TWI752775B - Method and device for making bendable paper hookah pipe - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a method and a device for manufacturing a bendable paper hookah pipe. The device of the present invention is equipped with a roller and a central support shaft. The roller includes at least one roller, and the outer surface of the roller has a plurality of rollers. Protruding annular embossing, the central support shaft has a plurality of annular embossings that can be matched with the annular embossing, and the central supporting shaft penetrates the center of the paper spiral tube at the working position, so that the tube wall of the paper spiral tube is Between the central support shaft and the rolling wheel, the roller and the central supporting shaft can move to one or more predetermined positions along the direction parallel to the axis of the paper helical tube. Cooperative operation is used to form a bellows structure by rolling on the wall of a paper spiral tube, and then the paper spiral tube that has been rolled into a bellows structure is extruded in its axis direction, thereby becoming a bendable paper hookah pipe.

Description

Method and device for making bendable paper hookah pipe

The present invention relates to the manufacturing technology of components of hookahs, in particular to a method for manufacturing a flexible paper hookah pipe used for connecting hookahs and a device thereof.

The structure of the Arabian hookah is basically composed of four parts: the pot body, the tobacco bowl, the hookah pipe and the cigarette holder; one end of the hookah pipe is connected to the pot body, and the other end of the hookah pipe is connected to the cigarette holder. The basic hookah has only one mouthpiece, and there are hookahs that can be used by multiple people at the same time. One body can be connected to multiple hookah pipes. In some social occasions, people often share a hookah, because it is shared by many people. Use, based on hygiene concerns, usually use disposable hookah pipes to prevent infectious diseases.

Due to hygiene and health issues, users in the Middle East all use disposable hookah pipes. The hookah pipes sold on the market are basically bendable pipes with a bellows structure. One end of the hookah pipe is connected to a cigarette holder. There is also a connecting pipe on the other end of the smoke pipe for connecting the chimney. The connecting pipe adopts a pluggable structure design. It can be used as long as the connecting pipe is inserted into the chimney. When replacing the hookah pipe, just unplug the connecting pipe and replace it with a new one. hookah pipe.

At present, the hookah pipes sold on the market are mainly made of plastic products. Compared with high-quality hookah pipes or hookah pipes with artistic and ornamental value, the price of plastic hookah pipes is low, which is replaced by the average daily average of users in the Middle East. For two hookah pipes, and for the vast number of users, plastic hookah pipes will cause environmental problems that cannot be ignored.

The purpose of the present invention is to solve the environmental protection problem caused by the use of plastic for the existing hookah pipes. The present invention proposes a method for manufacturing a flexible paper hookah pipe and a device thereof. The method and device of the present invention can rapidly and automatically manufacture a paper hookah pipe. , and has good bendability, and at the same time achieves the environmental protection purpose of one-time and natural decomposition.

The steps of an embodiment of the manufacturing method of the bendable paper hookah pipe of the present invention include:

A paper spiral tube is prepared, which uses paper as a raw material, and is then made by spirally winding the paper and using viscose to bond the paper, and the viscose is in a semi-dry state;

Provide a roller, including: a drive unit, a movable carrier and at least one roller, the outer surface of the roller has a plurality of protruding annular embossing, the annular embossing along the roller The axes are arranged at intervals, and the driving unit is used to drive the rolling wheel to rotate;

A central supporting shaft is provided, the axis of the central supporting shaft is parallel to the axis of the rolling wheel, the central supporting shaft has a plurality of annular embossings that can be matched with the annular embossings, and the central supporting shaft can penetrate the paper spiral tube center of;

Put the paper spiral tube into a working position;

Insert the center support shaft into the center of the paper spiral tube at the working position;

Move the roller to a predetermined position along the direction parallel to the axis of the paper spiral tube, and make the annular embossings of the rolling wheel so as to be able to interact with the plurality of annular embossings of the central support shaft. the location of the anastomosis;

Drive the rolling wheel to rotate, so that the rolling wheel and the central support shaft cooperate to roll on the tube wall of the paper spiral tube to form a section of bellows structure;

Pull the central support shaft out of the paper spiral tube, and move the roller to a stop position along the direction parallel to the axis of the paper spiral tube, so that the paper spiral tube that has been rolled into the bellows structure is dropped; and

Along the axis direction of the paper spiral tube that has been rolled into a bellows structure, the paper spiral tube is extruded and then a bendable paper hookah pipe is formed.

The manufacturing method of the bendable paper hookah pipe of the present invention includes the step of drying the bendable paper hookah pipe made by extrusion to dry and harden the viscose.

The material of the paper is selected from the group consisting of stone paper, traditional fiber paper, and multi-layer composite paper made of stone paper and traditional fiber paper.

The manufacturing method of the bendable paper hookah pipe of the present invention includes moving the roller to a plurality of predetermined positions along a direction parallel to the axis of the paper spiral tube, and rolling on the wall of the paper spiral tube to form a multi-section accordion structure.

The bellows structures are adjacent to each other end to end to form a continuous bellows structure, or there is a distance between any two adjacent bellows structures to form a discontinuous bellows structure.

The cross-sectional shape of the tube wall of the accordion tube structure is a waveform extending along the axial direction, and the waveform is any one of circular arc wave, triangular wave, sawtooth wave and sine wave.

One aspect of the present invention includes a device for making a bendable paper hookah pipe, which is used for rolling a pipe wall of a paper spiral tube to form a bellows structure. An embodiment of the device includes:

A roller, comprising: a drive unit, a movable carrier and at least one roller, the outer surface of the roller has a plurality of protruding annular embossings, the annular embossing along the rolling wheel axis square Arranged at intervals, the driving unit is used to drive the rolling wheel to rotate, the rolling wheel is arranged on the movable carrier, and the movable carrier is used to move the rolling wheel to an active position and a standby position;

A central support shaft, the central support shaft has a plurality of annular embossings that can be matched with the annular embossings, and the central support shaft can penetrate into the center of the paper spiral tube, so that the tube wall of the paper spiral tube is between the central support Between the shaft and the rolling wheel, the first supporting shaft and the first rolling device together form a rolling unit, and the rolling wheel in the action position can cooperate with the central supporting shaft to carry out the rolling operation for rolling the paper spiral tube. The tube wall is rolled to form a section of bellows structure;

A track and a second driver arranged on the track, the long axis of the track is parallel to the axis of the paper spiral tube, the rolling unit is arranged on the track, and the second driver is used to drive the rolling unit to move along the axis of the paper spiral tube To a predetermined position and a stop position, the rolling unit at the predetermined position cooperates with the rolling wheel and the central support shaft to perform the rolling operation, and then rolls the tube wall of the paper spiral tube to form a bellows structure. After the operation, the movable carrier moves the rolling wheel to the standby position in the direction away from the central support shaft, and then the second driver drives the rolling unit to move to the waiting position. At one end and away from the paper spiral tube, the central support shaft also pulls out the paper spiral tube;

a clamping mechanism, comprising: a pair of movable clamping jaws and a clamping jaw driver, the clamping mechanism is arranged on both sides of the central position of the track, and the clamping jaw driver is used to drive the movable clamping jaws to clamp the paper spiral tube; and

An extrusion unit, including: a reciprocating extruder, a conveying wheel, a wheel driving unit and a baffle, the conveying wheel is located below the rolling unit, the axis of the conveying wheel and the axis of the paper spiral tube The axes are parallel, the surface of the conveying wheel has at least one trough, and the length of the trough is sufficient to receive and accommodate the paper spiral tube that falls after the rolling is completed. The baffle is located on one side of the conveying wheel. The drive unit is used to drive the conveying wheel to rotate, and then turn the trough to a first position, a second position and a third position in sequence, and then return to the first position to repeat the cycle. In order to receive the paper spiral tube that falls after the rolling is completed, and then the trough is rotated to the second position, and the baffle can just close the rolled paper spiral tube in the trough that reaches the second position. The reciprocating extruder uses The paper spiral tube that has reached the second position and has been rolled is squeezed along the axis direction of the paper spiral tube. When the trough reaches the third position, the paper spiral tube in the trough can fall freely.

An embodiment of the device of the present invention is constructed in which the roller has three rollers, the three rollers encircling the central support shaft, and the three rollers are driven by the same drive unit.

The drive unit of the roller includes: a motor, a pulley and a belt, the pulley is arranged on the rotating shaft of the roller, and the belt is connected to the output shaft of the motor and the pulley; the movable carrier includes: a pulley, a movable seat and a first A drive, the pulley can slide on the track, the drive unit of the roller and the first drive are arranged on the pulley, the central support shaft is connected to the pulley through a bracket, the rolling wheel is rotatably disposed on the movable seat, the first drive is used for To drive the movable seat to move, and then move the rolling wheel to the active position and the standby position, wherein the first driver is selected from: a reciprocating electromagnet, a pneumatic cylinder, a stepping motor or a servo motor combined with the structure of the lead screw mechanism. group.

An embodiment of the device of the present invention includes two rolling units, namely a first rolling unit and a second rolling unit, and the first rolling unit is located on the axis of the paper spiral tube when the rolling operation is not performed. The first stop position at one end of the paper coil, the second rolling unit is located at the second stop position at the other end of the axis of the paper spiral tube when the rolling operation is not performed, and the pulley of the movable carrier of the first roller is set. There is a first receiving groove, and the pulley of the movable carrier of the second roller is set. A second receiving groove is arranged, and the two axial ends of the paper spiral tube fall into the first receiving groove and the second receiving groove respectively for rolling operation.

The second driver is used to drive the rolling unit to move to a plurality of predetermined positions and a stop position along the axis direction of the paper spiral tube, so as to form multiple sections of the accordion structure by rolling on the tube wall of the paper spiral tube.

The bellows structures are adjacent to each other end to end to form a continuous bellows structure, or there is a distance between any two adjacent bellows structures to form a discontinuous bellows structure.

The cross-sectional shape of the tube wall of the accordion tube structure is a waveform extending along the axial direction, and the waveform is determined by the shapes of the annular embossings and the annular protrusions, and the waveform is an arc Any of shape wave, triangle wave, sawtooth wave and sine wave.

The clamping jaw driver of the clamping mechanism is selected from the group consisting of a reciprocating electromagnet, a pneumatic cylinder, a stepping motor or a servo motor combined with a lead screw mechanism.

The runner driving unit drives the conveying runner to rotate in a single direction, and the runner driving unit uses a stepping motor or a servo motor to provide the power required for rotation.

The shape of the conveying wheel is cylindrical, and the baffle is located on one side of the conveying wheel and is tangent to the circumference of the conveying wheel.

The conveying wheel is configured with a plurality of troughs, and the troughs rotate to the aforementioned first position, second position and third position in sequence, and then return to the first position to repeat the cycle.

The reciprocating extruder is used to drive an extruding rod to move back and forth along the axis direction of the paper spiral tube, so as to extrude the paper spiral tube that has been rolled into a bellows structure in its axis direction. Choose from: hydraulic cylinder, pneumatic cylinder, electric lead screw mechanism formed groups.

An embodiment of the device of the present invention includes a hopper for accommodating the paper spiral tube waiting for the rolling operation, the hopper is located above the roller, the cross section of the hopper is funnel-shaped, and the bottom of the hopper has an outlet, Each time, a paper spiral tube will drop down from the outlet to the roller for rolling.

The advantages and effects of the present invention are that the method and the device of the present invention can rapidly and automatically manufacture a paper hookah pipe, have good bendability, and achieve the environmental protection purpose of being disposable and naturally decomposable. One of the effects of squeezing the bellows structure before the glue is completely dried and hardened is that it can properly destroy part of the glue of the bellows structure, which helps the hookah pipe to easily bend 180 degrees at the position of the bellows structure. Even if it is bent 180 degrees, it will not be broken or broken. In the subsequent process, the drying and hardening of the adhesive can be accelerated by drying or heating, which has the effect of stabilizing the shape and structure of the bellows structure and avoids the automatic bellows structure. Return to a straight tubular shape.

P: paper spiral tube

R: Roller

R1: First Roller

R2: Second Roller

S1: Action position

S2: Standby position

10: Hopper

11: Export

20: Center support shaft

20A: The first support shaft

20B: Second support shaft

201: Ring Relief

21: Bracket

30: Rolling wheel

301: Ring Embossing

31: Motor

32: Pulley

33: Belt

34: Event Vehicles

341: tackle

342: Active seat

343: First Drive

344: The first receiving slot

345: Second receiving slot

41: Orbit

42: Second drive

421: Servo motor

422: Belt mechanism

50: Clamping mechanism

51: Active gripper

52: Gripper driver

60: Extrusion unit

61: Shipping Wheel

611: Feed trough

62: Baffle

63: Conveyor belt

64: Reciprocating extruder

641: Squeeze Rod

Fig. 1 is an external view of the structure of an embodiment of a device for making a bendable paper hookah pipe according to the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a simplified view of the structure of the embodiment of Fig. 1, in which the length of the track is shortened to show the detailed structure more clearly.

Fig. 3 is a partial structural view of the structure of the embodiment of Fig. 1, and the structure of one of the rolling units is further enlarged.

Figures 4 to 6 are schematic diagrams of the continuous operation of the device for making the bendable paper hookah pipe of the present invention. picture.

FIGS. 7A to 7C are schematic diagrams showing the continuous operation of the conveying wheel of the extrusion unit.

Fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of another embodiment of the conveying wheel of the extrusion unit.

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of the action of the movable carrier driving the rolling wheel to move to the active position and the standby position.

The positional relationships described in the following embodiments, including: up, down, left and right, are based on the directions shown by the components in the drawings unless otherwise specified. The directions mentioned therein (for example, up, down, left, right, front, and back) are displayed according to the drawings, and are used to illustrate the relative relationship (for example, positional relationship, connection relationship and action relationship).

Please refer to FIG. 1 to FIG. 3 , which are structural appearance views and detailed structural schematic diagrams of an embodiment of the device for making a bendable paper hookah pipe of the present invention.

The manufacturing method and device of the bendable paper hookah pipe of the present invention are basically used to make an accordion pipe structure on the pipe wall of a prepared paper spiral pipe P, thereby becoming a bendable paper hookah pipe. The paper spiral tube P uses paper as a raw material, and then winds the paper or paper strip by spiral winding and sticks to each other with glue to form a paper spiral tube P with a spiral tube structure. The paper spiral tube P still has good plasticity before the viscose is completely dried and hardened or in a semi-dry state (that is, the viscose has not been completely dried and hardened), which is beneficial to form the accordion structure by the method of the present invention and then make Bendable paper hookah pipe. The material of the paper is selected from stone paper, traditional fiber paper, and multi-layer composite paper made of stone paper and traditional fiber paper.

The device for making the bendable paper hookah pipe of the present invention basically rolls on the wall of the paper spiral pipe P through the cooperative operation of a roller R and a central support shaft 20 to form a Segmental bellows structure. As shown in the exemplary configuration in Fig. 1, the paper spiral tube P is put into a working position in the roller R (see Fig. 2) under the condition that the viscose is semi-dry. In one embodiment, a plurality of The paper spiral tubes P are put into a hopper 10 one by one. The cross section of the hopper 10 is roughly funnel-shaped. P falls down into the roller R from the outlet 11 .

The roller R includes a driving unit, a movable carrier 34 and at least one rolling wheel 30. The outer surface of the rolling wheel 30 has a plurality of protruding annular embossings 301. These annular embossings 301 extend along the rolling direction. The axial direction of the wheel 30 is arranged at intervals, so these embossings 301 are formed in the shape of a bellows structure on the outer surface of the rolling wheel 30, and the driving unit is used to drive the rolling wheel 30 to rotate. One embodiment of the driving unit is configured to include a motor 31 (commonly known as a motor), a pulley 32 and a belt 33, the pulley 32 is arranged on the rotating shaft of the rolling wheel 30, the belt 33 connects the output shaft of the motor 31 and the pulley 32, and the axis of the rolling wheel 30 is parallel to the axis of the paper spiral tube P, The rolling wheel 30 is arranged on the movable carrier 34, and the movable carrier 34 is used to move the rolling wheel 30 to an active position S1 and a standby position S2 (the direction of movement is shown in the direction shown by the arrow A3 in FIG. 9). The rolling wheel 30 at the action position S1 can cooperate with the central support shaft 20 to form a section of bellows structure by rolling on the tube wall of the paper spiral tube P. The direction moves to the standby position S2, and then the central support shaft 20 is pulled out of the rolled paper spiral tube P, the annular embossing 301 of the rolling wheel 30 in the action position S1 will be pressed on the outer surface of the paper spiral tube P, and vice versa , the annular embossing 301 of the rolling wheel 30 in the standby position S2 will not contact the outer surface of the paper spiral tube P.

The central support shaft 20 has a plurality of annular embossings 201 (see Fig. 3) that can be matched with the annular embossings 301 of the rolling wheel 30, and there is a space between any two adjacent annular embossings 201. distance, the axis of the central support shaft 20 is parallel to the axis of the rolling wheel 30, and the central support shaft 20 can penetrate The center of the paper spiral tube P, especially the central support shaft 20 penetrates into the center of the paper spiral tube P at the working position, so that the tube wall of the paper spiral tube P is between the central support shaft 20 and the rolling wheel 30 (see 9), the cooperating operation of the rolling wheel 30 and the central support shaft 20 is used to form a section of accordion tube structure by rolling on the tube wall of the paper spiral tube P.

The roller R can move to a predetermined position along the direction parallel to the axis of the paper spiral tube P, and then cooperate with the central support shaft 20 to roll on the tube wall of the paper spiral tube P to form a section of a bellows structure. In other embodiments, the roller R can move to a plurality of predetermined positions along a direction parallel to the axis of the paper spiral tube P, and then roll on the wall of the paper spiral tube P to form a multi-section accordion structure. The tube structures can be adjacent to each other end to end to form a continuous bellows structure. In other embodiments, there is a spacing between any two adjacent bellows structures in the multiple bellows structures, forming a discontinuous bellows structure. .

In one embodiment, the cross-sectional shape of the wall of the accordion tube structure is a wave shape extending along the axial direction, and the wave shape is determined by the shapes of the annular embossings 301 and the annular embossings 201 . In one embodiment, the waveform is any one of circular arc wave, triangular wave, sawtooth wave and sine wave.

An embodiment of the movable carrier 34 includes: a trolley 341, a movable seat 342 and a first driver 343, the driving unit of the roller R and the first driver 343 are arranged on the trolley 341, and the roller 30 is rotatable The center support shaft 20 can be connected to the pulley 341 by a bracket 21, so the roller R and the center support shaft 20 can move to a predetermined position synchronously; the first driver 343 is used to drive the movement The seat 342 moves, thereby moving the rolling wheel 30 to the action position S1 and the standby position 32 . One way of moving the movable seat 342 is to slide on the trolley 341. The first driver 343 shown in the drawing is a reciprocating electromagnet, but it is not Limited by this, in other embodiments, the first driver 343 may also be, for example, a structure in which a pneumatic cylinder, a stepping motor or a servo motor is combined with a lead screw mechanism.

A preferred embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 has two central support shafts 20 (referred to as the first support shaft 20A and the second support shaft 20B for short) and two rollers R (referred to as the first roller for short). Roller R1 and second roller R2), wherein the first support shaft 20A and the first roller R1 are a group and can move synchronously along the axis direction of the paper spiral tube P (for the convenience of description, the first The combination of the support shaft 20A and the first roller R1 is called the first rolling unit), the second support shaft 20B and the second roller R2 are a group and can move synchronously along the axis direction of the paper spiral tube P ( For the convenience of description, the combination of the second support shaft 20B and the second roller R2 is hereinafter referred to as the second rolling unit), and the first rolling unit is located in the axis of the paper spiral tube P when the rolling operation is not performed. The first waiting position at one end (see Figure 6), the second rolling unit is located at the second waiting position at the other end of the axis of the paper spiral tube when the rolling operation is not performed. When the paper spiral tube P falls to the working position, the two axial ends of the paper spiral tube P just fall on the movable carrier 34 of the first roller and the movable carrier 34 of the second roller (see 2); in one embodiment, a first receiving groove 344 is provided on the trolley 341 of the movable carrier 34 of the first roller R1, and a first receiving groove 341 is provided on the trolley 341 of the movable carrier 34 of the second roller R2 The two receiving grooves 345, the two axial ends of the paper spiral tube P dropped to the working position just fall into the first receiving groove 344 and the second receiving groove 345, respectively.

Then, when the rolling operation is to be performed, the first rolling unit and the second rolling unit move synchronously to a predetermined position along the axial direction of the paper spiral tube P (see FIG. 4 ). At the same time, the central support shaft 20 (including the first support shaft 20A and the second support shaft 20B) also penetrate the center of the paper spiral tube P.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the first rolling unit and the second rolling unit are arranged on a track 41, which is basically the aforementioned roller R (including the first rolling unit R1 and the second rolling unit R1). The pulley 341 of the device R2) can slide on the track 41, the long axis of the track 41 is parallel to the axis of the paper spiral tube P, and the track 41 is equipped with a second driver 42 to drive the first rolling unit and the second rolling unit It moves to one or more predetermined positions along the axis of the paper spiral tube P. The figure shows an embodiment of the second driver 42. The belt mechanism 422 driven by the stepping motor or the servo motor 421 is used to pull the first roller. The pulley 341 of the pressing unit and the pulley 341 of the second rolling unit move on the track 41, but not limited to this, other embodiments of the second driver 42 can also be driven by a stepping motor or a servo motor combined with a lead screw mechanism The first rolling unit and the second rolling unit move on the rail 41 .

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a clamping mechanism 50 is included. An example structure of the clamping mechanism 50 includes: a pair of movable clamping jaws 51 and a clamping jaw driver 52. The mechanism 50 is arranged on both sides of the central position of the track 41, and the gripper driver 52 is basically used to drive the movable gripper 51 to reciprocate. The gripper driver 52 shown in the drawing is a reciprocating electromagnet. This is limited, and in other embodiments, the jaw driver 52 may also be a structure in which, for example, a pneumatic cylinder, a stepping motor or a servo motor combined with a lead screw mechanism.

The function of the clamping mechanism 50 is to assist in clamping the paper spiral tube P during the multiple rolling operations of the paper spiral tube P by the roller R, for example: (1) the first rolling unit and the second rolling unit firstly; After moving to the first predetermined position (see Figure 4), after completing the first rolling operation for the paper spiral tube P, the first rolling unit and the second rolling unit are still in the first predetermined position. , the rolling wheels 30 of the first rolling unit and the second rolling unit first move from the active position S1 to the standby position S2, and then the clamping mechanism 50 immediately clamps the paper spiral tube P, and then the first rolling unit and the second rolling unit move to the standby position S2. The second rolling unit will move to the second predetermined position (see Figure 4); (2) after the first rolling unit and the second rolling unit move to the second predetermined position (see Figure 4) , the rolling wheels 30 of the first rolling unit and the second rolling unit first move from the standby position S2 to the active position S1, then the clamping mechanism 50 releases the paper spiral tube P, and then the first rolling unit and the second rolling unit The pressing unit performs the second rolling operation on the paper spiral tube P at the second predetermined position; according to the same action rules, the paper spiral tube P can be rolled many times to complete the multiple accordion tube structures. rolling operation.

In the structure of a preferred embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 9 of the present invention, the roller (including the first roller R1 and the second roller R2) has a total of three rollers 30, Moreover, the three rolling wheels 30 surround the central support shaft 20, and the three rolling wheels 30 can be driven by the same drive unit.

The extrusion unit 60 includes: a reciprocating extruder 64 , a conveying wheel 61 , a wheel driving unit (not shown in the figure due to the obstructed viewing angle) and a baffle 62 . The shape of the conveying wheel 61 is cylindrical Preferably, the conveying wheel 61 is located below the working position of the paper spiral tube P, in other words, that is, below the rolling unit (including the first rolling unit and the second rolling unit), the axis of the conveying wheel 61 and the The axis of the paper spiral tube P is parallel, and the circumferential surface of the conveying wheel 61 has at least one trough 611 (see Figures 7A-7C), and the length of the trough 611 is sufficient to receive and accommodate the paper spiral tube P that falls after the rolling is completed, The baffle 62 is located on one side of the conveying wheel 61 and is tangent to the circumference of the conveying wheel 61. The wheel driving unit is used to drive the conveying conveyance 61 to rotate. In one embodiment, the wheel driving unit drives the conveying wheel to make a single For the rotation of the direction, one embodiment of the wheel drive unit uses a stepping motor or a servo motor to provide the power required for rotation. The wheel drive unit drives the conveying wheel 61 to rotate, and cyclically rotates the trough 611 to a first position. , a second position and a third position.

Please refer to Figs. 7A to 7C, the feeding chute 611 in the first position (Fig. 7A) is used to receive the paper spiral tube P that falls after the rolling by the roller R, and then the feeding chute 611 rotates to the second position ( 7B), the baffle 62 can just close the rolled paper spiral tube P in the trough 611 that reaches the second position, and the reciprocating extruder 64 is used to reach the second position and complete the rolling. The paper spiral tube P exerts pressure, and finally, when the feeding chute 611 reaches the third position (Fig. 7C), the opening of the feeding chute 611 may also face downward or substantially downward, so that the paper spiral tube P in the feeding chute 611 falls freely. For example, it falls to a conveyor belt 63 below. The production of the flexible paper hookah pipe has been basically completed. If necessary, the conveyor belt 63 can also be used to connect other subsequent production steps, such as drying and packaging.

As another preferred embodiment of the conveying wheel 61, a plurality of troughs 611 can be arranged on the circumferential surface of the conveying wheel 61 (Fig. 8). By rotating the conveying wheel 61 in a single direction, the Each trough 611 is rotated to the aforementioned first position, second position and third position in sequence to form a continuous operation.

The reciprocating extruder 64 can use any one of a hydraulic cylinder, a pneumatic cylinder, and an electric lead screw mechanism as a power source to drive an extruding rod 641 to reciprocate along the axis direction of the paper spiral tube P, so as to The paper spiral tube P that has been rolled into a bellows structure is extruded in the direction of its axis.

Another effect of squeezing the bellows structure before the glue is completely dried and hardened is that it can properly destroy part of the glue of the bellows structure, which helps the hookah pipe to easily bend 180 degrees at the position of the bellows structure. Even if it is bent 180 degrees, it will not break or crack. In the subsequent process, drying or heating can be used to speed up the drying and hardening of the adhesive. The dry-hardening adhesive has the ability to stabilize the shape and structure of the accordion structure. The effect is to prevent the accordion tube structure from automatically returning to a straight tubular shape.

Although the present invention has been disclosed above through the above-mentioned embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Anyone who is familiar with the similar arts can make some changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the present invention The scope of patent protection shall be determined by the claims attached to this specification.

P: paper spiral tube

R: Roller

R1: First Roller

R2: Second Roller

10: Hopper

11: Export

20: Center support shaft

20A: The first support shaft

20B: Second support shaft

21: Bracket

30: Rolling wheel

41: Orbit

42: Second drive

421: Servo motor

422: Belt mechanism

50: Clamping mechanism

60: Extrusion unit

61: Shipping Wheel

62: Baffle

64: Reciprocating extruder

641: Squeeze Rod

Claims (20)

A method for making a bendable paper hookah pipe, comprising: A paper spiral tube is prepared, which uses paper as a raw material, and is then made by spirally winding the paper and using viscose to bond the paper, and the viscose is in a semi-dry state; Provide a roller, the roller includes a drive unit, a movable carrier and at least one rolling wheel, the outer surface of the rolling wheel has a plurality of protruding annular embossing, the annular embossing along the are arranged at intervals along the axis direction of the rolling wheel, and the driving unit is used to drive the rolling wheel to rotate; A central supporting shaft is provided, the axis of the central supporting shaft is parallel to the axis of the rolling wheel, the central supporting shaft has a plurality of annular ridges that can be matched with the annular embossings, and the central supporting shaft can pass through. into the center of the paper spiral; put the paper spiral tube into a working position; thread the central support shaft into the center of the paper spiral tube at the working position; The roller is moved to a predetermined position along the direction parallel to the axis of the paper spiral tube, and the annular embossings of the rolling wheel are positioned to be able to be aligned with the rings of the central support shaft The position where the ridges match each other; Drive the rolling wheel to rotate, so that the rolling wheel and the central support shaft are rolled together on the tube wall of the paper spiral tube to form a section of accordion tube structure; The central support shaft is pulled out of the paper spiral tube, and the roller is moved to a stop position along the direction parallel to the axis of the paper spiral tube, and the paper spiral tube that has been rolled into a bellows structure is dropped ;as well as Along the axis of the paper spiral tube that has been rolled into a bellows structure, extrude The paper spiral tube is then made into a bendable paper hookah tube. The manufacturing method of the bendable paper hookah pipe according to claim 1, which comprises the step of drying the bendable paper hookah pipe made by extrusion, so that the glue is dried and hardened. The method for making a bendable paper hookah pipe according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the material of the paper is selected from the group consisting of: stone paper, traditional fiber paper, and multi-layer composite paper made by compounding stone paper and traditional fiber paper Group. The method for manufacturing a bendable paper hookah pipe according to claim 1 or 2, comprising moving the roller to a plurality of predetermined positions along a direction parallel to the axis of the spiral paper pipe, where the pipe of the spiral paper pipe is The walls are rolled to form multiple sections of the accordion structure. According to the manufacturing method of the flexible paper hookah pipe according to claim 4, the bellows structures are adjacent to each other end to end to form a continuous bellows structure, or there is an interval between any two adjacent bellows structures , forming a discontinuous bellows structure. According to the manufacturing method of the flexible paper hookah pipe according to claim 1 or 2, the cross-sectional shape of the pipe wall of the accordion pipe structure is a wave shape extending along the axial direction. According to the manufacturing method of the bendable paper hookah pipe according to claim 1 or 2, the waveform is any one of circular arc wave, triangular wave, sawtooth wave and sine wave. A device for making a bendable paper hookah pipe is used for rolling a pipe wall of a paper spiral tube to form a bellows structure, the device comprising: A roller, including: a driving unit, a movable carrier and at least one rolling wheel, the outer surface of the rolling wheel has a plurality of protruding annular embossings along the rolling The axes of the wheels are arranged at intervals, the driving unit is used to drive the rolling wheel to rotate, the rolling wheel is arranged on the movable carrier, and the movable carrier is used to move the rolling wheel to a function position and a standby position; A central support shaft, the central support shaft has a plurality of annular embossments that can be matched with the annular embossings, the central support shaft can penetrate the center of the paper spiral tube, so that the tube wall of the paper spiral tube Between the central supporting shaft and the rolling wheel, the first supporting shaft and the first rolling device together form a rolling unit, and the rolling wheel at the action position can cooperate with the central supporting shaft Carry out rolling operation to form a section of accordion tube structure by rolling on the tube wall of the paper spiral tube; a track and a second driver arranged on the track, the long axis of the track is parallel to the axis of the paper spiral tube, the rolling unit is arranged on the track, the second driver is used to drive the rolling unit along the The axis direction of the paper spiral tube moves to a predetermined position and a stop position, and the rolling unit at the predetermined position performs the rolling operation in cooperation with the rolling wheel and the central support shaft, and then the paper spiral tube The bellows structure is formed by rolling the tube wall. After the rolling operation is completed, the movable carrier moves the rolling wheel to the standby position in the direction away from the central support shaft, and then the second driver drives the rolling unit to move. to the waiting position, in which the roller is located at one end of the axis of the paper spiral tube and away from the paper spiral tube, and the central support shaft also pulls out the paper spiral tube; A clamping mechanism, comprising: a pair of movable jaws and a jaw driver, the clamping mechanism is arranged on both sides of the central position of the track, and the jaw driver is used to drive the movable jaw to clamp the paper spiral tube ;as well as An extrusion unit, comprising: a reciprocating extruder, a conveying wheel, a wheel driving unit and a baffle, the conveying wheel is located below the rolling unit, the axis of the conveying wheel and the The axis of the paper spiral tube is parallel, and the surface of the conveying wheel has at least one material. The length of the trough is sufficient to receive and accommodate the paper spiral tube that falls after the rolling is completed. The baffle is located on one side of the conveying wheel. Sequentially rotate the trough to a first position, a second position and a third position and then return to the first position to repeat the cycle. The paper spiral tube, and then the trough rotates to the second position, the baffle can just close the rolled paper spiral tube in the trough reaching the second position, the reciprocating extruder uses The paper spiral tube that has reached the second position and has been rolled is squeezed along the axis direction of the paper spiral tube. When the trough reaches the third position, the paper spiral tube in the trough can fall freely. . The device for making a bendable paper hookah pipe according to claim 8, wherein the roller has three rollers, the three rollers surround the central support shaft, and the three rollers are formed by the same roller Driven by the drive unit. The device for making a bendable paper hookah pipe according to claim 8 or 9, wherein the driving unit of the roller comprises: a motor, a pulley and a belt, and the pulley is arranged on the rotating shaft of the roller, The belt connects the output shaft of the motor and the pulley; the movable carrier includes: a pulley, a movable seat and a first drive, the pulley can slide on the track, the drive unit of the roller and the first drive A driver is arranged on the trolley, the central support shaft is connected to the trolley through a bracket, the rolling wheel is rotatably arranged on the movable seat, the first driver is used to drive the movable seat to move, and then the rolling The wheel is moved to the active position and the standby position, wherein the first drive is selected from the group consisting of: reciprocating electromagnets, pneumatic cylinders, stepper motors or servo motors combined with lead screw mechanisms. The device for manufacturing a bendable paper hookah pipe according to claim 10, wherein the two rolling units are a first rolling unit and a second rolling unit, the first rolling unit is not rolled During the pressing operation, the second rolling unit is located at the first stop position at one end of the axis of the paper spiral tube, and the second rolling unit is located at the second stop position at the other end of the axis of the paper spiral tube when the rolling operation is not performed. The trolley of the movable carrier of the first roller is provided with a first receiving groove, the trolley of the movable carrier of the second roller is provided with a second receiving groove, the axial direction of the paper spiral tube is two The ends fall into the first receiving groove and the second receiving groove respectively to perform the rolling operation. The device for making a bendable paper hookah pipe according to claim 8, wherein the second driver is used to drive the rolling unit to move to a plurality of predetermined positions and a stop position along the axis direction of the paper spiral pipe, using The multi-section accordion tube structure is formed by rolling on the tube wall of the paper spiral tube. The device for manufacturing a bendable paper hookah pipe according to claim 12, wherein the accordion structures are adjacent to each other end to end to form a continuous accordion structure, or there is a space between any two adjacent accordion structures distance, forming a discontinuous bellows structure. The device for making a bendable paper hookah pipe according to claim 8, wherein the cross-sectional shape of the pipe wall of the accordion pipe structure is a waveform extending along the axial direction, and the waveform is composed of the annular embossing and the The shape of the annular relief is determined, and the waveform is any one of circular arc wave, triangular wave, sawtooth wave and sine wave. The device for making a bendable paper hookah pipe according to claim 8, wherein the gripper drive of the gripping mechanism is selected from: a reciprocating electromagnet, a pneumatic cylinder, a stepping motor or a servo motor combined with a lead screw mechanism formed groups. The device for making a bendable paper hookah pipe according to claim 8, wherein the runner driving unit drives the conveying runner to rotate in a single direction, and the runner driving unit uses a stepping motor or a servo motor to provide the required rotation. 's motivation. The device for making a bendable paper hookah pipe according to claim 16, wherein the shape of the conveying wheel is cylindrical, and the baffle is located on one side of the conveying wheel and is tangent to the circumference of the conveying wheel. The device for making a bendable paper hookah pipe according to claim 8 or 17, wherein the conveying wheel is provided with a plurality of the troughs, and the troughs are rotated to the aforementioned first position, second position and The third position and then back to the first position to repeat the cycle. The device for making a bendable paper hookah pipe as claimed in claim 8, wherein the reciprocating extruder is used to drive an extruding rod to reciprocate along the axis direction of the paper spiral pipe, so as to compress the accordion formed by rolling The paper spiral tube of the tube structure is extruded in the direction of its axis, and the reciprocating extruder is selected from the group consisting of a hydraulic cylinder, a pneumatic cylinder, and an electric lead screw mechanism. The device for making a bendable paper hookah pipe according to claim 8, which comprises a hopper for accommodating the paper spiral pipe waiting for rolling operation, the hopper is located above the rolling device, and the cross section of the hopper is In the shape of a funnel, the bottom of the hopper has an outlet, and each time a piece of the paper spiral tube falls down from the outlet to the roller for rolling operation.

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