CN216584125U

CN216584125U - Multi-surface container conveying and steering device

Info

Publication number: CN216584125U
Application number: CN202122433201.9U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 钱志兵; 高伟强
Original assignee: Jiangsu Newamstar Packagin Machinery Co Ltd
Current assignee: Jiangsu Newamstar Packagin Machinery Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-10-09
Filing date: 2021-10-09
Publication date: 2022-05-24
Anticipated expiration: 2031-10-09

Abstract

The utility model discloses a multi-surface container conveying and steering device, which comprises a carrier plate, a cam connected above the carrier plate, a turntable arranged on the carrier plate and capable of rotating around the axis of the turntable, a clamping assembly and a limiting assembly positioned below the clamping assembly, wherein the turntable is arranged on the carrier plate; the clamping assembly comprises a connecting shaft which can rotate around the axis of the clamping assembly and is arranged in the rotating disc in a penetrating way, a rotor which can rotate around the axis of the clamping assembly and is arranged at the upper end part of the connecting shaft and can roll along the cam curve of the cam, and a clamping jaw which is arranged at the lower end part of the connecting shaft and is used for clamping the multi-surface container; the clamping center of the clamping jaw is positioned on the axis of the connecting shaft; the cam is used for enabling the multi-surface container to enter the limiting assembly in a preset first direction before the multi-surface container enters the limiting assembly; and also for disengaging the gripper assembly from the stop assembly in a predetermined second orientation after the multi-faceted container enters the stop assembly. The conveying and steering device for the multi-face container solves the problem of orientation before filling of the multi-face container, and has relatively high orientation precision.

Description

Multi-surface container conveying and steering device

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of packaging, in particular to a multi-face container conveying and steering device.

Background

The multi-surface container generally comprises a square container and the like, and when the square container is filled, the square container needs to enter a filling machine according to a specified direction so as to be matched with the filling machine for filling. This requires the transfer mechanism at the front end of the filler to rotate the square containers through a set angle to allow the square containers to enter the filler in a designated orientation.

In the prior art, a multi-surface container is placed on a support plate with a baffle on the side surface, and the support plate is driven by a cam to drive the baffle to rotate so as to realize the steering of the multi-surface container. This drive requires a good fit of the baffle to the sides of the multi-faceted container, which would otherwise affect the steering accuracy of the multi-faceted container.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model aims to provide a conveying and steering device for a multi-face container, which solves the problem of orientation before filling of the multi-face container and has relatively high orientation precision.

In order to achieve the purpose, the utility model adopts the technical scheme that:

a multi-surface container conveying and steering device comprises a carrier plate, a cam connected above the carrier plate, a rotary table which can rotate around the axis of the rotary table and is arranged on the carrier plate and positioned between the cam and the carrier plate, a clamping assembly which can rotate and is arranged in the rotary table, and a limiting assembly which is arranged on the carrier plate and is positioned below the clamping assembly; the limiting assembly is positioned on a conveying path of the multi-surface container and used for limiting the passing multi-surface container so that the multi-surface container and the turntable are kept relatively static;

the clamping assembly comprises a connecting shaft which can rotate around the axis of the clamping assembly and is arranged in the rotating disc in a penetrating way, a rotor which can rotate around the axis of the clamping assembly and is arranged at the upper end part of the connecting shaft and can roll along the cam curve of the cam, and a clamping jaw which is arranged at the lower end part of the connecting shaft and is used for clamping the multi-surface container; the clamping center of the clamping jaw is positioned on the axis of the connecting shaft;

the cam is used for driving the clamping assembly to drive the multi-surface container to rotate before the multi-surface container clamped by the clamping assembly enters the limiting assembly, so that the multi-surface container can enter the limiting assembly in a preset first direction; the clamping assembly is further used for driving the clamping assembly to rotate relative to the multi-face container after the multi-face container enters the limiting assembly, so that the clamping assembly can be mutually separated from the limiting assembly in a preset second orientation.

Preferably, the limiting assembly comprises outer baffles and inner baffles which are arranged at intervals and used for abutting against the sides of the multi-surface container in a matched mode.

More preferably, the feeding sides of the outer baffle and the inner baffle are respectively provided with an arc-shaped guide edge.

Preferably, the clamping assembly further comprises a swing arm, one end of the swing arm is connected to the upper end of the connecting shaft, and the rotor can rotate around the axis of the rotor and is arranged at the other end of the swing arm.

More preferably, the swing arm extends in a horizontal direction, and the axis of the rotor is parallel to the axis of the connecting shaft.

Preferably, the clamping assembly further comprises an upper arm connected to the lower end of the connecting shaft, a lower arm connected to the lower side of the upper arm and arranged at intervals in the vertical direction through a connecting arm, and an elastic member arranged on the lower arm, and the clamping jaw is arranged on the lower arm in an elastically openable and closable manner through the elastic member.

More preferably, the lower arm extends in a horizontal direction, and when the clamping assembly is rotated to the second orientation, the lower arm extends in a radial direction of the turntable.

Preferably, the cam curve is a curved groove, and the curved groove is arranged on one side of the cam facing the rotating disc.

Preferably, the cross section of the multi-sided container comprises a long side and a short side, and when the multi-sided container is rotated to the first orientation, the long side is tangent to the motion track of the multi-sided container.

Preferably, the clamping assemblies are arranged on the turntable at intervals and uniformly along the circumferential direction.

Due to the application of the technical scheme, compared with the prior art, the utility model has the following advantages: according to the conveying and steering device for the multi-face container, the multi-face container is driven by the cam to rotate by the clamping assembly for clamping the multi-face container in the rotating and conveying process along with the rotating disc, so that the multi-face container can accurately rotate by a set angle and enter the limiting assembly in the preset first direction; the limiting assembly can correct the orientation of the multi-surface container, and can maintain the orientation of the multi-surface container in a first orientation all the time when the clamping assembly rotates relative to the multi-surface container, so that the multi-surface container is prevented from rotating along with the rotating; the cam drives the clamping assembly to be mutually separated from the limiting assembly in a preset second direction, so that a clamping hand in a subsequent procedure can smoothly connect and connect a multi-surface container; this multiaspect container conveying turns to device has solved the problem of orientation before the multiaspect container filling, and the orientation precision is higher relatively.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a first schematic diagram of a conveyor turning apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a second schematic structural view of a transfer steering apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the orientation of the gripper assembly during the transfer of a multi-faceted container;

fig. 4 is an enlarged schematic view of the clamping assembly.

Wherein: 1. a carrier plate; 2. a cam; 21. a curved groove; 3. a turntable; 4. a clamping assembly; 41. a connecting shaft; 42. a rotor; 43. a clamping jaw; 44. swinging arms; 45. an upper arm; 46. a connecting arm; 47. a lower arm; 48. an elastic member; 5. a limiting component; 51. an outer baffle; 52. an inner baffle; 53. an arc-shaped guide edge; 6. a first connecting member; 7. a second connecting member; 8. a multi-sided container.

Detailed Description

The technical solution of the present invention is further explained below with reference to the specific embodiments and the accompanying drawings.

Referring to fig. 1-4, the present embodiment provides a multi-surface container conveying and turning device, which comprises a carrier plate 1, a cam 2 connected above the carrier plate 1 through a first connecting member 6, and a rotating disc 3 rotatable around its axis and disposed on the carrier plate 1, wherein the rotating disc 3 is located between the cam 2 and the carrier plate 1. In this embodiment, the carrier plate 1 is provided with a second connecting member 7 at the center, the turntable 3 is rotatably disposed at the top end of the second connecting member 7 around its axis, and the axis of the turntable 3 extends in the vertical direction.

The multi-surface container conveying and steering device further comprises a clamping assembly 4 which is rotatably arranged in the turntable 3, and a limiting assembly 5 which is arranged on the carrier plate 1 and is positioned below the clamping assembly 4. The chucking unit 4 is capable of rotating with respect to the turntable 3 while revolving along with the turntable 3. The spacing assembly 5 is positioned on the conveying path of the multi-surface container 8 and is used for spacing the passing multi-surface container 8, wherein the spacing means that the multi-surface container 8 in the spacing assembly 5 can be kept still relative to the rotary table 3. In this embodiment, the holding members 4 are provided in a plurality of groups, and are uniformly arranged on the turntable 3 at intervals along the circumferential direction.

Referring to fig. 3, in the present embodiment, the limiting assembly 5 includes an outer baffle 51 and an inner baffle 52 arranged on the carrier plate 1 at intervals along the radial direction of the turntable 3, and the outer baffle 51 and the inner baffle 52 are used for tightly abutting against the sides of the multi-surface container 8 in cooperation with each other. The outer barrier 51 is adapted to abut against the outside of the multi-sided container 8, and the inner barrier 52 is adapted to abut against the inside of the multi-sided container 8.

In this embodiment, the inner side of the outer baffle 51 and the outer side of the inner baffle 52 are both circular arc-shaped, and the feeding sides of the outer baffle 51 and the inner baffle 52 are respectively provided with an arc-shaped guiding edge 53. With this arrangement, the stop assembly 5 can correct the orientation of the multi-sided container 8 when there is a slight deviation in the orientation of the multi-sided container 8 entering the stop assembly 5.

Referring to fig. 4, the clamping assembly 4 includes a connecting shaft 41 passing through the rotary plate 3 and capable of rotating around its axis, a swing arm 44 having one end connected to the upper end of the connecting shaft 41, a rotor 42 disposed at the other end of the swing arm 44 and capable of rotating around its axis, an upper arm 45 connected to the lower end of the connecting shaft 41, lower arms 47 connected to the lower part of the upper arm 45 and arranged at intervals in the vertical direction through a connecting arm 46, elastic members 48 disposed on the lower arms 47, and a pair of clamping jaws 43 disposed on the lower arms 47 and capable of elastically opening and closing through the elastic members 48, wherein the clamping jaws 43 are used for clamping the circular mouth of the multi-face container 8. In the present embodiment, the swing arm 44 extends in the horizontal direction, and the axis of the rotor 42 is parallel to the axis of the connecting shaft 41, both extending in the vertical direction.

In the present embodiment, the connecting shaft 41 is inserted into the rotating disc 3, the swing arm 44 and the rotor 42 are disposed above the rotating disc 3, and the rotor 42 can roll along the curve of the cam 2, so that the connecting shaft 41 is driven to rotate relative to the rotating disc 3 by the swing arm 44. The clamping center (namely the center of the round bottle mouth) of the clamping jaw 43 is positioned on the axial line of the connecting shaft 41, and by the arrangement, when the multi-surface container 8 is positioned in the limiting assembly 5 and the clamping jaw 43 and the connecting shaft 41 synchronously rotate, the clamping jaw 43 can rotate around the bottle mouth of the multi-surface container 8, and the rotation of the clamping assembly 4 relative to the multi-surface container 8 does not interfere with the clamped multi-surface container 8.

In this embodiment, the upper arm 45 and the lower arm 47 are parallel to each other and extend in the horizontal direction, the connecting arm 46 extends in the vertical direction, and the three are all disposed below the turntable 3. A pair of jaws 43 are provided on the lower arm 47, each of which is rotatable about a vertical axis of rotation, and provide a clamping force for gripping the multi-faced container 8 by means of a resilient member 48.

Referring to fig. 2, the cam 2 is curved to form a curved groove 21, the curved groove 21 is disposed on the side of the cam 2 facing the turntable 3, and the rotor 42 is disposed in the curve of the cam 2.

Referring to fig. 3, in the present embodiment, the body of the multi-sided container 8 has a rectangular cross-section and includes long sides and short sides.

By setting the shape of the cam 2 curve such that:

before the multi-surface container 8 clamped by the clamping assembly 4 enters the limiting assembly 5, the cam 2 can drive the clamping assembly 4 to drive the multi-surface container 8 to rotate, so that the multi-surface container 8 can enter the limiting assembly 5 in a preset first direction; when the multi-surface container 8 rotates to the first orientation, the long side is tangent to the motion track of the multi-surface container 8, namely the orientation of the multi-surface container 8 at the position A in the figure 3;

after the multi-surface container 8 enters the limiting assembly 5, the cam 2 can drive the clamping assembly 4 to rotate relative to the multi-surface container 8, so that the clamping assembly 4 can be mutually separated from the limiting assembly 5 in a preset second orientation; when the clamping assembly 4 is rotated to the second orientation, the lower arm 47 extends in the radial direction of the turntable 3, i.e. the orientation of the clamping assembly 4 in position B in fig. 3.

The following specifically explains the working process of this embodiment:

a driving mechanism (not shown in the figure) drives the rotary disc 3 to rotate, the clamping component 4 receives a bottle at the position C in the figure 3, and before the multi-surface container 8 enters the limiting component 5, the cam 2 drives the clamping component 4 to rotate, so that the multi-surface container 8 synchronously rotates to the first direction and then enters the limiting component 5; then the cam 2 continues to drive the clamping assembly 4 to rotate, at the moment, due to the limiting effect of the limiting assembly 5, the multi-surface container 8 is relatively static with the rotary table 3 in the conveying process, the clamping assembly 4 rotates to the second backward direction, and the clamped multi-surface container 8 is separated from the limiting assembly 5; the turntable 3 continues to rotate and the gripper assembly 4 hands over the bottles at position B.

The above-mentioned embodiments are merely illustrative of the technical idea and features of the present invention, and the purpose thereof is to enable those skilled in the art to understand the contents of the present invention and implement the present invention, and not to limit the scope of the present invention, and all equivalent changes or modifications made according to the spirit of the present invention should be covered in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A multi-face container conveying and turning device is characterized in that: the clamping device comprises a carrier plate, a cam connected above the carrier plate, a turntable which is arranged on the carrier plate and can rotate around the axis of the turntable, a clamping assembly which is rotatably arranged in the turntable, and a limiting assembly which is arranged on the carrier plate and is positioned below the clamping assembly; the limiting assembly is positioned on a conveying path of the multi-surface container and is used for limiting the multi-surface container passing through so that the multi-surface container and the turntable are kept relatively static;

2. The multi-faceted container transport diverter device according to claim 1, wherein: the limiting assembly comprises outer baffles and inner baffles which are arranged at intervals and used for being matched with each other to tightly support the side faces of the multi-face container.

3. The multi-faceted container transfer steering apparatus of claim 2, wherein: the feeding sides of the outer baffle and the inner baffle are respectively provided with an arc-shaped guide edge.

4. The multi-faceted container transfer steering apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the clamping assembly further comprises a swing arm, one end of the swing arm is connected to the upper end of the connecting shaft, and the rotor can rotate around the axis of the rotor and is arranged at the other end of the swing arm.

5. The multi-faceted container transfer steering apparatus of claim 4, wherein: the swing arm extends along the horizontal direction, and the axial lead of the rotor is parallel to the axial lead of the connecting shaft.

6. The multi-faceted container transfer steering apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the clamping assembly further comprises an upper arm connected to the lower end of the connecting shaft, a lower arm connected to the lower portion of the upper arm at intervals in the up-down direction through a connecting arm, and an elastic piece arranged on the lower arm, wherein the clamping jaw is arranged on the lower arm in an elastically openable and closable manner through the elastic piece.

7. The multi-faceted container transfer steering apparatus of claim 6, wherein: the lower arm extends along the horizontal direction, and when the clamping assembly rotates to the second orientation, the lower arm extends along the radial direction of the turntable.

8. The multi-faceted container transfer steering apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the cam curve is a curved groove, and the curved groove is formed in one side, facing the rotary disc, of the cam.

9. The multi-faceted container transfer steering apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the cross section of multiaspect container includes long limit and minor face, when multiaspect container rotated to first orientation, the long limit with the motion trail of multiaspect container is tangent.

10. The multi-faceted container transfer steering apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the clamping assemblies are provided with a plurality of groups and are uniformly arranged on the turntable at intervals along the circumferential direction.