WO2021109544A1

WO2021109544A1 - Automated label sleeving and shrinking machine

Info

Publication number: WO2021109544A1
Application number: PCT/CN2020/097327
Authority: WO
Inventors: 崔宏伟; 朱文秀; 李国平; 付成丽; 郑宋友; 苏忠军; 王顺余; 朱玲丽; 夏青青
Original assignee: 浙江李子园食品股份有限公司
Priority date: 2019-12-02
Filing date: 2020-06-22
Publication date: 2021-06-10
Also published as: CN211365242U

Abstract

Disclosed is an automated label sleeving and shrinking machine, comprising a label rolling device and a label shrinking device, which are sequentially arranged on a conveying line for bottles sleeved with labels, wherein a label sleeving station (1) is arranged on the conveying line, the label rolling device comprises a label supporting mechanism (2) arranged in a conveying direction of the conveying line, and the label supporting mechanism reaches the label shrinking device from the label sleeving station (1) by means of the label rolling device; the label shrinking device comprises a machine shell (3), notches arranged in the front and the rear of the machine shell (3) and allowing the conveying line to pass therethrough, and a steam device arranged in the machine shell (3); the steam device comprises steam outlet pipes (4) horizontally arranged on two sides of the conveying line; and at least one row of gas outlet holes are provided in each of the steam outlet pipes (4), the gas outlet holes face the conveying line, steam baffles (5) are vertically arranged at two sides, located in the machine shell (3), of the conveying line respectively, and the upper end faces of the steam baffles (5) are lower than the height of the gas outlet holes. The automated label sleeving and shrinking machine improves a label sleeving and shrinking effect.

Description

Automatic sleeve label shrinking machine

Technical field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of food processing, and specifically relates to an automatic sleeve label shrinking machine.

Background technique

The label shrinking machine is widely used in the food and beverage industries such as large barrels and small bottles of mineral water, purified water, dairy beverages, etc. When shrinking the label, first put the label on the bottle to be shrinked, and then put it in the shrinking furnace for shrinking. This is obviously very inefficient, so someone proposed an automatic sleeve label shrinking machine. The automatic sleeve label shrinking machine includes a sleeve labeling mechanism and a label shrinking mechanism. The sleeve labeling mechanism can quickly set the label on the bottle and set the label on the bottle. It is transported to the shrinking organization for shrinking. Although the automatic sleeve shrinking machine improves work efficiency, the existing automatic sleeve shrinking machine has unsatisfactory sleeves, which leads to unsatisfactory subsequent shrinking. Since the bidding process is in a relatively closed space, the high-temperature steam will produce a chaotic heat flow in this space, and the contract shrinkage will have a great impact. Therefore, it is necessary to propose an automatic sleeve label shrinking machine with high degree of automation and good shrinking effect.

Summary of the invention

The purpose of the present utility model is to solve the above-mentioned problems in the existing label shrinkage of beverage bottles and other sleeves, and proposes a method that can roll the label after automatic sleeve labeling, and control the direction of the steam flow during the shrinking process so as to shrink the label. Automatic sleeve labeling and shrinking machine with better labeling effect.

The automatic sleeve labeling and shrinking machine is characterized in that it includes a label rolling device and a label shrinking device which are sequentially arranged on the bottle conveying line where the label is sleeved. The conveying line is provided with a sleeve labeling station, and the label rolling device includes a setting The label supporting mechanism in the conveying direction of the conveying line. The label supporting mechanism reaches the label reduction device from the sleeve label station through the rolling label device. The label reduction device includes a casing and a conveying line arranged in the front and rear of the casing. The passing gap and the steam device arranged in the casing. The steam device includes steam outlet pipes horizontally arranged on both sides of the conveying line. At least one outlet air hole is provided on the steam outlet pipe. The air outlet faces the conveying line and is located in the machine. Steam baffles are vertically arranged on both sides of the conveying line in the shell, and the upper end surface of the steam baffle is lower than the height of the air outlet.

The upper end surface of the steam baffle is lower than the height of the vent hole and higher than the bottom height of the mark on the bottle.

The automatic sleeve labeling and shrinking machine also includes a sleeve labeling device (the sleeve labeling machine is an existing technology and will not be described in detail here). The sleeve labeling device automatically sets the label on the bottle on the conveyor line, and the label supporting mechanism transports the label on the conveyor line. During the bottle process, the label on the bottle can be supported to prevent the label from falling to the bottom of the bottle and affecting the shrinkage. The bottle is transported to the rolling label device along the conveyor line. The rolling label device rolls and blows the label on the bottle to make the bottle on The label is more smooth, ready for the next step to enter the shrinking device. The bottle continues to move along the conveyor line, and the label supporting mechanism continues to support the label on the bottle. The bottle reaches the shell of the shrinking device, and the steam passes through the vent hole. The spray reaches the bottle to shrink the label.

The label supporting mechanism extends to the position directly opposite the steam device in the casing, until the steam device sprays steam so that the label on the bottle is attached to the bottle (shrinking the label) and does not need to be extended. This setting helps the position of the label and the bottle before shrinking. After shrinking, the bottle will not shift without a support mechanism during transfer.

The steam baffle is provided so that the steam can be sprayed directly onto the label of the bottle after it is sprayed from the vent hole, and the chaotic airflow cannot be blocked by the steam baffle, so that the shrinking effect of the bottle can be better.

Preferably, the standard supporting mechanism includes two support belt groups arranged in parallel on both sides of the conveyor line, each support belt group includes a toothed synchronous belt, a plurality of pulleys (synchronous wheels) and a synchronous motor, and a toothed synchronous belt sleeve Set on the pulley, a synchronous motor is connected with one of the pulleys to drive the pulley to rotate. The synchronous motor drives the pulley to rotate, so that the toothed synchronous belt also rotates. The distance between the two toothed synchronous belts is slightly larger than the cross-sectional dimension of the bottle, so as to ensure that the bottle with the label is located between the two toothed synchronous belts, and the two corners of the label on the bottle (the label is not cylindrical originally, After the labeling mechanism is applied to the bottle, two creases will be left. The corner is the lower shape of the crease.) It can be located on the upper surface of the toothed synchronous belt, so the labelled bottle can be transported along with it. The line conveys smoothly, and the label on the bottle does not fall down.

Preferably, the standard support mechanism includes two support belt groups arranged in parallel on both sides of the conveying line, and each support belt group includes a first motor, a bracket, a belt, and two pulleys arranged on the bracket and a number of tensioners. The belt is set on the two pulleys, and several tensioning pulleys are set between the two pulleys for tensioning the belt. The distance between the two belts of the two supporting belt sets is equivalent to the size of the bottle. The two corners of the target can be located on the upper surface of the belt on the corresponding side. The first motor drives one of the pulleys to rotate.

The conveyor line below the bottle transports the bottle forward.

Preferably, the rolling label device includes a rolling brush mechanism and a driving mechanism arranged on the conveying road of the conveying line. The rolling brush mechanism includes two sets of rolling brushes, and the driving mechanism can drive the two sets of rolling brushes to rotate, and each set of rolling brushes can rotate. The brushes include two separate rolling brushes, and the two rolling brushes are correspondingly arranged above the two supporting belt groups to roll brush the passing bottle with a label.

Preferably, an air blowing mechanism is further provided at the rolling label device, and the air blowing mechanism includes a bucket-shaped air outlet and an air supply device. The label on the bottle may stick to the bottle, and the air blowing device can make the label on the bottle in a fully opened state, so that the label shrinking effect is better.

Preferably, the driving mechanism includes two second motors and two connecting shafts. The two roller brushes on the same side of the two sets of roller brushes are each connected together by a connecting shaft, and each second motor is connected by a connecting shaft. The transmission mechanism is connected with the corresponding connecting shaft to drive the two roller brushes on the corresponding side to rotate.

Preferably, the transmission mechanism includes a driving wheel, a driven wheel and a driving belt, the output shaft of the second motor is connected with the driving wheel, and the driving belt is sleeved on the driving wheel and the driving wheel.

Preferably, the steam device further includes a steam generating device. One end of the above-mentioned steam outlet pipe is closed, and the other end is provided with an opening. The end is an open end. The steam generating device is connected to the open end of the steam outlet pipe through a gas pipe.

The steam generating device is an existing equipment, such as a steam boiler, which will not be described in detail here.

The steam generated by the steam generating device reaches the steam outlet pipe through the gas pipe, and then sprays from the outlet hole on the steam outlet pipe to the bottle to be contracted on the conveyor belt for contract contraction.

Preferably, two windows are provided on both sides of the casing perpendicular to the conveying direction of the conveying line, and corresponding windows and doors are provided on the windows. The window is set so that when there is a problem in the casing during the shrinking process, it can be conveniently handled.

The conveying line includes a bracket, several rotating rollers horizontally arranged on the bracket, and a belt set on the rotating roller. The third motor is connected with one of the rotating rollers to drive the rotating roller to rotate, and the belt is driven to follow the rotation so that the bottles can be conveyed smoothly. .

Compared with the prior art, the utility model is provided with a label rolling device and a label shrinking device, and steam baffles are vertically arranged on both sides of the conveying line in the casing, so that the label shrinking effect can be better; The labeling mechanism extends from the sleeve labeling station through the rolling labeling device to the shrinking labeling device, so that the label of the labelled bottle after labeling does not deviate, which provides a reliable guarantee for the next step of shrinking.

Description of the drawings

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the utility model;

Figure 2 is a schematic structural diagram of the utility model in another direction;

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of the structure after removing the shell and the conveying line.

In the figure, 1. Sleeve labeling station; 2. Standard support mechanism; 3. Machine housing; 4. Steam outlet pipe; 5. Steam baffle; 6. Toothed synchronous belt; 7. Pulley; 8. Synchronous motor; 9. Rolling brush; 10. Exhaust cylinder; 11. Second motor; 12. Connecting shaft; 13. Transmission belt; 14. Window.

Detailed ways

The following are specific embodiments of the present utility model combined with the accompanying drawings to further describe the technical solution of the present utility model, but the present utility model is not limited to these embodiments.

As shown in Fig. 1 to Fig. 3, an automatic label shrinking machine for sleeve labeling proposed by the present invention includes a label rolling device and a label shrinking device which are sequentially arranged on the bottle conveying line where the label has been sleeved.

The labeling station 1 is provided on the conveying line, and the label rolling device includes a label supporting mechanism 2 arranged in the conveying direction of the conveying line. The label supporting mechanism 2 passes from the labeling station 1 to the label shrinking device through the label rolling device. The standard reduction device includes a casing 3, a gap for the conveying line to pass through in the front and rear of the casing 3, and a steam device arranged in the casing 3. The steam device includes steam outlet pipes 4 horizontally arranged on both sides of the conveying line, and steam outlet pipes. At least one air outlet is provided on 4, the air outlet faces the conveying line, and the steam baffle 5 is vertically arranged on both sides of the conveying line in the casing 3, and the upper end surface of the steam baffle 5 is lower than the height of the air outlet.

The upper end surface of the steam baffle 5 is lower than the height of the air outlet and higher than the height of the bottom of the bottle. The conveyor line below the bottle transports the bottle forward.

The automatic sleeve labeling and shrinking machine also includes a sleeve labeling device (the sleeve labeling machine is an existing technology and will not be described in detail here). The sleeve labeling device automatically sets the label on the bottle on the conveyor line, and the label supporting mechanism 2 is on the conveyor line. The label on the bottle can be supported during the process of conveying the bottle to prevent the label from falling to the bottom of the bottle and affecting the shrinkage. The bottle is transported to the rolling label device along the conveyor line. The rolling label device rolls and blows the label on the bottle to make the bottle The label on the label is more smooth, ready for the next step to enter the label shrinking device. The bottle continues to move along with the conveyor line. The label supporting mechanism 2 continues to support the label on the bottle. The bottle reaches the shell 3 of the label shrinking device. Spray through the vent to reach the bottle to shrink the label.

The label supporting mechanism 2 extends to a position directly opposite the steam device in the casing 3 until the steam device sprays steam so that the label on the bottle is attached to the bottle (label contracted) and does not need to be extended. This setting helps the position of the label and the bottle before shrinking. After shrinking, the bottle will not shift without a support mechanism during transfer.

The steam baffle 5 is provided, so that after the steam is sprayed from the air outlet, it can be directly sprayed on the label of the bottle, and the chaotic airflow cannot be blocked by the steam baffle 5, so that the shrinking effect of the bottle can be better.

The standard support mechanism 2 includes two support belt groups arranged in parallel on both sides of the conveying line. Each support belt group includes a toothed synchronous belt 6, a number of pulleys 7 (synchronous wheels) and a synchronous motor 8. The toothed synchronous belts are arranged in sets of 6 On the pulley 7, a synchronous motor 8 is connected with one of the pulleys 7 to drive the pulley 7 to rotate. The synchronous motor 8 drives the pulley 7 to rotate, so that the toothed synchronous belt 6 also rotates. The distance between the two toothed synchronous belts 6 is slightly larger than the cross-sectional dimension of the bottle, so as to ensure that the bottle with the label is located between the two toothed synchronous belts 6, and the two corners of the label on the bottle (the label is not cylindrical originally) Yes, after the labeling mechanism is applied to the bottle, two creases will be left. The corner is the lower shape of the crease) can be located on the upper surface of the toothed synchronous belt 6, so the bottle with label can As the conveying line moves forward smoothly, the label on the bottle does not fall down.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the standard supporting mechanism 2 includes two supporting belt groups arranged in parallel on both sides of the conveying line, and each supporting belt group includes a first motor, a bracket, a belt, and two pulleys 7 arranged on the bracket. And a number of tensioning wheels, the belt is sleeved on the two pulleys 7, and a number of tensioning wheels are set between the two pulleys 7 for tensioning the belt, and the distance between the two belts of the two supporting belt sets is the same as that of the bottle. The size is equivalent, and the two corners of the label on the bottle can be located on the upper surface of the belt on the corresponding side. The first motor drives one of the pulleys 7 to rotate.

The rolling label device includes a rolling brush mechanism and a driving mechanism arranged on the conveying road of the conveyor line. The rolling brush mechanism includes two sets of rolling brushes. The driving mechanism can drive two sets of rolling brushes to rotate. Each set of rolling brushes includes two separate sets. There are two rolling brushes 9, and two rolling brushes 9 are correspondingly arranged above the two supporting belt sets to roll brush the passing labeled bottles.

An air blowing mechanism is also provided at the rolling label device. The air blowing mechanism includes a bucket-shaped air outlet 10 (through up and down) and an air supply device (not shown in the figure), including a pipe, a shell, a wind wheel and a drive motor, and two pipes. The ends are respectively communicated with the shell and the upper end of the air outlet tube 10. The drive motor is connected with the wind wheel to drive the wind wheel to rotate to generate wind. The wind reaches the outlet tube 10 through the duct and blows downward.

The label on the bottle may stick to the bottle, and the blowing device can make the label on the bottle in a fully opened state, so that the label shrinking effect is better.

The driving mechanism includes two second motors 11 and two connecting shafts 12. The two roller brushes 9 on the same side of the above two sets of roller brushes are each connected together by a connecting shaft 12, and each second motor 11 is respectively connected by a transmission The mechanism is connected with the corresponding connecting shaft 12 to drive the two roller brushes 9 on the corresponding side to rotate.

The transmission mechanism includes a driving wheel, a driven wheel and a transmission belt 13. The output shaft of the second motor 11 is connected with the driving wheel, and the transmission belt 13 is sleeved on the driving wheel and the driving wheel.

The steam device also includes a steam generating device. One end of the above-mentioned steam outlet pipe 4 is closed, and the other end is provided with an opening. The end is an open end. The steam generating device is connected to the open end of the steam outlet pipe 4 through a gas pipe.

The steam generated by the steam generating device reaches the steam outlet pipe 4 through the gas pipe, and then is sprayed from the outlet hole on the steam outlet pipe 4 to the bottles to be contracted on the conveyor belt to perform contract contraction.

Two windows 14 are respectively provided on both sides of the casing 3 perpendicular to the conveying direction of the conveying line, and windows 14 are correspondingly provided with windows and doors. The window is arranged so that in the process of shrinking, when a problem occurs in the casing 3, it can be conveniently handled.

The conveying line (because the device is an existing technology, the figure uses a square instead of a conveying line to illustrate, and the specific structure is not drawn) including a bracket, a number of rollers horizontally arranged on the bracket, and a set of rollers. The belt is connected with one of the rollers through the third motor to drive the roller to rotate, and the belt is driven to rotate and then the bottles can be conveyed steadily.

The utility model is provided with a label rolling device and a label shrinking device. The steam baffle 5 is vertically arranged on both sides of the conveying line in the casing 3, so that the label shrinking effect can be better; the set supporting mechanism 2 is from the sleeve The labeling station 1 is extended to the label reduction device through the rolling label device, so that the label of the labeled bottle after the label does not deviate, and provides a reliable guarantee for the next label reduction.

It should be understood that in the claims and description of the present utility model, all "including..." should be understood as open-ended meaning, that is, its meaning is equivalent to "containing at least...", and should not be understood as closed-ended The meaning of, that is, its meaning should not be understood as "only containing...".

The specific embodiments described in this article are merely examples to illustrate the spirit of the present utility model. Those skilled in the technical field of the present utility model can make various modifications or additions to the specific embodiments described or substitute similar methods, but they will not deviate from the spirit of the present utility model or surpass the appended claims. The defined range.

Claims

The automatic sleeve labeling and shrinking machine is characterized in that it includes a label rolling device and a label shrinking device which are sequentially arranged on the bottle conveying line where the label is sleeved. The conveying line is provided with a sleeve labeling station, and the label rolling device includes a setting The label supporting mechanism in the conveying direction of the conveying line. The label supporting mechanism reaches the label reduction device from the sleeve label station through the rolling label device. The label reduction device includes a casing and a conveying line arranged in the front and rear of the casing. The passing gap and the steam device arranged in the casing. The steam device includes steam outlet pipes horizontally arranged on both sides of the conveying line. The steam outlet pipe is provided with at least one exhaust air hole. The air outlet faces the conveying line and is located in the machine. Steam baffles are vertically arranged on both sides of the conveying line in the shell, and the upper end surface of the steam baffle is lower than the height of the air outlet.
The automatic label shrinking machine according to claim 1, wherein the label supporting mechanism comprises two supporting belt groups arranged in parallel on both sides of the conveying line, and each supporting belt group includes a toothed synchronous belt, a plurality of The belt wheel and the synchronous motor, the toothed synchronous belt is sleeved on the belt wheel, and the synchronous motor is connected with one of the belt wheels to drive the belt wheel to rotate.
The automatic labeling shrinking machine according to claim 1, wherein the label supporting mechanism comprises two supporting belt groups arranged in parallel on both sides of the conveying line, and each supporting belt group includes a first motor and a bracket. , The belt and the two pulleys and several tensioning pulleys arranged on the bracket, the belt is sleeved on the two pulleys, and the several tensioning pulleys are arranged between the two pulleys for tensioning the belt, and the two supporting the two belts of the belt set The distance between the two belts is equivalent to the size of the bottle, and the two corners of the label on the bottle can be located on the upper surface of the belt on the corresponding side.
The automatic sleeve label shrinking machine according to claim 1, wherein the rolling label device includes a rolling brush mechanism and a driving mechanism arranged on the conveying road of the conveyor line, and the rolling brush mechanism includes two sets of rolling brushes. , The driving mechanism can drive the two sets of rolling brushes to rotate, and each set of rolling brushes includes two separate rolling brushes, and the two rolling brushes are correspondingly arranged above the two supporting belt groups to roll brush the passing bottles with labels.
The automatic sleeve label shrinking machine according to claim 1, characterized in that an air blowing mechanism is further provided at the rolling label device, and the air blowing mechanism includes a bucket-shaped air outlet and an air supply device.
The automatic sleeve label shrinking machine according to claim 4, wherein the driving mechanism includes two second motors and two connecting shafts, and the two roller brushes located on the same side of the two groups of roller brushes are each Connected together by a connecting shaft, each second motor is connected to the corresponding connecting shaft through a transmission mechanism to drive the two roller brushes on the corresponding side to rotate.
The automatic label shrinking machine according to claim 6, wherein the transmission mechanism includes a driving wheel, a driven wheel and a transmission belt, the output shaft of the second motor is connected with the driving wheel, and the transmission belt is sleeved on the driving wheel. And drive wheels.
The automatic sleeve label shrinking machine according to claim 1, wherein the steam device further comprises a steam generating device, one end of the steam outlet pipe is closed, and the other end is provided with an opening, and this end is the open end, The steam generating device is connected with the open end of the steam outlet pipe through a gas pipe.
The automated labeling shrinking machine according to claim 1, wherein two windows are provided on both sides of the casing perpendicular to the conveying direction of the conveying line, and the windows are correspondingly provided with windows and doors. .