CN218988791U

CN218988791U - Fluid food filling device

Info

Publication number: CN218988791U
Application number: CN202223448271.2U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 魏冰; 刘玉花; 张秀新; 闫文芳
Original assignee: Gu'an Kangbit Sports Technology Co ltd; Beijing Competitor Sports Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Gu'an Kangbit Sports Technology Co ltd; Beijing Competitor Sports Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-12-21
Filing date: 2022-12-21
Publication date: 2023-05-09
Anticipated expiration: 2032-12-21

Abstract

The utility model discloses a fluid food filling device, comprising: a temporary storage container for storing food to be poured; a first food conduit leading from the bottom of the temporary storage container; a filling head for filling food into the packaging bottle from above the packaging bottle; the plunger device comprises a cylinder body and a plunger arranged in the cylinder body; a reversing valve disposed between the distal end of the first food conduit, the filling head, and the lower end of the cylinder of the plunger device, the reversing valve having a first state in which the first food conduit is in communication with the cylinder and a second state in which the cylinder is in communication with the filling head; a first driving mechanism for driving the plunger to move axially along the cylinder; after the reversing valve is switched to the first state, the plunger is driven to move upwards so as to suck food into the temporary storage container through the first food guide pipe; after the reversing valve is switched to the second state, the plunger is driven to move downwards so as to drive the food in the cylinder body to flow to the filling head and fill the packaging bottle from the filling head.

Description

Fluid food filling device

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of food processing, in particular to a device for injecting fluid food into a packaging bottle.

Background

In the prior art, the filling of fluid food products (e.g. beverages, eight-treasure gruel) into packaging bottles is generally carried out by means of filling devices, which are generally equipped with a flowmeter and a sensor upstream of each nozzle for metering and controlling the quantity of food products.

However, the manner of controlling the amount of food filled in the packaging bottles by using the flowmeter and the sensor in the prior art has the following drawbacks:

1. for more viscous fluid foods, such as eight-treasure gruel and honey, the measurement of the flowmeter is inaccurate, and the quantitative injection amount is inaccurate.

2. The control system for controlling the injection quantity of the food by using the flowmeter and the sensor is complex, and is more suitable for large-batch injection, but not suitable for small-batch injection.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above technical problems in the prior art, embodiments of the present utility model provide a fluid food filling device.

In order to solve the technical problems, the technical scheme adopted by the embodiment of the utility model is as follows:

a fluid food infusion device comprising:

a temporary storage container for storing food to be poured;

a first food conduit leading from the bottom of the temporary storage container;

a filling head for filling food into the packaging bottle from above the packaging bottle;

the plunger device comprises a cylinder body and a plunger arranged in the cylinder body;

a reversing valve disposed between a distal end of the first food conduit, a lower end of a cylinder of the plunger device, and the filling head, the reversing valve having a first state in which the first food conduit is in communication with the cylinder, or a second state in which the cylinder is in communication with the filling head;

a first driving mechanism for driving the plunger to move axially along the cylinder; wherein:

after the reversing valve is switched to the first state, the plunger is driven to move upwards to suck food from the temporary storage container through the first food conduit; after the reversing valve is switched to the second state, the plunger is driven to move downwards so as to drive the food in the cylinder body to be injected into the packaging bottle through the filling head.

Preferably, a valve core is arranged in an outlet of the filling head, a second driving mechanism is arranged outside the filling head, the second driving mechanism is connected with a valve rod extending into the filling head, the valve core is connected to the valve rod, and the second driving mechanism drives the valve core by the valve rod to open or close the outlet of the filling head.

Preferably, a plurality of plunger devices are provided, a plurality of plunger devices are arranged side by side, and each plunger device is provided with one first food conduit and one pouring head correspondingly.

Preferably, a plunger rod is connected to the plunger of each plunger device, and extends out of the upper end of the cylinder; the upper ends of plunger rods of a plurality of plunger devices are connected to the same synchronous plate; the first driving mechanism is used for driving the synchronous plate.

Preferably, the filling head is connected to the reversing valve by means of a second food conduit.

Preferably, the first driving mechanism is a cylinder.

Preferably, the second driving mechanism is an air cylinder, and the second driving mechanism is installed at the end part of the pouring head.

Compared with the prior art, the fluid food pouring device disclosed by the utility model has the beneficial effects that:

the device has more accurate filling measurement, is particularly suitable for filling more viscous fluid foods, and is more suitable for small-batch filling requirements.

An overview of various implementations or examples of the technology described in this disclosure is not a comprehensive disclosure of the full scope or all of the features of the technology disclosed.

Drawings

In the drawings, which are not necessarily drawn to scale, like numerals may describe similar components in different views. The same reference numerals with letter suffixes or different letter suffixes may represent different instances of similar components. The accompanying drawings illustrate various embodiments by way of example in general and not by way of limitation, and together with the description and claims serve to explain the inventive embodiments. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers will be used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like parts. Such embodiments are illustrative and not intended to be exhaustive or exclusive of the present apparatus or method.

Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a fluid food infusion device according to an embodiment of the present utility model.

Fig. 2 is a side view of a fluid food product pouring device provided by an embodiment of the present utility model.

Fig. 3 is a right side view based on fig. 2.

Reference numerals:

10-temporary storage containers; 20-priming head; 21-outlet; 22-valve core; 23-valve stem; 30-a plunger device; 31-cylinder; 32-a plunger; 33-a plunger rod; 40-reversing valve; 41-a columnar core; 51-a first food conduit; 52-a second food conduit; 61-a first drive mechanism; 62-a second drive mechanism; 63-a third drive mechanism; 70-a synchronization plate.

Detailed Description

Unless defined otherwise, technical or scientific terms used herein should be given the ordinary meaning as understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this utility model belongs. The terms "first," "second," and the like, as used herein, do not denote any order, quantity, or importance, but rather are used to distinguish one element from another. The word "comprising" or "comprises", and the like, means that elements or items preceding the word are included in the element or item listed after the word and equivalents thereof, but does not exclude other elements or items. The terms "connected" or "connected," and the like, are not limited to physical or mechanical connections, but may include electrical connections, whether direct or indirect. "upper", "lower", "left", "right", etc. are used merely to indicate relative positional relationships, which may also be changed when the absolute position of the object to be described is changed.

In order to keep the following description of the embodiments of the present utility model clear and concise, the detailed description of known functions and known components thereof have been omitted.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, an embodiment of the present utility model discloses a fluid food filling apparatus including: the temporary storage container 10, the filling head 20, the plunger device 30, the reversing valve 40, the first food product conduit 51, the second food product conduit 52, the first drive mechanism 61, the second drive mechanism 62, and the third drive mechanism 63.

The temporary storage container 10 is used for containing fluid foods to be poured, such as beverages, liquid foods and the like; a first food conduit 51 leads from the bottom of the holding container 10.

The plunger device 30 includes a cylinder 31, a plunger 32, and a plunger rod 33; a cylindrical suction chamber is formed in the cylinder 31, a plunger 32 is provided in the cylinder 31 and is movable along the axis of the cylinder 31, a plunger rod 33 is connected to the plunger 32, and the upper end of the plunger rod protrudes from the upper end of the cylinder 31; the upper end of the plunger rod 33 is connected to a first drive mechanism 61, which first drive mechanism 61 drives the plunger 32 to move by means of the plunger rod 33.

The pouring head 20 has a columnar shape, the pouring head 20 is vertically arranged, and an outlet 21 is formed at the lower end in the pouring head 20. A second food conduit 52 leads from the side of the filling head 20, the free end of the first food conduit 51, the free end of the second food conduit 52 and the lower end of the cylinder 31 of the plunger device 30 being connected to the reversing valve 40. The reversing valve 40 has ports corresponding to the free end of the first food conduit 51, the free end of the second food conduit 52 and the lower end of the cylinder 31 of the plunger device 30, a cylindrical core 41 is provided in the reversing valve 40, a passage is provided in the cylindrical core 41, the passage is communicated with two ports by twisting the cylindrical core 41, namely, the reversing valve 40 has two states by twisting the cylindrical core 41, in the first state, the reversing valve 40 causes the first food conduit 51 to be communicated with the lower end of the cylinder 31, and in the second state, the reversing valve 40 causes the second food conduit 52 to be communicated with the lower end of the cylinder 31. The third driving mechanism 63 drives the columnar core 41 to twist the columnar core 41 for switching the reversing valve 40.

When food is required to be injected into the packaging bottle below the filling head 20, the reversing valve 40 is switched to the first state firstly, and after the reversing valve is switched to the first state, the first driving mechanism 61 drives the plunger 32 to move upwards so as to suck the food in the temporary storage container 10 into the cylinder 31 through the first food conduit 51; the reversing valve 40 is then switched to the second state, after which the first drive mechanism 61 drives the plunger 32 downwards to squeeze the foodstuff within the cylinder 31 into the filling head 20 via the second foodstuff conduit 52 and into the packaging bottle via the outlet 21 at the lower end of the filling head 20.

In the injection process, the cylinder 31 of the plunger device 30 is used as a measuring tool for measuring food, and the volume of the cylinder 31 is kept unchanged, so that the amount of food injected into the packaging bottle is accurate.

The outlet 21 in the filling head 20 is provided with a valve core 22, a valve rod 23 extends into the filling head 20 from the upper end of the filling head 20, the valve core 22 is connected to the valve rod 23, and a second driving mechanism 62 is arranged at the upper end of the filling head 20 for driving the valve rod 23 so that the valve core 22 opens or closes the outlet 21. The valve element 22 opens the outlet 21 of the filling head 20 when it is desired to fill the packaging bottle with food, and the valve element 22 closes the outlet 21 when the device is idle.

The plunger devices 30 are provided in plurality, and the plunger devices 30 are arranged side by side, and each plunger device 30 is connected with the temporary storage container 10 through a reversing valve 40 and a first food conduit 51; the filling heads 20 are provided in plurality, and the filling heads 20 are arranged corresponding to the plunger devices 30, so that the device can simultaneously fill food into a plurality of packaging bottles, and the purpose of small-batch production is achieved.

The upper ends of the plunger rods 33 of the plurality of plunger devices 30 are connected to the same synchronizing plate 70, and the first driving mechanism 61 is disposed above the synchronizing plate 70 to drive the plungers 32 of the plurality of plunger devices 30 to operate by driving the synchronizing plate 70.

The first driving mechanism 61, the second driving mechanism 62 and the third driving mechanism 63 are all air cylinders, and the air cylinders have the characteristic of quick action. One end of the third driving mechanism 63 is connected to the temporary storage container 10, and the other end is connected to the end of the column core 41 of the reversing valve 40 through a link for driving the column core 41 to rotate.

The fluid food filling device of the cylinder has the advantages that:

Furthermore, although exemplary embodiments have been described in the present disclosure, the scope thereof includes any and all embodiments having equivalent elements, modifications, omissions, combinations (e.g., of the various embodiments across), adaptations or alterations as would be appreciated by those in the art. Elements in the claims are to be construed broadly based on the language employed in the claims and are not limited to examples described in the present specification or during the practice of the present application, which examples are to be construed as non-exclusive. It is intended, therefore, that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit being indicated by the following claims and their full scope of equivalents.

The above description is intended to be illustrative and not restrictive. For example, the above-described examples (or one or more aspects thereof) may be used in combination with each other. For example, other embodiments may be used by those of ordinary skill in the art upon reading the above description. In addition, in the above detailed description, various features may be grouped together to streamline the utility model. This is not to be interpreted as an intention that the disclosed features not being claimed are essential to any claim. Rather, inventive subject matter may lie in less than all features of a particular disclosed embodiment. Thus, the following claims are hereby incorporated into the detailed description as examples or embodiments, with each claim standing on its own as a separate embodiment, and it is contemplated that these embodiments may be combined with one another in various combinations or permutations. The scope of the utility model should be determined with reference to the appended claims, along with the full scope of equivalents to which such claims are entitled.

The above embodiments are only exemplary embodiments of the present utility model and are not intended to limit the present utility model, the scope of which is defined by the claims. Various modifications and equivalent arrangements of this utility model will occur to those skilled in the art, and are intended to be within the spirit and scope of the utility model.

Claims

1. A fluid food product pouring apparatus, comprising:

a temporary storage container for storing food to be poured;

2. A fluid food filling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a valve core is provided in the outlet of the filling head, a second drive mechanism is provided outside the filling head, the second drive mechanism is connected with a valve rod extending into the filling head, the valve core is connected to the valve rod, and the second drive mechanism drives the valve core by means of the valve rod to open or close the outlet of the filling head.

3. A fluid food product pouring device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the second drive mechanism is a cylinder, the second drive mechanism being mounted at the end of the pouring head.

4. A fluid food product pouring device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a plurality of said plunger means are provided, a plurality of said plunger means being arranged side by side, each of said plunger means being provided with a respective one of said first food product conduit and said pouring head.

5. The fluid food pouring device according to claim 1, wherein a plunger rod is connected to the plunger of each plunger device, said plunger rod extending out of the upper end of the cylinder; the upper ends of plunger rods of a plurality of plunger devices are connected to the same synchronous plate; the first driving mechanism is used for driving the synchronous plate.

6. The fluid food product pouring device of claim 1 wherein the pouring head is connected to the diverter valve by a second food conduit.

7. The fluid food product pouring apparatus of claim 1 wherein the first drive mechanism is a cylinder.