Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
  • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
  • B07C5/00—Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature; Sorting by manually actuated devices, e.g. switches
  • B07C5/34—Sorting according to other particular properties
  • B07C5/342—Sorting according to other particular properties according to optical properties, e.g. colour
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
  • A24C—MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
  • A24C5/00—Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
  • A24C5/32—Separating, ordering, counting or examining cigarettes; Regulating the feeding of tobacco according to rod or cigarette condition
  • A24C5/34—Examining cigarettes or the rod, e.g. for regulating the feeding of tobacco; Removing defective cigarettes
  • A24C5/345—Removing defective cigarettes
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
  • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
  • B07C5/00—Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature; Sorting by manually actuated devices, e.g. switches
  • B07C5/36—Sorting apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution
  • B07C5/363—Sorting apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution by means of air
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
  • B65B19/00—Packaging rod-shaped or tubular articles susceptible to damage by abrasion or pressure, e.g. cigarettes, cigars, macaroni, spaghetti, drinking straws or welding electrodes
  • B65B19/28—Control devices for cigarette or cigar packaging machines
  • B65B19/30—Control devices for cigarette or cigar packaging machines responsive to presence of faulty articles, e.g. incorrectly filled cigarettes

Definitions

• the present invention is a cigarette packaging machine, and more particularly to a method and apparatus for detecting and rejecting defective cigarettes prior to metering the output channels.
• the existing cigarette quantitative packing arrangement box of the existing cigarette packet wrapping machine comprises the following main structures: a hopper connecting the cigarette conveying passage, and three cigarette branching ditches formed by two diverting blocks at the bottom of the hopper, respectively connected to each cigarette branch diversion
• the conveying device is connected, and the cigarette mass detector is arranged in the rear part of the mold box conveying device.
• the above-mentioned small package packaging machine obviously has the following main defects.
• a whole group of rejection treatment is adopted, which wastes a large amount of packaging materials and man-hours, and also greatly reduces the quality of the recovered tobacco. Therefore, the waste is huge.
• a cigarette rejecting method and apparatus discloses a method for rejecting defective cigarettes, comprising: on a cigarette channel under the packaging machine, that is, a cigarette quantitative output channel Setting the detection position and the culling position, detecting the cigarette at the detection position by the detector; sending a defect signal to a controller every time a defective cigarette branch is detected; the controller calculates the defect cigarette reaching the culling position Hai
• the device comprises a detector, a controller and a culling actuator; the detector and the culling actuator are installed on the lower smoke passage, and after detecting the defective cigarette, the detector sends a defect signal to the controller, and the controller sends the culling signal to the culling execution Remove the defective cigarettes from the actuator.
• the above invention application is a method of detecting and rejecting a single cigarette in the lower smoke passage. Since the knocking process will cause the interruption of the cigarette branch flow, the phenomenon that the mold box is lacking due to the knockout cannot be avoided.
• the method for achieving the above object is: connecting cigarette detection channels respectively at the outlets of the cigarette branching troughs, and each cigarette branch detecting channel aligns the cigarette branches into mutually parallel vertical cigarette tributaries, the number and the vertical cigarette tributaries
• the number of the lower flue of the corresponding cigarette quantitative output channel is equal, and the cigarette mass detector and the pneumatic culling mechanism are disposed in the flow passages of each vertical cigarette tributary, and the detected cigarette branch is detected and rejected within a suitable pause time.
• the qualified cigarettes directly enter the corresponding lower flue of the corresponding cigarette quantitative output passage via the lateral shifting mechanism.
• the lateral lateral pushing mechanism of each vertical cigarette branch is synchronized, and when the pneumatic picking mechanism of any vertical cigarette branch moves or continuously moves, the lateral shifting mechanism of each vertical cigarette branch is delayed by the corresponding lateral shifting period.
• the device of the invention comprises a hopper, three cigarette branching troughs at the bottom of the hopper, three cigarette quantitative output channels, a cigarette mass detector, a counting rejection controller and a pneumatic culling mechanism, characterized in that each cigarette branching trough and A cigarette detection channel is respectively disposed between the corresponding cigarette quantitative output channels, and each of the cigarette detection channels is provided with a cigarette detection flow path composed of parallel and evenly distributed partitions, and smoke of each cigarette detection passage
• the number of the detecting flow passages is equal to the number of the lower flue of the corresponding cigarette quantitative output passage, and the one side partition of each cigarette detecting flow path coincides or partially overlaps with the upper and lower positions of the corresponding lower flue upper port.
• each of the cigarette detecting flow paths are respectively provided with a cigarette mass detector and a cigarette rejecting port located below the detector, and the bottom ports of the respective cigarette detecting flow channels are respectively provided with lateral movement a push-pull plate and a fixed pallet comprise a lateral shifting mechanism, the pusher plate is located at a bottom surface of the partition plate on the other side of the cigarette detecting flow channel, and a laterally movable pusher plate blocks the bottom port of the cigarette branch detecting flow channel.
• All the push plates of the cigarette detection passages are connected to a transverse reciprocating transmission rod, the pallet is located on one side of the lower flue port corresponding to the push plate, and the side side of the lower flue is corresponding to the side of the corresponding pallet
• the distance between the push plates of the cigarette detection channel is equal to the diameter of the cigarette.
• the side of the cigarette falling side of the pallet is provided with a smoke guiding slope.
• the cigarette branch detecting flow passage of the cigarette detecting passage of the present invention arranges the cigarette branch into a cigarette branch flow corresponding to the number of each lower flue of the cigarette quantitative output passage, which is in the cigarette branch
• the basic conditions are provided by the quality inspection before the quantitative output channel.
• the cigarette substreams of the present invention are respectively supported by their pallets, which can provide the necessary dwell time for quality inspection or rejection by branch.
• the traverse time of the push plate of the invention which is combined with each pallet and constitutes the lateral branching mechanism of the cigarette branch, is matched with the running speed of the cigarette packaging system, and the traverse section is used to block the cigarette tributary and directly support the pallet.
• Defective cigarettes are pushed away from the pallet. Since the movement of the defect-free cigarette pushed away from the pallet is unobstructed and depends on its own weight falling into the lower chimney, the lateral movement and the downward movement of the detected cigarette are completed in a gentle process, and there is no damage.
• the lateral reciprocating drive rod of the present invention can be driven by conventional prior art techniques such as cam linkages, pneumatic or hydraulic mechanisms, and the like.
• the cigarette quality detector, the counting rejection controller and the pneumatic rejection mechanism of the invention all adopt mature mature technology, and can accurately eliminate the defective cigarettes. It has been experimentally proved that the prototype of the present invention is artificially set at a package speed of 400 packs per minute. The short position (insufficient tobacco) detection and rejection rate of defective cigarettes reached 100%.
• the present invention eliminates the cigarettes having quality problems before they enter the quantitative output channel of the cigarette, thereby completely avoiding the huge waste caused by the entire group of cigarettes. It can also be proved by experiments that the distance between one end of the cigarette branch in the cigarette detection flow channel and the cigarette mass detector is random for the lack of filter defect, and the cigarette mass detector also regards it as a short defect cigarette. Identify it.
• Figure 1 is a schematic view showing the structure of Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
• Figure 2 is an enlarged view of Figure 1A-A.
• Figure 3 is a schematic view of the embodiment 1 lateral shifting mechanism.
• Figure 4 is a schematic view showing the lateral movement state of the push plate of Figure 3.
• Figure 5 is a schematic view showing the structure of Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
• Figure 6 is a schematic view of the embodiment 2 lateral shifting mechanism.
• Figure 7 is a schematic view showing the lateral movement state of the push plate of Figure 6.
• the cigarette storage box includes an existing hopper 2, three cigarette branching channels 4 separated by a dividing block 3, and three cigarette quantitative output channels 8, and the hopper 2 is connected to the cigarette.
• the number of the lower flue 8-1 of the three cigarettes of the output passage 8 is set by the number of cigarettes 7-6-7, respectively.
• Each cigarette branching channel 4 and the corresponding cigarette metering output channel 8 are respectively provided with a cigarette detecting passage 5, and each cigarette branch detecting passage 5 is provided with each cigarette composed of parallel and evenly distributed partitions 5-2.
• the detection flow path 5-1 is branched.
• the number of cigarette detection passages 5-1 of each cigarette detection passage 5 is equal to the number of the lower chimneys 8-1 of the corresponding cigarette quantitative output passage 8.
• each cigarette detecting flow path 5-1 is overlapped with the upper and lower position portions of the upper lower flue 8-1, and the rear side plate 13 of each cigarette detecting flow path is respectively provided with a cigarette mass.
• the bottom ports of each of the cigarette detecting flow passages 5-1 are provided with a laterally-transferring mechanism consisting of a laterally-moving push plate 6 and a fixed pallet 7, and the push plate 6 is located at the illustrated cigarette branch flow.
• the other side of the road that is, the bottom surface of the left side partition, the laterally moving push plate 6 blocks the bottom end of the cigarette detecting flow path.
• the distance between the push plates 6 of a cigarette detecting passage 5 is equal to the diameter of the cigarette, which facilitates the positioning of the detected cigarette branch supported by the pallet 7.
• Fig. 1 all of the push plates 6 of the three cigarette detecting passages 5 are connected to a laterally reciprocating transmission rod 1 shown in Fig. 2.
• the transmission rod 1 of the embodiment is connected to the cam linkage mechanism, and the power source thereof is a servo motor.
• the pallet 7 is located on the side of the lower flue 81-1 corresponding to the push plate 6 , and the side of the lower flue is overlapped with the corresponding side of the pallet, and the surface of the pallet 7 and the cigarette are supported.
• the distance of the port 5-1 of the bottom of the flow channel is measured to be equal to the diameter of the cigarette.
• the push plate 6 is located on the bottom surface of each partition plate 5-2 of the cigarette detecting flow path, and at this time, the cigarette branch flow 15 of each cigarette detecting flow path is in a pause state under the action of the pallet 7, and the state is performed in this state.
• Smoke detection or rejection The culling action is that the cigarette quality detector 10 sends a defective cigarette signal to the PLC, and the PLC stops the servo motor from rotating and causes the push plate 6 to be located on the bottom surface of each partition 5-2 of the cigarette detection flow path, and simultaneously starts the counting rejection controller.
• the counting time is equal to the time when the defective cigarette falls from the detection position to the cigarette rejection port.
• the PLC When the counting time is up, the PLC issues a culling command to activate the pneumatic culling mechanism, and the airflow injected by the airflow nozzle 12 in Fig. 2 causes the defective cigarette branch to be ejected from the cigarette rejecting port 9. At the same time, the PLC also issues a test command to promptly check the cigarettes temporarily staying at the detection position. If the cigarette quality detector 10 sends a continuous defective cigarette signal to the PLC, it indicates that there are consecutive defects such as two defective cigarettes in the cigarette branch 15, and the PLC stops the servo motor from rotating and the push plate 6 is located in the cigarette detection flow path. At the same time as the bottom surface of each of the partitions 5-2, the count rejection controller is activated twice in succession, each time including a culling command.
• each push plate 6 is traversed by the transmission rod in the direction indicated by the arrow a in FIG. 4 to the position of the blocked cigarette detection flow path, and At the same time, the defect-free cigarette branch directly supported on the pallet is pushed away from the pallet and falls into the lower chimney 8.1 by its own weight in the direction indicated by the arrow b in FIG. It can be seen from Figures 3 and 4 that the present invention achieves the purpose of detecting and rejecting defective cigarettes prior to quantifying the output channels.
• the cigarette conveying passage 1, the hopper 2, the diverting block 3, the cigarette diverting tank 4, the three cigarette quantitative output channels 8 and the lower flue 8.1 are included in the embodiment.
• the basic structure of the cigarette sorting box is the same as that of the first embodiment.
• each cigarette branching channel 4 and the corresponding cigarette metering output channel 8 are respectively provided with a cigarette detecting passage 5, and each cigarette branch detecting passage 5 is provided with parallel and evenly spaced partitions.
• Each cigarette branch formed by the plate 5-2 detects the flow path 5-1.
• the number of cigarette detection flow paths 5-1 of each cigarette detection passage 5 is equal to the number of the lower chimneys 8.1 of the corresponding cigarette quantitative output passage 8.
• the difference between the second embodiment and the first embodiment is that the right side partition of the cigarette detecting flow path 5-1 coincides with the upper and lower positions of the upper lower flue 8-1, and the cigarette detecting flow path is set.
• the axial distance between the cigarette mass detector 10 and the cigarette rejecting port 9 and the two are the same as in the first embodiment.
• each cigarette detecting flow path 5-1 is provided with a laterally-transferring mechanism consisting of a laterally-moving push plate 6 and a fixed pallet 7, and the push plate 6 is located.
• the illustrated cigarette branch detects the bottom surface of the partition on the left side of the flow passage, and the laterally movable pusher 6 blocks the bottom port of the cigarette detection flow passage.
• the distance between the push plates 6 of a cigarette detecting passage 5 is equal to the diameter of the cigarette branch, which facilitates the positioning of the detected cigarette branch supported by the pallet 7.
• the pallet 7 is located on the side of the lower flue 8-1 corresponding to the push plate 6, and the side of the lower flue is overlapped with the corresponding side of the pallet, and the pallet is The side of the falling smoke side is provided with a smoke guiding slope 7-1, and the distance between the surface of the pallet and the port of the cigarette detecting bottom 5-1 is equal to the diameter of the cigarette.
• the cigarette detection and rejection process of the second embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment, but since the right side partition of the cigarette detection flow path 5-1 coincides with the upper and lower positions of the ports on the corresponding lower flue 8-1,
• the traverse range of the plate 6 is larger than that of the embodiment 1.

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