CN218737174U - Tobacco weaving machine for flue-cured tobacco - Google Patents

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CN218737174U
CN218737174U CN202222728965.5U CN202222728965U CN218737174U CN 218737174 U CN218737174 U CN 218737174U CN 202222728965 U CN202222728965 U CN 202222728965U CN 218737174 U CN218737174 U CN 218737174U
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赵婕
史航
张本亚
徐玉平
赵锐智
赵力光
孟德仁
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The utility model provides a tobacco-curing tobacco weaving machine relates to flue-cured tobacco technical field, which comprises a worktable, install weaving cigarette part and pressure part on the board, weave cigarette part, including cigarette frame and cardboard, the two sides is opened about the cigarette frame has a plurality of to be used for placing the tobacco leaf to put the cigarette groove, it arranges in turn from top to bottom according to the order from left to right between the cigarette groove to put, and put the equidistance between the cigarette groove and separate, the cardboard is two and installs two sides about the cigarette frame respectively, and the cardboard opposite face is equipped with the contact pin spare of compriseing a plurality of needles corresponding the position of putting the cigarette groove, puncture the tobacco leaf through the contact pin spare, pressure part, be located and compile cigarette part top, press in main fastener, main fastener combines with the cigarette frame, misplace each other between the cigarette groove is put to the two sides, the tobacco leaf will misplace around when hanging on the cigarette frame, can pile up effectively control the tobacco leaf through such design, guarantee the tobacco leaf quality of toasting.

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Tobacco weaving machine for flue-cured tobacco
Technical Field
The utility model relates to a flue-cured tobacco technology field, more specifically the utility model relates to a tobacco-curing machine.
Background
The flue-cured tobacco is the tobacco type with the largest cultivation area in China and the world, is the main raw material of the cigarette industry, is also supplied as tobacco pipe, and has unobvious leaf stalks or wing-shaped stalks. The panicle grows from the top. Calyx cylindrical or cylindrical bell shape, funnel shape of corolla, and pink end. Capsule, seed round or broad rectangle round, tan. Tobacco leaves are a raw material for the tobacco industry.
At present, after flue-cured tobacco leaves are harvested, fresh tobacco leaves can be hung on tobacco stems and then are sent into a baking room for baking, the step of hanging the tobacco leaves on the tobacco stems is called tobacco weaving, the traditional tobacco weaving mode is that the tobacco leaves are tightened and woven on the tobacco stems manually through rope threads, although the method can fix the tobacco leaves, the tobacco leaf can be unloaded in the later period very inconveniently, the rope threads need to be cut short, the tobacco leaves cut into small sections are easy to remain in the tobacco leaves, and the step of separating the rope threads is complex, so that the working efficiency is not improved;
at present there is the machine equipment of weaving the cigarette on the market, and one of them is comb formula and weaves cigarette device, and it divide into punch holder and lower plate two parts, and one of them splint is provided with the many long needles that set up along splint length direction, presss from both sides the tobacco leaf in the centre through two splint from top to bottom to fixed tobacco leaf, punch holder and lower plate set up guide slot and guide arm, so that punch holder and lower plate cover smoothly and close. The problem that this kind of compile cigarette device exists is, the tobacco leaf lacks limit structure when putting in splint, is difficult to guarantee the homogeneity that the tobacco leaf was put, and multilayer tobacco leaf is overlapping together to the petiole interval of tobacco leaf differs, directly influences the effect of later stage flue-cured tobacco, leads to the tobacco leaf of same batch to toast dry degree different, and when the petiole of splint and lower plate clamp tobacco leaf, some in the petiole is pressed between punch holder and lower plate, leads to this position can't be toasted.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The to-be-solved technical problem of the utility model is: traditional comb type tobacco weaving device is difficult to guarantee the uniformity of tobacco leaf baking, and to the problems existing in the prior art, a tobacco weaving machine for flue-cured tobacco is provided.
The purpose and the effect of the utility model are achieved by the following specific technical means:
a tobacco weaving machine for flue-cured tobacco comprises a machine table, a tobacco weaving component and a pressure component, wherein the tobacco weaving component and the pressure component are arranged on the machine table;
the tobacco weaving component comprises a tobacco frame and two clamping plates, wherein a plurality of tobacco placing grooves for placing tobacco leaves are formed in the upper surface and the lower surface of the tobacco frame, the tobacco placing grooves are alternately arranged from left to right in an up-down mode, the tobacco placing grooves are equidistantly divided, the two clamping plates are respectively arranged on the upper surface and the lower surface of the tobacco frame, a needle inserting piece consisting of a plurality of needles is arranged at the position, corresponding to the tobacco placing grooves, of the opposite surface of each clamping plate, and the tobacco leaves are punctured through the needle inserting pieces;
the pressure component is positioned above the cigarette weaving component and presses the main clamping piece, and the main clamping piece is combined with the cigarette rack;
according to the design, cigarettes are placed on two sides of the cigarette frame, the distance between the tobacco leaves is equal, and the distance and the uniformity are guaranteed.
Further preferred embodiments: the surface of the machine table is provided with an operating surface, two ends of the operating surface are provided with opposite grooves, the cigarette frame and the clamping plate can be detachably connected in the grooves, and the widths of the grooves, the cigarette frame and the clamping plate are equal;
through such design, recess location cigarette frame and main fastener make its location merge.
Further preferred embodiments: one side of the bottom wall of the operation surface is inclined downwards to form a slope shape;
the design is convenient for placing the tobacco leaves.
Further preferred embodiments: the inner wall of the smoke containing groove is a frosted surface, so that the anti-skid effect is achieved.
Further preferred embodiments: the distance between every two adjacent smoke containing grooves is 1cm-5cm, the width of each smoke containing groove is 4cm-12cm, and the depth of each smoke containing groove is more than 0.6cm.
Further preferred embodiments: the cigarette frame both ends all are fixed with rather than main fastener as an organic whole, and cardboard both ends are equipped with vice fastener, and vice fastener and main fastener joint under cardboard and the cigarette frame connected state.
Further: the auxiliary clamping piece and the main clamping piece are respectively provided with an inserting shaft and an inserting slot, and the inserting shaft and the inserting slot are mutually inserted under the connecting state of the auxiliary clamping piece and the main clamping piece.
Further, the method comprises the following steps: the main clamping piece or the auxiliary clamping piece is made of a magnet material, when the main clamping piece is made of the magnet material, the auxiliary clamping piece is made of a metal material capable of attracting the magnet, and when the auxiliary clamping piece is made of the magnet material, the main clamping piece is made of a metal material capable of attracting the magnet.
Further preferred embodiments: the length of the pin inserting piece is equal to the depth of the cigarette placing groove;
the design ensures that the pin inserting piece is inserted into the petiole.
Further preferred embodiments: the top of the machine table is provided with an installation frame, and the pressure component is arranged on the installation frame;
the pressure part comprises an electric telescopic shaft and a pressure plate, the pressure plate is arranged at the tail end of the electric telescopic shaft and is positioned right above the cigarette rack, the pressure plate moves downwards along with the extension of the electric telescopic shaft and is movably connected with the clamping plate, and a rubber pad is bonded on the bottom surface of the pressure plate.
The utility model has the advantages that:
1. the tobacco leaves are taken up and the end parts of the tobacco stalks are adjusted to be placed in the tobacco placing grooves, in order to ensure the uniform baking of the tobacco leaves, the tobacco leaves placed in each tobacco placing groove cannot exceed four pieces, the incomplete baking caused by the overlapping of the stacked tobacco leaves is avoided, the tobacco placing grooves are separated by a distance, the distance between the tobacco leaves can be controlled, and the stacking of the tobacco leaves is further avoided;
2. therefore, after the tobacco leaves are placed on the first surface of the tobacco frame, the tobacco leaves are placed in the tobacco placing grooves on the second surface, the hanging amount of the tobacco leaves is improved, the tobacco placing grooves on the two surfaces are staggered with each other, the tobacco leaves can be staggered back and forth when being hung on the tobacco frame, the tobacco leaves can be prevented from being stacked and overlapped, the tobacco leaf stacking can be effectively controlled through the design, and the tobacco leaf baking quality is guaranteed;
3. the contact pin spare of adjustment cardboard is faced towards the tobacco leaf, and the recess is aimed at the both ends of adjustment cardboard simultaneously, moves down the cardboard, and during many needles inserted the petioles, the clamp plate pushed down the cardboard, and the cardboard is closed with the clamp plate, and the contact pin spare is inserted completely in the petiole, through the fixed petiole of contact pin spare, the tobacco leaf can not break away from and puts the cigarette groove.
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The present invention will be further explained with reference to the following description of the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the cigarette holder and clamping plate structure of the present invention;
fig. 3 is a schematic view of a portion of the structure of fig. 2 according to the present invention;
fig. 4 is a schematic view of a partial enlarged structure at a in fig. 3 according to the present invention;
fig. 5 is a schematic view of the connection between the cigarette frame structure and the tobacco leaves.
In fig. 1-5: the cigarette putting machine comprises a machine table (1), a groove (101), a cigarette frame (2), a cigarette placing groove (201), a main clamping piece (202), a clamping plate (3), a pin inserting piece (301), an inserting shaft (302), an installation frame (4), an electric telescopic shaft (5) and a pressing plate (501).
Detailed Description
In order to make the aforementioned objects, features and advantages of the present invention more clearly understood, the present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings 1-5 and the detailed description. The following examples are merely illustrative of the practice of the invention. It should be noted that the disclosed embodiments do not limit the scope of the invention. On the contrary, the invention is intended to cover all modifications and equivalents included within the spirit and scope of the invention.
Referring to fig. 1-5, a tobacco weaving machine for flue-cured tobacco comprises a machine table 1, a tobacco weaving component and a pressure component which are arranged on the machine table 1;
the tobacco weaving component comprises a tobacco frame 2 and a clamping plate 3, wherein an operation surface is arranged on the surface of the machine table 1, opposite grooves 101 are formed in two ends of the operation surface, the tobacco frame 2 and the clamping plate 3 can be detachably connected into the grooves 101, the tobacco frame 2 is lifted and transversely arranged between the grooves 101, two ends of the tobacco frame 2 are adjusted to be aligned to the grooves 101, then the tobacco frame 2 is moved downwards, and the tobacco frame 2 can be positioned between the grooves 101 because the grooves 101, the tobacco frame 2 and the clamping plate 3 are equal in width;
tobacco leaf placing: a plurality of tobacco placing grooves 201 for placing tobacco leaves are formed in the upper surface and the lower surface of the tobacco frame 2, the tobacco leaves are taken up, the end parts of the tobacco stalks are adjusted to be placed in the tobacco placing grooves 201, the width of each tobacco placing groove 201 is 4cm-12cm, the depth of each tobacco placing groove 201 is more than 0.6cm, the width and the depth of each tobacco placing groove 201 can be designed by a person skilled in the art according to use requirements, but in order to ensure the tobacco leaves are baked uniformly, the number of the tobacco leaves placed in each tobacco placing groove 201 cannot exceed four, the problem that the tobacco leaves are stacked and overlapped to cause incomplete baking is solved, the tobacco leaves are placed in each tobacco placing groove 201, the distance between every two adjacent tobacco placing grooves 201 is 1cm-5cm, the distance between the tobacco leaves can be controlled, and the tobacco leaves are further prevented from being stacked;
furthermore, the tobacco placing grooves 201 are distributed on the upper surface and the lower surface of the tobacco frame 2, the tobacco placing grooves 201 are alternately arranged from top to bottom in the sequence from left to right, so that after tobacco leaves are placed on the first surface of the tobacco frame 2, the tobacco frame 2 can be turned over, the tobacco leaves are placed in the tobacco placing grooves 201 on the second surface, the hanging amount of the tobacco leaves is increased, the tobacco placing grooves 201 on the two surfaces are staggered with each other, the tobacco leaves can be staggered from front to back when hung on the tobacco frame 2, the tobacco leaves can be prevented from being stacked and overlapped, the tobacco leaf stacking can be effectively controlled through the design, and the baking quality of the tobacco leaves is ensured;
the inner wall of the tobacco containing groove 201 is a frosted surface as shown in fig. 4, and the frosted surface can enhance the friction between the tobacco leaves and the tobacco containing groove 201.
Tobacco leaf fixing step: the two clamping plates 3 are respectively arranged on the upper surface and the lower surface of the cigarette frame 2, the opposite surfaces of the clamping plates 3 are provided with a pin inserting piece 301 consisting of a plurality of pins corresponding to the cigarette slots 201, and the tobacco leaves are punctured through the pin inserting pieces 301;
after tobacco leaves are placed into the tobacco placing groove 201 of the first surface, the clamping plate 3 is taken up, the inserting needle pieces 301 of the clamping plate 3 are adjusted to face towards the tobacco leaves, meanwhile, the two ends of the clamping plate 3 are adjusted to be aligned with the grooves 101, the clamping plate 3 moves downwards, the clamping plate 3 vertically moves downwards along the grooves 101, the inserting needle pieces 301 are close to petioles, and a plurality of needles are inserted into the petioles;
further, a pressure component is located above the tobacco weaving component, a mounting frame 4 is installed at the top of the machine table 1, the pressure component is installed on the mounting frame 4 and comprises an electric telescopic shaft 5 and a pressure plate 501, the pressure plate 501 is installed at the tail end of the electric telescopic shaft 5, the pressure plate 501 is located right above the tobacco frame 2, the pressure plate 501 moves downwards along with the extension of the electric telescopic shaft 5 and is movably connected with the clamping plate 3, the electric telescopic shaft 5 is started, the pressure plate 501 is driven to move downwards through the extension of the electric telescopic shaft 5, the pressure plate 501 gradually approaches the clamping plate 3, a rubber pad is bonded on the bottom surface of the pressure plate 501, an anti-skidding effect is achieved through the rubber pad, the damage caused by the fact that the pressure plate 501 directly abuts against the clamping plate 3 is avoided, the pressure plate 501 presses the clamping plate 3 downwards, the length of the pressure plate 501 is at least one third of the length of the clamping plate 3, the clamping plate 3 is relatively uniform in stress, the clamping plate 3 and the pressure plate 501 are closed, the length of the inserting needle piece 301 is equal to the depth of the tobacco placing groove 201, the inserting needle piece 301 is enabled to be completely inserted into the tobacco leaf handle, the inserting needle piece 301, the leaf handle is fixed through the inserting piece 301, and the tobacco leaf tobacco cannot be separated from the tobacco placing groove 201;
the two clamping plates 3 clamp the cigarette frame 2 according to the mode, the petioles in the cigarette grooves 201 arranged on two sides are fixed by the pin inserting pieces 301, and the operation is convenient and fast.
Referring to fig. 2-4, a main clip 202 integrated with a cigarette holder 2 is fixed at both ends of the cigarette holder 2, and auxiliary clips are arranged at both ends of the clip 3, the auxiliary clips are connected with the main clip 202 in a connected state of the clip 3 and the cigarette holder 2, the auxiliary clips and the main clip 202 are respectively provided with an insertion shaft 302 and a slot, and in a connected state of the auxiliary clips and the main clip 202, the insertion shaft 302 and the slot are inserted into each other, the upper and lower surfaces of the main clip 202 are respectively provided with two insertion shafts 302a and an insertion shaft 302b, and a through-hole-shaped slot a is formed at a position near the edge of the top surface of the main clip 202, a slot b is formed at a position of the upper auxiliary clip facing the insertion shaft 302a, and a slot c is formed at a position of the lower auxiliary clip facing the insertion shaft 302b, when the main clip 202 and the auxiliary clips are combined, the insertion shaft 302a is inserted into the slot b, the insertion shaft 302b is inserted into the slot c, so that the insertion shaft 302c can also be inserted into the slot of the multiple positioning points;
further, main fastener 202 or vice fastener are the magnet material, and when main fastener 202 was the magnet material, vice fastener was for can inhaling the metal material with magnet mutually, and when vice fastener was the magnet material, main fastener 202 was for can inhaling the metal material with magnet mutually, and when main fastener 202 and vice fastener merged, both attracted each other to keep connecting, adopt the mode of magnet to connect, it is convenient to dismantle.
The depth of the tobacco placing groove 201 is more than 0.6cm, after tobacco leaves are placed in the tobacco placing groove 201, a space is reserved in the tobacco placing groove 201, the four sides of a tobacco stalk are only closed, the upper side and the lower side of the tobacco stalk are both in an open state, the tobacco stalk can be baked at the later stage, and the quality of flue-cured tobacco is guaranteed.
After the tobacco leaf is baked, the tobacco leaf stalk is reduced in moisture and becomes brittle, so that the clamping plate 3 can be directly taken down, the needle is easily separated from the tobacco leaf stalk, and then the tobacco is discharged.

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1. The utility model provides a tobacco flue-cured tobacco weaving machine which characterized in that: comprises a machine table (1), a tobacco weaving component and a pressure component which are arranged on the machine table (1);
the tobacco weaving component comprises a tobacco frame (2) and clamping plates (3), wherein a plurality of tobacco placing grooves (201) for placing tobacco leaves are formed in the upper surface and the lower surface of the tobacco frame (2), the tobacco placing grooves (201) are alternately arranged from left to right, the tobacco placing grooves (201) are equidistantly separated, the clamping plates (3) are two and are respectively arranged on the upper surface and the lower surface of the tobacco frame (2), a needle inserting piece (301) consisting of a plurality of needles is arranged at a position, corresponding to the tobacco placing grooves (201), of the opposite surface of each clamping plate (3), and the tobacco leaves are punctured through the needle inserting pieces (301);
the pressure component is positioned above the cigarette weaving component and pressed on the main clamping piece (202), and the main clamping piece (202) is combined with the cigarette rack (2).
2. The tobacco-curing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: the surface of the machine table (1) is provided with an operation surface, two ends of the operation surface are provided with opposite grooves (101), the cigarette frame (2) and the clamping plate (3) are detachably connected in the grooves (101), and the widths of the grooves (101), the cigarette frame (2) and the clamping plate (3) are equal.
3. The tobacco-curing machine according to claim 2, characterized in that: one side of the bottom wall of the operation surface is inclined downwards to form a slope.
4. The tobacco-curing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: the inner wall of the smoke containing groove (201) is a frosted surface.
5. The tobacco-curing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: the distance between every two adjacent smoke containing grooves (201) is 1cm-5cm, the width of each smoke containing groove (201) is 4cm-12cm, and the depth of each smoke containing groove (201) is more than 0.6cm.
6. The tobacco-curing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: the cigarette holder is characterized in that main clamping pieces (202) integrated with the cigarette holder are fixed at two ends of the cigarette holder (2), auxiliary clamping pieces are arranged at two ends of the clamping plate (3), and the auxiliary clamping pieces are clamped with the main clamping pieces (202) when the clamping plate (3) is connected with the cigarette holder (2).
7. The tobacco-curing machine according to claim 6, characterized in that: an inserting shaft (302) and an inserting slot are respectively arranged in the auxiliary clamping piece and the main clamping piece (202), and the inserting shaft (302) and the inserting slot are mutually inserted in the connecting state of the auxiliary clamping piece and the main clamping piece (202).
8. A tobacco-curing weaving machine according to claim 7, characterized in that: the main clamping piece (202) or the auxiliary clamping piece is made of a magnet material, when the main clamping piece (202) is made of the magnet material, the auxiliary clamping piece is made of a metal material capable of attracting the magnet, and when the auxiliary clamping piece is made of the magnet material, the main clamping piece (202) is made of the metal material capable of attracting the magnet.
9. The tobacco-curing machine according to claim 5, characterized in that: the length of the pin piece (301) is equal to the depth of the cigarette containing groove (201).
10. The tobacco-curing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: the top of the machine table (1) is provided with an installation frame (4), and the pressure component is arranged on the installation frame (4);
the pressure part comprises an electric telescopic shaft (5) and a pressing plate (501), the pressing plate (501) is installed at the tail end of the electric telescopic shaft (5), the pressing plate (501) is located right above the cigarette frame (2), the pressing plate (501) moves downwards along with the extension of the electric telescopic shaft (5) to be movably connected with the clamping plate (3), and a rubber pad is bonded on the bottom surface of the pressing plate (501).
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