RU81164U1 - FILLING AND PACKAGING MACHINE FOR HARD FILLING PRODUCTS, PREFERREDLY GRAIN COTTAGE - Google Patents

Abstract

The packaging machine for difficult-to-bulk products proposed for consideration relates to packaging and packing equipment and can be used mainly in the food industry for dosing difficult-to-flow products, such as cottage cheese, grained in containers such as plastic cups. The machine implements a modular linear layout of nodes with the availability of free positions after each node, which provides ease of maintenance and the ability to install additional nodes. The dispenser is mounted on swivel brackets, the tare dispensing unit is adjustable depending on the tare height, connected to additional pneumatic cylinders of the lift, which is connected to the machine console.

Description

The packaging machine for difficult-to-bulk products proposed for consideration relates to packaging and packing equipment and can be used mainly in the food industry for dosing difficult-to-flow products, such as cottage cheese, grained in containers such as plastic cups.

RF patent No. 2169683 proposes a device having a feeder, a metering carousel with measuring sleeves, an ejecting piston and a container feeding device. The objective of the invention is solved by performing in the working part of the ejecting piston a recess and a groove of channels for communicating the cavity of the recess with a source of supply of a gaseous working medium.

In the patent of the Russian Federation No. 2180310, the product is fed on the device for a fixed period of time from the hopper to the measured capacity of the nominal volume through the feeder, filling the measured capacity and supplying a measured dose of the product from the measured capacity to the discharge position. In this case, the product in the hopper is subjected to compaction by uniform force on it.

The device comprises a hopper, a means of creating a uniform force effect on the product located in it, a feeder, a measured capacity of a nominal size, and the product is fed to the device for a fixed period of time.

In RF patent No. 2137685, the device comprises a rotary conveyor mounted on the base with a drive of its rotation around its axis to move the containers, a dispenser for filling the containers with a product and a device for sealing containers with caps.

Also known are carousel-type machines for bulk products such as ALUR-1500 TKZ (Novgorod Engineering Plant), ADNK 39M (Profitex company) designed for filling bulk products.

All the above devices for packing bulk products are characterized by a high density of nodes, which negatively affects the maintenance and configuration of each node separately. There is also no possibility of increasing productivity by making a carousel with two sockets located radially due to the inability to install additional nodes, in particular, a dispenser of bulk products, due to its dimensions. The manufacture of a dispenser that dispenses at the same time in two positions with this arrangement will lead to its structural complication and is technically unreasonable.

The machines under consideration have a volumetric type of dosing, which, with modern requirements for speed, the quality of dosing serves as a brake, for rotor-type structures, an increase in speed is associated with insurmountable structural requirements.

The technical task of the proposed solution is to increase performance, simplify maintenance during readjustment of modes and disinfection of machine components, the ability to install additional devices to expand functionality.

The technical result is achieved by the fact that

In the proposed technical solution, the following features are implemented:

- ease of maintenance and configuration of each node individually due to the linear arrangement of nodes in the form of modules and the availability of free positions after each node;

- if necessary, units installed on the machine can be easily dismantled for repair and maintenance due to their modular design;

- fastening of the dispenser of bulk products is made on swivel brackets, which facilitates its sanitary maintenance when washing the machine and does not require adjusting the position of the dispenser relative to the slots of the carriages when moving the dispenser to the working position;

- work with several container formats of varying heights due to height adjustment of the container dispensing unit, weighing terminals, as well as by using additional lift cylinders (operation is carried out from the machine control panel);

The essence of the proposed technical solution is illustrated by drawings.

Figure 1 is a General view.

Figure 2 is a top view

In an example of a specific embodiment, the packaging machine includes 1 — a lift; 2 - ejector; 3 - node issuance of a plastic cover, "fly"; 4 - dater; 5 - sealing unit; 6 - node issuing "platinum" of foil; 7 - valve dispenser for liquid products; 8 - dispenser of bulk products; 9 - container dispensing unit; 10 - weighing terminal under the position of dispensing bulk products; 11 - weighing terminal under the position of dispensing liquid products; 12 - carriage support device; 13 - lift; 14 - electrical cabinet; 15 - discharge conveyor; 16 - transport system with a set of carriages; 17 - dispenser of liquid products;

Filling and packaging machine works as follows: pre-inserted containers (cups) in the container dispensing unit 9, using vacuum grippers of this assembly, are fed into the slots of the carriages of the transport system 16. Next, the container is moved to the dispensing position of bulk products, where the bulk products are dispensed from dispenser 8 . Upon reaching the required mass of the product (weight control is carried out by signals from the weight terminals 10), dosing stops, after which the container moves to the dosing position of the liquid product in. Liquid products are supplied from the stand-alone dispenser 17 to the dispenser valve, upon opening of which the product enters the container. Upon reaching the required mass (weight control is carried out by signals from the weight terminal 11), the valves are closed, dosing is stopped. Next, the cups are moved to the stacking position of the “platinum” made of foil, where a “platinum” made of foil is placed on the cups from the “platinum” delivery unit 6. After laying the “platinum” cups are moved to the position of the sealing unit 5, where the “platinum” is welded to the cups pre-compressed with the support unit of the carriages 12 to remove air from the cups and give the effect of concavity of the “platinum” inside the cup. Next to the Dater

4 the date of manufacture, expiration date, etc., is applied. After that, the cups are moved to the next position, where they are lifted above the carriages under the action of the elevator 13, followed by putting on and snapping the lid issued by the dispensing unit of the lid 3. Then, after moving the cups to the dispensing position of the finished product, the cups are pushed out of the carriage sockets under the action of the elevator 1, then the cups under the action of the ejector 2 are moved to the discharge conveyor 15. The controller located in the control cabinet 14 controls the operation of the actuators of the machine.

Using the above-described machine diagrams at the Tauras-Phoenix machine-building plant in St. Petersburg, a prototype of a filling and packaging machine was developed and assembled. Tests showed a good result.

Based on the foregoing, the applicant asks to consider the submitted materials for the grant of a patent for a utility model.

Claims (5)

1. Filling and packaging machine for filling containers with a bulk product, mainly grained cottage cheese, containing a hopper, feeder, dispenser, container device, characterized in that the machine units, which are separate modules for packaging, dosing, moving containers, sterilization, are located linearly with the ability to install additional nodes. 2. Filling and packaging machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the fastening of the dispenser of bulk products is made on swivel brackets. 3. Filling and packaging machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the nodes issuing containers are adjustable in height. 4. Filling and packaging machine according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the nodes issuing containers are connected to additional pneumatic cylinders of the lift. 5. Filling and packaging machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the lift is connected to the control panel of the machine.