CN220595821U - Dampproofing storage device is used in tobacco sales - Google Patents

Dampproofing storage device is used in tobacco sales Download PDF

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CN220595821U
CN220595821U CN202321451576.0U CN202321451576U CN220595821U CN 220595821 U CN220595821 U CN 220595821U CN 202321451576 U CN202321451576 U CN 202321451576U CN 220595821 U CN220595821 U CN 220595821U
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The utility model relates to a moistureproof storage device for tobacco sales, which comprises a device bin, wherein a partition plate is fixedly connected to the inside of the device bin, a heating bin is fixedly connected to the bottom of the partition plate, an air inlet groove is formed in the right side surface of the device bin, a plurality of heaters are fixedly arranged on the inner wall of the front surface and the inner wall of the back surface of the heating bin, an air outlet groove is formed in the top surface of the heating bin, a first exhaust fan is fixedly arranged on the top surface of the heating bin, and a second exhaust fan is fixedly arranged on the inner wall of the right side of the device bin. This dampproofing storage device is used in tobacco sales, through under the effect of heater, first air exhauster and second air exhauster, heat the air, and then the inside of arranging into the device storehouse, heat the inside of device storehouse, avoid the inside of device storehouse to the greatest extent to wet, reduce the result of use of tobacco, simultaneously, filter the air under the effect of filter screen, avoid the dust to enter into the inside of device storehouse as far as possible, reduce the aesthetic property of tobacco.

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Dampproofing storage device is used in tobacco sales
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of tobacco sales, in particular to a moistureproof storage device for tobacco sales.
Background
Tobacco is annual herb plant of the genus Nicotiana of the family Solanaceae, with the development of the age, the living standard of people is improved, the value of tobacco commodities is higher and higher, and the good moisture-proof environment for tobacco selling is more important, if some rare tobacco is deteriorated due to the poor moisture-proof environment for tobacco selling, the merchant suffers great benefit loss, so that the moisture-proof storage device for tobacco selling is necessary.
The Chinese patent CN 217565495U discloses a tobacco sales showcase, and the Chinese patent discloses a technical scheme for reducing the labor capacity of salesmen and improving the practicability of the showcase, so that the problem that the existing showcase can only put one pack of cigarettes of different types, after selling one pack of cigarettes, the salesmen need to put one pack of cigarettes again, and the labor capacity of the salesmen is improved, thereby reducing the practicability of the showcase is solved.
However, when the device is used, the interior of the device is easily moist under the influence of external air, and when the humidity is too high, tobacco is easily affected with moisture, and the using effect of the tobacco is reduced, so that the moisture-proof storage device for tobacco sales is provided for solving the problems.
Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the defects of the prior art, the utility model provides a moistureproof storage device for tobacco sales, which has the advantage of moistureproof, and solves the problems that when the device is used, the inside of the device is easy to be moist under the influence of external air, and when the humidity is too high, tobacco is easy to be affected with moisture, and the using effect of the tobacco is reduced.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the present utility model provides the following technical solutions: the utility model provides a dampproofing storage device is used in tobacco sales, includes the device storehouse, the inside fixedly connected with baffle in device storehouse, the inside in device storehouse just is located the bottom fixedly connected with heating storehouse of baffle.
The air inlet groove has been seted up to the right flank in device storehouse, the equal fixed mounting in front inner wall and the back inner wall in heating storehouse has a quantity to be a plurality of heaters, the air outlet groove has been seted up to the top surface in heating storehouse, the top surface fixed mounting in heating storehouse has first air exhauster, the right side inner wall fixed mounting in device storehouse has the second air exhauster, the filter has been placed to the inside in air inlet groove, it has the filter screen to inlay on the filter, the fixed cover of periphery wall of filter has first rubber ring, the connecting hole that a quantity is a plurality of has been seted up to the bottom surface of baffle.
And a placement component is arranged in the device bin and used for placing tobacco.
And the device bin is provided with a sealing assembly for sealing the device bin.
Further, the shape of heating storehouse is inside cavity and bottom surface and right flank all lack cuboid, the air-out groove is covered by first air exhauster, the air-out groove is covered by the second air exhauster, first rubber ring and air inlet groove cover.
Further, the left side of device storehouse has seted up the standing groove, the inside fixedly connected with glass board of standing groove.
Further, place the subassembly including the board of placing of quantity for three, three place the board all place the inside in the device storehouse, the fixed slot that the quantity is three is seted up to the right side inner wall in device storehouse, and three place the board and extend to the inside of three fixed slot respectively, and three place the equal fixed cover of the periphery wall of board and be equipped with the second rubber ring, the backup pad has been placed at the top of baffle, the left surface fixedly connected with mounting panel of backup pad, the interior bottom wall fixed mounting in device storehouse has first electric putter, the output of first electric putter runs through the baffle and extends to on the bottom surface of backup pad, the movable plate has been placed to the top surface of backup pad, the left surface fixed mounting of mounting panel has the second electric putter, the second electric putter runs through the mounting panel and extends to on the left surface of movable plate, the top surface fixedly connected with gag lever post of movable plate, and three the limit hole has all been seted up to the bottom surface of placing the board, the interior bottom wall fixed mounting in device storehouse has the battery.
Further, first electric putter and backup pad fixed connection, second electric putter and movable plate fixed connection, second rubber ring and fixed slot closely laminate, gag lever post and spacing hole clearance fit.
Further, the top surface of baffle has seted up first through-hole, first electric putter's output runs through first through-hole and rather than clearance fit, the second through-hole has been seted up to the left surface of mounting panel, second electric putter's output runs through the second through-hole and rather than clearance fit.
Further, seal assembly includes the articulated frame, articulated frame fixed connection is on the top surface of device storehouse, the top surface fixedly connected with supporting shoe in device storehouse, the articulated frame articulates there is the closing plate, closing plate and supporting shoe laminating, the spread groove has been seted up to the top surface in device storehouse, the rubber pad that one end extended to the spread groove inside of bottom surface fixedly connected with one end of closing plate.
Further, the rubber pad is attached to the connecting groove, and the device bin is in the shape of a cuboid with a hollow inside.
Compared with the prior art, the technical scheme of the application has the following beneficial effects:
1. according to the moistureproof storage device for tobacco sales, under the action of the heater, the first exhaust fan and the second exhaust fan, air is heated and then discharged into the device bin, the interior of the device bin is heated, the interior of the device bin is prevented from being damped as much as possible, the using effect of tobacco is reduced, meanwhile, under the action of the filter screen, the air is filtered, dust is prevented from entering the interior of the device bin as much as possible, and the aesthetic property of the tobacco is reduced;
2. this dampproofing storage device is used in tobacco sales places tobacco through placing under the effect of board, under the effect through first electric putter and second electric putter, drives to place the board and removes, and convenient promotes tobacco, and convenient getting puts tobacco, simultaneously, under the effect through the closing plate, seals the spread groove, and convenient seals the device storehouse, convenient and practical more.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the present utility model;
FIG. 2 is an enlarged schematic view of the structure of FIG. 1A;
fig. 3 is a schematic front view of the structure of the present utility model.
In the figure: 1 device storehouse, 2 connecting holes, 3 baffle, 4 place the board, 5 spacing hole, 6 gag lever post, 7 supporting shoe, 8 spread groove, 9 closing plate, 10 rubber pad, 11 articulated frame, 12 standing groove, 13 glass board, 14 second electric putter, 15 mounting panel, 16 battery, 17 movable plate, 18 backup pad, 19 first electric putter, 20 heating storehouse, 21 first air exhauster, 22 heater, 23 second air exhauster, 24 filter screen, 25 filter, 26 first rubber ring, 27 air inlet groove, 28 second rubber ring, 29 fixed slot, 30 air outlet groove.
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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. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the utility model without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the utility model.
Embodiment one: referring to fig. 1-3, a moisture-proof storage device for tobacco sales in this embodiment includes a device cabin 1, a partition board 3 is fixedly connected to the interior of the device cabin 1, and a heating cabin 20 is fixedly connected to the interior of the device cabin 1 and located at the bottom of the partition board 3.
The air inlet groove 27 has been seted up to the right flank of device storehouse 1, the positive inner wall and the back inner wall of heating storehouse 20 are all fixed mounting have a plurality of heater 22, air-out groove 30 has been seted up to the top surface of heating storehouse 20, the top surface fixed mounting of heating storehouse 20 has first air exhauster 21, the right side inner wall fixed mounting of device storehouse 1 has second air exhauster 23, filter 25 has been placed to the inside of air inlet groove 27, filter screen 24 has been inlayed on the filter 25, the fixed cover of the periphery wall of filter 25 has first rubber ring 26, connecting hole 2 that a plurality of numbers are seted up to the bottom surface of baffle 3, standing groove 12 has been seted up to the left surface of device storehouse 1, the inside fixedly connected with glass plate 13 of standing groove 12.
The heating chamber 20 is a rectangular parallelepiped with a hollow interior and missing bottom and right side, the air outlet duct 30 is covered by the first suction fan 21, the air outlet duct 30 is covered by the second suction fan 23, and the first rubber ring 26 and the air inlet duct 27.
It should be noted that, the first exhaust fan 21, the heater 22, and the second exhaust fan 23 are conventional devices known in the art, and the specific structure and the working principle thereof will not be described herein.
Specifically, the filter plate 25 is pushed, the filter plate 25 enters the air inlet groove 27, the filter plate 25 is fixed through the fit between the first rubber ring 26 and the air inlet groove 27, the first exhaust fan 21, the second exhaust fan 23 and the heater 22 are started, the second exhaust fan 23 pumps air, the air enters the device bin 1 through the air inlet groove 27, dust is filtered under the action of the filter screen 24, the dust is prevented from entering the device bin 1 as much as possible, the air enters the heating bin 20, the heater 22 heats the air, the hot air is pumped under the action of the first exhaust fan 21, the hot air is discharged into the device bin 1 under the action of the air outlet groove 30 and the connecting hole 2, the interior of the device bin 1 is prevented from being wet as much as possible, and under the action of the glass plate 13, the user can observe the interior of the device bin 1 conveniently.
Embodiment two: referring to fig. 1-3, on the basis of the first embodiment, a placement component is provided in the device cabin 1, the placement component includes three placement boards 4, the three placement boards 4 are placed in the device cabin 1, a fixed slot 29 is provided in the right inner wall of the device cabin 1, the three placement boards 4 extend to the three fixed slots 29, the outer peripheral walls of the three placement boards 4 are fixedly sleeved with a second rubber ring 28, a support board 18 is placed at the top of the partition board 3, a mounting board 15 is fixedly connected to the left side surface of the support board 18, a first electric push rod 19 is fixedly installed on the inner bottom wall of the device cabin 1, the output end of the first electric push rod 19 penetrates through the partition board 3 and extends to the bottom surface of the support board 18, a movable board 17 is placed on the top surface of the support board 18, a second electric push rod 14 is fixedly installed on the left side surface of the mounting board 15, the second electric push rod 14 penetrates through the mounting board 15 and extends to the left side surface of the movable board 17, a limit rod 6 is fixedly connected to the top surface of the movable board 17, limit holes 5 are provided on the bottom surface of the three placement boards 4, and the inner bottom surface of the device cabin 1 is fixedly installed with a storage battery 16.
The first electric putter 19 and the backup pad 18 fixed connection, the second electric putter 14 and the fixed connection of movable plate 17, second rubber ring 28 and fixed slot 29 closely laminate, gag lever post 6 and spacing hole 5 clearance fit, the first through-hole has been seted up to the top surface of baffle 3, first electric putter 19's output runs through first through-hole and clearance fit with it, the second through-hole has been seted up to the left surface of mounting panel 15, second electric putter 14's output runs through the second through-hole and clearance fit with it.
It should be noted that, the battery 16, the first electric putter 19, and the second electric putter 14 are all conventional devices known in the art, and the specific structure and the working principle thereof will not be described herein.
Specifically, when the tobacco needs to be taken, the second electric push rod 14 is started, the output end of the second electric push rod 14 drives the movable plate 17 to move, the movable plate 17 is located at the bottom of the placement plate 4, the limiting rod 6 and the limiting hole 5 are located on the same horizontal line, the first electric push rod 19 is started, the output end of the first electric push rod 19 drives the supporting plate 18 to move, the movable plate 17 is attached to the placement plate 4, the limiting rod 6 is inserted into the limiting hole 5, the placement plate 4 is limited through clearance fit between the limiting rod 6 and the limiting hole 5, the second electric push rod 14 is started, the movable plate 17 is reset, the placement plate 4 is separated from the fixing groove 29, the output end of the first electric push rod 19 pushes the supporting plate 18 to move upwards, and the placement plate 4 is located at the top of the device bin 1.
Embodiment III: referring to fig. 1-3, on the basis of the first embodiment and the second embodiment, a sealing assembly is provided on the device cabin 1, the sealing assembly includes a hinge bracket 11, the hinge bracket 11 is fixedly connected to the top surface of the device cabin 1, the top surface of the device cabin 1 is fixedly connected with a supporting block 7, the hinge bracket 11 is hinged with a sealing plate 9, the sealing plate 9 is attached to the supporting block 7, a connecting groove 8 is provided on the top surface of the device cabin 1, and a rubber pad 10 with one end extending to the inside of the connecting groove 8 is fixedly connected to the bottom surface of the sealing plate 9.
Wherein, rubber pad 10 and spread groove 8 laminating, the shape of device storehouse 1 is inside hollow cuboid.
Specifically, mounting panel 15 pushes up and moves closing plate 9, makes closing plate 9 upset under the effect through articulated frame 11, and then makes place board 4 and be located the top of device storehouse 1, seals device storehouse 1 through the laminating between rubber pad 10 and the spread groove 8.
The working principle of the embodiment is as follows:
pushing the filter plate 25 to make the filter plate 25 enter the air inlet groove 27, fixing the filter plate 25 by the fit between the first rubber ring 26 and the air inlet groove 27, starting the first exhaust fan 21, the second exhaust fan 23 and the heater 22, pumping air by the second exhaust fan 23, making the air enter the device cabin 1 through the air inlet groove 27, filtering dust by the filter screen 24, avoiding the dust entering the device cabin 1 as much as possible, making the air entering the heating cabin 20, heating the air by the heater 22, pumping hot air by the first exhaust fan 21, discharging hot air into the device cabin 1 by the air outlet groove 30 and the connecting hole 2, avoiding the interior of the device cabin 1 from being wet as much as possible, starting the second electric push rod 14 when the tobacco needs to be taken, the output end of the second electric push rod 14 drives the moving plate 17 to move, the moving plate 17 is positioned at the bottom of the placing plate 4, the limiting rod 6 and the limiting hole 5 are positioned on the same horizontal line, the first electric push rod 19 is started, the output end of the first electric push rod 19 drives the supporting plate 18 to move, the moving plate 17 is attached to the placing plate 4, the limiting rod 6 is inserted into the limiting hole 5, the placing plate 4 is limited by clearance fit between the limiting rod 6 and the limiting hole 5, the second electric push rod 14 is started, the moving plate 17 is reset, the placing plate 4 is separated from the fixing groove 29, the output end of the first electric push rod 19 pushes the supporting plate 18 to move upwards, the mounting plate 15 pushes the sealing plate 9, the sealing plate 9 is overturned under the action of the hinged frame 11, the placing plate 4 is positioned at the top of the device bin 1, under the action of the glass plate 13, the inside of the device bin 1 is conveniently observed by a user.
The control mode of the utility model is controlled by the controller, the control circuit of the controller can be realized by simple programming of a person skilled in the art, the supply of the power supply by the storage battery also belongs to common knowledge in the art, and the utility model is mainly used for protecting the mechanical device, so the utility model does not explain the control mode and circuit connection in detail.
It is noted that relational terms such as first and second, and the like are used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Moreover, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising one … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.
Although embodiments of the present utility model have been shown and described, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made therein without departing from the principles and spirit of the utility model, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.

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1. The utility model provides a dampproofing storage device is used in tobacco sales, includes device storehouse (1), its characterized in that: the device comprises a device bin (1), a partition board (3) and a heating bin (20), wherein the partition board (3) is fixedly connected to the inside of the device bin (1), and the heating bin (20) is fixedly connected to the bottom of the partition board (3);
an air inlet groove (27) is formed in the right side face of the device bin (1), a plurality of heaters (22) are fixedly mounted on the front inner wall and the back inner wall of the heating bin (20), an air outlet groove (30) is formed in the top face of the heating bin (20), a first exhaust fan (21) is fixedly mounted on the top face of the heating bin (20), a second exhaust fan (23) is fixedly mounted on the right side inner wall of the device bin (1), a filter plate (25) is placed in the air inlet groove (27), a filter screen (24) is inlaid on the filter plate (25), a first rubber ring (26) is fixedly sleeved on the peripheral wall of the filter plate (25), and a plurality of connecting holes (2) are formed in the bottom face of the partition plate (3);
the device is characterized in that a placement component is arranged in the device bin (1), and a sealing component is arranged on the device bin (1).
2. A moisture resistant storage device for tobacco marketing according to claim 1, wherein: the heating bin (20) is in a cuboid shape with hollow inside and missing bottom surfaces and right side surfaces, the air outlet groove (30) is covered by the first exhaust fan (21), the air outlet groove (30) is covered by the second exhaust fan (23), and the first rubber ring (26) and the air inlet groove (27) are covered.
3. A moisture resistant storage device for tobacco marketing according to claim 2, wherein: a placing groove (12) is formed in the left side face of the device bin (1), and a glass plate (13) is fixedly connected inside the placing groove (12).
4. A moisture resistant storage device for tobacco marketing according to claim 1, wherein: the device comprises a device bin (1), wherein the device bin (1) is internally provided with a plurality of three fixing grooves (29) on the inner wall of the right side of the device bin (1), the three device bin (1) is respectively provided with a plurality of fixing grooves (29), the three device bin (4) is respectively extended to the inner parts of the three fixing grooves (29), the outer peripheral walls of the three device bin (4) are fixedly sleeved with second rubber rings (28), the top of the partition board (3) is provided with a supporting board (18), the left side surface of the supporting board (18) is fixedly connected with a mounting board (15), the inner bottom wall of the device bin (1) is fixedly provided with a first electric push rod (19), the output end of the first electric push rod (19) penetrates through the partition board (3) and extends to the bottom surface of the supporting board (18), the top surface of the supporting board (18) is provided with a moving board (17), the left side surface of the mounting board (15) is fixedly provided with a second electric push rod (14), the left side surface of the second electric push rod (14) penetrates through the moving board (17) and extends to the top surface of the moving board (17), the top surface of the moving board (17) is provided with a limiting hole (6), the storage battery (16) is fixedly arranged on the inner bottom wall of the device bin (1).
5. A moisture resistant storage device for tobacco marketing according to claim 4, wherein: the first electric push rod (19) is fixedly connected with the supporting plate (18), the second electric push rod (14) is fixedly connected with the moving plate (17), the second rubber ring (28) is tightly attached to the fixing groove (29), and the limiting rod (6) is in clearance fit with the limiting hole (5).
6. A moisture resistant storage device for tobacco marketing according to claim 5, wherein: the top surface of baffle (3) has seted up first through-hole, the output of first electric putter (19) runs through first through-hole and rather than clearance fit, the left surface of mounting panel (15) has seted up the second through-hole, the output of second electric putter (14) runs through the second through-hole and rather than clearance fit.
7. A moisture resistant storage device for tobacco marketing according to claim 4, wherein: the sealing assembly comprises a hinged frame (11), the hinged frame (11) is fixedly connected to the top surface of the device bin (1), a supporting block (7) is fixedly connected to the top surface of the device bin (1), the hinged frame (11) is hinged to a sealing plate (9), the sealing plate (9) is attached to the supporting block (7), a connecting groove (8) is formed in the top surface of the device bin (1), and one end of the bottom surface of the sealing plate (9) is fixedly connected with a rubber pad (10) extending to the inside of the connecting groove (8).
8. A moisture resistant storage for tobacco marketing according to claim 7, wherein: the rubber pad (10) is attached to the connecting groove (8), and the device bin (1) is in the shape of a cuboid with a hollow inside.
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