CN214454745U - Corrugated carton transfer track device - Google Patents
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The utility model relates to a carton transportation equipment technical field discloses a corrugated box transports track device, including the frame, set up in the feeding track of frame top, set up in ejection of compact track of frame top, setting are in the feeding track with the steering mechanism of the orbital corner of ejection of compact, all be equipped with the roller on feeding track and the ejection of compact track, steering mechanism includes chassis, support, the both ends on chassis respectively through slide mechanism sliding connection in the feeding track, the support connect in through a plurality of spliced poles the downside on chassis, the middle part of support is equipped with first cylinder, the output of first cylinder is equipped with first motor, the output of first motor is equipped with the steering wheel. The utility model discloses a set up steering mechanism and pushing mechanism, make corrugated box can be steady transport ejection of compact track from the feeding track, make corrugated box can not collide with the track and produce the damage, improved the quality and the work efficiency of product.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of carton transfer equipment, in particular to a corrugated carton transfer track device.
Background
The corrugated case is a packaging product with the widest application, and the use amount is always the first of various packaging products. Corrugated boxes gradually replace transport packaging containers such as wooden boxes and the like with excellent service performance and good processing performance, and become the leading force of transport packaging. It not only protects the goods, is convenient for storage and transportation, but also beautifies the goods and publicizes the goods. Corrugated containers are typically made from corrugated paperboard by die cutting, creasing, stapling, or gluing the containers.
The processing is accomplished corrugated container board through cutting the mechanism and cutting into the piece after, need transport the processing, especially has the place of corner in the track transportation in-process, because the carton probably collides with the track each other, leads to the surface and the corner position of carton to appear damaged, very pleasing to the eye. Moreover, because the shapes of the cartons are different, some slender cartons cannot pass through corners and need manual carrying, and the work efficiency is low. In view of this, chinese patent CN210029122U discloses a carton reversing track, including the bed frame, set up the track of advancing and going out above the bed frame and set up the reversing mechanism at track corner, the track of advancing and going out all is provided with the cylinder, the reversing mechanism includes the sleeve of fixed setting on the bed frame, the lift cylinder of fixed setting on the bed frame, the stand of fixed setting on the bed frame, the rotation cylinder of fixed setting on stand upper portion, the fixed lifting plate that sets up on the left of lift cylinder piston rod, the fixed rotation strip that sets up on the left of rotation cylinder piston rod, the gear post that sets up in the sleeve and be located rotation strip top, the fixed disc that sets up on gear post upper portion, the sleeve is provided with the lift hole, the lift hole top is provided with the rotation hole, the outer wall of gear post is provided with the teeth of a cogwheel. This patent is through setting up reversing mechanism, makes the carton when the process turning, rotates earlier to avoid the collision of carton, but because the weight of carton is lighter, can probably appear the error with actual turned angle in the rotation process, lead to taking place the friction with the track when going out the track, influence the carton quality, although reversing mechanism enables rectangular shape carton to pass through simultaneously, the carton of other shapes probably can't contact with the cylinder on the track behind the rotation angle, lead to the unable normal track of following of carton to leave.
Disclosure of Invention
The utility model aims at the problem that prior art exists, provide a make things convenient for corrugated box to transport, improve corrugated box quality, improve work efficiency's corrugated box transfer rail set.
In order to achieve the above object, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme: the device comprises a rack, a feeding track arranged above the rack, a discharging track arranged above the rack, and a steering mechanism arranged at the corners of the feeding track and the discharging track, wherein rollers are arranged on the feeding track and the discharging track, the steering mechanism comprises a chassis and a support, two ends of the chassis are respectively connected with the feeding track in a sliding manner through a sliding mechanism, the support is connected to the lower side of the chassis through a plurality of connecting columns, a first air cylinder is arranged in the middle of the support, a first motor is arranged at the output end of the first air cylinder, a steering wheel is arranged at the output end of the first motor, the steering wheel can movably penetrate through the chassis, two through holes are respectively arranged on the chassis along the length direction of the feeding track and the width direction of the feeding track, and the two through holes are symmetrically distributed on two sides of the steering wheel, the support is provided with a clamping mechanism, the clamping mechanism corresponds to the through holes one by one and can movably penetrate through the through holes, a pushing mechanism is arranged at the joint of the feeding rail and the discharging rail, and the pushing mechanism is arranged in the conveying direction of the discharging rail. Transport corrugated box through the chassis, fixture on the chassis is used for fixed corrugated box to make the transportation more stable simultaneously, promotes first motor through first cylinder and removes, and first motor drives the steering wheel and rotates, makes corrugated box take place to turn to, turns to the back, through pushing mechanism propelling movement to ejection of compact track.
Further, the spout has been seted up to orbital both sides of feeding, chassis sliding connection in the spout, slide mechanism includes axis of rotation, second motor, gyro wheel, the rotation hole has been seted up to one side on chassis, rotate the hole run through in one side on chassis, the axis of rotation pass rotate the hole and connect in the chassis, the second motor set up in one side on chassis and output connect in the one end of axis of rotation, the gyro wheel connect in the other end of axis of rotation and roll connection in the spout. Through set up the spout at the feeding track, can make the chassis can make a round trip to slide in the track, the second motor drive axis of rotation rotates simultaneously and drives the gyro wheel and rotate to drive the chassis and remove, the removal speed on chassis can be adjusted through the rotational speed that sets up the second motor, makes subsequent work more stable smooth.
Further, pushing mechanism includes second cylinder, push pedal, the second cylinder set up in the upside of frame, the push pedal is followed discharge orbit's length direction connect in the output of second cylinder. Promote the push pedal through the second cylinder and make corrugated box remove, make corrugated box can remove on the orbital roller of ejection of compact, avoid corrugated box to contact the roller and lead to corrugated box unable normal leaving.
Further, fixture includes the third cylinder, third cylinder fixed mounting in the upside of support and with the through-hole one-to-one, the output of third cylinder is connected with the fixing base, the fixing base mobile pass in the through-hole, the fixed electromagnetic means that is provided with of one end of fixing base, the other end slide and be provided with the clamp plate, pass through insulating spring connection between electromagnetic means and the clamp plate, the clamp plate is the magnetism clamp plate. When corrugated box entered into the chassis completely, the third cylinder promoted the fixing base and moved upward to the clamp plate just in time complete expose on the chassis, and drive electromagnetic means made the clamp plate receive electromagnetic means's magnetic force repulsion, caused the clamp plate to the corrugated box extrusion to fix corrugated box, the condition that the messenger rocked can not appear in corrugated box in whole course of the work, avoided corrugated box because of rocking lead to the normal operating that the error influences follow-up work to appear in the actual position.
Furthermore, the feeding track is further provided with two telescopic rods and two driving motors, the two driving motors are located between the roller of the feeding track and the sliding grooves and are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the feeding track, and the two telescopic rods are horizontally arranged in opposite directions and are respectively connected to the output ends of the two driving motors. Through setting up the telescopic link, when corrugated box was carried to the chassis, driving motor drive telescopic link was tensile, and next corrugated box is blocked by tensile telescopic link, prevents that corrugated box landing from the feeding track.
Furthermore, a bearing is arranged between the chassis and the rotating shaft, and the inner ring of the bearing is fixedly sleeved on the rotating shaft and the outer ring of the bearing and is coaxially connected to the inner wall of the rotating hole. Through setting up the bearing, can reduce the friction loss between chassis and the axis of rotation.
Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the utility model are that:
1. through set up steering mechanism in feeding track and orbital corner of ejection of compact, can make corrugated box when turning to can not bump with the track, improve the quality of product.
2. Through setting up pushing mechanism, accomplish at corrugated box and turn to the back, can get into ejection of compact track under pushing mechanism's promotion on, avoid partial corrugated box to lead to unable normal following ejection of compact track to leave because of the running roller that does not contact ejection of compact track.
3. Through setting up fixture, when chassis transportation corrugated box and corrugated box rotated, can fix corrugated box, prevent to lead to corrugated box to take place the condition of rocking because of the device functioning speed is too fast.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a corrugated carton transfer track device of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of a corrugated carton transfer track device of the present invention;
fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of the steering mechanism of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 3 at A;
fig. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a corrugated carton transfer track device according to the present invention;
fig. 6 is a partially enlarged view of B in fig. 4.
In the figure: 1. a frame; 2. a feed rail; 3. a discharge rail; 4. a steering mechanism; 5. a pushing mechanism; 6. a telescopic rod; 7. a drive motor; 41. a chassis; 42. a steering wheel; 43. a first motor; 44. a first cylinder; 45. a sliding mechanism; 46. a clamping mechanism; 47. a support; 51. a second cylinder; 52. pushing the plate; 451. a rotating shaft, 452 and a second motor; 453. a roller; 454. a chute; 455. a bearing; 461. a third cylinder; 462. an electromagnetic device; 463. an insulating spring; 464. pressing a plate; 465. a fixed seat.
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The technical solution of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, and obviously, the described embodiments are only some embodiments, not all embodiments of the present invention. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative efforts belong to the protection scope of the present invention.
Referring to fig. 1-6, including frame 1, set up in feeding track 2 of frame 1 top, set up in ejection of compact track 3 of frame 1 top, set up in feeding track 2 with the steering mechanism 4 of ejection of compact track 3's corner, all be provided with the roller on feeding track 2 and the ejection of compact track 3, steering mechanism 4 includes chassis 41, support 47, the both ends of chassis 41 are provided with slide mechanism 45, chassis 41 pass through slide mechanism 45 sliding connection in feeding track 2, support 47 connect in the downside of chassis 41 through a plurality of spliced poles, the middle part of support 47 is provided with first cylinder 44, the output of first cylinder 44 is provided with first motor 43, the output of first motor 43 is provided with steering wheel 42, steering wheel 42 can movably pass through chassis 41, follow on the chassis 41 in the length direction of feeding track 2 with the width direction of feeding track 2 Two through holes are respectively formed in the steering wheel 42 and are symmetrically distributed on two sides of the steering wheel 42, a clamping mechanism 46 is arranged on the support 47, the clamping mechanism 46 corresponds to the through holes one by one and can movably penetrate through the through holes, a pushing mechanism 5 is arranged at the joint of the feeding track 2 and the discharging track 3, and the pushing mechanism 5 is arranged in the conveying direction of the discharging track 3. Transport corrugated box through chassis 41, fixture 46 on chassis 41 is used for fixed corrugated box to make the transportation more stable simultaneously, promotes first motor 43 through first cylinder 44 and removes, and first motor 43 drives steering wheel 42 and rotates, makes corrugated box take place to turn to, turns to the back, through pushing mechanism 5 propelling movement to ejection of compact track 3. It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the included angle between the feeding track 2 and the discharging track 3 is 90 degrees, the chassis 41 is square, the structure is not unique, the included angle may be an acute angle or an obtuse angle, the shape of the chassis 41 may be adjusted according to actual conditions, and the pushing direction of the pushing mechanism 5 is parallel to the transporting direction of the discharging track 3.
Further, sliding grooves 454 are formed in two sides of the feeding track 2, the base plate 41 is slidably connected to the sliding grooves 454, the sliding mechanism 45 includes a rotating shaft 451, a second motor 452, and a roller 453, a rotating hole is formed in one side of the base plate 41, the rotating hole penetrates through one side of the base plate 41, the rotating shaft 451 penetrates through the rotating hole and is connected to the base plate 41, the second motor 452 is disposed on one side of the base plate 41, an output end of the second motor 452 is connected to one end of the rotating shaft 451, and the roller 453 is connected to the other end of the rotating shaft 451 and is in rolling connection with the sliding grooves 454. Through set up spout 454 at feeding track 2, can make chassis 41 make a round trip to slide in the track, second motor 452 drive axis of rotation 451 rotates simultaneously and drives gyro wheel 453 and rotate to drive chassis 41 and remove, the removal speed on chassis 41 can be adjusted through the rotational speed that sets up second motor 452, makes subsequent work more stable smooth.
Further, the pushing mechanism 5 includes a second cylinder 51 and a push plate 52, the second cylinder 51 is disposed on the upper side of the rack 1, and the push plate 52 is connected to an output end of the second cylinder 51 along the length direction of the discharging rail 3. Promote push pedal 52 through second cylinder 51 and make corrugated box remove, make corrugated box can remove on ejection of compact track 3's the roller, avoid corrugated box contact can not result in corrugated box can't normally leave to the roller.
Further, the clamping mechanism 46 includes a third cylinder 461, the third cylinder 461 is fixedly mounted on the upper side of the support 47 and corresponds to the through holes one by one, an output end of the third cylinder 461 is connected with a fixing seat 465, the fixing seat 465 can movably penetrate through the through holes, one end of the fixing seat 465 is fixedly provided with an electromagnetic device 462, the other end of the fixing seat 465 is slidably provided with a pressing plate 464, the electromagnetic device 462 and the pressing plate 464 are connected by an insulating spring 463, and the pressing plate 464 is made of a permanent magnet. When the corrugated case completely enters the chassis 41, the third cylinder 461 pushes the fixing seat 465 to move upwards to the pressing plate 464 to be just completely exposed on the chassis 41, and the electromagnetic device 462 is driven to drive the pressing plate 464 to be repelled by the magnetic force of the electromagnetic device 462, so that the pressing plate 464 extrudes the corrugated case, thereby fixing the corrugated case, preventing the corrugated case from shaking in the whole working process, and avoiding the influence on the normal operation of the follow-up work due to the error of the actual position caused by the shaking of the corrugated case. It should be noted that in this embodiment, the magnetic poles of the electromagnetic device 462 may be changed to realize attraction or repulsion operations on the pressing plate 464, and in the initial state, the magnetic poles of the electromagnetic device 462 and the pressing plate 464 are attracted to make the insulating spring 463 in a compressed state, and when the pressing plate 464 is required to clamp the corrugated carton, the magnetic poles of the electromagnetic device 462 are changed, and the pressing plate 464 is pressed by a repulsive force to fix the corrugated carton.
Further, the feeding track 2 is further provided with two telescopic rods 6 and two driving motors 7, wherein the two driving motors 7 are located between the rollers of the feeding track 2 and the chutes 454 and symmetrically arranged on two sides of the feeding track 2, and the two telescopic rods 6 are horizontally arranged in opposite directions and respectively connected to output ends of the two driving motors 7. Through setting up telescopic link 6, when corrugated box was carried to chassis 41, driving motor 7 drive telescopic link 6 stretched, and next corrugated box is blocked by tensile telescopic link 6, prevents that corrugated box landing from feeding track 2, and when chassis 41 got back to the normal position, driving motor 7 drive telescopic link 6 compressed, makes corrugated box can continue to move to chassis 41 by the effect of roller on. In the present embodiment, the telescopic rod 6 and the driving motor 7 for driving the telescopic rod 6 to extend and retract are conventional technologies, and the structure and principle thereof are not described in detail herein.
Further, a bearing 455 is disposed between the chassis 41 and the rotating shaft 451, and an inner ring of the bearing 455 is fixedly sleeved on the rotating shaft 451 and an outer ring is coaxially connected to an inner wall of the rotating hole. By providing the bearing 455, friction loss between the chassis 41 and the rotating shaft 451 can be reduced
In the specific use process of the utility model, firstly, the corrugated case is put into the feeding track 2, the third cylinders 461 at both sides of the feeding track 2 drive the fixing base 465 to move upwards, the electromagnetic device 462 and the pressing plate 464 are attracted to each other to make the insulating spring 463 in a compressed state, when the pressing plate 464 is completely positioned on the chassis 41, the telescopic rod 6 is compressed, the corrugated case slowly enters the chassis 41, the magnetic pole of the electromagnetic device 462 is changed to make the pressing plate 464 move towards the corrugated case by repulsive force and clamp both sides of the corrugated case, when the corrugated case completely moves on the chassis 41, the remaining third cylinders 461 push the fixing base 465 to move upwards, the four directions of the corrugated case are fixed at the same time by repeated operation, meanwhile, the second motor 452 at one side of the chassis 41 starts to work to drive the roller 453 to roll in the chute 454, the driving motor 7 pushes the telescopic rod 6 to limit the next corrugated case, when the roller 453 contacts the discharging rail 3, the second motor 452 stops working, the magnetic poles of all the electromagnetic devices 462 are changed, the pressing plate 464 moves back, the corrugated case is loosened, all the third air cylinders 461 are driven to enable the fixing seats 465 to move downwards, the pressing plate 464 is completely immersed in the chassis 41, meanwhile, the first air cylinder 44 pushes the first motor 43 to move upwards, the first motor 43 enables the steering wheel 42 and the corrugated case to rotate, then the first air cylinder 44 pushes the first motor 43 to move downwards, at this time, the second air cylinder 51 pushes the pushing plate 52 until the corrugated case contacts with the roller on the discharging rail 3, and meanwhile, the electromagnetic devices 462 return to the original position. When the corrugated case leaves from the discharging rail 3, the second motor 452 starts to rotate in the reverse direction, so that the chassis 41 moves to the original position, and the driving motor 7 pushes the telescopic rod 6 to move the next corrugated case.
Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made in these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.
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1. A corrugated carton transfer rail device comprises a rack, a feeding rail arranged above the rack, a discharging rail arranged above the rack, and a steering mechanism arranged at the corners of the feeding rail and the discharging rail, wherein rollers are arranged on the feeding rail and the discharging rail, the corrugated carton transfer rail device is characterized in that the steering mechanism comprises a chassis and a support, two ends of the chassis are respectively connected with the feeding rail in a sliding way through a sliding mechanism, the support is connected with the lower side of the chassis through a plurality of connecting columns, a first air cylinder is arranged in the middle of the support, the output end of the first air cylinder is provided with a first motor, the output end of the first motor is provided with a steering wheel, the steering wheel can movably penetrate through the chassis, two through holes are respectively arranged on the chassis along the length direction of the feeding rail and the width direction of the feeding rail, the two through holes are symmetrically distributed on two sides of the steering wheel, the support is provided with clamping mechanisms, the clamping mechanisms correspond to the through holes one by one and can movably penetrate through the through holes, a pushing mechanism is arranged at the joint of the feeding track and the discharging track, and the pushing mechanism is arranged in the conveying direction of the discharging track.
2. The corrugated carton conveying rail device according to claim 1, wherein sliding grooves are formed in two sides of the feeding rail, the chassis is slidably connected to the sliding grooves, the sliding mechanism includes a rotating shaft, a second motor and a roller, a rotating hole is formed in one side of the chassis, the rotating hole penetrates through one side of the chassis, the rotating shaft penetrates through the rotating hole and is connected to the chassis, the second motor is arranged on one side of the chassis, an output end of the second motor is connected to one end of the rotating shaft, and the roller is connected to the other end of the rotating shaft and is in rolling connection with the sliding grooves.
3. The corrugated carton transfer rail device according to claim 1, wherein the pushing mechanism comprises a second cylinder and a push plate, the second cylinder is disposed on the upper side of the rack, and the push plate is connected to the output end of the second cylinder along the length direction of the discharging rail.
4. The corrugated carton transferring rail device according to claim 1, wherein the clamping mechanism comprises a third cylinder, the third cylinder is fixedly installed on the upper side of the support and corresponds to the through holes one by one, the output end of the third cylinder is connected with a fixing seat, the fixing seat can movably penetrate through the through holes, one end of the fixing seat is fixedly provided with an electromagnetic device, the other end of the fixing seat is provided with a pressing plate in a sliding manner, the electromagnetic device is connected with the pressing plate through an insulating spring, and the pressing plate is a magnetic pressing plate.
5. The corrugated carton conveying rail device according to claim 2, wherein the feeding rail is further provided with two telescopic rods and two driving motors, the two driving motors are located between the rollers and the chutes of the feeding rail and symmetrically arranged on two sides of the feeding rail, and the two telescopic rods are horizontally arranged in opposite directions and respectively connected to output ends of the two driving motors.
6. The corrugated carton transfer rail device according to claim 2, wherein a bearing is arranged between the chassis and the rotating shaft, and an inner ring of the bearing is fixedly sleeved on the rotating shaft and an outer ring of the bearing is coaxially connected to the inner wall of the rotating hole.
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