Disclosure of Invention
The present invention has been made in view of the above-described state of the art, and an object thereof is to provide a transportation system capable of obtaining a lid body in a target position state.
To this end, the utility model provides a transportation system for a cover body, the cover body is cylindrical and comprises a first section and a second section which are formed along an axial direction, the outer diameter of the first section is larger than that of the second section, the transportation system comprises a cylindrical accommodating mechanism for accommodating the cover body, a driving mechanism, a first guiding mechanism arranged on the accommodating mechanism and a second guiding mechanism connected with the first guiding mechanism, the driving mechanism drives the cover body to move from the accommodating mechanism to the outside of the accommodating mechanism along the first guiding mechanism and the second guiding mechanism, the first guiding mechanism comprises a bearing surface for bearing the cover body, one end of the bearing surface close to the second guiding mechanism inclines towards the inner wall of the accommodating mechanism, and the second guiding mechanism comprises a first guide rail and a second guide rail which are oppositely arranged, And a support portion arranged on one side of the surface where the first guide rail and the second guide rail are located, a predetermined distance is provided between the first guide rail and the second guide rail, the predetermined distance is not smaller than the outer diameter of the second section and smaller than the outer diameter of the first section, a preset normal distance is provided between the support portion and the surface where the first guide rail and the second guide rail are located, the preset normal distance is smaller than the length of the cover body and not smaller than the length of the first section, projection is performed in the normal direction along the surface where the first guide rail and the second guide rail are located, the support portion is located between the first guide rail and the second guide rail, one end of the support portion close to the first guide mechanism is located above or on the side of the surface where the first guide rail and the second guide rail are located, and extends spirally downward along with the first guide rail, the second guide rail and the support portion, the support part is gradually positioned below the surface where the first guide rail and the second guide rail are positioned.
In the transport system according to the present invention, the lid body is transported sequentially via the first guide mechanism and the second guide mechanism. The cover is transported from the accommodating mechanism to the second guide mechanism through the first guide mechanism; when the cover body is transferred from the first guide mechanism to the second guide mechanism, the cover body transferred to the second guide mechanism has a uniform position state because the first guide rail and the second guide rail of the second guide mechanism have a predetermined distance; the cover body is gradually adjusted to a target position state in the transportation process through the second guide mechanism, so that the second guide mechanism finally transports the cover body in the target position state to a target station.
Further, in the system according to the present invention, optionally, the drive mechanism drives the accommodating mechanism to vibrate in a vertical direction. In this case, the drive mechanism and the receiving mechanism form, in combination, a vibrating disk which, during vibration, can generate a horizontal force component, so that the cover body on the first guide mechanism and the second guide mechanism can be transported.
Further, in the system according to the present invention, optionally, the first guide means extends spirally upward from the bottom along the inner wall of the accommodating means. In this case, the cover is transported sequentially via the first transport unit, the second transport unit, and the second guide mechanism.
In the system according to the present invention, it is preferable that a surface on which the first guide rail and the second guide rail are located is located along a vertical direction and outside the bearing surface at a joint of the first guide mechanism and the second guide mechanism. In this case, the cover bodies having different position states transported via the second transport portion can be sorted by the blocking portion.
In the system according to the present invention, the first guide rail and the second guide rail may extend forward by a predetermined length from the support portion at an end near the first guide mechanism. In this case, the slope of the transportation route for transporting the lid body upward can be reduced, thereby reducing the power required for transporting the lid body upward.
Further, in the system according to the present invention, optionally, the predetermined length is not less than an outer diameter of the first segment. In this case, the cover can be smoothly transferred from the first transport portion to the second transport portion.
Further, in the system according to the present invention, it is preferable that the second guide means extends spirally downward outside the housing means. In this case, by providing the transportation path of the second guide mechanism in a spiral shape, the slope of the transportation path in which the lid body extends downward can be reduced, thereby improving the stability of the transportation of the lid body by the second guide mechanism.
In the system according to the present invention, the second guide means may be connected to the accommodating means. In this case, the second guide mechanism can transport the lid body from the housing mechanism to the target station.
Thereby, a transportation system of the cover body in the target position state can be obtained.
Detailed Description
Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description thereof is omitted. The drawings are schematic, and the proportions of the dimensions of the components and the shapes of the components may be different from the actual ones.
It is noted that, as used herein, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, such that a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises or has a list of steps or elements is not necessarily limited to those steps or elements expressly listed, but may include or have other steps or elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.
In addition, the subtitles and the like referred to in the following description of the present invention are not intended to limit the content or the scope of the present invention, and serve only as a cue for reading. Such a subtitle should neither be understood as a content for segmenting an article, nor should the content under the subtitle be limited to just the scope of the subtitle.
It should be noted that relative positional and relative directional terms such as "above", "upward", "below", "downward", "up-down direction", "left", "right", "left-right", "front", "rear", "front-rear direction" and the like in this document refer to a normal operation posture and should not be considered as restrictive.
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a lid transport system that may be used to transport lids to a destination station, such as to transport lids to a capping station. With the transport system according to the present embodiment, it is possible to facilitate the transport of the lid body to a desired station.
In some examples, the capping device assembles the cap to the container mouth of the container at a capping station.
The transport system according to the present embodiment may also be referred to as a transport device, a conveying system, or the like, for example. Note that the names are for showing the system for transporting the lid body to a desired station according to the present embodiment, and should not be construed as limiting.
The container according to the present embodiment can be used as a container for storing materials in processing and production of medicines, foods, daily necessities, and the like. The container may be in the form of a bottle, such as a medicine bottle, a beverage bottle, a bottle for cosmetics, and the like.
Fig. 1 is an overview of an application scenario showing a cover 5 and a transportation system 1 according to an example of the present embodiment. In the present embodiment, the lid body 5 can be transported to a desired station via the transport system 1 and transferred to a capping station via the desired station. At the capping station, the cap 5 is fitted to the mouth of the container.
In some examples, the desired station is a capping station. In other examples, the cover 5 passes through the desired station to the capping station.
In addition, the present invention also provides a lid body transfer system 2 (see fig. 1), and the lid body 5 according to the present embodiment is transported to the lid body transfer system 2 by the transport system and is transferred to the capping station via the lid body transfer system 2.
In addition, the present invention also provides a container transfer system 3 (see fig. 1), and the container according to the present embodiment is transferred to the capping station via the container transfer system 3.
In addition, the present invention provides a capping system 4 (see fig. 1), in which the capping station according to the present embodiment is provided in the capping system 4, and the cap body 5 is fitted to the container mouth of the container via the capping system 4.
Fig. 2 is a first perspective view schematically showing the lid 5 according to the example of the present embodiment.
In some examples, the cover 5 may include a first section 51 and a second section 52. As shown in fig. 2, in some examples, below the dividing line L is a first segment 51 and above the dividing line L is a second segment 52. In some examples, the first section 51 may have an opening, and the opening of the first section 51 may be fitted over a container mouth of the container. The first section 51 may be partially disposed in the container. In other examples, the container mouth of the container may be partially disposed in the first section 51.
In some examples, the first segment 51 and the second segment 52 may be continuously connected (see fig. 2), in other words, the first segment 51 and the second segment 52 have the same diameter at the connection. In other examples, the first section 51 and the second section 52 may be connected in a stepped manner, in other words, the first section 51 and the second section 52 have different diameters at the connection.
In some examples, the cover 5 may have a circular truncated cone shape, and the diameter of the cover 5 gradually increases from one end to the other end, in other words, the diameters of the first section 51 and the second section 52 gradually increase from one end to the other end. In some examples, the diameter of the first section 51 is the maximum diameter of the first section 51 and the diameter of the second section 52 is the maximum diameter of the second section 52. In some examples, the outer diameter of the first section 51 may be greater than the outer diameter of the second section 52. In this case, the position condition of the cover 5 on the transport system 1 can be screened by using the difference in size between the first section 51 and the second section 52, so that the covers 5 transported to the target stations by the transport system 1 have uniform position conditions.
In some examples, the position condition of the cover 5 transported to the target station by the transport system 1 may be that the first section 51 is located below the second section 52 (see fig. 2), in other words, that the opening of the cover 5 is directed downward. In other examples, the position of the cover 5 transported by the transport system 1 to the destination station may be such that the second section 52 is located below the first section 51, in other words, the opening of the cover 5 is directed upward.
The following describes the transport system 1 according to the present embodiment, taking as an example the situation where the position of the lid 5 transported to the target station is such that the first stage 51 is located below the second stage 52 and the lid 5 is in the form of a circular truncated cone. It should be noted that, regarding other positions of the lid body 5, a person skilled in the art can transport the lid body 5 having different positions to a target station with a slight modification of the transport system 1 according to the present embodiment based on the required positions.
Fig. 3 is a schematic view showing the transportation system 1 according to the example of the present embodiment.
As shown in fig. 3, in some examples, the transport system 1 may include a housing mechanism 11, a drive mechanism, a first guide mechanism 12, and a second guide mechanism 13. The driving mechanism, the first guide mechanism 12, and the second guide mechanism 13 may be provided to the accommodating mechanism 11. The drive mechanism may be provided inside the housing mechanism 11. The first guide mechanism 12 may be coupled to the second guide mechanism 13. In some examples, the cover 5 may be accommodated in the accommodating mechanism 11 and transported to the target station via the first guide mechanism 12 and the second guide mechanism 13 in sequence, and the driving mechanism may be configured to drive the cover 5 to move from inside the accommodating mechanism 11 to outside the accommodating mechanism 11 along the first guide mechanism 12 and the second guide mechanism 13. In this case, the lid body 5 can be caused to be transported.
In some examples, the drive mechanism can drive the housing mechanism 11 to vibrate in the vertical direction. In this case, the drive mechanism in combination with the receiving mechanism 11 forms a vibrating disk which, during vibration, can generate a horizontal force component, so that the cover 5 on the first guide mechanism 12 and the second guide mechanism 13 can be transported.
Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram showing the first guide mechanism 12 according to the example of the present embodiment.
As shown in fig. 4, in some examples, the first guide mechanism 12 may be provided on an inner wall of the accommodating mechanism 11. The first guide means 12 may extend upward from the bottom of the housing means 11. In some examples, the transport path of the first guide mechanism 12 may be helical. In this case, by providing the transport path of the first guide mechanism 12 in a spiral shape, the slope of the transport path for transporting the lid body 5 upward can be reduced, and the power required for transporting the lid body 5 upward can be reduced.
In some examples, the first guide mechanism 12 may have a bearing surface 12a, and the bearing surface 12a is used for bearing the cover 5. In some examples, the bearing surface 12a is inclined toward the inner wall of the accommodating means 11 at an end near the second guide means 13. In this case, the possibility that the lid body falls off the first guide mechanism 12 when the lid body 5 is transferred from the first guide mechanism 12 to the second guide machine 13 can be reduced.
Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram showing the second guide mechanism 13 according to the example of the present embodiment.
Fig. 6 is a sectional view showing the second guide mechanism 13 and the cover 5 shown in fig. 5 along the line a-a'.
Fig. 7 is a sectional view showing the second guide mechanism 13 and the cover 5 shown in fig. 5 along the line B-B'.
Fig. 8 is a sectional view showing the second guide mechanism 13 and the cover 5 shown in fig. 5 along the line C-C'.
In some examples, the second guide mechanism 13 may extend spirally downward outside the accommodating mechanism 11. In this case, by providing the transport path of the second guide mechanism 13 in a spiral shape, the slope of the transport path in which the lid bodies 5 extend downward can be reduced, thereby improving the stability of the transport of the lid bodies 5 by the second guide mechanism 13. In other examples, the second guide mechanism 13 may also extend straight downward outside the accommodating mechanism 11.
The second guide mechanism 13 will be described in detail below with reference to fig. 5, taking the second guide mechanism 13 as an example of a linear extension.
In some examples, the second guide 13 may include a first rail 131 and a second rail 132 (see fig. 4 and 5), and the first rail 131 and the second rail 132 are used to hang the cover 5. The first rail 131 and the second rail 132 may be disposed opposite to each other, and the first rail 131 and the second rail 132 may have a predetermined distance therebetween, and the predetermined distance may be not smaller than the outer diameter of the second section 52 and smaller than the outer diameter of the first section 51, in other words, the second section 52 can pass through the predetermined distance between the first rail 131 and the second rail 132. In this case, when the cover 5 is transferred from the first guide mechanism 12 to the second guide mechanism 13 and the second section 52 of the cover 5 approaches the surface where the first rail 131 and the second rail 132 are located, the cover 5 can be hung on the first rail 131 and the second rail 132.
In some examples, at the junction of the first guide mechanism 12 and the second guide mechanism 13, the faces of the first guide rail 131 and the second guide rail 132 are along the vertical direction and are located outside the bearing face 12 a. In this case, the cover 5 can be transferred from the first guide mechanism 12 to the second guide mechanism 13 so that the second stage 52 is close to the surface where the first rail 131 and the second rail 132 are located.
As shown in fig. 5, in some examples, the second guide mechanism 13 may further include a support portion 133, and the support portion 133 may be used to support the cover 5 when the second guide mechanism 13 transports the cover 5. In some examples, the support portion 133 may be disposed at one side of the face where the first and second rails 131 and 132 are located. In a projection in a direction along the plane of the first rail 131 and the second rail 132, the support portion 133 is located between the first rail 131 and the second rail 132 (see fig. 6, 7, and 8). In some examples, the first rail 131, the second rail 132, and the support portion 133 extend spirally in the transport direction of the second guide mechanism 13 (see fig. 5). The end of the support portion 133 adjacent to the first guide mechanism 12 may be located above the surface on which the first rail 131 and the second rail 132 are located. The support portion 133 is located below the surface where the first guide rail 131 and the second guide rail 132 are located at an end away from the first guide mechanism 12, in other words, as the first guide rail 131, the second guide rail 132, and the support portion 133 spirally extend, the support portion 133 is gradually located below the surface where the first guide rail 131 and the second guide rail 132 are located. In this case, the second guide mechanism 13 can transport the lid 5 to the destination station in a state where the first stage 51 is positioned below the second stage 52. In other examples, one end of the support portion 133 close to the first guide mechanism 12 may be located on a side of the surface where the first rail 131 and the second rail 132 are located.
In some examples, the first and second guide rails 131 and 132 may extend forward by a predetermined length compared to the support portion 133 at an end near the first guide mechanism 12. In this case, the effect of the support portion 133 on the transfer of the lid body 5 from the first guide mechanism 12 to the second guide mechanism 13 can be reduced. In some examples, the predetermined length may be less than an outer diameter of the first segment 51. In this case, the support portion 133 can be made to have a supporting function for the lid body 5.
Next, the transportation of the cover 5 by the second guide mechanism 13 will be described in detail by taking the example in which the second guide mechanism 13 has one support portion 133 in conjunction with fig. 6, 7, and 8.
As shown in fig. 5, in the present embodiment, the second guide mechanism 132 transports the cover 5 from the end D to the end E, that is, the end D is the end of the second guide mechanism 13 close to the first guide mechanism 12, and the end E is the end of the second guide mechanism 13 far from the first guide mechanism.
As shown in fig. 5 and 6, in the present embodiment, when the cover 5 is positioned at the end D, the support portion 133 is positioned on the side of the surface on which the first rail 131 and the second rail 132 are positioned. As shown in fig. 5 and 7, in the present embodiment, when lid 5 is positioned between end D and end E, support portion 133 is positioned obliquely below the plane in which first rail 131 and second rail 132 are positioned. As shown in fig. 5 and 8, in the present embodiment, when the cover 5 is positioned at the end E, the support portion 133 is positioned below the surface on which the first rail 131 and the second rail 132 are positioned.
As described above, the cover 5 is gradually adjusted to a position state in which the first stage 51 is positioned below the second stage 52 during transportation by the second guide mechanism 13.
In the present embodiment, the lid 5 is transported via the first guide mechanism 12 and the second guide mechanism 13 in order, and the lid 5 is transported from the housing mechanism 11 to the second guide mechanism 13 via the first guide mechanism 12; when the lid 5 is transferred from the first guide mechanism 12 to the second guide mechanism 13, the lid 5 transferred to the second guide mechanism 13 has a uniform position state because the first rail 131 and the second rail 132 of the second guide mechanism 13 have a predetermined distance therebetween; the lid body 5 is gradually adjusted to the target position state during the transportation process by the second guide mechanism 13, so that the second guide mechanism 13 finally transports the lid body 5 in the target position state to the target station.
According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a transportation system capable of obtaining a lid body in a target position state.
While the utility model has been described in detail in connection with the drawings and examples, it is to be understood that the above description is not intended to limit the utility model in any way. Those skilled in the art can make modifications and variations to the present invention as needed without departing from the true spirit and scope of the utility model, and such modifications and variations are within the scope of the utility model.