CN220841663U - Discharge apparatus of paper cup make-up machine - Google Patents
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The application relates to a discharging device of a paper cup forming machine, which comprises a bottom plate, wherein the left end of the upper surface of the bottom plate is fixedly connected with a vertical plate, the upper surface of the vertical plate is fixedly connected with a fixing plate, four corners on the right side of the lower surface of the fixing plate are fixedly connected with smooth pipes, the bottom ends of the smooth pipes are provided with openings, moving pipes are slidably arranged in the smooth pipes, the bottom ends of the moving pipes are fixedly connected with moving plates, the middle parts of the moving plates are fixedly connected with connecting shafts, the bottom ends of the connecting shafts are fixedly connected with extrusion blocks, the top ends of the connecting shafts are fixedly connected with threaded rods, a hydraulic cylinder is arranged in front of the fixing plate, the output ends of the hydraulic cylinders are fixedly connected with racks, and the right sides of the racks are connected with first gears in a meshed mode. The application has the effect of improving the problem that the supporting plate is easy to deform or even destroy the formed paper cup with certain gravity to influence the quality of the paper cup when the paper cup is extruded.
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Technical Field
The application relates to the technical field of paper cup unloading, in particular to a discharging device of a paper cup forming machine.
Background
At present, paper cups are produced by paper cup machines, and are composed of two structures of a cup body and a cup bottom, and the high-speed paper cup machines are required to be subjected to the following mechanism action engineering: the paper cup mainly comprises paper sucking and feeding, cup sealing, sleeve conveying, cup bottom paper conveying, cup bottom cutting, bottom combination, cup bottom hot curling, cup bottom rolling and sealing, cup opening curling, cup blowing and discharging and the like to finish the production of paper cups; after paper cup production is completed, in order to be convenient for carry the paper cup, the paper cup pushes up the cup through cam rocker transmission, and the paper cup is carried in the tuber pipe, adopts wind-force to blow the cup in the tuber pipe, blows the paper cup to the position that the staff collected through pipeline transportation.
In the related art, the Chinese patent with the bulletin number of CN211808134U provides a discharge device of paper cup forming machine, when the paper cup rolls down to the flat board under the overturning effect of turning over the cup palm, motor drive double-end threaded rod rotates, and two sliders are all driven to move, and two sliders drive locating piece and extrusion piece respectively and move towards the paper cup, and recess and paper cup bottom butt on the locating piece, extrusion piece peg graft in the paper cup rather than corresponding, at the mutual extrusion effect of extrusion piece and locating piece, laminating between the adjacent paper cup is inseparabler.
The related art in the above has the following drawbacks: when the paper cup is extruded, the supporting plate is easy to deform or even destroy the formed paper cup with certain gravity, and the quality of the paper cup is affected.
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In order to solve the problem that when the paper cup is extruded, the supporting plate is easy to deform or even destroy the formed paper cup with certain gravity, and the quality of the paper cup is affected, the application provides a discharging device of a paper cup forming machine.
The application provides a discharging device of a paper cup forming machine, which adopts the following technical scheme:
The utility model provides a discharge apparatus of paper cup make-up machine, includes the bottom plate, bottom plate upper surface left end fixedly connected with riser, riser upper surface fixedly connected with fixed plate, the equal fixedly connected with smooth pipe in four corners on fixed plate lower surface right side, smooth pipe bottom sets up to the opening, the inside slidable of smooth pipe is provided with the movable pipe, movable pipe bottom fixedly connected with movable plate, movable plate middle part fixedly connected with connecting axle, connecting axle bottom fixedly connected with extrusion piece, connecting axle top fixedly connected with threaded rod, the intercommunicating pore has been seted up to the fixed plate right-hand member, the threaded rod top passes the intercommunicating pore, threaded rod surface middle part spiro union is the screwed pipe, fixed plate lower surface right-hand member fixedly connected with ball bearing, ball bearing inside wall and the top fixedly connected with of screwed pipe surface, the fixed plate the place ahead is provided with pneumatic cylinder, pneumatic cylinder output fixedly connected with moves the pipe, right side meshing is connected with first gear, first gear top fixedly connected with main shaft, but main shaft top and fixed surface rotation of main shaft and fixed plate lower surface, rack and second external surface fixedly connected with rack, the fixed surface is connected with second external surface.
Still further, fixed knot constructs including the axis of rotation, the inside working chamber that is provided with of bottom plate right-hand member, the axis of rotation is rotatable to be set up at bottom plate lower surface right side middle part, the axis of rotation top stretches into the inside fixedly connected with dwang of bottom plate, dwang lower surface and bottom plate inner bottom side wall contact, the left end and the right-hand member of dwang upper surface are all rotatable to be connected with the connecting plate, connecting plate upper surface inboard rotatable coupling has the movable block, the sliding hole has all been seted up on the right front side and the right rear side of bottom plate upper surface, the movable block slidable sets up inside the sliding hole, movable block upper surface fixedly connected with clamping plate, clamping plate lower surface and bottom plate upper surface contact, clamping plate medial surface top fixedly connected with clamping block, two sets of contact between the clamping block is provided with paper cup group, the working hole has been seted up on the right front side of bottom plate upper surface, two sets of control holes have been seted up on the right front side of bottom plate lower surface, movable control axle is provided with the control panel, the control axle bottom end is located the bottom plate upper surface of screw thread, the control axle is located the bottom plate upper surface and is equipped with the screw thread surface.
Still further, bottom plate upper surface right-hand member fixedly connected with blotter, blotter upper surface fixedly connected with rubber pad, the draw-in groove has been seted up to the rubber pad upper surface, paper cup group bottom cartridge is inside the draw-in groove.
Still further, the left end and the right-hand member of movable block all fixedly connected with slider, the spout has been seted up to the slide hole inside wall, the slider slidable sets up inside the spout.
Further, the bottom end of the rotating shaft is fixedly connected with a rotating wheel, and the outer surface of the rotating wheel is fixedly connected with a rubber handle.
Furthermore, three groups of round holes are formed in the vertical plate, and the sizes of the three groups of round holes are consistent.
Furthermore, the upper surface of the hydraulic cylinder is fixedly connected with a fixed block, and the back surface of the fixed block is fixedly connected with the front surface of the fixed plate.
Furthermore, the four corners of the lower surface of the bottom plate are fixedly connected with struts, and the bottom ends of the struts are fixedly connected with bases.
In summary, the beneficial technical effects of the application are as follows: can carry out better extrusion to the paper cup to can not cause the destruction to the paper cup relatively, place multiunit paper cup on the rubber pad, under the drive of pneumatic cylinder, can make the rack drive first gear rotate, and then make the second gear drive screwed pipe rotate, ball bearing can assist screwed pipe to stabilize and rotate, the moving pipe can reciprocate inside the smooth pipe, and then make the threaded rod reciprocate under the effect of screwed pipe, make the extrusion piece get into the paper cup that is located the top, and produce the extrusion force downwards, extrude multiunit shaping together, can fix the paper cup simultaneously, the control axis of rotation drives the pivoted plate and rotates, and then make the connecting plate drive the movable block and move in the bottom plate is inside, make the clamping plate drive the clamping block and press from both sides tightly fixedly to the paper cup, the cooperation effect of blotter and rubber pad can further improve the guard action of device to the paper cup group, the control axle clamps in the control hole of different positions, can adjust the interval between two sets of clamping blocks, can make the device can fix the paper cup of different sizes, improve the practicality.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic overall structure of an embodiment of the present application.
Fig. 2 is a partially enlarged schematic structural view of the rotating plate portion.
Fig. 3 is an enlarged partial schematic view of the first gear and the second gear portion.
Reference numerals: 1. a bottom plate; 2. a riser; 3. a fixing plate; 4. a smooth tube; 5. a moving tube; 6. a moving plate; 7. a connecting shaft; 8. extruding a block; 9. a threaded rod; 10. a threaded tube; 11. a ball bearing; 12. a hydraulic cylinder; 13. a rack; 14. a first gear; 15. a second gear;
16. A fixed structure; 1601. a rotating shaft; 1602. a rotating plate; 1603. a connecting plate; 1604. a moving block; 1605. a clamping plate; 1606. a clamping block; 1607. a control board; 1608. a control shaft; 1609. a rotating block; 1610. a cushion pad; 1611. a rubber pad; 1612. a slide block; 1613. a rotating wheel;
17. A paper cup group; 18. a fixed block; 19. a support post; 20. and (5) a base.
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The following description of the embodiments of the present application will be made apparent and fully in view of the accompanying drawings, in which some, but not all embodiments of the application are shown. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the application without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the application.
As shown in fig. 1-3, the embodiment of the application discloses a discharging device of a paper cup forming machine, which comprises a bottom plate 1, the left end of the upper surface of the bottom plate 1 is fixedly connected with a vertical plate 2, the upper surface of the vertical plate 2 is fixedly connected with a fixed plate 3, four corners on the right side of the lower surface of the fixed plate 3 are fixedly connected with a smooth pipe 4, a movable pipe 5 is slidably arranged in the smooth pipe 4, the bottom end of the movable pipe 5 is fixedly connected with a movable plate 6, the middle part of the movable plate 6 is fixedly connected with a connecting shaft 7, the bottom end of the connecting shaft 7 is fixedly connected with a squeezing block 8, the top end of the connecting shaft 7 is fixedly connected with a threaded rod 9, the right end of the fixed plate 3 is provided with a communication hole, the top end of the threaded rod 9 penetrates through the communication hole, the middle part of the outer surface of the threaded rod 9 is provided with a threaded pipe 10, the right end of the lower surface of the fixed plate 3 is fixedly connected with a ball bearing 11, the front of the fixed plate 3 is provided with a hydraulic cylinder 12, the output end of the hydraulic cylinder 12 is fixedly connected with a rack 13, the right side of the rack 13 is in meshed connection with a first gear 14, the top end of the first gear 14 is fixedly connected with a main shaft, the top end of the first gear is rotatably connected with the main shaft, the top end of the main shaft is rotatably connected with the lower surface of the fixed plate 3, the lower surface of the fixed plate is fixedly connected with the lower surface of the fixed plate 15, and the second gear 15 is fixedly connected with a bottom plate 1.
In order to extrude paper cups better and avoid damaging paper cups, a plurality of groups of paper cups are placed on a rubber pad 1611, under the driving of a hydraulic cylinder 12, a rack 13 can drive a first gear 14 to rotate, a second gear 15 can further drive a threaded pipe 10 to rotate, a ball bearing 11 can assist the threaded pipe 10 to stably rotate, a moving pipe 5 can move up and down in the smooth pipe 4, a threaded rod 9 can further move up and down under the action of the threaded pipe 10, a extruding block 8 enters the paper cup at the uppermost part and generates extruding force downwards, and a plurality of groups of molded paper cups are extruded together.
As shown in fig. 1-2, the fixing structure 16 includes a rotation shaft 1601, the top end of the rotation shaft 1601 extends into the bottom plate 1, a rotation plate 1602 is fixedly connected to the inside of the bottom plate 1, both the left end and the right end of the upper surface of the rotation plate 1602 are rotatably connected to a connection plate 1603, the inner side of the upper surface of the connection plate 1603 is rotatably connected to a moving block 1604, sliding holes are formed in both the right front side and the right rear side of the upper surface of the bottom plate 1, the moving block 1604 is slidably disposed in the sliding holes, the upper surface of the moving block 1604 is fixedly connected to a clamping plate 1605, the top end of the inner side of the clamping plate 1605 is fixedly connected to a clamping block 1606, a paper cup group 17 is disposed between the two groups of clamping blocks 1606 in a contact manner, a working hole is formed in the right front side of the upper surface of the bottom plate 1, two groups of control holes are formed in the right front side of the upper surface of the bottom plate 1, a control plate 1607 is movably disposed on the control plate 1607, threads are disposed on the outer surface of the control shaft 1608, the bottom end of the control shaft 1609 is screwed to the upper surface of the control plate 1609, and the upper surface of the bottom plate 1 is in contact with the bottom surface of the bottom plate 1. The right end fixedly connected with blotter 1610 on bottom plate 1 upper surface, blotter 1610 upper surface fixedly connected with rubber pad 1611, the left end and the right-hand member of movable block 1604 all fixedly connected with slider 1612, the spout has been seted up to the slide hole inside wall, slider 1612 slidable setting is inside the spout.
In the actual setting, can also fix the paper cup to a certain extent, control rotation axis 1601 drives the rotor plate 1602 and rotates, and then makes connecting plate 1603 drive movable block 1604 and remove inside bottom plate 1, makes clamping plate 1605 drive clamping block 1606 and press from both sides tightly fixedly to the paper cup, and with control shaft 1608 cartridge in the control hole of different positions inside, can adjust the interval between two sets of clamping blocks 1606, can make the device can fix not unidimensional paper cup, improves the practicality.
The cooperation of the cushion 1610 and the rubber pad 1611 can further improve the protection effect of the device on the paper cup set 17, and the slide block 1612 can move inside the chute and assist the moving block 1604 to move stably inside the bottom plate 1.
As shown in fig. 1-3, in order to make it more convenient for a worker to control the rotation shaft 1601 to rotate and improve the comfort of the device, the bottom end of the rotation shaft 1601 is fixedly connected with a rotation wheel 1613, and the outer surface of the rotation wheel 1613 is fixedly connected with a rubber handle. In order to fix the hydraulic cylinder 12 and enable the hydraulic cylinder 12 to work stably, a fixing block 18 is fixedly connected to the upper surface of the hydraulic cylinder 12, and the back surface of the fixing block 18 is fixedly connected with the front surface of the fixing plate 3. In order to stably fix the device at an appropriate external position, the four corners of the lower surface of the bottom plate 1 are fixedly connected with support posts 19, and the bottom ends of the support posts 19 are fixedly connected with bases 20.
The embodiment of the application discloses a discharge device of a paper cup forming machine, which is implemented according to the following principle: when the paper cup forming device is used, firstly, the device is fixed at an appropriate external position through the support posts 19 and the base 20, a plurality of groups of forming paper cups needing to be extruded together are sequentially placed on the device, the paper cups can be fixed to a certain extent, the rotating shaft 1601 is controlled to drive the rotating plate 1602 to rotate, then the connecting plate 1603 is driven to drive the moving block 1604 to move inside the bottom plate 1, the clamping plate 1605 is driven to drive the clamping block 1606 to clamp and fix the paper cups, the control shaft 1608 is clamped inside the control holes at different positions, the distance between the two groups of clamping blocks 1606 can be adjusted, the device can fix paper cups with different sizes, then the rack 13 can drive the first gear 14 to rotate under the driving of the hydraulic cylinder 12, the second gear 15 can drive the threaded pipe 10 to rotate, the ball bearing 11 can assist the threaded pipe 10 to rotate stably, the moving pipe 5 can move up and down inside the smooth pipe 4, the threaded pipe 9 can move up and down under the action of the threaded pipe 10, the extrusion block 8 enters the paper cups at the uppermost extrusion force, and the paper cups are downwards generated, the plurality of groups of forming paper cups are extruded together, and then the paper cups can be extruded by a plurality of paper cups are removed by workers.
The above embodiments are not intended to limit the scope of the present application, so: all equivalent changes in structure, shape and principle of the application should be covered in the scope of protection of the application.
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1. The utility model provides a discharge apparatus of paper cup make-up machine, includes bottom plate (1), its characterized in that: the utility model discloses a hydraulic power generation device, including bottom plate (1), connecting axle (7) top fixedly connected with threaded rod (9), the communication hole has been seted up to fixed plate (3) right-hand member, threaded rod (9) top passes the communication hole, threaded pipe (10) are equipped with to smooth pipe (4) bottom setting, smooth pipe (4) inside slidable is provided with movable tube (5), movable tube (5) bottom fixedly connected with movable plate (6), movable plate (6) middle part fixedly connected with connecting axle (7), connecting axle (7) bottom fixedly connected with extrusion piece (8), connecting axle (7) top fixedly connected with threaded rod (9), threaded rod (9) right-hand member has been seted up, threaded rod (9) top pass the communication hole, threaded rod (10) are equipped with to threaded rod (9) surface middle part spiral shell, fixed connection ball bearing (11) on the lower surface right-hand member of fixed plate (3), ball bearing (11) inside wall and threaded pipe (10) top fixedly connected with connecting axle (7), connecting axle (12) are connected with a hydraulic power generation device (14) top fixedly connected with a hydraulic cylinder (14), a hydraulic power generation device (14) is connected with a hydraulic cylinder (13), the top end of the main shaft is rotatably connected with the lower surface of the fixed plate (3), a second gear (15) is fixedly connected below the outer surface of the threaded pipe (10), the first gear (14) is meshed with the second gear (15), and a fixed structure (16) is arranged on the bottom plate (1).
2. The discharge device of a paper cup forming machine of claim 1, wherein: the fixing structure (16) comprises a rotating shaft (1601), a working cavity is arranged inside the right end of the bottom plate (1), the rotating shaft (1601) is rotatably arranged at the middle part of the right side of the upper surface of the bottom plate (1), the top end of the rotating shaft (1601) stretches into the rotating plate (1602) fixedly connected with the inner side wall of the bottom plate (1), the lower surface of the rotating plate (1602) is contacted with the inner bottom wall of the bottom plate (1), the left end and the right end of the upper surface of the rotating plate (1602) are rotatably connected with a connecting plate (1603), the inner side of the upper surface of the connecting plate (1603) is rotatably connected with a moving block (1604), the right front side and the right rear side of the upper surface of the bottom plate (1) are respectively provided with a sliding hole, the moving block (1604) is slidably arranged inside the sliding holes, the upper surface of the moving block (1604) is fixedly connected with a clamping plate (1605), the lower surface of the clamping plate (1605) is contacted with the upper surface of the bottom plate (1), the inner side of the clamping plate (1605) is fixedly connected with a clamping block (1606), two groups of the clamping blocks (1603) are rotatably connected with the upper surface of the bottom plate (1), the right control plate (1607) is provided with the right control plate (1607), the bottom end of the control shaft (1608) penetrates through a control hole positioned on the right side of the bottom plate (1) and moves to the lower side of the bottom plate (1), threads are arranged on the outer surface of the bottom end of the control shaft (1608), a rotating block (1609) is screwed on the bottom end of the outer surface of the control shaft (1608), and the upper surface of the rotating block (1609) is in contact with the lower surface of the bottom plate (1).
3. The discharge device of a paper cup forming machine of claim 2, wherein: the right end of the upper surface of the bottom plate (1) is fixedly connected with a cushion pad (1610), the upper surface of the cushion pad (1610) is fixedly connected with a rubber pad (1611), a clamping groove is formed in the upper surface of the rubber pad (1611), and the bottom end of the paper cup group (17) is clamped inside the clamping groove.
4. A discharge apparatus of a paper cup forming machine as claimed in claim 3, wherein: the left end and the right end of the moving block (1604) are fixedly connected with sliding blocks (1612), sliding grooves are formed in the inner side walls of the sliding holes, and the sliding blocks (1612) are slidably arranged in the sliding grooves.
5. The discharge device of a paper cup forming machine of claim 4, wherein: the bottom end of the rotating shaft (1601) is fixedly connected with a rotating wheel (1613), and the outer surface of the rotating wheel (1613) is fixedly connected with a rubber handle.
6. The discharge device of a paper cup forming machine of claim 5, wherein: three groups of round holes are formed in the vertical plate (2), and the sizes of the three groups of round holes are consistent.
7. The discharge device of a paper cup forming machine of claim 6, wherein: the upper surface of the hydraulic cylinder (12) is fixedly connected with a fixed block (18), and the back of the fixed block (18) is fixedly connected with the front of the fixed plate (3).
8. The discharge device of a paper cup forming machine of claim 7, wherein: the four corners of the lower surface of the bottom plate (1) are fixedly connected with supporting columns (19), and the bottom ends of the supporting columns (19) are fixedly connected with bases (20).
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