A packaging device for meat jerky snacks

Abstract

The present invention relates to the field of food packaging, in particular to a packaging device for small meat jerky snacks, including a ziplock bag and a material trough for stacking the ziplock bags, the material trough being rectangular, a notch being provided at one end of the material trough, and a packing mechanism being provided at the notch of the material trough; the packing mechanism including material guide plates symmetrically provided on both sides of the material trough, a cylinder being rotatably connected between the material guide plates, and a first adapter plate being provided at the top of the material trough, and a first suction cup being connected to the first adapter plate. The device can be used by slotting and assembling on a conventional operating table, and has high installation and use versatility, wherein the packing mechanism can realize the opening, sealing and material dropping control of the ziplock bag, and the small package packaging of the meat jerky can be realized by simply feeding the material using the device, thereby helping the packer to improve the product packaging efficiency, and the device is easy to manufacture, simple to assemble and debug, and low in cost, and effectively solves the problem of low operating efficiency of manual packaging of pork jerky.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The invention relates to the field of food packaging, in particular to a packaging device for dried meat snacks. Background Art

[0002] The production process of pork jerky snacks requires first mixing pork and salt and other seasonings together to make meat paste, then putting the meat paste into a mold and sending it into an oven for baking, and turning the semi-finished meat jerky over. The semi-finished meat jerky after baking needs to be dried at high temperature before it can be bagged. The bagging of meat jerky slices in the factory is currently done manually, and the work content includes taking the packaging bag, opening the packaging bag mouth, putting in the pork jerky, and then sealing the packaging bag mouth. Generally, two people are required to cooperate in the operation, and the packaging efficiency is low. In order to improve the production and packaging efficiency of pork jerky in the factory, a packaging device for meat jerky snacks is proposed. Summary of the invention

[0003] In view of the problem of low efficiency of manual packaging of pork jerky mentioned above or in the prior art, the present invention is proposed.

[0004] Therefore, the object of the present invention is to provide a packaging device for jerky snacks.

[0005] To solve the above technical problems, the present invention provides the following technical solutions: a packaging device for meat jerky snacks, comprising a ziplock bag and a material trough for stacking the ziplock bags, the material trough being rectangular, a notch being provided at one end of the material trough, and a packaging mechanism being provided at the notch of the material trough; the packaging mechanism comprising material guide plates symmetrically arranged on both sides of the material trough, a cylinder being rotatably connected between the material guide plates, a first adapter plate being also arranged at the top of the material trough for the packaging mechanism, and the first adapter plate being connected to a first suction cup, a second adapter plate being connected to the top end of an output shaft of the cylinder, and the second adapter plate being connected to a second suction cup, a first slot plate being fixedly connected between the material guide plates, a second slot plate being vertically connected at the end of the first slot plate, and a bow shaft being vertically rotatably connected in the second slot plate, a first motor being connected at the bottom end of the bow shaft, a rocker arm being horizontally connected to the top end of the bow shaft, and a second motor being vertically connected to the end of the rocker arm, and a first spring being connected between the middle portion of the bow shaft and the edge of the second adapter plate.

[0006] As a preferred solution of the packaging device for the jerky snacks of the present invention, a ring is rotatably sleeved on the middle part of the bow-shaped shaft, and the ring is hung with one end of the first spring, a support rod is sleeved inside the first spring, and the length of the support rod is less than the initial length of the first spring.

[0007] As a preferred solution of the packaging device for the jerky snacks of the present invention, the shell output end of the first motor is fixedly connected to the bottom of the second slot plate, and the output shaft of the first motor is coaxially connected to one end of the bow shaft, and the first motor is a stepping motor.

[0008] As a preferred solution of the packaging device for the dried meat snacks of the present invention, the top end of the bow-shaped shaft passes through the top of the second slot plate and is connected to the rocker arm, and the second motor is a brushless outer rotor type, the outer wall of the rotor of the second motor is sleeved with rubber, and the top end of the rocker arm is fixedly connected to the third slot plate along its length direction, and the end of the third slot plate is connected to a rubber wheel for vertical downward rotation.

[0009] As a preferred solution of the packaging device for jerky snacks of the present invention, an electrical slip ring is coaxially arranged at the top of the bow shaft, and the electrical slip ring is fixedly connected to the rocker arm, the second motor is electrically connected to the electrical slip ring, and the rocker arm and the curved protruding direction of the middle part of the bow shaft are perpendicular to each other.

[0010] As a preferred solution of the packaging device for the jerky snacks of the present invention, the first adapter plate and the second adapter plate are both L-shaped, the first suction cup is telescopic, the second suction cup is parallel to the first suction cup when the cylinder is in the vertical state, and the first suction cup and the second suction cup are both symmetrically distributed with respect to the material trough, the notch is vertically opened, and one end of the suction port of the second suction cup is socketed with the notch.

[0011] As a preferred solution of the packaging device for jerky snacks of the present invention, the cross-sectional profile of the guide plate is Z-shaped, and the two sides of the cylinder output end of the cylinder body are rotatably connected to the bottom edge of the guide plate, and the top of the guide plate is inclined away from the material trough.

[0012] As a preferred solution of the packaging device for the meat jerky snacks of the present invention, a pressure block is slidably sleeved in the material trough, and a pull rod is fixedly connected to the side of the pressure block away from the notch, and the pull rod is located between the pressure block and the inner wall of the material trough and sleeved with a second spring.

[0013] As a preferred solution of the packaging device for the dried meat snacks of the present invention, a pull ring is hinged at the end of the pull rod, the first spring is a tension spring, and the second spring is a compression spring.

[0014] As a preferred solution of the packaging device for the dried meat snacks of the present invention, a proximity switch is arranged at the middle part of the second slot plate corresponding to the position of the sleeve ring.

[0015] The beneficial effects of the packaging device for meat jerky snacks of the present invention are as follows: the device can be used by slotting and assembling on a conventional operating table, and has high versatility in installation and use. The packaging mechanism therein can realize the opening, sealing and material dropping control of the ziplock bag. The device can be used to package small packages of meat jerky by simply feeding the materials, thereby helping packagers to improve product packaging efficiency. The device is easy to manufacture, simple to assemble and debug, and low in cost, and effectively solves the problem of low operating efficiency of manual packaging of pork jerky. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0016] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the following briefly introduces the drawings required for use in the description of the embodiments. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present invention. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative work.

[0017] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of a packaging device for jerky snacks.

[0018] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the packaging device for meat jerky snacks after the bow-shaped axis 1 in Figure 1 is deflected 180 degrees.

[0019] Figure 3 A schematic diagram of the partial structure of a packaging device for jerky snacks.

[0020] Figure 4 Packaging device for meat jerky snacks Figure 3 Schematic diagram of the structure from another perspective.

[0021] Figure 5 Packaging device for meat jerky snacks Figure 4 Schematic diagram of the structure of A.

[0022] Figure 6 A schematic diagram of the structure of a trough of a packaging device for jerky snacks.

[0023] Figure 7 A schematic diagram of the partial structure of the first spring and the support rod of the packaging device for jerky snacks.

[0024] Figure 8 A simplified structural schematic diagram of step 1 in Example 1 of a packaging device for jerky snacks.

[0025] Fig. 9 A simplified structural schematic diagram of step 2 in Example 1 of a packaging device for jerky snacks.

[0026] In the figure: 100, ziplock bag; 200, material trough; 201, pressure block; 202, pull rod; 203, second spring; 200a, notch; 300, packaging mechanism; 301, material guide plate; 302, cylinder; 303, first adapter plate; 304, first suction cup; 305, second adapter plate; 306, second suction cup; 307, first slot plate; 308, second slot plate; 309, bow shaft; 310, first motor; 311, rocker arm; 312, second motor; 313, rubber wheel; 314, collar; 315, first spring; 316, support rod; 317, third slot plate; 400, electrical slip ring; 500, proximity switch. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0027] In order to make the above-mentioned objects, features and advantages of the present invention more obvious and easy to understand, the specific implementation methods of the present invention are described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

[0028] Example 1, reference Figure 1 to Figure 8 , which is the first embodiment of the present invention, and provides a packaging device for small meat snacks. The packer can use the device to simply feed the meat to achieve small packaging of the meat snacks, which helps the packer improve the product packaging efficiency. The device includes a ziplock bag 100, and also includes a trough 200 for stacking the ziplock bags 100. The trough 200 is arranged in a rectangular shape, and a notch 200a is opened at one end of the trough 200, and the trough 200 is provided with a packaging mechanism 300 at the notch 200a; the packaging mechanism 300 includes guide plates 301 symmetrically arranged on both sides of the trough 200, and the guide plates 301 are rotatably connected with a cylinder 302. The packaging mechanism 300 is also provided with a first adapter at the top of the trough 200 Plate 303, and the first adapter plate 303 is connected to the first suction cup 304, the top end of the output shaft of the cylinder 302 is connected to the second adapter plate 305, and the second adapter plate 305 is connected to the second suction cup 306, and the first slot plate 307 is also fixedly connected between the guide plates 301, the end of the first slot plate 307 is vertically connected to the second slot plate 308, and the second slot plate 308 is vertically rotatably connected to the bow shaft 309, and the bottom end of the bow shaft 309 is connected to the first motor 310, the top end of the bow shaft 309 is horizontally connected to the rocker arm 311, and the end of the rocker arm 311 is vertically connected to the second motor 312, and a first spring 315 is connected between the middle part of the bow shaft 309 and the edge of the second adapter plate 305.

[0029] Specifically, the shell output end of the first motor 310 is fixedly connected to the bottom of the second slot plate 308, and the output shaft of the first motor 310 is coaxially connected to one end of the bow shaft 309. The first motor 310 is a stepping motor. The top end of the bow shaft 309 passes through the top of the second slot plate 308 and is connected to the rocker arm 311. The second motor 312 is a brushless outer rotor type. The outer wall of the rotor of the second motor 312 is sleeved with rubber, and the top end of the rocker arm 311 is fixedly connected to the third slot plate 317 along its length direction. The end of the third slot plate 317 is vertically rotated downward and connected to the rubber wheel 313. The top end of the bow shaft 309 is coaxially provided with an electrical slip ring 400, and the electrical slip ring 400 is fixedly connected to the rocker arm 311. The second motor 312 is electrically connected to the electrical slip ring 400. The first adapter The plate 303 and the second adapter plate 305 are both L-shaped, the first suction cup 304 is telescopic, the second suction cup 306 is parallel to the first suction cup 304 when the cylinder 302 is in the vertical state, and the first suction cup 304 and the second suction cup 306 are symmetrically distributed about the material trough 200, the notch 200a is vertically opened, and one end of the suction port of the second suction cup 306 is sleeved with the notch 200a, the cross-sectional profile of the guide plate 301 is Z-shaped, and the two sides of the cylinder output end of the cylinder 302 are rotatably connected to the bottom edge of the guide plate 301, the top of the guide plate 301 is inclined in the direction away from the material trough 200, and a proximity switch 500 is provided at the position of the ring 314 in the middle of the second trough plate 308, and the rocker arm 311 and the curved protruding directions of the middle part of the bow shaft 309 are perpendicular to each other.

[0030] The working principle and advantages of the device are further explained in combination with the existing technology: Currently, there are many small-scale meat jerky production companies that do not have automated production lines due to cost control and mainly rely on manual or semi-automatic machinery for production. Among them, the bagging of finished meat jerky is one of the processes that relies more on manual labor. The equipment currently on the market with bag opening and sealing functions is large in size and needs to be installed on the ground. The operation also requires strict training, and the equipment use and labor costs are still relatively high.

[0031] The present invention mainly provides a desktop-sized meat jerky small packaging device, which has high installation and use versatility. The device can be used by slotting and assembling it on a conventional operating table. It mainly provides a packaging mechanism 300 with a very simple structure, which can realize the opening, sealing and blanking of the ziplock bag 100. The specific working process is as follows:

[0032] Step 1, reference Figure 8 and Fig. 9In the initial state of the cylinder 302, the piston rod is in a retracted state. At this time, the second suction cup 306 is in the notch 200a of the material trough 200, close to the ziplock bag 100 in the material trough 200, and the second suction cup 306 absorbs one side of the ziplock bag 100, and the second suction cup 306 and the ziplock bag 100 are lifted vertically upward by the cylinder 302, so that the ziplock bag 100 reaches the position of the first suction cup 304, and the first suction cup 304 absorbs the other side of the ziplock bag 100. At the same time, since the first suction cup 304 is a telescopic type, when its suction port is blocked, the internal negative pressure will cause the rod of the suction cup to contract, thereby opening the bag mouth of the ziplock bag 100, and manual feeding is performed at this time; in step one, refer to Figure 1 The state of the rocker arm 311 should be that when the rocker arm 311 is parallel to the ziplock bag 100, the first spring 315 restores its initial length, and the cylinder 302 is in a vertical or nearly vertical state. For details, please refer to Example 2;

[0033] Step 2, reference Figure 1 , through a foot switch or any other switch control method available on the market, the device enters the next step, that is, the second suction cup 306 loses negative pressure and resets and stretches, pushing the bag mouth of the ziplock bag 100 back to make it self-fitting, the first motor 310 drives the bow shaft 309 to rotate, and the rocker arm 311 rotates to make the second motor 312 and the rubber wheel 313 covered with rubber sweep the bag mouth of the ziplock bag 100, the outer wall linear velocity of the second motor 312 is equal to (or close to) the linear velocity of the rocker arm 311 at the bag mouth of the ziplock bag 100, and the second motor 312 cooperates with the rubber wheel 313 to actively roll and clamp the bag mouth of the ziplock bag 100 to make it closed;

[0034] Step 3, reference Figure 4 and Figure 5 , the rocker arm 311 continues to deflect until the second motor 312 and the rubber wheel 313 leave the ziplock bag 100, and the raised part of the bow shaft 309 deflects to the proximity switch 500, and the first spring 315 pulls the cylinder 302 to deflect toward the outside of the material trough 200, so that the ziplock bag 100 containing the jerky leaves the first suction cup 304, and at the same time triggers the proximity switch 500 to make the first suction cup 304 lose negative pressure, releasing the ziplock bag 100, and the ziplock bag 100 slides along the outer wall of the guide plate 301 and the cylinder 302 to the material frame (or conveyor belt) at the bottom of the operating table.

[0035] Step 4: Repeat steps 1 to 3.

[0036] In summary, the device can be used by slotting and assembling on a conventional operating table, and has high versatility in installation and use. The packaging mechanism 300 can realize the opening, sealing and material dropping control of the ziplock bag 100. The device can be used to simply feed materials to achieve small packages of meat jerky, helping packagers to improve product packaging efficiency. The device is easy to manufacture, simple to assemble and debug, and low in cost, which effectively solves the problem of low efficiency of manual packaging of pork jerky.

[0037] Example 2, reference Figure 3 and Figure 7 , which is the second embodiment of the present invention. Different from the previous embodiment, this embodiment provides a first spring 315 and a strut 316 of a packaging device for meat jerky snacks. Cooperating with the bow shaft 309, the structure of driving the cylinder 302 to swing synchronously during the rotary sealing process of the rocker arm 311 is greatly simplified, making the equipment easy to manufacture, assemble and debug, and low in cost. The bow shaft 309 includes a ring 314 rotatably sleeved in the middle part, and the ring 314 is hung on one end of the first spring 315, and the first spring 315 is sleeved with a strut 316, and the length of the strut 316 is less than the initial length of the first spring 315.

[0038] Referring to the contents of step 1 in Example 1, 1. the cylinder 302 does not need to strictly maintain a vertical state, and the negative pressure of the suction cup attracting the ziplock bag 100 can compensate a certain distance, so the ring 314 will not affect the second suction cup 306 to absorb the ziplock bag 100 after the first spring 315 recovers its initial length. 2. The ring 314 can slide within a certain range along the straight part of the middle part of the bow axis 309 to compensate for the distance when the piston rod of the cylinder 302 is extended and retracted. 3. The length of the support rod 316 is shorter than the first spring 315, which can prevent the first spring 315 from excessively bending and causing the cylinder 302 to change its posture.

[0039] The rest of the structure is the same as that of Example 1.

[0040] In summary, the first spring 315 and the support rod 316 of the device cooperate with the bow shaft 309 to effectively simplify the structure of driving the cylinder 302 to swing synchronously during the rotary sealing process of the rocker arm 311, making the equipment easy to manufacture, assemble and debug and low in cost.

[0041] Example 3, reference Figure 8~Figure 9, which is the third embodiment of the present invention. Different from the previous embodiment, this embodiment provides a trough 200 of a packaging device for meat jerky snacks, and provides a batch of ziplock bags 100 for a packaging mechanism 300, which includes a pressing block 201 slidably sleeved in the trough 200, and a pull rod 202 is fixedly connected to the side of the pressing block 201 away from the notch 200a, the pull rod 202 is located between the pressing block 201 and the inner wall of the trough 200 and is sleeved with a second spring 203, the end of the pull rod 202 is hinged with a pull ring, the first spring 315 is a tension spring, and the second spring 203 is a compression spring.

[0042] Pull the pull rod 202 outward to make the pressing block 201 retreat and compress the second spring 203, and put the ziplock bags 100 into the material trough 200 in batches. Then release the pull rod 202 to make the pressing block 201 push the ziplock bags 100 toward the packaging mechanism 300, so that the second suction cup 306 can repeatedly absorb the ziplock bags 100.

[0043] The rest of the structure is the same as that of Example 2.

[0044] In summary, in addition to providing structural support for the packaging mechanism 300, the material trough 200 also provides the packaging mechanism 300 with ziplock bags 100 in batches.

[0045] It should be noted that the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention rather than to limit it. Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that the technical solutions of the present invention may be modified or replaced by equivalents without departing from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the present invention, which should all be included in the scope of the claims of the present invention.

Claims

1. A packaging device for dried meat snacks, comprising a ziplock bag (100), characterized in that: It also comprises a material trough (200) for stacking the ziplock bags (100), the material trough (200) being arranged in a rectangular shape, a notch (200a) being provided at one end of the material trough (200), and a packaging mechanism (300) being arranged at the notch (200a) of the material trough (200); The packaging mechanism (300) comprises guide plates (301) symmetrically arranged on both sides of the material trough (200), and a cylinder (302) is rotatably connected between the guide plates (301). The packaging mechanism (300) further comprises a first adapter plate (303) arranged at the top of the material trough (200), and the first adapter plate (303) is connected to a first suction cup (304). The top end of the output shaft of the cylinder (302) is connected to a second adapter plate (305), and the second adapter plate (305) is connected to a second suction cup (306). A first slot plate (307) is also fixedly connected thereto, the end of the first slot plate (307) is vertically connected to a second slot plate (308), a bow-shaped shaft (309) is vertically rotatably connected inside the second slot plate (308), the bottom end of the bow-shaped shaft (309) is connected to a first motor (310), the top end of the bow-shaped shaft (309) is horizontally connected to a rocker arm (311), the end of the rocker arm (311) is vertically connected to a second motor (312), and a first spring (315) is connected between the middle of the bow-shaped shaft (309) and the edge of the second adapter plate (305); A collar (314) is rotatably sleeved in the middle of the bow-shaped shaft (309), and the collar (314) is hooked to one end of a first spring (315). A support rod (316) is sleeved in the first spring (315), and the length of the support rod (316) is less than the initial length of the first spring (315).

2. The packaging device for meat jerky snacks as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: The shell output end of the first motor (310) is fixedly connected to the bottom of the second slot plate (308), and the output shaft of the first motor (310) is coaxially connected to one end of the bow shaft (309), and the first motor (310) is a stepping motor.

3. The packaging device for meat jerky snacks as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that: The top end of the bow-shaped shaft (309) passes through the top of the second slot plate (308) and is connected to the rocker arm (311); the second motor (312) is a brushless outer rotor type; the outer wall of the rotor of the second motor (312) is sleeved with rubber; the top end of the rocker arm (311) is fixedly connected to the third slot plate (317) along its length direction; the end of the third slot plate (317) is vertically rotated downward and connected to the rubber wheel (313).

4. The packaging device for dried meat snacks according to claim 3, characterized in that: An electrical slip ring (400) is coaxially arranged at the top end of the bow-shaped shaft (309), and the electrical slip ring (400) is fixedly connected to the rocker arm (311), the second motor (312) is electrically connected to the electrical slip ring (400), and the rocker arm (311) and the middle portion of the bow-shaped shaft (309) are bent and protruded in directions perpendicular to each other.

5. The packaging device for dried meat snacks according to claim 4, characterized in that: The first adapter plate (303) and the second adapter plate (305) are both L-shaped, the first suction cup (304) is telescopic, the second suction cup (306) is parallel to the first suction cup (304) when the cylinder (302) is in a vertical state, and the first suction cup (304) and the second suction cup (306) are both symmetrically distributed with respect to the material trough (200), the notch (200a) is vertically opened, and one end of the suction port of the second suction cup (306) is sleeved with the notch (200a).

6. The packaging device for dried meat snacks according to claim 5, characterized in that: The cross-sectional profile of the guide plate (301) is arranged in a Z shape, and both sides of the cylinder output end of the cylinder (302) are rotatably connected to the bottom edge of the guide plate (301), and the top of the guide plate (301) is arranged to be inclined in a direction away from the material trough (200).

7. The packaging device for meat jerky snacks according to claim 6, characterized in that: A pressing block (201) is slidably sleeved in the material trough (200), and a pull rod (202) is fixedly connected to the side of the pressing block (201) away from the notch (200a), and a second spring (203) is sleeved on the pull rod (202) located between the pressing block (201) and the inner wall of the material trough (200).

8. The packaging device for dried meat snacks according to claim 7, characterized in that: A pull ring is hinged at the end of the pull rod (202), the first spring (315) is a tension spring, and the second spring (203) is a compression spring.

9. The packaging device for meat jerky snacks according to claim 8, characterized in that: A proximity switch (500) is provided at a position in the middle of the second slot plate (308) corresponding to the collar (314).

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