Boxing machine

Abstract

The utility model discloses a boxing machine. The boxing machine comprises a paper box conveying line, a horizontally extending material conveying line, a rack, a stacking gripper mechanism, a paper box arraying mechanism, a material pushing and box entering mechanism, a box folding and sealing mechanism and a box discharging mechanism. The paper box conveying line and the material conveying line are arranged side by side and penetrate through the rack, the paper box arraying mechanism and the material pushing and boxing mechanism are installed on the paper box conveying line, the material pushing and boxing mechanism is located above the paper box arraying mechanism, and the stacking gripper mechanism is movably installed on the rack and located on the side face of the paper box arraying mechanism. The box folding and sealing mechanism is installed on the rack and located in front of the paper box arraying mechanism, and the box discharging mechanism is arranged at the front end of the paper box conveying line and the front end of the material conveying line. According to the boxing machine, different material types of the same product can be conveyed through multiple lines, the steps of stacking, boxing, cover folding, box sealing and the like are automatically completed respectively, and time and labor are saved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the field of cartoning machines, in particular to a cartoning machine. Background Art

[0002] Cartoning of materials and products is a common practice in industries such as home appliances, automobiles, textiles, food, general merchandise, pharmaceuticals, and chemicals. The cartoning process typically includes stacking, boxing, lid folding, and sealing. However, when products vary in type or size, and when specialized boxes are required for certain products, separate cartoning processes often require different labor and equipment, leading to time-consuming and labor-intensive processes and increased production costs. Utility Model Content

[0003] To solve the above problems, the utility model provides a cartoning machine, which can convey different material types of the same product through multiple lines and automatically complete the steps of stacking, boxing, folding lids, and sealing boxes, thereby saving time and labor and reducing production costs.

[0004] According to one aspect of the present invention, a cartoning machine is provided, comprising a carton conveyor line, a horizontally extending material conveyor line, a frame, a stacking gripper mechanism, a carton aligning mechanism, a material pushing and box pushing mechanism, a box folding and sealing mechanism and a box discharging mechanism; the carton conveyor line and the material conveyor line are arranged side by side and both pass through the frame, the carton aligning mechanism and the material pushing and box pushing mechanism are both installed on the carton conveyor line and the material pushing and box pushing mechanism are both located above the carton aligning mechanism, the stacking gripper mechanism is movably installed on the frame and is located on the side of the carton aligning mechanism, the box folding and sealing mechanism is installed on the frame and is located in front of the carton aligning mechanism, the box discharging mechanism is arranged at the front end of the carton conveyor line and the material conveyor line, the box folding and sealing mechanism comprises a lifting bottom plate that can be raised and lowered, and the top of the lifting bottom plate is connected to a hand wheel.

[0005] In some embodiments, the carton conveyor line includes a material transport platform, a movable transmission chain is installed on the material transport platform, and a plurality of material transport stations are sequentially arranged on the material transport platform, the material pushing and box feeding mechanism and the box folding and sealing mechanism are respectively located at different material transport stations, and a side push cylinder is installed at the front end of the material transport platform; wherein a servo motor is installed at the front end of the material transport platform, the transmission chain is connected to the servo motor through a chain transmission mechanism, and the servo motor is installed with a photoelectric detector, which faces the side push cylinder. This is beneficial in that it describes the specific structure of the carton conveyor line.

[0006] In some embodiments, a spider-arm robot is mounted on top of the frame, located directly above the carton aligning mechanism and the material transport station where it is located. A gas tank, a second coupling, and an electrical box are also mounted on the frame. This is beneficial in that the specific structure of the frame is described.

[0007] In some embodiments, the stacking gripper mechanism includes a stacking cylinder and an electromagnet. The top of the stacking cylinder is connected to the spider hand robot via a connecting rod, and the electromagnet is mounted on the bottom of the stacking cylinder. Multiple retaining screws are connected to the corners of the bottom of the stacking cylinder. This is beneficial in that it describes the specific structure of the stacking gripper mechanism.

[0008] In some embodiments, the carton aligning mechanism includes a aligning slide that can slide back and forth, the aligning slide being slidably mounted on an aligning rail and connected to an aligning cylinder, and two aligning modules being mounted on the aligning slide. This is beneficial in that the specific structure of the carton aligning mechanism is described.

[0009] In some embodiments, the entire module array includes two lifting plates and two lifting cylinders, each of which is connected to a piston rod at the top of each of the lifting cylinders. This is beneficial in that it further describes the specific structure of the entire module array.

[0010] In some embodiments, two switch plates are mounted side by side on the middle side of the entire row of slide rails, and the two switch plates are connected to two switch cylinders respectively. The advantage of this is that the two switch cylinders can control the switching of the two switch plates.

[0011] In some embodiments, the material pushing mechanism includes a horizontally movable push plate, a vertically movable stop plate, a push cylinder, and a stop cylinder, wherein the push plate and the stop plate are both located on the side of the entire module array, and the push cylinder is connected to the push plate via a connecting plate. The stop cylinder is mounted on the connecting plate and its bottom is connected to the stop plate. This is beneficial in that it describes the specific structure of the material pushing mechanism.

[0012] In some embodiments, one side of the bottom of the lifting base is provided with a centrally facing and horizontally movable box leaf block group and a box leaf guide group, and the other side is provided with a centrally facing and horizontally movable front and rear block groups and two front and rear box pressing leaf groups. A lifting and lowering box pressing plate is also provided on one side of the bottom of the lifting base. The box leaf block group is located above the box leaf guide group, and the two front and rear box pressing leaf groups are located side by side between the two front and rear block groups. This is beneficial in that it describes the specific structure of the box folding and sealing mechanism.

[0013] In some embodiments, a front push plate that can slide back and forth is slidably mounted on the upper portion of the box ejection mechanism, and the front push plate is located on the side of the side push cylinder; wherein the rear end of the front push plate is connected to a box ejection cylinder, and the top of the front push plate is slidably mounted via a slider. This is beneficial in that it describes the specific structure of the box ejection mechanism. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0014] Figure 1 This is a structural schematic diagram of a cartoning machine according to one embodiment of the present invention;

[0015] Figure 2 for Figure 1 The structural diagram of the carton conveying line shown;

[0016] Figure 3 for Figure 1 The structural diagram of the rack shown;

[0017] Figure 4 for Figure 1 The structural diagram of the stacking gripper mechanism shown;

[0018] Figure 5 for Figure 1 The structural diagram of the carton arranging mechanism shown;

[0019] Figure 6 for Figure 1 The structural diagram of the material pushing and boxing mechanism shown in FIG.

[0020] Figure 7 for Figure 1 The structural diagram of the box folding and sealing mechanism shown;

[0021] Figure 8 for Figure 1 The schematic diagram of the structure of the box ejection mechanism is shown.

[0022] In the figure: carton conveyor line 1, material conveyor line 2, frame 3, stacking gripper mechanism 4, carton arranging mechanism 5, material pushing mechanism 6, box folding and sealing mechanism 7, box discharging mechanism 8, material transport platform 11, transmission chain 12, material transport station 13, side push cylinder 14, servo motor 15, chain transmission mechanism 16, photoelectric detector 17, spider hand robot 31, gas tank 32, two-piece 33, electric box 34, stacking cylinder 41, electromagnet 42, connecting rod 43, material blocking screw Rod 44, row slide 51, row module 52, row slide rail 53, row cylinder 54, lifting plate 55, lifting cylinder 56, switch plate 57, switch cylinder 58, push plate 61, baffle plate 62, push cylinder 63, baffle cylinder 64, connecting plate 65, lifting bottom plate 71, baffle box leaf group 72, box leaf guide group 73, front and rear baffle group 74, front and rear box pressing leaf group 75, box pressing plate 76, hand wheel 77, front push plate 81, box out cylinder 82, slider 83. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0023] The present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0024] like Figure 1 As shown, the cartoning machine includes a horizontally extending carton conveying line 1, a horizontally extending material conveying line 2, a frame 3, a stacking gripper mechanism 4, a carton aligning mechanism 5, a material pushing mechanism 6, a box folding and sealing mechanism 7 and a box discharging mechanism 8.

[0025] The carton conveyor line 1 and the material conveyor line 2 are arranged side by side and both pass through the frame 3; the carton aligning mechanism 5 and the material pushing mechanism 6 are both installed on the carton conveyor line 1, and the material pushing mechanism 6 is located above the carton aligning mechanism 5; the stacking gripper mechanism 4 is installed on the frame 3 and is located on the side of the carton aligning mechanism 5; the box folding and sealing mechanism 7 is installed on the frame 3 and is located in front of the carton aligning mechanism 5, and the box discharging mechanism 8 is arranged at one end of the carton conveyor line 1 and the material conveyor line 2 (called the front end and the other end is called the rear end).

[0026] like Figure 2 As shown, the carton conveyor line 1 includes a straight-extending material transport platform 11, on which a transmission chain 12 is mounted, and a servo motor 15 is mounted at the front end of the material transport platform 11. The transmission chain 12 is connected to the servo motor 15 through a chain transmission mechanism 16 composed of gears and chains, so that the operation of the servo motor 15 can drive the motion of the transmission chain 12. Among them, a plurality of material transport stations 13 are relatively evenly arranged in sequence on the material transport platform 11, and the material pushing and box feeding mechanism 6, the carton arranging mechanism 5, and the box folding and sealing mechanism 7 are respectively located at different material transport stations 13. When the transmission chain 12 is running, it can drive the material products thereon to pass through each material transport station 13 in sequence.

[0027] In addition, a side push cylinder 14 is installed on the front side of the material transport platform 11. The side push cylinder 14 can push the boxed products on the material transport station 13 where it is located from the side to the material conveying line 2.

[0028] Preferably, a photoelectric detector 17 is mounted on the servo motor 15, and the photoelectric detector 17 faces the side push cylinder 14. Whenever the photoelectric detector 17 detects that the side push cylinder 14 operates once, it sends a signal to the servo motor 15 to operate one circle, thereby pulling the transmission chain 12 and the material products thereon forward one material transport station 13.

[0029] The material conveying line 2 is made of stainless steel chain plates and has the function of conveying materials from back to front.

[0030] like Figure 3 As shown, a spider-arm robot 31 is installed on the upper part of the frame 3. The spider-arm robot 31 is located directly above the carton arranging mechanism 5 and the material transporting station 13 where it is located. It can grab the material products on the material transporting station 13 and move them within a certain range.

[0031] In addition, some related scattered equipment are installed on the rack 3, including a gas tank 32, a two-piece component 33 and an electrical box 34, etc. Among them, the gas tank 32 provides gas for the equipment, the two-piece component 33 is connected to structures such as the carton conveyor line 1 and the carton aligning mechanism 5, and a pressure switch is installed on the two-piece component 33. When the pressure is lower than the set value, the pressure switch is closed and the corresponding mechanism cannot operate. The electrical box 34 is connected to the rack 3 as a whole.

[0032] Preferably, safety doors (specific door leaves are not shown in the figures) can be installed on the sides and / or top of the frame 3.

[0033] like Figure 4 As shown, the stacking gripper mechanism 4 includes a connecting rod 43, the top of the connecting rod 43 is connected to the spider hand robot 31, and the bottom is connected to a stacking cylinder 41, wherein an electromagnet 42 is installed in the middle of the bottom of the stacking cylinder 41, and multiple material blocking screws 44 are connected at each corner of the bottom of the stacking cylinder 41.

[0034] When the material on the material conveying line 2 is transported under the spider arm robot 31, the spider arm robot 31 operates and cooperates with the electromagnet 42 to energize the material to suck up the material and transfer it to the mold at the appropriate position on the side of the carton arranging mechanism 5. Then the electromagnet 42 is de-energized and cooperates with the stacking cylinder 41 to operate so that each blocking screw 44 blocks the material from the surrounding to wait for pushing.

[0035] like Figure 5As shown, the carton aligning mechanism 5 includes an aligning rail 53 extending forward and backward, an aligning slide 51 and an aligning cylinder 54. The aligning slide 51 is slidably mounted on the aligning rail 53 and is connected to the aligning cylinder 54. The operation of the aligning cylinder 54 can drive the aligning slide 51 to slide on the aligning rail 53.

[0036] Two alignment modules 52 are mounted side by side on the alignment slide 51. Each alignment module 52 includes two lifting plates 55 and two lifting cylinders 56. Each lifting plate 55 is connected to a piston rod at the top of each lifting cylinder 56. The operation of each lifting cylinder 56 can drive the lifting plates 55 to rise, forming a space for aligning materials.

[0037] In addition, two switch plates 57 are installed side by side on the middle side of the entire row of slide rails 53. The two switch plates 57 are respectively connected to two switch cylinders 58 and can be switched from the side under the operation of the two switch cylinders 58.

[0038] like Figure 6 As shown, the material pushing mechanism 6 includes a pushing cylinder 63, which is connected to a pushing plate 61 through a connecting plate 65, wherein the pushing plate 61 is located on the side of the alignment module 52 on the alignment slide 51 in the middle of the alignment slide rail 53 of the carton alignment mechanism 5. When each switch plate 57 is opened, the operation of the pushing cylinder 63 can drive the pushing plate 61 to push the material into the carton.

[0039] In addition, a material blocking cylinder 64 is installed in the middle of the connecting plate 65. The bottom piston rod of the material blocking cylinder 64 is connected to a vertical material blocking plate 62. When the pushing cylinder 63 pushes the material into the paper box, the material blocking cylinder 64 operates to drive the material blocking plate 62 to descend, which can block the material to prevent it from pouring out of the paper box.

[0040] like Figure 7 As shown, the box folding and sealing mechanism 7 includes a lifting base plate 71, the top of which is connected to a hand wheel 77. The lifting base plate 71 can be raised or lowered by operating the hand wheel 77. A box leaf blocking group 72 and a box leaf guide group 73, both facing toward the center and capable of horizontal movement, are provided on one side of the bottom of the lifting base plate 71. The box leaf blocking group 72 is located above the box leaf guide group 73. Meanwhile, two front and rear blocking groups 74 and two front and rear box pressing groups 75, both facing toward the center and capable of horizontal movement, are provided on the other side of the bottom of the lifting base plate 71. The two front and rear box pressing groups 75 are located side by side between the two front and rear blocking groups 74.

[0041] Among them, the baffle box leaf group 72 and the box leaf guide group 73, as well as the two front and rear baffle groups 74 and the two front and rear pressure box leaf groups 75 are all connected to corresponding cylinders to achieve their horizontal movement.

[0042] In addition, a lifting box plate 76 that can be lifted and lowered is provided on one side of the bottom of the lifting base plate 71.

[0043] When the carton filled with materials is transported to the middle and lower part of the lifting bottom plate 71 of the box folding and sealing mechanism 7, the box blocking leaf group 72 and the box leaf guide group 73 extend toward the middle to block the carton from one side; then the two front and rear blocking groups 74 extend toward the middle to block the carton from both sides, and retract the box blocking leaf group 72; then, the two front and rear box pressing leaf groups 75 extend toward the middle to fold the carton, and retract the box leaf guide group 73; then, the two front and rear blocking groups 74 and the two front and rear box pressing leaf groups 75 are retracted together to complete a set of box folding actions; finally, the box pressing plate 76 presses down to complete the box sealing.

[0044] like Figure 8 As shown, a front push plate 81 is slidably mounted on the upper portion of the box ejection mechanism 8. The rear end of the front push plate 81 is connected to the piston rod of a box ejection cylinder 82, and the top of the front push plate 81 is slidably mounted via a slider 83. The front push plate 81 is located on the side of the side push cylinder 14. When the side push cylinder 14 pushes the paper box containing the material to the side, the box ejection cylinder 82 operates to cause the front push plate 81 to push the paper box forward and onto the conveyor line for the subsequent process.

[0045] In addition, safety doors can be installed on the side and top of the box discharging mechanism 8 (the specific door leaves are not shown in the figure).

[0046] When using this cartoning machine to carton materials, its workflow mainly includes the following steps:

[0047] S1, loading: each carton is sequentially put into the carton conveyor line 1 from the rear end, and is sequentially passed through each material transport station 13 under the movement of the transmission chain 12. At the same time, each material to be boxed is sequentially put into the material conveyor line 2 from the rear end, and is moved forward under the operation of the material conveyor line 2;

[0048] S2, material stacking: When the material is transported to the bottom of the spider-hand robot 31, the spider-hand robot 31 cooperates with the electromagnet 42 of the stacking gripper mechanism 4 to energize the material to suck up the material and stack it to the side of the carton aligning mechanism 5. The electromagnet 42 is de-energized and cooperates with the stacking cylinder 41 to operate so that each blocking screw 44 blocks the material from the surrounding area;

[0049] S3, carton alignment: When the cartons are delivered to the corresponding workstation, the spider hand robot 31 is used to grab the materials and place the cartons in sequence into the material alignment spaces formed by the alignment modules 52 of the carton alignment mechanism 5;

[0050] S4, pushing materials: the entire row of modules 52 with materials placed thereon are sequentially slid to the middle of the entire row of slide rails 53, the two switch plates 57 are opened, the pushing cylinder 63 is operated to cause the pushing plate 61 to push the stacked materials into the carton, and the blocking cylinder 64 is operated to cause the blocking plate 62 to descend to prevent the materials from dumping out of the carton;

[0051] S4, folding and sealing boxes: When the paper box containing materials is transported to the middle and lower part of the lifting bottom plate 71 of the folding and sealing mechanism 7, the box blocking leaf group 72, the box leaf guide group 73, the two front and rear blocking groups 74, the two front and rear box pressing leaf groups 75 and the box pressing plate 76 are used to complete the box folding and sealing actions.

[0052] S6, box out: the side push cylinder 14 pushes the carton with the material sealed to the side, and the box out cylinder 82 operates to make the front push plate 81 push the carton forward and drop it onto the transportation line of the subsequent process.

[0053] The above descriptions are only some embodiments of the present invention. For those skilled in the art, several modifications and improvements can be made without departing from the inventive concept of the present invention, and these all fall within the scope of protection of the present invention.

Claims

1. A cartoning machine, characterized in that: The invention comprises a carton conveying line (1), a horizontally extending material conveying line (2), a frame (3), a stacking gripper mechanism (4), a carton arranging mechanism (5), a material pushing mechanism (6), a box folding and sealing mechanism (7) and a box discharging mechanism (8); the carton conveying line (1) and the material conveying line (2) are arranged side by side and both pass through the frame (3); the carton arranging mechanism (5) and the material pushing mechanism (6) are both installed on the carton conveying line (1) and the material pushing mechanism (6) is both located on the carton conveying line (1). Above the carton arranging mechanism (5), the stacking gripper mechanism (4) is movably mounted on the frame (3) and located on the side of the carton arranging mechanism (5), the box folding and sealing mechanism (7) is mounted on the frame (3) and located in front of the carton arranging mechanism (5), the box discharging mechanism (8) is arranged at the front end of the carton conveying line (1) and the material conveying line (2), the box folding and sealing mechanism (7) includes a lifting bottom plate (71) that can be raised and lowered, and the top of the lifting bottom plate (71) is connected to a hand wheel (77).

2. A cartoning machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The paper box conveying line (1) includes a material transport platform (11), a movable transmission chain (12) is installed on the material transport platform (11), and a plurality of material transport stations (13) are sequentially arranged on the material transport platform (11), the material pushing and box feeding mechanism (6) and the box folding and sealing mechanism (7) are respectively located at different material transport stations (13), and a side push cylinder (14) is installed at the front end of the material transport platform (11); wherein, a servo motor (15) is installed at the front end of the material transport platform (11), the transmission chain (12) is connected to the servo motor (15) through a chain transmission mechanism (16), and a photoelectric detector (17) is installed on the servo motor (15), and the photoelectric detector (17) faces the side push cylinder (14).

3. A cartoning machine according to claim 2, characterized in that: A spider-hand robot (31) is installed on the upper part of the frame (3), and the spider-hand robot (31) is located directly above the carton arranging mechanism (5) and the material transporting station (13) where it is located. A gas storage tank (32), a two-piece (33) and an electrical box (34) are also installed on the frame (3).

4. A cartoning machine according to claim 3, characterized in that: The stacking gripper mechanism (4) comprises a stacking cylinder (41) and an electromagnet (42). The top of the stacking cylinder (41) is connected to the spider hand robot (31) via a connecting rod (43). The electromagnet (42) is installed at the bottom of the stacking cylinder (41). A plurality of material blocking screws (44) are respectively connected to the corners of the bottom of the stacking cylinder (41).

5. A cartoning machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The carton aligning mechanism (5) comprises an aligning slide (51) capable of sliding forward and backward, wherein the aligning slide (51) is slidably mounted on an aligning rail (53) and connected to an aligning cylinder (54), and two aligning modules (52) are mounted on the aligning slide (51).

6. A cartoning machine according to claim 5, characterized in that: The entire row module (52) comprises two lifting plates (55) and two lifting cylinders (56), and each of the lifting plates (55) is connected to a piston rod at the top of each of the lifting cylinders (56).

7. A cartoning machine according to claim 6, characterized in that: Two switch plates (57) are also installed side by side on the middle side of the entire row of slide rails (53), and the two switch plates (57) are respectively connected to two switch cylinders (58).

8. The cartoning machine according to claim 5, characterized in that: The material pushing mechanism (6) includes a material pushing plate (61) that can move horizontally, a material blocking plate (62) that can move vertically, a material pushing cylinder (63) and a material blocking cylinder (64), wherein the material pushing plate (61) and the material blocking plate (62) are both located on the side of the entire module (52), the material pushing cylinder (63) is connected to the material pushing plate (61) through a connecting plate (65), and the material blocking cylinder (64) is installed on the connecting plate (65) and its bottom is connected to the material blocking plate (62).

9. The cartoning machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: A blocking box leaf group (72) and a box leaf guide group (73) both facing the middle and capable of horizontal movement are provided on one side of the bottom of the lifting base plate (71); a front and rear blocking group (74) and two front and rear pressing box leaf groups (75) both facing the middle and capable of horizontal movement are provided on the other side; a pressing box plate (76) capable of lifting and lowering is also provided on one side of the bottom of the lifting base plate (71); wherein the blocking box leaf group (72) is located above the box leaf guide group (73), and the two front and rear pressing box leaf groups (75) are located side by side in the middle of the two front and rear blocking groups (74).

10. The cartoning machine according to claim 2, characterized in that: A front push plate (81) capable of sliding forward and backward is slidably mounted on the upper portion of the box ejection mechanism (8), and the front push plate (81) is located on the side of the side push cylinder (14); wherein the rear end of the front push plate (81) is connected to a box ejection cylinder (82), and the top of the front push plate (81) is slidably mounted via a slider (83).

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