively provided with a group of conveying assemblies, and the driving motor 705 is in transmission connection with the conveying assembly, so that the frame 040 moves along with the conveying assembly.

Wherein, the conveying component comprises a conveying belt or a conveying chain, the conveying belt or the conveying chain is connected with a driving motor 705, a base plate 704 is fixed on the base 030, and the conveying belt or the conveying chain is supported on the base plate 704. Preferably, the conveying component is a timing belt 701, and a driving motor 705 drives the timing belt 701 to move through a driving wheel and a driven wheel 703.

Preferably, the base 030 is provided with a plurality of guide wheels 702 distributed along the extending direction of the timing belt 701, and the guide wheels 702 are in rolling contact with the bottom of the material frame 040, so that the material frame 040 is translated more smoothly.

As shown in fig. 4 and 5, the material frame jacking mechanism includes an air cylinder 011, a lifting plate 012 and a plurality of top pillars 013, the air cylinder 011 is connected with the lifting plate 012 to drive the lifting plate 012 to lift, each top pillar 013 is distributed on the lifting plate 012, and the top pillars 013 are used for abutting against the material frame 040 from below and jacking the material frame 040 upwards under the drive of the air cylinder 011. Preferably, the material frame jacking mechanism further comprises a guide post, the guide post is fixed on the base 030, and the top post 013 is sleeved on the guide post.

As shown in fig. 2, 4-6, the automatic upper box loading device further includes an upper box lifting mechanism, and the position of the upper box lifting mechanism matches with the material frame lifting mechanism, and is used for lifting the lifted lunch boxes in the material frame 040 towards the top of the material frame 040.

The upper box jacking mechanism comprises a linear module 601 and a jacking supporting plate 602, and the linear module 601 is vertically arranged. Specifically, the linear module 601 is a linear motor or an electric cylinder. The frame 040 has an opening 041 through which the lift-up pallet 602 is raised and lowered, and the opening 041 extends from the bottom of the frame 040 to the side of the frame 040 on the side facing the linear die set 601, and preferably, the opening 041 penetrates through the bottom of the frame 040, the side of the frame 040 on the side facing the linear die set 601, and the side of the frame 040 on the side facing away from the linear die set 601. The jacking support plate 602 abuts against the lower part of the lunch box, and the jacking support plate 602 is connected with the linear module 601 so as to jack the upper box 6 in the material frame 040 under the driving of the linear module 601.

Preferably, the material frame lifting device further comprises at least one set of blocking and positioning mechanisms 080, the blocking and positioning mechanisms 080 are distributed on the front side and/or the rear side of the translation direction of the material frame 040, and the installation positions of the blocking and positioning mechanisms 080 are matched with the material frame lifting mechanism and used for blocking and positioning the material frame 040 in a position lifted by the material frame lifting mechanism.

Fig. 7 shows a specific blocking positioning mechanism 080, which includes an air cylinder, a connecting seat 803, a rotating shaft 804, a rotating block 805 and a roller 806, wherein the air cylinder is fixed on a base 030, the connecting seat 803 is fixed on a cylinder sleeve 801 of the air cylinder, the rotating shaft 804 is arranged on the connecting seat 803 in a penetrating manner, the rotating block 805 is rotatably sleeved on the rotating shaft 804, the roller 806 is rotatably arranged on the rotating block 805, and a piston rod 802 of the air cylinder is configured to abut against the rotating block 805 and drive the rotating block 805 to rotate around the rotating shaft 804 in a moving process. Thus, the roller 806 abuts against the rim 040 to position the rim 040 when the rotary block 805 is rotated in one direction, and the roller 806 is disengaged from the rim 040 when the rotary block 805 is rotated in the opposite direction.

With further reference to fig. 15, the upper box grabbing and releasing moving mechanism 2 includes a first chuck assembly and an upper box moving platform, the first chuck assembly is mounted on the upper box moving platform, the first chuck assembly is configured to adsorb the back of the bottom of the upper box 6, and the upper box moving platform is configured to drive the upper box 6 to move to the upper side of the lower box 7 on the turntable body 1 to be buckled with the lower box 7.

Preferably, the device further comprises a pre-folding device, the pre-folding device is arranged at a preset position on the upper box moving platform, and the pre-folding device is configured to press the connecting edge 14 of the side wall of the lower box 7 inwards from the outer side of the lower box 7 to realize pre-folding. The pressing device is configured to press and deform the connecting edge 14 between the upper box 6 and the lower box 7 which are buckled on the turntable body 1 to close the upper box 6 and the lower box 7.

In this embodiment, go up box moving platform and include lift platform, first sucking disc subassembly is installed on lift platform's active cell end. Preferably, the upper box moving platform further comprises a transverse moving platform 201, the lifting platform comprises a first-stage lifting platform 202, a connecting arm 203 and a second-stage lifting platform 204, a stator end of the first-stage lifting platform 202 is installed on a rotor end of the transverse moving platform 201, and one end of the connecting arm 203 is fixedly connected with the rotor end of the first-stage lifting platform 202, and the other end of the connecting arm is fixedly connected with a stator end of the second-stage lifting platform 204.

Specifically, the traverse platform 201 may be one of an air cylinder, a linear motor, a hydraulic cylinder, or an electric cylinder, and is preferably formed of a linear motor. The first stage lift platform 202 and the second stage lift platform 204 may be one of an air cylinder, a linear motor, a hydraulic cylinder, or an electric cylinder, and are preferably formed by an air cylinder. Preferably, the moving direction of the mover end of the traverse platform 201 is a linear movement in the horizontal direction, and the first stage lifting platform 202 and the second stage lifting platform 204 are provided.

The first suction cup assembly comprises a suction cup fixing plate 205 and a plurality of suction cups 206, the suction cup fixing plate 205 is installed on the rotor end of the second-stage lifting platform 204, and the suction cups 206 are distributed on the suction cup fixing plate 205. Therefore, when the upper box 6 is reversely stacked in the material frame, the lower box 7 can be grabbed by the first-stage lifting platform 202 and the second-stage lifting platform 204 through the suction cup 206 attached to the back of the upper box 6.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 15-19, the pre-folding device includes a base plate 207 and a plurality of roller modules, the base plate 207 is fixed relative to the stator end of the lifting platform, for example, the base plate 207 is fixedly connected to the rotor end of the first stage lifting platform 202. The base plate 207 is provided with a yielding hole for the first sucking disc component to pass through when going up and down, the plurality of roller modules are distributed annularly on the base plate 207 around the yielding hole at intervals, and when the lifting platform drives the roller modules to descend, the roller modules extrude the connecting edge 14 of the side wall of the lower box 7 inwards from the outer side of the lower box 7 to realize pre-folding.

The embodiment also shows a preferred roller module, which comprises a roller frame 207, an axle 214 and a roller body 209, wherein the roller body 209 is arranged on the axle 214 in a penetrating way, and the axle 214 is arranged on the roller frame 207. Accordingly, a plurality of mounting grooves 215 are formed in the base plate 207, the roller frame 207 is mounted in the corresponding mounting groove 215, and the roller body 209 is configured to press the connecting edge 14 of the side wall of the lower case 7 from the outside of the lower case 7 to the inside to perform pre-folding. Specifically, when the roller body 209 descends along with the first-stage lifting platform 202, the connecting edge 14 of the side wall of the lower box 7 is pressed from the outside, so that the connecting edge 14 is deformed inwards to complete pre-folding.

Preferably, the roller frame 207 is position-adjustably mounted in mounting slots 215, and each mounting slot 215 extends in a direction from the proximal side to the distal side with respect to the abdicating hole, so that the position adjustment direction of the roller frame 207 is toward or away from the upper box 6 in the abdicating hole.

Preferably, the roller module further comprises a top plate 212 and a locking screw, the top plate 212 is fixed on the upper surface of the base plate 207, the top plate 212 has a long hole 213, the length of the long hole 213 is greater than the diameter of the locking screw, the roller frame 207 is arranged in the mounting groove 215 in a penetrating manner, the upper surface of the roller frame 207 has a screw hole 217, and the locking screw penetrates through the long hole 213 and is in threaded fit with the screw hole 217.

Preferably, the lower surface of the base plate 207 is provided with a plurality of positioning blocks 210, and the positioning blocks 210 abut on the upper side of the connecting edge 214 of the lower box 7 when the base plate 207 descends to a preset height along with the lifting platform.

The working principle of the automatic feeding of the upper box in the embodiment is that an operator stacks the lunch boxes in each bin, the material frame translation mechanism is started to drive the material frame 040 to move, and the material frame 040 is jacked by the configuration of the material frame jacking mechanism after the material frame 040 moves to the position matched with the material frame jacking mechanism, so that the material frame 040 is separated from the contact with the material frame translation mechanism, and other material frames 040 can continue to translate. The upper cassette gripping and releasing movement mechanism 2 grips and moves the upper cassette 6 from the raised material frame 040 to a predetermined position and then releases it. After all the meal boxes in the material frame 040 are taken away, the material frame jacking mechanism can be controlled to drop the empty material frame 040 back to the material frame translation mechanism, the material frame translation mechanism drives the material frame 040 to move so that the empty material frame 040 can be moved away, and after the other material frame 040 with the meal boxes moves to a position matched with the material frame jacking mechanism, the material frame jacking mechanism is configured to jack the material frame, so that the circulation operation can be performed.

From this, can deposit a plurality of boxes 6 on in every material frame 040, and go up the box 6 and grab by last box and put the moving mechanism 2 and grab to put the automatic feeding of box on accomplishing preset position automatically, compare with prior art, it is higher efficient. Moreover, the quantity of material frame is a plurality of, under material frame translation mechanism and material frame climbing mechanism combined action, each material frame is in turn grabbed with last box and is put moving mechanism 2 cooperation for it can grab and put moving mechanism 2 and snatch the cutlery box in a plurality of material frames in a fixed position in succession to go up the box, not only can simplify the structure that goes up the box and grab and put moving mechanism 2 and the realization degree of difficulty in the aspect of the control, raise the efficiency and stability, can also make the automatic feeding device of going up the box can last the material loading for a long time.

According to this embodiment, can realize the automatic lock and the automatic box that seals of split type cutlery box, automatic operation can be realized to whole structure, and has realized the transportation of going up box 6 with ingenious structural grouping, need not to design complicated robot structure, and system reliability is higher. Specifically, the upper box moving platform can automatically drive the first sucker component to move above a material frame for stacking the upper box 6, can automatically descend to enable the first sucker component to suck the back of the upper box 6 to realize grabbing of the upper box 6, can automatically lift the height of the upper box 6 after grabbing the upper box 6, continuously starts the upper box moving platform to drive the upper box 6 to move above a lower box 7 on the turntable body 1, and then releases the upper box 6 to enable the upper box 6 to be buckled at the top of the lower box 7; the starting turntable drive 9 drives the turntable body 1 to rotate, so that the buckled upper box 6 and lower box 7 move to the position corresponding to the pressing device, and the pressing device is started to press and deform the connecting edge 14 between the buckled upper box 6 and lower box 7 to seal the upper box 6 and lower box 7. Consequently, realized the automatic lock of last box 6, lower box 7 and sealed the box automatically, efficiency is higher, and the packing quality is guaranteed more easily. Moreover, the upper box 6 is grabbed by the suction cup 206 to realize position transfer, and the soft characteristic of the suction cup 206 and air pressure difference adsorption positioning can better avoid the deformation of the upper box 6 in the process of moving to be buckled with the lower box 7.

Moreover, due to the pre-folding device, the pre-folding device is arranged on the upper box moving platform, and the pre-folding device presses the side wall of the upper box 6 inwards from the outer side of the upper box 6. Therefore, the deformation part of the upper box 6 can be corrected by pressing the side wall of the upper box 6 inwards from the outer side of the upper box 6, and the situation that the upper box 6 cannot be accurately buckled with the lower box 7 due to the fact that the side wall of the upper box 6 deforms outwards is prevented. Therefore, even if the upper box 6 deforms, the deformation position of the upper box 6 can be corrected by pressing the side wall of the upper box 6 inwards from the outer side of the upper box 6, the connecting edge 14 of the side wall of the upper box 6 is completely positioned inside the connecting edge 14 of the side wall of the lower box 7, the pressing device can completely press and deform the connecting edge 14 of the side wall of the lower box 7 inwards to tightly adhere to the connecting edge 14 of the side wall of the upper box 6, high-precision box sealing between the upper box 6 and the lower box 7 is realized, and waste products caused by poor box sealing effect are prevented.

In addition, in this embodiment, the lower cassette receiving device includes a supporting plate 11 and a second linear driving 12 mechanism, the supporting plate 11 is located below the turntable body 1 to drag the bottom of the lower cassette 7, the second linear driving 12 mechanism is vertically disposed, the supporting plate 11 is connected to a mover end of the second linear driving 12 mechanism, and the supporting plate 11 is aligned with the pressing mold 10 in the vertical direction. The first linear driving mechanism 13 is preferably a cylinder.

Due to the lower box bearing device, when the pressing device is started to seal the box, the supporting plate 11 can be lifted to abut against the lower box 7 from the lower part, so that the whole structure stability of the split type lunch box is better, and the box sealing precision is higher.

Preferably, a plurality of position sensors 216 are further included to detect the in-position signals of the turntable device, the upper cassette pick-and-place moving mechanism 2, the pre-folding device, the pressing device, and the lower cassette receiving device, respectively.

Preferably, the automatic blanking device further comprises an automatic blanking mechanism (not shown in the figure), wherein the automatic blanking mechanism comprises a second sucker component and a blanking manipulator, the second sucker component is mounted on the blanking manipulator, the second sucker component is configured to absorb the back surface of the box bottom of the upper box, and the blanking manipulator is configured to drive the upper box and the lower box which are sealed to move out of the positioning structure. For example, the second sucker component can be the same as the first sucker component in structure, and the blanking manipulator comprises a transverse moving platform and a lifting platform which are formed by air cylinders or electric cylinders.

Example 2

This embodiment provides an automatic packaging system of split type cutlery box for realize the automatic lock of split type cutlery box and seal the box automatically. Compared with embodiment 1, the main difference of this embodiment is that this embodiment provides another pre-folding device, specifically as follows:

as shown in fig. 22-23, the pre-folding device includes a pre-pressing die 17, the pre-pressing die 17 is fixedly connected to the mover end of the first-stage lifting platform 202, a through hole for the upper box 6 to pass through is formed in the middle of the top wall of the pre-pressing die 17, and the side wall of the pre-pressing die 17 is inclined outward relative to the top wall, so that when the lifting platform drives the pre-pressing die 17 to descend, the side wall of the pre-pressing die 17 presses the connecting edge 14 of the side wall of the lower box 7 inward from the outer side of the lower box 7.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the figures are merely schematic representations of one preferred implementation scenario and that the blocks or flow diagrams in the figures are not necessarily required to practice the present invention.

Claims

1. An automatic packaging system of split type cutlery box, comprising:

2. The automatic packing system of split-type lunch boxes according to claim 1, further comprising a material frame and an upper box grabbing and placing moving mechanism, wherein the material frame is configured to stack a plurality of upper boxes, the upper box grabbing and placing moving mechanism comprises a first sucker component and an upper box moving platform, the first sucker component is mounted on the upper box moving platform, the first sucker component is configured to adsorb the back of the bottom of the upper box, and the upper box moving platform is configured to drive the upper box to move above the upper box and the lower box of the turntable body and then release the upper box, so that the upper box and the lower box are buckled.

3. The automatic packaging system of split meal boxes of claim 2, further comprising a plurality of frame bases, a plurality of frame translation mechanisms and a frame jacking mechanism, wherein the frame translation mechanisms are configured to contact each frame and drive the frame to translate; the material frame jacking mechanism is configured to jack the material frame after the material frame moves to the position matched with the material frame jacking mechanism, so that the material frame is separated from the contact with the material frame translation mechanism, and other material frames can continue to translate; the upper box moving platform is also configured to drive the first sucking disc component to move to the top of the lifted material frame so as to grab the upper box from the lifted material frame.

4. The automatic packing system of divided lunch boxes of claim 3, wherein the upper box moving platform comprises a lifting platform and a lateral moving platform, the lifting platform is mounted on the lateral moving platform, and the first sucker assembly is mounted on a mover end of the lifting platform;

5. The automatic packing system of split-type lunch boxes according to claim 1, further comprising a lower box feeding mechanism comprising a conveyor line configured to place a plurality of lower boxes and convey them forward, a lifting translation mechanism, and a lifting transfer mechanism; the jacking translation mechanism comprises a translation platform, a jacking platform and a bracket assembly, the jacking platform is installed on the translation platform, the bracket assembly is installed on the jacking platform, when the jacking platform is configured to jack upwards, the bracket assembly jacks up a lower box from the conveying line, and the translation platform is configured to drive the lower box to translate forwards, so that the lower box can move away from the conveying line and translate to the position above the positioning structure; the lift adapter mechanism is configured to receive a lower cassette from the carriage assembly when raised and to move the lower cassette into the positioning structure when lowered.

6. The automatic packing system of split-type lunch boxes according to claim 5, wherein the bracket assembly comprises a first bracket and a second bracket, the bottom of the first bracket and the bottom of the second bracket are respectively and fixedly connected with the jacking platform, a gap between the top of the first bracket and the top of the second bracket is used for the conveyor line to drive the lower box to convey forwards, and when the jacking platform is lifted, the top of the first bracket abuts against the first side wall of the lower box, and the top of the second bracket abuts against the second side wall of the lunch box.

7. The automatic packing system of split-type lunch boxes according to claim 5, wherein the turntable body is provided with at least one through hole, and the positioning structure comprises a ring-shaped frame, the ring-shaped frame is installed in the through hole, and the ring-shaped frame is shaped to match with the lower box so as to support the outer wall of the lower box.

8. The automatic packing system of split-type lunch boxes of claim 7, wherein the lifting adaptor comprises a lifting mechanism and a first supporting plate, the lifting mechanism is located below the turntable body, the first supporting plate is mounted on the lifting mechanism, the position of the first supporting plate matches with the through hole, so that when the first supporting plate is aligned with the through hole, the first supporting plate passes through the through hole upwards under the driving of the lifting mechanism to receive the lower box on the first supporting plate assembly.

9. The automatic packing system of divided lunch boxes according to claim 1, further comprising a lower box receiving device, wherein the lower box receiving device comprises a second support plate and a second linear driving mechanism, the second support plate is located below the turntable body to drag the bottom of the lower box, the second linear driving mechanism is vertically arranged, the second support plate is connected with the moving terminal of the second linear driving mechanism, and the second support plate is vertically aligned with the pressing die.

10. The automatic packing system of split-type cutlery boxes of claim 1, further comprising an automatic blanking mechanism, wherein the automatic blanking mechanism comprises a second suction cup assembly and a blanking manipulator, the second suction cup assembly is mounted on the blanking manipulator, the second suction cup assembly is configured to absorb the back of the bottom of the upper box, and the blanking manipulator is configured to move the upper box and the lower box which have been sealed out of the positioning structure.