CN216375238U

CN216375238U - Box opening device and box packing equipment

Info

Publication number: CN216375238U
Application number: CN202122695601.7U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 黎杨轩
Original assignee: Shenzhen Weihua Machinery Co ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Weihua Machinery Co ltd
Priority date: 2021-11-05
Filing date: 2021-11-05
Publication date: 2022-04-26
Anticipated expiration: 2031-11-05

Abstract

The utility model relates to a box opening device and a box packing device comprising the same. The unpacking device comprises: a bin mechanism configured to store the folded bin; a box opening mechanism configured to open the folded box; the cover guiding mechanism is arranged above the box opening mechanism and comprises a cover guiding plate, a lifting assembly and a moving assembly, the lifting assembly is used for driving the cover guiding plate to move along the vertical direction so that the cover guiding plate can extend into a box opened by the box opening mechanism, and the moving assembly is used for driving the cover guiding plate to move along the horizontal direction so that a top cover of the opened box can be pushed away outwards by the cover guiding plate. The utility model can push the top cover of the box open so as to avoid the interference of the top cover of the box on the automatic material feeding into the box.

Description

Box opening device and box packing equipment

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of automatic packaging of 3C products, in particular to a box opening device and box packing equipment.

Background

3C products, such as cell phones and smart watches, typically require packaging after production. Typically, the 3C products are first individually packaged in color boxes, and then a plurality of color boxes are loaded into cartons for shipping and sale.

Automated unpacking devices are known that can pull the folded cartons apart and then transport the unfolded cartons downstream, where the color boxes are then manually loaded into the opened boxes by a worker. This results in extremely high labor costs and inefficiencies.

In order to reduce labor costs and increase efficiency, more and more packaging equipment manufacturers are beginning to research automated packaging systems. In order to realize the automatic boxing of the color box, a movement mechanism is required to be designed to feed the color box into the opened paper box, which is often influenced by the top cover of the opened box.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a box opening device and a box packing apparatus, which can push the top lid of an opened box outward to avoid interference of the top lid with automatic packing of materials, such as 3C product packaging boxes (e.g., color boxes for mobile phones, color boxes for watches, etc.), foam, paper boards, and the like.

In order to achieve the above task, a first aspect of the present invention proposes a box opening device, including: a bin mechanism configured to store the folded bin; a box opening mechanism configured to open the folded box; the cover guiding mechanism is arranged above the box opening mechanism and comprises a cover guiding plate, a lifting assembly and a moving assembly, the lifting assembly is used for driving the cover guiding plate to move in the vertical direction so that the cover guiding plate can extend into a box opened by the box opening mechanism, and the moving assembly is used for driving the cover guiding plate to move in the horizontal direction so that the cover guiding plate can push the top cover of the opened box outwards.

In some embodiments, the flap mechanism can comprise at least two flap panels, in particular four flap panels, each of which is assigned a displacement assembly, each displacement assembly being designed to displace the assigned flap panel in the horizontal direction, so that the assigned flap panel can push at least one lid top of the open box away.

In some embodiments, each cover plate may be provided with a different moving assembly.

In some embodiments, each cover guide plate may include a cover guide portion configured to extend obliquely with respect to a vertical direction and a positioning portion extending vertically downward from the cover guide portion.

In some embodiments, each flap may include a first push plate and a second push plate, the first push plate and the second push plate of each flap being configured to simultaneously push the adjacent two lids of the opened box outward, respectively.

In some embodiments, the cover guiding mechanism may further include a support frame for mounting the cover guiding plate, on which a fixed platen and a driving assembly for moving the fixed platen are further mounted, the driving assembly including a first driving portion configured to drive the fixed platen to move in the horizontal direction and a second driving portion configured to drive the fixed platen to move in a direction inclined with respect to the vertical direction.

In some embodiments, the first and second driving parts may be configured to be driven by a cylinder.

In some embodiments, the fixed platen may include a first platen portion extending obliquely with respect to the vertical direction and a second platen portion extending vertically downward from the first platen portion.

In some embodiments, the lifting assembly and/or the moving assembly may be configured to be driven by a pneumatic cylinder.

In order to achieve the above task, a second aspect of the present invention proposes a boxing apparatus comprising the unpacking device, the product supplying device and the product arraying device according to the first aspect of the present invention. The product supply device is configured to supply a product. The product arraying device comprises an arraying platform, a first conveying mechanism and a second conveying mechanism, wherein the first conveying mechanism is configured to convey the products supplied by the product supplying device to the arraying platform so as to arrange a plurality of products on the arraying platform into a product group, and the second conveying mechanism is configured to convey the product group on the arraying platform into an opened box of the box opening device in an integrated manner.

In some embodiments, the product alignment device is disposed above the case opener.

In some embodiments, the product supply is disposed on a side of the case opener.

In the case opening device and the case filling equipment comprising the case opening device, in an automatic case filling process, the folded case is firstly opened, and then the top cover of the opened case is pushed outwards through the cover guiding mechanism, so that materials, such as product groups, are automatically placed into the opened case without interference of the top cover, namely, the interference of the top cover on the automatic material filling motion is avoided.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is an oblique view of one embodiment of a case opener according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an oblique view from another perspective of the case opener of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an oblique view of a first embodiment of a cover guiding mechanism according to the present invention;

FIG. 4 is an oblique view of a second embodiment of a cover guiding mechanism according to the present invention;

FIG. 5 is an oblique view of a third embodiment of a cover guiding mechanism according to the present invention;

FIG. 6 is an oblique view of the lid guide mechanism of FIG. 5 in a lid guide state;

fig. 7 is an oblique view of an embodiment of the boxing apparatus in accordance with the present invention.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings. It is to be understood that the described embodiments are merely a few embodiments of the utility model, and not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Throughout the specification, unless otherwise specifically noted, terms used herein should be understood as having meanings as commonly used in the art. Accordingly, unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. If there is a conflict, the present specification will control.

It should be noted that the terms "first \ second \ third" related to the embodiments of the present invention only distinguish similar objects, and do not represent a specific ordering for the objects, and it should be understood that "first \ second \ third" may exchange a specific order or sequence when allowed. It should be understood that "first \ second \ third" distinguished objects may be interchanged where appropriate.

Within the scope of the present invention, 3C products include, but are not limited to, computers, tablets, cell phones, smartwatches, or digital audio players. The utility model is especially suitable for the packaging of mobile phones and intelligent watches.

In order to be able to insert packages for 3C products into an opened box smoothly, in particular to insert the entire group of packages into an opened box at a time without interference, the utility model provides a novel unpacking device and a packing device.

Fig. 1 and 2 show oblique views of an embodiment of a case opener according to the utility model.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the present invention first proposes a box opening device 100, wherein the box opening device 100 comprises a tank mechanism 110, a box opening mechanism 120 and a cover guiding mechanism 130. The tote mechanism 110 is configured to store the folded cases 20. The case opening mechanism 120 is configured to open the folded case 20. The lid guide mechanism 130 is arranged above the case opening mechanism 120 and is configured to push the lid 21 of the case 20 opened by the case opening mechanism 120 outward to avoid the free lid 21 from interfering with the placement of the material into the opened case 20.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 1 and 2, the folded boxes 20 are stored vertically in the tote mechanism 110. The tank mechanism 110 may include a support portion 111, a stopper plate 112, a push plate 113, and a spring puller (not shown). The support 111 is configured to support the folded box 20. The stopper plate 112 is configured to stop the folded box 20 from both sides. The spring tensioner is configured to apply a pulling force to the push plate 113 so that the push plate 113 presses the case 20 stored in the tank mechanism 110. Thus, whenever one case 20 is taken by the case opening mechanism 120, the remaining cases 20 in the magazine mechanism 110 are pushed forward by the push plate 113, i.e., toward the case opening mechanism 120, so that the case opening mechanism 120 can take the case at the same position.

Further, the support 111 may be two opposing power belts configured to move the folded box 20 forward to cooperate with the push plate 113 to feed the box 20 in the tank mechanism 110 toward the box opening mechanism 120.

Further, the tote mechanism 110 may also include at least one barrier 114, the barrier 114 being used to block the folded case 20 from falling without affecting the opening of the case opening mechanism 120 and without damaging the case. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the tote mechanism 110 includes two bars 114 that serve to block the top edge of the folded case 20 on both sides.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the unpacking mechanism 120 may include a set of suction cups, particularly vacuum suction cup sets 121, an arcuate guide rod 122, and a drive assembly 123. The suction cup set 121 is configured to hold the folded box 20, and the driving assembly 123 is configured to drive the suction cup set 121 to move relative to the magazine mechanism 110. When opening the box, the driving assembly 123 first drives the suction cup set 121 to move toward the magazine mechanism 110 so as to suck a folded box 20 from the magazine mechanism 110; the drive assembly 123 then drives the suction cup set 121 with its gripped box back away from the magazine mechanism 110; during the return of the group of suction cups 121, the box held by the group of suction cups 121 is opened due to the guiding and squeezing action of the arc-shaped guide rods 122.

Further, a guide plate 124 for positioning the opened box may be fixed to one end of the arc guide 122.

In some embodiments, the driving assembly 123 may be a driving cylinder, and the vacuum chuck set 121 is fixedly connected to a movable end of the driving cylinder directly or indirectly. In other embodiments, the driving assembly 123 may also include a motor and a belt transmission structure, or a motor and a rack and pinion, etc., which is not particularly limited in the present invention.

In some embodiments, the case opener 100 may include a folding mechanism 140 for folding the bottom cover of the case. The flap mechanism 140 includes flap panels, not shown, for folding the front and rear bottom flaps of the box, which may be constructed, for example, to be reversible. As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the folding mechanism 140 may further include a first folding lever 141 for folding the left bottom cover of the luggage and a second folding lever 142 for folding the right bottom cover of the luggage, the first folding lever 141 and the second folding lever 142 being configured to be rotatable. After the box is opened by the box opening mechanism 120, the cover folding plate is turned over so as to fold the front bottom cover and the rear bottom cover of the box; then, the first and second flap bars 141 and 142 are driven to rotate, for example, by the air cylinder 143, so as to fold the left and right bottom covers of the box, and then the flap may be returned to the original position, and the opened box 20 is supported by the first and second flap bars 141 and 142.

Fig. 3 shows an oblique view of a first embodiment of a cover guiding mechanism according to the utility model. According to the present invention, as shown in fig. 3, the cover guiding mechanism 130 includes a cover guiding plate 131, a lifting assembly 132 and a moving assembly 133. The lifting assembly 132 is configured to move the flap 131 in a vertical direction so that the flap 131 can be inserted into the box 20 opened by the box opening mechanism. The moving assembly 133 is configured to move the flap 131 in a horizontal direction so that the flap 131 can push the top cover 21 of the opened box 20 outward.

Typically, the lid guide mechanism is activated after the bottom folding of the box is completed. When the cover guiding mechanism works, the lifting assembly firstly enables the cover guiding plate to descend so that the cover guiding plate extends into the box, and then the moving assembly enables the cover guiding plate to move outwards along the horizontal direction so as to push the top cover of the box away. The bottom foam, side board, product group, etc. may then be placed into the box.

In some embodiments, the lift assembly 132 is configured to be driven by an air cylinder. For example, as shown in fig. 3, the lifting assembly 132 includes a support plate 1321 and a lifting cylinder 1322, wherein the support plate 1321 is provided with a vertical rail 1322, the cover plate 131 is movably mounted on the support plate 1321 along the vertical rail 1322, and the lifting cylinder 1322 is used for driving the cover plate 131 to move along the vertical rail 1322.

Of course, in other embodiments, the lifting assembly 132 may also be configured to be driven by a motor, such as a stepper motor and rack and pinion or a timing belt, among others.

Alternatively or additionally, the moving assembly 133 may also be configured to be driven by an air cylinder. In this case, the cover plate 131 is directly fixed to the movable end of the cylinder, for example.

In some embodiments, the cover guiding mechanism 130 includes at least two cover guiding plates 131. Each flap 131 is provided with a moving assembly 133. Each moving assembly 133 is configured to drive the associated flap 131 to move in the horizontal direction so that the associated flap 131 can push away at least one lid 21 of the open box 20. Preferably, each flap 131 is assigned a different displacement assembly 133, i.e., each flap 131 has its own independent displacement assembly 133. For example, each of the guide cover plates 131 is provided with a respective driving cylinder 133, and the movable end 1331 of each driving cylinder 133 is fixedly connected with the corresponding guide cover plate 131.

Of course, in other embodiments, one moving assembly 133 may be used to move at least two cover guiding plates 131 in the horizontal direction at the same time.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 3, the cover guiding mechanism 130 includes two cover guiding plates 131, i.e., a first cover guiding plate 131a and a second cover guiding plate 131 b. Further, the two cover guiding plates 131 are arranged on the diagonal, the first cover guiding plate 131a is used for simultaneously pushing the adjacent first top cover 21a and the second top cover 21b outwards, and the second cover guiding plate 131b is used for simultaneously pushing the other two adjacent third top covers 21c and the fourth top cover 21d outwards. To accomplish this, each flap 131 may include a first push plate 1313 and a second push plate 1314, the first and second push plates of each flap 131 being configured to simultaneously push the adjacent two lids 21 of the opened box outward, respectively. The first thrust plate 1313 and the second thrust plate 1314 are in particular constructed symmetrically.

Fig. 4 shows an oblique view of a second embodiment of the cover guiding mechanism according to the utility model. Unlike the first embodiment shown in fig. 3, in the second embodiment shown in fig. 4, the cover guiding mechanism 130 includes four cover guiding plates 131, i.e., a first cover guiding plate 131a, a second cover guiding plate 131b, a third cover guiding plate 131c, and a fourth cover guiding plate 131 d. Each flap is disposed in correspondence with a respective corner of the opened box 20. The first cover guiding plate 131a is used for simultaneously pushing the adjacent first top cover 21a and the second top cover 21b outwards, the second cover guiding plate 131b is used for simultaneously pushing the other two adjacent third top covers 21c and the fourth top cover 21d outwards, the third cover guiding plate 131c is used for simultaneously pushing the adjacent second top cover 21b and the third top cover 21c outwards, and the fourth cover guiding plate 131d is used for simultaneously pushing the adjacent first top cover 21a and the fourth top cover 21d outwards.

Of course, in alternative embodiments, each of the four cover guiding plates 131 may be used to push one top cover 21 outward, for example, the first cover guiding plate 131a is used to push the first top cover 21a outward, the second cover guiding plate 131b is used to push the third top cover 21c outward, the third cover guiding plate 131c is used to push the second top cover 21b outward, and the fourth cover guiding plate 131d is used to push the fourth top cover 21d outward.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, each cover guide plate 131 includes a cover guide portion 1311 and a positioning portion 1312 vertically extending downward from the cover guide portion, the cover guide portion 1311 being configured to extend obliquely with respect to the vertical direction. Each deflector plate 131 is able to extend into the interior of the box to such an extent that, upon actuation of the lifting assembly 132, the locating portion 1312 is located in the interior space below the top cover of the box. Thus, when the moving assembly 133 drives the cover guiding plate 131 to move horizontally outwards, the obliquely extending cover guiding part 1311 can push the corresponding top cover outwards, and the vertically extending positioning part 1312 can realize the positioning of the box.

Fig. 5 shows an oblique view of a third embodiment of the cover guiding mechanism according to the utility model. Fig. 6 shows an oblique view of the cap guiding mechanism of fig. 5 in a cap guiding state.

As shown in fig. 5 and 6, the cover guiding mechanism 130 further includes a support frame 134 for mounting the cover guiding plate 131, the moving assembly 133 is fixed on the support frame 134, and the support frame 134 is mounted on the support plate 1321 in a manner of being movable along the vertical rail 1322. A fixed platen 136 and a driving assembly for moving the fixed platen 136 are also mounted on the support bracket 134. The drive assembly is configured, for example, to drive the stationary platen 136 to move into the box and hold the carton inside the box to the side to prevent the carton from falling over.

The driving assembly includes a first driving part 137 configured to drive the fixed platen 136 to move in the horizontal direction, and a second driving part 138 configured to drive the fixed platen 136 to move in a direction inclined with respect to the vertical direction.

Preferably, the first and second driving

parts

137 and 138 are configured to be driven by a cylinder.

As shown in fig. 5 and 6, the fixed platen 136 includes a first platen portion 1361 extending obliquely with respect to the vertical direction and a second platen portion 1362 extending vertically downward from the first platen portion.

As shown in fig. 7, the present invention also provides a boxing apparatus 10, wherein the boxing apparatus 10 comprises the unpacking device 100, the product supplying device 200 and the product arraying device 300. The product supply device 200 is configured to supply the product 30. The product arraying device 300 includes an arraying table 310, a first conveying mechanism 320 and a second conveying mechanism 330, the first conveying mechanism 320 being configured to convey the products 30 supplied by the product supplying device 300 to the arraying table 310 to array the plurality of products 30 into a product group on the arraying table 310, the second conveying mechanism 330 being configured to convey the product group on the arraying table 310 in its entirety into an open box of the box opening device.

The products to be packaged here may refer to products contained in a color box, e.g. a carton, or may be the products themselves (i.e. without a package). The present invention provides a packaging apparatus 10 that is particularly suited for use in packaging color boxes, such as cartons, that contain 3C products therein.

Preferably, the product alignment device 300 is disposed above the case opening device 100 so as to achieve product alignment using a space above the case opening device.

Alternatively or additionally, the product supply device 200 is arranged at the side of the case opener 100.

Further, the first and

second conveyance mechanisms

320 and 330 are configured to be independent from each other.

The features or combinations of features mentioned above in the description, in the drawings and in the claims can be used in any combination with one another or alone, provided that they are meaningful and not mutually contradictory within the scope of the utility model. The advantages and features described for the unpacking device provided by the utility model apply in a corresponding manner to the packing apparatus provided by the utility model and vice versa.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all equivalent modifications made by the present specification and the attached drawings or directly/indirectly applied to other related technical fields under the inventive concept are included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A case opening device (100), characterized in that it comprises:

a tank mechanism (110) configured to store the folded tank;

a box opening mechanism (120) configured to open the folded box;

the cover guiding mechanism (130) is arranged above the box opening mechanism (120), the cover guiding mechanism comprises a cover guiding plate (131), a lifting assembly (132) and a moving assembly (133), the lifting assembly (132) is used for driving the cover guiding plate (131) to move in the vertical direction, so that the cover guiding plate (131) can extend into a box opened by the box opening mechanism, and the moving assembly (133) is used for driving the cover guiding plate (131) to move in the horizontal direction, so that the cover guiding plate (131) can push the top cover (21) of the opened box (20) away.

2. A device according to claim 1, wherein the flap mechanism comprises at least two flaps (131), each flap (131) being associated with one of the moving assemblies (133), each moving assembly (133) being configured to drive the associated flap (131) in a horizontal direction so that the associated flap (131) can push at least one lid (21) of an opened box (20) away.

3. A case opening device according to claim 2, characterized in that the cover guiding mechanism comprises four cover guiding plates (131).

4. Device according to claim 2, characterized in that the cover plates (131) are each provided with a different movement assembly (133).

5. A case opening device according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein each flap (131) comprises a flap portion (1311) and a positioning portion (1312) extending vertically downward from the flap portion, the flap portion (1311) being configured to extend obliquely with respect to the vertical direction.

6. The box opening device according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein each flap (131) comprises a first push plate (1313) and a second push plate (1314), the first push plate and the second push plate of each flap (131) being configured to simultaneously push outwards two adjacent caps (21), respectively, of the opened box.

7. The box opening device according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the cover guiding mechanism (130) further comprises a support frame (134) for mounting the cover guiding plate (131), a fixed platen (136) and a driving assembly for moving the fixed platen (136) are further mounted on the support frame (134), the driving assembly comprises a first driving part (137) and a second driving part (138), the first driving part is configured for driving the fixed platen (136) to move along the horizontal direction, and the second driving part is configured for driving the fixed platen (136) to move along a direction inclined relative to the vertical direction.

8. The box opening device according to claim 7, wherein the first driving portion (137) and the second driving portion (138) are configured to be driven by a cylinder.

9. The box opening device according to claim 7, wherein the fixed platen (136) includes a first platen portion (1361) extending obliquely with respect to a vertical direction and a second platen portion (1362) extending vertically downward from the first platen portion.

10. A case opener according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the lifting assembly (132) and/or the moving assembly (133) are configured to be driven by means of a pneumatic cylinder.

11. A boxing apparatus for products, characterized in that the boxing apparatus (10) comprises a unpacking device (100) according to any one of claims 1 to 10, a product supply device (200) and a product arraying device (300);

the product supply device (200) is configured for supplying a product (30);

the product arraying device (300) comprises an arraying table (310), a first conveying mechanism (320) and a second conveying mechanism (330), wherein the first conveying mechanism (320) is used for conveying the products (30) supplied by the product supplying device (200) to the arraying table (310) so as to arrange a plurality of products (30) into a product group on the arraying table (310), and the second conveying mechanism (330) is used for conveying the product group on the arraying table (310) into an opened box of the box opening device in an integrated mode.

12. Boxing apparatus in accordance with claim 11, wherein the product aligning device (300) is arranged above the unpacking device (100); and/or

The product supply device (200) is arranged at the side of the case opening device (100).