CN219339815U - Messy cigarette detection device and cigarette packaging system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a messy detection device of cigarette and tobacco packaging system. The messy detection device of cigarette includes: a fixed bracket configured to be mounted on a cigarette packaging device, having a reference surface; a movable member having a free end movable relative to the reference surface, the movable member having a holding state in which the free end is held at a predetermined position relative to the reference surface; and a detecting part configured to detect whether the free end deviates from a preset position so as to judge whether messy cigarettes exist in a cigarette group stacked in a die box of the cigarette packaging device. The cigarette packaging system comprises: a cigarette packaging apparatus comprising a cartridge configured to store a cigarette group consisting of a plurality of cigarettes, and a cigarette conveying device configured to convey the cartridge in a preset direction; and the cigarette mess detection device is arranged on cigarette packaging equipment. The messy cigarette detecting device and the tobacco packaging system can effectively detect messy cigarettes in the cigarette group in the die box.

Description

Messy cigarette detection device and cigarette packaging system

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of cigarette production equipment, and in particular, to a messy cigarette detecting device and a cigarette packaging system.

Background

In the process of forming cigarettes, the messy cigarettes of the cigarette groups in the die box are a quality risk which is difficult to avoid, and an effective detection means is needed to avoid the messy cigarettes from entering the next procedure, so that the product quality is influenced.

Disclosure of Invention

An object of the present disclosure is to provide a messy cigarette detecting device and a cigarette packaging system to effectively detect messy cigarettes in a cigarette group.

A first aspect of the present disclosure provides a messy cigarette detection device comprising:

a fixed bracket configured to be mounted on a cigarette packaging device, having a reference surface;

a movable member having a free end movable with respect to the reference surface, the movable member having a holding state in which the free end holds a preset position with respect to the reference surface; and

and the detection component is configured to detect whether the free end deviates from the preset position so as to judge whether messy cigarettes exist in a cigarette group stacked in a die box of the cigarette packaging equipment.

According to some embodiments of the disclosure, an abutment member is included, which is mounted to the free end and abuts on the fixed bracket to maintain the free end in the preset position.

According to some embodiments of the disclosure, the movable member includes a rod-shaped member and a plate-shaped member, a first end of the rod-shaped member is rotatably mounted to the fixed bracket, a second end of the rod-shaped member is connected to the plate-shaped member, and the abutting member is mounted to the plate-shaped member.

According to some embodiments of the disclosure, the rod-shaped member and the fixing bracket are rotatably connected by a connecting shaft, and the rod-shaped member and the connecting shaft are connected by a bearing.

According to some embodiments of the disclosure, the abutment member comprises an adjusting bolt, the free end is provided with a screw hole matched with the adjusting bolt, and one end of the adjusting bolt passes through the screw hole and abuts against the fixing support.

According to some embodiments of the disclosure, the detection component includes a displacement gauge head, the detection component configured to detect a distance of the displacement gauge head from the free end to detect whether the free end deviates from the preset position.

According to some embodiments of the disclosure, the mounting position of the displacement probe relative to the reference surface is adjustable.

A second aspect of the present disclosure provides a cigarette packaging system comprising:

a cigarette packaging apparatus comprising a cartridge configured to store a cigarette group consisting of a plurality of cigarettes, and a cigarette conveying device configured to convey the cartridge in a preset direction; and

the first aspect of the present disclosure provides a messy cigarette detecting device mounted on the cigarette packaging apparatus.

According to some embodiments of the disclosure, the cigarette mess detecting device is located at a side of the cigarette conveying device along the preset direction, and the movable component is located at a side of the fixed support, which is close to the die box, and extends along the preset direction.

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, further comprising a control device in signal connection with the detection component and/or the cigarette delivery device and configured to: and if the free end deviates from the preset position, outputting an alarm signal and/or stopping the cigarette conveying device from conveying the cigarette group signal.

The messy cigarette detection device provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can be arranged on the side of the cigarette conveying device along the conveying direction, if a cigarette group in the die box contains messy cigarettes, the messy cigarettes can disturb the free ends of the movable components in the conveying process to deviate from the preset positions, the detection components can detect whether the free ends deviate from the preset positions, so that the messy cigarettes are contained in the cigarette group and the risk of the cigarette group containing the messy cigarettes flowing to the next procedure is reduced, and the product quality is ensured. The cigarette packaging system provided by the embodiment of the disclosure has the advantages of the cigarette mess detection device provided by the embodiment of the disclosure.

Other features of the present disclosure and its advantages will become apparent from the following detailed description of exemplary embodiments of the disclosure, which proceeds with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the disclosure and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiments of the disclosure and together with the description serve to explain the disclosure and do not constitute an undue limitation on the disclosure. In the drawings:

fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a device for detecting a mess of cigarettes according to some embodiments of the disclosure.

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of a cigarette packaging apparatus of some embodiments of the present disclosure.

In fig. 1 to 2, each reference numeral represents:

1. a rod-shaped member fixing bracket; 2. a detection part fixing bracket; 3. a connecting shaft; 4. a detection section; 5. a rod-shaped member; 6. a plate-like member; 7. an abutment member; 8. a mold box; 9. a smoke group; B. a reference surface; F. a free end.

Detailed Description

The following description of the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present disclosure, not all embodiments. The following description of at least one exemplary embodiment is merely illustrative in nature and is in no way intended to limit the disclosure, its application, or uses. All other embodiments, which can be made by one of ordinary skill in the art without inventive effort, based on the embodiments in this disclosure are intended to be within the scope of this disclosure.

The relative arrangement of the components and steps, numerical expressions and numerical values set forth in these embodiments do not limit the scope of the present disclosure unless it is specifically stated otherwise. Meanwhile, it should be understood that the sizes of the respective parts shown in the drawings are not drawn in actual scale for convenience of description. Techniques, methods, and apparatus known to one of ordinary skill in the relevant art may not be discussed in detail, but should be considered part of the specification where appropriate. In all examples shown and discussed herein, any specific values should be construed as merely illustrative, and not a limitation. Thus, other examples of the exemplary embodiments may have different values. It should be noted that: like reference numerals and letters denote like items in the following figures, and thus once an item is defined in one figure, no further discussion thereof is necessary in subsequent figures.

In the description of the present disclosure, it should be understood that the use of terms such as "first," "second," etc. for defining components is merely for convenience in distinguishing corresponding components, and the terms are not meant to be construed as limiting the scope of the present disclosure unless otherwise indicated.

In the description of the present disclosure, it should be understood that the azimuth or positional relationships indicated by the azimuth terms such as "front, rear, upper, lower, left, right", "lateral, vertical, horizontal", and "top, bottom", etc., are generally based on the azimuth or positional relationships shown in the drawings, merely to facilitate description of the present disclosure and to simplify the description, and these azimuth terms do not indicate and imply that the apparatus or elements referred to must have a specific azimuth or be configured and operated in a specific azimuth, and thus should not be construed as limiting the scope of protection of the present disclosure; the orientation word "inner and outer" refers to inner and outer relative to the contour of the respective component itself.

Referring to fig. 1-2, some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a cigarette mess detection device comprising a fixed support, a movable component, and a detection component 4. The fixed bracket is configured to be mounted on a cigarette packaging device, the fixed bracket having a datum plane B. The movable member has a free end F movable relative to the reference plane B, and the movable member has a holding state in which the free end F is held at a predetermined position relative to the reference plane B. The detecting member 4 is configured to detect whether the free end F deviates from a preset position to determine whether a messy cigarette exists in the group of cigarettes 9 stacked in the capsule 8 of the cigarette packing apparatus.

According to the cigarette messy detection device provided by the embodiment of the disclosure, the cigarette messy detection device can be arranged on the side of the cigarette conveying device along the conveying direction, if a cigarette group in the die box contains messy cigarettes, the messy cigarettes disturb the free ends of the movable components in the conveying process to deviate from the preset positions, the detection components can detect whether the free ends deviate from the preset positions, so that the fact that the cigarette group contains messy cigarettes is timely judged, the risk of the cigarette group containing messy cigarettes flowing to the next procedure is reduced, and the product quality is guaranteed.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the cigarette mess detecting device includes an abutment member 7, the abutment member 7 being mounted to the free end F and abutting against the fixed bracket to maintain the free end F in a predetermined position.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the movable member includes a rod-like member 5 and a plate-like member 6, a first end of the rod-like member 5 is rotatably mounted to the fixed bracket, a second end of the rod-like member 5 is connected to the plate-like member 6, and an abutment member 7 is mounted on the plate-like member 6.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 1 and 2, the fixing bracket may include a rod-shaped member fixing bracket 1 for fixing the rod-shaped member 5 to the cigarette packing device and a detecting member fixing bracket 2 for fixing the detecting member 4 to the cigarette packing device, the first end of the rod-shaped member 5 being rotatably mounted to the rod-shaped member fixing bracket 1, and the reference plane B being at least a part of the upper surface of the detecting member fixing bracket 2. In order to fully and reasonably utilize the installation space on the cigarette packaging equipment, the two cigarette packaging equipment and the cigarette packaging equipment can be integrally arranged or can be arranged in a split mode.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the cigarette mess detecting apparatus further includes a connection shaft 3, the rod-shaped member 5 and the fixed bracket are rotatably connected by the connection shaft 3, and the rod-shaped member 5 and the connection shaft 3 are connected by a bearing.

Based on the connection mode of the rod-shaped part 5 and the fixed support, the rod-shaped part 5 can rotate more smoothly relative to the fixed support, so that the sensitivity of detecting messy cigarettes can be improved, and the risk that the rod-shaped part 5 damages the messy cigarettes can be reduced.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the abutment member 7 includes an adjustment bolt, and the free end F is provided with a screw hole that cooperates with the adjustment bolt, and one end of the adjustment bolt passes through the screw hole and abuts against the fixing bracket.

In the above embodiment, the adjusting bolt is in threaded fit with the screw hole, and the screw hole is a through hole, and the distance between the free end F and the reference surface B can be changed by rotating the adjusting bolt, so that the size of the gap between the free end F and the top surface of the cigarette pack is changed, and the detection requirements of the mould boxes and cigarettes with different specifications are met.

In view of the accuracy and sensitivity of the detection, in the embodiment shown in fig. 1 and 2, the rod-like member 5 is located above the smoke group 9, and the gap between the rod-like member 5 and the top surface of the smoke group in the holding state may be set to 0.5mm.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the detection part 4 includes a displacement gauge head, and the detection part 4 is configured to detect a distance between the displacement gauge head and the free end F to detect whether the free end F deviates from a preset position.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 1 and 2, the movable member may include a plate member 6 located at the free end F, and the detecting member 4 determines whether the free end F deviates from the preset position by detecting the distance between the displacement probe and the end surface of the plate member 6, and when the detecting member 4 detects that the gap between the displacement probe and the plate member 6 changes, it indicates that the free end F is disturbed, and that there are messy cigarettes in the cigarette group.

Considering the different measuring ranges and the different precision of the different kinds of detecting components, in some embodiments, the mounting position of the displacement measuring head relative to the reference plane B is adjustable, so that the gap between the displacement measuring head and the plate-shaped component 6 can be adaptively adjusted according to the detecting requirements of the mould boxes and cigarettes with different specifications. In the embodiment shown in fig. 1 and 2, the clearance between the displacement probe and the plate-like member 6 may be 2mm.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, some embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a cigarette packaging system including a cigarette packaging device and a cigarette mess detection apparatus provided by embodiments of the present disclosure. The cigarette packaging apparatus includes a magazine 8 configured to store a cigarette group 9 composed of a plurality of cigarettes, and a cigarette conveying device configured to convey the magazine 8 in a preset direction. The cigarette mess detection device is arranged on cigarette packaging equipment.

The cigarette packaging system provided by the embodiment of the disclosure has the advantages of the cigarette mess detection device provided by the embodiment of the disclosure.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the cigarette mess detecting device is located at a side of the cigarette conveying device along a preset direction, and the movable part is located at a side of the fixed support near the die case 8 and extends along the preset direction.

The arrangement mode can fully utilize the installation space on the cigarette packaging equipment, and is particularly suitable for the full-open type packaging machine with less die boxes and limited installation space.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the cigarette packaging system further comprises a control device in signal connection with the detection member 4 and/or the cigarette conveying device and configured to: if the free end F deviates from the preset position, an alarm signal and/or a signal for stopping the cigarette conveying device from conveying the cigarette group 9 are output.

The following further describes a cigarette mess detection device and a cigarette packaging system of some embodiments of the present disclosure in connection with fig. 1-2.

The cigarette packaging system comprises cigarette packaging equipment and a cigarette mess detection device. The cigarette packaging apparatus includes a magazine 8 configured to store a cigarette group 9 composed of a plurality of cigarettes, and a cigarette conveying device configured to convey the magazine 8 in a preset direction. The cigarette mess detection device is arranged on cigarette packaging equipment.

The messy cigarette detecting device comprises a fixed support, a movable part, a connecting shaft 3, a detecting part 4 and an abutting part 7.

The fixing bracket comprises a rod-shaped part fixing bracket 1 and a detection part fixing bracket 2.

The movable member includes a rod-like member 5 and a plate-like member 6, the rod-like member 5 being rotatably mounted at a first end thereof to the fixed bracket, the rod-like member 5 being connected at a second end thereof to the plate-like member 6, and being mounted on the plate-like member 6 against the member 7. The rod-shaped member 5 and the rod-shaped member fixing bracket 1 are rotatably connected by a connecting shaft 3, and the rod-shaped member 5 and the connecting shaft 3 are connected by a bearing.

The detection part 4 includes a displacement gauge, and the detection part 4 is configured to detect a distance between the displacement gauge and the free end F to detect whether the free end F deviates from a preset position.

The abutting part 7 comprises an adjusting bolt, the free end F is provided with a screw hole matched with the adjusting bolt, and one end of the adjusting bolt penetrates through the screw hole and abuts against the detecting part fixing support 2.

The operation principle of the cigarette mess detection device and the cigarette packaging system is as follows:

the cigarette conveying device conveys the die box 8 along a preset direction, if a cigarette group 9 in the die box 8 is in disorder, the disorder cigarette can drive the rod-shaped component 5 to rotate around the connecting shaft 3, the plate-shaped component 6 tilts and generates certain displacement, the detecting component 4 detects that the gap between the displacement measuring head and the plate-shaped component 6 changes, the free end F deviates from the preset position, the control device outputs an alarm signal and a signal for enabling the cigarette conveying device to stop conveying the cigarette group 9, and the cigarette conveying device stops.

In some embodiments, the control apparatus described above may be implemented as a general purpose processor, a programmable logic controller (Programmable Logic Controller, abbreviated as PLC), a digital signal processor (Digital Signal Processor, abbreviated as DSP), an application specific integrated circuit (Application Specific Integrated Circuit, abbreviated as ASIC), a Field programmable gate array (Field-Programmable Gate Array, abbreviated as FPGA) or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic device, discrete hardware components, or any suitable combination thereof for performing the functions described in this disclosure.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are merely for illustrating the technical solution of the present disclosure and are not limiting thereof; although the present disclosure has been described in detail with reference to preferred embodiments, those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that: modifications may be made to the specific embodiments of the disclosure or equivalents may be substituted for part of the technical features that are intended to be included within the scope of the claims of the disclosure.

Claims (10)

1. A messy cigarette detection device, characterized by comprising:

a fixed mount configured to be mounted on a cigarette packaging device, having a reference plane (B);

a movable member having a free end (F) movable with respect to the reference plane (B), the movable member having a holding state in which the free end (F) is held at a preset position with respect to the reference plane (B); and

and the detection component (4) is configured to detect whether the free end (F) deviates from the preset position so as to judge whether a messy cigarette exists in a cigarette group (9) stacked in a die box (8) of the cigarette packaging equipment.

2. A device according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises an abutment member (7), said abutment member (7) being mounted to said free end (F) and abutting against said fixed support so as to maintain said free end (F) in said preset position.

3. A cigarette mess detection device according to claim 2, characterized in that the movable member comprises a rod-like member (5) and a plate-like member (6), a first end of the rod-like member (5) being rotatably mounted to the stationary bracket, a second end of the rod-like member (5) being connected to the plate-like member (6), the abutment member (7) being mounted on the plate-like member (6).

4. A cigarette mess detection device according to claim 3, characterized by further comprising a connecting shaft (3), said rod-like member (5) and said fixed bracket being rotatably connected by said connecting shaft (3), said rod-like member (5) and said connecting shaft (3) being connected by a bearing.

5. A device according to claim 2, wherein the abutment member (7) comprises an adjustment bolt, the free end (F) being provided with a threaded hole cooperating with the adjustment bolt, one end of the adjustment bolt passing through the threaded hole and abutting against the fixed support.

6. A cigarette mess detection device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the detection means (4) comprises a displacement probe, the detection means (4) being configured to detect the distance of the displacement probe from the free end (F) to detect whether the free end (F) deviates from the preset position.

7. A device for detecting a mess of cigarettes according to claim 6, wherein the mounting position of the displacement probe with respect to the reference plane (B) is adjustable.

8. A cigarette packaging system, comprising:

a cigarette packaging device comprising a capsule (8) configured to store a group of cigarettes (9) consisting of a plurality of cigarettes, and a cigarette conveying means configured to convey the capsule (8) in a preset direction; and

a cigarette mess detection device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, mounted on the cigarette packaging apparatus.

9. A cigarette packaging system according to claim 8, wherein the cigarette mess detection means is located laterally of the cigarette conveying means in the predetermined direction, and the movable member is located on a side of the fixed support adjacent to the capsule (8) and extends in the predetermined direction.

10. A cigarette packaging system according to claim 8, further comprising a control device in signal connection with the detection member (4) and/or the cigarette conveying device and configured to: and if the free end (F) deviates from the preset position, outputting an alarm signal and/or a signal for stopping the cigarette conveying device from conveying the cigarette group (9).

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