A wallboard inside on-line cleaning device for a tobacco feeder elevator

The design of the online cleaning device solves the problem of dirt accumulation on the inner wall of the feeding elevator, achieving a highly efficient, clean, and safe production environment, and reducing the labor intensity and risks of manual cleaning.

CN117485850BActive Publication Date: 2025-12-19CHINA TOBACCO JIANGXI IND CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202311542784.6
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Patents(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2023-11-20
Publication Date
2025-12-19
Estimated Expiration
2043-11-20

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Technical Problem

The inner wall panels of the feeding elevator accumulate dirt due to friction and contact with materials, leading to decreased product quality, equipment blockage, and difficulties in high-risk manual cleaning, thus affecting production continuity.

Method used

Design an online cleaning device for the inner wall panel of a tobacco feeding elevator, including a rodless cylinder, a slide table, an L-shaped bracket, an electric motor, and a brush roller. The cylinder drives the slide table to move the brush roller and the spray nozzle in a lateral reciprocating motion, and the spray nozzle angle and the spray cleaning liquid are adjusted by the adjustment component to achieve online cleaning.

Benefits of technology

It achieves efficient cleaning of the inside of wall panels, reduces manual labor intensity and safety hazards, and ensures production continuity and equipment maintenance standards.

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Abstract

The application discloses a wallboard inner side on-line cleaning device for a tobacco feeding elevator, which comprises a feeding elevator (1), wallboards (2), rodless air cylinders (3), sliding tables (5), L-shaped supports (6), electric motors (7), brush rollers (8), spray pipes (9) and adjusting assemblies (10), and both sides of the feeding elevator are provided with the wallboards; characterized in that: the upper ends of the wallboards are provided with the rodless air cylinders, the rodless air cylinders are slidably connected with the sliding tables, the sliding tables are provided with the L-shaped supports, the inner sides of the wallboards are provided with the brush rollers, one end of each brush roller is connected with the electric motor, one end of each L-shaped support is connected with the sliding table, and the other end of each L-shaped support is connected with the electric motor; the sliding tables or the L-shaped supports are provided with the spray pipes and the adjusting assemblies, the adjusting assemblies are used for adjusting the rotation and / or inclination angles of the spray pipes, and the spray pipes are connected with cleaning liquid bottles through pipelines; the whole structure of the wallboard inner side on-line cleaning device is simple, and the device is easy to operate; the wallboard inner side on-line cleaning device can not only efficiently complete the on-line cleaning of the wallboard inner sides of the feeding elevator, but also greatly reduce the cleaning labor intensity and safety hazards.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of tobacco primary processing equipment, in particular to a wallboard inner side online cleaning device for a tobacco feeding elevator. BACKGROUND

[0002] Currently, the feeding machine is one of the important auxiliary equipment in the different key processes of the tobacco primary processing production line, which is used to meet the process production and processing requirements such as pre-filling and buffering of materials between processes, conveying of materials, constant flow of materials, and continuous stability of production process. However, the inner side wallboard of the feeding elevator is always in frictional contact with materials such as tobacco leaves or tobacco during the production process, and the dirt increases day by day. The thick dirt not only affects the product quality and the requirement of on-site management of the equipment, but also easily causes blockage at different positions, resulting in overload of the rake motor and the lifting motor, and finally leading to equipment downtime. Therefore, the workshop needs to clean and maintain the inner side wallboard of the feeding elevator every week, but due to the structural design features of the feeding elevator, such as the inner side wallboard with rake nails, steep slope and high, the labor intensity of manual cleaning of the inner side wallboard is high, the risk coefficient is high, the process is difficult, and the time and effort are consumed. Based on this, the present application designs a wallboard inner side online cleaning device for a tobacco feeding elevator, which realizes online cleaning function to solve the above problems. SUMMARY

[0003] The purpose of the present application is to overcome the shortcomings in the prior art, and to provide a wallboard inner side online cleaning device for a tobacco feeding elevator, which has a simple overall structure unit, is quick and convenient to operate, and is easy to implement. It not only can efficiently complete the online cleaning of the inner side wallboard of the feeding elevator, but also can greatly reduce the labor intensity and safety hazards of manual cleaning.

[0004] In order to achieve the above purpose, the technical scheme adopted by the present application is as follows:

[0005] A wallboard inner side online cleaning device for a tobacco feeding elevator, which comprises a feeding elevator (1), a wallboard (2), a rodless cylinder (3), a sliding table (5), an L-shaped support (6), an electric motor (7), a brush roller (8), a spray pipe (9), and an adjusting assembly (10). The feeding elevator has wallboards on both sides. The upper end of the wallboard is provided with a rodless cylinder, the rodless cylinder is slidably connected with a sliding table, the sliding table is provided with an L-shaped support, the inner side of the wallboard is provided with a brush roller, one end of the brush roller is connected with an electric motor, one end of the L-shaped support is connected with the sliding table, and the other end is connected with the electric motor. The sliding table or the L-shaped support is provided with a spray pipe and an adjusting assembly. The adjusting assembly is used to adjust the rotation and / or inclination angle of the spray pipe. The spray pipe is connected with a cleaning liquid bottle through a pipeline.

[0006] Further, the rodless cylinder is arranged along the conveying direction of the feeding elevator or the length direction of the wallboard, and two rodless cylinders and brush rollers are symmetrically arranged; the two ends of the rodless cylinder are provided with inductive switches (11), and the two ends of the rodless cylinder are connected with a filtering pressure regulating assembly (13) through pipelines, and the filtering pressure regulating assembly is connected with a compressed air source; the rodless cylinder drives the sliding table to move, thereby driving the L-shaped support, the brush roller and the spray pipe to reciprocate horizontally and laterally.

[0007] Further, the adjusting assembly (10) enables the spray pipe (9) to rotate in X-Y-Z three-dimensional space, so as to adjust the flushing angle of the spray pipe to tobacco tar and to spray cleaning liquid on the brush roller, thereby improving the online scraping effect of the brush roller.

[0008] Further, the spray pipe (9) comprises a nozzle body (90), an inner channel body is arranged in the nozzle body, the inner channel body comprises a first tapering section (91) and a constant diameter section (92) which are adjacent to each other, an inner peripheral wall of the nozzle body is provided with a second tapering section (93) and a first expanding section (94) which are adjacent to each other, an outlet guide plate (95) is arranged on the inner peripheral side of the outlet end of the nozzle body, the outlet guide plate is annular or grating-shaped, a flow rate / pressure adjusting part is arranged in the first expanding section, the flow rate / pressure adjusting part comprises a second expanding section (96), a third tapering section (97) and a third expanding section (98) which are sequentially connected, the outlet end of the second expanding section extends to the right end surface of the nozzle body, the third tapering section is axially aligned with the constant diameter section, and the left end diameter of the third tapering section is greater than the outer diameter of the constant diameter section, the left end of the third expanding section is flush with the left end of the third tapering section, and the right end of the third expanding section is located between the right end of the third tapering section and the left end of the outlet guide plate.

[0009] Further, a plurality of communication holes (99) are arranged on the left end of the second expanding section (96), the communication holes respectively communicate the radial two sides of the left end of the second expanding section, so as to allow the liquid on the radial outer side of the second expanding section to flow to the radial inner side through the communication holes, thereby adjusting the pressure distribution of the radial inner and outer sides of the second expanding section, and improving the spraying effect of the spray pipe.

[0010] Further, the electric motor is connected with a speed regulator, the electric motor drives the brush roller to rotate, the brush roller is fixedly connected to the output shaft end of the electric motor through a locking screw; the brush roller is made of food-grade material, the outer diameter size range is 30-50 mm, the inner diameter size range is 20-40 mm, the bristle height size range is 15-30 mm, and the overall length is slightly smaller than the longitudinal width of the wallboard of the feeding elevator; the spray pipe is connected with the cleaning liquid tank through pipelines and a delivery pump.

[0011] The wallboard inner side online cleaning device for the tobacco feeding elevator has simple overall structure unit, quick and convenient operation, and is easy to implement, can efficiently complete the online cleaning of the wallboard inner side of the feeding elevator, and greatly reduces the labor intensity and safety hidden danger of the existing manual cleaning. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0012] Figure 1 It is a wallboard inner side online cleaning device structure schematic diagram for the tobacco feeding elevator of the present application.

[0013] Figure 2 It is a wallboard inner side online cleaning device local structure schematic diagram for the tobacco feeding elevator of the present application.

[0014] Figure 3 It is a nozzle structure schematic diagram of the present application.

[0015] In the figure: feeding elevator 1, wallboard 2, rodless air cylinder 3, tobacco paste tobacco dirt 4, sliding table 5, L-shaped support 6, electric motor 7, brush roller 8, (cleaning liquid) spray pipe 9, adjusting assembly 10, inductive switch 11, (compressed air) filtering and pressure regulating assembly 13; nozzle body 90, first tapering section 91, constant diameter section 92, second tapering section 93, first expanding section 94, outlet guide plate 95, second expanding section 96, third tapering section 97, third expanding section 98, communication hole 99. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0016] In order to make the technical scheme of the present application and its advantages clearer, the technical scheme of the present application will be further clearly and completely described below in combination with the drawings. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are only part of the embodiments of the present application, and are only used to explain the present application, but not to limit the present application. It should be noted that, in order to facilitate the description, only the parts / structures related to the present application are shown in the drawings, and other related parts can be referred to the general design. In the case of no conflict, the embodiments in the present application and the technical features in the embodiments can be combined to obtain new embodiments.

[0017] Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor fall within the scope of protection of the present application. In addition, unless otherwise defined, the technical terms or scientific terms used in the description of the present application should be the general meaning understood by those skilled in the art in the field of the present application.

[0018] The present application will be further described in detail below in combination with the drawings.

[0019] As Figures 1-2As shown, a wallboard inner side online cleaning device for tobacco feeding elevator, which comprises a feeding elevator 1, a wallboard 2, a rodless cylinder 3, tobacco paste dirt 4, a sliding table 5, an L-shaped support 6, an electric motor 7, a brush roller 8, a spray pipe 9, an adjusting assembly 10, an induction switch 11, and the feeding elevator 1 is provided with the wallboard 2 on both sides; characterized in that: the upper end of the wallboard 2 is provided with the rodless cylinder 3, the sliding table 5 is slidably connected to the rodless cylinder 3, the L-shaped support 6 is installed on the sliding table 5, the brush roller 8 is arranged on the inner side of the wallboard 2, one end of the brush roller 8 is connected with the electric motor 7, one end of the L-shaped support 6 is connected with the sliding table 5, and the other end is connected with the electric motor 7, the spray pipe 9 and the adjusting assembly 10 are installed on the sliding table 5 or the L-shaped support 6, the adjusting assembly 10 is used for adjusting the rotation and / or inclination angle of the spray pipe 9, and the spray pipe 9 is connected with a cleaning liquid tank / bottle through a pipeline.

[0020] The rodless cylinder 3 is arranged / extends along the conveying direction of the feeding elevator 1 or the length extension direction of the wallboard 2, and the two rodless cylinders 3 and the brush roller 8 are symmetrically arranged.

[0021] The two ends of the rodless cylinder 3 are provided with the induction switch 11, the two ends of the rodless cylinder 3 are respectively connected with a filter pressure regulating assembly 13 through pipelines, the filter pressure regulating assembly 13 is connected with a compressed air source, and the rodless cylinder 3 drives the sliding table 5 to move, so that the L-shaped support 6, the brush roller 8 and the spray pipe 9 are driven to reciprocate laterally.

[0022] The electric motor 7 is connected with a speed regulator, the electric motor 7 drives the brush roller 8 to rotate, the brush roller 8 is fixedly connected to the output shaft end of the electric motor 7 through a clamping screw, the brush roller 8 is made of food-grade material, the outer diameter size range is 30-50 mm, the inner diameter size range is 20-40 mm, the bristle height size range is 15-30 mm, and the overall length is slightly smaller than the longitudinal width of the wallboard 2 of the feeding elevator 1. The spray pipe 9 is connected with the cleaning liquid tank through a pipeline and a delivery pump.

[0023] Further, the adjusting assembly 10 enables the spray pipe 9 to rotate in the X-Y-Z three-dimensional space, so as to adjust the flushing angle of the spray pipe 9 to the tobacco paste dirt 4 (to play a role of loosening and flushing the tobacco paste dirt) and spray the cleaning liquid on the brush roller 8, so as to improve the online scraping effect of the brush roller 8 and improve the cleaning effect.

[0024] As shown in the accompanying drawings, Figure 3As shown, the arrows "→, ↓" represent the flow direction of the cleaning liquid / fluid, the spray pipe 9 comprises a nozzle body 90, an inner passage body is arranged in the nozzle body 90, the inner passage body comprises a first tapering section 91, an equal-diameter section 92 which are adjacent to each other, a second tapering section 93 and a first expanding section 94 are arranged on the inner wall of the nozzle body 90, an outlet guide plate 95 is arranged on the inner circumferential side of the outlet end of the nozzle body 90, the outlet guide plate 95 is annular or grid-shaped, a flow rate / pressure adjusting part is arranged in the first expanding section 94, the flow rate / pressure adjusting part comprises a second expanding section 96, a third tapering section 97 and a third expanding section 98 which are sequentially connected, the outlet end of the second expanding section 96 extends to the right end surface of the nozzle body 90, the third tapering section 97 is arranged in axial alignment with the equal-diameter section 92, and the left end diameter of the third tapering section 97 is greater than the outer diameter of the equal-diameter section 92, the left end of the third expanding section 98 is flush with the left end of the third tapering section 97, and the right end of the third expanding section 98 is located between the right end of the third tapering section 97 and the left end of the outlet guide plate 95.

[0025] According to the design of the flow rate / pressure adjusting part, the flow rate and / or pressure of the outlet part of the spray pipe 9 can be adjusted, so that the spraying force of the spray pipe 9 can be improved, and the spraying effect can be improved.

[0026] A plurality of communication holes 99 are arranged on the left end part of the second expanding section 96, the communication holes 99 respectively communicate the radial two sides of the left end part of the second expanding section 96, so as to allow the liquid on the radial outer side of the second expanding section 96 to flow to the radial inner side through the communication holes 99, thereby adjusting the pressure distribution of the radial inner and outer sides of the second expanding section 96, and improving the spraying effect of the spray pipe 9.

[0027] The wallboard inside online cleaning device for the tobacco feeding elevator of the present application has the working process / operation method as follows:

[0028] First, two groups of rodless air cylinders 3 are respectively installed and fixed on the wallboard 2 of the body part of the feeding elevator 1, and other parts are installed in place as required; secondly, when the inner side of the wallboard 2 of the feeding elevator needs to be maintained, the power is pressed down, and the speed regulator is adjusted according to the actual thickness of the tobacco tar and dirt 4 accumulation, so that the rotating speed of the electric motor 7 is appropriate and meets the requirements of dirt removal, at this time the output shaft of the electric motor 7 drives the brush roller 8 to rotate; then, the gas source control part is turned on, and the gas source control part realizes the normal gas supply of the rodless air cylinder 3 under the control of the PLC program, at this time the rodless air cylinder 3 acts and drives the sliding table 5 to realize the reciprocating action of the brush roller 8 under the joint control of the two end induction switches 11, and the cleaning liquid supply part is pressed down intermittently at the same time, so that the cleaning liquid in the cleaning liquid tank / bottle is uniformly sprayed to the tobacco tar and dirt 4 on the inner side surface of the wallboard through the hose and the spray pipe 9, and the adjustment assembly 10 is adjusted so that the spray pipe 9 can rotate in the X-Y-Z three-dimensional space to adjust the flushing angle of the spray pipe 9 to the tobacco tar and dirt 4 and spray the cleaning liquid on the brush roller 8 to loosen and flush the tobacco tar and dirt, thereby reducing the resistance of the brush roller 8 to the online scraping of the tobacco tar and dirt 4, thereby improving the online scraping effect of the brush roller 8 and improving the cleaning effect; finally, the tobacco tar and dirt 4 on the inner side surface of the wallboard is ultimately cleaned online by the reciprocating action and self-rotating action of the brush roller 8.

[0029] The high efficiency reduces the quality risk hidden trouble and maintenance safety risk hidden trouble brought by the original manual dirt removal process. In addition, during production, in order to avoid the influence of the brush roller 8 on the conveying of tobacco leaves or tobacco, only the tightening screw fixedly connected between the brush roller 8 and the output shaft end of the electric motor 7 is loosened, and the brush roller 8 is removed.

[0030] The wallboard inner side online cleaning device for the tobacco feeding elevator has simple overall structure unit, quick and convenient operation, and is easy to implement. The wallboard inner side online cleaning device for the tobacco feeding elevator not only can efficiently complete the online cleaning of the wallboard inner side of the feeding elevator, but also can greatly reduce the labor intensity and safety hidden trouble of the existing manual cleaning. Therefore, the wallboard inner side online cleaning device for the tobacco feeding elevator can be widely applied to the online cleaning process of the wallboard inner side of the feeding elevator in the tobacco industry, and can guarantee the maintenance standard and production operation environment requirement of the feeding elevator.

[0031] The above embodiments are illustrative of the present application, but are not a limitation of the present application. It can be understood that various changes, modifications, replacements and variations can be made to these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirits of the present application, and the protection scope of the present application is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A wallboard inner side on-line cleaning device for tobacco feeding elevator, which comprises a feeding elevator (1), wallboards (2), rodless cylinders (3), sliding tables (5), L-shaped supports (6), electric motors (7), brush rollers (8), spray pipes (9), and adjusting assemblies (10), and both sides of the feeding elevator have wallboards; characterized in that: The upper end of the wallboard is provided with a rodless cylinder, a sliding table is slidably connected to the rodless cylinder, an L-shaped support is installed on the sliding table, a brush roller is arranged on the inner side of the wallboard, one end of the brush roller is connected with an electric motor, one end of the L-shaped support is connected with the sliding table, and the other end of the L-shaped support is connected with the electric motor, a spray pipe and an adjusting assembly are installed on the sliding table or the L-shaped support, the adjusting assembly is used for adjusting the rotation and / or inclination angle of the spray pipe, and the spray pipe is connected with a cleaning liquid bottle through a pipeline. The spray pipe (9) comprises a nozzle body (90), an inner passage body is arranged in the nozzle body, the inner passage body comprises a first tapering section (91) and an equal-diameter section (92) which are connected in sequence, a second tapering section (93) and a first expanding section (94) are arranged on the inner circumferential wall of the nozzle body, an outlet guide plate (95) is arranged on the inner circumferential side of the outlet end of the nozzle body, the outlet guide plate is annular or in a grid type, a flow rate / pressure adjusting part is arranged in the first expanding section, the flow rate / pressure adjusting part comprises a second expanding section (96), a third tapering section (97) and a third expanding section (98) which are connected in sequence, the outlet end of the second expanding section extends to the right end face of the nozzle body, the third tapering section is arranged in axial alignment with the equal-diameter section, and the diameter of the left end of the third tapering section is greater than the outer diameter of the equal-diameter section, the left end of the third expanding section is flush with the left end of the third tapering section, and the right end of the third expanding section is located between the right end of the third tapering section and the left end of the outlet guide plate. A plurality of communication holes (99) are arranged on the left end of the second expanding section (96), the communication holes respectively communicate the radial two sides of the left end of the second expanding section, so as to allow part of the liquid on the radial outer side of the second expanding section to flow to the radial inner side through the communication holes, thereby adjusting the pressure distribution of the radial inner and outer sides of the second expanding section, and improving the spraying effect of the spray pipe.

2. A wall in-line cleaning device for a tobacco feeder elevator as defined in claim 1, wherein, The rodless cylinder is arranged along the conveying direction of the feeding elevator or the length extension direction of the wallboard, and the two rodless cylinders and the brush rollers are symmetrically arranged; the two ends of the rodless cylinder are provided with induction switches (11), the two ends of the rodless cylinder are respectively connected with a filtering pressure regulating assembly (13) through pipelines, the filtering pressure regulating assembly is connected with a compressed air source; the rodless cylinder drives the sliding table to move, thereby driving the L-shaped support, the brush roller and the spray pipe to perform horizontal reciprocating motion.

3. A wall in-line cleaning device for a tobacco feeder elevator as defined in claim 2, wherein, The adjusting assembly (10) enables the spray pipe (9) to rotate in the X-Y-Z three-dimensional space, so as to adjust the flushing angle of the spray pipe to the tobacco tar and dirt and to spray the cleaning liquid on the brush roller, thereby improving the online scraping effect of the brush roller.

4. A wall in-line cleaning device for a tobacco feeder elevator as defined in claim 3, wherein, The electric motor is connected with a speed regulator, the electric motor drives the brush roller to rotate, the brush roller is fixedly connected to the output shaft end of the electric motor through a locking screw; the brush roller is made of food-grade material, the outer diameter size range is 30-50 mm, the inner diameter size range is 20-40 mm, the bristle height size range is 15-30 mm, and the overall length is slightly smaller than the longitudinal width of the wallboard of the feeding elevator; the spray pipe is connected with a cleaning liquid tank through a pipeline and a delivery pump.

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