Aloe capsule forming system and process

Abstract

The application provides an aloe capsule forming system, which comprises a running mechanism, an upper shell feeding mechanism, a filling mechanism, a lower shell feeding mechanism and a pressing mechanism arranged in sequence along the circumferential rotation direction of the running mechanism; the upper shell feeding mechanism and the lower shell feeding mechanism each comprise: a spreader, the inner lower end of the spreader is in an inverted conical structure and the output end is provided with a first opening and closing part; a feeding assembly, the feeding assembly comprises a second plate, a feeding hole and a driving cylinder; a rejection assembly, the rejection assembly comprises a baffle, an ejection rod, a prying block, a collection box and a stimulating part; and a discharging assembly, a plurality of groups of the discharging assembly are arranged in an array along the width direction of the first plate and the discharging assembly moves along the length direction of the first plate, so that the problem of low work efficiency caused by the fact that the hawthorn component is added in the original formula and the solid component and the gelatinous aloe are filled in the capsule and the capsule is mostly manually made at present is solved.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of capsule forming, in particular to an aloe capsule forming system and process. BACKGROUND

[0002] Constipation is a common disease, especially in the elderly, but with the development of economy and the acceleration of life rhythm, more and more patients with constipation, and the trend of young people. Constipation is not a big disease, but often causes great pain to patients, such as heart and liver fire, constipation, abdominal distension, abdominal pain, irritability, insomnia and other symptoms, not only affect the quality of life, but also bring some difficulties to normal work. Long-term constipation can lead to anal fistula, prolapse of the rectum, anal fissure, rectal cancer, and can induce cerebrovascular disease, and even some old people die suddenly when defecating.

[0003] Chinese patent CN2009101805952 discloses a compound aloe capsule and its preparation method, which provides a compound aloe capsule made of aloe, green lead, cinnabar and amber as raw materials, each of which is processed by a specific processing, extraction and refining, and then mixed, granulated, filled and other methods to manufacture a hard capsule traditional Chinese medicine preparation.

[0004] However, the technical scheme increases the hawthorn component in the original formula, fills the solid component and the gelatinous aloe in the capsule, and most of the existing capsules are made by manual work, which is low in work efficiency. SUMMARY

[0005] The present application aims at the deficiencies of the prior art, and provides an aloe capsule forming system, which automatically identifies the half-shell capsules in the scatterer, outputs the half-shell capsules in the same state, that is, uniformly outputs the half-shell capsules with the opening upward or downward to the corresponding workstations, so as to accurately press and form the upper and lower shells in the later period, and on the other hand, identifies and removes the half-shell capsules with inaccurate orientation, thereby solving the problem that the hawthorn component is added in the original formula, the solid component and the gelatinous aloe are filled in the capsule, and most of the existing capsules are made by manual work, which is low in work efficiency.

[0006] To achieve the above object, the present application provides the following technical scheme: an aloe capsule forming system, comprising a running mechanism, an upper shell feeding mechanism, a filler mechanism, a lower shell feeding mechanism and a pressing mechanism arranged in sequence along the circumferential rotation direction of the running mechanism;

[0007] The upper shell feeding mechanism and the lower shell feeding mechanism each comprise:

[0008] A scatterer, the lower end of the scatterer is in a reverse conical structure, and the output end is provided with a first opening and closing member, which is used to control the intermittent feeding of the half-shell capsules in the scatterer;

[0009] The feeding assembly comprises a plate two elastically arranged on the plate one and regularly vibrated under the driving of the vibrating disc, a plurality of groups of feeding holes one uniformly arranged on the plate two and having an eight-shaped upper end structure, and a driving cylinder driving the plate two to move up and down, the distance between two adjacent feeding holes one is greater than the length of the half shell, and a sliding plate is slidably arranged on the upper end of the plate two;

[0010] The removing assembly comprises a baffle arranged below the feeding hole two through a torsion spring, a feeding hole two arranged on the baffle and corresponding to the feeding hole one, an ejection rod arranged on the plate one and corresponding to the feeding hole two, a prying block arranged on the plate one and below the plate two, a collecting box arranged on the other side of the plate one relative to the prying block and on the same side of the driving cylinder, and a stimulating element arranged on one side of the prying block.

[0011] The discharging assembly is arranged in a plurality of groups along the width direction of the plate one and moves along the length direction of the plate one.

[0012] Preferably, the stimulating element comprises a gas chamber having a plurality of groups of gas holes arranged on the outer end, a T-shaped pushing block slidably arranged in the gas chamber and elastically mounted outside the gas chamber, a spherical block arranged on the outer end of the pushing block, and a triangular block fixedly connected with the driving cylinder and intermittently contacting with the spherical block.

[0013] Preferably, the first opening and closing element comprises two groups of opening and closing plates symmetrically and elastically arranged on the lower end of the spreader, a first driving rack mounted on the opening and closing plate, a first driving wheel driving the two groups of first driving racks in reverse transmission, a second driving wheel driving the first driving wheel in synchronous transmission, and a second driving rack driving the second driving wheel to rotate and fixedly connected with the discharging assembly.

[0014] Preferably, the discharging assembly of the upper shell feeding mechanism further comprises a chain wheel transmission unit one, a receiving frame one mounted on the chain wheel transmission unit one, an arc-shaped plate arranged at the corner part of the chain wheel transmission unit, a blocking unit arranged at the output end of the arc-shaped plate, and a receiving frame two below the inner side of the blocking unit, the arc-shaped plate above the receiving frame two is provided with a discharging port, and the blocking unit comprises a limiting column elastically arranged in the opening of the arc-shaped plate.

[0015] Preferably, the discharging assembly of the lower shell discharging mechanism further comprises a chain wheel transmission unit two synchronously transmitted with the chain wheel transmission unit one, a mounting seat mounted on the chain wheel transmission unit two, a receiving frame three elastically and slidably arranged on the mounting seat, a pushing cylinder arranged on one side of the chain wheel transmission unit one, and a receiving frame four arranged on the other end of the pushing cylinder relative to the receiving frame three.

[0016] The lower ends of receiving frames two and four are each provided with a second opening and closing component. The second opening and closing component includes a blocking block, a control electrical component that drives the blocking block to open and close automatically, and a negative pressure unit that uses an intermittent switch to control the fall of the penultimate half-shell.

[0017] Preferably, the pressing mechanism includes a press and an elastic top block disposed below the press and corresponding to the lower housing.

[0018] Preferably, the operating mechanism includes a chassis, a turntable rotatably mounted on the chassis and fitted to the chassis, several sets of receiving cavities evenly opened along the circumference of the turntable and matched with the shape of the semi-shell, and a material discharge hole opened on the chassis and corresponding to the receiving cavity, with an output box provided below the material discharge hole.

[0019] Preferably, a transfer mechanism is also provided above the operating mechanism. The transfer mechanism includes a swing component one located below the receiving frame two, a swing component two located below the receiving frame four, and a baffle plate that is attached to the lower surface of the swing component.

[0020] Both the swing assembly one and the swing assembly two include a swing rod one rotatably mounted on the baffle plate. The swing rod one has several sets of transfer holes two corresponding to the transfer holes one. The semi-shell located in the transfer holes two is kept suspended under the negative pressure adsorption inside the swing rod one.

[0021] Preferably, the packing mechanism includes:

[0022] The hawthorn loading assembly includes a temporary storage compartment for temporarily storing hawthorn rolls, a swing rod 2 rotatably mounted above the chassis with its extension plate attached to the bottom of the temporary storage compartment, and a number of transfer holes 3 corresponding to transfer holes 1 on the swing rod 2. The hawthorn rolls located in the transfer holes 3 are kept suspended in the air by the negative pressure adsorption inside the swing rod 2.

[0023] Guide ring, the guide ring being located between the second swing rod and the turntable and having an arc-shaped structure; and

[0024] The glue-injection component includes a glue-injection machine for injecting aloe vera colloid into the hawthorn roll. The glue-injection machine has several sets of glue heads, each corresponding to a receiving cavity. The glue heads can move up and down vertically.

[0025] The present invention also provides a molding process adapted to an aloe vera capsule molding system, comprising the following steps:

[0026] Step 1, the semi-shell mounting process: several sets of upper shells are sequentially mounted into the upper shell feeding mechanism. The upper shells output from the upper shell feeding mechanism are moved into the operating mechanism by the swing component and are driven backward with the operating mechanism.

[0027] Step 2, hawthorn roll feeding process: The upper shell moves to the bottom of the filling mechanism. After the hawthorn upper assembly puts the hawthorn roll into the corresponding upper shell, the glue injection part introduces aloe vera gel into the upper shell. After the aloe vera gel adheres tightly to the inner wall of the hawthorn roll, the hollow part of the aloe vera gel is filled. After this feeding stage is completed, the upper shell continues to move backward with the operating mechanism.

[0028] Step 3, capsule compression molding process: Several sets of lower shells are sequentially loaded into the lower shell feeding mechanism. The lower shells output from the lower shell feeding mechanism are moved to the pressing mechanism through the swing component 2. The pressing mechanism presses the lower shells into the upper shells accordingly. After the capsule molding process is completed, it continues to be driven backward by the operating mechanism.

[0029] Step four, finished product output process: the formed capsules are moved to the discharge hole and promptly output to the output box for collection.

[0030] The beneficial effects of this invention are as follows:

[0031] (1) Existing aloe vera gel capsules are all made by using soft capsules to fully encapsulate the contents, similar to the structure of cod liver oil. However, the disadvantage is that when half a capsule is taken, the remaining aloe vera gel is prone to leakage inside the capsule. In contrast, this application uses a capping method with upper and lower shells that are interlocked. In addition, the aloe vera gel has poor fluidity and is blocked by hawthorn rolls, so the sealing is better during normal use.

[0032] (2) The present invention automatically identifies the capsules of the half shell through the upper shell feeding mechanism and the lower shell unloading mechanism, so that the half shells located irregularly in the feeder are output in the same state, that is, the opening is uniformly facing up or down and output to their respective corresponding work stations, which facilitates the precise pressing and molding of the upper and lower shells in the later stage. On the other hand, the half shells with inaccurate orientation are identified and removed to avoid the long-term accumulation of half shells affecting the normal feeding of the next group of half shells and improve work efficiency.

[0033] In summary, the present invention has advantages such as automated mass production of capsules. Attached Figure Description

[0034] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the process flow of the present invention;

[0035] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram showing the positions of the various mechanisms in an embodiment of the present invention;

[0036] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the upper shell feeding mechanism of the present invention;

[0037] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of the transmission operation of the upper shell feeding mechanism of the present invention. Figure 1 ;

[0038] Figure 5 This is a schematic diagram of the transmission operation of the upper shell feeding mechanism of the present invention. Figure 2 ;

[0039] Figure 6 This is a schematic diagram of the transmission operation of the upper shell feeding mechanism of the present invention. Figure 3 ;

[0040] Figure 7 This is a schematic diagram of the actuating element structure of the present invention;

[0041] Figure 8 This is a schematic diagram of the transmission operation of the material discharge component of the present invention. Figure 1 ;

[0042] Figure 9 This is a schematic diagram of the transmission operation of the material discharge component of the present invention. Figure 2 ;

[0043] Figure 10 This is a schematic diagram of the transmission operation of the material discharge component of the present invention. Figure 3 ;

[0044] Figure 11 This is a schematic diagram of the transmission operation of the material discharge component of the present invention. Figure 4 ;

[0045] Figure 12 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the second opening and closing component of the present invention;

[0046] Figure 13 This is a schematic diagram of the transmission operation of the material discharge component of the present invention. Figure 6 ;

[0047] Figure 14 This is a schematic diagram of the transmission working state of the pressing mechanism of the present invention;

[0048] Figure 15 This is a schematic diagram of the transmission operation state of the transfer mechanism of the present invention. Figure 1 ;

[0049] Figure 16 This is a schematic diagram of the transfer mechanism structure of the present invention;

[0050] Figure 17 This is a schematic diagram of the transmission operation state of the transfer mechanism of the present invention. Figure 2 ;

[0051] Figure 18 This is a schematic diagram of the transmission working state of the packing mechanism of the present invention.

[0052] Figure 19 This is a schematic diagram of the packing mechanism of the present invention.

[0053] Figure 20 This is a schematic diagram of the explosion of the capsule of the present invention.

[0054] Figure 21 This is a schematic diagram of the capsule structure of the present invention. Detailed Implementation

[0055] The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, and not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative effort are within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0056] In the description of this invention, it should be understood that the terms "center," "longitudinal," "lateral," "length," "width," "thickness," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," "clockwise," and "counterclockwise," etc., indicating orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the accompanying drawings, are only for the convenience of describing the invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, or be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be construed as a limitation of the invention. Furthermore, the terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and should not be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly specifying the number of indicated technical features. Thus, a feature defined with "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of this invention, "a plurality of" means two or more, unless otherwise explicitly specified.

[0057] Example 1

[0058] like Figures 2-6 As shown, this embodiment provides an aloe vera capsule forming system, including a rotating mechanism 1, and an upper shell feeding mechanism 2, a filling mechanism 3, a lower shell unloading mechanism 4, and a pressing mechanism 5 are arranged sequentially along the circumferential rotation direction of the rotating mechanism 1.

[0059] Both the upper shell feeding mechanism 2 and the lower shell unloading mechanism 4 include:

[0060] The spreader 21 has an inverted conical structure at its lower end and a first opening and closing member 22 at its output end. The first opening and closing member 22 is used to control the intermittent feeding of the semi-shell inside the spreader 21.

[0061] The feeding assembly 23 includes a second plate 232 elastically disposed on a first plate 231 at both ends and operating with regular amplitude under the drive of a vibrating plate, several sets of inlet holes 233 evenly opened on the second plate 232 and having an eight-shaped structure at the upper end, and a driving cylinder 234 for driving the second plate 232 to move up and down. The distance between two adjacent inlet holes 233 is greater than the length of the half shell. A sliding plate 235 is slidably disposed on the upper end of the second plate 232. The sliding plate 235 is provided with inlet holes 236 that are matched with the inlet holes 233.

[0062] Rejection assembly 24, comprising a baffle 243 rotatably disposed below the second inlet hole 241 via a torsion spring, a second inlet hole 241 disposed on the baffle 243 and corresponding to the first inlet hole 233, an ejector rod 244 disposed on the first plate 231 and corresponding to the second inlet hole 241, a prying block 245 disposed on the first plate 231 and located below the second plate 232, a collection box 246 disposed on the other side of the first plate 231 relative to the prying block 245 and on the same side as the drive cylinder 234, and a drum 247 located on one side of the prying block 245; and

[0063] The discharge assembly 25 is arranged in a plurality of groups along the width direction of the plate 231 and moves along the length direction of the plate 231.

[0064] In this embodiment, by setting up an upper shell feeding mechanism 2 and a lower shell unloading mechanism 4, the capsules of the half shell are automatically identified, so that the half shells that are irregularly located in the feeder 21 are output in the same state, that is, they are all output to their respective corresponding work stations with their openings facing up or down. This facilitates the precise pressing and molding of the upper and lower shells in the later stage. On the other hand, the half shells with inaccurate orientation are identified and removed to avoid the long-term accumulation of half shells affecting the normal feeding of the next group of half shells, thereby improving work efficiency.

[0065] However, the existing upper and lower shells are not easy to distinguish between the front and back during screening, so misoperation often occurs during the pressing process. Even if the oscillator outputs in one direction at a time, the working cycle is not easy to control and it cannot achieve batch output of upper and lower shells. It can only complete batch output one by one, but cannot achieve simultaneous output of rows.

[0066] In detail, taking the working principle of the upper shell feeding mechanism 2 as an example: the feeder 21 feeds the material downwards, the head of the vibrating plate is located above the second plate 232 and drives the second plate 232 to vibrate, the upper shell 100 automatically enters the first inlet hole 233, then the drive cylinder 234 starts and drives the second plate 232 to descend until the ejector rod 244 passes through the second inlet hole 241 and penetrates into the capsule. At this time, the upper shell 100 with the opening facing downwards does not move, but the bottom of the upper shell with the opening facing upwards is pushed upwards by the ejector rod and leaves the first inlet hole 233, and is transferred to the top of the second plate 232. Then, the second plate 232 moves down to the pry block 245. Since the extension end of the drive cylinder 234 is hinged to the second plate 232, one end of the second plate 232 flips and tilts up, and the excess and rejected upper shell 100 is automatically output to the collection box 246 for collection.

[0067] The working principle of the lower shell feeding mechanism 4 is basically the same as that of the upper shell feeding mechanism 2, and will not be elaborated here.

[0068] It should be noted that the diameter of the upper shell 100 is R1, the diameter of the hawthorn roll 300 is R3, and the diameter of the lower shell is R2, where R3 < R1 < R2; the opening size of the feed hole 241 is smaller than the bottom of the upper shell 100, and the length of the upper and lower shells is greater than the opening of the feed hole 241.

[0069] Furthermore, such as Figures 6-7 As shown, the actuating member 247 includes an air chamber 2471 with several sets of air holes 2470 at its outer end, a T-shaped push block 2472 that is slidably disposed in the air chamber 2471 and elastically mounted outside the air chamber 2471, a spherical block 2473 located at the outer end of the push block 2472, and a triangular block 2474 that is fixedly connected to the driving cylinder 234 and intermittently contacts the spherical block 2473.

[0070] It should be noted that after the driving cylinder 234 descends and the capsule shell with the opening facing upwards is removed, the driving cylinder 234 continues to descend, and the triangular block 2474 moves to the spherical block 2473 and acts on the spherical block 2473 accordingly. The spherical block 2473 repeatedly acts on the air chamber 2471 through the T-shaped push block 2472. Therefore, the airflow generated by the agitation is blown outward through the air hole 2470, and with the cooperation of the inclined plate 232, the rejected non-standard and excess capsule half shells are output to the collection box 246 for collection.

[0071] Furthermore, such as Figure 3As shown, the first opening and closing component 22 includes two sets of symmetrically elastically arranged opening and closing plates 221 at the lower end of the feeder 21, a first drive rack 222 mounted on the opening and closing plates 221, a first drive wheel 223 that drives the two sets of first drive racks 222 to drive in opposite directions, a second drive wheel 224 that drives the first drive wheel 223 to drive synchronously, and a second drive rack 225 that drives the second drive wheel 224 to rotate and is fixedly connected to the discharge component 25.

[0072] In this embodiment, by setting the first opening and closing component 22 in conjunction with the discharge component 25, on the one hand, it ensures that the capsule is reset after being output, so that the new capsule can be output to the second plate 232 in an appropriate amount for arrangement, avoiding errors in capsule output caused by work errors, and the connection between the front and back work is close and easy to control; on the other hand, it uses one driving force to drive two work synchronously, saving additional power output and reducing production costs.

[0073] In detail, after the capsule is discharged and the discharge component 25 completes the receiving process, the sprocket drive unit 1 261 or sprocket drive unit 271 continues to drive. The second drive rack 225 drives the second drive wheel 224 to rotate. The rotating second drive wheel 224 drives the first drive wheel 223 to drive synchronously. The two sets of first drive wheels 223 rotate synchronously and drive the first drive rack 222 to drive the opening and closing plate 221 to drive synchronously in the same or opposite directions, thereby realizing the opening and closing operation of the lower end of the feeder 21.

[0074] Furthermore, such as Figures 8-10 As shown, the discharge assembly 25 of the upper shell feeding mechanism 2 further includes a sprocket drive unit 261, a receiving frame 262 mounted on the sprocket drive unit 261, an arc plate 263 disposed at the corner of the sprocket drive unit 261, a blocking unit 264 disposed at the output end of the arc plate 263, and a receiving frame 265 located below the inner side of the blocking unit 264. The arc plate 263 above the receiving frame 265 has a discharge port 266. The blocking unit 264 includes a limiting post 268 elastically disposed in the opening 267 of the arc plate 263.

[0075] It should be noted that the upper and lower shells have different specifications. During the pressing and assembly, the openings of the upper and lower shells are set opposite each other. When adjusting the position, regardless of whether the opening needs to be up or down, the position needs to be adjusted by the upper shell feeding mechanism 2 and the lower shell unloading mechanism 4. The working process is the same, and both achieve the opening of the half shell facing down. The only difference is the position adjustment method when the material is output from the discharge component.

[0076] In detail, when the upper shell is discharging material, the sprocket drive unit 261 drives the receiving frame 262 to move. When the receiving frame 262 moves to the baffle 243, it drives the baffle 243 to rotate and open. At this time, the upper shell on the baffle 243 falls into the receiving frame 262 for collection. After the receiving frame 262 moves away, the baffle 243 resets under the action of elasticity. After completing the receiving work of a set of upper shells, the receiving frame 262 continues to move to the arc plate 263. Under the guidance and limitation of the arc plate 263, the upper shell in the receiving frame 262 moves from the opening downward to the opening upward until the receiving frame 262 moves to the blocking unit 264 and is limited and blocked by the limiting post 268. After the upper end of the limiting post 268 is squeezed, it moves downward. During the time that the receiving frame 262 stays, the capsule in the receiving frame 262 falls into the receiving frame 265 through the discharge port 266 for collection.

[0077] Furthermore, such as Figures 11-12 As shown, the discharge assembly 25 of the lower shell feeding mechanism 4 also includes a second sprocket drive unit 271 that is synchronously driven with the first sprocket drive unit 261, a mounting base 272 mounted on the second sprocket drive unit 271, a receiving frame 273 that is elastically slidably disposed on the mounting base 272, a push-out cylinder 274 disposed on the side of the first sprocket drive unit 261, and a fourth receiving frame 275 disposed at the other end of the push-out cylinder 274 relative to the third receiving frame 273.

[0078] The lower ends of the receiving frame 265 and the receiving frame 275 are each provided with a second opening and closing component 28. The second opening and closing component 28 includes a blocking block 281, a control electrical component that drives the blocking block 281 to open and close automatically, and a negative pressure unit 282 that is an intermittent switch for controlling the second to last half shell to fall.

[0079] When the lower shell is discharging, the sprocket drive unit 271 synchronously drives the receiving frame 273 to move. Similarly, when the receiving frame 273 moves to the baffle 243, it drives the baffle 243 to rotate and open. At this time, the lower shell on the baffle 243 falls into the receiving frame 273 for collection. After the receiving frame 273 moves away, the baffle 243 resets under the action of elasticity. After the receiving of a set of lower shells is completed, the push cylinder 274 is started. The output end of the push cylinder 274 is a push plate. The push plate acts on the receiving frame 273, and the receiving frame 273 pushes outward against the elastic force until it is dragged above the receiving frame 275. Then the push cylinder 274 stops pushing, and the lower shell set in the receiving frame 273 enters the receiving frame 275 for collection. The opening at the top of the receiving frame 275 is slightly larger than the discharge port of the receiving frame 273.

[0080] As a further design of the structure, the lower ends of receiving frame 265 and receiving frame 4 are provided with second opening and closing parts 28. The negative pressure unit 282 is used to control the fall of the second to last half shell. When the capsule at the bottom needs to be output, the blocking block 281 opens, and the second to last half shell is attracted and suspended. After the capsule is output, the blocking block 281 closes, and then the second to last half shell loses the attraction of the negative pressure unit 282 and falls down above the blocking block 281.

[0081] Furthermore, such as Figure 14 As shown, the pressing mechanism 5 includes a press 51 and an elastic top block 52 disposed below the press 51 and corresponding to the lower housing.

[0082] In this embodiment, by setting the pressing mechanism 5, the elastic top block 52 presses the corresponding lower shell 200 onto the upper shell 100, thereby encapsulating the hawthorn roll and aloe vera gel inside the capsule.

[0083] Furthermore, such as Figures 15-14 As shown, the operating mechanism 1 includes a chassis 11, a turntable 12 rotatably mounted on the chassis 11 and fitted to the chassis 11, a plurality of accommodating cavities 13 evenly opened along the circumference of the turntable 12 and matched with the shape of the semi-shell, and a discharge hole 14 opened on the chassis 11 and corresponding to the accommodating cavity 13. An output box 15 is provided below the discharge hole 14.

[0084] In detail, the turntable 12 rotates, causing the upper shell to rotate circumferentially to complete the capsule assembly work at each station. During the rotation, the turntable 12 is limited by the chassis 11, and the upper shell will not fall off until it moves to the discharge hole 14. The upper shell in the receiving cavity 13 descends through the discharge hole 14 to the output box 15 for collection.

[0085] Furthermore, such as Figures 15-17 As shown, a transfer mechanism 6 is also provided above the operating mechanism 1. The transfer mechanism 6 includes a swing component 1 61 located below the receiving frame 265, a swing component 2 62 located below the receiving frame 4 275, and a baffle plate 63 that is attached to the lower surface of the swing component 1 61.

[0086] Both the swing assembly 61 and the swing assembly 62 include a swing rod 64 rotatably mounted on the baffle plate 63 and a transfer hole 65 opened on the baffle plate 63 and corresponding to the receiving cavity 13. The swing rod 64 has several sets of transfer holes 66 corresponding to the transfer holes 65. The semi-shell located in the transfer holes 66 is kept suspended under the negative pressure adsorption inside the swing rod 64.

[0087] In this embodiment, by setting up a transfer mechanism 6 in conjunction with the operating mechanism 1, the upper and lower shells are fed into the operating mechanism 1, and the sequential work of upper shell loading, hawthorn roll loading, aloe vera gel loading, and lower shell loading is completed. The working rhythm is consistent, which can realize a complete capsule production line without stopping and waiting. Each functional structure is reasonably set in accordance with the process sequence, and the functional areas are clearly divided.

[0088] In detail, the swing assembly 61 rotates to a position below the receiving frame 265. At this time, the upper housing inside the receiving frame 265 falls into the transfer hole 66 of the swing rod 64. Then, the upper housing inside the transfer hole 66 is limited by the baffle plate 63 until the upper housing inside the transfer hole 66 moves to the transfer hole 65 and falls into the receiving cavity 13 for collection. In order to confirm the accuracy and stability of the transmission and release processes, this application also provides negative pressure adsorption, so that adsorption and release will only occur when the housing moves to a predetermined position.

[0089] It should be noted that when the transfer mechanism 6 is located below the receiving frame 265, the length direction of the transfer mechanism 6 is set perpendicular to the transmission direction of the sprocket and chain drive unit.

[0090] Furthermore, such as Figures 18-19 As shown, the packing mechanism 3 includes:

[0091] The hawthorn mounting component 31 includes a temporary storage compartment 32 for temporarily storing hawthorn rolls 300, and a swing rod 33 rotatably mounted above the chassis 11 with its extension plate attached to the bottom of the temporary storage compartment 32. The swing rod 33 has several sets of transfer holes 34 corresponding to the transfer hole 65. The hawthorn rolls located in the transfer holes 34 are kept suspended under the negative pressure adsorption inside the swing rod 33.

[0092] Guide ring 35, the guide ring 35 being located between swing rod 33 and turntable 12 and having an arc-shaped structure; and

[0093] The glue injection component 36 includes a glue injection machine 361 for injecting aloe vera colloid into the hawthorn roll. The glue injection machine 361 has several sets of glue heads 362, which are arranged one-to-one with the receiving cavity 13. The glue heads 362 can be raised and lowered vertically.

[0094] In detail, the hawthorn rolls 300 in the temporary storage compartment 32 fall sequentially into the transfer hole 34 of the lower swing rod 2 33. Then, the hawthorn rolls in the transfer hole 34 are kept suspended in the air by the negative pressure adsorption inside the swing rod 2 33. The rotating swing rod 2 33 rotates and moves to the top of the guide ring 35. At this time, the transfer hole 34 and the transfer hole 1 65 are set one-to-one. After they are in place, the negative pressure is canceled, the hawthorn rolls in the transfer hole 34 lose the limiting guide and fall vertically into the upper shell in the transfer hole 1 65 under the guidance of the guide ring 35. Then the glue injection machine 361 starts, and the glue head 362 extends into the hawthorn roll to perform glue injection. After the glue injection is completed, the turntable 12 continues to rotate.

[0095] Example 2

[0096] like Figure 1 As shown, components that are the same as or corresponding to those in Embodiment 1 are referred to using the same reference numerals as in Embodiment 1. For simplicity, only the differences from Embodiment 1 are described below. The difference between Embodiment 2 and Embodiment 1 is as follows:

[0097] A molding process for an aloe vera capsule molding system includes the following steps:

[0098] Step 1, the half-shell mounting process: several sets of upper shells 100 are sequentially mounted into the upper shell feeding mechanism 2. The upper shells output from the upper shell feeding mechanism 2 are moved into the operating mechanism 1 by the swing component 61 and are driven backward with the operating mechanism 1.

[0099] Step 2, hawthorn roll feeding process: the upper shell 100 moves to below the filling mechanism 3, the hawthorn upper assembly 31 feeds the hawthorn roll 300 into the corresponding upper shell, and the glue injection part 36 introduces aloe vera gel into the upper shell. After the aloe vera gel adheres tightly to the inner wall of the hawthorn roll, the hollow part of the aloe vera gel is filled. After this feeding stage is completed, the upper shell 100 continues to move backward with the running mechanism 1.

[0100] Step 3, capsule compression molding process: Several sets of lower shells 200 are sequentially loaded into the lower shell feeding mechanism. The lower shells output from the lower shell feeding mechanism are moved to the pressing mechanism 5 by the swing component 2 62. The pressing mechanism 5 presses the lower shells 200 into the upper shells accordingly. After the capsule molding process is completed, it continues to be driven backward by the running mechanism 1.

[0101] Step four, finished product output process: the formed capsule 400 is moved to the discharge hole 14 and promptly output to the output box 15 for collection.

[0102] In this example, by adding hawthorn rolls into the capsule, on the one hand, from the perspective of product materials, when used in conjunction with aloe vera gel, it can better promote digestion and avoid constipation; on the other hand, by using hawthorn rolls to fully encapsulate the aloe vera gel inside the capsule, the filling height of the aloe vera gel can be higher than half the height of the shell, thus making full use of the capsule.

[0103] Existing aloe vera gel capsules are all made using a soft capsule encapsulation method, similar to the structure of cod liver oil. However, the disadvantage is that when half a capsule is taken, the remaining aloe vera gel is prone to leakage inside the capsule. This application uses a capping method with upper and lower shells that are interlocked. In addition, the aloe vera gel has poor fluidity and is blocked by hawthorn rolls, so the sealing is better during normal use.

[0104] The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, and improvements made within the spirit and principles of the present invention should be included within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An aloe capsule forming system, characterized by, It comprises a running mechanism (1), an upper shell feeding mechanism (2), a filling mechanism (3), a lower shell discharging mechanism (4) and a pressing mechanism (5) are sequentially arranged along the circumferential rotation direction of the running mechanism (1); The upper shell feeding mechanism (2) and the lower shell discharging mechanism (4) both comprise: A dumper (21), the inner lower end of the dumper (21) is a reverse taper structure and the output end is provided with a first opening and closing member (22), which is used for controlling the intermittent feeding of the half shell in the dumper (21); A feeding assembly (23), the feeding assembly (23) comprises a plate two (232) which is elastically arranged at both ends of a plate one (231) and works regularly with a regular amplitude under the driving of a vibration disc, a plurality of groups of material inlet holes one (233) which are uniformly arranged on the plate two (232) and have an eight-character opening structure at the upper end, and a driving cylinder (234) which drives the plate two (232) to move up and down, the distance between adjacent two material inlet holes one (233) is greater than the length of the half shell, a sliding plate (235) is slidingly arranged at the upper end of the plate two (232), and a material inlet hole three (236) is arranged on the sliding plate (235) and matched with the material inlet hole one (233); A rejection assembly (24), the rejection assembly (24) comprises a baffle (243) which is arranged below the material inlet hole one (233) by a torsion spring, a material inlet hole two (241) which is arranged on the baffle (243) and corresponds to the material inlet hole one (233), an ejection rod (244) which is arranged on the plate one (231) and corresponds to the material inlet hole two (241), a prying block (245) which is arranged on the plate one (231) and below the plate two (232), a collection box (246) which is arranged on the other side of the plate one (231) relative to the prying block (245) and on the same side of the driving cylinder (234), and a stimulating member (247) which is arranged on one side of the prying block (245); and A discharging assembly (25), the discharging assembly (25) is arranged in several groups along the width direction of the plate one (231) and moves along the length direction of the plate one (231).

2. The aloe capsule forming system according to claim 1, wherein The stimulating member (247) comprises a gas chamber (2471) which is provided with a plurality of groups of air holes (2470) at the outer end, a T-shaped pushing block (2472) which is slidingly arranged in the gas chamber (2471) and elastically mounted outside the gas chamber (2471) in the horizontal direction, a spherical block (2473) which is located at the outer end of the pushing block (2472), and a triangular block (2474) which is fixedly connected with the driving cylinder (234) and intermittently contacts with the spherical block (2473).

3. The aloe capsule forming system according to claim 1, wherein The first opening and closing member (22) comprises two groups of opening and closing plates (221) symmetrically and elastically arranged at the lower end of the distributor (21), a first drive rack (222) mounted on the opening and closing plate (221), a first drive wheel (223) driving the two groups of first drive racks (222) in reverse direction, a second drive wheel (224) driving the first drive wheel (223) in synchronous transmission, and a second drive rack (225) driving the second drive wheel (224) to rotate and fixedly connected with the discharging assembly (25).

4. The aloe capsule forming system according to claim 1, wherein The discharging assembly (25) of the upper shell feeding mechanism (2) further comprises a chain wheel transmission unit one (261), a receiving frame one (262) mounted on the chain wheel transmission unit one (261), an arc-shaped plate (263) arranged at the corner part of the chain wheel transmission unit one (261), a blocking unit (264) arranged at the output end of the arc-shaped plate (263), and a receiving frame two (265) located below the inner side of the blocking unit (264), wherein the arc-shaped plate (263) above the receiving frame two (265) is provided with a discharging port (266), and the blocking unit (264) comprises a limiting column (268) elastically arranged in the opening (267) of the arc-shaped plate (263).

5. The aloe capsule forming system according to claim 4, wherein The discharging assembly (25) of the lower shell feeding mechanism (4) further comprises a chain wheel transmission unit two (271) synchronously driven with the chain wheel transmission unit one (261), a mounting seat (272) mounted on the chain wheel transmission unit two (271), a receiving frame three (273) elastically and slidingly arranged on the mounting seat (272), a push-out air cylinder (274) arranged at the side of the chain wheel transmission unit one (261), and a receiving frame four (275) arranged at the other end of the push-out air cylinder (274) relative to the receiving frame three (273). The lower end of the receiving frame two (265) and the receiving frame four (275) is provided with a second opening and closing member (28), which comprises a shielding block (281), a control electric appliance driving the shielding block (281) to automatically open and close, and an intermittent switch for controlling the negative pressure unit (282) for controlling the penultimate half shell to fall.

6. The aloe capsule forming system according to claim 1, wherein The pressing mechanism (5) comprises a press (51) and an elastic top block (52) arranged below the press (51) and corresponding to the lower shell.

7. The aloe capsule forming system according to claim 5, wherein The running mechanism (1) comprises a chassis (11), a rotating disc (12) rotatably arranged on the chassis (11) and attached to the chassis (11), a plurality of groups of accommodating cavities (13) evenly arranged along the circumferential direction of the rotating disc (12) and matched with the shape of the half shell, and a discharging hole (14) arranged on the chassis (11) and corresponding to the accommodating cavity (13), wherein the discharging hole (14) is provided below with an output box (15).

8. The aloe capsule forming system according to claim 7, wherein The operating mechanism (1) is further provided with a transfer mechanism (6), the transfer mechanism (6) includes a swing assembly one (61) located below the second receiving frame (265), a swing assembly two (62) located below the fourth receiving frame (275), and a blocking plate (63) arranged in close contact with the lower surface of the swing assembly one (61); The swing assembly one (61) and the swing assembly two (62) each include a swing rod one (64) rotatably arranged on the blocking plate (63) and a transfer hole one (65) formed in the blocking plate (63), a plurality of groups of transfer holes two (66) corresponding to the transfer hole one (65) are formed in the swing rod one (64), and a half shell located in the transfer hole two (66) is kept in a suspended state under the negative pressure adsorption in the swing rod one (64).

9. The aloe capsule forming system according to claim 8, wherein The filling mechanism (3) includes: A hawthorn loading assembly (31), the hawthorn loading assembly (31) includes a temporary storage bin (32) for temporarily storing hawthorn rolls (300), a swing rod two (33) rotatably arranged above the base plate (11) and extending in close contact with the bottom of the temporary storage bin (32), a plurality of groups of transfer holes three (34) corresponding to the transfer hole one (65) are formed in the swing rod two (33), and a hawthorn roll located in the transfer hole three (34) is kept in a suspended state under the negative pressure adsorption in the swing rod two (33); A guide ring (35) located between the swing rod two (33) and the turntable (12) and having an arc-shaped structure; and A glue injection part (36) including a glue injection machine (361) for injecting aloe gel into the hawthorn roll, a plurality of groups of glue heads (362) of the glue injection machine (361) are arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the containing cavities (13), and the glue heads (362) can be raised and lowered in the vertical direction.

10. The forming process of an aloe capsule forming system according to claim 1, wherein, The method includes the following steps: Step one, a hawthorn roll loading process, a plurality of groups of upper shells (100) are sequentially loaded into the upper shell loading mechanism (2) in order, the output upper shells in the upper shell loading mechanism (2) are moved to the operating mechanism (1) through the swing assembly one (61) and are driven backward by the operating mechanism (1); Step two, a hawthorn roll loading process, the upper shell (100) is moved below the filling mechanism (3), the hawthorn loading assembly (31) puts the hawthorn roll (300) into the corresponding upper shell, the glue injection part (36) injects the aloe gel into the upper shell, the aloe gel is tightly attached to the inner wall of the hawthorn roll, and the filling of the hollow part of the aloe gel is completed, and after the feeding is completed, the upper shell (100) continues to be driven backward by the operating mechanism (1); Step three, a capsule compression and molding process, a plurality of groups of lower shells (200) are sequentially loaded into the lower shell loading mechanism in order, the output lower shells in the lower shell loading mechanism are moved to the compression mechanism (5) through the swing assembly two (62), the compression mechanism (5) correspondingly presses the lower shell (200) above the upper shell, the molding of the capsule is completed, and the lower shell (200) continues to be driven backward by the operating mechanism (1); Step four, the finished product output process, the shaped capsule (400) moves to the blanking hole (14) and is timely output to the output box (15) for collection.

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