CN110758834A

CN110758834A - Carton opening and conveying device

Info

Publication number: CN110758834A
Application number: CN201911148675.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 商复生; 李承波; 杨理智; 金炯�; 周旺
Original assignee: HOSHION INDUSTRIAL ALUMINIUM Co Ltd
Current assignee: HOSHION INDUSTRIAL ALUMINIUM Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-11-21
Filing date: 2019-11-21
Publication date: 2020-02-07
Anticipated expiration: 2039-11-21
Also published as: CN110758834B

Abstract

The invention discloses a carton opening and conveying device, which comprises: the device comprises a rack, a material storage mechanism, a material taking mechanism, a side plate unfolding mechanism, an upper cover plate sealing mechanism and a lower cover plate opening mechanism; the storage mechanism is arranged on the rack and is configured to store the folded paper boxes, and the storage mechanism is provided with a discharge hole; the material taking mechanism is arranged on the rack and is configured to take out the cartons one by one from the discharge port; the side plate unfolding mechanism is arranged on the rack and is configured to unfold four side plates of a carton on the material taking mechanism into a rectangular shape; the upper cover plate closing mechanism is arranged on the rack and is configured to turn the four lower cover plates inwards to close the lower part of the carton; the lower cover plate opening mechanism is arranged on the frame and is configured to fold four upper cover plates of the carton outwards. The automatic unfolding device can realize automatic unfolding of the carton, and is simple in structure, high in automation degree and high in working efficiency.

Description

Carton opening and conveying device

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of automatic packaging equipment, in particular to a carton opening and conveying device.

Background

Need receive the vanning after the product production, there is a large amount of situations that adopt the carton to pack among the prior art. Cartons are typically folded for storage for ease of transportation and cost reduction. The existing carton comprises four side plates, four lower cover plates and four upper cover plates, wherein the four side plates are connected into a rectangle, the four lower cover plates are respectively connected below the four side plates, the four upper cover plates are respectively connected above the four side plates, after the four upper cover plates and the four lower cover plates are unfolded, the four rectangular side plates can be deformed into a parallelogram, and when the carton is in a folded state, two side plates are attached to the rest two side plates in the four side plates. In the packing process, generally, people need to manually expand the carton, and then products can be packed into the carton, so that the working efficiency is low.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to solve at least one technical problem in the prior art, and provides a carton opening and conveying device which can realize automatic opening of cartons.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a carton opening conveyor comprising:

a frame; a storage mechanism disposed on the frame, the storage mechanism configured to store the folded cartons, the storage mechanism having a discharge outlet; a material taking mechanism arranged on the rack, wherein the material taking mechanism is configured to take out the cartons one by one from the discharge port; the side plate unfolding mechanism is arranged on the rack and is configured to unfold four side plates of a carton on the material taking mechanism into a rectangular shape; an upper closure mechanism disposed on the frame, the upper closure mechanism configured to flip the four lower closures inward to close a lower portion of the carton; a lower cover opening mechanism disposed on the frame, the lower cover opening mechanism configured to fold four upper covers of the carton outward.

In some technical schemes, storage mechanism includes the storage case, the inside first through-hole that is provided with of storage case, the lower extreme of first through-hole is provided with the baffle, the discharge gate is located first through-hole lateral wall is close to baffle department, be provided with the breach on the baffle, the breach with the discharge gate intercommunication, the thickness of highly being greater than a folding carton of discharge gate, and be less than the thickness of two folding cartons.

In some technical schemes, the material taking mechanism comprises a sliding seat, a sucker and a lifting assembly, the sliding seat can be slidably mounted on the rack, the lifting assembly is mounted on the sliding seat, the lifting assembly drives the sucker to lift, the sliding seat is located below the storage box, and the sucker can enter and exit the notch.

In some embodiments, the sliding seat has a vertical rod protruding upward, a rotating seat is rotatably mounted on the vertical rod, and the lifting assembly is mounted on the rotating seat.

In some technical solutions, the side panel unfolding mechanism includes an unfolding plate, the unfolding plate has a groove, the width of the groove is equal to that of a side wall of the box body, and an inner side wall of the groove is perpendicular to a bottom surface of the groove; the unfolding plate can be slidably mounted on the sliding seat or the rotating seat.

In some embodiments, the upper closure flap closing mechanism includes a lifting frame having a second through-hole with a cross-sectional profile similar to and greater than the profile of the four unfolded side walls of the carton, and a first pusher assembly disposed within the second through-hole and configured to rotate an opposing lower closure flap of the carton outwardly; and the side wall of the second through hole is also provided with a second push plate component and a third push plate component, and the second push plate component and the third push plate component are both configured to be capable of inwards rotating a relative lower cover plate of the carton.

In some technical scheme, lifting frame upper portion is provided with a diaphragm, the diaphragm is located the upper end of second through-hole, first push pedal subassembly includes first linear drive mechanism, rotor plate, pivot and connecting rod, the rotor plate has an installation department, the installation department is the right angle form, installation department one end with pivot fixed connection, the other end of installation department with rotor plate fixed connection, connecting rod one end with pivot fixed connection, the other end of connecting rod with first linear drive mechanism's output pin joint, first linear drive mechanism pin joint is in on the diaphragm.

In some technical solutions, the second push plate assembly and the third push plate assembly both include a second linear driving mechanism and a push plate body, the second linear driving mechanism is installed on the lower portion of the outer side wall of the lifting frame, the push plate body is installed on the output end of the second linear driving mechanism, and a third through hole is formed in the side wall of the lifting frame corresponding to the push plate body.

In some technical solutions, the lower cover plate opening mechanism includes a lifting plate, the lifting plate is installed on the material moving seat in a lifting manner, a guide protruding block in a quadrangular frustum pyramid shape is arranged on the lifting plate, and the material moving seat is installed on the rack in a sliding manner.

In some technical schemes, a rack is arranged on the rack, a motor is arranged below the sliding seat, a gear is connected to the output end of the motor, and the gear is meshed with the rack; the rack is provided with a linear guide rail, and the sliding seat is slidably arranged on the linear guide rail.

Any one of the technical schemes at least has the following beneficial technical effects: according to the technical scheme, the carton is taken out one by one from the storage mechanism through the material taking mechanism, then the four side plates of the taken carton are unfolded through the side plate unfolding mechanism, then the upper portion of the carton is closed through the upper cover plate closing mechanism, and then the upper cover plate is turned outwards through the lower cover plate opening mechanism, so that the carton can be unfolded automatically.

Drawings

The invention is further described below with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples;

FIG. 1 is an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view from another angle of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the magazine mechanism of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a first schematic diagram of a portion of the components of the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a second schematic illustration of a portion of the components of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a third schematic diagram of a portion of the components of the embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the present preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout.

In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the orientation or positional relationship referred to in the description of the orientation, such as the upper, lower, front, rear, left, right, etc., is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and is only for convenience of description and simplification of description, and does not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, the meaning of a plurality of means is one or more, the meaning of a plurality of means is two or more, and larger, smaller, larger, etc. are understood as excluding the number, and larger, smaller, inner, etc. are understood as including the number. If the first and second are described for the purpose of distinguishing technical features, they are not to be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated or implicitly indicating the precedence of the technical features indicated.

In the description of the present invention, unless otherwise explicitly limited, terms such as arrangement, installation, connection and the like should be understood in a broad sense, and those skilled in the art can reasonably determine the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention in combination with the specific contents of the technical solutions.

Referring to fig. 1 to 6, a carton opening conveyor comprising: the device comprises a rack 1, a material storage mechanism 3, a material taking mechanism, a side plate 4 unfolding mechanism, an upper cover plate 5 closing mechanism and a lower cover plate 6 opening mechanism; the storing mechanism 3 is arranged on the machine frame 1, the storing mechanism 3 is configured to store the folded paper boxes 2, and the storing mechanism 3 is provided with a discharge hole 9; the material taking mechanism is arranged on the rack 1 and is configured to take out the cartons 2 one by one from the discharge port 9; the side plate 4 unfolding mechanism is arranged on the rack 1, and the side plate 4 unfolding mechanism is configured to unfold four side plates 4 of the carton 2 on the material taking mechanism into a rectangular shape; an upper cover 5 closing mechanism is arranged on the frame 1, and the upper cover 5 closing mechanism is configured to turn four lower covers 6 inwards to close the lower part of the carton 2; a lower closure 6 opening mechanism is provided on the frame 1, the lower closure 6 opening mechanism being configured to fold four upper closures 5 of the carton 2 outwardly.

According to the technical scheme, the carton 2 is taken out one by one from the storage mechanism 3 through the material taking mechanism, then the four side plates 4 of the taken carton 2 are unfolded through the side plate 4 unfolding mechanism, then the upper part of the carton 2 is closed through the upper cover plate 5 closing mechanism, and then the upper cover plate 5 is turned outwards through the lower cover plate 6 opening mechanism, so that the carton 2 can be automatically unfolded.

As shown in fig. 3, in some embodiments, the storage mechanism 3 includes a storage box 7, a first through hole is disposed inside the storage box 7, a baffle 8 is disposed at a lower end of the first through hole, the discharge hole 9 is located at a position where a side wall of the first through hole is close to the baffle 8, a gap is disposed on the baffle 8, the gap is communicated with the discharge hole 9, a height of the discharge hole 9 is greater than a thickness of one folded carton 2 and is less than a thickness of two folded cartons 2, so that it can be ensured that the discharge hole 9 can only be moved out of one carton 2 at a time. Wherein, the first through-hole is the tilt state, so, the weight of carton 2 can be born a part by the inner wall side of first through-hole, avoids all gravity of carton 2 to press in the carton 2 of below for the carton 2 of below can more easily move out.

As shown in fig. 1 and 4, in some embodiments, the material taking mechanism includes a sliding seat 10, a suction cup 11 and a lifting assembly 12, the sliding seat 10 is slidably mounted on the frame 1, the lifting assembly 12 is mounted on the sliding seat 10, the lifting assembly 12 drives the suction cup 11 to lift, the sliding seat 10 is located below the material storage box 7, and the suction cup 11 can enter and exit the gap. The lifting assembly 12 may be configured as a pneumatic cylinder or a hydraulic cylinder or a linear motor, among others. In the embodiment of the sliding seat 10, the sliding seat 10 drives the lifting assembly 12 to reach the lower side of the storage box 7, then the lifting assembly drives the suction cup 11 to ascend, so that the suction cup 11 contacts with the lowest paper box 2 in the storage box 7, the suction cup 11 can be communicated with an external negative pressure source (the negative pressure source can be a vacuum generator or the like), at this time, the suction cup 11 sucks the paper box 2, then the sliding seat 10 moves to move the paper box 2 out of the discharge port 9, and the gap can ensure that the movement of the suction cup 11 is not interfered. Wherein, a rack 13 is arranged on the frame 1, a motor is arranged below the sliding seat 10, the output end of the motor is connected with a gear, and the gear is meshed with the rack 13; the rack 1 is provided with a linear guide rail, the sliding seat 10 can be slidably mounted on the linear guide rail, the motor drives the gear to rotate on the rack 13, the sliding seat 10 is moved, the response speed is high, and the positioning is accurate and reliable.

As shown in fig. 1 and 4, in some embodiments, for facilitating subsequent handling of the carton 2, the carton 2 is considered to be erected, and the sliding seat 10 has an upwardly protruding upright post 14, a rotating seat 15 is rotatably mounted on the upright post 14, and the lifting assembly 12 is mounted on the rotating seat 15. After the paper box 2 is moved out of the storage box 7, the rotating seat 15 rotates 90 degrees to erect the paper box 2, so that subsequent operation is facilitated, and the rotating seat 15 can be driven by a motor to rotate.

As shown in fig. 4 to 6, in some embodiments, the side panel 4 unfolding mechanism includes an unfolding plate 16, the unfolding plate 16 has a groove with a width equal to that of a side wall of the box body, and the inner side wall of the groove is perpendicular to the bottom surface of the groove; the unfolding plate 16 is slidably mounted on the rotating seat 15, and the groove corresponds to one side plate 4 of the carton 2, so that the side plate 4 of the carton 2 enters the groove in the process of moving the unfolding plate 16 towards the carton 2, and for this reason, the other two side plates 4 of the carton 2 start to rotate until the four side plates 4 are completely unfolded, and the structure is very simple and ingenious, and the operation is stable and reliable. The deployment plate 16 may be driven by an air cylinder or oil cylinder or a linear motor.

Wherein, if the rotating seat 15 is not provided, the exploding plate 16 can be directly installed on the sliding seat 10.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, in some embodiments, the closing mechanism of the upper closure panel 5 comprises a lifting frame 17, the lifting frame 17 having a second through-hole 18, the second through-hole 18 having a cross-sectional profile similar to and greater than the profile of the four unfolded side walls of the carton 2, the second through-hole 18 having a first pusher assembly disposed therein, the first pusher assembly being configured to rotate an opposing lower closure panel 6 of the carton 2 outwardly; the side wall of the second through hole 18 is further provided with a second push plate component and a third push plate component, and the second push plate component and the third push plate component are both configured to be capable of rotating a corresponding lower cover plate 6 of the carton 2 inwards. The lifting frame 17 descends to wrap the carton 2 with the side plates 4 unfolded, and then one group of upper cover plates 5 are pushed outwards through the first push plate assembly, at the moment, the upper cover plates 5 with relatively long sizes are generally pushed outwards firstly, then the other pair of upper cover plates 5 are pushed inwards through the second assembly, and because the upper cover plates 5 with relatively long sizes are pushed outwards in advance, the upper cover plates 5 with relatively short sizes are not blocked by the upper cover plates 5 with relatively long sizes when turned inwards, after the upper cover plates 5 with relatively short sizes are turned inwards to a certain position, the first push plate assembly resets, then the third push plate assembly pushes the upper cover plates 5 with relatively long sizes to turn inwards, all the upper cover plates 5 are turned inwards, the closing of the upper cover plates 5 is realized, at the moment, the upper cover plates 5 can be fixed through adhesive tapes, and the adhesive tapes can be adhered manually or adhered in other modes.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, in some embodiments, a transverse plate 19 is disposed on the upper portion of the lifting frame 17, the transverse plate 19 is disposed at the upper end of the second through hole 18, the first push plate assembly includes a first linear driving mechanism 20, a rotating plate 21, a rotating shaft 22 and a connecting rod 23, the rotating plate 21 has a mounting portion 24, the mounting portion 24 is right-angled, one end of the mounting portion 24 is fixedly connected to the rotating shaft 22, the other end of the mounting portion 24 is fixedly connected to the rotating plate 21, one end of the connecting rod 23 is fixedly connected to the rotating shaft 22, the other end of the connecting rod 23 is pivotally connected to an output end of the first linear driving mechanism 20, and the first linear driving mechanism 20 is pivotally. The rotating plate 21 is basically in a horizontal state in the inspiration state of the first push plate assembly in the above embodiment so as to avoid interference with the upper cover plate 5, the rotating plate 21 is rotated outwards after the first linear driving mechanism 20 acts, the upper cover plate 5 is pushed outwards, and the connecting rod 23 is arranged so as to enable the first linear driving mechanism 20 to move away from the moving track of the rotating plate 21 and prevent the interference between the two, so that the structure is relatively ingenious. The first linear drive mechanism 20 may be provided as a cylinder or a linear motor, or the like. The lifting frame 17 is installed on the frame 1 through a guide rail, a threaded hole is formed in the transverse plate 19, a screw rod and a motor are rotatably arranged on the frame 1, the screw rod is matched with the threaded hole, and the motor drives the screw rod to rotate so as to drive the transverse plate 19 to lift.

As shown in fig. 1, 2 and 6, in some embodiments, the second and third push plate assemblies each include a second linear driving mechanism 25 and a push plate body 26, the second linear driving mechanism 25 is installed at the lower portion of the outer side wall of the lifting frame 17, the push plate body 26 is installed at the output end of the second linear driving mechanism 25, and a third through hole is formed in the side wall of the lifting frame 17 corresponding to the push plate body 26. When the push plate body 26 works, the lower end of the push plate body 26 is flush with the top of the side plate 4, so that the upper cover plate 5 can be pushed to be in a horizontal state, and the second linear driving mechanism 25 can be arranged to be an air cylinder or an oil cylinder or a linear motor, and the like.

As shown in fig. 5, in some embodiments, the opening mechanism of the lower cover 6 includes a lifting plate 27, the lifting plate 27 is installed on a material moving seat 29 in a lifting manner, a guiding protrusion 28 in a quadrangular frustum pyramid shape is provided on the lifting plate 27, the bottom contour of the guiding protrusion 28 is consistent with the unfolded contour of the four side plates 4 of the carton 2, the material moving seat 29 is slidably installed on the machine frame, the opened carton is moved out through the material moving seat, and the driving manner of the material moving seat is the same as the driving manner of the sliding seat. The lifting plate 27 can be driven by an air cylinder or an oil cylinder, and in the process of lifting the lifting plate 27, the four inclined surfaces of the guide lugs 28 guide the lower cover plate 6 to rotate outwards until the lower cover plate 6 is attached to the lifting plate 27, so that the lower cover plate 6 can be opened. The embodiment of the lower cover plate 6 is simple and ingenious in structure and stable in work.

The embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various changes can be made within the knowledge of those skilled in the art without departing from the gist of the present invention.

Claims

1. A carton opening conveyor comprising:

a frame;

a storage mechanism disposed on the frame, the storage mechanism configured to store the folded cartons, the storage mechanism having a discharge outlet;

a material taking mechanism arranged on the rack, wherein the material taking mechanism is configured to take out the cartons one by one from the discharge port;

the side plate unfolding mechanism is arranged on the rack and is configured to unfold four side plates of a carton on the material taking mechanism into a rectangular shape;

an upper closure mechanism disposed on the frame, the upper closure mechanism configured to flip the four lower closures inward to close a lower portion of the carton;

a lower cover opening mechanism disposed on the frame, the lower cover opening mechanism configured to fold four upper covers of the carton outward.

2. The carton opening and conveying device according to claim 1, wherein the storage mechanism comprises a storage box, a first through hole is formed in the storage box, a baffle is arranged at the lower end of the first through hole, the discharge hole is formed in the position, close to the baffle, of the side wall of the first through hole, a notch is formed in the baffle and communicated with the discharge hole, and the height of the discharge hole is greater than the thickness of one folded carton and less than the thickness of two folded cartons.

3. The carton opening conveyor of claim 2 wherein said take off mechanism comprises a slide base slidably mounted on said frame, a suction cup and a lift assembly mounted on said slide base, said lift assembly driving said suction cup to move up and down, said slide base being positioned below said magazine, said suction cup being movable into and out of said gap.

4. A carton opening conveyor as in claim 3 wherein said slide block has an upwardly projecting vertical post, said vertical post rotatably mounted to a rotatable base, said lifting assembly being mounted to said rotatable base.

5. The carton opening conveyor according to claim 3 or 4 wherein said side panel deployment mechanism comprises a deployment panel having a recess therein, said recess being of a width equal to a side wall of the carton body, an inner side wall of said recess being perpendicular to a bottom surface of said recess; the unfolding plate can be slidably mounted on the sliding seat or the rotating seat.

6. The carton opening conveyor of claim 1 wherein said upper closure closing mechanism comprises a lifting frame having a second through-hole with a cross-sectional profile similar to and greater than the profile of the four unfolded side walls of the carton, said second through-hole having a first pusher assembly disposed therein, said first pusher assembly being configured to rotate an opposing lower closure of the carton outwardly; and the side wall of the second through hole is also provided with a second push plate component and a third push plate component, and the second push plate component and the third push plate component are both configured to be capable of inwards rotating a relative lower cover plate of the carton.

7. The carton opening and conveying device according to claim 6, wherein a transverse plate is arranged at the upper part of the lifting frame, the transverse plate is positioned at the upper end of the second through hole, the first push plate assembly comprises a first linear driving mechanism, a rotating plate, a rotating shaft and a connecting rod, the rotating plate is provided with an installation part, the installation part is right-angled, one end of the installation part is fixedly connected with the rotating shaft, the other end of the installation part is fixedly connected with the rotating plate, one end of the connecting rod is fixedly connected with the rotating shaft, the other end of the connecting rod is pivoted with the output end of the first linear driving mechanism, and the first linear driving mechanism is pivoted on the transverse plate.

8. The carton opening and conveying device according to claim 7, wherein the second pushing plate assembly and the third pushing plate assembly each comprise a second linear driving mechanism and a pushing plate body, the second linear driving mechanism is mounted at the lower part of the outer side wall of the lifting frame, the pushing plate body is mounted at the output end of the second linear driving mechanism, and a third through hole is formed in the side wall of the lifting frame corresponding to the pushing plate body.

9. A carton opening conveyor as in claim 3 wherein said lower closure opening mechanism comprises a lifter plate elevatably mounted on said transfer block, said lifter plate having guide projections in the form of a quadrangular frustum pyramid, said transfer block being slidably mounted on said frame.

10. The carton opening and conveying device according to claim 3, wherein a rack is arranged on the frame, a motor is arranged below the sliding seat, a gear is connected to the output end of the motor, and the gear is meshed with the rack; the rack is provided with a linear guide rail, and the sliding seat is slidably arranged on the linear guide rail.