RU121247U1 - DEVICE FOR ORIENTING JAMMERS - Google Patents

Abstract

1. A device for orientation of plugs, which contains a hopper (1), a stationary plate (3) that serves as an inclined surface, a disk (2) with blades (2.1) fixed on it for lifting plugs from the bottom of the hopper (1) into the working area of the channel alignment (6), alignment channel (6), inclined path (11) for guiding correctly positioned plugs into the plugging mechanism, characterized in that it contains a lever (5) for feeding plugs into the working area of the blades (2.1), a protrusion to avoid plugs entering located on the side, into the alignment channel (6) and for returning back to the bottom of the bin (1), the plate (8), located on the inner side of the alignment channel, correcting the position of the non-oriented plugs and setting the trajectory of the upper plug movement at the exit from the alignment channel ( 6), a relatively low and with a small area supporting surface on the path of movement of non-oriented plugs coming out of the alignment channel for separation and further transportation and plugs located with the bottom to the supporting surface, and whose center of gravity is closer to the bottom than to the neck, on the inclined path (11), contains a limiting plate (9), which prevents plugs from the lining channel (6) from falling onto the stationary plate (4 ), a stationary plate (4), with a projection (7) for separating the plugs and a cover that covers the inside of the hopper (1). ! 2. A device for orienting plugs according to claim 1, characterized in that the hopper (1) is inclined backward by 15-35 ° relative to the vertical passing through the center of the hopper (1), so that the stationary plate (3) located in the hopper, stationary plate (4), disc (2) and channel lining up

Description

Area of use

The invention relates to the field of spill and clogging mechanisms, more specifically to cork orientation devices that are used in the chemical, food industry and pharmaceuticals.

State of the art

A device for orienting a cork is known, which comprises a hopper, a drum located on a horizontal roller, the cylindrical surface of which is formed of horizontal rods (spokes), a bent plate along the drum profile that surrounds the lower half of the drum, and the distance between the drum and the bent plate is half the height plugs and the upper edge of the bent plate is located with the drum roller at the same level and secured by a groove to the edge of the upper plate. A groove corresponding to the plug profile guides the plugs into the plugging mechanism (SU 631441, B67B 1/04, 1977).

The device works as follows. A portion of the plugs is fed from the hopper into the rotating drum, the plugs are caught by the spokes of the drum and pushed from the bottom of the drum past the surrounding plate upwards, during which the plugs are placed in an upright position, only those plugs that are located with respect to the plate bottom-down move along the gutter located to the plate with the neck down, fall to the bottom of the hopper, because the center of gravity of the cork is closer to the bottom.

The disadvantage of this device is that the plugs are collected in the alignment zone, there are clusters that interfere with the correct location of the plugs at the outlet of the drum.

A device for orienting a cork is known, which comprises a hopper, a feed drum, an orientation drum, bent discs that are fixed under the named drums in the shape of a drum, the upper surface of the drums being formed of horizontal rods and the feed drum located inside the orientation drum, on the same roller with the orientation drum . Both drums are equipped with pivoting rails for further transportation of plugs. Above the disk of the feed drum there is a plate, with a change in the position of which it is possible to regulate the number of plugs fed into the orientation drum (RU 239193 C2, B67B 3-06, 2006).

The device works as follows. The corks are poured into the hopper, from where they along the gravity flow enter the plate of the feed drum, from where they are captured by the horizontal rods (knitting needles, rods) of the feed drum and move along the disk to the edge of the rotatable plate of the feed drum, from where the non-orientable plugs are fed to the plate of the orientation drum, then traffic jams between the horizontal spokes of the orientation drum are captured and move to the edge of the rotating bar of the orientation drum, from where they are fed further in a single vertical position. In the upright position, the plugs move along the chute in the direction of the clogging mechanism, the plugs that are located upside down fall back into the orientation drum, because the center of gravity of the plug is closer to the bottom, while the plugs that are bottom-down move further down the chute into the mechanism clogging. The synchronization of the productivity of the feed and orientation drums occurs along the groove of the feed drum along with the movement of the plate.

The disadvantage of this solution is the complex design, the volume of work in the manufacture of the device, problems arising from the different productivity of the feed and orientation drums.

A device for orienting plugs with a tear strip is known (NL 6907688, B76B 3/064, 05.20.1969). In relation to a cork with a tear strip, on the side of the neck of the cork there is a tear strip, which was invented to remove the cork manually. The known device includes a drum, an inclined plate located in the drum, which serves to direct traffic jams into the alignment channel, an inclined surface for returning traffic jams that did not fall into the alignment channel, a drive on a boulder of fixed vanes for lifting plugs from the bottom of the drum to a stationary inclined surface, channel alignment, which is divided into 2 parts with intermediate channels for rolling, an intermediate channel for removing plugs from the gap, which is located opposite the cork lining channel, with a neck and a tear strip for further transportation of the plugs located bottom-down, a deflector for changing the direction of movement of the plugs that slid from the inclined surface.

The said device for orienting the plugs works according to the following: plugs rise from the bottom of the hopper onto a stationary inclined surface with rotating blades, plugs are directed to the top of the alignment channel with an inclined disk, plugs disintegrate in the alignment channel and slide down it to the intermediate channel, the intermediate channel does not separate correctly located traffic jams. Incorrectly located are those plugs that are located by the neck and the tear strip opposite the alignment channel and the bottom out. Since the center of gravity of the plug is located closer to the bottom, improperly located plugs cannot overcome the intermediate channel and fall on the deflector, which returns such plugs back to the bottom of the hopper. Correctly located plugs overcome the intermediate channel and fall into the lower channel of the plugs, from where they are sent to the mouth of the main channel of the plugging mechanism. The disadvantage of this solution is the low performance and rather high noise level that comes from the blades and their location.

The essence of the invention

The purpose of this solution is a device for orienting plugs, which is simple in design, with a long service life, which is easy to manufacture and whose noise level is low.

To accomplish the aforementioned goal, a device for orienting plugs has been used, which contains a hopper with a slope of 15-35 degrees in working position, which is why the stationary plates, alignment channel and blade with blades in the hopper work on an inclined surface. A hopper is used, which contains a disk with blades located; a drive to the roller; a stationary plate located above the disk with blades. A stationary plate has 1 and 2 sides of the alignment channel. The hopper also contains a protrusion at the entrance of the alignment channel for removing plugs located on its side, a paw for transporting plugs to the working area of the blades, a plate on the inner side of the upper end of the alignment channel, which corrects the position of non-oriented plugs and sets the trajectory until it leaves the alignment channel for separation plugs with a curved edge emerging from the alignment channel, a bounding plate on the side wall of the alignment channel and an inclined path for guiding the plugs that are in the correct th position, in the main (central) channel of the clogging mechanism.

List of drawings and illustrated material

Figure 1 is a front view of a device for orienting traffic jams.

Figure 2 - device for orienting traffic jams, section aa.

Figure 3 - device for orienting traffic jams in a perspective view.

An example implementation (implementation) of the invention

The device for orienting the plugs contains a hopper 1, a disc 2 located in the hopper, on the edges of which are fixed blades 2.1, a stationary plate 3, a stationary plate 4, a lever 5 for transporting the plugs in the working area of the blades, the channel for aligning the plugs 6, the upper part of which is inclined in the direction the main channel of the clogging mechanism, a protrusion 7 for removing plugs located on the side in the alignment channel 6 and for falling onto the bottom of the hopper 1, plate 8, which corrects the position of the aligned non-oriented plugs and sets the trajectory of the upper tube to exit from the alignment channel, restricting the plate 9, preventing the plugs from the alignment channel 6 from falling onto the stationary plate 4, with the curved end of the strip 10, the end of which is the supporting surface for the tube located bottom-down when moving from the alignment channel 6 to the inclined the path 11 and the inclined path 11 for guiding the plugs located bottom-down into the main (central) channel of the plugging mechanism.

This cork orientation device is primarily designed to orient plastic corks equipped with a gasket, for example, such corks are used to close large bottles of drinking water and to be placed upside down in a drinking machine. In such a cork, the tip of the tube, at the lower end of which there is an additional cork, the end of the tube tip flush with the outer surface of the bottom of the cork is covered with a sticker that is removed from the side of the cork immediately before the corked bottle is placed in the dispensing machine. The diameter of the cork is greater than the height of the cork protruding edge, which is located on the side of the bottom of the cork and whose width is ¼ ... 1/3 of the height of the cork. To remove the cork from the bottle manually, the neck of the cork is equipped with a tear strip. This plug orientation device is suitable for plugs with a tear strip and without it.

This device for orienting plugs has the ability to work with all plastic plugs whose center of gravity is shifted to the center of the plug.

The hopper 1 is oriented in relation to the vertical with a slope of 15-35 degrees back. Due to the inclination of the hopper 1, the stationary plate 3 located in the hopper 1, the stationary plate 4, the alignment channel 6 and the disk 2 operate on inclined surfaces.

Disc 2 is mounted on an axis. The intermediate distance of the disk 2 and the stationary plate 3 1/3 ... 1/2 from the height of the cork. On the outer surface of the disk 2, the blades 2.1 are rigidly fixed. An example is given on the disk 22 of the cork orientation device four blades 2.1. The blades 2.1 can be on disk 2 minimum - 3, maximum - 6. The number of blades 2.1 depends on the size of the plugs. When choosing, one should proceed from whether the plugs fit freely between the vanes 2.1 and from the performance of the plugging mechanism. With disk 2, rigidly rotating and together with the disk rotating blades create little noise and are more wear-resistant.

The stationary plate 3 is an irregularly shaped plate that is located above the disk 2, parallel to it, and the working area of the alignment channel 6 is left open. The edge of the disk 2 is thicker than the bottom of the disk 2 above the bottom of the alignment channel 6, due to this the edge of the turning disk 2, It is one of the supporting surfaces for plugs located in the channel. An inclined path 11 is formed in the upper edge of the stationary plate 3. The width of the inclined path 11 corresponds to the height of the cork and the end of the inclined path is inclined towards the main (central, leading) channel of the plugging mechanism and connected with it.

One side of the alignment channel 6 is formed from the edge of the stationary plate 3. The stationary plate 4 is a plate with an irregular shape. A protrusion 7 is formed from the edge of the stationary plate 4 to separate the plugs located along the edge of the alignment channel 6.

The alignment channel is formed between the edge of the stationary plate 3 and after it the next stationary edge of the plate 4, the distance between which is slightly larger than the diameter of the cork. The lower end of the alignment channel with blades 2.1 in the working area of the disk 2 and the upper end is inclined towards the main channel of the clogging mechanism. The width of the alignment channel is slightly wider than the diameter of the cork, the depth is 1/3 ... ½ of the height of the cork. The alignment channel 6 is equipped with a protrusion 7 to prevent movement of plugs located on the side and to return them to the bottom of the hopper 1. Also, the alignment channel 6 is equipped with a plate 8, which is located on the inner side of the upper end of the channel, the plate corrects the position of the aligned non-orientable plugs and sets the trajectory of movement of the upper tube before exiting the alignment channel 6. It is also equipped with a limiting plate 9, which prevents the plugs from entering the alignment channel 6 on a stationary plate 4. Pr than the projection 7 formed by the edge of the fixed plate 4 and reaches the center of the channel 6. The alignment distance between the protrusion 7 and the bottom of the alignment channel 6 smaller tube diameter. The upper edge of the plate 8, attached to the upper end of the alignment channel 6, is curved inward and the upper end is narrowed. The plate 8 is located so that the narrowed end of the channel alignment 6 goes onto the path of movement of the cork.

Planck 10 serves to separate correctly oriented plugs from non-oriented plugs exiting from alignment channel 6 and for directing to an inclined path 11. Planck 10 is secured from the alignment channel 6 so that the end of strip 10 restricts alignment channel 6 along the plug’s path.

The lever 5 for feeding plugs into the working area of the blades 2.1 is located above the stationary plate 3, on the same axis with the disk 2.

The originality of this device for orienting the plug is that non-oriented plugs that fall into the alignment channel 6 are pushed by the vanes 2.1 of the rotating disk 2 along the alignment channel 6, which is oriented obliquely backward and in the direction of the main channel of the plugging mechanism. Moreover, to get into the alignment channel 6, traffic jams are directed downward through the protrusion, the position of the trajectory of movement of non-orientable plugs reaching the upper end of the alignment channel 6 is adjusted by a plate 8 located on the inner side of the alignment channel 6. Among the exits from the alignment channel 6, the plugs located downward neck are separated traffic jams, located bottom-down, with the help of a supporting circuit, which is located along the path of traffic jams and occupies a relatively small area. To do this, in the proposed example, the bar 10 is applied.

Along the aforementioned supporting surface, only plugs can be located that are bottom-down, whose center of gravity is closer to the bottom and also closer to the supporting surface and whose bottom rests on this supporting surface. With their neck-up, the plugs located do not find sufficient support in the aforementioned supporting surface, lose their balance and fall to the bottom of the hopper 1.

A device for orienting traffic jams works as follows. A portion of the plugs is poured into the hopper 1. By turning the lever 5 and the blades 2.1, the plugs rise from the bottom of the hopper 1 into the working area of the alignment channel 6, where under the influence of the shocks of the blades 2.1, the plugs enter the alignment channel 6. The protrusion 7 prevents the further movement of the plugs located on the side. Because the cork located on the side does not pass the protrusion and falls back to the bottom of the hopper 1. Under the influence of the shocks of the blades 2.1, the non-oriented corks, which are located either bottom to top or neck to top, move up along the lining channel 6. The corks move past the plate one after another 8, located at the upper end of the alignment channel 6. The upper edge bent inward of the plate 8 adjusts the position of the upper tube in the alignment channel and the narrowed upper end of the plate 8 defines the trajectory of the tube at the exit de alignment from the channel and further movement in the direction of the main mechanisms; channel clogging. The cork coming out of the alignment channel 6 subsequently falls to the end of the bar 10. If the cork is located bottom to bottom, the bottom of the cork finds a necessary supporting surface for further movement at the end of the bar 10. Since the center of gravity of the cork is closer to the bottom than to neck, the movement of the plug through the end of the strap 10 and from there on to the inclined path 11 does not bring the plug out of balance and the plug reaches the main channel of the plugging mechanism. A cork that has landed in the alignment channel 6 with its neck down or its neck together with a tear strip down does not find a sufficient supporting surface at the end of the plank 10 and loses balance. Since the center of gravity of the plug is closer to the bottom than to the neck, the plug falls under the influence of gravity onto the inclined surface 3, from where it rolls to the bottom of the hopper 1, from where the plug together with other plugs is transported again to the working area of the alignment channel 6.

This device for orienting traffic jams by design is simple, easy to manufacture, reliable and low noise. The described device for orienting the cork was successfully tested on the line for the production of large bottles of drinking water.

Claims (7)

1. A device for orienting plugs, which contains a hopper (1), a stationary plate (3) that performs the function of an inclined surface, a disk (2) with blades fixed on it (2.1) for lifting plugs from the bottom of the hopper (1) into the working area of the channel alignment (6), alignment channel (6), inclined path (11) for guiding correctly positioned plugs to the clogging mechanism, characterized in that it contains a lever (5) for feeding plugs into the working area of the blades (2.1), a protrusion to avoid getting plugs located on the side into the alignment channel (6) and for returning back to the bottom of the hopper (1), a plate (8) located on the inner side of the alignment channel, correcting the position of non-oriented plugs and setting the trajectory of the upper tube at the outlet of the alignment channel (6), a relatively low supporting surface with a small area on the way the movement of non-oriented plugs emerging from the alignment channel to separate and further transport plugs located bottom to the supporting surface, and whose center of gravity is closer to the bottom than to the neck, on the inclined path (11) contains a bounding plate (9), which prevents the plugs from the alignment channel (6) from reaching the stationary plate (4), stationary plate (4), with a protrusion (7) for separating the plugs and a cover covering the inside of the hopper (one). 2. A device for orienting traffic jams according to claim 1, characterized in that the hopper (1) is inclined backward by 15-35 ° relative to the vertical passing through the center of the hopper (1), so that the stationary plate (3) located in the hopper, the stationary plate (4), the disk (2) and the alignment channel (6) operate on inclined surfaces. 3. A device for orienting plugs according to claim 1, characterized in that 2-6 blades (2.1) are fixed on the surface of the disk (2). 4. A device for orienting plugs according to claim 1, characterized in that the stationary plate (3) of irregular shape is located above the disk (2) and parallel to it so that the blades (2.1) located in the working area of the alignment channel (6) are not covered. 5. A device for orienting plugs according to claim 1, characterized in that the upper edge of the plate (8) is bent inward, and the narrowed end of the plate (8) is located on the path of movement of the plug exiting the alignment channel. 6. A device for orienting plugs according to claim 1, characterized in that the supporting surface is a strip (10), the end of which limits the alignment channel. 7. A device for orienting plugs according to claim 1, characterized in that the inclined path (11) is formed by the upper edge of the stationary plate (3), inclined in the direction of the main channel of the plugging mechanism.