CN218058393U - Unloader on capper for honey processing - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a unloader on capper for honey processing relates to food processing technology field. The utility model discloses a conveyer belt, first cylinder and spacing box, conveyer belt one side are provided with first cylinder, and first cylinder upper end joint is fixed with the second cylinder, and first cylinder upside joint has unwinding roller and wind-up roll, and first cylinder upper end joint has the electromagnetic induction subassembly, and the laminating of conveyer belt upside has spacing box, and spacing box upside joint has the extension frame, and spacing box inboard absorption is fixed with vertical limiting plate and horizontal limiting plate. The utility model discloses a conveyer belt, first cylinder and spacing box, the distance sensor who has solved current sealing machine for honey processing is comparatively unnecessary when mass production, but can't carry out the last unloading of a plurality of bottles, reduces production efficiency, and the sealing machine passes through fan or cooling device though can cool down to the coil and avoid damaging, nevertheless can lead to the greatly increased of power consumption, increases manufacturing cost's problem.

Description

Unloader on capper for honey processing

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of food processing, especially, relate to a unloader on capper is used in honey processing.

Background

Honey, which is a supersaturated solution of sugar, will produce crystals at low temperature, will produce glucose that is crystallized, the part that does not produce crystals is mainly fructose, it mainly comes from the nectar of the nectar in flower of the plant or in the outer nectar, and collect nectar or insect metabolite-mannose on the leaf or stem of the plant, honey contains many kinds of inorganic salts with similar concentration to the clear concentration of human body, also contain a certain amount of vitamin B1, vitamin B2, iron, calcium, copper, phosphorus, potassium, etc., can strengthen the resistance of the human body, and contain amylase, lipase, invertase, etc., can regulate the gastrointestinal function, make the secretion of gastric acid normal, promote digestion and absorption, therefore honey is a good food for both children and adults, in the course of honey production, usually need to carry on the filling and sealing to a large amount of honey, in order to transport and sell, can further lengthen the shelf life of honey, avoid the pollution of honey caused by bacteria, usually use the sealing machine to carry on the sealing in the course of honey, seal the container that will be equipped with the product mechanically, wherein it still has improved the practical efficiency when it is used in the bottle by induction, but the following drawbacks:

1. the sealing machine for the honey packaging production line further comprises a stop lever arranged in front of the electromagnetic induction head in the conveying direction of the belt conveyor, the stop lever can stop articles on the conveying belt from coming below the electromagnetic induction head, a distance measuring device is arranged between the stop lever and the electromagnetic induction head and is used for detecting the height of the articles on the conveying belt, the sealing machine for the honey packaging production line can automatically adjust the height difference between the electromagnetic induction head and the belt conveyor by measuring the position between the electromagnetic induction head and a honey bottle in advance, manual adjustment is not needed, manpower is saved, but in the actual use process, since honey is usually produced by the same type of package, multiple positions of the sealing machine are not needed to be adjusted, redundant distance sensors of the sealing machine are relatively produced in large batches, the structure of the sealing machine is relatively complex, the sealing machine is difficult to repair bottles, and bottles are difficult to be easily repaired, bottles are not easy to be easily subjected to be subjected to bottle mouth height measurement, and the bottle mouth of the honey packaging production line is difficult to be accurately repaired;

2. the top wall of the sealing box is provided with a plurality of radiating holes, the sealing box is provided with a cooling cover, a blocking plate is arranged on the inner wall of the cooling cover and close to the radiating holes, the middle of the blocking plate is provided with a heat discharging hole in a penetrating mode, a flow blocking assembly opposite to the heat discharging hole is arranged on the inner side wall of the cooling cover, the bottom wall of the flow blocking assembly is connected with a guide plate in a V shape, the tip of the guide plate extends into the heat discharging hole, a cooling assembly extending into the flow blocking assembly is arranged on the inner top wall of the cooling cover, a heat outlet communicated with the cooling assembly is arranged on the top wall of the cooling cover in a penetrating mode, the existing sealing machine generally radiates the sealing machine through a fan or a cooling assembly, the damage to the sealing machine due to overhigh temperature is avoided, however, the heating of a coil of the sealing machine is difficult to avoid in the actual use process, the power consumption of the sealing machine is greatly increased through the fan or the cooling assembly and the like, and the production cost is increased.

Therefore, the feeding and discharging device of the sealing machine for honey processing in the prior art cannot meet the requirements in practical use, so that an improved technology is urgently needed in the market to solve the problems.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the utility model is to provide a unloader on capper for honey processing, through conveyer belt, first cylinder and spacing box, the distance sensor who has solved current capper for honey processing is comparatively unnecessary when mass production, but can't carry out the last unloading of a plurality of bottles, and reduction in production efficiency, the capper passes through fan or cooling device though can cool down to the coil and avoid damaging, nevertheless can lead to the greatly increased of power consumption, increases manufacturing cost's problem.

In order to solve the technical problem, the utility model discloses a realize through following technical scheme:

the utility model relates to a feeding and discharging device of a honey sealing machine, which comprises a conveyor belt, a first air cylinder and a limit box, wherein one side of the conveyor belt is provided with the first air cylinder, a plurality of honey bottles can be driven by the conveyor belt to be fed and discharged, a plurality of honey seals are convenient to be carried out, the production efficiency is improved, the upper end of the first air cylinder is clamped and fixed with a second air cylinder, when a bottle with a certain size needs to be sealed, the position of the seal of an electromagnetic induction component can be determined by the first air cylinder, a plurality of bottles with the same size can be sealed, the electromagnetic induction component and a frame type cutting knife can be driven to move up and down by the second air cylinder, the electromagnetic induction component can seal the bottle, the aluminum foil gaskets of a plurality of sealed bottles can be cut by the frame type cutting knife, the bottles are separated from the whole aluminum foil gasket, discharging is convenient, the upper side of the first air cylinder is clamped with a unwinding roller and a winding roller, the electromagnetic induction component can be driven by the rotation of the unwinding motor to be used, the electromagnetic induction component is arranged on the upper end of the winding roller, and the electromagnetic induction component is arranged to be used for reducing the cost of the electromagnetic induction component, and the electromagnetic induction component is arranged on the electromagnetic induction component, the laminating of conveyer belt upside has spacing box, spacing box upside joint has the extension frame, spacing box inboard adsorbs to be fixed with vertical limiting plate and horizontal limiting plate, can carry on spacingly to not unidimensional bottle through spacing box and extension frame, can carry on spacingly to placing a plurality of bottles in spacing box through horizontal limiting plate and vertical limiting plate, avoids appearing rocking or even toppling over at the in-process that removes, improves production efficiency, and makes the utility model discloses can seal a large amount of bottles simultaneously, improve production efficiency greatly.

Furthermore, two ends of the conveyor belt are clamped with support frames, one side of each support frame is in through clamping connection with a transmission motor, and the transmission motors are in transmission connection with the conveyor belt;

the rotation that can drive the conveyer belt through drive motor further drives spacing box and bottle and removes at the conveyer belt upside and goes up unloading and seal, improves the utility model discloses a degree of automation.

Furthermore, a first supporting plate is clamped on the upper side of the first air cylinder, an unwinding motor and a winding motor are clamped and fixed at two ends of the upper side of the first supporting plate, an unwinding roller is clamped and connected at one end of the unwinding motor, a winding roller is clamped and connected at one end of the winding motor, guide rollers are clamped and connected at two ends of one side of the first supporting plate, the guide rollers are located between the unwinding roller and the winding roller, and the unwinding roller, the guide rollers and the winding roller are suspended on the upper side of the conveying belt;

can drive the rotation of unreeling the roller through unreeling the motor, unreel the aluminium foil gasket, can drive the rotation of wind-up roll through rolling motor, carry out the rolling to the aluminium foil gasket after using, cooperate in the last unloading of bottle, make the utility model discloses can seal a large amount of bottles simultaneously.

Furthermore, the second air cylinder is clamped and fixed at the upper end of the first supporting plate, the second supporting plate is clamped and fixed at the upper end of the second air cylinder, the rotating motor and the frame type cutting knife are clamped and fixed at the upper end of the second supporting plate, a rotating rod is clamped and fixed at one end of the rotating motor, the electromagnetic induction component is clamped and connected on the outer peripheral surface of the rotating rod, the rotating motor is positioned between the unreeling motor and the frame type cutting knife, and the electromagnetic induction component and the frame type cutting knife are suspended above the conveying belt;

can drive through first cylinder and unreel the roller, the guide roll, the electromagnetic induction subassembly, reciprocating of frame-type cutting knife and wind-up roll, be convenient for seal not unidimensional bottle, can make the aluminium foil gasket after unreeling laminate in the bottle upside through the guide roll, guarantee the stability of sealing, can drive the rotation of a plurality of electromagnetic induction subassemblies through rotating the motor, make an electromagnetic induction subassembly after sealing certain number of times, drive the rotation of dwang through rotating the motor, can change the electromagnetic induction subassembly that is using, avoid single electromagnetic induction subassembly live time overlength to lead to intensification, and need not additionally set up cooling device, reduce the charges of electricity spending, can cut the aluminium foil gasket on the bottle that finishes sealing through the frame-type cutting knife, be convenient for quick unloading.

Furthermore, first clamping holes are formed in the periphery of the upper side of the limiting box, and adsorption plates are clamped and fixed at two ends of the transverse limiting plate and are adsorbed and fixed on two sides in the limiting box;

can carry out fore-and-aft direction's spacing to the bottle through horizontal limiting plate, can adsorb horizontal limiting plate through the adsorption plate and be fixed in required position, carry out spacingly to not unidimensional bottle, improve the flexibility of using.

Furthermore, a limiting fixture block is welded and fixed to the periphery of the bottom side of the extension frame, second clamping holes are formed in the periphery of the upper side of the extension frame, adsorption plates are clamped and fixed to two ends of the longitudinal limiting plate, the adsorption plates are adsorbed and fixed to two ends in the extension frame, and the limiting fixture block is clamped and fixed to the inner side of the first clamping hole;

can carry out the spacing of left right direction to the bottle through vertical limiting plate, can adsorb vertical limiting plate through the adsorption plate and be fixed in required position, carry on spacingly to not unidimensional bottle, guarantee a large amount of bottles in the inboard stability of spacing box, can carry on spacingly to the not bottle of co-altitude through a plurality of extension frames of joint, guarantee the stability of not unidimensional bottle, and spacing box inboard can place a large amount of bottles and seal in step, has improved production efficiency greatly.

The utility model discloses following beneficial effect has:

1. the utility model discloses a set up the conveyer belt, first cylinder and spacing box, the capper of having solved current honey packaging production line can automatically regulated electromagnetic induction head apart from the difference in height of belt conveyor through the measurement to position between electromagnetic induction head and the honey bottle in advance, need not carry out manual regulation, manpower and materials are saved, but in the in-service use process, because the production of honey is the mass production of the same kind of packing usually, need not carry out the regulation of position many times, the distance sensor of capper is comparatively unnecessary when mass production, and lead to the capper structure numerous and diverse, easy damage, be not convenient for maintain, the bottle of honey filling simultaneously probably is irregular shape, distance sensor is difficult to the height of accurate measurement bottleneck, be difficult to seal a plurality of bottles simultaneously, reduce production efficiency's problem, can make the drive through first cylinder unreel the roller, the guide roll, the electromagnetic induction subassembly, frame-type seals and wind-up roll, seal the bottle of unidimensional, and can make the aluminium foil laminate in the gasket through the guide roll, guarantee the stability of in-process, can make the utility model discloses carry out the same size or the same bottle of a large amount of height simultaneously, production efficiency is greatly improved.

2. The utility model discloses a set up first cylinder, it dispels the heat to the capper through fan or cooling module usually to have solved current capper, avoid leading to the damage of capper because the high temperature, but in the in-service use process, the intensification of capper coil is difficult to avoid, through greatly increased the power consumption of capper such as fan or cooling module, increase manufacturing cost's problem, dwang outside joint has a plurality of electromagnetic induction subassemblies, drive the rotation of a plurality of electromagnetic induction through rotating the motor, can avoid single electromagnetic induction subassembly to work for a long time in succession, avoid its temperature to rise to lead to damaging, need not carry out cooling device's setting simultaneously, the charges of electricity expenses has been reduced, and the production efficiency is improved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments are briefly introduced below, it is obvious that the drawings in the description below are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a structural effect diagram of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a structural diagram of the conveyor belt of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a structural diagram of a first cylinder according to the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a structural diagram of the position limiting box of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a bottom view of the spacing box of the present invention.

In the drawings, the reference numbers indicate the following list of parts:

1. a conveyor belt; 101. a support frame; 102. a drive motor; 2. a first cylinder; 201. a second cylinder; 202. an electromagnetic induction component; 203. rotating the rod; 204. a first support plate; 205. a second support plate; 206. an unwinding motor; 207. a winding motor; 208. rotating the motor; 209. unwinding rollers; 210. a wind-up roll; 211. a frame type cutter; 212. a guide roller; 3. a limiting box; 301. an extension frame; 302. a longitudinal limit plate; 303. a transverse limiting plate; 304. a first card hole; 305. a second card hole; 306. an adsorption plate; 307. and a limiting clamping block.

Detailed Description

The technical solution in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1-5, the utility model relates to a feeding and discharging device of a sealing machine for honey processing, which comprises a conveyor belt 1, a first cylinder 2 and a limit box 3, wherein a first cylinder 2 is arranged at one side of the conveyor belt 1, a large number of honey bottles can be driven to be fed and discharged through the conveyor belt 1, a large number of honey bottles are convenient to seal, a second cylinder 201 is fixed at the upper end of the first cylinder 2 in a clamping manner, when a bottle with a certain size needs to be sealed, the position of the seal of an electromagnetic induction assembly 202 can be determined through the first cylinder 2, a large number of bottles with the same size are convenient to seal, a second cylinder 201 can drive the electromagnetic induction assembly 202 and a frame-type cutting knife 211 to move up and down, the electromagnetic induction assembly 202 can seal the bottle, the aluminum foil gasket of a large number of sealed bottles can be cut through the frame-type cutting knife 211, the aluminum foil gasket and the whole aluminum foil gasket are separated, discharging is convenient, a feeding and a feeding roller 209 and a winding roller 210 are connected at the upper side of the first cylinder 2, a plurality of the electromagnetic induction assembly 202 can be driven by an electromagnetic induction motor 209 to drive a plurality of electromagnetic induction assemblies 202 to rotate, a rolling roller 202, a rolling roller is convenient to drive a plurality of electromagnetic induction assemblies 202 to rotate simultaneously, and do not need additionally to set up cooling device such as fan, reduce the charges of electricity spending, the laminating of 1 upside of conveyer belt has spacing box 3, 3 upside joints of spacing box have extension frame 301, 3 inboard absorption of spacing box are fixed with vertical limiting plate 302 and horizontal limiting plate 303, can carry on spacingly to not unidimensional bottle through spacing box 3 and extension frame 301, can carry on spacingly to placing a plurality of bottles in spacing box 3 through horizontal limiting plate 303 and vertical limiting plate 302, avoid rocking appear rocking or even toppling over at the in-process that removes, and make the utility model discloses can seal a large amount of bottles simultaneously.

As shown in fig. 2, two ends of the conveyor belt 1 are clamped with support frames 101, one side of each support frame 101 is in through clamping with a transmission motor 102, and the transmission motor 102 is in transmission connection with the conveyor belt 1;

the transmission motor 102 can drive the conveyor belt 1 to rotate, and further drives the limiting box 3 and the bottle bodies to move on the upper side of the conveyor belt 1 to carry out loading, unloading and sealing.

As shown in fig. 1 and 3, a first support plate 204 is clamped on the upper side of a first cylinder 2, an unwinding motor 206 and a winding motor 207 are clamped and fixed at two ends of the upper side of the first support plate 204, an unwinding roller 209 is clamped and fixed at one end of the unwinding motor 206, a winding roller 210 is clamped and fixed at one end of the winding motor 207, guide rollers 212 are clamped and fixed at two ends of one side of the first support plate 204, the guide rollers 212 are located between the unwinding roller 209 and the winding roller 210, the unwinding roller 209, the guide rollers 212 and the winding roller 210 hang on the upper side of a conveyor belt 1, a second cylinder 201 is clamped and fixed at the upper end of the first support plate 204, a second support plate 205 is clamped and fixed at the upper end of the second support plate 205, a rotating motor 208 and a frame type cutting knife 211 are clamped and fixed at the upper end of the second support plate 205, a rotating rod 203 is clamped and connected at one end of the rotating motor 208, an electromagnetic induction assembly 202 is clamped and fixed on the outer circumferential surface of the rotating rod 203, the rotating motor 208 is located between the unwinding motor 206 and the cutting knife 211, and the electromagnetic induction frame type assembly 202 and the frame type cutting knife 211 hang on the upper side of the conveyor belt 1;

can drive the rotation of unreeling roller 209 through unreeling motor 206, unreel the aluminium foil gasket, can drive the rotation of wind-up roll 210 through rolling motor 207, the aluminium foil gasket after using is rolled up, cooperate in the last unloading of bottle, can drive through first cylinder 2 and unreel roller 209, guide roll 212, electromagnetic induction subassembly 202, reciprocating of frame-type cutting knife 211 and wind-up roll 210, and make the guide roll 212 that has the aluminium foil gasket of laminating laminate in the bottleneck, be convenient for seal the not unidimensional bottle, and guarantee the stability of sealing, can drive reciprocating of electromagnetic induction subassembly 202 and frame-type cutting knife 211 through second cylinder 201, seal fast to the bottle, cut the quick ejection of compact of the bottle of being convenient for to the aluminium foil gasket, can drive the rotation of a plurality of electromagnetic induction subassemblies 202 through rotating motor 208, make an electromagnetic induction subassembly 202 after certain number of times of sealing, drive the rotation of dwang 203 through rotating motor 208, can change electromagnetic induction subassembly 202 that is using, avoid single electromagnetic induction subassembly 202 live time to lead to rise the temperature, and need not set up extra cooling device, reduce the charges of electricity.

As shown in fig. 1, 4 and 5, first clamping holes 304 are formed around the upper side of the limiting box 3, adsorption plates 306 are fixedly clamped at two ends of the transverse limiting plate 303, the adsorption plates 306 are fixedly adsorbed at two inner sides of the limiting box 3, limiting fixture blocks 307 are fixedly welded around the bottom side of the extension frame 301, second clamping holes 305 are formed around the upper side of the extension frame 301, the adsorption plates 306 are fixedly clamped at two ends of the longitudinal limiting plate 302, the adsorption plates 306 are fixedly adsorbed at two inner ends of the extension frame 301, and the limiting fixture blocks 307 are clamped inside the first clamping holes 304;

can carry out the bottle spacing of horizontal direction through horizontal limiting plate 303 and vertical limiting plate 302, avoid because rocking and lead to production efficiency to descend, can adsorb horizontal limiting plate 303 and vertical limiting plate 302 through adsorption plate 306 and be fixed in the required position, bottle to unidimensional carries on spacingly, can carry on spacingly to the bottle of co-altitude through a plurality of extension frames 301 of joint, guarantee the stability of bottle not unidimensional, and 3 inboards of spacing box can place a large amount of bottles and seal in step.

One specific application of this embodiment is: inserting an aluminum foil gasket into the unwinding roller 209 and pulling one end to be attached to the lower side of the two guide rollers 212, and finally fixing the aluminum foil gasket to the outer peripheral surface of the winding roller 210, according to the size of the bottle to be sealed, controlling the first cylinder 2 to drive the unwinding roller 209, the guide rollers 212, the electromagnetic induction assembly 202, up-and-down movement of the frame-type cutting knife 211 and the winding roller 210, so that the guide rollers 212 attached with the aluminum foil gasket can be attached to the upper side of the bottle, the operation is simple and convenient, the production cost is reduced, and the subsequent maintenance is convenient, according to the size of the bottle, the extension frame 301 is connected to the upper side of the limit box 3, and the transverse limit plate 303 and the longitudinal limit plate 302 are fixed in proper positions to limit the bottle, thereby improving the stability of the bottle in the limit box 3, and a large number of bottles with the same size or the same height can be placed on the inner side of the limit box 3, thereby facilitating the present invention to simultaneously seal a large number of bottles, greatly improving the production efficiency, driving the rotation of the conveyor belt 1 by the transmission motor 102, thereby enabling the electromagnetic induction assembly to drive the electromagnetic induction assembly 202 to move, and the electromagnetic induction assembly to further improve the efficiency of the bottle, and the bottle, thereby enabling the bottle to drive the electromagnetic induction assembly to drive the bottle to move when the bottle 202 and the bottle to rotate the bottle 202, and the bottle to drive the bottle to rotate the bottle, and the electromagnetic induction assembly to drive the bottle, and the bottle 202, prolong the service life of the utility model, simultaneously, the cooling device is not needed to be arranged, and the electricity expense is reduced.

The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited thereto, and any modifications to the technical solutions recorded in the foregoing embodiments, and equivalent replacements to some of the technical features thereof, and any modifications, equivalent replacements, and improvements made belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (6)

1. The utility model provides a last unloader of capper for honey processing, includes conveyer belt (1), first cylinder (2) and spacing box (3), its characterized in that: conveyer belt (1) one side is provided with first cylinder (2), first cylinder (2) upper end joint is fixed with second cylinder (201), first cylinder (2) upside joint has unreel roller (209) and wind-up roll (210), first cylinder (2) upper end joint has electromagnetic induction subassembly (202), conveyer belt (1) upside laminating has spacing box (3), spacing box (3) upside joint has extension frame (301), spacing box (3) inboard absorption is fixed with vertical limiting plate (302) and horizontal limiting plate (303).

2. The feeding and discharging device of the sealing machine for honey processing as claimed in claim 1, wherein two ends of the conveyor belt (1) are clamped with support frames (101), one side of each support frame (101) is connected with a transmission motor (102) in a penetrating and clamping manner, and the transmission motors (102) are in transmission connection with the conveyor belt (1).

3. The feeding and discharging device of the sealing machine for honey processing as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first supporting plate (204) is connected to the upper side of the first cylinder (2) in a clamped manner, the unwinding motor (206) and the winding motor (207) are fixed to the upper side of the first supporting plate (204) in a clamped manner at two ends, the unwinding roller (209) is connected to one end of the unwinding motor (206), the winding roller (210) is connected to one end of the winding motor (207) in a clamped manner, the guide rollers (212) are connected to two ends of one side of the first supporting plate (204) in a clamped manner, the guide rollers (212) are located between the unwinding roller (209) and the winding roller (210), and the unwinding roller (209), the guide rollers (212) and the winding roller (210) are suspended on the upper side of the conveying belt (1).

4. The feeding and discharging device of the sealing machine for honey processing as claimed in claim 3, wherein the second cylinder (201) is clamped and fixed at the upper end of a first supporting plate (204), the second supporting plate (205) is clamped and connected at the upper end of the second cylinder (201), a rotating motor (208) and a frame type cutting knife (211) are clamped and fixed at the upper end of the second supporting plate (205), a rotating rod (203) is clamped and connected at one end of the rotating motor (208), the electromagnetic induction component (202) is clamped and connected on the outer peripheral surface of the rotating rod (203), the rotating motor (208) is located between the unwinding motor (206) and the frame type cutting knife (211), and the electromagnetic induction component (202) and the frame type cutting knife (211) are suspended on the upper side of the conveying belt (1).

5. The feeding and discharging device of the sealing machine for honey processing as claimed in claim 1, wherein first clamping holes (304) are formed around the upper side of the limiting box (3), adsorption plates (306) are fixed at two ends of the transverse limiting plate (303) in a clamping manner, and the adsorption plates (306) are fixed at two inner sides of the limiting box (3) in an adsorption manner.

6. The feeding and discharging device of the sealing machine for honey processing as claimed in claim 5, wherein a limiting fixture block (307) is welded and fixed around the bottom side of the extension frame (301), a second clamping hole (305) is formed around the upper side of the extension frame (301), the two ends of the longitudinal limiting plate (302) are clamped and fixed with the adsorption plate (306), the adsorption plate (306) is adsorbed and fixed at the two ends in the extension frame (301), and the limiting fixture block (307) is clamped and fixed at the inner side of the first clamping hole (304).

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