TWM595092U - Filler mechanism - Google Patents

Abstract

A filler mechanism for filling a filler into a space bag, suitable for a mushroom automatic production machine, the filler mechanism includes a filler feeding mechanism and a holding mechanism, the filler feeding mechanism can pass the filler through the discharge The hole is fed into the space package. The holding mechanism can be carried on the bottom of the space bag and move up and down, thereby controlling the filling amount of the filler in the space bag.

Description

Packing mechanism

This creation is about a filling mechanism, especially a filling mechanism for filling a filling material into a space bag and suitable for a mushroom automatic production machine.

Most of the current mushroom cultivation uses space bag cultivation. The production of the space bag can refer to the TW397045 patent, CN1973604 patent and CN104285676A patent publication. It is formed by mixing and mixing various raw materials required for mushroom growth. A filling material, take the bag body, perform the steps of bagging, feeding and filling, closing, upper sleeve, upper inner plug, etc. in sequence, and can add a compaction step after the feeding and filling, and can complete the automatic production operation of the space bag After the production of the space package is completed, subsequent procedures such as high-temperature sterilization, planting, mushroom extraction, harvesting and packaging can be followed to cultivate and produce mushroom products to meet market demand.

Each mushroom farmer differs in the specifications of the space bag, the proportion and weight of various raw materials filled into the plastic bag, etc. Therefore, how to automate the production of space bags of different specifications to meet the large market size of mushrooms is an important issue in the industry.

Therefore, this creation provides a filler mechanism that can automatically produce space bags of different specifications to solve the above problems.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the present invention discloses a filler mechanism for filling a filler into a predetermined container such as a space bag. The filler mechanism includes a filler feeding mechanism and a holding mechanism. The filler feeding mechanism has a discharge port, The predetermined container is arranged below the discharge port, and the filler feeding mechanism is used to feed the filling material into the predetermined container below the discharge port through the discharge port. The holding mechanism is located below the discharge port for carrying a predetermined container below the discharge port, the holding mechanism includes a carrier and a driving unit, the carrier is used to carry the bottom of the predetermined container, and the driving unit is coupled The carrier is used to drive the carrier to move up and down.

In summary, the creative filling mechanism can use the driving unit in the holding mechanism to drive the carrier to move up and down, changing the distance between the carrier and the discharge port, thereby changing and limiting the maximum filling amount in the predetermined container, making the The creative filler mechanism can automate the production of space bags of different specifications. The aforementioned and other technical contents, features and effects of this creation will be clearly presented in the following detailed description with reference to the embodiments of the drawings.

The direction words mentioned in the following embodiments, for example: up, down, left, right, front or back, etc., are only for the directions referring to the attached drawings. Therefore, the terminology used is to illustrate and not to limit this creation. The foregoing and other technical contents, features and effects of this creation will be clearly presented in the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment with reference to the drawings. It is worth mentioning that the coupling and electrical connection mentioned in the following embodiments represent that electrical energy data such as electrical signals, magnetic signals, and command signals can be transferred directly or indirectly, wired or wirelessly between components, or It can be driven directly or indirectly between components. Therefore, the connecting terms used are for illustration, not for limiting the creation. In addition, in the following embodiments, the same or similar elements will use the same or similar reference numerals.

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a mushroom automatic production machine 1 according to an example of creation, and FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a filling mechanism 6 according to an example of creation. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the mushroom automatic production machine 1 includes a bag-feeding mechanism 4, a base 5, a filling mechanism 6 and a compacting mechanism 7. The base 5 includes a body 50 and a plurality of A plurality of sleeve portions 51 and an actuating unit 52, a plurality of through holes 501 are formed on the seat body 50, a plurality of sleeve portions 51 are respectively disposed on the edges of the plurality of through holes 501, the actuating unit 52 is coupled to the seat body 50 and is used To drive the base 50 to move, the upper bag mechanism 4 is provided on one side of the base 5 and used to cut a space bag 3 according to a bag length L, and the upper bag mechanism 4 further sets the space bag 3 in a plurality of sets For one of the parts 51, the bag-in mechanism and the specific way of setting the space bag on the set-up part are, for example, referring to the sealing and cutting device, the bag mouth fixing mold and the clamping claw described in the TW397045 patent. The filling mechanism 6 is used to fill a filler 2 into the space bag 3, and the compacting mechanism 7 is used to compact the filler 2 filled in the space bag 3. Specifically, the compacting mechanism may be, for example, TW397045 Patent Office The encircling device and its hammer rod may be the pressing device described in TWM578267.

In this embodiment, the actuating unit 52 may be a motor for rotating the seat body 50, so that the space bag 3 can complete the corresponding work flow through the bagging mechanism 4, the filling mechanism 6 and the compacting mechanism 7 in sequence. It is worth mentioning that the bag loading mechanism 4 includes a bag roll, a pull-down mechanism, a sensor, and a cutter mechanism. The bag roll is used to wind up the space bag. In practice, the space package is an unexpanded space package combination. There is a seal structure between two adjacent space packages. The sensor can be used to sense the seal structure to define the bag length L of the space package 3. The cutter mechanism can be used to cut the space bag 3 according to the length L of the bag. After the space bag 3 is cut, the upper bag mechanism 4 further includes a suction cup and a sleeve claw. The suction cup is used to open the mouth of the space bag 3 after cutting. The sleeve claw is used to sleeve the bag mouth of the space bag 3 to the sleeve portion 51 of the base 5, thus completing the first station process of the mushroom automatic production machine 1, that is, the bag loading mechanism 4 wraps the space bag Cut according to the bag length L and sleeve the cut space bag 3 to the sleeve 51 of the base 5.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the packing mechanism 6 includes a packing feeding mechanism 60 and a shielding mechanism 61. The packing feeding mechanism 60 is disposed on one side of the seat body 50. When the upper bag mechanism 4 wraps the space around the bag After the long L is cut and the cut space bag 3 is sleeved on the sleeve portion 51 of the base 5, the actuating unit 52 of the base 5 can drive the seat body 50 to rotate, so that the sleeve is sleeved on the sleeve portion 51 The space bag 3 moves from the corresponding bagging mechanism 4 to the position corresponding to the filling mechanism 6 (ie, a filling position P2 as shown in FIG. 2); when the space bag 3 sleeved on the sleeve portion 51 moves to the filling position P2 The filler feeding mechanism 60 of the filler mechanism 6 can be used to feed the filler 2 through the perforation 501 on the base 50 to the space bag 3 that is one of the plurality of sleeve portions 51 sleeved on the base 5. In practice, the filler feeding mechanism 60 has a storage tank 601, a stirring mechanism 602, a discharge port 603 and an encoder 604, the storage tank 601 is used to store the filling material 2, the mixing mechanism 602 has a motor screw set 6021 1. The shaft 6022 and one or more stirring rods 6023 extending radially from the shaft can be driven by the motor screw set 6021 to rotate the shaft 6022, and then the stirring rod 6023 can be rotated around the shaft to be stirred and stored in the storage tank Filling material 2 in 602, and filling the stirred filling material 2 into the space bag 3 through the outlet 603 under the storage tank and the perforation 501 on the seat 50. The encoder 604 is connected to the shaft 6022 or the motor screw set 6021, and can measure and output the angle signal of the shaft 6021 turning.

Please refer to FIG. 2 to FIG. 4, FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the mushroom automatic production machine 1 of the creative embodiment, and FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the perforated and shielding mechanism 61 at a covering position P1 of the creative embodiment. As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the shielding mechanism 61 is disposed on one side of the base 50 of the base 5. The shielding mechanism 61 includes a cover 610 and an actuating unit 611, and the actuating unit 611 is coupled to the cover 610, the actuating unit 611 can be used to drive the cover 610 to the covering position P1 (as shown in FIG. 4). As such, when the cover body 610 is driven to the covering position P1 by the actuating unit 611, the cover body 610 covers a part of at least one of the plurality of through holes 501. In other words, the creative masking mechanism 61 uses the actuating unit 611 to drive the cover 610 to the cover position P1, so that the cover 610 can partially cover the through hole 501, and then adjust the opening size of the through hole 501, thereby adjusting the filler feeding mechanism 60 through the seat The perforation 501 on the body 50 is filled to the amount of the filling material 2 in the space bag 3, and the purpose of the creative filling mechanism 6 can be used to automate the production of the space bag 3 with different specifications.

Further, the actuating unit 611 of the shielding mechanism 61 is a screw mechanism and includes a servo motor 6110, a nut 6111, and a screw 6112. The nut 6111 is coupled to the output shaft of the servo motor 6110. In practice, the nut 6111 can be fixed to the rotor of the servo motor 6110, whereby the servo motor 6110 can drive the nut 6111 to rotate through the cooperation of the stator and the rotor. The screw 6112 is screwed on the nut 6111 and connected to the cover 610. The screw 6112 has a long shaft 6113. Therefore, when the servo motor 6110 drives the nut 6111 to rotate, the nut 6111 can drive the screw 6112 to move along the long axis 6113 of the screw 6112, and then the screw 6112 can drive the cover 610 to move along the long axis 6113. In this way, the creative masking mechanism 61 can control the movement distance of the screw 6112 along the long axis 6113 by controlling the servo motor 6110, so that the cover 610 is located at different covering positions.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the filling mechanism 6 further includes a holding mechanism 62, which is disposed below the seat body 50 of the base 5, and the holding mechanism 62 is used to move the seat body 50 to the filling position P2 At the bottom of the space bag 3 to support the space bag 3, thereby avoiding the filler feeding mechanism 60 of the filler mechanism 6 to fill the space bag 3 with the filler 2, the space bag 3 is separated from the base 5 due to lack of sufficient support The case of the set portion 51. The holding mechanism 62 includes a carrier 620 and a driving unit 621. The carrier 620 is used to carry the bottom of the space bag 3. The driving unit 621 is coupled to the carrier 620 and used to drive the carrier 620 to move.

Further, the driving unit 621 of the holding mechanism 62 includes a servo motor 6210, a nut 6211 and a screw 6212. The nut 6111 is coupled to the output shaft of the servo motor 6110. In practice, the nut 6211 can be fixed to the rotor of the servo motor 6210 Therefore, the servo motor 6210 can drive the nut 6211 to rotate through the cooperation of the stator and the rotor. The screw 6212 is screwed on the nut 6211 and connected to the carrier 620. The screw 6212 has a long shaft 6213. Therefore, when the servo motor 6210 drives the nut 6211 to rotate, the nut 6211 can drive the screw 6212 to move along the long axis 6213 of the screw 6212, so that the screw 6212 can drive the carrier 620 to move along the long axis 6213. In this way, the creative holding mechanism 62 can control the movement distance of the screw 6212 along the long axis 6213 by controlling the servo motor 6210, so that the bearing member 620 is located at different bearing positions.

In the above embodiment, both the actuating unit 611 and the driving unit 621 directly drive the nut to rotate with the rotor in the servo motor, thereby driving the screw to move, which is a motor screw set, but if the nut and the rotor are made as an integral molding, or It is feasible to use gears, chains or belts and other transmission elements connected between the servo motor and the nut, or to use the hand-wheel screw group to manually drive the controller.

In addition, the filling mechanism 6 further includes a control unit 63, which is coupled to the bag loading mechanism 4, the servo motor 6110 and the servo motor 6210, and can be coupled to the motor screw group 6021 and the encoder 604 of the filling feeding mechanism at the same time. The servo motor 6110, the servo motor 6210 and the motor screw group 6021 are controlled according to the signals of the upper bag mechanism 4 and/or the encoder. In practice, the bagging mechanism 4 can cut the subsequent space bag according to the bag length required by the specification, or replace the space bag with a different bag length according to the specification requirements, and the bag length required by the space bag specification It varies according to different needs. For example, as shown in Fig. 3 and Fig. 4, when the required specification is the bag length L, the original bag loading mechanism 4 cuts the space bag 3 according to the required bag length L, so the control unit 63 According to the bag length L transmitted from the bag-feeding mechanism 4, the servo motor 6210 of the drive unit 621 driving the holding mechanism 62 rotates the nut 6211 to drive the screw 6212 to move the carrier 620 to the bag length L of the space bag 3 The bearing position P3, so that the bearing 620 can bear against the bottom of the space bag 3 at the bearing position P3.

On the other hand, please refer to FIG. 3 and FIG. 5, FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of the holding mechanism 62 at another loading position P3' in the creative embodiment. As shown in Figures 3 and 5, when the required specification is the bag length L', the original bagging mechanism 4 cuts the space bag 3'according to the bag length L'required by the specification, so the control unit 63 According to the bag length L′ from the bag loading mechanism 4, the servo motor 6210 of the driving unit 621 driving the holding mechanism 62 rotates the nut 6211 to drive the screw 6212 to move the carrier 620 to the bag length L corresponding to the space bag 3′ 'Loading position P3', so that the carrier 620 can bear against the bottom of the space bag 3'at the loading position P3'. In summary, the creative holding mechanism 62 can control the movement distance of the screw 6212 along the long axis 6213 by controlling the servo motor 6210, so that the bearing member 620 is located at different bearing positions to meet different bag length requirements .

In addition, when the user's predetermined filling amount is small or changes, the control unit 63 can also control the driving unit 621 to move the carrier 620 to a predetermined position, and change the carrier to the discharge port 603 or the perforation 501 The distance between them can change or limit the height of the filler that can be loaded into the space bag, and control the amount of filler that can fall into the space bag.

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the filling mechanism 6 further includes a weighing unit 64. The weighing unit 64 is disposed below the base 50. The weighing unit 64 is coupled to the control unit 63 and is used to measure the filling. The weight of the space bag 3 with filler 2. In this embodiment, the weighing unit 64 is a pressure sensor, and the pressure sensor (ie, the weighing unit 64) is disposed on the carrier 620, when the space package 3 bears on the carrier 620 The pressure value applied to the pressure sensor (that is, the weighing unit 64) is used to convert the weight of the space bag 3. The type of the creative weighing unit 64 may not be limited to the drawing shown in this embodiment. For example, the weighing unit 64 may also be a one-pound scale, depending on actual needs.

In practice, the filling material 2 may affect the density due to humidity and stirring conditions. Therefore, although the space bag 3 is filled at a certain filling rate, the density of the filling material 2 is different, so that each package is filled with the space bag of the filling material 2 3 The weight is different. This creation can use the weight of the space bag 3 filled with the filler 2 measured by the weighing unit 64, and use the control unit 63 to simultaneously perform one or more of the shielding mechanism 61, the holding mechanism 62, and the filler feeding mechanism 60. Feedback control. For example, please refer to FIG. 3, FIG. 4 and FIG. 6, FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the perforated shielding mechanism 61 in another covering position in the creative embodiment. As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the control unit 63 is further coupled to the weighing unit 64 and the servo motor 6110. When the filling material 2 is fed to the sleeve set on the base 5 through the perforation 501 on the seat 50 When the space bag 3 of the part 51 is inside, the weighing unit 64 can weigh the space bag 3 filled with the filler 2 to know the weight W of the space bag 3 filled with the filler 2.

Further, the control unit 63 compares the weight W of the space bag 3 filled with the filler 2 with a specification weight W′, and when the weight W of the space bag 3 filled with the filler 2 is less than the specification weight W′, the control unit 63 The servo motor 6110 driving the shielding mechanism 61 rotates the nut 6111 to drive the screw to move the cover 610 to another covering position P1' (as shown in FIG. 6), or the carrier 620 in the holding mechanism 62 to another A predetermined position at a height, or changing the rotation speed or rotation angle of the shaft 6022 in the filler feeding mechanism 60, is expected to increase the weight of the space bag 3 to the specification weight W'. It is worth mentioning that the portion of the perforation 501 on the seat 50 that can be covered when the cover 610 is located at the covering position P1' is smaller than the portion of the perforation 501 on the seat 50 that can be covered when the cover 610 is located at the covering position P1 section.

Therefore, when the filler feeding mechanism 60 of the filler mechanism 6 fills the filler 2 with another space bag 3. First, the control unit 63 controls the servo motor 6110 of the driving unit 611 of the shielding mechanism 61 to turn the nut 6111 to drive the screw 6112 to move the cover 610 to the cover position P1' shown in FIG. At this time, the portion of the through hole 501 on the seat body 50 that can be covered when the cover body 610 is at the covering position P1' is smaller than the portion of the through hole 501 on the seat body 50 that can be covered when the cover body 610 is at the covering position P1, so The filler 2 entering the other space bag 3 through the perforation 501 will increase, so that the weight of the other space bag 3 filled with the filler 2 is equal to the specification weight W′. Alternatively, the control unit 63 controls the carrier 620 in the holding mechanism 62 to move down, or controls the shaft 6022 in the filler feeding mechanism to increase the rotation angle or speed, which can increase the weight of the space bag 3 after filling.

Please refer to FIG. 6 and FIG. 7, FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of the filling mechanism 6 of the creative embodiment to complete filling. After the filling mechanism 6 successfully fills the filling material 2 with the space bag 3 (as shown in FIG. 6), the control unit 63 controls the servo motor 6110 of the driving unit 611 of the shielding mechanism 61 to turn the nut 6111 to drive the screw 6112 to move the cover body 610 moves to the covering position P1'' shown in FIG. 7. At this time, the cover 610 completely covers the discharge port 603 of the filling mechanism 6 to prevent the filler 2 stored in the storage tank 601 from falling to the base through the discharge port 603 when the next space bag reaches the filling position P2 On the surface of the seat body 50 of the seat 5, until the next space bag reaches the filling position P2, the servo motor 6110 turns the nut 6111 to drive the screw 6112 to move the cover body 610 to the corresponding covering position P1 or P1'. Therefore, the discharge port 603 of the storage tank 601 is normally closed by the cover 610 to prevent the filling material 2 from falling on the surface of the base 50 when the base 50 of the base 5 rotates.

It should be additionally noted that the above embodiment only uses the space bag used for processing and manufacturing cultivated mushroom crops as an illustrative example, if other bag-type containers, box-type containers or other types of containers that need to be filled are used as the filling mechanism There is no exception for those who book the container for filling operations.

Compared with the prior art, the creative filling mechanism uses the actuating unit of the shielding mechanism to drive the cover body to the covering position, and when the cover body is driven to the covering position, the cover body covers a part of at least one of the plurality of perforations. The creative filling mechanism can use the shielding mechanism to control the size of the perforations on the seat body, and further control the amount of filler entering the space bag through the perforations, so that the creative filling mechanism can automatically produce space bags of different specifications. The above is only the preferred embodiment of this creation, and any changes and modifications made in accordance with the scope of patent application for this creation shall fall within the scope of this creation.

L, L': bag length

P1, P1', P1'': cover position

P2: filling position

P3, P3': bearing position

W: weight

W': Specification weight

1: Mushroom automatic production machine

2: filler

3. 3': Space bag

4: Bag-in mechanism

5: Dock

50: seat body

501: Piercing

51: Setting Department

52: Actuating unit

6: Packing mechanism

60: filler feeding mechanism

601: storage tank

602: Mixing mechanism

6021: Motor screw group

6022: Shaft

6023: Stirring rod

603: Outlet

604: Encoder

61: Shading mechanism

610: Cover

611: Actuating unit

6110: Servo motor

6111: Nut

6112: Screw

6113: Long axis

62: Keep the organization

620: Carrier

621: drive unit

6210: Servo motor

6211: Nut

6212: Screw

6213: Long axis

63: control unit

64: weighing unit

7: Compaction mechanism A

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the mushroom automatic production machine of the embodiment. Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of the filling mechanism of the creative embodiment. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of functional blocks of the mushroom automatic production machine of the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the perforated shielding mechanism at a covering position and the holding mechanism at a carrying position in the creative embodiment. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of the holding mechanism at another loading position in the creative embodiment. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the perforated shielding mechanism at another covering position in the creative embodiment. Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of the filling mechanism of the filling example of the creative embodiment.

L: bag length

P2: filling position

2: filler

3: space bag

5: Dock

50: seat body

501: Piercing

51: Setting Department

52: Actuating unit

6: Packing mechanism

60: filler feeding mechanism

601: storage tank

602: Mixing mechanism

6022: Shaft

6023: Stirring rod

603: Outlet

61: Shading mechanism

610: Cover

611: Actuating unit

62: Keep the organization

620: Carrier

621: drive unit

64: weighing unit

Claims (10)

A filling mechanism for filling a filling material into a predetermined container. The filling mechanism includes: A filler feeding mechanism having a discharge port, the predetermined container is arranged to be arranged below the discharge port, and the filler feeding mechanism is used to feed the filling material into the predetermined container below the discharge port through the discharge port; and A holding mechanism is located below the discharge port for carrying a predetermined container below the discharge port, the holding mechanism includes a carrier and a driving unit, the carrier is used to carry the bottom of the predetermined container, the driving unit The carrier is coupled to the carrier to drive the carrier to move up and down. The packing mechanism as described in item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein the drive unit includes at least one of a motor screw group and a handwheel screw group. The packing mechanism as described in item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein the drive unit includes a servo motor, a nut and a screw, the nut is coupled to the output shaft of the servo motor, so that the servo motor drives the nut to rotate, the The screw is provided on the nut and connected to the carrier. The screw has a long axis. When the servo motor drives the nut to rotate, the nut drives the screw and the carrier to move along the long axis. The filling mechanism as described in item 3 of the patent application scope, wherein the filling mechanism further includes a control unit coupled to the servo motor, the control unit drives the servo motor to rotate the nut to drive the screw according to a preset bag length, In order to move the bearing member to a bearing position, the bearing member bears against the bottom of the predetermined container when in the bearing position. The filling mechanism as described in item 1 of the patent application scope further includes a shielding mechanism including a cover and an actuating unit, the actuating unit is coupled to the cover, and the actuating unit is used to drive The cover moves to a covering position. When the cover is in the covering position, the cover covers at least a part of the discharge opening. The packing mechanism as described in item 5 of the patent application scope, wherein the actuating unit includes a servo motor, a nut and a screw, the nut is coupled to an output shaft of the servo motor, so that the servo motor drives the nut to rotate The screw is provided on the nut and connected to the cover. The screw has a long axis. When the nut is driven by the servo motor, the nut drives the screw and the cover to move along the long axis. The packing mechanism as described in item 1 of the patent application scope further includes: A weighing unit is provided on the carrier. The weighing unit is used to measure the weight of the predetermined container filled with the filling material. The filling mechanism as described in item 7 of the patent application scope, wherein the weighing unit is coupled to the holding mechanism so that the weighing unit measures the filling material when the holding mechanism bears against the bottom of the predetermined container The weight of the predetermined container. The filling mechanism as described in item 7 of the patent application scope further includes a shielding mechanism and a control unit, the shielding mechanism includes a cover body and an actuating unit, the actuation unit is coupled to the cover body, the actuation The unit is used to drive the cover body to a covering position. When the cover body is in the covering position, the cover body covers at least a part of the discharge port, the control unit is coupled to the weighing unit and the actuating unit, The control unit drives the actuating unit to move the cover to the covering position according to the weight of the predetermined container filled with the filling material measured by the weighing unit. The packing mechanism as described in item 9 of the patent application scope, wherein the packing feed mechanism includes a stirring mechanism and an encoder, the stirring mechanism includes a motor screw group, a shaft and at least one stirring rod, the motor screw group can drive The shaft rotates, and the stirring rod extends radially from the shaft and rotates together with the shaft, and can stir and transfer the filling material to the discharge port, the encoder is coupled to the control unit, the code The device can sense the rotation angle of the shaft and output it to the control unit.

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