CN206466950U - A kind of tank body automatic capping device - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses a kind of tank body automatic capping device, enter tank transmission track in frame including frame and level, it is described enter tank transmission track end provided with two layers isolation locating turntable, isolation locating turntable week portion is uniformly arranged the arc screens groove of several openings, enter tank transmission track and go out tank transmission track and be respectively provided at lower floor's isolation locating turntable both sides, the side of upper strata isolation locating turntable is provided with automatic end feeder, automatic end feeder includes vibration lower cover machine and automatic cap sorter arranged successively in the conveying direction, automatic end feeder is isolated locating turntable with upper strata by a cover inclined guide groove and coordinated, cover pressing mechanism is provided with above upper strata isolation locating turntable, isolation locating turntable is connected with the rotary drive mechanism below frame.The utility model uses full pneumatic design, and it is accurate in place to improve tank body in security performance, whole capping procedure, covers efficiency high, can high-volume, automation capping.
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Technical field
The utility model is related to tank seal cover technical field, and in particular to a kind of tank body automatic capping device.
Background technology
Sealing is to prevent fluid or solia particle from leaking and prevent introduced contaminants such as dust and water between adjacent faying face
The material or part of parts inside intrusion machinery equipment of grading.Sealing can be divided into static seal and the major class of dynamic sealing two.It is quiet close
Envelope mainly has pad sealing, sealant sealing and directly contacts sealing three major types.According to operating pressure, static seal is low can be divided into again in
Press static seal and high pressure static seal.Mesolow static seal is often sealed with the pad of the softer wider width of material, and high pressure static seal is then used
The harder contact width of material very narrow metallic gasket.Dynamic sealing can be divided into two kinds of fundamental types of rotatory sealing and reciprocation sealing.
Whether contacted with the parts that it is performed relative motion by seal, contact seal and non-contacting seal can be divided into;By sealing
Part and contact position can be divided into circumferential sealing and end face seal again, and end face seal is also known as mechanical seal.Centrifugation in dynamic sealing
Sealing and helixseal, are sealed when being by machine run to medium with power, therefore sometimes referred to as dynamic seal.
At present, in the industries such as daily use chemicals, food, medicine, widely, capsuling machine is all batch metaplasia for the use of capsuling machine
Production processing, if using the pop can aluminium lid of manually installed capsuling machine, not only low production efficiency, increases processing cost, Er Qiecun
In potential safety hazard, slightly misoperation, personal injury may be brought.And traditional pop can capping apparatus has operating efficiency
The problem of low and labor intensity is big, is not suitable for batch capping operation, it is difficult to meet the job requirements that high-volume is automatically covered.
Chinese Patent Application No. 2013102356904, the applying date:It is on 06 15th, 2013, entitled《It is a kind of it is new it is complete from
Move tank capsuling machine processed》Utility model application patent in, disclose a kind of full-automatic tank capsuling machine processed, it includes board, board
Center be provided with by it is motor-driven enter tank rotating disk, tank can be picked up out of feeding belt by entering tank rotating disk provided with several bayonet sockets
Body feeding seaming mechanism;Wherein, described seaming mechanism includes being arranged on into the tank supporter below tank rotating disk, and tank supporter is by hydraulic pressure
Cylinder is supported.End feeder includes sending lid supporting plate and is fixedly mounted on storage lid device thereon, and some is layered on top of each other is laid in storage lid device
Cover, the lowermost end of the cover is carried on point lid slide plate, and a point lid slide plate both sides are provided with a point lid perching knife, divide lid slide plate by
Front and rear sliding motion can be made send by dividing lid cylinder to promote on lid supporting plate.Point lid perching knife that the utility model passes through point lid slide plate both sides
Cover is set to make front and rear sliding motion, so that the cover stored up on lid device is sent into seaming mechanism, it is impossible to ensure cover with tank body just
Position accuracy, and its by cover overlay storage lid device on, be not suitable for the larger higher tank seal cover of cover, there is versatility
Difference, complicated, automaticity is low, the problem of poor safety performance, and in some special explosion-proof places, it can not use, deposit
In larger potential safety hazard.
Utility model content
For above-mentioned the deficiencies in the prior art, the purpose of this utility model is to provide a kind of compact conformation, cover and tank
Body accurate, capping efficiency high in place, the tank body automatic capping device having a safety feature.
In order to solve the above technical problems, the utility model provides following technical scheme:
A kind of tank body automatic capping device, including frame and level enter tank transmission track in frame, it is described enter tank
Transmission track end includes disk body provided with two layers of isolation locating turntable, the isolation locating turntable, and the disk body week, portion was uniformly set
The arc screens groove of several openings is put, the radian of the arc screens groove and the radian of can body match, and enter tank transmission track
Lower floor's isolation locating turntable both sides are respectively provided at tank transmission track is gone out, the side of upper strata isolation locating turntable is provided with send lid automatically
Mechanism, the automatic end feeder includes vibration lower cover machine and automatic cap sorter arranged successively in the conveying direction, described automatic
End feeder is isolated locating turntable with upper strata by a cover inclined guide groove and coordinated, and capping machine is provided with above upper strata isolation locating turntable
Structure, the upper strata isolation locating turntable or lower floor's isolation locating turntable are connected with the rotary drive mechanism below frame.
Further, the rotary drive mechanism includes rotating shaft, pull bar and reciprocal drive cylinder, and rotating shaft upper end is fixed with isolating
Position rotating disk is fixedly connected, and rotating shaft lower end is arranged with gear, the teeth groove of the gear edge and the screens groove phase for isolating locating turntable
Correspondence, the pull bar is provided with positioning rack, and the positioning rack is located at the side of gear and engaged with gear, under the pull bar
End is connected with the piston rod of reciprocal drive cylinder, and back-moving spring, the pull bar upper end and stop lever are arranged with the pull bar
Head end is fixed and is hinged, and the stop lever end is provided with stop latch, and the stop latch is located at the opposite side of gear and and tooth
The teeth groove of wheel matches.
Further, the cover pressing mechanism includes gland cylinder, and the gland cylinder piston rod is provided with gland drift, institute
State the flanging wheel that Central Symmetry of the gland drift by pressure rotating disk and two groups to press rotating disk be distributed to constitute, by the cover in the tank
Pressed in place on body.
Further, the outside of the upper strata isolation locating turntable is provided with gland fixture block, and the gland fixture block is connected with folder
Tight cylinder, the clamping cylinder is horizontally located in the frame.
Further, the gland fixture block is U-shaped structure, and the opening of the gland fixture block isolates locating turntable with upper strata
Screens channel opening is relative.
Further, the vibration lower cover machine includes vibrating base, vibrating disk and cover delivery track, and the cover is defeated
Send the discharging opening of track to be located at upper strata to isolate above the screens groove of locating turntable.
Further, it is described enter tank transmission track including both sides guardrail and the toothed chain transport mechanism in guardrail, institute
State and screw rod is provided with front side of toothed chain transport mechanism, to be sealed tank body side of the screw rod on the inside of guardrail with entering on tank transmission track
Wall is in contact.
Further, it is described go out tank transmission track be provided with automatic code-spraying mechanism.
The beneficial effects of the utility model are:Compared with prior art, the utility model uses full pneumatic design, carries significantly
Its high security performance, can used, it is adaptable to explosion-proof place in any environment, and respectively by vibrating lower cover machine and automatic reason
Lid machine realizes the automatic lower cover and automatic riko cover of cover, compact conformation, and can conveniently realize can also to the closure application of tank body
It is enough to realize the Separation control for conveying tank body to realize the continuous operation of capping output, efficiency high is covered, can high-volume, automation
Capping;Tank body is accurate in place in whole capping procedure, carries out cover and tank body under the scheduling of isolation locating turntable accurately fixed
Position, can sequentially be carried out to cover, gland cylinder remains synchronous with clamping cylinder, will not preshoot or retrogressing, can subtract significantly
Few vibrations and dislocation, substantially increase the accurate rate of capping, reduce production cost, it is ensured that the market demand, simple in construction, versatility
It is good.
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, below will be to embodiment in order to illustrate more clearly of the utility model embodiment or technical scheme of the prior art
Or the accompanying drawing used required in description of the prior art is briefly described, it should be apparent that, drawings in the following description are only
It is some embodiments of the present utility model, for those of ordinary skill in the art, is not paying the premise of creative work
Under, other accompanying drawings can also be obtained according to these accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is the structural representation of the utility model embodiment;
Fig. 2 is the structural representation that the utility model embodiment isolates locating turntable;
Fig. 3 is lower floor's isolation locating turntable of the utility model embodiment and the top view for entering tank transmission track.
Embodiment
The technical scheme in the utility model embodiment will be clearly and completely described below, it is clear that described
Embodiment is only a part of embodiment of the present utility model, rather than whole embodiments.Based on the implementation in the utility model
Example, all other embodiment that those of ordinary skill in the art are obtained under the premise of creative work is not made is belonged to
The scope of the utility model protection.
The utility model embodiment includes:
As shown in Figure 1, Figure 2 and Figure 3, a kind of tank body automatic capping device, including frame 1 and level are in frame 1
Enter tank transmission track 2, it is described enter the end of tank transmission track 2 provided with two layers of isolation locating turntable, it is described enter tank transmission track 2 include
The guardrail 22 of both sides and the toothed chain transport mechanism 24 in guardrail 22, the front side of toothed chain transport mechanism 24 are provided with screw rod 23,
The screw rod 23 is in contact located at the inner side of guardrail 22 with the tank wall to be sealed entered on tank transmission track 2, for tank body to be pushed away
Enter in screens groove 43, realize and the fixed point of tank body is conveyed;The isolation locating turntable includes disk body, and the disk body week, portion was uniformly set
The arc screens groove 43 of several openings is put, the radian of the arc screens groove 43 and the radian of can body match, enter tank transmission
Track 2 and go out tank transmission track 21 and be respectively provided at lower floor's isolation locating turntable 41 both sides, it is described go out tank transmission track 21 be provided with
Automatic code-spraying mechanism 7, the side of upper strata isolation locating turntable 42 is provided with automatic end feeder, and the automatic end feeder includes edge
Vibration lower cover machine 31 and automatic cap sorter 32 that conveying direction is set gradually, the automatic end feeder pass through a cover inclined guide groove
36, which isolate locating turntable 42 with upper strata, coordinates, and it is defeated that the vibration lower cover machine 31 includes vibrating base 33, vibrating disk 34 and cover
Track 35 is sent, the discharging opening of the cover delivery track 35 is located at the top of screens groove 43 that upper strata isolates locating turntable 42, utilized
Cover in vibrating disk 34 is moved on cover delivery track 35 by the centrifugal force that vibration is produced, and the capping machine 32 is used for tank
Lid marshalling, the cover after managing is sent to the arc screens groove 43 that upper strata isolates locating turntable 42 by cover inclined guide groove 36
On.
Preferably, the top of upper strata isolation locating turntable 42 is provided with cover pressing mechanism, and the cover pressing mechanism includes gland gas
Cylinder 51, the piston rod of gland cylinder 51 is provided with gland drift 52, and the gland drift 52 is by pressure rotating disk 53 and two groups to press
Rotating disk 53 Central Symmetry distribution flanging wheel 54 constitute, the cover is pressed in place on the tank body, the upper strata every
Outside from locating turntable 42 is provided with gland fixture block 55, and the gland fixture block 55 is U-shaped structure, the opening of the gland fixture block 55
The screens groove 43 for isolating locating turntable 42 with upper strata is open relatively, and the gland fixture block 55 is connected with clamping cylinder 56, the folder
Tight cylinder 56 is horizontally located in the frame 1;The upper strata isolation locating turntable 42 or lower floor's isolation locating turntable 41 and peace
Rotary drive mechanism connection mounted in the lower section of frame 1, the rotary drive mechanism includes rotating shaft 61, pull bar 63 and reciprocal driving gas
Cylinder 62, the upper end of rotating shaft 61 is fixedly connected with isolating locating turntable, and the lower end of rotating shaft 61 is arranged with gear 64, the edge of gear 64
Teeth groove is corresponding with the screens groove for isolating locating turntable, and the pull bar 63 is provided with positioning rack 65, the positioning rack 65
Engaged in the side of gear 64 and with gear 64, the lower end of pull bar 63 is connected with the piston rod of reciprocal drive cylinder 62, described
Back-moving spring 66 is arranged with pull bar 63, the upper end of pull bar 63 is fixed with the head end of stop lever 67 and is hinged, the stop lever
67 ends are provided with stop latch 68, and the stop latch 68 is located at the opposite side of gear 64 and matched with the teeth groove of gear 64.
Workflow of the present utility model is as follows:
Tank body to be covered and cover are individually positioned in into above tank transmission track and cover delivery track, it is to be covered
Guardrail of the tank body along both sides is transported into after the end of tank transmission track by entering tank transmission track, passes through convex hook and the work of screw rod
With the opening arc screens groove for entering lower floor's isolation locating turntable, the bottom of lower floor's arc screens groove is entered in the presence of centripetal force
Portion, then cover by vibration lower cover machine and automatic cap sorter processing after installed through cover delivery track into lower floor
The corresponding upper strata for having generation capping tank body isolates the opening arc screens groove of locating turntable, enters in the presence of centripetal force on this
The bottom of layer arc screens groove, coordinates with tank body and assembles;Gear often turns over one in the presence of reciprocal drive cylinder and pull bar
During indexing, when drive lower floor isolation locating turntable often turns over a corresponding indexing, next tank body to be covered repeats above-mentioned
Action enters next lower floor's arc screens groove, while also drive upper strata isolation locating turntable to turn over a corresponding indexing, under
One cover to be covered repeats above-mentioned action and enters next upper strata arc screens groove;When tank body to be covered and cover enter
The arc screens groove of same indexing, and turned over isolation locating turntable after a calibration, tank body to be covered and filling lid are with arc
Shape screens groove moves to the lower section of cover pressing mechanism, in the presence of gland cylinder, and the pressure rotating disk of pressing device pushes down tank to be covered
Lid, simultaneously clamps on cylinder driving gland fixture block positioning and clamps tank body, two groups of flanging wheels with high-speed rotation are close toward pressure rotating disk, right
Cover carries out flanging capping with tank body, after realizing to the capping of tank body, and gear is operated and band under the driving of reciprocal drive cylinder
The tank body outward movment after isolation locating turntable and capping is moved, the tank body after capping is often turned over accordingly with isolation locating turntable
During indexing, cover pressing mechanism repeats above-mentioned action with reciprocal drive cylinder, and above-mentioned capping is carried out to next tank body to be covered
Action;Isolation positioning of being slipped away during the output stage for completing the rotation system of the tank body after capping edge isolation locating turntable output end side turns
Disk exports transmission track by tank body and exported, and tank body output transmission track has high low head and in the shape of a spiral, not only will
Tank body, which is transferred out, transverse tank is realized tumbling for tank body using the angle of spiral, in favor of follow-up operation.
When reciprocal drive cylinder is retracted, the positioning rack on pull bar stretches out and engaged with gear, drives isolation locating turntable
An indexing is turned over, when reciprocal drive cylinder stretches out, positioning rack is exited, and stop latch action fixed gear is motionless, that is, fixes
Isolate locating turntable motionless, during reciprocal drive cylinder backhaul, drive pull bar to return to original position, followed so as to start next work
Ring, reciprocal drive cylinder, which is often done, once to be moved back and forth, and just drives isolation locating turntable to rotate to an angle;Reciprocal drive cylinder is past
Multiple motion often moves a rotating disk and rotates an arc screens groove(Rotate through corresponding indexing), finally realize between each screens groove
Intermittent rotation conveying.
The beneficial effects of the utility model are:Compared with prior art, the utility model uses full pneumatic design, carries significantly
Its high security performance, can used, it is adaptable to explosion-proof place in any environment, and respectively by vibrating lower cover machine and automatic reason
Lid machine realizes the automatic lower cover and automatic riko cover of cover, compact conformation, and can conveniently realize can also to the closure application of tank body
It is enough to realize the Separation control for conveying tank body to realize the continuous operation of capping output, efficiency high is covered, can high-volume, automation
Capping;Tank body is accurate in place in whole capping procedure, carries out cover and tank body under the scheduling of isolation locating turntable accurately fixed
Position, can sequentially be carried out to cover, gland cylinder remains synchronous with clamping cylinder, will not preshoot or retrogressing, can subtract significantly
Few vibrations and dislocation, substantially increase the accurate rate of capping, reduce production cost, it is ensured that the market demand, simple in construction, versatility
It is good.
Embodiment of the present utility model is the foregoing is only, the scope of the claims of the present utility model is not thereby limited, it is every
The equivalent structure or equivalent flow conversion made using the utility model description, or directly or indirectly it is used in other phases
The technical field of pass, is similarly included in scope of patent protection of the present utility model.
Claims (8)
1. a kind of tank body automatic capping device, including frame and level enter tank transmission track in frame, it is characterised in that
It is described enter tank transmission track end provided with two layers of isolation locating turntable, the isolation locating turntable includes disk body, disk body week
Portion is uniformly arranged the arc screens groove of several openings, and the radian of the arc screens groove and the radian of can body match, and enter tank
Transmission track is respectively provided at lower floor's isolation locating turntable both sides with tank transmission track is gone out, and the side of upper strata isolation locating turntable is provided with
Automatic end feeder, the automatic end feeder includes vibration lower cover machine and automatic cap sorter arranged successively in the conveying direction,
The automatic end feeder is isolated locating turntable with upper strata by a cover inclined guide groove and coordinated, and is set above upper strata isolation locating turntable
There are cover pressing mechanism, the upper strata isolation locating turntable or lower floor's isolation locating turntable and the rotary driving machine below frame
Structure is connected.
2. tank body automatic capping device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that the rotary drive mechanism includes turning
Axle, pull bar and reciprocal drive cylinder, rotating shaft upper end are fixedly connected with isolating locating turntable, and rotating shaft lower end is arranged with gear, described
The teeth groove of gear edge is corresponding with the screens groove for isolating locating turntable, and the pull bar is provided with positioning rack, the positioning tooth
Bar is located at the side of gear and engaged with gear, and the pull bar lower end is connected with the piston rod of reciprocal drive cylinder, the pull bar
On be arranged with back-moving spring, the pull bar upper end is fixed with stop lever head end and is hinged, and the stop lever end is provided with stop
Latch, the stop latch is located at the opposite side of gear and matched with the teeth groove of gear.
3. tank body automatic capping device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that the cover pressing mechanism includes gland gas
Cylinder, the gland cylinder piston rod is provided with gland drift, center of the gland drift by pressure rotating disk and two groups to press rotating disk
Symmetrical flanging wheel composition presses the cover in place on the tank body.
4. tank body automatic capping device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that outside the upper strata isolation locating turntable
Side is provided with gland fixture block, and the gland fixture block is connected with clamping cylinder, and the clamping cylinder is horizontally located in the frame.
5. tank body automatic capping device according to claim 4, it is characterised in that the gland fixture block is U-shaped structure, institute
The opening for stating gland fixture block is relative with the screens channel opening that upper strata isolates locating turntable.
6. tank body automatic capping device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that the vibration lower cover machine includes vibration bottom
Seat, vibrating disk and cover delivery track, the discharging opening of the cover delivery track are located at the screens that upper strata isolates locating turntable
Above groove.
7. tank body automatic capping device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that it is described enter tank transmission track include being located at
Enter on front side of the guardrail of tank transmission track both sides and the toothed chain transport mechanism in guardrail, the toothed chain transport mechanism and be provided with spiral shell
Bar, the screw rod is in contact on the inside of guardrail with the tank wall to be sealed entered on tank transmission track.
8. tank body automatic capping device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that it is described go out tank transmission track be provided with from
Dynamic code-spraying mechanism.
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