CN218022322U

CN218022322U - Capping and uncapping device and material boxing system

Info

Publication number: CN218022322U
Application number: CN202222172091.XU
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张纯晖; 江海威; 郭丹; 陈满金; 苏兴亮; 詹驰; 张亚博; 胡泽超
Original assignee: Longyan Tobacco Industry Co Ltd
Current assignee: Longyan Tobacco Industry Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-08-18
Filing date: 2022-08-18
Publication date: 2022-12-13
Anticipated expiration: 2032-08-18

Abstract

The utility model relates to a add device and material vanning system of uncapping. The material vanning system is including adding the device of uncapping, add the device of uncapping and include the support, the guide rail, the horizontal migration module, the centre gripping unit and clean the subassembly, wherein the guide rail is located on the support, the horizontal migration module is installed on the support, centre gripping unit slidable ground is connected in the guide rail and is connected in the horizontal migration module, the centre gripping unit can be along guide rail reciprocating motion under the drive of horizontal migration module, clean the subassembly and join in marriage and connect in the horizontal migration module, and clean the subassembly and have the cleaning part of laminating in the guide rail top surface, the cleaning part can follow the centre gripping unit together along guide rail reciprocating motion in order to clean the guide rail. Therefore, the cover adding and removing device can clamp the box cover to perform the action of adding and removing the cover, and meanwhile, self-cleaning of the track can be realized, so that the clamping unit can move more smoothly when moving back and forth along the guide rail, the blocking of dust, tobacco shreds or other sundries to the track is avoided, and the failure rate of the cover adding and removing device is reduced.

Description

Capping and uncapping device and material boxing system

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a material processing technology field especially relates to an add and remove device and material vanning system.

Background

In the tobacco industry, the cut tobacco of finished cigarettes mainly comprises cut tobacco leaves, cut stems, cut sheet tobacco and the like. The tobacco shreds are formed by processing tobacco leaves, different varieties of cigarettes with different brands use different kinds of tobacco shreds, and the taste of the cigarettes is greatly different according to different producing areas. The production of the tobacco shreds is an important link, and the tobacco shreds are required to be stored and transported in a special tobacco shred box after being produced. The cut tobacco box is provided with a box cover for sealing the cut tobacco box, and when cut tobacco is stored in an empty cut tobacco box, a cover removing device is required to be used for removing the cover of the cut tobacco box; when the tobacco shred boxes filled with the tobacco shreds are sealed and stored for transportation, the capping operation needs to be carried out on the tobacco shred boxes by using the capping and uncapping device.

In the operation process of adding and removing the lid, the cigarette case transfer chain is automatic with the cigarette case transport to remove the lid or add the lid position, the transfer chain sends the signal to adding and removing the lid device, adds and removes the lid action of device execution, and servo motor drives case lid clamping device along the reciprocating motion of horizontal migration track simultaneously, in order to come and go in standby position and add and remove the lid position. After the cover is removed or covered, a finished signal is given to release the smoke box, and meanwhile, the clamping device returns to the standby position to be standby. However, due to the particularity of the boxing process, sundries or dust are easily accumulated on the horizontal moving track, so that the operation of the clamping device is blocked, the servo motor frequently gives an alarm, and the normal production is influenced.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

Therefore, it is necessary to provide a capping and uncapping device capable of self-cleaning a horizontal moving rail in a capping and uncapping process and a material packing system comprising the capping and uncapping device, aiming at the problem that the operation of the capping and uncapping device is blocked due to the fact that dust or sundries are easily accumulated on the horizontal moving rail in the existing capping and uncapping device.

According to one aspect of the present application, there is provided a capping and uncapping apparatus comprising:

a support;

the guide rail is arranged on the bracket;

the horizontal moving module is provided with a fixed end and a movable end, the fixed end is fixedly arranged on the bracket, and the movable end can controllably reciprocate between a first station and a second station which are arranged at intervals along the guide rail;

the clamping unit is used for clamping a box cover of a box body, can be slidably connected to the guide rail and is fixedly connected with the movable end of the horizontal moving module, and can move to and fro between the first station and the second station along the guide rail along with the movable end; and

the cleaning assembly is matched and connected with the movable end of the horizontal moving module, the cleaning assembly is provided with a cleaning part attached to the top wall of the guide rail, and the cleaning part can follow the movable end to move along the guide rail in a reciprocating mode so as to clean the guide rail.

In one embodiment, the cleaning part is obliquely arranged relative to the guide rail, so that the projection of the cleaning part on the guide rail forms an included angle with the length direction of the guide rail.

In one embodiment, the cleaning assembly further comprises a first sliding seat and a fixed bracket, the first sliding seat is fixedly connected to the clamping unit, and the first sliding seat is slidably arranged on the guide rail; one end of the fixed support is fixedly arranged on the first sliding seat, and the other end of the fixed support is connected with the cleaning part.

In one embodiment, the fixed bracket comprises a first bracket and a second bracket which are connected in a cross manner, one end of the first bracket is connected with the first sliding seat, the other end of the first bracket is connected with the middle part of the second bracket, the cleaning part is arranged on the second bracket and is arranged between the second bracket and the guide rail, the first bracket is parallel to the guide rail, and the projection of the first bracket on the guide rail is positioned in the top surface of the guide rail.

In one embodiment, the first bracket and the second bracket form an included angle.

In one embodiment, the cleaning part is an industrial felt or a nylon brush.

In one embodiment, the clamping unit includes:

the hanging rack is fixedly connected to the movable end of the horizontal moving module;

the second sliding seat is arranged at one end of the hanging rack close to the guide rail and is connected with the guide rail in a sliding manner;

clamping jaw assembly locates the bottom of stores pylon, clamping jaw assembly includes first driving piece and clamping jaw, first driving piece transmission connect in the clamping jaw, the clamping jaw can the drive of first driving piece is got down the clamp and is got the case lid and be in centre gripping under the drive of horizontal migration module case lid horizontal migration.

In one embodiment, the clamping unit further comprises a second driving member in transmission connection with the clamping jaw assembly, and the second driving member is used for driving the clamping jaw assembly to move up and down relative to the hanging rack.

In one embodiment, the hanging rack comprises a horizontal moving rack, a rotating rack and a third driving piece, the horizontal moving rack is connected with the movable end of the horizontal moving module and the second sliding seat, the rotating rack is rotatably connected with the horizontal moving rack, the third driving piece is arranged on the horizontal moving rack and is in transmission connection with the rotating rack, and the third driving piece can drive the rotating rack to rotate around an axis extending along the vertical direction relative to the horizontal moving rack.

According to another aspect of the present application, there is provided a material boxing system comprising the capping and uncapping apparatus as described above.

According to the capping and uncapping device, the guide rail is arranged on the support, the clamping unit is connected to the guide rail in a sliding mode, and the clamping unit is fixedly connected with the movable end of the horizontal moving module, so that the movable end of the horizontal moving module can drive the clamping unit to clamp the box cover to move back and forth, and the capping and uncapping operation is completed. Meanwhile, the cleaning assembly is arranged on the guide rail in a sliding mode and provided with a cleaning part attached to the top surface of the guide rail, and the cleaning assembly is connected to the movable end of the horizontal moving module, so that the horizontal moving module can drive the cleaning part of the cleaning assembly to reciprocate along the guide rail while driving the clamping unit to clamp the box cover to reciprocate, self-cleaning of the track can be realized while the capping device clamps the box cover to perform capping and uncapping actions, the clamping unit can move more smoothly during reciprocating along the guide rail, blocking of dust, tobacco shreds or other sundries to the track is avoided, and the failure rate of the capping and uncapping device is reduced.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a front view of an uncapping apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a top view of an uncapping apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic perspective view of a cleaning assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a top view of the sweeping assembly in an embodiment of the present invention.

Description of reference numerals:

10. a cover removing device is added; 101. a first station; 102. a second station; 100. a support; 110. a column; 120. a cross beam; 200. a guide rail; 300. a horizontal moving module; 400. a clamping unit; 410. a hanger; 411. a horizontal moving frame; 412. a rotating frame; 420. a second slide carriage; 430. a jaw assembly; 500. a sweeping assembly; 510. a first slider; 520. fixing a bracket; 521. a first bracket; 522. a second bracket; 530; a cleaning part; 60. a box body; 70. and a box cover.

Detailed Description

In order to make the above objects, features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein, as those skilled in the art will be able to make similar modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present.

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. The terminology used in the description of the invention herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used herein, the term "and/or" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

The utility model provides an add device of uncapping and including this material vanning system that adds the device of uncapping. The material boxing system is used for loading materials into the box body for storage in the material production process, the cover removing device is used for opening the box cover of the box body before the materials are loaded into the box body, and the box cover is covered after the materials are boxed, so that the materials are prevented from being polluted or damped.

The following describes the structure of the uncapping device in the present application, taking tobacco shreds as an example for boxing. The present embodiment is described as an example, and the technical scope of the present application is not limited thereto. It is understood that in other embodiments, the capping and uncapping device and the material packing system of the present application are not limited to being used in a tobacco shred packing process, but may be used in any other type of material packing process, and are not limited thereto.

The following describes a preferred embodiment of the structure of the capping and uncapping apparatus with reference to fig. 1 to 4.

A material boxing system comprises a cover adding and removing device 10, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, wherein the cover adding and removing device 10 comprises a support 100, a guide rail 200, a horizontal moving module 300, a clamping unit 400 and a cleaning assembly 500. Wherein the guide rail 200 is disposed on the top of the bracket 100, the horizontal moving module 300 is mounted on the bracket 100, the clamping unit 400 is slidably connected to the guide rail 200 and fixedly connected to the horizontal moving module 300, and the cleaning assembly 500 is coupled to the horizontal moving module 300. The clamping unit 400 and the cleaning assembly 500 can synchronously reciprocate along the guide rail 200 under the driving of the horizontal moving module 300, the clamping unit 400 is used for clamping the box cover 70 to reciprocate between the first station 101 and the second station 102 which are arranged at intervals along the length direction of the guide rail 200 so as to complete the capping and uncapping actions, and the cleaning assembly 500 is used for reciprocating along the guide rail 200 along with the clamping unit 400 while the clamping unit 400 reciprocates along the guide rail 200 so as to clean the guide rail 200.

In some embodiments, the support 100 is a truss structure formed by overlapping a plurality of steel beams or aluminum alloy sections, and includes four vertical columns 110 and at least two cross beams 120, in the embodiment shown in the drawings, two guide rails 200 are arranged at intervals in a first direction, each guide rail 200 is arranged on the top of one cross beam 120 and is parallel to the cross beam 120, in the drawing, the X direction is a first direction, and the first direction is perpendicular to both the length direction and the vertical direction of the guide rail 200.

The horizontal movement module 300 is arranged on one of the beams 120 on which the guide rail 200 is installed, the horizontal movement module 300 has a fixed end and a movable end which are oppositely arranged, the fixed end is fixedly installed on the bracket 100, the movable end is connected to the clamping unit 400 and the cleaning assembly 500, and the movable end can be controlled to reciprocate between the first station 101 and the second station 102 relative to the guide rail 200 along the length direction of the guide rail 200, so that the movable end can drive the clamping unit 400 and the cleaning assembly 500 to reciprocate along the guide rail 200. Alternatively, the horizontal moving module 300 may be a crawler-type drag chain, or an air cylinder or a hydraulic cylinder, etc., which are not limited in particular.

In some embodiments, the gripper unit 400 includes a hanger 410, a second carriage 420, and a jaw assembly 430. The opposite ends of the hanging rack 410 along the first direction are respectively close to one guide rail 200 and connected to one second slide carriage 420, each second slide carriage 420 is slidably connected to one guide rail 200, and one end of the hanging rack 410 close to the horizontal moving module 300 is fixedly connected to the movable end of the horizontal moving module 300. The clamping jaw assemblies 430 are disposed at the bottom of the hanging frame 410, and in the embodiment shown in the figure, four clamping jaw assemblies 430 are provided, and the four clamping jaw assemblies 430 are arranged at intervals in a matrix arrangement. The jaw assembly 430 may be a plurality of two or other numbers, and is not particularly limited.

The clamping jaw assembly 430 includes a first driving member drivingly connected to the clamping jaw, and the clamping jaw can clamp the box cover 70 under the driving of the first driving member and clamp the box cover 70 to horizontally move along the length direction of the guide rail 200 under the driving of the horizontal moving module 300. In other embodiments, the clamping jaws may be replaced by suction cups, hooks, etc., without limitation.

Preferably, the clamping unit 400 further comprises a second driving member drivingly connected to the jaw assembly 430, and the second driving member is used for driving the jaw assembly 430 to move up and down relative to the hanger 410.

In this way, when the height dimensions of different boxes 60 are different, the second driving member can control the clamping jaw assembly 430 to move up and down, so that the capping or uncapping operation can be performed on the boxes 60 with different heights.

More preferably, as shown in fig. 2, if the box body 60 is not cylindrical, in order to overcome the problem that the box body 60 is not properly covered on the box body 60, which results in the outer periphery of the box cover 70 not being flush with the side wall of the box body 60, thereby causing the opening of the box cover 70 and the box body 60 to have a gap, the hanging rack 410 comprises a horizontal moving rack 411, a rotating rack 412 and a third driving member, wherein two opposite ends of the horizontal moving rack 411 along the first direction are respectively connected with a second sliding seat 420, one end of the horizontal moving rack 411 close to the horizontal moving module 300 is connected with a movable end of the horizontal moving module 300, the rotating rack 412 is rotatably connected to the lower side of the horizontal moving rack 411, and the third driving member is disposed on the horizontal moving rack 411 and is drivingly connected to the rotating rack 412.

So, the third driving piece can drive the rotating frame 412 to rotate around an axis extending along the vertical direction relative to the horizontal moving frame 411, so that when the cover 70 is not closed, the rotating frame 412 drives the cover 70 to rotate by an angle, the edge of the cover 70 is flush with the side wall of the box body 60, a gap generated by the cover 70 and the box body 60 due to the cover failure can be removed, and the sealing performance of the cover 70 when the cover is closed on the box body 60 is ensured.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 3, the cleaning assembly 500 includes a first carriage 510, a fixed bracket 520, and a cleaning part 530, the first carriage 510 is slidably disposed on the guide rail 200, and the first carriage 510 is fixedly connected to the clamping unit 400 so as to be coupled to the horizontal movement module 300 through the clamping unit 400. One end of the fixing bracket 520 is fixed to the first slider 510, and the other end of the fixing bracket 520 is connected to the cleaning unit 530. One end of the cleaning part 530 away from the fixing bracket 520 is attached to the guide rail 200.

In one embodiment, the fixing bracket 520 includes a first bracket 521 and a second bracket 522 that are cross-connected to each other, one end of the first bracket 521 is connected to the first slider 510, the other end of the first bracket 521 is connected to the middle of the second bracket 522, and the cleaning part 530 may be mounted on the lower side of the second bracket 522 by a screw or a nut, or may be adhered to the lower side of the second bracket 522, such that the cleaning part 530 is disposed between the second bracket 522 and the guide rail 200. Also, the first bracket 521 is parallel to the guide rail 200, and a projection of the first bracket 521 on the guide rail 200 is located in the top surface of the guide rail 200. In one embodiment, the cleaning part 530 has a sheet-like structure, and may be an industrial felt or a nylon brush.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 4, the first bracket 521 and the second bracket 522 have an included angle α, so that the cleaning part 530 is also disposed obliquely to the guide rail 200, so that the projection of the cleaning part 530 on the guide rail 200 also has an included angle α with the guide rail 200. Preferably, the included angle is 45 °. The end of the cleaning part 530 far from the second bracket 522 can be completely attached to the top surface of the guide rail 200, and the cleaning effect is better when the cleaning part 530 performs cleaning along the guide rail 200 in a reciprocating manner.

Thus, referring to fig. 2, when the cover needs to be removed, the horizontal moving module 300 drives the rack 410 to move to the position above the first station 101, the rack 410 drives the clamping jaw assembly 430 to move to the position above the first station 101, the clamping jaws act to descend and clamp the box cover 70, then the horizontal moving module 300 drives the rack 410 to return to the second station 102, and the rack 410 drives the clamping jaw assembly 430 and the box cover 70 to return to the second station 102, thereby completing the cover removing operation. When the box 60 is filled with cut tobacco and the box 60 is conveyed to the second station 102, the clamping jaws are lowered to place the box cover 70 back on top of the box 60, if the box cover 70 is not properly closed, the box cover 70 can be rotated by an angle to make the edge of the box cover 70 flush with the side wall of the box 60, and finally the clamping jaws are actuated again to release the box cover 70, thereby completing the capping operation.

Meanwhile, when the horizontal moving module 300 drives the clamping unit 400 to clamp the box cover 70 to reciprocate, the cleaning part 530 of the cleaning assembly 500 can also be driven to reciprocate along the guide rail 200, so that the self-cleaning of the guide rail 200 can be realized while the capping and uncapping device 10 clamps the box cover 70 to perform capping and uncapping actions, the clamping unit 400 can move more smoothly when reciprocating along the guide rail 200, the blocking of dust, tobacco shreds or other impurities to the rail is avoided, and the failure rate of the capping and uncapping device 10 is reduced.

The technical features of the above embodiments can be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features in the above embodiments are not described, however, as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features, the technical features should be considered as the scope of the present description.

The above-mentioned embodiments only represent some embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is specific and detailed, but not to be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention. It should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, without departing from the spirit of the present invention, several variations and modifications can be made, which are within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention should be subject to the appended claims.

Claims

1. A capping and uncapping apparatus, comprising:

a support;

the guide rail is arranged on the bracket;

clean the subassembly, connect in the expansion end of horizontal migration module, clean the subassembly have laminate in the cleaning part of guide rail top surface, cleaning part can follow the expansion end is followed guide rail reciprocating motion is in order to clean the guide rail.

2. The capping and uncapping apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said cleaning portion is disposed obliquely with respect to said guide rail so that a projection of said cleaning portion on said guide rail forms an angle with said guide rail.

3. The capping and uncapping apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said cleaning assembly further comprises a first carriage and a fixed bracket, said first carriage being fixedly connected to said holding unit and slidably disposed on said guide rail; one end of the fixed support is fixedly arranged on the first sliding seat, and the other end of the fixed support is connected with the cleaning part.

4. The capping and uncapping device according to claim 3, wherein the fixing bracket comprises a first bracket and a second bracket which are cross-connected with each other, one end of the first bracket is connected with the first sliding seat, the other end of the first bracket is connected with the middle part of the second bracket, the cleaning part is installed on the second bracket and is arranged between the second bracket and the guide rail, the first bracket is parallel to the guide rail, and the projection of the first bracket on the guide rail is positioned in the top surface of the guide rail.

5. The capping and uncapping apparatus of claim 4 wherein said first leg and said second leg are angled.

6. The capping and uncapping apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said frame includes at least two beams, and said guide rails have two spaced-apart rails, each of said rails being disposed on top of one of said beams and parallel thereto.

7. The capping and uncapping apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said holding unit comprises:

the clamping jaw assembly is arranged at the bottom of the hanging rack and comprises a first driving piece and a clamping jaw, the first driving piece is connected to the clamping jaw in a transmission mode, and the clamping jaw can be driven by the first driving piece to clamp the box cover and clamp the box cover under the driving of the horizontal moving module to horizontally move the box cover.

8. The capping and uncapping apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said holding unit further comprises a second driving member drivingly connected to said gripper assembly, said second driving member being adapted to drive said gripper assembly to move up and down relative to said hanger.

9. The capping and uncapping apparatus as claimed in claim 7 or 8, wherein the hanging frame comprises a horizontal moving frame, a rotating frame and a third driving member, the horizontal moving frame is connected to the movable end of the horizontal moving module and the second sliding seat, the rotating frame is rotatably connected to the horizontal moving frame, the third driving member is disposed on the horizontal moving frame and is in transmission connection with the rotating frame, and the third driving member can drive the rotating frame to rotate around an axis extending in a vertical direction relative to the horizontal moving frame.

10. A material boxing system, comprising a uncapping apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9.