CN114194438A - Automatic cigarette boxing and packaging equipment - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses automatic cigarette boxing and packaging equipment which comprises an upper box frame, a box feeding frame, an upper box mechanism, a box taking mechanism, a box dragging mechanism, a box moving mechanism, an aligning mechanism, a box pressing mechanism and a box opening mechanism, wherein the upper box frame is arranged on the ground, the box feeding frame is arranged on the right side of the upper box frame, the upper box mechanism is arranged on the left side of the upper box frame, the box taking mechanism is arranged on the left side wall of the box feeding frame and is positioned right above the discharging end of the upper box mechanism, the box dragging mechanism is arranged in the middle of the box feeding frame, the box moving mechanism is arranged at the lower part of the box feeding frame, the aligning mechanism is arranged at the bottom of the box feeding frame and upwards penetrates through the box moving mechanism, and the box opening mechanism is arranged in the middle of the rear side of the box feeding frame; the box opening device has the advantages of small occupied space, stable box opening action, high processing efficiency, labor saving and good market application value, and effectively avoids the damage to the box during box opening.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of packaging equipment, in particular to automatic cigarette boxing and packaging equipment.
Background
At present, the cigarette industry is when packing into box, or adopt manual operation, or adopt large-scale vanning equipment to carry out the vanning action, but adopt large-scale vanning equipment, because the equipment is bulky, and the price is expensive, it is more practical to some large-scale enterprises, but to some small and medium-sized enterprises, large-scale equipment takes up an area of the space greatly, the expense is expensive extremely impracticable, can only take traditional manual work to carry out the vanning packing, but adopt artifical obvious inefficiency, and because empty case (empty box) before the vanning uses, the opening part of box is totally to closing, it is very inconvenient to separate when opening the box through the manual work, and also produce the destruction to the box when the manual work is opened the box easily.
Accordingly, the prior art is deficient and needs improvement.
Disclosure of Invention
In order to overcome the defects in the prior art, the invention provides automatic cigarette boxing and packaging equipment.
The invention provides a technical document, in particular to automatic cigarette boxing and packaging equipment which comprises a box loading rack, a box conveying frame, a box loading mechanism, a box taking mechanism, a box dragging mechanism, a box moving mechanism, an aligning mechanism, a box pressing mechanism and a box opening mechanism, the upper box frame is arranged on the ground, the box conveying frame is arranged on the right side of the upper box frame, the box loading mechanism is arranged on the left side of the box loading frame, the box taking mechanism is arranged on the left side wall of the box feeding frame, and is positioned right above the discharging end of the upper box mechanism, the box dragging mechanism is arranged in the middle of the box conveying frame, the box moving mechanism is arranged at the lower part of the box conveying frame, the aligning mechanism is arranged at the bottom of the box conveying frame, and the box moving mechanism penetrates upwards, the box pressing mechanisms are respectively arranged on the front side and the rear side of the box conveying frame, and the box opening mechanism is arranged in the middle of the rear side of the box conveying frame.
Preferably, the box feeding mechanism comprises a box feeding table, a box pushing assembly, a box pushing driving assembly and a pushing mounting plate, the upper box feeding table is arranged on the upper box frame, a plurality of strip-shaped channels are horizontally arranged on the upper box feeding table, two guide rods are arranged on the upper box frame at the bottom of the upper box material table in parallel, two ends of the pushing mounting plate are respectively sleeved at the right end parts of the two guide rods, the box pushing assembly is sleeved at the left end parts of the two guide rods, the upper working end of the box pushing driving component vertically penetrates through a plurality of strip-shaped channels on the box feeding table, the box pushing driving component is vertically arranged in the middle of the pushing mounting plate, and the output end of the box pushing driving assembly penetrates through the pushing mounting plate leftwards and then is fixed at the middle position of the bottom of the box pushing assembly, and an upper box limiting plate is further arranged at the right end part of the upper box material platform.
Preferably, the box taking mechanism comprises a box taking fixing frame, a box taking pushing cylinder, a box taking movable rotating arm, a box taking sucking pushing cylinder, a sucking connecting rod, a box taking sucking disc support and a plurality of pneumatic sucking discs, the box taking fixing frame is arranged on the box frame, the box taking pushing cylinder is arranged on the box taking fixing frame, the box taking movable rotating arm is arranged at the lower output end of the box taking pushing cylinder, the sucking connecting rod is vertically arranged on the box taking movable rotating arm, the box taking sucking pushing cylinder is vertically arranged at the upper end part of the sucking connecting rod, a turning bearing seat is arranged on the inner side in the middle of the box taking sucking disc support, a cylinder fisheye joint is arranged at the lower output end of the box taking sucking pushing cylinder, the cylinder fisheye joint is movably connected with the turning bearing seat through a pin shaft, the outer side in the middle of the box taking sucking disc support is movably hinged to the lower end part of the box taking movable rotating arm through a pin shaft, the plurality of pneumatic suckers are arranged on the box taking sucker support at equal intervals.
Preferably, the box dragging mechanism comprises a box supporting and transferring driving assembly, a box dragging cross rod and a plurality of box dragging and grabbing assemblies, the box dragging and transferring driving assembly is arranged on the box feeding frame, the box dragging cross rod is horizontally and vertically arranged at the lower working end of the box dragging and moving driving assembly, the plurality of box dragging and grabbing assemblies are arranged on the box dragging cross rod in parallel, the box dragging and grabbing assemblies comprise pneumatic clamping jaws and box dragging mounting seats, the box dragging mounting seats are arranged on the box dragging cross rod, and the pneumatic clamping jaws are arranged on the box dragging mounting seats; the dragging box transfer driving assembly is an electric linear module of the dragging box.
Preferably, the box moving mechanism comprises a box moving base, a box moving rolling assembly, a rolling driving assembly and a material blocking assembly, the box moving base is arranged on the box feeding frame, the box moving rolling assembly is transversely arranged at the bottom of the rear side of the box moving base, the rolling driving assembly is arranged at the side part of the rear side of the box moving base, the material blocking assembly is arranged at the end part of the rear side of the box moving base, the box moving rolling assembly consists of a rolling shaft and two rolling wheels arranged on the rolling shaft, the rolling shaft is arranged at the bottom of the box moving base in a penetrating way, the two rolling wheels are sleeved on the rolling shaft, the rear side of the box moving base is provided with a through hole for the rolling wheels to pass through, the rolling driving assembly is a planetary gear motor which is arranged at the side part of the box moving base, and the output end of the planetary gear motor is fixed at the end part of the rolling shaft, the material blocking assembly is composed of two baffles which are respectively arranged on two sides of the rear end part of the box moving base.
Preferably, counterpoint mechanism is including counterpointing the main shaft, counterpointing the axle, the left side is counterpointed the mount pad, the right side is counterpointed the mount pad, the left side is counterpointed subassembly and the right side is counterpointed the subassembly, counterpoint the main shaft with counterpoint assist axle parallel arrangement in move the front side bottom of box base, the left side counterpoint the mount pad with the right side is counterpointed the mount pad and is located respectively the main shaft with counterpoint the left and right sides of assisting the axle, the left side counterpoint the subassembly set up in on the left side is counterpointed the mount pad, the right side counterpoint the subassembly set up in on the right side is counterpointed the mount pad.
Preferably, the box pressing mechanism is composed of a rear side pressure box assembly and a front side pressure box assembly, the front side pressure box assembly is arranged at the lower part of the front side of the box feeding frame, the rear side pressure box assembly is arranged at the middle part of the rear side of the box feeding frame, the rear side pressure box assembly comprises a rear side pressure box pushing cylinder, a rear side pressure box bending plate and two pressing wheels, the rear side pressure box pushing cylinder is vertically arranged on the box feeding frame, the rear side pressure box bending plate is arranged at the lower output end of the rear side pressure box pushing cylinder, the two pressing wheels are respectively arranged at the inner sides of the two ends of the box pressing bending plate, the front side pressure box assembly comprises a front side pressure box pushing cylinder, a box pressing plate and two box pressing buffering pressing heads, the front side pressure box pushing cylinder is vertically arranged on the box feeding frame, the box pressing plate is arranged at the upper output end of the front side pressure box pushing cylinder, and the box pressing plate is of a T-shaped structure, two pressure box buffering pressure heads are respectively arranged on two sides of the front end of the T-shaped pressure box plate.
Preferably, the box opening mechanism comprises an upper box opening assembly and a lower box opening assembly, the upper box opening assembly is arranged in the middle of the rear side of the box feeding frame, the lower open box component is arranged at the lower part of the rear side of the box feeding frame and comprises an upper open box pushing cylinder, an upper suction mounting plate and three upper pneumatic suckers, the upper box-opening pushing cylinder is arranged on the box-sending frame, the upper suction mounting plate is arranged at the lower output end of the upper box-opening pushing cylinder, the three upper pneumatic suckers are arranged at the front side of the upper suction mounting plate at equal intervals, the lower open box component comprises a lower open box pushing cylinder, a lower suction mounting plate and three lower pneumatic suckers, open box propelling movement cylinder down set up in the rear side bottom of sending the box frame, the lower mounting panel of absorbing set up in the upper portion output of box propelling movement cylinder is down opened, three lower pneumatic chuck equidistant set up in absorb the mounting panel down on.
Preferably, the left side is counterpointed the subassembly and is counterpointed the pusher cylinder by the left side and counterpoint the pusher claw and constitute, the left side counterpoint the pusher cylinder set up in on the left side counterpoint the mount pad, the left side counterpoint the pusher claw set up in the output of left side pusher cylinder, the left side counterpoint the pusher claw by counterpoint push rod with set up in a plurality of hook posts on the counterpoint push rod constitute, a plurality of hook posts equidistant distribution in on the counterpoint push rod, a plurality of hook posts upwards pass move on the box base, the right side counterpoint the subassembly with the left side is counterpointed the subassembly the same in structure.
Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects are that: the box opening device is simple in structure, small in occupied space, stable in box opening action, high in processing efficiency, labor-saving and good in market application value, and damage to the box during box opening is effectively avoided.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a cassette loading mechanism according to the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a cassette taking mechanism according to the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a tray dragging mechanism according to the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a cassette moving mechanism according to the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of the aligning mechanism of the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a box pressing mechanism according to the present invention;
FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of the box opening mechanism of the present invention;
FIG. 9 is a schematic view of a left alignment assembly according to the present invention;
reference numerals: 1. an upper box frame; 2. a cassette feeding frame; 3. a cassette loading mechanism; 4. a box taking mechanism; 5. a box dragging mechanism; 6. a cassette moving mechanism; 7. an alignment mechanism; 8. a box pressing mechanism; 9. a box opening mechanism; 31. a box loading table; 32. a cassette push assembly; 33. a cartridge push drive assembly; 34. pushing the mounting plate; 35. an upper box limiting plate; 41. taking a box fixing frame; 42. taking a box and pushing an air cylinder; 43. taking a box movable rotating arm; 44. a box taking suction pushing cylinder; 45. a suction connecting rod; 46. taking a box and sucking disc bracket; 47. a cylinder fish eye joint; 48. turning over the bearing seat; 51. a drag-box transfer drive assembly; 52. dragging the box cross bar; 53. a drag box grabbing component; 61. a cassette moving base; 62. a box moving rolling component; 63. a roll drive assembly; 64. the material blocking component; 621. a roller; 622. a roller; 71. aligning the main shaft; 72. aligning the auxiliary shaft; 73. a left side alignment mounting seat; 74. a right side alignment mounting seat; 75. a left side alignment assembly; 76. a right side alignment assembly; 751. a left side contraposition pushing cylinder; 752. the left side is aligned with the push pawl; 81. a rear side pressure box assembly; 82. a front side pressure box assembly; 811. the rear side pressing box pushes the air cylinder; 812. bending a box at the back side; 813. a pinch roller; 821. the front side pressure box pushes the air cylinder; 822. pressing a box plate; 823. a pressing box buffer pressing head; 91. an upward opening box assembly; 92. a lower opening box component; 911. an upward box-opening pushing cylinder; 912. an upper suction mounting plate; 913. an upper pneumatic sucker; 921. a lower box-opening pushing cylinder; 922. a lower suction mounting plate; 923. a lower pneumatic suction cup.
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The technical features mentioned above are combined with each other to form various embodiments which are not listed above, and all of them are regarded as the scope of the present invention described in the specification; also, modifications and variations may be suggested to those skilled in the art in light of the above teachings, and it is intended to cover all such modifications and variations as fall within the true spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
In order to facilitate an understanding of the invention, the invention is described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific examples. Preferred embodiments of the present invention are shown in the drawings. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete.
It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present. The terms "vertical," "horizontal," "left," "right," and the like as used herein are for descriptive purposes only.
Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used in the description of the invention herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention.
The present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
As shown in fig. 1, one embodiment of the present invention: an automatic cigarette boxing and packaging device is arranged beside a boxing manipulator and comprises an upper box frame 1, a box conveying frame 2, an upper box mechanism 3, a box taking mechanism 4, a box dragging mechanism 5, a box moving mechanism 6, an aligning mechanism 7, a box pressing mechanism 8 and a box opening mechanism 9, wherein the upper box frame 1 is arranged on the ground, the box conveying frame 2 is arranged on the right side of the upper box frame 1, the upper box mechanism 3 is arranged on the left side of the upper box frame 1, the box taking mechanism 4 is arranged on the left side wall of the box conveying frame 2 and is positioned right above the discharge end of the upper box mechanism 3, the box dragging mechanism 5 is arranged in the middle of the box conveying frame 2, the box moving mechanism 6 is arranged on the lower portion of the box conveying frame 2, the aligning mechanism 7 is arranged at the bottom of the box conveying frame 2, the box moving mechanism 6 penetrates upwards, the box pressing mechanisms 8 are respectively arranged on the front side and the rear side of the box conveying frame 2, and the box opening mechanism 9 is arranged in the middle of the rear side of the box conveying frame 2; the box loading mechanism 3 is used for conveying empty boxes from left to right to the position below the box taking mechanism 4, the box taking mechanism 4 is used for grabbing empty boxes from the box loading mechanism 3 to the box dragging mechanism 5, the box dragging mechanism 5 is used for grabbing boxes from the box taking mechanism 4 to the box moving mechanism 6, the aligning mechanism 7 is used for aligning and adjusting boxes placed on the box moving mechanism 6, the box moving mechanism 6 is used for transferring the boxes to the working end of the box picking mechanism, the box picking mechanism is used for picking up box openings of the boxes, the box opening mechanism 9 is used for opening the box openings picked up by the box picking mechanism, and the box pressing mechanism 8 is used for assisting in compressing the boxes when the box opening mechanism 9 performs the box opening operation, so that the boxes are prevented from shifting in the box opening process.
Preferably, as shown in fig. 2, the box feeding mechanism 3 includes a box feeding table 31, a box pushing assembly 32, a box pushing driving assembly 33 and a pushing mounting plate 34, the box feeding table 31 is disposed on the box feeding frame 1, a plurality of strip-shaped channels are horizontally disposed on the box feeding table 31, two guide rods are further disposed in parallel at the bottom of the box feeding table 31 on the box feeding frame 1, two ends of the pushing mounting plate 34 are respectively sleeved at the right end portions of the two guide rods, the box pushing assembly 32 is sleeved at the left end portions of the two guide rods, the upper working end of the box pushing assembly passes through the plurality of strip-shaped channels on the box feeding table 31, the box pushing driving assembly 33 is vertically disposed at the middle position of the pushing mounting plate 34, and the output end of the box pushing driving assembly 33 passes through the pushing mounting plate 34 leftwards and then is fixed at the bottom middle position of the box pushing assembly 32, an upper box limiting plate 35 is further arranged at the right end of the upper part of the upper box material table 31.
Further, the box pushing assembly 32 is composed of an upper box transferring plate and a plurality of box pushing plates arranged on the upper box transferring plate, and the plurality of box pushing plates are arranged on the upper box transferring plate at equal intervals.
Preferably, as shown in fig. 3, the box taking mechanism 4 includes a box taking fixing frame 41, a box taking pushing cylinder 42, a box taking movable rotating arm 43, a box taking sucking pushing cylinder 44, a sucking connecting rod 45, a box taking sucker support 46 and a plurality of pneumatic suckers, the box taking fixing frame 41 is disposed on the box frame, the box taking pushing cylinder 42 is disposed on the box taking fixing frame 41, the box taking movable rotating arm 43 is disposed at the lower output end of the box taking pushing cylinder 42, the sucking connecting rod 45 is vertically disposed on the box taking movable rotating arm 43, the box taking sucking pushing cylinder 44 is vertically disposed at the upper end of the sucking connecting rod 45, an overturning bearing seat 48 is disposed on the inner side of the middle of the box taking sucker support 46, a cylinder fisheye joint 47 is disposed at the lower output end of the box taking sucking pushing cylinder 44, the cylinder fisheye joint 47 is movably connected with the overturning bearing seat 48 through a pin shaft, the middle outer side of the box taking sucker support 46 is movably hinged to the lower end portion of the box taking movable rotating arm 43 through a pin shaft, when the box taking action is completed, the box taking sucking pushing cylinder 44 is used for sucking the box, the box taking sucker support 46 is driven to swing along the box taking movable rotating arm 43, the box taking sucker support 46 is movably hinged to the box taking movable rotating arm 43 through the pin shaft, the overturning bearing seat 48 is arranged on the middle inner side of the box taking sucker support 46, the cylinder fisheye joint 47 at the lower output end of the box taking sucking pushing cylinder 44 is movably connected with the overturning bearing seat 48 through the pin shaft, and therefore boxes which are movably grabbed by a plurality of pneumatic suckers on the box taking sucker support 46 can be controlled to move from a lower position to a higher position, the box dragging action of the box dragging mechanism 5 is facilitated, and the pneumatic suckers are arranged on the box taking sucker support 46 at equal intervals.
Preferably, as shown in fig. 4, the box dragging mechanism 5 includes a box supporting and transferring driving component, a box dragging cross rod 52 and a plurality of box dragging and grabbing components 53, the box dragging and transferring driving component 51 is disposed on the box sending frame 2, the box dragging cross rod 52 is horizontally and vertically disposed at the lower working end of the box dragging and moving driving component, the plurality of box dragging and grabbing components 53 are disposed in parallel on the box dragging cross rod 52, the box dragging and grabbing components 53 are composed of a pneumatic clamping jaw and a box dragging mounting seat, the box dragging mounting seat is disposed on the box dragging cross rod 52, and the pneumatic clamping jaw is disposed on the box dragging mounting seat; drag box and transfer drive assembly 51 and for dragging the electronic sharp module of box, drag box horizontal pole 52 and remove about through dragging the electronic sharp module of box and drive, and then make and set up a plurality of box subassemblies that drag on dragging box horizontal pole 52 and accomplish to transfer empty box from a left side to the right side to move box base 61 that moves of box mechanism 6, when getting box mechanism 4 and will be located the empty box on box material platform 31 and pick the back and transfer to a plurality of boxes that drag and snatch the subassembly 53 below, a plurality of boxes that drag snatch subassembly 53 simultaneous working snatch the empty box.
Preferably, as shown in fig. 5, the box moving mechanism 6 includes a box moving base 61, a box moving rolling assembly 62, a rolling driving assembly 63 and a material blocking assembly 64, the box moving base 61 is disposed on the box feeding frame 2, the box moving rolling assembly 62 is transversely disposed at the bottom of the rear side of the box moving base 61, the rolling driving assembly 63 is disposed at the side portion of the rear side of the box moving base 61, the material blocking assembly 64 is disposed at the end portion of the rear side of the box moving base 61, the box moving rolling assembly 62 is composed of a rolling shaft 621 and two rolling wheels 622 disposed on the rolling shaft 621, the rolling shaft 621 penetrates through the bottom of the box moving base 61, the two rolling wheels 622 are sleeved on the rolling shaft 621, the rear side of the box moving base 61 is provided with a through hole for the rolling wheels 622 to pass through, the rolling driving assembly 63 is a planetary reduction motor, the planetary reduction motor is disposed at the side portion of the box moving base 61, planetary gear motor's output is fixed in roller bearing 621's tip, it comprises two baffles to keep off material subassembly 64, two baffles set up respectively in move the rear end both sides of box base 61, two baffles are used for preventing move the box that moves on the box mechanism 6 and be transferred outside moving box base 61, after placing the empty box that moves on box base 61 and adjusting the position through counterpoint mechanism 7, roll drive assembly 63 work this moment, and then drive roller bearing 621 and two gyro wheels 622 and rotate, because two gyro wheels 622 extend to on moving box base 61, consequently two gyro wheels 622 rotate and make the empty box that is located on moving box base 61 carry backward simultaneously, carry to the work end of mechanism 9 of opening under the limiting displacement of two baffles of keeping off material subassembly 64.
Preferably, as shown in fig. 6 and 9, the aligning mechanism 7 includes a main aligning shaft 71, an auxiliary aligning shaft 72, a left aligning mounting seat 73, a right aligning mounting seat 74, a left aligning assembly 75 and a right aligning assembly 76, the main aligning shaft 71 and the auxiliary aligning shaft 72 are arranged in parallel at the bottom of the front side of the box moving base 61, the left aligning mounting seat 73 and the right aligning mounting seat 74 are respectively sleeved at the left and right sides of the main aligning shaft 71 and the auxiliary aligning shaft 72, the left aligning assembly 75 is arranged on the left aligning mounting seat 73, the right aligning assembly 76 is arranged on the right aligning mounting seat 74, when the box dragging mechanism 5 places an empty box on the box moving base 61 and is located between the left aligning assembly 75 and the right aligning assembly 76, when the position of the empty box is not at the middle position of the box moving base 61, the left and right aligning assemblies 75 and 76 operate to push the cassette to a position substantially in the middle of the cassette transfer base 61.
Preferably, as shown in fig. 7, the box pressing mechanism 8 is composed of a rear side box assembly 81 and a front side box assembly 82, the front side box assembly 82 is disposed at the lower portion of the front side of the box feeding frame 2, the rear side box assembly 81 is disposed at the middle portion of the rear side of the box feeding frame 2, the rear side box assembly 81 includes a rear side box pushing cylinder 811, a rear side box bending plate 812 and two press wheels 813, the rear side box pushing cylinder 811 is vertically disposed on the box feeding frame 2, the rear side box bending plate 812 is disposed at the lower output end of the rear side box pushing cylinder 811, the two press wheels 813 are respectively mounted at the inner sides of both ends of the box bending plate, since both sides of the box opening need to be separated during the box opening action, the rear side box pushing downward drives the rear side box bending plate 812 to move to the upper side by the rear side box pushing, so that the two press wheels 813 contact the box, the front side pressure box assembly 82 comprises a front side pressure box pushing cylinder 821, a box pressing plate 822 and two box pressing buffer pressing heads 823, wherein the front side pressure box pushing cylinder 821 is vertically arranged on the box feeding frame 2, the box pressing plate 822 is arranged at the upper output end of the front side pressure box pushing cylinder 821, the box pressing plate 822 is of a T-shaped structure, the two box pressing buffer pressing heads 823 are respectively arranged at two sides of the front end of the T-shaped box pressing plate 822, the two box pressing buffer pressing heads 823 are driven to move downwards through the front side pressure box pushing cylinder 821 to limit the tail of an empty box on the box moving base 61, so that the box can be prevented from being deviated when the box is opened, the box opening action is carried out when the empty box is transferred to the working end of the box opening mechanism 9, and the position of the box is deviated when the box opening action is prevented, the rear side pressure box assembly 81 and the left side pressure box assembly play a role in positioning and limiting the box, and damage to the box caused by box opening action is avoided.
Preferably, as shown in fig. 8, the box opening mechanism 9 comprises an upper box opening assembly 91 and a lower box opening assembly 92, the upper box opening assembly 91 is arranged in the middle of the rear side of the box feeding frame 2, the lower box opening assembly 92 is arranged in the lower part of the rear side of the box feeding frame 2, the upper box opening assembly 91 comprises an upper box opening push cylinder 911, an upper suction mounting plate 912 and three upper pneumatic suckers 913, the upper box opening push cylinder 911 is arranged on the box feeding frame 2, the upper suction mounting plate 912 is arranged at the lower output end of the upper box opening push cylinder 911, the three upper pneumatic suckers 913 are equidistantly arranged at the front side of the upper suction mounting plate 912, the lower box opening assembly 92 comprises a lower box opening push cylinder 921, a lower suction mounting plate 922 and three lower pneumatic suckers 923, the lower box opening push cylinder 921 is arranged at the bottom of the rear side of the box feeding frame 2, absorb the mounting panel 922 down set up in the upper portion output of lower cartridge propelling movement cylinder 921, three lower pneumatic chuck 923 equidistant set up in on the lower suction takes the mounting panel 922, can open the box action to the completion through last box subassembly 91 and lower box subassembly 92, the atress is stable, effectively avoids producing the destruction to the box.
Preferably, the left aligning assembly 75 is composed of a left aligning pushing cylinder 751 and a left aligning pushing claw 752, the left aligning pushing cylinder 751 is disposed on the left aligning mounting seat 73, the left aligning pushing claw 752 is disposed at an output end of the left aligning pushing cylinder, the left aligning pushing claw 752 is composed of an aligning pushing rod and a plurality of hooking posts disposed on the aligning pushing rod, the hooking posts are equidistantly distributed on the aligning pushing rod, the hooking posts upwardly penetrate through the box moving base 61, the right aligning assembly 76 and the left aligning assembly 75 have the same structure, and when left aligning is required, the left aligning pushing cylinder 751 operates to drive the left aligning pushing claw 752 to move rightwards on the box moving base 61, and the box is moved to a processing position on the box moving base 61 by the left aligning pushing claw 752.
The working principle of the invention is as follows: the stacked empty boxes are placed on the upper box material table 31, the box pushing driving assembly 33 works to further drive the box pushing assembly 32 to transfer the empty boxes from left to right to the right side of the upper box material table 31, the box pushing assembly stops moving under the limiting action of the upper box limiting plate 35, when the box taking pushing air cylinder 42 drives the box taking movable rotating arm 43 to transfer downwards to the upper side of the empty boxes, the box taking suction pushing air cylinder 44 works to enable the plurality of pneumatic suction cups on the box taking suction cup supports 46 to complete the empty box grabbing action and grab the boxes to the front of the box dragging mechanism 5, the box dragging conveying driving assembly 51 drives the box dragging cross rod 52 to enable the plurality of box dragging grabbing assemblies 53 to drag the empty boxes to the box moving base 61 and enable the boxes to be located in the middle of the aligning mechanism 7, the aligning mechanism 7 quickly completes the position correction of the boxes on the box moving base 61, the aligning is completed, the box moving rolling assembly 62 is driven by the rolling driving assembly 63, the box is moved to the rear side along the box moving base 61, the box stops moving after moving to the material blocking assembly 64, at the moment, the front side box assembly 82 and the rear side box assembly 81 complete the limiting and positioning effect on the box, the lower opening box assembly 92 and the upper opening box assembly 91 work simultaneously, the box opening action is completed on the box, and the box filling manipulator waits for the box filling action to be completed.
The technical features mentioned above are combined with each other to form various embodiments which are not listed above, and all of them are regarded as the scope of the present invention described in the specification; also, modifications and variations may be suggested to those skilled in the art in light of the above teachings, and it is intended to cover all such modifications and variations as fall within the true spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
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1. An automatic cigarette boxing and packaging device is characterized by comprising a box loading frame, a box conveying frame, a box loading mechanism, a box taking mechanism, a box dragging mechanism, a box moving mechanism, an aligning mechanism, a box pressing mechanism and a box opening mechanism, the upper box frame is arranged on the ground, the box conveying frame is arranged on the right side of the upper box frame, the box loading mechanism is arranged on the left side of the box loading frame, the box taking mechanism is arranged on the left side wall of the box feeding frame, and is positioned right above the discharging end of the upper box mechanism, the box dragging mechanism is arranged in the middle of the box conveying frame, the box moving mechanism is arranged at the lower part of the box conveying frame, the aligning mechanism is arranged at the bottom of the box conveying frame, and the box moving mechanism penetrates upwards, the box pressing mechanisms are respectively arranged on the front side and the rear side of the box conveying frame, and the box opening mechanism is arranged in the middle of the rear side of the box conveying frame.
2. The automatic cigarette boxing and packaging device of claim 1, wherein the boxing mechanism comprises a boxing feeding table, a box pushing assembly, a box pushing driving assembly and a pushing mounting plate, the boxing feeding table is arranged on the boxing feeding frame, a plurality of strip-shaped channels are horizontally arranged on the boxing feeding table, two guide rods are arranged on the boxing feeding table in parallel at the bottom of the boxing feeding frame, two ends of the pushing mounting plate are respectively sleeved at the right end parts of the two guide rods, the box pushing assembly is sleeved at the left end parts of the two guide rods, the upper working end of the box pushing driving assembly upwards penetrates through the strip-shaped channels on the boxing feeding table, the box pushing driving assembly is vertically arranged at the middle position of the pushing mounting plate, and the output end of the box pushing driving assembly is fixed at the bottom middle position of the box pushing assembly after penetrating through the pushing mounting plate leftwards, and an upper box limiting plate is further arranged at the right end part of the upper box material platform.
3. The automatic cigarette boxing and packaging device according to claim 1, wherein the box taking mechanism comprises a box taking fixing frame, a box taking pushing cylinder, a box taking movable rotating arm, a box taking sucking pushing cylinder, a sucking connecting rod, a box taking sucker support and a plurality of pneumatic suckers, the box taking fixing frame is arranged on the box frame, the box taking pushing cylinder is arranged on the box taking fixing frame, the box taking movable rotating arm is arranged at the lower output end of the box taking pushing cylinder, the sucking connecting rod is vertically arranged on the box taking movable rotating arm, the box taking sucking pushing cylinder is vertically arranged at the upper end part of the sucking connecting rod, an overturning bearing seat is arranged on the inner side of the middle of the box taking sucker support, a cylinder fisheye joint is arranged at the lower output end of the box taking sucking pushing cylinder, and the cylinder fisheye joint is movably connected with the overturning bearing seat through a pin shaft, the outer side of the middle of the box taking sucker support is movably hinged to the lower end part of the box taking movable rotating arm through a pin shaft, and the plurality of pneumatic suckers are arranged on the box taking sucker support at equal intervals.
4. The automatic cigarette boxing and packaging device of claim 1, wherein the box dragging mechanism comprises a box supporting and transferring driving assembly, a box dragging cross rod and a plurality of box dragging and grabbing assemblies, the box dragging and transferring driving assembly is arranged on the box conveying frame, the box dragging cross rod is horizontally and vertically arranged at the lower working end of the box dragging and moving driving assembly, the plurality of box dragging and grabbing assemblies are arranged on the box dragging cross rod in parallel, each box dragging and grabbing assembly consists of a pneumatic clamping jaw and a box dragging mounting seat, the box dragging mounting seat is arranged on the box dragging cross rod, and the pneumatic clamping jaw is arranged on the box dragging mounting seat; the dragging box transfer driving assembly is an electric linear module of the dragging box.
5. The automatic cigarette boxing and packaging device of claim 1, wherein the box moving mechanism comprises a box moving base, a box moving rolling assembly, a rolling driving assembly and a material blocking assembly, the box moving base is arranged on the box feeding frame, the box moving rolling assembly is transversely arranged at the bottom of the rear side of the box moving base, the rolling driving assembly is arranged at the side part of the rear side of the box moving base, the material blocking assembly is arranged at the end part of the rear side of the box moving base, the box moving rolling assembly comprises a rolling shaft and two rolling wheels arranged on the rolling shaft, the rolling shaft is arranged at the bottom of the box moving base in a penetrating manner, the two rolling wheels are sleeved on the rolling shaft, a through hole is formed in the rear side of the box moving base, the rolling driving assembly is a planetary gear motor, and the planetary gear motor is arranged at the side part of the box moving base, the output end of the planetary gear motor is fixed at the end part of the rolling shaft, the material blocking assembly is composed of two baffles, and the two baffles are respectively arranged at two sides of the rear end part of the box moving base.
6. The automatic cigarette boxing and packaging device of claim 5, wherein the alignment mechanism comprises an alignment main shaft, an alignment auxiliary shaft, a left alignment mounting seat, a right alignment mounting seat, a left alignment assembly and a right alignment assembly, the alignment main shaft and the alignment auxiliary shaft are arranged at the bottom of the front side of the box moving base in parallel, the left alignment mounting seat and the right alignment mounting seat are respectively sleeved on the left side and the right side of the alignment main shaft and the alignment auxiliary shaft, the left alignment assembly is arranged on the left alignment mounting seat, and the right alignment assembly is arranged on the right alignment mounting seat.
7. The automatic cigarette boxing and packaging device of claim 1, wherein the boxing mechanism comprises a rear lateral box assembly and a front lateral box assembly, the front lateral box assembly is arranged at the lower part of the front side of the boxing frame, the rear lateral box assembly is arranged at the middle part of the rear side of the boxing frame, the rear lateral box assembly comprises a rear lateral box pushing cylinder, a rear lateral box bending plate and two pressing wheels, the rear lateral box pushing cylinder is vertically arranged on the boxing frame, the rear lateral box bending plate is arranged at the lower output end of the rear lateral box pushing cylinder, the two pressing wheels are respectively arranged at the inner sides of two ends of the boxing bending plate, the front lateral box assembly comprises a front lateral box pushing cylinder, a boxing plate and two boxing buffering pressing heads, the front lateral box pushing cylinder is vertically arranged on the boxing frame, the box pressing plate is arranged at the upper output end of the front side box pressing pushing air cylinder and is of a T-shaped structure, and the two box pressing buffering pressing heads are respectively arranged on two sides of the front end of the T-shaped box pressing plate.
8. The automatic cigarette boxing and packaging device of claim 1, wherein the boxing mechanism comprises an upward boxing assembly and a downward boxing assembly, the upward boxing assembly is arranged in the middle of the rear side of the boxing frame, the downward boxing assembly is arranged at the lower part of the rear side of the boxing frame, the upward boxing assembly comprises an upward boxing pushing cylinder, an upper suction mounting plate and three upper pneumatic suckers, the upward boxing pushing cylinder is arranged on the boxing frame, the upper suction mounting plate is arranged at the lower output end of the upward boxing pushing cylinder, the three upper pneumatic suckers are equidistantly arranged at the front side of the upper suction mounting plate, the downward boxing assembly comprises a downward boxing pushing cylinder, a downward suction mounting plate and three lower pneumatic suckers, the downward boxing pushing cylinder is arranged at the bottom of the rear side of the boxing frame, the downward suction mounting plate is arranged at the upper output end of the downward boxing pushing cylinder, the three lower pneumatic suckers are arranged on the lower suction mounting plate at equal intervals.
9. The automatic cigarette boxing and packaging device of claim 6, wherein the left side alignment assembly is composed of a left side alignment pushing cylinder and a left side alignment pushing claw, the left side alignment pushing cylinder is arranged on the left side alignment mounting seat, the left side alignment pushing claw is arranged at the output end of the left side pushing cylinder, the left side alignment pushing claw is composed of an alignment push rod and a plurality of hooking columns arranged on the alignment push rod, the hooking columns are distributed on the alignment push rod at equal intervals, the hooking columns upwards penetrate through the box moving base, and the right side alignment assembly and the left side alignment assembly are identical in structure.
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