CN115969084A - Container and device and method for emptying material from container - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention belongs to the technical field of tobacco processing, and particularly relates to a container, and a device and a method for emptying materials from the container. The device for emptying materials from the container comprises a fixed main board, wherein the fixed main board is further provided with: the container conveying device comprises a container pushing mechanism, a container conveying mechanism, a container emptying mechanism and a material conveying mechanism. According to the container, the left vertical plate and the right vertical plate are inclined planes, so that when materials are gradually taken, the right vertical plate can give an obliquely upward component force to the materials, the materials are prevented from being extruded and damaged, and the quality of the materials is improved; according to the invention, through the arrangement of the container pushing mechanism, the container conveying mechanism, the container emptying mechanism and the material conveying mechanism, the materials can be automatically taken out, the material removing efficiency is improved, and the container is not turned over in the material taking process, so that the phenomena of material disorder and material rolling can be effectively prevented.

Description

Container and device and method for emptying material from container

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of tobacco processing, in particular to a container, and a device and a method for emptying materials from the container.

Background

In the tobacco processing process, rod-shaped materials such as cigarette rods, multi-section filter tips and the like need to be transported or stored among continuous production equipment of a production line. The prior art is to use hexahedral trays with open two sides for storage, transfer and emptying of the material in the trays. The process of emptying the material generally is tray upset 180, carries the material to low reaches unit in the feed bin, because the tray two sides open, the indiscriminate stick of material appears in the upset in-process, rolls the phenomenon of falling, especially to the material that length is shorter, and these phenomena influence low reaches unit during operation and need manual intervention urgently, and production efficiency is low, extravagant material. There are also unreasonable improvements in the art, such as CN 106562472A, which includes a container emptying method, in which material is lifted from the container by an arc plate along the container conveying direction, and the material at the front and rear ends of the container is severely squeezed in the process, which is liable to cause deformation and even breakage of the material, especially for the material in the form of a small-diameter medium-thin rod.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of this, embodiments of the present invention provide a container, and an apparatus and a method for emptying materials from the container, so as to solve the problems of material disorder, rolling, low production efficiency and material waste in the conventional turnover material-taking manner, and the problem of adverse effect on the quality of materials caused by direct material-taking with an arc-shaped supporting plate.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a container for transporting materials, the container including: four side vertical plates and a bottom plate;

the side vertical plate comprises a front vertical plate, a rear vertical plate, a left vertical plate and a right vertical plate;

the front vertical plate and the rear vertical plate are respectively fixed at the front end and the rear end of the top of the bottom plate;

the left vertical plate and the right vertical plate are respectively and obliquely fixed on the left side and the right side of the top of the bottom plate, and an inner cavity of the container forms a bucket-type cavity with a large upper part and a small lower part;

the right side face of the left vertical plate is provided with a sinking first groove, the top face of the bottom plate is provided with a sinking second groove, and the left side face of the right vertical plate is provided with a sinking third groove.

In some embodiments, the first groove, the second groove, and the third groove are in communication with each other.

In some embodiments, the left vertical plate and the right vertical plate are both straight plates, and the range of the inclination angle of each of the left vertical plate and the right vertical plate relative to the bottom plate is greater than or equal to 15 ° and less than or equal to 80 °.

In some embodiments, the bottoms of the left vertical plate and the right vertical plate are concave arc-shaped plates.

In a second aspect, embodiments of the present invention provide an apparatus for emptying material from a container, the container being the container provided in the first aspect;

the device is including fixed mainboard, still install on the fixed mainboard: the container conveying mechanism, the container emptying mechanism and the material conveying mechanism are arranged on the container;

the container emptying mechanism and the material conveying mechanism are positioned on the upper side of the container conveying mechanism;

the container conveying mechanism is used for conveying the container filled with the materials to a material taking station of the container emptying mechanism; the container emptying mechanism is used for taking out the materials in the container filled with the materials and conveying the materials to an inlet of the material conveying mechanism; the material conveying mechanism is used for continuously conveying the material taken out by the container emptying mechanism to the next material demand station; the container transport device is also used to transport the emptied container further to the next station for filling the container.

In some embodiments, the container emptying mechanism comprises a material taking mechanism;

the material taking mechanism comprises:

the material supporting plate is internally and rotatably provided with at least two material supporting rollers, and a third conveying belt is arranged on the outer side of each material supporting roller; and

and the material supporting plate driving mechanism is fixedly arranged on the fixed main board, is connected with the material supporting plate and is used for driving the material supporting plate to extend into a first groove of a container filled with materials and driving the material supporting roller to rotate so as to drive the third conveyor belt to output the materials on the material supporting plate.

In some embodiments, the container emptying mechanism further comprises: a left conveyor, a right conveyor;

the left conveyor and the right conveyor are oppositely arranged at the downstream of the material taking mechanism, and a first material conveying channel is formed between the left conveyor and the right conveyor; the left conveyor and the right conveyor are used for conveying the materials output by the material taking mechanism to an inlet of the material conveying mechanism.

In some embodiments, the pallet drive mechanism comprises:

the second electric cylinder sliding table is fixedly arranged at the rear end of the fixed main board and extends along the first direction; wherein the first direction and the horizontal direction form a preset included angle;

the second electric cylinder is arranged at one end of the second electric cylinder sliding table;

the motor mounting plate is connected with the rear end of the second electric cylinder sliding table in a sliding mode, connected with the output end of the second electric cylinder and used for sliding along the second electric cylinder sliding table under the driving of the second electric cylinder; the material supporting plate is fixedly connected to the front side of the motor mounting plate through a connecting plate;

the output end of the first driving motor is connected with one of the at least two material supporting rollers of the material supporting plate through a gear transmission mechanism and is used for driving the material supporting rollers to rotate.

In some embodiments, the left conveyor comprises a plurality of first guide rollers, a first driving roller and a second driving motor, and a first conveyor belt is mounted outside the first guide rollers and the first driving roller;

the first guide roller and the first driving roller are rotatably arranged at the front end of the fixed main plate; the rear end of the fixed main board is provided with a second driving motor for driving the first driving roller to rotate;

and/or

The right conveyor comprises a plurality of second guide rollers, a second driving roller and a third driving motor, and second conveying belts are arranged on the outer sides of the second guide rollers and the second driving roller;

the second guide roller and the second driving roller are rotatably arranged at the front end of the fixed main plate; and a third driving motor for driving the second driving roller to rotate is installed at the rear end of the fixed main plate.

In some embodiments, the width of the first material transport passageway is less than the height of the interior cavity of the container.

In some embodiments, the container conveying mechanism comprises a full container conveyor, a lower conveyor, an empty container conveyor;

the full container conveyor comprises a first driving wheel assembly, a first intermediate wheel assembly and a first floating tension wheel assembly; the first driving wheel assembly, the first intermediate wheel assembly and the first floating tension wheel assembly are all rotationally connected to the front end of the fixed main plate; a first conveying belt assembly is arranged on the outer sides of the first driving wheel assembly, the first intermediate wheel assembly and the first floating tensioning wheel assembly;

the empty container conveyor comprises a second driving wheel assembly, a second idle wheel assembly and a second floating tension wheel assembly; the second driving wheel assembly, the second intermediate wheel assembly and the second floating tension wheel assembly are all rotatably connected to the front end of the fixed main plate; a second conveyor belt component is arranged outside the second driving wheel component, the second intermediate wheel component and the second floating tension wheel component;

the lower conveyor comprises at least two horizontal rollers which are rotatably connected to the front end of the fixed main plate, and a synchronous belt assembly is arranged on the outer side of each horizontal roller;

and the rear end of the fixed main board is also provided with a fourth driving motor for driving the first driving wheel assembly to rotate and a fifth driving motor for driving the second driving wheel assembly to rotate.

In some embodiments, the full container conveyor further comprises a first pressure spring assembly, the first pressure spring assembly is mounted at the front end of the fixed main plate and used for providing pressure for the first floating tension wheel assembly, so that the first driving belt assembly is always in a downward tension state;

the empty container conveyor also comprises a second pressure spring assembly, wherein the second pressure spring assembly is installed at the front end of the fixed main plate and used for providing pressure for the second floating tensioning wheel assembly, so that the second transmission belt assembly is always in a downward tensioning state.

In some embodiments, the container conveying mechanism comprises a driving wheel and at least one driven wheel which are rotatably mounted at the front end of the fixed main board, a synchronous belt is mounted on the outer sides of the driving wheel and the driven wheel, a plurality of spacing pieces are mounted on the synchronous belt, and the spacing between the spacing pieces is adapted to the length of a container, so that exactly one container is accommodated between two adjacent spacing pieces;

and a sixth driving motor used for driving the driving wheel to rotate is further installed at the rear end of the fixed main board.

In some embodiments, the material transport mechanism comprises:

the upper conveyor and the lower conveyor are mounted at the front end of the fixed main board and respectively comprise a driving wheel and a driven wheel, the outer sides of the driving wheel and the driven wheel are connected through transmission belts, and a second material conveying channel is formed between the transmission belts of the upper conveyor and the lower conveyor;

the seventh driving motor is arranged at the rear end of the main board and used for driving the driving wheel to rotate;

and the transition plate or the flexible transition belt is arranged among the upper conveyor, the lower conveyor and the output port of the container emptying mechanism and is used for receiving the materials output by the container emptying mechanism.

In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises a container pushing mechanism located upstream of the container transport mechanism for pushing the filled container into the container transport mechanism.

In some embodiments, the container pushing mechanism comprises:

the mounting plate is fixedly mounted at one end of the fixed main plate; the bottom end of the mounting plate is also provided with a first avoidance groove 5 extending along the direction of conveying the container by the container conveying mechanism;

the supporting component is fixedly arranged at the front end of the bottom of the mounting plate;

the push plate assembly at least comprises a push plate and a push plate driving mechanism, the push plate driving mechanism is fixedly arranged at the rear end of the mounting plate, and the push plate is connected with the push plate driving mechanism; the push plate driving mechanism is used for driving the push plate to stretch into or retract out of the first avoidance groove and driving the push plate to move along the extending direction of the first avoidance groove.

In some embodiments, the push plate drive mechanism comprises:

the first electric cylinder sliding table is fixedly arranged at the rear end of the mounting plate and is horizontally arranged;

the first electric cylinder is arranged at one end of the first electric cylinder sliding table;

the L-shaped sliding frame is connected to the first electric cylinder sliding table in a sliding mode, is connected with the output end of the first electric cylinder, and is driven by the first electric cylinder to slide on the first electric cylinder sliding table horizontally;

and the cylinder is fixedly arranged at the bottom of the L-shaped sliding frame, and the push plate is fixedly connected with an output rod of the cylinder.

In a third aspect, embodiments of the present invention provide a method for emptying material from a container, which is used for the apparatus for emptying material from a container according to any of the above embodiments, and the method includes the following steps:

s1, full container conveying:

the container conveying mechanism conveys the container filled with the materials to a material taking station of the container emptying mechanism;

s2, emptying a container:

when the container filled with the material is conveyed to the material taking station of the container emptying mechanism, the material taking mechanism of the container emptying mechanism extends into the first groove of the container filled with the material;

the container is conveyed to the left through the container conveying mechanism, and materials in the container are taken out through the material taking mechanism and conveyed to the material conveying mechanism in the leftward conveying process of the container;

s3, conveying an empty container:

the emptied container is transported further by the container transport device to a next station for filling the container; and the taken materials are continuously conveyed to the next material demand station through the material conveying mechanism.

In some embodiments, before the container conveying mechanism conveys the container filled with the material to the material taking station of the container emptying mechanism in S1, the method further comprises:

the container pushing mechanism pushes the container filled with the material into the container conveying mechanism.

According to the invention, through the three aspects, at least the following beneficial effects are achieved:

according to the invention, through the designed structure of the container, the left vertical plate and the right vertical plate are inclined planes, so that the height of material taking at the left end of the container can be reduced, the pressure of the material at the bottom of the material taking inlet end is reduced, when the material at the right end of the container is emptied, the container emptying mechanism and the right vertical plate of the container lift the material, and the right vertical plate can provide an oblique upward component force for the material; according to the invention, through the arrangement of the container pushing mechanism, the container conveying mechanism, the container emptying mechanism and the material conveying mechanism, the materials can be automatically taken out, the material removing efficiency is improved, and the container is not turned over in the material taking process, so that the phenomena of material disorder and material rolling can be effectively prevented.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a container provided in example 1 of the present invention;

FIG. 2A is a cross-sectional view of the container shown in FIG. 1;

fig. 2B is a schematic structural view of the container shown in fig. 1 after the front vertical plate 51 is hidden;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for emptying materials from a container, which is provided by the embodiment 2 of the invention;

fig. 4 is a front view of a container pushing mechanism provided in embodiment 3 of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a rear view of a container pushing mechanism provided in embodiment 3 of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of a container conveying mechanism provided in embodiment 4 of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural view of another container conveying mechanism provided in embodiment 5 of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of a container emptying mechanism provided in example 6 of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a partially enlarged schematic view of a material taking mechanism provided in embodiment 6 of the present invention;

fig. 10 is a schematic structural view of a material taking mechanism provided in embodiment 6 of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a schematic illustration of the container emptying mechanism provided in embodiment 6 of the present invention for emptying material from the right end of the container;

fig. 12 is a schematic view of a material conveying mechanism provided in embodiment 7 of the present invention;

fig. 13 is a schematic view of an apparatus for emptying material from a container provided by the present disclosure emptying material from a container.

In the figure:

10. fixing the main board;

1. a container pushing mechanism; 11. a support assembly; 12. mounting a plate; 13. a first electric cylinder; 131. a first electric cylinder sliding table; 132. an L-shaped sliding frame; 14. a cylinder; 15. pushing the plate; 151. a first avoidance slot;

2. a container conveying mechanism; 21. a lower conveyor; 211. a timing belt assembly; 212. a horizontal drum; 22. a full container conveyor; 221. a first drive wheel assembly; 222. a first third wheel assembly; 223. a first floating tension wheel assembly; 224. a first compression spring assembly; 225. a first drive belt assembly; 23. an empty container conveyor; 231. a second drive wheel assembly; 232. a second third wheel assembly; 233. a second floating tension wheel assembly; 234. a second compression spring assembly; 235. a second belt assembly; 24. driving the driving wheel; 25. a driven wheel; 26. a synchronous belt; 27. a spacer sheet;

3. a container emptying mechanism; 31. a right conveyor; 311. a second guide roller; 312. a second conveyor belt; 313. a second drive roller; 32. a material taking mechanism; 321. a material supporting plate; 322. a third conveyor belt; 323. a material supporting roller; 324. a gear transmission mechanism; 325. a first drive motor; 326. a second electric cylinder; 327. a second electric cylinder sliding table; 33. a left conveyor; 331. a first guide roller; 332. a first conveyor belt; 333. a first drive roller;

4. a material conveying mechanism; 41. an upper conveyor; 42. a lower conveyor;

5. a container; 51. a front vertical plate; 52. a rear vertical plate; 53. a left vertical plate; 54. a right vertical plate; 55. a base plate; 56. a first groove; 57. a second groove; 58. and a third groove.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the present invention is described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and do not limit the invention.

Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, a left direction in the plane shown in fig. 2 and 13 is defined as a left direction, a right direction in the plane shown in fig. 2 and 13 is defined as a right direction, an upper direction in the plane shown in fig. 2 and 13 is defined as an upper direction, a lower direction in the plane shown in fig. 2 and 13 is defined as a lower direction, a direction perpendicular to the plane shown in fig. 2 and 13 is defined as a forward direction, a direction perpendicular to the plane shown in fig. 2 and 13 is defined as a rear direction, a direction from right to left in the plane shown in fig. 2 and 13 is defined as a container conveying direction, a left-right direction in the plane shown in fig. 2 and 13 is defined as a length direction of the container 5, a horizontal direction perpendicular to the plane shown in fig. 2 and 13 is defined as a width direction of the container 5, and an up-down direction in the plane shown in fig. 2 and 13 is defined as a height direction of the container 5.

Example 1

This embodiment is used for providing a neotype container for hold the material.

Referring to fig. 1, the container 5 of the present invention is formed by four side vertical plates and a bottom plate 55, and is shaped as a rectangular box with a cavity therein and an opening at the top.

The side vertical plates comprise a front vertical plate 51, a rear vertical plate 52, a left vertical plate 53 and a right vertical plate 54, and the front vertical plate 51 and the rear vertical plate 52 are respectively fixed at the front end and the rear end of the top of the bottom plate 55;

referring to fig. 2, the left vertical plate 53 and the right vertical plate 54 are respectively fixed on the left side and the right side of the top of the bottom plate 55 in an inclined manner, so that the inner cavity of the container 5 forms a bucket-type cavity with a large top and a small bottom. And a sunken first groove 56 is arranged on the right side surface of the left vertical plate 53, a sunken second groove 57 is arranged on the top surface of the bottom plate 55, and a sunken third groove 58 is arranged on the left side surface of the right vertical plate 54. In the embodiment of the present invention, the first groove 56, the second groove 57, and the third groove 58 are provided, so that the material taking mechanism (such as an insert plate) can be first inserted into the first groove 56, and after passing through the second groove 57 and the third groove 58 in sequence, the material in the container 5 can be taken out by the relative movement of the tool and the container 5. Meanwhile, the grooves in the left vertical plate 53, the right vertical plate 54 and the bottom plate 55 are not grooves penetrating through the side surface and the bottom surface of the container 5, so that the sealing performance of the container 5 after the container is covered with a cover can be ensured, the quality change phenomena of fragrance volatilization and the like caused by exposure of materials such as cigarettes stored in the container 5 in the air are avoided, and the quality of the materials stored in the container 5 is further improved.

Preferably, the first groove 56, the second groove 57 and the third groove 58 are communicated with each other. In this embodiment, the grooves on the left vertical plate 53, the right vertical plate 54 and the bottom plate 55 are aligned and communicated with each other, so that the emptying efficiency of the material in the container 5 can be further improved.

In some optional embodiments, the left standing plate 53 and the right standing plate 54 are both straight plates, and the range of the inclination angle of each of the left standing plate 53 and the right standing plate 54 relative to the bottom plate 55 is greater than or equal to 15 ° and less than or equal to 80 °, so that a better efficiency of emptying the material from the container 5 can be obtained.

In other alternative embodiments, the bottom of the left and right standing plates 53 and 54 may be a concave arc plate. In these embodiments, the left and right vertical plates are designed to be arc-shaped plates, especially, the arc shape of the left vertical plate 53 is tangent to the bottom plate 55, and the arc shape of the right vertical plate 54 is tangent to the bottom plate 55, so that the transition between the second groove 57 and the first and third grooves 58 on both sides is smooth, the movement of the material taking mechanism in the first, second and third grooves 56, 57, 58 which are mutually communicated is more stable, a better material taking effect is obtained, and the container emptying efficiency is improved.

Example 2

This embodiment is intended to provide a means for emptying material from the container 5 of embodiment 1 above.

Referring to fig. 3, the apparatus includes a fixed main board 10, the fixed main board 10 is fixedly installed on the production line, and the fixed main board 10 is sequentially installed along the container conveying direction: a container conveying mechanism 2, a container emptying mechanism 3 and a material conveying mechanism 4.

As shown in fig. 3, the container emptying mechanism 3, the material conveying mechanism 4 are located on the upper side of the container conveying mechanism 2; the container conveying mechanism 2 is used for conveying the container 5 filled with materials to a material taking station of the container emptying mechanism 3; the container emptying mechanism 3 is used for taking out the materials in the container 5 filled with the materials and conveying the materials to an inlet of the material conveying mechanism 4; the material conveying mechanism 4 is used for continuously conveying the material taken out by the container emptying mechanism 3 to the next material demand station; the container transport device 2 is also used to transport the emptied containers 5 further to the next station for filling the containers.

In some preferred embodiments, as shown in fig. 3, the apparatus for emptying material from a container provided by the present invention further comprises a container pushing mechanism 1 located upstream of the container transporting mechanism 2, the container pushing mechanism 1 being adapted to push a container 5 filled with material into the container transporting mechanism 2.

Example 3

This embodiment is used to disclose a specific structure of the container pushing mechanism 1 in embodiment 2 described above.

Referring to fig. 4 and 5, the container pushing mechanism 1 includes a mounting plate 12, a support assembly 11 and a push plate assembly;

wherein, the mounting plate 12 is fixedly mounted at one end of the fixed main plate 10; the bottom end of the mounting plate 12 is further provided with a first avoidance groove 151 extending in the direction in which the container 5 is conveyed by the container conveying mechanism 2;

the supporting component 11 is fixedly arranged at the front end of the bottom of the mounting plate 12;

the push plate component at least comprises a push plate 15 and a push plate driving mechanism, the push plate driving mechanism is fixedly arranged at the rear end of the mounting plate 12, and the push plate 15 is connected with the push plate driving mechanism; the push plate driving mechanism is used for driving the push plate 15 to extend into or retract out of the first avoiding groove 151, and driving the push plate 15 to move along the extending direction of the first avoiding groove 151.

In some preferred embodiments, as shown in figures 4 and 5, the push plate drive mechanism comprises:

a first electric cylinder sliding table 131 which is fixedly mounted on the rear end of the mounting plate 12 and is horizontally arranged;

a first electric cylinder 13 mounted at one end of the first electric cylinder slide table 131;

an L-shaped sliding frame 132 slidably connected to the first electric cylinder sliding table 131; the L-shaped sliding frame 132 is connected with the output end of the first electric cylinder 13, and is driven by the first electric cylinder 13 to horizontally slide on the first electric cylinder sliding table 131;

and the air cylinder 14 is fixedly arranged at the bottom of the L-shaped sliding frame 132, and the output rod of the air cylinder 14 is fixedly provided with a push plate 15.

Through this mechanism setting:

the containers 5 filled with the materials from the upstream station are arranged on the supporting assembly 11, the air cylinder 14 drives the push plate 15 to extend forwards into the first avoiding groove 151 to the right side (the right side of the plane shown in fig. 2) of the containers 5, the first electric cylinder 13 drives the L-shaped sliding frame 132 to slide leftwards on the first electric cylinder sliding table 131, and the full containers 6 are pushed to enter the container conveying mechanism 2; then the next container 5 filled with materials is sent to the supporting component 11 from the upstream station to wait, the air cylinder 14 takes the push plate 15 to retract backwards to retract the first avoiding groove 151 to avoid the container 5 on the supporting component 11, the first electric cylinder 13 drives the air cylinder 14 to return to the starting position rightwards, and the work of pushing the container 5 is completed in turn in a circulating mode.

Example 4

This embodiment is used to disclose a specific structure of the container transfer mechanism 2 in embodiment 2 described above.

Referring to fig. 6, the container transfer mechanism 2 is disposed on the left side (downstream position) of the container push mechanism 1.

The container conveying mechanism 2 comprises a full container conveyor 22, a lower conveyor 21, and an empty container conveyor 23.

Wherein, the full container conveyor 22 comprises a first driving wheel assembly 221, a first intermediate wheel assembly 222 and a first floating tension wheel assembly 223; the first driving wheel assembly 221, the first intermediate wheel assembly 222 and the first floating tension wheel assembly 223 are all rotatably connected to the front end of the fixed main plate 10; a first conveyor belt assembly 225 is mounted at the outer sides of the first driving wheel assembly 221, the first intermediate wheel assembly 222 and the first floating tension wheel assembly 223;

preferably, the full container conveyor 22 further comprises a first compression spring assembly 224, and the first compression spring assembly 224 is installed at the front end of the fixed main plate 10 and used for providing pressure for a first floating tension wheel assembly 223 to ensure that the first driving belt assembly 225 is always in a downward tension state.

The empty container conveyor 23 is similar in structure to the full container conveyor 22 described above, and includes a second drive wheel assembly 231, a second idler wheel assembly 232, and a second floating tension wheel assembly 233; the second driving wheel assembly 231, the second intermediate wheel assembly 232 and the second floating tension wheel assembly 233 are all rotatably connected to the front end of the fixed main plate 10; and a second conveyor belt assembly 235 is mounted outside the second driving wheel assembly 231, the second idle wheel assembly 232 and the second floating tension wheel assembly 233.

Preferably, the empty container conveyor 23 further comprises a second pressure spring assembly 234, and the second pressure spring assembly 234 is installed at the front end of the fixed main plate 10 and is used for providing pressure for the second floating tension wheel assembly 233 to ensure that the second belt assembly 235 is always in a downward tension state;

the lower conveyor 21 includes at least two horizontal rollers 212 rotatably connected to the front end of the fixed main plate 10, and a timing belt assembly 211 is installed outside the horizontal rollers 212.

In addition, a fifth driving motor for driving the first driving wheel assembly 221 and the second driving wheel assembly 231 to rotate is further installed at the rear end of the fixed main plate 10.

The driving motor drives the first driving wheel assembly 221 and the second driving wheel assembly 231 to rotate through a gear or a belt wheel structure, and the specific structure thereof is known in the art, and is not described in detail in this embodiment.

Through the arrangement of the mechanism, the full container conveyor 22 and the lower conveyor 21 are driven to rotate, the container 5 filled with materials is conveyed to the working position of the container emptying mechanism 3, and after the container emptying mechanism 3 takes out the materials in the container 5, the empty container 5 is conveyed away through the rotation drive of the empty container conveyor 23 and the lower conveyor 21.

Example 5

This embodiment is different from embodiment 4 in disclosing another specific structure of the container carrying mechanism 2 in embodiment 2.

Referring to fig. 7, the container conveying mechanism 2 of the present embodiment includes a driving wheel 24 and at least one driven wheel 25 rotatably mounted at the front end of the fixed main plate 10, a timing belt 26 is mounted on the outer sides of the driving wheel 24 and the driven wheel 25, a plurality of spacing pieces 27 are mounted on the timing belt 26, and the spacing between the spacing pieces 27 is adapted to the length of the container 5 (for example, the spacing between the spacing pieces 27 is greater than the predetermined gap value of the length of the container 5), so that exactly one container 5 is accommodated between two adjacent spacing pieces 27.

Of course, a sixth driving motor for driving the driving wheel 24 to rotate is further installed at the rear end of the fixed main board 10. The sixth driving motor drives the driving wheel 24 to rotate through a gear or a belt wheel structure, and the specific structure thereof is a known technology in the technical field, and is not described in detail in this embodiment.

With the arrangement of the present embodiment, the container 5 filled with the material is separated and pushed to the operating position of the container emptying mechanism 3 by the spacer 27 through the rotational driving of the container conveying mechanism 2, and after the container emptying mechanism 3 takes out the material in the container 5, the empty container 5 is conveyed away through the rotational driving of the spacer 27.

Example 6

This embodiment is intended to disclose a specific structure of the container emptying mechanism 3 in embodiment 2 described above.

Referring specifically to fig. 8, the container emptying mechanism 3 includes a material taking mechanism 32. The material taking mechanism 32 includes: a material supporting plate 321 and a material supporting plate driving mechanism; at least two material supporting rollers 323 are rotatably arranged in the material supporting plate 321, and a third conveyor belt 322 is arranged outside the material supporting rollers 323. The material supporting plate driving mechanism is fixedly installed on the fixed main board 10, is connected with the material supporting plate 321, and is used for driving the material supporting plate 321 to extend into the first groove 56 of the container 5 filled with the material, and driving the material supporting roller 323 to rotate so as to drive the third conveyor belt 322 to output the material on the material supporting plate 321. Preferably, as shown in fig. 9 and 10, the lower side of the material supporting plate 321 is a shovel shape with a thin end portion formed by inclining the lower surface relative to the upper surface, the upper side of the material supporting plate 321 is hollowed out, and the material supporting roller 323 and the third conveyor belt 322 are assembled at the hollowed-out position such that the uppermost surface of the third conveyor belt 322 is aligned with the shovel-shaped upper surface of the lower side of the material supporting plate 321.

In some alternative embodiments, the container emptying mechanism 3 further comprises: a left conveyor 33, a right conveyor 31; the left conveyor 33 and the right conveyor 31 are oppositely arranged at the downstream of the material taking mechanism 32, and a first material conveying channel is formed between the left conveyor 33 and the right conveyor 31; the left conveyor 33 and the right conveyor 31 are used for conveying the material output by the material taking mechanism 32 to the inlet of the material conveying mechanism 4. Preferably, as shown in fig. 8, the container emptying mechanism 3 is arranged above the container conveying mechanism 2, the material taking mechanism 32 is located between the full container conveyor 22 and the empty container conveyor 23 in embodiment 4, the left conveyor 33 is arranged above the container conveying mechanism 2, the right conveyor 31 is arranged on the right side of the left conveyor 33, and a first material conveying channel is formed between the left conveyor 33 and the right conveyor 31.

Preferably, the left conveyor 33 includes a plurality of first guide rollers 331, a first driving roller 333 and a second driving motor, and a first conveyor belt 332 is installed outside the first guide rollers 331 and the first driving roller 333; the first guide roller 331 and the first driving roller 333 are rotatably mounted at the front end of the fixed main plate 10, and the rear end of the fixed main plate 10 is provided with a second driving motor for driving the first driving roller 333 to rotate;

the right conveyor 31 comprises a plurality of second guide rollers 311, a second driving roller 313 and a third driving motor, and a second conveyor belt 312 is installed outside the second guide rollers 311 and the second driving roller 313; the second guide roller 311 and the second drive roller 313 are both rotatably mounted at the front end of the fixed main plate 10; a third driving motor for driving the second driving roller 313 to rotate is installed at the rear end of the fixed main plate 10.

The second and third driving motors drive the first driving roller 333 and the second driving roller 313 to rotate through a gear or a belt wheel structure, and the specific structure thereof is a known technology in the technical field, and is not described in detail in this embodiment.

Preferably, the width of the first material conveying path (the shortest distance between the first conveyor belt 332 of the left conveyor 33 and the second conveyor belt 312 of the right conveyor 31 in fig. 8) is smaller than the height of the inner cavity of the container 5.

In some preferred embodiments, referring to fig. 9 and 10, the pallet drive mechanism comprises:

a second electric cylinder sliding table 327 fixedly installed at a rear end of the fixed main board 10 and extending in the first direction; wherein the first direction and the horizontal direction form a preset included angle; preferably, the first direction is parallel to the extending direction of the first groove 56 on the left standing plate 53 (the inclined direction of the first groove 56 with respect to the horizontal direction);

a second electric cylinder 326 attached to one end of a second electric cylinder slide table 327;

a motor mounting plate, which is slidably connected to a rear end of the second electric cylinder sliding table 327, and is connected to an output end of the second electric cylinder 326, and is configured to slide along the second electric cylinder sliding table 327 under the driving of the second electric cylinder 326; the material supporting plate 321 is fixedly connected to the front side of the motor mounting plate through a connecting plate;

and the output end of the first driving motor 325 is connected with one material supporting roller 323 of at least two material supporting rollers 323 of the material supporting plate 321 through a gear transmission mechanism 324 to drive the material supporting roller 323 to rotate.

Further, a second avoiding groove is also formed in the front surface of the fixed main board 10, and is used for providing an avoiding space for the material supporting board 321 to slide.

Through the arrangement of the mechanism, when a container 5 filled with materials is pushed to a working station of the material taking mechanism 32 by the container pushing mechanism 1, the second electric cylinder 326 drives the material supporting plate 321 to move obliquely downwards, and firstly extends into the first groove 56 on the left side of the container 5, so that the material supporting plate 321 extends into the material below the container 5 as shown in fig. 8, at this time, the first driving motor 325 is started, the material supporting roller 323 rotates to drive the third conveyor belt 322, the materials are driven upwards between the left conveyor 33 and the right conveyor 31 under the rotation action of the third conveyor belt 322, and are transported upwards through the material conveying channel formed between the first conveyor belt 332 and the second conveyor belt 312, meanwhile, the lower conveyor 21 is controlled to convey the container 5 to the left side, and in the process of conveying the container 5 to the left side, the material supporting plate 321 can sequentially enter the second groove 57 and the third groove 58 of the container 5, and in the process of conveying the container 5 according to the same principle, the container emptying mechanism 3 finishes the material taking action. The first driving motor 325 is adjusted to a desired rotation speed according to the container emptying speed, so that the upper thread speed of the third conveyor 322 is the same as the upper thread speed of the first conveyor 332 of the left conveyor 33.

In the container emptying mechanism 3 provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the material supporting plate 321 slides back and forth to extend into the groove in the container 5, so that power for lifting and conveying the material in the container 5 can be increased, when emptying the material at the right end of the container, as shown in fig. 11, the material supporting plate 321 slides in the third groove 58 of the right vertical plate 54 of the container 5, and as the container is conveyed leftward, the material is subjected to upward component force from the right vertical plate 54, so as to reduce the wrinkling phenomenon of the material due to extrusion, and the material emptying mechanism is particularly suitable for conveying soft rod-shaped objects such as filter sticks, cigarettes, and the like.

Example 7

This embodiment is used to disclose a specific structure of the material conveying mechanism 4 in the above embodiment 2.

Referring to fig. 12, the material conveying means 4 is located at a position downstream of the left conveyor 33 in the embodiment 6.

Material conveying mechanism 4 is including installing top conveyer 41 and the below conveyer 42 at fixed mainboard 10 front end, top conveyer 41 and below conveyer 42 all include drive wheel and follower, and the drive wheel all is connected through the transmission band with the follower outside, forms second material conveying channel between the transmission band of top conveyer 41 and below conveyer 42.

As above, the driving wheels of the upper conveyor 41 and the lower conveyor 42 are driven to rotate by a seventh driving motor installed at the rear end of the fixed main board 10. The seventh driving motor drives the driving wheel 24 to rotate through a gear or a belt wheel structure, and the specific structure thereof is a known technology in the technical field, and is not described in detail in this embodiment.

In addition, the material conveying mechanism 4 may further include a transition plate or a flexible transition belt, which is disposed between the upper conveyor 41, the lower conveyor 42, and the output port of the container emptying machine 3, and is used for receiving the material output by the container emptying mechanism 3.

Example 8

This embodiment discloses a particular method of emptying material from a container 5 for use with an apparatus for emptying material from a container as provided in any of the preceding embodiments. Fig. 13 is a schematic view of an apparatus for emptying material from a container provided by the present disclosure emptying material from a container.

The method provided by the embodiment comprises the following steps:

s1, full container conveying:

the container conveying mechanism 2 conveys the container 5 filled with the materials to a material taking station of the container emptying mechanism 3;

s2, emptying a container:

when a container 5 filled with material is conveyed to the material extracting mechanism 32 station of the container emptying mechanism 3, the material extracting mechanism 32 of the container emptying mechanism 3 extends into the first recess 56 of the container 5 filled with material;

the container 5 is conveyed to the left through the container conveying mechanism 2, materials are taken out through the material taking mechanism 32 on the material taking mechanism 32 in the leftward conveying process of the container 5, and the materials are lifted upwards obliquely through the left conveyor 33 and the right conveyor 31 and conveyed to the material conveying mechanism 4;

s3, conveying an empty container:

the emptied container 5 is transported further by the container transport device 2 to the next station for filling the container; and the taken materials are continuously conveyed to the next material demand station through the material conveying mechanism 4.

Preferably, in the method, before the container conveying mechanism 2 conveys the container 5 filled with the material to the material taking station of the container emptying mechanism 3, the step S1 further comprises the step of pushing the container 5 filled with the material into the container conveying mechanism 2 by the container pushing mechanism 1.

In combination with the above embodiments, the present invention has the following advantages and effects:

according to the invention, through the designed structure of the container 5, the left vertical plate 53 and the right vertical plate 54 are inclined planes, when materials are gradually taken, the right vertical plate 54 is extruded by the materials, and an oblique component force can be given to the materials, so that the materials are prevented from being extruded and damaged, and the quality of the materials is improved; according to the invention, through the arrangement of the container pushing mechanism 1, the container conveying mechanism 2, the container emptying mechanism 3 and the material conveying mechanism 4, the materials can be automatically taken out, the material removing efficiency is improved, and the container 5 is not turned over in the material taking process, so that the phenomena of material disorder and material rolling can be effectively prevented.

The above description is only for the specific embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any changes or substitutions that can be easily conceived by those skilled in the art within the technical scope of the present invention are included in the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims (10)

1. A container, characterized in that the container (5) comprises: four side vertical plates and a bottom plate (55);

the side vertical plates comprise a front vertical plate (51), a rear vertical plate (52), a left vertical plate (53) and a right vertical plate (54);

the front vertical plate (51) and the rear vertical plate (52) are respectively fixed at the front end and the rear end of the top of the bottom plate (55);

the left vertical plate (53) and the right vertical plate (54) are respectively and obliquely fixed on the left side and the right side of the top of the bottom plate (55), and the inner cavity of the container (5) forms a bucket-type cavity with a large upper part and a small lower part;

the right side face of the left vertical plate (53) is provided with a sunken first groove (56), the top face of the bottom plate (55) is provided with a sunken second groove (57), and the left side face of the right vertical plate (54) is provided with a sunken third groove (58).

2. A container as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that said first (56), second (57) and third (58) recesses are in communication with each other.

3. The container according to claim 1, wherein the left vertical plate (53) and the right vertical plate (54) are both straight plates, and the range of the inclination angle of each of the left vertical plate (53) and the right vertical plate (54) relative to the bottom plate (55) is greater than or equal to 15 ° and less than or equal to 80 °.

4. A container according to claim 1, wherein the bottoms of the left standing plate (53) and the right standing plate (54) are concave arc plates.

5. An apparatus for emptying material from a container, wherein the container is a container according to any one of claims 1 to 4;

the device is including fixed mainboard (10), still install on fixed mainboard (10): the container conveying mechanism (2), the container emptying mechanism (3) and the material conveying mechanism (4);

the container emptying mechanism (3) and the material conveying mechanism (4) are positioned on the upper side of the container conveying mechanism (2);

the container conveying mechanism (2) is used for conveying the container (5) filled with the materials to a material taking station of the container emptying mechanism (3); the container emptying mechanism (3) is used for taking out materials in a container (5) filled with the materials and conveying the materials to an inlet of the material conveying mechanism (4); the material conveying mechanism (4) is used for continuously conveying the material taken out by the container emptying mechanism (3) to the next material demand station; the container conveying mechanism (2) is also used for conveying the emptied container (5) to the next station for filling the container.

6. An apparatus for emptying material from a container as defined in claim 5, wherein the container emptying mechanism (3) comprises a material taking mechanism (32);

the take-out mechanism (32) comprises:

the material supporting plate (321) is internally and rotatably provided with at least two material supporting rollers (323), and a third conveyor belt (322) is arranged on the outer side of each material supporting roller (323); and

and the material supporting plate driving mechanism is fixedly arranged on the fixed main board (10), is connected with the material supporting plate (321), and is used for driving the material supporting plate (321) to extend into a first groove (56) of a container (5) filled with materials and driving the material supporting roller (323) to rotate so as to drive the third conveyor belt (322) to output the materials on the material supporting plate (321).

7. An apparatus for emptying material from a container as defined in claim 6, characterized in that the container emptying mechanism (3) further comprises: a left conveyor (33), a right conveyor (31);

the left conveyor (33) and the right conveyor (31) are arranged at the downstream of the material taking mechanism (32) relatively, and a first material conveying channel is formed between the left conveyor (33) and the right conveyor (31); the left conveyor (33) and the right conveyor (31) are used for conveying the materials output by the material taking mechanism (32) to an inlet of the material conveying mechanism (4).

8. An apparatus for emptying material from a container as defined in claim 6 wherein the material blade drive mechanism comprises:

a second electric cylinder sliding table (327) fixedly mounted at a rear end of the fixed main plate (10) and extending in the first direction; wherein the first direction forms a predetermined included angle with the horizontal direction;

a second electric cylinder (326) mounted at one end of the second electric cylinder slide table (327);

the motor mounting plate is connected to the rear end of the second electric cylinder sliding table (327) in a sliding mode, connected with the output end of the second electric cylinder (326) and used for sliding along the second electric cylinder sliding table (327) under the driving of the second electric cylinder (326); the material supporting plate (321) is fixedly connected to the front side of the motor mounting plate through a connecting plate;

the first driving motor (325) is mounted on the rear side of the motor mounting plate, and the output end of the first driving motor (325) is connected with one material supporting roller (323) of at least two material supporting rollers (323) of the material supporting plate (321) through a gear transmission mechanism (324) and used for driving the material supporting roller (323) to rotate.

9. An apparatus for emptying material from a container as defined in claim 7, wherein the left conveyor (33) comprises a plurality of first guide rollers (331), a first driving roller (333) and a second driving motor, and a first conveyor belt (332) is installed outside the first guide rollers (331) and the first driving roller (333);

the first guide roller (331) and the first driving roller (333) are rotatably mounted at the front end of the fixed main plate (10); a second driving motor for driving the first driving roller (333) to rotate is installed at the rear end of the fixed main board (10);

and/or

The right conveyor (31) comprises a plurality of second guide rollers (311), a second driving roller (313) and a third driving motor, and a second conveyor belt (312) is arranged on the outer sides of the second guide rollers (311) and the second driving roller (313);

the second guide roller (311) and the second driving roller (313) are both rotatably mounted at the front end of the fixed main plate (10); and a third driving motor for driving the second driving roller (313) to rotate is installed at the rear end of the fixed main plate (10).

10. An apparatus for emptying material from a container as defined in claim 7 wherein the width of the first material conveying channel is less than the height of the interior cavity of the container (5).

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