A multifunctional bundling and packaging system for fresh cut flowers

By designing a multi-function baling packaging system, using integrated control systems and multiple automation devices, the automatic packaging of fresh cut branches is realized, which solves the problem of inefficiency reliance on manual operations in the prior art and improves packaging efficiency and consistency.

CN114291330BActive Publication Date: 2025-04-18YUNNAN KELAIZHONGCHENG INTELLIGENT EQUIP CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202210026332.1
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Patents(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2022-01-11
Publication Date
2025-04-18
Estimated Expiration
2042-01-11

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Technical Problem

The existing fresh cut flower branches packaging mainly relies on manual operations, is inefficient and requires a lot of labor, making it difficult to meet the automation needs of the flower industry.

Method used

A multi-function bundling and packaging system is designed, and through the integrated control system, flower branch conveying device, flower branch picking device, outer packaging material picking device, tool conveying device, flower packing fixture tool, flower branch bundling device and branch shearing collection device, automatic flower branch picking, grouping, packaging, bundling and branch shearing removal are realized.

Benefits of technology

It realizes automatic bundling and packaging of fresh cut flower branches, improves work efficiency, reduces manual operation, improves the consistency and aesthetics of packaging, and is suitable for mechanized automatic packaging of multiple varieties of fresh cut flowers.

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Abstract

The present invention discloses a multifunctional bundling and packaging system for fresh cut flowers. The integrated control system is electrically connected to a flower branch conveying device, a flower branch picking device, an outer packaging material taking and placing device, a tooling conveying device, a flower wrapping clamp tooling, a flower branch bundling device, and a residual branch cutting and collecting device, respectively, to realize program control of the centralized and coordinated actions of each device. Aiming at the existing market standard packaging requirements for fresh cut flowers, the present invention adopts an overall layout, process coordination, and a full-process management mode to realize automatic flower branch picking, grouping and regularization, stacking and separation packaging, automatic bundling; cutting of residual branches, packaging and storage; and surplus processing. The design is reasonable, the process is smooth, the actions of the system components of each process are coordinated, and the integrated control device realizes program control of the system components of each process, thereby improving the working efficiency of the system equipment; the packaged fresh-cut flower bouquets have high consistency, and the overall regularity and beauty; the present invention realizes mechanized and automatic packaging of multiple varieties of fresh cut flowers, effectively shortens the packaging time, and improves economic benefits.
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Technical Field

[0001] The present invention belongs to the technical field of automated equipment, and in particular relates to a multifunctional bundling and packaging system for fresh-cut flowers and branches that can effectively reduce labor and has full-process equipment intervention. Background Art

[0002] Multiple branches of flowers are bundled into bundles and traded in bundles. Manufacturers or sellers bundle branches into bundles of different quantities according to varieties and trading habits in advance. The practice of peers is to operate manually, placing a certain number of rows on packaging paper, adding a layer of partitions, and then placing a layer of flower branches. Generally, a package is placed in 2 layers, or 12 branches or 20 branches, etc., and then bundled into bundles, and then covered with a layer of plastic film. Due to manual operation, it is slow and requires a lot of manpower. If machines can replace manual operation, it will help improve work efficiency and solve the problem of difficulty in hiring workers. It is beneficial to promote the development of the flower industry and has broad application prospects. Summary of the invention

[0003] The primary purpose of the present invention is to provide a multifunctional bundling and packaging system for fresh-cut flowers and branches that can effectively reduce labor and has full-process equipment intervention.

[0004] 1. The object of the present invention is achieved in this way. The bundling and packaging system consists of an integrated control system, a flower branch conveying device, a flower branch picking device, an outer packaging material placing device, a tooling conveying device, a flower wrapping clamp tooling, a flower branch bundling device, and a residual branch cutting and collecting device; the integrated control system is electrically connected to the flower branch conveying device, the flower branch picking device, the outer packaging material placing device, the tooling conveying device, the flower wrapping clamp tooling, the flower branch bundling device, and the residual branch cutting and collecting device, and realizes program control of the centralized operation of each sub-device and the coordinated action between the sub-devices, which is specifically realized by the following process steps:

[0005] A. Start the integrated control system, which sends instructions to each device, and powers on to enter the working state; the squid conveying device sends the squid group to the bottom of the squid picking device, and the squid picking device picks up the squid group and sends it to the top of the first station of the tooling conveying device;

[0006] B. The outer packaging material placement device transfers a piece of outer packaging material to the first station of the flower wrapping fixture on the fixture conveying device, and places an inner partition at the bottom of the outer packaging material in the flower wrapping fixture. The flower branch picking device places the transferred flower branch group on the inner partition;

[0007] C. The outer packaging material placing and taking device takes another inner partition and places it on the first layer of squid group, and the squid picking device picks up a group of squid groups from the squid conveying device and transfers them to the second layer of inner partition; the outer packaging material placing and taking device takes another inner partition and places it on the second layer of squid group;

[0008] D. The outer packaging material taking and placing device assists the flower wrapping fixture tooling with folding the upper part of the outer packaging material inwards, wrapping the separated and stacked flower branch groups, and pressing them to form a flower branch bundle;

[0009] E. The flower wrapping fixture tool is transported to the flower branch bundling device operation area by the tool conveying device, and then the flower branch bundling device moves longitudinally along the flower branch bundle, and the bundling components of the flower branch bundling device on it are used to hoop and bundle the entire flower branch bundle at multiple points;

[0010] F. The flower wrapping clamp tooling is transported by the tooling conveying device to the residual branch cutting and collecting device operating area, and then the residual branch cutting and collecting device 7 moves longitudinally along the flower branch bundle, and the sawing component of the residual branch cutting and collecting device on it cuts off the redundant flower branches at the tail end of the flower branch bundle, completing the packaging, collecting the residual materials and processing them.

[0011] Aiming at the existing market standard packaging requirements for fresh cut flowers, the present invention adopts an overall layout, process coordination, and a full-process management mode to realize automatic flower branch picking, grouping and regularization, stacking and separation packaging, and automatic bundling; shearing of excess branches, packaging and storage; and surplus processing. The integrated control system realizes program control of the centralized actions of each device and the coordinated actions between devices. The design is reasonable, the process is smooth, the actions of the system components of each process are coordinated, and the integrated control device realizes program control of the system components of each process, thereby improving the working efficiency of the system equipment; the packaged fresh-cut bouquets have high consistency, and are overall regular and beautiful; the present invention realizes mechanized and automatic packaging of multiple varieties of fresh cut flowers, effectively shortens the packaging time, and improves economic benefits. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0012] Figure 1 It is a block diagram of the system structure relationship of the present invention;

[0013] Figure 2 It is the overall structural layout diagram of the present invention;

[0014] Figure 3 This is a three-dimensional view of the cooperation between the squid picking device 2 and the squid conveying device 1 of the present invention;

[0015] Figure 4 It is a front view of the cooperation relationship between the outer packaging material taking and placing device 3, the tooling conveying device 4, and the flower wrapping clamp tooling 5 of the present invention;

[0016] Figure 5 This is a front view of the overall structure of the flower wrapping fixture 5 of the present invention;

[0017] Figure 6 This is a front view of the overall structure of the flower branch bundling device 6 and the residual branch cutting and collecting device 7 of the present invention;

[0018] In the figure: 0~integrated control device, 1~flower branch conveying device, 11~conveying chain plate, 111~flower branch slot; 2~flower branch picking device, 21~picking and lifting device, 211~centering device, 212~lifting plate, 213~bottom plate, 214~lifting rod; 22~picking transverse rail, 23~picking longitudinal device, 24~lateral driving device; 3~outer packaging material picking and placing device, 31~inner partition picking device, 311~double-axis sponge suction cup clamp; 32~outer packaging material storage device, 33~inner partition storage device, 34~inner partition picking device, 35~flower branch transverse rail, 36~outer packaging extension rod; 321~corrugated suction cup clamp; 4~tooling conveying device, 41~tooling lifting device, 42~tooling return device, 43~tooling conveying device; 5~flower wrapping clamp tooling, 51~ tooling frame, 52~ lifting rod, 53~ hinge; 54~ pressure rod, 55~ buffer device, 56~ clamping device; 57~ centering device, 58~ pressure plate; 6~ flower branch bundling device, 61~ entrusting assembly, 611~ entrusting rod, 612~ upper restraining frame, 613~ lifting device; 62~ bundling assembly, 621~ bundling transverse rail, 622~ bundling machine, 623~ bundling lifting device, 624~ guide rod, 625~ driving device; 7~ residual branch cutting and collecting device, 71~ sawing lifting device, 711~ lifting guide rod, 712~ blanking plate, 713~ buffer pressure plate, 714~ sawing transverse rail, 715~ lifting device; 72~ sawing device, 721~ saw blade; 8~ flower branch, 9~ packaging material, 91~ outer packaging material, 92~ inner partition; 10~ collecting trough. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0019] The present invention will be further described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, but the invention is not limited in any way. Any changes or modifications based on the technical ideas of the present invention belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

[0020] like Figure 1 As shown, the multifunctional fresh cut flower bundling and packaging system of the present invention is composed of an integrated control system 0, a flower branch conveying device 1, a flower branch picking device 2, an outer packaging material placing device 3, a tooling conveying device 4, a flower wrapping clamp tooling 5, a flower branch bundling device 6, and a residual branch cutting and collecting device 7; the integrated control system 0 is electrically connected to the flower branch conveying device 1, the flower branch picking device 2, the outer packaging material placing device 3, the tooling conveying device 4, the flower wrapping clamp tooling 5, the flower branch bundling device 6, and the residual branch cutting and collecting device 7 respectively, and realizes program control of the centralized actions of each sub-device and the coordinated actions between the sub-devices, which is specifically realized by the following process steps:

[0021] A. Start the integrated control system 0, which sends instructions to each device, and powers on to enter the working state; the squid conveying device 1 sends the squid group to the bottom of the squid picking device 2, and the squid picking device 2 picks up the squid group and sends it to the top of the first station of the tooling conveying device 4;

[0022] B. The outer packaging material placing and picking device 3 transfers a piece of outer packaging material to the first station of the flower wrapping fixture 5 on the fixture conveying device 4, and places an inner partition at the bottom of the outer packaging material in the flower wrapping fixture 5, and the flower branch picking device 2 places the transferred flower branch group on the inner partition;

[0023] C. The outer packaging material placing and taking device 3 takes another inner partition and places it on the first layer of squid group, and the squid picking device 2 picks up a group of squid groups from the squid conveying device 1 and transfers them to the second layer of inner partition; the outer packaging material placing and taking device 3 takes another inner partition and places it on the second layer of squid group;

[0024] D. The outer packaging material taking and placing device 3 assists the accessories of the flower wrapping fixture 5 to fold the upper part of the outer packaging material inwards, wrap the separated and stacked flower branch groups, and press them to form a flower branch bundle;

[0025] E. The flower wrapping fixture 5 is transported by the fixture transport device 4 to the working area of ​​the flower branch bundling device 6, and then the flower branch bundling device 6 moves longitudinally along the flower branch bundle, and the bundling components of the flower branch bundling device 6 on it are used to hoop the whole flower branch bundle at multiple points;

[0026] F. The flower wrapping clamp tooling 5 is transported by the tooling conveying device 4 to the working area of ​​the residual branch cutting and collecting device 7, and then the residual branch cutting and collecting device 7 moves longitudinally along the flower branch bundle, and the sawing component of the residual branch cutting and collecting device 7 thereon cuts off the redundant flower branches at the tail end of the flower branch bundle, completing the packaging, collecting the residual materials and processing them.

[0027] Figure 2The structure relationship of the multifunctional bundling and packaging system for fresh cut flowers described in the present invention is shown. The bundling and packaging device is composed of a flower branch conveying device 1, a flower branch picking device 2, an outer packaging material placement device 3, a tooling conveying device 4, a flower wrapping clamp tooling 5, a flower branch bundling device 6, and a residual branch cutting and collecting device 7; the flower branch conveying device 1 is arranged in the loading area, and its rear section extends below the flower branch picking device 2 to form a cooperation for the picking work; the flower branch picking device 2 is operatively connected to the outer packaging material placement device 3, and a tooling conveying device 4 is arranged below the two, and the three are arranged to form the 1st to 3rd stations; the 4th station is adjacent to the 3rd station, and is provided with a flower wrapping clamp tooling 5 and a tooling conveying device 4 connected thereto. The flower branch bundling device 6 is connected to the work, and the tooling conveying device 4 is arranged below the outer packaging material taking and placing device 3, the flower branch bundling device 6 and the residual branch cutting and collecting device 7. The flower wrapping clamp tooling 5 is arranged on the tooling conveying device 4, and dynamically shifts to form a time sequence working coordination with the outer packaging material taking and placing device 3, the flower branch bundling device 6 and the residual branch cutting and collecting device 7; the downstream of the flower branch bundling device 6 is connected to the residual branch cutting and collecting device 7 of the 5th station; the outer packaging material taking and placing device 3 dynamically cooperates with the flower wrapping clamp tooling 5 on the tooling conveying device 4 through the working track;

[0028] The first station is a tray buffering station, the second station is a flower sorting station, the third station is a flower wrapping station, the fourth station is a bundling station, and the fifth station is a residue removing station.

[0029] Figure 3 The figure shows the coordination and structural relationship between the flower branch picking device 2 and the flower branch conveying device 1 of the present invention. The flower branch conveying device 1 comprises a conveying chain plate 11 and a driving device. The conveying chain plate 11 is provided with limit supports 111 in groups. The limit supports 111 are provided in groups on the conveying chain plate 11. The limit supports 111 are V-shaped and are used to limit a single flower branch, so as to facilitate the regularization of each group of flower branches and facilitate the subsequent picking device to pick up the branches in groups.

[0030] The flower branch picking device 2 includes a picking and lifting device 21, a picking transverse rail 22, a picking longitudinal device 23 and a transverse driving device 24. The lower end of the picking and lifting device 21 is also connected to a holding device, which is composed of a centering device 211, a lifting plate 212, a bottom plate 213 and a lifting rod 214.

[0031] Figure 4The figure shows the coordination and structural relationship between the outer packaging material picking and placing device 3 of the present invention and the tooling conveying device 4 and the flower wrapping fixture tooling 5. The outer packaging material picking and placing device 3 includes an inner partition picking device 31, an outer packaging material storage device 32, an inner partition storage device 33, an outer packaging material picking device 34, a flower branch transverse track 35 and an outer packaging material expansion rod 36. The outer packaging material picking device 34 dynamically cooperates with the outer packaging material storage device 32 arranged below it; the inner partition picking device 31 dynamically cooperates with a group of inner partition storage devices 33 arranged below it; the outer packaging material picking device 34 and the inner partition picking device 31 dynamically cooperate with the flower wrapping fixture tooling 5 on the tooling conveying device 4 through working regulations.

[0032] The outer packaging material picking device 34 is a double-axis sponge suction cup fixture 311, which matches the second station; the inner partition picking device 32 is a corrugated suction cup fixture; the inner partition picking device 31 is a corrugated suction cup fixture, which matches the third station.

[0033] The outer packaging material taking and placing device 3 is also provided with an outer packaging material expansion rod 36. The outer packaging material expansion rod 36 is a pair of levers arranged on a bracket that can be moved forward and backward and left and right. It cooperates with the flower wrapping clamp tooling 5. The levers can be retracted or extended to press and release the folding cover plate 58 of the flower wrapping clamp tooling 5 to cooperate with a series of partition placement and stacking of flower branch groups in the flower wrapping clamp tooling 5 until the folding and sealing operations of the outer packaging material are completed.

[0034] The tooling conveying device 4 is a double-layer structure with an upper online conveying layer for fully loaded fixture tools and an idle fixture tooling buffer conveying layer arranged below, and is composed of a tooling lifting device 41 at one end, a tooling conveying device 43 in the middle and a tooling return device 42 at the other end. A lifting device is arranged below the tooling lifting device 41 and the tooling return device 42 to lift the flower wrapping fixture tooling 5 arranged thereon from the lower layer to the upper layer or from the upper layer back to the lower layer, and respectively form a smooth working connection with the upper conveying device or the lower conveying device.

[0035] Figure 5 It is the overall structure of the flower wrapping fixture 5 of the present invention. The flower wrapping fixture 5 is composed of a fixture frame 51, a lifting rod 52, a clamping plate 53, a pressing rod 54, a buffer device 55, a clamping device 56, a centering device 57 and a folding cover plate 58. The fixture frame 51 is a symmetrical structure, on which the lifting rod 52 is respectively arranged, and the clamping plate 53 is arranged between the fixture frames 51 through the centering device 57 and the buffer device 55. The upper part of the clamping plate 53 is provided with a folding cover plate 58 and a pressing rod 54 through a hinge, and a clamping device 56 is also arranged between the bottoms of the fixture frames 51.

[0036] Figure 6The figure shows the coordination and structural relationship between the flower branch bundling device 6 and the residual branch cutting and collecting device 7. The flower branch bundling device 6 includes a supporting component 61 and a bundling component 62. The supporting component 61 is composed of a supporting rod 611, an upper restraining frame 612, and a lifting device 613; the bundling component 62 is composed of a bundling transverse rail 621, a bundling machine 622, a bundling lifting device 623, a guide rod 624 and a driving device 625. The supporting component 61 is arranged through a track and works in the flower branch bundling device 6 and the residual branch cutting and collecting device 7, and cooperates with the flower wrapping clamp tooling 5 on the tooling conveying device 4 to support and clamp the flower branch part of the fresh-cut bouquet and regularize the posture of the flower branches; the bundling transverse rail 621 of the bundling component 62 is arranged on the upper bracket of the flower branch bundling device 6, and is provided with a bundling lifting device 623 and a guide rod 624. The bundling machine 622 is arranged on the bundling transverse rail 621 and cooperates with the driving device 625. The bundling machine 622 forms a working cooperation with the supporting component 61.

[0037] The residual branch cutting and collecting device 7 is composed of a sawing clamping device 71 and a sawing device 72. The sawing clamping device 71 is composed of a lifting guide rod 711, a blanking plate 712, a clamping pressure plate 713, a sawing transverse rail 714 and a lifting device 715; the sawing device 72 includes a sawing power drive and a saw blade 721; the lifting guide rod 711 and the sawing transverse rail 714 of the sawing clamping device 71 are arranged on the upper bracket of the residual branch cutting and collecting device 7, and the clamping pressure plate 713 and the lifting device 715 form a clamping fit; the sawing clamping device 71 and the sawing device 72 move transversely along the sawing transverse rail 714 to form a working fit with the entrusting component 61 on the flower branch bundling device 6; the blanking plate 712 and the collection trough 10 arranged below it form a blanking working fit.

[0038] The multifunctional bundling and packaging system for fresh cut flowers is realized by an integrated control device to respectively control and coordinate the flower branch conveying device 1, the flower branch picking device 2, the outer packaging material taking and placing device 3, the tooling conveying device 4, the flower wrapping clamp tooling 5, the flower branch bundling device 6, and the residual branch cutting and collecting device 7. After the system is started, the fresh cut flower branches to be packaged are manually placed in turn into the V-grooves of the limit support 111 on the conveying chain plate 1 in the flower branch conveying device 1; at the same time, the picking and lifting device 21 moves to the first station of picking and waits. When the flower branch group reaches the first station, the centering device 211 of the clamping device at the lower end of the picking and lifting device 21 opens, and the flower branch group is picked up. The lifting plate 212, the bottom plate 213 and the lifting rod 214 cooperate to "pick up" the grouped flower branches, lift them, and move them along the picking transverse rail 22 to above the first station line where the tooling lifting device 41 of the tooling conveying device 4 is located, and the corresponding flower branch group on the flower wrapping clamp tooling 5 is In the tooling rack 51, a piece of outer packaging material has been taken from the outer packaging material storage device 32 by the outer packaging material picking device 34 and has been placed, and an inner partition has been taken from the inner partition storage device 33 by the inner partition picking device 31 and placed at the bottom of the outer packaging material (the first layer of inner partition) in the tooling rack 51, and pressed flat; at the same time, the outer packaging material expansion rod 36 extends into the upper part of the tooling rack 51 and extends outward, and the upper part of the outer packaging material is extended and pressed on the folding cover plate 58 respectively, and the flower branch group clamped in place by the picking and lifting device 21 is placed in the tooling rack 51 and placed on the bottom inner partition; the picking and lifting device 21 returns to the top of the flower branch conveying device 1, and picks up the already The flower branch group is delivered to the position (the flower wrapping fixture 5 is moved to the second station); the inner partition picking device 31 takes another inner partition from the inner partition storage device 33 and places it on the first layer of flower branch group in the fixture rack 51 and presses it flat, the picking and lifting device 21 puts another group of flower branch groups on the (second layer) inner partition, and the inner partition picking device 31 puts another layer (third layer) of inner partition. At this time, the outer packaging material expansion rod 36 is retracted and withdrawn, and the lifting rod 52, clamping plate 53, pressure rod 54 and folding cover plate 58 of the flower wrapping fixture 5 work together, and the folding cover plate 58 folds the upper half of the outer packaging material symmetrically inward, and is flipped in sequence on the top layer (third layer). 3 layers) on the partition (at the same time, the flower wrapping fixture 5 is moved to the 3rd station) to complete the packaging; the flower wrapping fixture 5 is moved to the 4th station in the flower branch bundling device 6, and the entrusting component 61, the upper restraining frame 612 and the lifting device 613 of the flower branch bundling device 6 entrust and restrain the middle and lower sections of the flower branch bundle, and the bundling component 62 of the flower branch bundling device 6 moves the bundling machine 622 along the bundling transverse rail 621 through the bundling lifting device 623, the guide rod 624 and the driving device 625 and surrounds the flower branch bundle. After the multi-point hoop bundling of the entire section of the flower branch bundle, the bundling machine 622 is withdrawn to its original position; at the same time, the flower wrapping fixture 5 is moved to the 5th station;The corresponding sawing and clamping devices 71 and sawing devices 72 of the residual branch cutting and collecting device 7 move horizontally along the sawing transverse rail 714, and the tail section of the flower branch bundle extends into the flower branch shearing position under the clamping pressure plate 713 of the sawing and clamping device 71 and the saw blade 721 of the sawing device 72. The lifting guide rod 711, the blanking plate 712, the clamping pressure plate 713 and the jacking device 715 cooperate to constrain and fix the flower branch bundle, and at the same time start the sawing device 72. The high-speed saw blade 721 cuts off the excess branches, and the cut tail branches fall into the collection trough 10 located below through the blanking plate 712, completing the initial packaging process of a bunch of flower branches (the flower bag in the tooling frame 51 of the flower wrapping clamp tooling 5 is taken away, and the idle flower wrapping clamp tooling 5 is retracted by the lifting device arranged below the tooling return device 42 and connected to the lower layer, cached and transported in reverse order to the tooling lifting device 41 station, waiting to enter the next working cycle). The present invention uses an integrated control device program to control each part to act in sequence and continuously and in coordination, thereby realizing online continuous operation and automatically completing the bundling and packaging of fresh-cut bouquets.

Claims

1. A multifunctional bundling and packaging system for fresh cut flowers, characterized in that The bundling and packaging system is composed of an integrated control system (0), a flower branch conveying device (1), a flower branch picking device (2), an outer packaging material placing device (3), a tooling conveying device (4), a flower wrapping clamp tooling (5), a flower branch bundling device (6), and a residual branch cutting and collecting device (7); the integrated control system (0) is electrically connected to the flower branch conveying device (1), the flower branch picking device (2), the outer packaging material placing device (3), the tooling conveying device (4), the flower wrapping clamp tooling (5), the flower branch bundling device (6), and the residual branch cutting and collecting device (7), and realizes program control of the centralized operation of each device and the coordinated operation between the devices, which is specifically realized by the following process steps: A. Start the integrated control system (0), which sends instructions to each device, and powers on to enter the working state; the flower branch conveying device (1) conveys the flower branch group to the bottom of the flower branch picking device (2), and the flower branch picking device (2) picks up the flower branch group and conveys it to the top of the first station of the tooling conveying device (4); B. The outer packaging material placing and taking device (3) transfers a piece of outer packaging material to the first station of the flower wrapping fixture (5) on the fixture conveying device (4), and places an inner partition board on the bottom of the outer packaging material in the flower wrapping fixture (5), and the flower branch picking device (2) places the transferred flower branch group on the inner partition board; C. The outer packaging material placing and taking device (3) takes another inner partition and places it on the first layer of squid group; the squid picking device (2) then picks up a group of squid groups from the squid conveying device (1) and transfers them to be placed on the second layer of inner partition; the outer packaging material placing and taking device (3) then takes a third inner partition and places it on the second layer of squid group; D. The outer packaging material taking and placing device (3) assists the flower wrapping fixture (5) with folding the upper part of the outer packaging material inwards, wrapping the separated and stacked flower branches, and pressing them to form a flower branch bundle; E. The flower wrapping fixture (5) is transported by the fixture transport device (4) to the operation area of ​​the flower branch bundling device (6), and then the flower branch bundling device (6) moves longitudinally along the flower branch bundle, and the bundling components of the flower branch bundling device (6) thereon perform multi-point hoop bundling on the entire section of the flower branch bundle; F. The flower wrapping clamp tooling (5) is transported by the tooling conveying device (4) to the operation area of ​​the residual branch cutting and collecting device (7), and then the residual branch cutting and collecting device (7) moves longitudinally along the flower branch bundle, and the sawing component of the residual branch cutting and collecting device (7) on it cuts off the redundant flower branches at the tail end of the flower branch bundle, completing the packaging, collecting the residual materials and processing them; The flower wrapping clamp tooling (5) is composed of a tooling frame (51), a lifting rod (52), a clamping plate (53), a pressure rod (54), a buffer device (55), a clamping device (56), a second centering device (57) and a folding cover plate (58). The tooling frame (51) is a symmetrical structure, on which the lifting rods (52) are respectively arranged. The clamping plate (53) is arranged between the tooling frames (51) through the second centering device (57) and the buffer device (55). The upper part of the clamping plate (53) is provided with a folding cover plate (58) and a pressure rod (54) through a hinge. The clamping device (56) is also arranged between the bottoms of the tooling frames (51); The flower branch bundling device (6) comprises a support component (61) and a bundling component (62). The support component (61) comprises a support rod (611), an upper restraining frame (612), and a lifting device (613). The bundling component (62) comprises a bundling transverse rail (621), a bundling machine (622), a bundling lifting device (623), a guide rod (624), and a driving device (625). The support component (61) is arranged on a track and works on the flower branch bundling device (6) and the residual branch cutting and collecting device (7). The strapping assembly (62) is provided with a strapping horizontal rail (621) on the flower branch strapping device (6) and cooperates with the flower wrapping clamp tooling (5) on the tooling conveying device (4) to support and clamp the flower branches of the fresh-cut bouquet and regulate the posture of the flower branches. The strapping horizontal rail (621) of the strapping assembly (62) is arranged on the upper bracket of the flower branch strapping device (6), and is provided with a strapping lifting device (623) and a guide rod (624). The strapping machine (622) is arranged on the strapping horizontal rail (621) and cooperates with the driving device (625). The strapping machine (622) forms a working cooperation with the entrusting assembly (61).

2. The multifunctional fresh cut flower bundling and packaging system according to claim 1 is characterized in that The flower branch conveying device (1) is arranged in the loading area, and its rear section extends below the flower branch picking device (2) to form a cooperation for receiving and picking up work; the flower branch picking device (2) is operatively connected to the outer packaging material taking-and-placing device (3), and a tooling conveying device (4) is arranged below the two, and the three are arranged to form the first to third workstations; the fourth workstation is adjacent to the third workstation, and is provided with a flower wrapping clamp tooling (5) and a flower branch bundling device (6) operatively connected thereto, and the tooling conveying device (4) is extended between the outer packaging material taking-and-placing device (3) and the flower branch bundling device (6). The flower wrapping clamp tooling (5) is arranged on the tooling conveying device (4) and dynamically shifts to form a time-sequential working coordination with the outer packaging material taking-and-placing device (3), the flower branch bundling device (6) and the residual branch cutting and collecting device (7); the downstream of the flower branch bundling device (6) is connected to the residual branch cutting and collecting device (7) of the fifth station; the outer packaging material taking-and-placing device (3) dynamically cooperates with the flower wrapping clamp tooling (5) on the tooling conveying device (4) through a working track; The first station is a tray buffering station, the second station is a flower sorting station, the third station is a flower wrapping station, the fourth station is a bundling station, and the fifth station is a residue removing station.

3. The multifunctional fresh cut flower bundling and packaging system according to claim 2 is characterized in that The flower branch conveying device (1) comprises a conveying chain plate (11) and a driving device. The conveying chain plate (11) is provided with limit supports (111) in groups. The limit supports (111) are provided in groups on the conveying chain plate (11). The limit supports (111) are V-shaped and are used to limit the position of a single flower branch, so as to facilitate the regularization of each group of flower branches and facilitate group picking by a subsequent picking device.

4. The multifunctional fresh cut flower bundling and packaging system according to claim 3 is characterized in that The flower branch picking device (2) comprises a picking and lifting device (21), a picking transverse moving rail (22), a picking and longitudinal moving device (23) and a transverse driving device (24). The lower end of the picking and lifting device (21) is also connected to a holding device, and the holding device is composed of a first centering device (211), a lifting plate (212), a bottom plate (213) and a lifting rod (214).

5. The multifunctional fresh cut flower bundling and packaging system according to claim 4 is characterized in that The outer packaging material picking and placing device (3) comprises an inner partition board picking device (31), an outer packaging material storage device (32), an inner partition board storage device (33), an outer packaging material picking device (34), a flower branch transverse track (35) and an outer packaging material extension rod (36). The outer packaging material picking device (34) dynamically cooperates with the outer packaging material storage device (32) arranged below it; the inner partition board picking device (31) dynamically cooperates with a group of inner partition board storage devices (33) arranged below it; the outer packaging material picking device (34) and the inner partition board picking device (31) dynamically cooperate with the flower wrapping fixture (5) on the fixture conveying device (4) through the working track; the outer packaging material picking device (34) is a double-axis sponge suction cup fixture, which matches the second station; the inner partition board picking device (31) is a corrugated suction cup fixture, which matches the third station.

6. The multifunctional fresh cut flower bundling and packaging system according to claim 5, characterized in that The tooling conveying device (4) is a double-layer structure, with an upper fully loaded fixture tooling online conveying layer and a lower idle fixture tooling buffer conveying layer, and is composed of a tooling lifting device (41) at one end, a tooling conveying device (43) in the middle, and a tooling return device (42) at the other end. A lifting device is arranged below the tooling lifting device (41) and the tooling return device (42), which respectively lifts the flower wrapping fixture tooling (5) arranged thereon from the lower layer to the upper layer or from the upper layer back to the lower layer, and respectively forms a smooth working connection with the upper layer conveying device or the lower layer conveying device.

7. The multifunctional fresh cut flower bundling and packaging system according to claim 6 is characterized in that The residual branch cutting and collecting device (7) is composed of a sawing and clamping device (71) and a sawing device (72); the sawing and clamping device (71) is composed of a lifting guide rod (711), a blanking plate (712), a clamping pressure plate (713), a sawing transverse rail (714) and a lifting device (715); the sawing device (72) includes a sawing power drive and a saw blade (721); the lifting guide rod (711), The sawing transverse rail (714) is arranged on the upper bracket of the residual branch cutting and collecting device (7), and the clamping pressure plate (713) and the lifting device (715) form a clamping cooperation; the sawing clamping device (71) and the sawing device (72) move transversely along the sawing transverse rail (714) to form a working cooperation with the entrusting component (61) on the flower branch bundling device (6); the blanking plate (712) and the collecting trough (10) arranged thereunder form a blanking working cooperation.

8. The multifunctional fresh cut flower bundling and packaging system according to claim 7, characterized in that After the system is started, the fresh cut flower branches to be packaged are manually placed in turn into the V-shaped grooves of the limit support (111) on the conveying chain plate (11) in the flower branch conveying device (1); at the same time, the picking and lifting device (21) moves to the first picking station to wait. When the flower branch group arrives at the first station, the first centering device (211) of the holding device at the lower end of the picking and lifting device (21) is opened to pick up the flower branch group. The lifting plate (212), the bottom plate (213) and the lifting rod (214) cooperate to "pick up" and lift the group of flower branches, and move them along the picking transverse rail (22) to the first station line where the tooling lifting device (41) of the tooling conveying device (4) is located. At the top, in the tooling rack (51) on the corresponding flower wrapping clamp tooling (5), a sheet of outer packaging material has been taken from the outer packaging material storage device (32) by the outer packaging material picking device (34) and has been placed, and an inner partition has been taken from the inner partition storage device (33) by the inner partition picking device (31) and placed on the first layer of inner partition at the bottom of the outer packaging material in the tooling rack (51), and pressed flat; at the same time, the outer packaging material extension rod (36) extends into the upper part of the tooling rack (51) and extends outward, and the upper part of the outer packaging material is pressed on the folding cover plate (58) respectively, and the flower branch group clamped in place by the picking and lifting device (21) is placed in the tooling rack (51) and placed on the bottom inner partition; the picking and lifting device (21) returns to the top of the flower branch conveying device (1) and picks up the flower branch group that has been delivered to the position again; the inner partition picking device (31) takes another inner partition from the inner partition storage device (33) and places it on the first layer of flower branch group in the tooling frame (51) and presses it flat, the picking and lifting device (21) puts another group of flower branch groups on the second layer of inner partition, and the inner partition picking device (31) puts the third layer of partition. At this time, the outer packaging material expansion rod (36) is retracted and withdrawn, and the lifting rod (52), clamping plate (53), pressure rod (54) and folding cover plate (58) of the flower wrapping fixture tooling (5) work together, and the folding cover plate (58) folds the upper half of the outer packaging material symmetrically inward, and then the outer packaging material is placed on the inner partition of the second layer. The flower bundles are sequentially flipped onto the topmost partition to complete the packaging; the flower wrapping fixture (5) is moved to the fourth station in the flower branch bundling device (6); the entrusting assembly (61), the upper restraining frame (612) and the lifting device (613) of the flower branch bundling device (6) entrust and restrain the middle and lower sections of the flower branch bundle; the bundling assembly (62) of the flower branch bundling device (6) moves the bundling machine (622) along the bundling transverse rail (621) through the bundling lifting device (623), the guide rod (624) and the driving device (625) and surrounds the flower branch bundle; after the whole section of the flower branch bundle is hoop-type bound at multiple points, the bundling machine (622) is withdrawn to its original position; at the same time, the flower wrapping fixture (5) is moved to the fifth station;The corresponding sawing clamping device (71) and sawing device (72) of the residual branch cutting and collecting device (7) move horizontally along the sawing transverse moving rail (714), and the tail section of the flower branch bundle extends into the flower branch shearing position under the clamping pressure plate (713) of the sawing clamping device (71) and the saw blade (721) of the sawing device (72). The lifting guide rod (711), the blanking plate (712), the clamping pressure plate (713) and the lifting device (715) cooperate to constrain and fix the flower branch bundle, and at the same time, the sawing device (72) is started, and the high-speed saw blade (721) cuts off the redundant branches, and the cut tail branches fall into the collection trough (10) located below through the blanking plate (712), thereby completing the initial packaging process of a bunch of flower branches. ;

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  • Multifunctional bundling and packaging system for fresh cut flowers

    CN217348386U