CN212624247U

CN212624247U - Divide lid capping mechanism

Info

Publication number: CN212624247U
Application number: CN202020560556.7U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王帅; 张炜
Original assignee: Shanghai Haitun Robot Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Shanghai Haitun Robot Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2020-04-15
Filing date: 2020-04-15
Publication date: 2021-02-26
Anticipated expiration: 2030-04-15

Abstract

The utility model provides a cover separating and pressing mechanism, which is used for a cover separating and pressing cover with a cup cover with a guide structure, and comprises a cover separating device, a pressing cover device and a transfer device; the cup cover to be used is stored in the cover separating device, and a limiting platform for placing a cup to be pressed is arranged below the cover separating device; the cover separating device is used for separating the cup cover to place the cup cover on a cup below the cup cover; the transfer device is used for transferring the cup with the cup cover to the capping device; the gland device comprises a supporting component, a connecting component and a gland device, wherein one end of the connecting component is mounted on the supporting component in a height-adjustable manner, and the other end of the connecting component is connected with the gland device; the cover pressing device is provided with a pressing head, the cup is transferred to the lower part of the cover pressing device, and the connecting component drives the pressing head of the cover pressing device to directly contact with the cup cover to press the cup cover on the cup opening. The utility model discloses a divide lid capping mechanism is used for a bowl cover with guide structure, effectively simplifies the device's structure, improves simultaneously and divides lid and gland efficiency to improve work efficiency.

Description

Divide lid capping mechanism

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an automatic beverage equipment field, concretely relates to divide lid capping mechanism.

Background

With the improvement of living standard of people, the requirement on beverages is also improved, people tend to buy the ready-made beverages more, and the development of beverage vending machines is faster and faster. In the prior art, the full-automatic beverage vending machine is provided with a cover separating and pressing mechanism, so that consumers can simply, conveniently and quickly purchase fresh beverages. However, the existing cover-dividing capping mechanism has the following defects: firstly, in order to ensure that a cup cover is correctly pressed on a cup, a capping device of the existing capping device is complex in structure, high in cost and complex in installation and debugging; secondly, the existing cup covers are different in material and pressure born by the existing cup covers, and the existing gland device cannot adjust the pressure applied to the cup covers according to the material of the cup covers; thirdly, the existing cover separating device can only select one cup cover material, and the cup cover material cannot be flexibly selected according to the requirement; and the storage capacity of the cup covers in the cup cover separating device is small.

Disclosure of Invention

Aiming at the problems in the background technology, the utility model provides a cover separating and pressing mechanism which is used for a cover separating and pressing cover with a guide structure cup cover and comprises a cover separating device, a pressing cover device and a transfer device;

the cup cover to be used is stored in the cover separating device, and a limiting platform for placing a cup to be pressed is arranged below the cover separating device; the cover separating device is used for separating the cup cover so that the cup cover is placed on a cup below the cup cover;

the transfer device is used for transferring the cup with the cup cover to the capping device;

the gland device comprises a support component, a connecting component and a gland device, wherein one end of the connecting component is mounted on the support component in a height-adjustable manner, and the other end of the connecting component is connected with the gland device; the capping device is provided with a pressing head, the cup is transferred to the lower part of the capping device, and the connecting component drives the pressing head of the capping device to directly contact with the cup cover to press the cup cover on the cup opening. Preferably, the pressing head is a planar structure arranged on one side of the cover pressing device facing the cup opening, and the planar structure directly presses the cup cover to press the cup cover on the cup opening.

Preferably, the cover separating device comprises at least one cover separating module, the cover separating module comprises a barrel assembly, and a cover separating device for separating the cover is arranged below the barrel assembly. Preferably, the barrel assembly comprises at least one cup cover storage barrel, and the cover distributor is correspondingly arranged below each cup cover storage barrel.

Preferably, the barrel assembly comprises at least one lid storage barrel and a rotary disc for carrying the lid storage barrel, the lid divider is further arranged below the rotary disc, and each lid storage barrel is rotated to the position above the lid divider during the rotation of the rotary disc.

Preferably, the transfer device is a mechanical arm used for transferring the cup with the cup cover to the lower part of the capping device.

Preferably, the support assembly comprises a bracket, a guide rail is arranged on the bracket, and the connecting assembly can move up and down along the guide rail.

Preferably, still be provided with the stop device that is used for restricting the coupling assembling removal on the support, stop device includes: the upper limiting mechanism is used for limiting the connecting assembly to move to the highest point; and the lower limiting mechanism is used for limiting the connecting assembly to move to the lowest point.

Preferably, the upper limit mechanism is an upper limit photoelectric sensor; the lower limiting mechanism is a lower limiting photoelectric sensor.

Preferably, the capping device further comprises a pressure detection device, one end of the pressure detection device is closely arranged on a side face, away from the cup opening, of the capping device, and the other end of the pressure detection device is connected with the connection assembly.

Preferably, the connecting assembly comprises: a slider assembly slidably disposed on the support assembly; and one end of the connecting part is arranged on the sliding block component, and the other end of the connecting part is arranged on one side, away from the cup opening, of the cover pressing device.

Preferably, the capping device is connected to the connecting portion through at least one telescopic connecting rod having a buffering function.

Preferably, two connecting rods are arranged and are respectively arranged on two sides of the pressure detection device.

Preferably, the connecting rod is a telescopic rod.

Preferably, the gland assembly further comprises a pressure display device, and the pressure display device is used for displaying the pressure value, which is detected by the pressure detection device, of the pressure applied to the cup cover by the gland device.

Preferably, the supporting component is provided with a driving device for driving the connecting component to move.

Preferably, the limiting platform extends to the position below the gland assembly, a moving assembly is further arranged on the limiting platform, a limiting portion of the limiting platform is arranged on the moving assembly, a cup is arranged in the limiting portion, and the moving assembly is used for conveying the limiting portion and the cup to the position right below the gland assembly and the cap separating assembly.

Preferably, the moving assembly comprises: the driving mechanism, the sliding guide groove and the sliding block; the sliding guide groove extends from one end of the limiting platform to the other end of the limiting platform; the limiting part is arranged on the sliding block, the sliding block is arranged on the sliding guide groove, and the driving mechanism is connected with the sliding block and drives the sliding block to slide along the sliding guide groove.

Preferably, the connecting assembly is a mechanical arm structure, and the mechanical arm structure is further provided with a clamping jaw for transferring the cup.

The utility model discloses owing to adopt above technical scheme, make it compare with prior art, have following advantage and positive effect:

1. the utility model provides a divide lid capping mechanism is to a bowl cover that has guide structure and design, and the guide structure of this type bowl cover has auxiliary positioning's effect, and the bowl cover lid is established when the rim of a cup, realizes the accurate location of bowl cover through guide structure, and the bowl cover can't the pressfitting problem on the rim of a cup when avoiding dividing the lid when the bowl cover skew lid is inclined to one side, gland. Because this kind of bowl cover need not the accurate location of its pressfitting of further enhancement, can directly through the pressfitting head with the bowl cover pressfitting on the rim of a cup, can realize the accurate pressfitting of both to this application has been left out and has been used for guaranteeing the accurate pressfitting of bowl cover in the assistance-localization real-time structure of rim of a cup on the gland ware, has effectively simplified the structure of gland ware, and mechanism cost and maintenance cost reduce by a wide margin, effectively improve the work efficiency who divides lid gland mechanism simultaneously.

2. The utility model realizes that the cup cover is pressed on the cups with different heights by adjusting the height of the gland component and arranging the gland component on the supporting component in a height-adjustable way according to the displacement of the gland component which can move up and down by adjusting the height of the cup; further, the utility model is provided with the pressure detection device, the pressure born by the cup cover is measured in real time, and the height of the gland assembly is adjusted in time, so that the force exerted on the gland can be flexibly adjusted according to the material of the cup cover, the cup is prevented from being crushed, and the working efficiency is improved;

3. the utility model discloses a divide and cover the device and include that at least one divides the lid module, divides the lid module to include the bucket subassembly, and bucket subassembly below sets up the branch lid ware that is used for separating the bowl cover. The barrel component can comprise a plurality of cup cover storage barrels for storing cup covers made of different materials, the cup covers can be divided into cold drink cup covers, hot drink cup covers, transparent cup covers, opaque cup covers and the like, the required cup covers can be selected according to actual needs, and the user satisfaction is improved; set up a plurality of bowl covers and store the bucket and also can improve the bowl cover storage capacity simultaneously.

Drawings

The above and other features and advantages of the present invention will be more clearly understood from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of a cap-opening and capping apparatus according to embodiment 1;

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the structure of the cap separation and capping apparatus according to embodiment 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the structure of a capping device in accordance with embodiment 1;

FIG. 4 is a side view showing the structure of a press cover device in embodiment 1;

FIG. 5 is a front view showing the structure of the cap separating device in accordance with embodiment 1;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of a center cap opening device in embodiment 2 of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a top view showing the structure of the cap separating device in embodiment 2;

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural view of a cap-opening and pressing mechanism in embodiment 3;

FIG. 9 is a schematic structural view of a cap-opening and pressing mechanism in embodiment 4;

FIG. 10 is a schematic structural view of a cap-opening and pressing mechanism in embodiment 5;

fig. 11 is a schematic structural view of the cup lid of the present invention.

Description of the symbols:

1-a limiting platform; 101-a limiting part; 102-a slide block; 103-a sliding guide groove; 104-a drive mechanism; 2-a cup cover storage barrel; 3-cover separating device; 4-rotating the disc; 5-a bracket; 6-a guide rail; 7-a limiting device; 701-upper limit photoelectric sensor; 702-a lower limit photosensor; 8-capper, 801-press head; 9-a connecting assembly; 901-a slider assembly; 902-a connecting portion; 10-a pressure detection device; 11-a telescopic rod; 12-a drive device; 13-a robotic arm structure; 14-a clamping jaw; 15-the cup cover body; 16-a guide groove; 17-card cup structure.

Detailed Description

In order to more clearly illustrate embodiments of the present invention or technical solutions in the prior art, specific embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only examples of the invention, and that for a person skilled in the art, other drawings and embodiments can be obtained from these drawings without inventive effort.

For the sake of simplicity, only the parts relevant to the present invention are schematically shown in the drawings, and they do not represent the actual structure as a product. In addition, in order to make the drawings concise and understandable, components having the same structure or function in some of the drawings are only schematically illustrated or only labeled. In this document, "one" means not only "only one" but also a case of "more than one".

Example 1

With reference to fig. 1-5 and 11, the utility model provides a cover separating and pressing mechanism for a cover separating and pressing cover with a cup cover having a guiding structure, which comprises a cover separating device, a pressing device and a transferring device; a cup cover to be used is stored in the cover separating device, and a limiting platform 1 for placing a cup to be pressed is arranged below the cover separating device; the cover separating device is used for separating the cup cover to place the cup cover on a cup below the cup cover;

the gland device comprises a supporting component, a connecting component 9 and a gland device 8, wherein one end of the connecting component 9 is mounted on the supporting component in a height-adjustable mode, and the other end of the connecting component is connected with the gland device 8; the capping device 8 is provided with a pressing head 801, the cup is transferred to the lower part of the capping device, and the connecting component 9 drives the pressing head of the capping device to directly contact with the cup cover to press the cup cover on the cup mouth.

The utility model discloses in, because the utility model discloses a bowl cover has guide structure, need not the accurate location of its pressfitting of further enhancement, can directly pass through the pressfitting head of gland ware with the bowl cover pressfitting on the rim of a cup, can realize the accurate pressfitting of both to this application has been left out and has been used for guaranteeing the accurate pressfitting of bowl cover in the auxiliary positioning structure of rim of a cup on the gland ware, effectively simplifies the structure of gland ware, and mechanism cost and maintenance cost reduce by a wide margin, effectively improves the work efficiency who divides lid gland mechanism simultaneously.

Specifically, referring to fig. 11, the cup cover of the present invention includes a cup cover body 15, a lower edge of the cup cover body 15 is folded toward an outer side of the cup cover body 15 to form a first flange, the first flange and the cup cover body 15 form a guiding groove structure 16, when the cup cover is separated by the cup cover separating device, after the cup cover falls down, the guiding groove structure 16 of the cup cover firstly extends into a cup opening, and the cup cover is guided to be correctly covered on the cup opening; during capping device gland, if the bowl cover is not coaxial with the rim of a cup, the problem that the bowl cover can not be pressed during the gland probably appears, and uses the utility model provides a bowl cover, gland mechanism realize through guide structure that the correct pressfitting of bowl cover is on the rim of a cup, do not have the problem of the unable gland of individual bowl cover. Of course, in other embodiments, the structure of the cup for realizing the guiding and positioning functions is not limited to the structure described above.

In this embodiment, the preferred pressing head 801 is a planar structure disposed on a side of the capper 8 facing the cup opening, and the planar structure directly presses the cup lid to press the cup lid on the cup opening. In this embodiment, preferred pressfitting head 801 is round annular plane boss, and annular plane boss is direct to be contacted with the card cup structure 17 of bowl cover body, realizes the pressfitting of bowl cover, and annular plane boss middle part is for the boss indent to avoid exerting pressure in other structures at bowl cover top like cup stopper, straight drink mouth etc. prevent its damage. Of course, in other embodiments, the specific structure of the bonding head 801 is not limited to the above, and for example, the flat surface without the boss may be used.

In the present embodiment, referring to fig. 1, 2 and 5, the lid separating device includes at least one lid separating module, the lid separating module includes a barrel assembly, and a lid separator 3 for separating the lid of the cup is disposed below the barrel assembly. In the present embodiment, the cap divider 3 is any one of the caps dividers in the prior art, and is not limited herein.

Further, the barrel component comprises at least one cup cover storage barrel 2, and a cover divider 3 is correspondingly arranged below each cup cover storage barrel 2. In this embodiment, two cover dividing modules are preferably arranged, that is, two cover storage barrels 2 are arranged, and one cover divider 3 is correspondingly arranged below each cover storage barrel 2; the cup covers suitable for hot drinks and the cup covers suitable for cold drinks are respectively placed in the two cup cover storage barrels 2, the cup covers of other different types can be placed, the application range is wider, and the cover separating device 3 is arranged below each cup cover storage barrel 2, so that the working efficiency is improved. Of course, in other embodiments, the number of the sub-cover modules can be selected according to actual requirements.

In the present embodiment, the preferred transfer device is a mechanical arm, the mechanical arm is used for transferring the cup with the cup cover from the lower part of the cap separating device to the lower part of the cap pressing device 8, the mechanical arm is used for gripping the cup through a mechanical clamping jaw, the mechanical clamping jaw can be an electric clamping jaw or a pneumatic clamping jaw, in the present embodiment, the mechanical arm is an existing mechanism, and the structure of the mechanical arm is not shown in the figure. Of course, in other embodiments, the specific structure of the transfer device is not limited to the above, and for example, the xyz three-axis traverse module may be used to transfer the cup.

In the present embodiment, referring to fig. 1-4, the supporting assembly includes a bracket 5, a guide rail 6 is disposed on the bracket 5, and the connecting assembly 9 can move up and down along the guide rail 6; the preferred support 5 is an I-shaped support, and the guide rail 6 is a guide rail cylinder arranged between an upper transverse plate and a lower transverse plate on the I-shaped support, so that other structures can be arranged on the support 5, and the gland assembly can not be influenced to slide up and down on the guide rail 6. Of course, in other embodiments, the specific structure of the supporting component is not limited to the above, for example, the supporting component may be a bracket, and a sliding groove is formed on the bracket along the length direction thereof; of course, the specific shape of the bracket 5 is not limited to the above, and may be an I-shaped or L-shaped bracket, for example.

In this embodiment, referring to fig. 1-4, the bracket 5 is further provided with a limiting device 7 for limiting the movement of the connecting assembly 9, and the limiting device 7 includes: the upper limiting mechanism is used for limiting the connecting assembly 9 to move to the highest point; and the lower limiting mechanism is used for limiting the connecting assembly 9 to move to the lowest point. The connecting assembly 9 is in failure due to inertia effect or control failure in the process of moving up and down, the moved displacement may be longer than the displacement expected to be required to move, and the cup may be crushed; in the downward moving process of the connecting assembly 9, in order to prevent the cup from being crushed by the capping device, a lowest point is arranged, and a lower limiting mechanism is arranged at the lowest point to prevent the connecting assembly 9 from continuously sliding downwards; in the upward movement process of the connecting assembly 9, a highest point is arranged, and an upper limiting mechanism is arranged at the highest point to prevent the connecting assembly 9 from continuously moving upward.

Further, in this embodiment, the preferable upper limit mechanism is the upper limit photosensor 701; the lower limiting mechanism is a lower limiting photoelectric sensor 702. If the gland component moves upwards to the position of the upper limit photoelectric sensor, the upper limit photoelectric sensor 701 senses the light change and outputs a signal, so that the driving device can be closed in time to stop the movement of the connecting component 9; if the connecting assembly 9 moves down to the position 702 of the lower limit photoelectric sensor, the lower limit photoelectric sensor 702 senses the change of light, and the driving device can be closed in time to output signals so that the connecting assembly 9 stops moving, and the cup is prevented from being crushed by the capping device 8. Of course, in other embodiments, the structure of the limiting means is not limited to the above, and may be, for example, a protrusion provided on the bracket 5.

In this embodiment, referring to fig. 1-4, the capping device further includes a pressure detecting device 10, one end of the pressure detecting device 10 is closely disposed on a side surface of the capping device 8 away from the cup mouth, and the other end is connected to the connecting assembly.

Further, the connection assembly 9 includes: a slider assembly 901 slidably disposed on the support assembly; and one end of the connecting part 902 is arranged on the slider assembly 901, and the other end of the connecting part 902 is arranged on one side of the capper 8 far away from the cup opening. The connecting assembly 9 moves along the length direction of the supporting assembly so as to drive the capping device 8 to move.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, the slider assembly 901 is mounted on the guide rail 6 and can slide up and down along the length direction of the guide rail 6; the connecting portion 902 includes a connecting arm and a fixing block, the connecting arm is provided with a reinforcing rib, one end of the connecting arm is connected with the slider assembly 901, the other end of the connecting arm is connected with the fixing block, and the fixing block is disposed on one side of the capping device 8 away from the cup mouth. Of course, in other embodiments, the specific structure of the connecting portion is not limited to the above.

In this embodiment, referring to fig. 4, in this embodiment, a preferable pressure detection device is a bi-planar force sensor, one side of the force sensor is closely attached to one side of the capper 8 away from the cup opening, and the other side of the force sensor is closely attached to a fixing block on the connecting portion 9. The installation is convenient by adopting a biplane structure. Of course, in other embodiments, the pressure detection device is not limited to the above-described device, and may be another load cell, for example.

Further, when the lid pressing device 8 presses the lid, the lid has a reaction force against the lid pressing device 8, the reaction force is applied to the biplane force sensor, and the biplane force sensor can measure the pressure received by the lid. In order to prevent the capping device 8 from shaking or unstable operation, which may cause the pressure detecting device 10 to suddenly receive excessive pressure, at least one connecting rod having a buffering function is disposed between the capping device 8 and the connecting portion 902. The pressure detection device can be protected without affecting the pressure measurement.

Further, in the present embodiment, two connecting rods 11 are preferably provided, and are respectively provided at both sides of the biplane load cell.

In this embodiment, the preferred connecting rod is a telescopic rod 11, although in other embodiments, the structure of the connecting rod is not limited to that described above or shown in the drawings.

In this embodiment, the capping device further includes a pressure display device (not shown in the figure) for displaying the pressure value applied to the cup lid by the capping device 8 detected by the pressure detection device. The pressure detection device detects the pressure value and then transmits the pressure value to the pressure display device through an electric signal, so that a user can timely control the lifting of the capping device 8 according to the displayed pressure value, and the cup cover is prevented from being damaged by excessive pressure. In this embodiment, the pressure display device is not shown in the drawings.

In the present embodiment, referring to fig. 4, a driving device 12 for driving the pressing cover assembly to move is disposed on the supported assembly. In this embodiment, the preferred driving device 12 is a stepping motor, and the stepping motor controls the angular displacement by controlling the number of pulses, so as to position more accurately and better control the displacement of the moving platen cover assembly. Of course, in other embodiments, the suitable driving device may be selected according to actual needs.

Example 2

Referring to fig. 6 and 7, the embodiment is different from embodiment 1 in that the lid separation device includes at least one lid separation module, the lid separation module includes a barrel assembly, and a lid separator 3 for separating the lid of the cup is arranged below the barrel assembly; wherein the bucket subassembly includes that at least one bowl cover stores bucket 2 and is used for bearing the rotary disk 4 of bowl cover storage bucket, and rotary disk 4 below still sets up one and divides the lid ware 3, and the rotary disk rotation in-process is stored bucket 2 rotations to dividing lid ware 3 top with each bowl cover.

Further, in the present embodiment, the preferred barrel assembly includes 5 cup lid storage barrels 2, in which various types of cup lids, such as paper cup lids, plastic cup lids, cup lids with different logos, etc., can be stored; when a certain cup cover is needed, the rotating disk 4 is rotated, so that the cup cover storage barrel 2 provided with the cup cover correspondingly rotates to the upper part of the cover distributor 3. Of course, in other embodiments, the number of lid storage barrels is not limited to the above, and for example, 3 lid storage barrels 2 may be provided.

This implementation is compared in embodiment 1, and the bowl cover kind that can store is abundanter, and the bowl cover stock capacity is also more to the staff need not often mend the bowl cover in the abundant lid device, reduces working cost.

Example 3

Referring to fig. 8, the present embodiment is a modification based on embodiment 1.

In this embodiment, the limiting platform 1 extends to the lower side of the capping assembly, the moving assembly is further arranged on the limiting platform 1, the limiting portion 101 of the limiting platform 1 is arranged on the moving assembly, the cup is arranged in the limiting portion 101, and the moving assembly is used for conveying the limiting portion 101 and the cup to the position right below the capping assembly and the separating assembly.

Further, in this embodiment, the moving assembly includes: a driving mechanism 104, a sliding guide groove 103, and a slider 102; the sliding guide groove 103 extends from one end of the limiting platform 1 to the other end of the limiting platform 1, and the limiting part 101 is arranged on the sliding block 102; the slider 102 is disposed on the slide guide groove 103, and the driving mechanism 104 is connected to the slider 102 and drives the slider 102 to slide along the slide guide groove 103.

In the present embodiment, the stopper 101 is preferably provided on the slider 102. The cup filled with the beverage is transferred to the limiting part 101 through the transfer device, the driving mechanism 104 drives the sliding block 102 to slide to transfer the cup to the position under the cap separating device, after the cap separating device separates the cap, the driving mechanism 104 drives the sliding block 102 to slide to transfer the cup to the position under the cap pressing device 8, and the cap pressing device 8 presses the cup cover on the cup opening to complete the cap pressing.

Compared with embodiment 1, the present embodiment has the following advantages: in the embodiment, a person or a mechanical arm places a cup filled with beverage in the limiting part of the limiting platform, the cup is transferred by the driving mechanism, the cup is not required to be transferred from the lower part of the cover separating device to the lower part of the cover pressing device through the mechanical arm or manually, the workload of the mechanical arm or the person is reduced, and the working efficiency is improved; furthermore, the cover separating and pressing mechanism in the embodiment is compact in layout, small in occupied area and capable of saving storefront space.

Example 4

Referring to fig. 9, the present embodiment is a modification based on embodiment 1.

In this embodiment, the connecting assembly 9 is a robot arm structure 13, and the robot arm structure 13 further has a gripper 14 for transferring the cup. Therefore, the mechanical arm structure in the embodiment simultaneously plays a role of a transfer device, and a separate transfer device is not required to be additionally arranged.

Specifically, in this embodiment, the capping device is preferably a four-axis robot arm device, which includes a robot arm and a support assembly for supporting the robot arm. As the cup cover used in the embodiment is provided with the guide groove 16 for guiding the cup cover to be arranged on the cup, the arm of the four-shaft mechanical arm only needs to be provided with a plane for pressing the cup cover and a clamping jaw 14 for transferring the cup. The clamping jaw 14 is used for clamping a cup and placing the cup under the cover separating device, the clamping jaw 14 takes out the cup with the cup cover after the cover separating is completed, and the cup cover is pressed on the cup opening through the plane on the mechanical arm. In the embodiment, the four-axis mechanical Arm device can use a comedy cooperative mechanical Arm with the model of Z-Arm 2140C, and other models of mechanical Arm devices can be used. Of course, in other embodiments, the specific structure of the capping device is not limited to the above, and may be, for example, a six-axis robot arm.

Compared with embodiment 1, the present embodiment has the following advantages: in the embodiment, the capping device and the transfer device are combined into a whole, so that the structure of the capping device is simplified, the occupied area of equipment is further reduced, and the cost of the equipment is reduced.

Example 5

Referring to fig. 10, the present embodiment is a modification based on embodiment 4.

In the present embodiment, the stopper 101 is preferably provided on the slider. The cup filled with beverage is transferred to the limiting part 101 through the four-axis mechanical arm, the driving mechanism 104 drives the sliding block 102 to slide to transfer the cup to the position under the cap separating device, after the cap separating device separates the cap, the driving mechanism 104 drives the sliding block 102 to slide to transfer the cup to the initial position of the mechanical arm when the cup is placed, and the mechanical arm presses the cup cover on the cup opening to complete the cap pressing.

Compared with embodiment 4, the present embodiment has the following advantages: in this embodiment, through setting up the removal subassembly, the stroke of reducible arm reduces the requirement to the arm to can use the arm of simpler structure, cost are lower, reduction equipment cost. Furthermore, after the cup is placed into the lower limiting part by the mechanical arm, the mechanical arm can execute other actions, and the mechanical arm returns to the original position gland after the execution of other actions is completed, so that the utilization rate of the mechanical arm is improved, and the working efficiency is improved.

It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the invention can be embodied in many other specific forms without departing from the spirit or scope thereof. Although embodiments of the present invention have been described, it is to be understood that the present invention should not be limited to those precise embodiments, and that various changes and modifications can be effected therein by one skilled in the art without departing from the scope or spirit of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A cover separating and pressing mechanism is characterized in that the cover separating and pressing mechanism is used for a cover separating and pressing cover with a guide structure cup cover and comprises a cover separating device, a pressing cover device and a transfer device;

the gland device comprises a support component, a connecting component and a gland device, wherein one end of the connecting component is mounted on the support component in a height-adjustable manner, and the other end of the connecting component is connected with the gland device; the capping device is provided with a pressing head, the cup is transferred to the lower part of the capping device, and the connecting component drives the pressing head of the capping device to directly contact with the cup cover to press the cup cover on the cup opening.

2. The lid-separating and pressing mechanism of claim 1, wherein the pressing head is a planar structure disposed on a side of the pressing device facing the cup opening, and the planar structure directly presses the cup lid to press the cup lid on the cup opening.

3. The lid separation and capping mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the lid separation device comprises at least one lid separation module, the lid separation module comprises a barrel assembly, and a lid separator for separating the lid is arranged below the barrel assembly.

4. The mechanism of claim 3, wherein the barrel assembly includes at least one lid storage barrel, and a lid dispenser is disposed below each lid storage barrel.

5. The lid separation and capping mechanism of claim 4, wherein the barrel assembly comprises at least one lid storage barrel and a rotatable disk for carrying the lid storage barrel, and wherein the lid separator is disposed below the rotatable disk, and wherein the rotatable disk rotates each lid storage barrel above the lid separator during rotation.

6. A lid-separating capping mechanism according to claim 1 wherein the transfer means is a robotic arm for transferring a cup with the cap beneath the capper.

7. The mechanism of claim 1, wherein the support assembly comprises a bracket having a track, and the connecting assembly is movable up and down along the track.

8. The mechanism of claim 7, wherein the bracket is further provided with a limiting device for limiting the movement of the connecting assembly, the limiting device comprises:

the upper limiting mechanism is used for limiting the connecting assembly to move to the highest point;

and the lower limiting mechanism is used for limiting the connecting assembly to move to the lowest point.

9. The cover-separating capping mechanism according to claim 8, wherein the upper limiting mechanism is an upper limiting photoelectric sensor; the lower limiting mechanism is a lower limiting photoelectric sensor.

10. The cover separating and pressing mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the pressing device further comprises a pressure detection device, one end of the pressure detection device is closely arranged on one side surface of the pressing device far away from the cup opening, and the other end of the pressure detection device is connected with the connecting assembly.

11. A cover-separating capping mechanism according to claim 10, wherein the coupling assembly comprises:

a slider assembly slidably disposed on the support assembly; and one end of the connecting part is arranged on the sliding block component, and the other end of the connecting part is arranged on one side, away from the cup opening, of the cover pressing device.

12. A capping mechanism according to claim 11 wherein the capper and the coupling portion are coupled by at least one connecting rod having a cushioning function.

13. A cover separating and capping mechanism according to claim 12 wherein there are two said connecting rods, one on each side of the pressure sensing means.

14. A cover separating and capping mechanism as claimed in claim 12 or claim 13 wherein the connecting rod is a telescopic rod.

15. The lid separating and pressing mechanism of claim 10, wherein the pressing device further comprises a pressure display device, and the pressure display device is used for displaying the pressure value applied to the lid by the pressing device detected by the pressure detection device.

16. A mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the support assembly is provided with drive means for driving the connection assembly to move.

17. The mechanism of claim 1, wherein the limiting platform extends to below the capping assembly, a moving assembly is further disposed on the limiting platform, a limiting portion of the limiting platform is disposed on the moving assembly, a cup is disposed in the limiting portion, and the moving assembly is used for conveying the limiting portion and the cup to the capping assembly and directly below the capping assembly.

18. A cover-separating capping mechanism according to claim 17, wherein the moving assembly comprises: the driving mechanism, the sliding guide groove and the sliding block; the sliding guide groove extends from one end of the limiting platform to the other end of the limiting platform; the limiting part is arranged on the sliding block, the sliding block is arranged on the sliding guide groove, and the driving mechanism is connected with the sliding block and drives the sliding block to slide along the sliding guide groove.

19. A lid-separating and capping mechanism according to claim 1 wherein the connecting assembly is a robotic arm structure having a gripper for transferring the cups.