CN220164927U - Online recognition device for circulating smoke box - Google Patents

Online recognition device for circulating smoke box Download PDF

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CN220164927U
CN220164927U CN202321574014.5U CN202321574014U CN220164927U CN 220164927 U CN220164927 U CN 220164927U CN 202321574014 U CN202321574014 U CN 202321574014U CN 220164927 U CN220164927 U CN 220164927U
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张玲
王勇
许静
任泳
余洪
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The utility model discloses an online recognition device for a circulating smoke box, which relates to the technical field of online recognition of smoke boxes and comprises a fixed seat, wherein a first conveying line is arranged on the inner side of the fixed seat, a second conveying line is arranged on the inner side of the fixed seat, the first conveying line is positioned at the end part of the second conveying line, a driving box is fixedly arranged on the outer wall of the fixed seat, a mounting frame is fixedly arranged on the upper surface of the fixed seat, a pair of fixing rods are inserted on the mounting frame, fixing rings are fixedly arranged at two ends of each fixing rod and fixedly connected with the outer wall of the mounting frame, a pair of first fixing blocks are fixedly arranged on the fixing rods, and a limiting plate is fixedly arranged on one side of each first fixing block. According to the utility model, the initial position of the carton is limited by the limiting plate, so that the smoke box is kept at the middle position of the conveying line, and when the smoke box moves on the conveying line by the extrusion device, no deviation occurs, so that the recognition mechanism can accurately scan the bar code on each smoke box, and the recognition mechanism can perform cyclic reciprocation once, thereby improving the working efficiency.

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Online recognition device for circulating smoke box
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the field of online recognition of smoke boxes, in particular to an online recognition device for a circulating smoke box.
Background
The on-line cigarette box bar code identifying device is one kind of equipment for automatically identifying cigarette box bar code with computer vision technology. The information of each smoke box is acquired, and the smoke box is monitored more accurately.
1. At present, when recognizing the bar codes of the cigarettes, a recognition device is arranged on a conveying line to scan the cartons, some conveying lines cannot limit the cartons, the positions of the cartons on the conveying line are different, the bar codes on the cartons are arranged at different positions, the recognition device cannot recognize the cartons, and the manual information input is required to be stopped, so that the working efficiency is reduced; 2. at present, some factories are provided with identification devices which are fixedly installed and cannot be adjusted, and the bar codes on some cartons are offset, so that the identification devices cannot be obtained.
Disclosure of Invention
The utility model aims to solve the defects of insufficient accuracy and limited recognition area of a smoke box recognition device in the prior art, and provides an online recognition device for a circulating smoke box.
In order to solve the problems of insufficient accuracy and limited recognition area of a smoke box recognition device in the prior art, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme:
the utility model provides an online recognition device of circulation smoke box, includes the fixing base, the fixing base inboard is equipped with first transfer chain, the fixing base inboard is equipped with the second transfer chain, first transfer chain is located second transfer chain tip position, fixing base outer wall is fixed to be equipped with the drive box, fixed surface is equipped with the mounting bracket on the fixing base, it is equipped with a pair of dead lever to insert on the mounting bracket, the dead lever both ends are all fixed and are equipped with solid fixed ring, gu fixed ring all with mounting bracket outer wall fixed connection, gu fixed a pair of first fixed block that is equipped with on the dead lever, first fixed block one side is all fixed and is equipped with the limiting plate, fixed a pair of second fixed block that is equipped with on the dead lever, it is equipped with the lifter to slide on the second fixed block, first transfer chain and second transfer chain all include synchronizing wheel, belt and driving motor, be equipped with strutting arrangement on the mounting bracket, be equipped with extrusion device on the first fixed block, the mounting bracket top is equipped with recognition mechanism.
Preferably, the supporting device comprises a pair of installation blocks, the connecting rods are fixedly arranged at one ends of the installation blocks, the supporting plates are fixedly arranged at one ends of the connecting rods, supporting rods are fixedly arranged at the inner sides of the supporting plates, lifting grooves are formed in the supporting plates, and one sides of the installation blocks are fixedly connected with the inner sides of the installation racks.
Preferably, the extrusion device comprises a pair of fixed columns, a rotating rod is rotatably arranged on the fixed columns, two ends of the rotating rod are fixedly connected with the inner side of the mounting frame, a plurality of rollers are rotationally arranged in the fixed columns, connecting pieces are fixedly arranged on the upper surfaces of the fixed columns, first screw rods are arranged on the connecting pieces in a threaded mode, the rollers are located above the first conveying line and the second conveying line, and the lower ends of the first screw rods are attached to the outer walls of the adjusting rods.
Preferably, the identification mechanism comprises a fixing frame, the fixing frame is fixedly connected with the upper surface of the mounting frame, a rectangular block is fixedly arranged on the upper surface of the mounting frame, a second screw rod is rotationally arranged in the rectangular block, a moving block is fixedly arranged in the rectangular block, the moving block is in threaded connection with the second screw rod, a fixing arm is fixedly arranged on the upper surface of the moving block, a scanner is fixedly arranged at one end of the fixing arm, and a driving motor is fixedly arranged at one end of the rectangular block.
Preferably, the upper surface of the second fixed block is fixedly provided with a connecting ring, the upper surface of the connecting ring is fixedly provided with a third screw rod, the upper end of the lifting rod is rotatably provided with a rotary column, the upper end of the rotary column is fixedly provided with a rotary ring, and the lower end of the rotary column is in threaded connection with the third screw rod.
Preferably, a pair of hydraulic cylinders are symmetrically and fixedly arranged on the outer wall of the mounting frame, connecting blocks are fixedly arranged at the output ends of the hydraulic cylinders, and adjusting rods are fixedly arranged on the connecting blocks.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the beneficial effects that:
1. according to the utility model, the initial position of the carton is limited by the limiting plate, so that the smoke box is kept at the middle position of the conveying line, and when the smoke box moves on the conveying line by the extrusion device, no deviation occurs, so that the recognition mechanism can accurately scan the bar code on each smoke box, and the recognition mechanism can perform cyclic reciprocation once, thereby improving the working efficiency;
2. according to the utility model, the second screw is driven to rotate by the driving motor, and the second screw drives the moving block to move along the rectangular block, so that the position of the scanner is transversely adjusted, the detection range is increased, the scanner can effectively accurately scan the bar code on the smoke box, and the smoke box with different sizes is adapted.
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The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the utility model and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the utility model and together with the description serve to explain the utility model and do not constitute a limitation on the utility model. In the drawings:
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a front view of the present utility model;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an explosive structure according to the present utility model;
FIG. 3 is an enlarged schematic view of the structure of FIG. 2A according to the present utility model;
FIG. 4 is an enlarged schematic view of the structure of FIG. 2B according to the present utility model;
number in the figure: 1. a fixing seat; 11. a first conveyor line; 12. a second conveyor line; 13. a drive box; 14. a mounting frame; 15. a fixed rod; 16. a fixing ring; 17. a first fixed block; 18. a limiting plate; 19. a second fixed block; 191. a lifting rod; 2. a support device; 21. a mounting block; 22. a connecting rod; 23. a support plate; 24. a support rod; 25. a lifting groove; 3. an extrusion device; 31. fixing the column; 32. a roller; 33. a connecting piece; 34. a first screw; 35. a rotating lever; 4. an identification mechanism; 41. a fixing frame; 42. rectangular blocks; 43. a second screw; 44. a moving block; 45. a fixed arm; 46. a scanner; 47. a driving motor; 5. a connecting ring; 51. a third screw; 52. a spin column; 53. a rotating ring; 6. a hydraulic cylinder; 61. a connecting block; 62. and (5) adjusting the rod.
Detailed Description
The following description of the embodiments of the present utility model will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is apparent that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the present utility model, but not all embodiments.
Example 1: the embodiment provides an on-line recognition device for a circulating smoke box, referring to fig. 1-4, specifically, the on-line recognition device comprises a fixing seat 1, a first conveying line 11 is arranged on the inner side of the fixing seat 1, a second conveying line 12 is arranged on the inner side of the fixing seat 1, the first conveying line 11 is positioned at the end part position of the second conveying line 12, a driving box 13 is fixedly arranged on the outer wall of the fixing seat 1, a mounting frame 14 is fixedly arranged on the upper surface of the fixing seat 1, a pair of fixing rods 15 are inserted on the mounting frame 14, fixing rings 16 are fixedly arranged at two ends of the fixing rods 15, the fixing rings 16 are fixedly connected with the outer wall of the mounting frame 14, a pair of first fixing blocks 17 are fixedly arranged on the fixing rods 15, a limiting plate 18 is fixedly arranged on one side of each first fixing block 17, a pair of second fixing blocks 19 are fixedly arranged on the fixing rods 15, lifting rods 191 are slidably arranged on the second fixing blocks 19, the first conveying line 11 and the second conveying line 12 comprise synchronous wheels, belts and a transmission motor, the synchronous wheel is sleeved with a belt, a transmission motor is connected with the synchronous wheel to drive the synchronous wheel to rotate, the belt rotates to convey articles, a supporting device 2 is arranged on a mounting frame 14, an extrusion device 3 is arranged on a first fixed block 17, a recognition mechanism 4 is arranged above the mounting frame 14, stacked smoke boxes are placed on the inner side of a limiting plate 18, one end of each smoke box is supported by the supporting device 2, the lowest smoke box is contacted with a first conveying line 11, the smoke boxes are conveyed onto a second conveying line 12 by the first conveying line 11, the smoke boxes enter the second conveying line 12, the upper surface of the smoke boxes are extruded by the extrusion device 3, so that the smoke boxes cannot deviate, when the smoke boxes pass through the lower part of the recognition mechanism 4, the bar code is scanned by a scanner 46 to enter an information input computer, the lowest smoke boxes are conveyed away by being matched with the supporting device 2 by arranging the first conveying line 11, the carton initial position is limited by the limiting plate 18, so that the smoke box is kept at the middle position of the conveying line, and when the smoke box moves on the conveying line through the extrusion device 3, the deviation cannot occur, so that the recognition mechanism 4 can accurately scan the bar code on each smoke box, and the circulation is carried out once, so that the working efficiency is improved.
In the concrete implementation process, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the supporting device 2 comprises a pair of installation blocks 21, the connecting rod 22 is all fixed to be equipped with in installation block 21 one end, the backup pad 23 is all fixed to be equipped with in connecting rod 22 one end, the inboard fixed bracing piece 24 that is equipped with of backup pad 23, lifting groove 25 has all been seted up in the backup pad 23, installation block 21 one side all is fixed with the inboard fixed connection of mounting bracket 14, connecting rod 22 one end passes through the screw with backup pad 23 and fixes, the screw passes lifting groove 25, the position of bracing piece 24 can be adjusted to the setting lifting groove 25, because first transfer chain 11 inclination is greater than second transfer chain 12, make the smoke box one end of bottommost be located first transfer chain 11, the other end is located the bracing piece 24 below, the smoke box tip of last layer is located the bracing piece 24 upper surface, the smoke box of design makes the bottommost layer be transported away by first transfer chain 11 very easily like this.
In the specific implementation process, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the extrusion device 3 comprises a pair of fixed columns 31, a rotating rod 35 is rotatably arranged on the fixed columns 31, two ends of the rotating rod 35 are fixedly connected with the inner side of the mounting frame 14, a plurality of rollers 32 are rotatably arranged in the fixed columns 31, connecting pieces 33 are fixedly arranged on the upper surfaces of the fixed columns 31, first screws 34 are arranged on the connecting pieces 33 in a threaded mode, the rollers 32 are located above the first conveying line 11 and the second conveying line 12, the lower ends of the first screws 34 are attached to the outer walls of the adjusting rods 62, the upper surfaces of smoke boxes located on the conveying lines are attached to the rollers 32, the rollers 32 are driven to rotate when the smoke boxes move, the smoke boxes are extruded by the rollers 32, the positions of the smoke boxes in conveying are not deviated, and the smoke boxes are always in a folded state.
In the specific implementation process, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the upper surface of the second fixing block 19 is fixedly and jointly provided with the connecting ring 5, the upper surface of the connecting ring 5 is fixedly provided with the third screw rod 51, the upper end of the lifting rod 191 is rotationally provided with the rotating column 52, the upper end of the rotating column 52 is fixedly provided with the rotating ring 53, the lower end of the rotating column 52 is in threaded connection with the third screw rod 51, one end of a stack of smoke boxes is attached to the second fixing block 19 and the lifting rod 191, the rotating column 52 is driven to rotate by rotating the rotating ring 53, the rotating column 52 moves downwards along the third screw rod 51, the lifting rod 191 is driven to move downwards along the second fixing block 19, the lower end of the lifting rod 191 is close to the upper surface of the first conveying line 11, the distance between the rotating column and the rotating column 52 is kept to be the thickness of a smoke box, and the smoke boxes at the lowest layer are convenient to convey.
In the specific implementation process, as shown in fig. 2 and 4, a pair of hydraulic cylinders 6 are symmetrically and fixedly arranged on the outer wall of the mounting frame 14, connecting blocks 61 are fixedly arranged at the output ends of the hydraulic cylinders 6, adjusting rods 62 are fixedly arranged on the connecting blocks 61, the connecting blocks 61 are driven by the hydraulic cylinders 6 to vertically move, the connecting blocks 61 drive the adjusting rods 62 to drive the connecting pieces 33 to move, the connecting pieces 33 drive the fixing columns 31 to rotate along the rotating rods 35, and the distances between the rollers 32 and the surfaces of conveying lines are adjusted, so that smoke boxes with different thicknesses are used.
Example 2: in embodiment 1, there is also a problem that the recognition area of the recognition device is limited, and therefore, this embodiment further includes, on the basis of embodiment 1:
in a specific implementation process, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the identification mechanism 4 comprises a fixing frame 41, the fixing frame 41 is fixedly connected with the upper surface of the mounting frame 14, a rectangular block 42 is fixedly arranged on the upper surface of the mounting frame 14, a second screw 43 is rotationally arranged in the rectangular block 42, a moving block 44 is fixedly arranged in the rectangular block 42, the moving block 44 is in threaded connection with the second screw 43, a fixing arm 45 is fixedly arranged on the upper surface of the moving block 44, a scanner 46 is fixedly arranged at one end of the fixing arm 45, a driving motor 47 is fixedly arranged at one end of the rectangular block 42, the second screw 43 is driven to rotate by the driving motor 47, the moving block 44 is driven to move along the rectangular block 42, so that the position of the scanner 46 is transversely adjusted, the detection range is increased, and the scanner 46 can accurately scan a smoke box and bar codes of different sizes are adapted.
Specifically, the working principle and the operation method of the utility model are as follows:
firstly, placing stacked smoke boxes inside a limiting plate 18, wherein one end of the smoke boxes is supported by a supporting device 2, the other end of the smoke boxes is attached to a second fixed block 19 and a lifting rod 191, and as the inclination angle of a first conveying line 11 is larger than that of a second conveying line 12, one end of the bottommost smoke box is positioned on the first conveying line 11, the other end of the bottommost smoke box is positioned below a supporting rod 24, and the end of the smoke box on the upper layer of the supporting rod 24;
step two, conveying the smoke box to a second conveying line 12 through the first conveying line 11, enabling the smoke box to enter the second conveying line 12, enabling the upper surface of the smoke box to be attached to the roller 32, enabling the roller 32 to be driven to rotate when the smoke box moves, and enabling the position of the smoke box in conveying to be free from deviation when the roller 32 extrudes the smoke box;
and thirdly, driving the second screw rod 43 to rotate through the driving motor 47, and driving the moving block 44 to move along the rectangular block 42 by the second screw rod 43, so that the position of the scanner 46 is transversely adjusted, and the smoke box bar code on the conveying line is scanned through the scanner 46 to record information.
According to the utility model, the initial position of the carton is limited by the limiting plate 18, so that the tobacco boxes are kept at the middle position of the conveying line, and when the tobacco boxes move on the conveying line by the extrusion device 3, the tobacco boxes are not deviated, so that the recognition mechanism 4 can accurately scan the bar code on each tobacco box, and the tobacco boxes can be cycled and reciprocated once, thereby improving the working efficiency; the second screw rod 43 is driven to rotate by the driving motor 47, and the second screw rod 43 drives the moving block 44 to move along the rectangular block 42, so that the position of the scanner 46 is transversely adjusted, the detection range is increased, the scanner 46 can accurately scan bar codes on smoke boxes, and the smoke boxes with different sizes can be adapted.
The foregoing is only a preferred embodiment of the present utility model, but the scope of the present utility model is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art, who is within the scope of the present utility model, should make equivalent substitutions or modifications according to the technical scheme of the present utility model and the inventive concept thereof, and should be covered by the scope of the present utility model.

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1. The utility model provides an online recognition device of circulation smoke box, includes fixing base (1), its characterized in that: the utility model discloses a fixing base (1), including fixing base (1), fixing base (1) inboard is equipped with first transfer chain (11), fixing base (1) inboard is equipped with second transfer chain (12), first transfer chain (11) are located second transfer chain (12) tip position, fixing base (1) outer wall is fixed to be equipped with driving box (13), fixing base (1) upper surface fixation is equipped with mounting bracket (14), it is equipped with a pair of dead lever (15) to insert on mounting bracket (14), all fixed solid fixed ring (16) in dead lever (15) both ends, gu fixed ring (16) all with mounting bracket (14) outer wall fixed connection, gu fixed being equipped with a pair of first fixed block (17) on dead lever (15), fixed being equipped with limiting plate (18) on one side of first fixed block (17), sliding on second fixed block (19) is equipped with lifter (191), be equipped with strutting arrangement (2) on mounting bracket (14), be equipped with extrusion device (3) on first fixed block (17), be equipped with identification mechanism (4) top.
2. The on-line circulating smoke box identification device according to claim 1, wherein: the supporting device (2) comprises a pair of mounting blocks (21), connecting rods (22) are fixedly arranged at one ends of the mounting blocks (21), supporting plates (23) are fixedly arranged at one ends of the connecting rods (22), supporting rods (24) are fixedly arranged on the inner sides of the supporting plates (23), lifting grooves (25) are formed in the supporting plates (23), and one sides of the mounting blocks (21) are fixedly connected with the inner sides of the mounting frames (14).
3. The on-line circulating smoke box identification device according to claim 1, wherein: the extrusion device (3) comprises a pair of fixed columns (31), a rotating rod (35) is arranged on the fixed columns (31) in a rotating mode, two ends of the rotating rod (35) are fixedly connected with the inner side of the mounting frame (14), a plurality of rollers (32) are arranged in the fixed columns (31) in a rotating mode, connecting pieces (33) are fixedly arranged on the upper surfaces of the fixed columns (31), and first screw rods (34) are arranged on the connecting pieces (33) in a threaded mode.
4. The on-line circulating smoke box identification device according to claim 1, wherein: the identification mechanism (4) comprises a fixing frame (41), the fixing frame (41) is fixedly connected with the upper surface of the mounting frame (14), a rectangular block (42) is fixedly arranged on the upper surface of the mounting frame (14), a second screw (43) is rotationally arranged in the rectangular block (42), a moving block (44) is fixedly arranged in the rectangular block (42), the moving block (44) is in threaded connection with the second screw (43), a fixing arm (45) is fixedly arranged on the upper surface of the moving block (44), a scanner (46) is fixedly arranged at one end of the fixing arm (45), and a driving motor (47) is fixedly arranged at one end of the rectangular block (42).
5. The on-line circulating smoke box identification device according to claim 1, wherein: the utility model discloses a rotary screw rod, including second fixed block (19), go up fixed ring (5) that is equipped with altogether, go up fixed third screw rod (51) that is equipped with of go-between (5) upper surface, lifter (191) upper end is all rotated and is equipped with column spinner (52), column spinner (52) upper end is all fixed and is equipped with rotary ring (53), column spinner (52) lower extreme is all with third screw rod (51) threaded connection.
6. The on-line circulating smoke box identification device according to claim 1, wherein: the outer wall of the mounting frame (14) is symmetrically and fixedly provided with a pair of hydraulic cylinders (6), the output ends of the hydraulic cylinders (6) are fixedly provided with connecting blocks (61), and the connecting blocks (61) are fixedly provided with adjusting rods (62).
7. An on-line circulating smoke box recognition apparatus according to claim 3, wherein: the roller (32) is located above the first conveying line (11) and the second conveying line (12), and the lower end of the first screw (34) is attached to the outer wall of the adjusting rod (62).
8. The on-line circulating smoke box identification device according to claim 1, wherein: the first conveying line (11) and the second conveying line (12) comprise synchronous wheels, belts and a transmission motor.
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