Boxing machine

Abstract

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

Description

Technical Field

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

[0002] In many industries such as household appliances, automobiles, textiles, food, department stores, medicine, and chemicals, materials and products need to be boxed. The boxing process generally includes stacking, boxing, folding lids, and sealing boxes. When the types or sizes of materials of a product are different, especially when some special products need to be packed in special boxes, different manpower and equipment are often required to box them separately, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and increases the production cost. Summary of the invention

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

[0004] According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cartoning machine, comprising a carton conveying line, a horizontally extending material conveying line, a frame, a stacking gripper mechanism, a carton arranging mechanism, a material pushing and feeding mechanism, a box folding and sealing mechanism, and a box discharging mechanism;

[0005] The carton conveying line and the material conveying line are arranged side by side and both pass through the frame, the carton aligning mechanism and the material pushing mechanism are both installed on the carton conveying line and the material pushing mechanism is both located above the carton aligning mechanism, the stacking gripper mechanism is movably installed on the frame and located on the side of the carton aligning mechanism, the box folding and sealing mechanism is installed on the frame and located in front of the carton aligning mechanism, and the box discharging mechanism is arranged at the front end of the carton conveying line and the material conveying line;

[0006] The paper box conveying line includes a material conveying platform, a movable transmission chain is installed on the material conveying platform, and a plurality of material conveying stations are sequentially arranged on the material conveying platform, the material pushing and box feeding mechanism and the box folding and sealing mechanism are respectively located at different material conveying stations, and a side push cylinder is installed at the front end of the material conveying platform;

[0007] A spider-hand robot is installed on the upper part of the frame, and the spider-hand robot is located directly above the carton arranging mechanism and the material transporting station where it is located;

[0008] The stacking gripper mechanism comprises a stacking cylinder and an electromagnet, wherein the stacking cylinder is mounted on the spider hand robot, and the electromagnet is mounted at the bottom of the stacking cylinder;

[0009] The carton aligning mechanism comprises an aligning slide that can slide forward and backward, and two aligning modules are installed on the aligning slide;

[0010] The material pushing mechanism comprises a material pushing plate capable of horizontal movement and a material blocking plate capable of vertical movement, and both the material pushing plate and the material blocking plate are located on the side of the entire array module;

[0011] The box folding and sealing mechanism comprises a lifting bottom plate capable of being raised and lowered, a bottom side of the lifting bottom plate is provided with a box-blocking leaf group and a box-leaf guiding group both facing the middle and capable of being horizontally moved, and a front and rear blocking group and two front and rear box-pressing leaf groups both facing the middle and capable of being horizontally moved are provided on the other side, and a box-pressing plate capable of being raised and lowered is also provided on the bottom side of the lifting bottom plate;

[0012] A front push plate that can slide back and forth is slidably mounted on the upper part of the box discharging mechanism, and the front push plate is located on the side of the pushing cylinder.

[0013] In some embodiments, a servo motor is installed at the front end of the material transport platform, the transmission chain is connected to the servo motor through a chain transmission mechanism, and a photoelectric detector is installed on the servo motor, and the photoelectric detector faces the side push cylinder. The benefit is that the structure of the carton conveyor line is further described.

[0014] In some embodiments, the rack is also equipped with a gas tank, a second coupling and an electric box. The invention is beneficial in that other related equipment installed on the rack is described.

[0015] In some embodiments, the top of the stacking cylinder is connected to the spider hand robot via a connecting rod, and the bottom corners of the stacking cylinder are respectively connected to a plurality of stop screws. The benefit is that the specific structure of the stacking gripper mechanism is further described.

[0016] In some embodiments, the entire row of slides is slidably mounted on an entire row of slide rails and connected to an entire row of cylinders. The invention is beneficial in that a specific method of slidably mounting the entire row of slides is described.

[0017] In some embodiments, the entire module comprises two lifting plates and two lifting cylinders, and each lifting plate is connected to a piston rod at the top of each lifting cylinder. The invention is beneficial in that it describes the specific structure of the entire module.

[0018] In some embodiments, two switch plates are installed side by side on the middle side of the entire row of slide rails, and the two switch plates are connected to two switch cylinders respectively. The advantage is that the two switch cylinders can control the switch of the two switch plates.

[0019] In some embodiments, the material pushing mechanism further comprises a material pushing cylinder and a material blocking cylinder, wherein the material pushing cylinder is connected to the material pushing plate via a connecting plate, and the material blocking cylinder is mounted on the connecting plate and its bottom is connected to the material blocking plate. The benefit of this is that the specific structure of the material pushing mechanism is further described.

[0020] In some embodiments, the blocking box leaf group is located above the box leaf guide group, and the two front and rear box pressing leaf groups are located side by side between the two front and rear blocking groups. The benefit lies in that the specific structure of the box folding and sealing mechanism is further described.

[0021] In some embodiments, the rear end of the front push plate is connected to a box discharging cylinder, and the top of the front push plate is slidably mounted via a slider. The advantage is that the box discharging cylinder can push the front push plate to slide via the slider. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0022] Figure 1 A schematic structural diagram of a cartoning machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0023] Figure 2 for Figure 1 The structural schematic diagram of the carton conveying line shown;

[0024] Figure 3 for Figure 1 The structural schematic diagram of the rack shown;

[0025] Figure 4 for Figure 1 A schematic diagram of the structure of the stacking gripper mechanism shown;

[0026] Figure 5 for Figure 1 The structural schematic diagram of the carton arranging mechanism shown;

[0027] Figure 6 for Figure 1 The structural schematic diagram of the material pushing and box-introducing mechanism shown;

[0028] Figure 7 for Figure 1 The structural schematic diagram of the box folding and sealing mechanism shown;

[0029] Figure 8 for Figure 1 Schematic diagram of the structure of the box mechanism is shown.

[0030] In the figure: carton conveyor line 1, material conveyor line 2, rack 3, stacking gripper mechanism 4, carton arranging mechanism 5, material pushing mechanism 6, box folding and sealing mechanism 7, box discharging mechanism 8, material transport platform 11, transmission chain 12, material transport station 13, side push cylinder 14, servo motor 15, chain transmission mechanism 16, photoelectric detector 17, spider hand robot 31, gas tank 32, two-piece 33, electric box 34, stacking cylinder 41, electromagnet 42, connecting rod 43, material blocking screw Rod 44, alignment slide 51, alignment module 52, alignment slide rail 53, alignment cylinder 54, lifting plate 55, lifting cylinder 56, switch plate 57, switch cylinder 58, push plate 61, baffle plate 62, push cylinder 63, baffle cylinder 64, connecting plate 65, lifting bottom plate 71, baffle box leaf group 72, box leaf guide group 73, front and rear baffle group 74, front and rear box pressing leaf group 75, box pressing plate 76, hand wheel 77, front push plate 81, box out cylinder 82, slider 83. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0031] The present invention will be further described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

[0032] like Figure 1 As shown, the cartoning machine includes a horizontally extending carton conveying line 1, a horizontally extending material conveying line 2, a frame 3, a stacking gripper mechanism 4, a carton aligning mechanism 5, a material pushing and box feeding mechanism 6, a box folding and sealing mechanism 7 and a box discharging mechanism 8.

[0033] The carton conveyor line 1 and the material conveyor line 2 are arranged side by side and both pass through the frame 3; the carton aligning mechanism 5 and the material pushing mechanism 6 are both installed on the carton conveyor line 1, and the material pushing mechanism 6 is located above the carton aligning mechanism 5; the stacking gripper mechanism 4 is installed on the frame 3 and located on the side of the carton aligning mechanism 5; the box folding and sealing mechanism 7 is installed on the frame 3 and located in front of the carton aligning mechanism 5, and the box discharging mechanism 8 is arranged at one end (called the front end and the other end is called the rear end) of the carton conveyor line 1 and the material conveyor line 2.

[0034] like Figure 2 As shown, the carton conveyor line 1 includes a straight-extending material conveying platform 11, on which a transmission chain 12 is installed, and a servo motor 15 is installed at the front end of the material conveying platform 11. The transmission chain 12 is connected to the servo motor 15 through a chain transmission mechanism 16 composed of gears and chains, and the operation of the servo motor 15 can drive the motion transmission chain 12 to move. Among them, a plurality of material conveying stations 13 are arranged in sequence on the material conveying platform 11 in a relatively uniform manner, and the material pushing and boxing mechanism 6, the carton arranging mechanism 5 and the box folding and sealing mechanism 7 are respectively located at different material conveying stations 13, so when the transmission chain 12 is moved, the material products thereon can be driven to pass through each material conveying station 13 in sequence.

[0035] In addition, a side push cylinder 14 is installed on the front side of the material transport platform 11, and the side push cylinder 14 can push the boxed products on the material transport station 13 where it is located from the side to the material conveying line 2.

[0036] Preferably, a photoelectric detector 17 is installed on the servo motor 15, and the photoelectric detector 17 faces the side push cylinder 14. Whenever the photoelectric detector 17 detects that the side push cylinder 14 operates once, it sends a signal to the servo motor 15 to make it operate one circle, thereby pulling the transmission chain 12 and the material products thereon to move forward one material transport station 13.

[0037] The material conveying line 2 is made of a stainless steel chain plate and has the function of conveying the material from the back to the front.

[0038] like Figure 3 As shown, a spider arm robot 31 is installed on the upper part of the frame 3. The spider arm robot 31 is located directly above the carton arranging mechanism 5 and the material transporting station 13 where it is located. It can grab the material products on the material transporting station 13 and move them within a certain range.

[0039] In addition, some related scattered equipment are installed on the rack 3, including a gas tank 32, a two-piece component 33 and an electric box 34, etc., among which the gas tank 32 provides gas for the equipment, the two-piece component 33 is connected to structures such as the carton conveyor line 1 and the carton aligning mechanism 5, and a pressure switch is installed on the two-piece component 33. When the pressure is lower than the set value, the pressure switch is closed and the corresponding mechanism cannot operate. The electric box 34 is connected to the rack 3 as a whole.

[0040] Preferably, safety doors (specific door leaves are not shown in the figure) can be installed on the side and / or top of the frame 3.

[0041] like Figure 4 As shown, the stacking gripper mechanism 4 includes a connecting rod 43, the top of the connecting rod 43 is connected to the spider hand robot 31, and the bottom is connected to a stacking cylinder 41, wherein an electromagnet 42 is installed in the middle of the bottom of the stacking cylinder 41, and a plurality of material blocking screws 44 are respectively connected to each corner of the bottom of the stacking cylinder 41.

[0042] When the material on the material conveying line 2 is transported under the spider arm robot 31, the spider arm robot 31 operates and cooperates with the electromagnet 42 to energize to suck up the material and transfer it to the mold at an appropriate position on the side of the carton arranging mechanism 5. Then the electromagnet 42 is powered off and cooperates with the stacking cylinder 41 to operate so that each blocking screw 44 blocks the material from the surroundings to wait for pushing.

[0043] like Figure 5As shown, the carton aligning mechanism 5 includes an aligning rail 53 extending forward and backward, an aligning slide 51 and an aligning cylinder 54. The aligning slide 51 is slidably mounted on the aligning rail 53 and connected to the aligning cylinder 54. The operation of the aligning cylinder 54 can drive the aligning slide 51 to slide on the aligning rail 53.

[0044] Two alignment modules 52 are installed side by side on the alignment slide 51, each of which includes two lifting plates 55 and two lifting cylinders 56. Each lifting plate 55 is connected to a piston rod at the top of each lifting cylinder 56. The operation of each lifting cylinder 56 can drive each lifting plate 55 to rise and form a space for aligning materials.

[0045] In addition, two switch plates 57 are installed side by side on the middle side of the entire row of slide rails 53. The two switch plates 57 are respectively connected to two switch cylinders 58 and can be switched from the side under the operation of the two switch cylinders 58.

[0046] like Figure 6 As shown, the material pushing mechanism 6 includes a pushing cylinder 63, which is connected to a pushing plate 61 via a connecting plate 65, wherein the pushing plate 61 is located on the side of the alignment module 52 on the alignment slide 51 in the middle of the alignment slide rail 53 of the paper box alignment mechanism 5. When each switch plate 57 is opened, the operation of the pushing cylinder 63 can drive the pushing plate 61 to push the material into the paper box.

[0047] In addition, a material blocking cylinder 64 is installed in the middle of the connecting plate 65. The bottom piston rod of the material blocking cylinder 64 is connected to a vertical material blocking plate 62. When the pushing cylinder 63 pushes the material into the paper box, the material blocking cylinder 64 operates to drive the material blocking plate 62 to descend, which can block the material to prevent it from pouring out of the paper box.

[0048] like Figure 7 As shown, the box folding and sealing mechanism 7 includes a lifting bottom plate 71, the top of which is connected to a hand wheel 77, and the lifting bottom plate 71 can be lifted or lowered by operating the hand wheel 77. A box-blocking leaf group 72 and a box-leaf guide group 73, both facing the middle and capable of horizontal movement, are provided on one side of the bottom of the lifting bottom plate 71, and the box-blocking leaf group 72 is located above the box-leaf guide group 73; and two front and rear stop groups 74 and two front and rear box-pressing leaf groups 75, both facing the middle and capable of horizontal movement, are provided on the other side of the bottom of the lifting bottom plate 71, and the two front and rear box-pressing leaf groups 75 are located side by side in the middle of the two front and rear stop groups 74.

[0049] Among them, the baffle box leaf group 72 and the box leaf guide group 73, as well as the two front and rear baffle groups 74 and the two front and rear pressure box leaf groups 75, are all connected to corresponding cylinders to achieve their horizontal movement.

[0050] In addition, a lifting and lowering pressing plate 76 is provided on one side of the bottom of the lifting bottom plate 71 .

[0051] When the paper box containing materials is conveyed to the lower middle part of the lifting bottom plate 71 of the box folding and sealing mechanism 7, the box blocking leaf group 72 and the box leaf guiding group 73 extend toward the middle to block the paper box from one side; then the two front and rear blocking groups 74 extend toward the middle to block the paper box from both sides, and retract the box blocking leaf group 72; then, the two front and rear box pressing leaf groups 75 extend toward the middle to fold the paper box, and retract the box leaf guiding group 73; then, the two front and rear blocking groups 74 and the two front and rear box pressing leaf groups 75 are retracted together to complete a set of box folding actions; finally, the box pressing plate 76 is pressed down to complete the box sealing.

[0052] like Figure 8 As shown, a front push plate 81 is slidably mounted on the upper part of the box discharging mechanism 8, the rear end of the front push plate 81 is connected to the piston rod of a box discharging cylinder 82, and the top of the front push plate 81 is slidably mounted via a slider 83. The front push plate 81 is located on the side of the side push cylinder 14, and when the side push cylinder 14 pushes the paper box sealed with materials to the side, the box discharging cylinder 82 operates to make the front push plate 81 push the paper box forward and drop it onto the transportation line of the subsequent process.

[0053] In addition, safety doors (specific door leaves are not shown in the figure) can be installed on the side and top of the box discharging mechanism 8.

[0054] When the cartoning machine is used to carton materials, its workflow mainly includes the following steps:

[0055] S1, loading: each carton is put into the carton conveyor line 1 from the rear end in turn, and is made to pass through each material transport station 13 in turn under the movement of the transmission chain 12, and at the same time, each material to be packed is put into the material conveyor line 2 from the rear end in turn, and is made to move forward under the operation of the material conveyor line 2;

[0056] S2, material stacking: when the material is transported to the bottom of the spider hand robot 31, the spider hand robot 31 cooperates with the electromagnet 42 of the stacking gripper mechanism 4 to energize the material to suck up and stack it on the side of the carton arranging mechanism 5, and the electromagnet 42 is de-energized and cooperates with the stacking cylinder 41 to operate so that each material blocking screw 44 blocks the material from the surrounding;

[0057] S3, carton alignment: when the carton is delivered to the corresponding station, the spider hand robot 31 is used to grab the material and place the carton in sequence into the material alignment space formed by each alignment module 52 of the carton alignment mechanism 5;

[0058] S4, pushing materials: slide the row module 52 with materials placed thereon to the middle of the row slide rail 53 in sequence, open the two switch plates 57, operate the pushing cylinder 63 to make the pushing plate 61 push the stacked materials into the paper box, and operate the blocking cylinder 64 to make the blocking plate 62 drop to prevent the materials from pouring out of the paper box;

[0059] S4, box folding and sealing: when the paper box containing materials is transported to the middle and lower part of the lifting bottom plate 71 of the box folding and sealing mechanism 7, the box blocking leaf group 72, the box leaf guiding group 73, the two front and rear blocking groups 74, the two front and rear box pressing leaf groups 75 and the box pressing plate 76 are used to complete the box folding and sealing actions.

[0060] S6, box out: the side push cylinder 14 pushes the carton with the sealed materials to the side, and the box out cylinder 82 operates to make the front push plate 81 push the carton forward and drop it onto the transportation line of the subsequent process.

[0061] The above are only some embodiments of the present invention. For those skilled in the art, several modifications and improvements can be made without departing from the creative concept of the present invention, which all belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A cartoning machine, characterized in that: It comprises a carton conveying line (1), a horizontally extending material conveying line (2), a frame (3), a stacking gripper mechanism (4), a carton arranging mechanism (5), a material pushing and feeding mechanism (6), a carton folding and sealing mechanism (7) and a carton discharging mechanism (8); The carton conveying line (1) and the material conveying line (2) are arranged side by side and both pass through the frame (3); the carton aligning mechanism (5) and the material pushing mechanism (6) are both installed on the carton conveying line (1) and the material pushing mechanism (6) is both located above the carton aligning mechanism (5); the stacking gripper mechanism (4) is movably installed on the frame (3) and located on the side of the carton aligning mechanism (5); the box folding and sealing mechanism (7) is installed on the frame (2) and located in front of the carton aligning mechanism (5); and the box discharging mechanism (8) is arranged at the front end of the carton conveying line (1) and the material conveying line (7); The paper box conveyor line (1) comprises a material conveying platform (11), a movable transmission chain (12) is installed on the material conveying platform (11), and a plurality of material conveying stations (13) are sequentially arranged on the material conveying platform (11), the material pushing and box feeding mechanism (6) and the box folding and sealing mechanism (7) are respectively located at different material conveying stations (13), and a side push cylinder (14) is installed at the front end of the material conveying platform (11); A spider-hand robot (31) is installed on the upper part of the frame (3), and the spider-hand robot (31) is located directly above the carton arranging mechanism (5) and the material transporting station (13) where it is located; The stacking gripper mechanism (4) comprises a stacking cylinder (41) and an electromagnet (42), wherein the stacking cylinder (41) is mounted on the spider hand robot (31), and the electromagnet (42) is mounted at the bottom of the stacking cylinder (41); The paper box aligning mechanism (5) comprises an aligning slide (51) capable of sliding forward and backward, and two aligning modules (52) are mounted on the aligning slide (51); The material pushing mechanism (6) comprises a material pushing plate (61) capable of horizontal movement and a material blocking plate (62) capable of vertical movement, wherein the material pushing plate (61) and the material blocking plate (62) are both located on the side of the column module (52); The box folding and sealing mechanism (7) comprises a lifting bottom plate (71) that can be lifted and lowered, a box-blocking leaf group (72) and a box-leaf guiding group (73) that are both oriented toward the middle and can move horizontally are arranged on one side of the bottom of the lifting bottom plate (71), and a front and rear blocking group (74) and two front and rear box-pressing leaf groups (75) that are both oriented toward the middle and can move horizontally are arranged on the other side, and a box-pressing plate (76) that can be lifted and lowered is also arranged on one side of the bottom of the lifting bottom plate (71); A front push plate (81) capable of sliding forward and backward is slidably mounted on the upper part of the box discharging mechanism (8), and the front push plate (81) is located on the side of the material pushing cylinder (14).

2. A cartoning machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: A servo motor (15) is installed at the front end of the material transport platform (11), the transmission chain (12) is connected to the servo motor (15) through a chain transmission mechanism (16), and a photoelectric detector (17) is installed on the servo motor (14), and the photoelectric detector (17) faces the side thrust cylinder (14).

3. A cartoning machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The frame (3) is also equipped with a gas storage tank (32), a second connecting piece (33) and an electric box (34).

4. A cartoning machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The top of the stacking cylinder (41) is connected to the spider hand robot (31) via a connecting rod (43), and a plurality of material blocking screws (44) are respectively connected to the corners of the bottom of the stacking cylinder (41).

5. A cartoning machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The whole-row slide table (51) is slidably mounted on a whole-row slide rail (53) and is connected to a whole-row cylinder (54).

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

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

8. A cartoning machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The material pushing mechanism (6) further comprises a material pushing cylinder (63) and a material blocking cylinder (64); the material pushing cylinder (63) is connected to the material pushing plate (61) via a connecting plate (65); the material blocking cylinder (64) is mounted on the connecting plate (65) and its bottom is connected to the material blocking plate (62).

9. A cartoning machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The blocking box leaf group (72) is located above the box leaf guide group (73), and the two front and rear pressing box leaf groups (75) are located side by side in the middle of the two front and rear blocking groups (74).

10. A cartoning machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The rear end of the front push plate (81) is connected to a box discharging cylinder (82), and the top of the front push plate (81) is slidably mounted via a slider (83).

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