Cigarette carton warehousing system and method

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of cigarette carton warehousing, in particular to a cigarette carton warehousing system which comprises a carton sealing machine, a cigarette carton conveying line, a cigarette carton lacking detection conveying part, a finished product high-speed flow distributing and converging conveying line and a cigarette carton mechanical arm clamp. The carton sealing machine is connected with the cigarette carton conveying line through a first lifting conveyor and a first conveying line, cigarette cartons conveyed on the cigarette carton conveying line are conveyed and detected from the cigarette carton lacking detecting and conveying part, and the cigarette carton lacking removing part is located on the side wall of the cigarette carton conveying line at the downstream position of the cigarette carton lacking detecting and conveying part. The feeding end of the cigarette carton roundabout conveying line is connected with the discharging end of the cigarette carton conveying line through the inner cigarette picking conveying line, and a through opening in the side wall of the cigarette carton roundabout conveying line communicates with the feeding end of the conditional cigarette distributing conveying line. The problems that a multi-cigarette-piece conveying line needs to be erected between the interior of a cigarette packaging workshop and the interior of a cigarette finished product storage warehouse to convey cigarette pieces of different brands, and the consistency of the number of the cigarette pieces stored in the same brand cannot be guaranteed are solved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of cigarette storage, and in particular to a cigarette storage system and method. Background Art

[0002] During the production process of cigarette products, in order to temporarily or long-term store the packaged cigarettes in the cigarette packaging workshop, a cigarette conveyor line is usually set up between the cigarette packaging workshop and the cigarette finished product storage warehouse, so that the packaged cigarettes in the cigarette packaging workshop can be delivered to the cigarette finished product storage warehouse in time with the help of the cigarette conveyor line, so as to facilitate the subsequent loading of cigarette products by buyers.

[0003] Although the packaged cigarette products can be delivered to the finished cigarette storage warehouse through the piece cigarette conveyor line, the following defects still exist: First, since the cigarette packaging workshop needs to package multiple pieces of cigarettes of different brands, multiple piece cigarette conveyor lines are currently set up between the cigarette filling and sealing workshop and the finished cigarette storage warehouse to transport piece cigarettes of different brands. This not only increases the cost of the cigarette factory, but also creates certain obstacles to the subsequent addition of other equipment in the filling and sealing workshop; Second, due to the lack of piece cigarette missing strip detection on the conveyor line for conveying piece cigarettes, defective cigarettes that are not detected by the filling and sealing workshop due to the failure of the missing strip detection flow into the storage warehouse of cigarette products, and the consistency of the number of cigarette strips in the piece cigarette cannot be guaranteed, which indirectly affects the seller's reputation of the cigarette factory.

[0004] Therefore, it is necessary to design and improve the structure of the cigarette conveyor line between the cigarette packaging workshop and the cigarette finished product storage warehouse, so as to solve the problem that multiple cigarette conveyor lines are set up between the cigarette packaging workshop and the cigarette finished product storage warehouse, which will cause certain obstacles to the subsequent addition of other equipment in the packaging workshop, and due to the lack of cigarette missing detection on the conveyor line for conveying cigarettes, the consistency of the number of cigarette cartons of the same brand that have been put into storage cannot be guaranteed. Summary of the invention

[0005] The purpose of the present invention is to propose a system and method for warehousing cigarette packages so as to solve the problem that multiple cigarette package conveyor lines are set up between the cigarette filling and sealing workshop and the finished cigarette storage warehouse, which causes certain obstacles to the subsequent addition of other equipment in the filling and sealing workshop, and the lack of cigarette package missing detection on the conveyor line for conveying cigarette packages, so the consistency of the number of cigarette packages of the same brand that have been stored cannot be guaranteed.

[0006] In order to solve the above technical problems, the present invention adopts the following technical solutions:

[0007] In a first aspect, the present invention provides a cigarette storage system, comprising:

[0008] Carton sealing machine;

[0009] The cigarette conveyor line, the discharge end of the carton sealing machine located at the lower level in the carton sealing workshop is connected with the feed end of the first lifting conveyor, the discharge end of the first lifting conveyor is connected with the feed end of the first conveyor line at the upper level in the carton sealing workshop, and the discharge end of the first conveyor line is connected with the feed end of the cigarette conveyor line at the upper level in the carton sealing workshop;

[0010] A cigarette piece missing strip detection conveyor is provided in the cigarette piece conveyor line. The cigarette pieces conveyed on the cigarette piece conveyor line are conveyed from the cigarette piece missing strip detection conveyor for weighing and detection. The cigarette piece missing strip detection conveyor is electrically connected to a cigarette piece missing strip rejection part through a controller. The cigarette piece missing strip rejection part is located on the side wall of the cigarette piece conveyor line downstream of the cigarette piece missing strip detection conveyor.

[0011] Finished product high-speed separation and merging conveyor line, the finished product high-speed separation and merging scanning line located in the finished cigarette storage warehouse includes a cigarette piece roundabout conveyor line, a cigarette piece brand scanning diverter and a cigarette piece diversion conveyor line, the feeding end of the cigarette piece roundabout conveyor line located in the upper layer of the finished cigarette storage warehouse is connected with the cigarette piece conveyor line discharge end through the internal picking cigarette conveyor line in the upper layer of the internal picking workshop, the opening on the side wall of the cigarette piece roundabout conveyor line is connected with the feeding end of the cigarette piece diversion conveyor line obliquely extending to the lower layer of the finished cigarette storage warehouse, and a cigarette piece brand scanning diverter is arranged on one side wall of the cigarette roundabout conveyor line corresponding to the feeding end of each conditional cigarette diversion conveyor line;

[0012] The piece cigarette mechanical arm clamp is located on one side of the discharge end of each piece cigarette diversion conveyor line. The piece cigarette mechanical arm clamp on the lower layer of the finished cigarette storage warehouse is used in conjunction with the warehouse transport vehicle entering the lower layer of the finished cigarette storage warehouse.

[0013] Furthermore, the carton sealing machine is located on the first platform in the carton sealing workshop, the first conveyor line and the cigarette piece conveyor line are located on the second platform in the carton sealing workshop, the inner picking cigarette conveyor line is located on the second platform in the inner picking workshop, the cigarette piece roundabout conveyor line is located on the second platform in the cigarette finished product storage warehouse, and the cigarette piece diversion conveyor line, cigarette piece mechanical arm clamp and storage transport vehicle are located on the first platform in the cigarette finished product storage warehouse.

[0014] Furthermore, at least six carton sealing machines are arranged on the first-level platform of the carton sealing workshop, and the conveying and discharging end of each carton sealing machine is connected to the feeding end of the cigarette conveying line through the first lifting conveyor and the first conveying line.

[0015] Furthermore, there are two cigarette piece conveyor lines, which are the first conditioned cigarette conveyor line and the second conditioned cigarette conveyor line. The first conditioned cigarette conveyor line corresponds to conveying cigarette pieces packaged by five carton sealing machines, and the second conditioned cigarette conveyor line corresponds to conveying cigarette pieces packaged by one carton sealing machine. The first conditioned cigarette conveyor line and the second conditioned cigarette conveyor line are respectively connected to the feeding end of the cigarette piece detour conveyor line through the internal cigarette picking conveyor line.

[0016] Furthermore, the cigarette piece missing bar detection conveying parts are respectively arranged on the first conditioned cigarette conveying line and the second conditioned cigarette conveying line, and the cigarette piece missing bar rejection parts are respectively arranged on the inner wall of the first conditioned cigarette conveying line and the inner wall of the second conditioned cigarette conveying line downstream of the cigarette piece missing bar detection conveying parts. Rejection outlets are respectively opened on the side walls of the first conditioned cigarette conveying line and the second conditioned cigarette conveying line corresponding to the cigarette piece missing bar rejection parts, and the rejection outlets of the side walls of the second conditioned cigarette conveying line and the rejection outlets of the side walls of the first conditioned cigarette conveying line are respectively connected to the feed end of the second conveying line, the discharge end of the second conveying line is connected to the feed end of the second lifting conveyor, and the discharge end of the second lifting conveyor is connected to the feed end of the third conveying line.

[0017] Furthermore, the cigarette missing strip detection conveyor is a belt weighing conveyor; the belt weighing conveyor is respectively arranged at the gap of the first conditional cigarette conveying line and the gap of the second conditional cigarette conveying line, and the conveying surface of the belt weighing conveyor is flush with the conveying surface of the first conditional cigarette conveying line and the second conditional cigarette conveying line.

[0018] Furthermore, the cigarette missing strip rejection part includes a rejection cylinder and a rejection push plate; the rejection cylinders are respectively arranged on the inner wall of the first conditioned cigarette conveying line and the inner wall of the second conditioned cigarette conveying line, the rejection cylinder is electrically connected to the belt weighing conveyor through a controller, and the driving end of the rejection cylinder is connected to the rejection push plate, one of which corresponds to the rejection outlet on the side wall of the first conditioned cigarette conveying line and the second conveying line, and the other rejection push plate corresponds to the rejection outlet on the side wall of the second conditioned cigarette conveying line and the other second conveying line.

[0019] Furthermore, the second lifting conveyor and the first lifting conveyor are both lifting conveyors of the same lifting mechanism, and the lifting conveyor includes a lifting gantry, a linear slide module and a powered roller conveyor; the bottom of the lifting gantry is arranged on the first-floor platform of the carton sealing workshop, and the lifting gantry is located between the first-floor platform of the carton sealing workshop and the second-floor platform of the carton sealing workshop, and linear guide slide modules are respectively arranged on the inner walls of the lifting gantry, and the moving ends in the linear guide slide modules are respectively connected to the outer walls of the lifting seat, and the top of the lifting seat is connected to the bottom of the powered roller conveyor frame.

[0020] Furthermore, the cigarette brand scanning diverter includes a cigarette brand identification scanner, a cigarette diverting cylinder and a cigarette diverting push plate; the cigarette diverting cylinder is arranged on the side wall of the cigarette detour conveying line corresponding to the feed end of each cigarette diverting conveying line, and the cigarette brand identification scanner is located on the side wall of the cigarette detour conveying line on one side of the cigarette diverting cylinder. The cigarette brand identification scanner is electrically connected to the cigarette diverting cylinder through controller 2, and the driving end of the cigarette diverting cylinder is connected to the cigarette diverting push plate. The cigarette diverting push plate corresponds to the cigarette diverting conveying feed end and the opening on the cigarette detour conveying line, and the opening is connected to the cigarette diverting conveying feed end.

[0021] In a second aspect, the present invention provides a method for storing cigarettes in storage, comprising the following steps:

[0022] Control the carton sealing machine on the lower level in the carton sealing workshop to pack and seal the cigarette cartons first, and then send the cigarette cartons into the first lifting conveyor through the carton sealing machine conveyor line after packaging, and then control the first lifting conveyor to lift the input cigarette cartons to the position of the first conveyor line on the upper level of the carton sealing workshop and send them into the first conveyor line;

[0023] The cigarettes input into the first conveyor line then enter the upper cigarette conveyor line in the box sealing workshop, and the cigarette conveyor line then sends the cigarettes to the cigarette missing strip detection conveyor and is weighed by the cigarette missing strip detection conveyor to detect whether the cigarette is missing strips; if the cigarette missing strip detection conveyor detects that there is a missing strip in the cigarette, the cigarette missing strip detection conveyor controls the cigarette missing strip removal action of the cigarette missing strip located downstream of the cigarette missing strip detection transport part through a controller, and removes the cigarette missing strips on the cigarette conveyor line from the cigarette conveyor line;

[0024] If the cigarette missing carton detection transport detects that the cigarette is not missing a carton, the cigarette conveyor line will continue to carry the cigarettes through the internal picking cigarette conveyor line on the upper level of the internal picking production workshop and input them into the cigarette detour conveyor line on the upper level of the finished cigarette storage warehouse. The cigarette detour conveyor line will then carry the cigarettes through the cigarette brand scanning diverters at different positions on the cigarette detour conveyor line to identify the cigarette brand and divert them by scanning the code;

[0025] If the cigarette brand scanning diverter identifies a brand that matches the brand to be transported by the cigarette diverting conveyor line that extends obliquely to the lower level of the finished cigarette storage warehouse, the cigarette brand scanning diverter pushes the cigarettes transported on the cigarette detour conveyor line into the cigarette diverting conveyor line that matches it, and the cigarettes of the same brand are transported by the cigarette diverting conveyor line located on the lower level of the finished cigarette storage warehouse to the discharge end of the cigarette diverting conveyor line;

[0026] The cigarette piece robot arm clamp located at the discharge end of the cigarette piece diversion conveyor line and at the lower level of the cigarette finished product storage warehouse is controlled to clamp the cigarette pieces at the discharge end of the cigarette piece diversion conveyor line and place them on the incoming transport vehicle for stacking. If the stacking quantity reaches the incoming transport quantity of cigarette pieces, the incoming transport vehicle will transport the stacked cigarette pieces to the temporary storage rack of cigarette pieces of the same brand in the cigarette finished product storage warehouse for unloading and storage.

[0027] Compared with the prior art, the present invention has at least one of the following beneficial effects:

[0028] 1. The present invention comprises a first lifting conveyor, a first conveyor line, a cigarette conveyor line and a cigarette missing strip detector set up in the cigarette packaging workshop, and cooperates with the internal picking cigarette conveyor line set up in the internal picking workshop and the cigarette detour conveyor line, a cigarette brand scanning diverter, a cigarette diverting conveyor line and a cigarette mechanical arm fixture set up in the cigarette finished product storage warehouse to form a conditional cigarette conveyor line, which can complete the process of diverting cigarettes of different brands into the warehouse, without having to set up multiple lines such as the first lifting conveyor in parallel array between the cigarette packaging workshop and the cigarette finished product storage warehouse as in the traditional method. The cigarette piece conveyor line consists of the first conveyor line, the cigarette piece conveyor line and the cigarette missing strip detection unit, the inner cigarette picking conveyor line, the cigarette piece detour conveyor line, the cigarette piece brand scanning diverter, the cigarette piece diversion conveyor line and the cigarette piece mechanical arm clamp to separately convey cigarettes of different brands. It solves the problem that since the cigarette packaging workshop needs to package multiple cigarettes of different brands, multiple cigarette piece conveyor lines are set up between the cigarette filling and sealing workshop and the cigarette finished product storage warehouse, which causes certain obstacles and increases the cost of the cigarette factory in the subsequent addition of other equipment in the filling and sealing workshop or the cigarette finished product storage warehouse.

[0029] 2. The present invention provides a cigarette strip missing detection conveyor on the cigarette strip conveyor line. The cigarettes conveyed on the cigarette strip missing detection conveyor are transported from the cigarette strip missing detection conveyor to the weighing detection. The cigarette strip missing detection conveyor is electrically connected to the cigarette strip missing rejection part through a controller. The cigarette strip missing rejection part is located on the side wall of the cigarette strip conveyor line downstream of the cigarette strip missing detection conveyor. When the cigarettes are transported to the cigarette strip missing detection conveyor on the cigarette strip missing detection conveyor on the cigarette strip conveyor line through the cigarette strip conveyor line, the cigarette strip missing detection conveyor will weigh the cigarettes passing through. If the cigarette strip missing detection part detects that the cigarette strip is not full of cigarette strips, If the cigarette is within the weight range (meaning that the cigarette is missing a carton), the cigarette missing carton detection component controls the cigarette missing carton removal component downstream of the cigarette missing carton detection component through a controller, and removes the missing cigarettes on the cigarette conveyor line from the cigarette conveyor line, avoiding the missing cigarettes from entering the warehouse, thereby ensuring the consistency of the number of cigarette cartons in the subsequent cigarettes entering the warehouse, so as to solve the problem that due to the lack of cigarette missing carton detection on the conveyor line, the missing cigarettes that are not detected by the missing carton detection failure in the filling and sealing workshop flow into the storage warehouse of cigarette products, and the consistency of the number of cigarette cartons in the cigarettes of the same brand cannot be guaranteed.

[0030] 3. The present invention connects the reject outlet on the side wall of the second conditioned cigarette conveying line and the reject outlet on the side wall of the second conditioned cigarette conveying line to the feeding end of the second conveying line respectively, and the second lifting conveyor is connected to the discharging end of the second conveying line and the feeding end of the third conveying line respectively, so that the missing cigarette rejecting element on the first conditioned cigarette conveying line can push the missing cigarette detected on the first conditioned cigarette conveying line to the second conveying line through the reject outlet on the side wall of the first conditioned cigarette conveying line, or the missing cigarette rejecting element on the second conditioned cigarette conveying line can push the missing cigarette detected on the second conditioned cigarette conveying line to the second conveying line. When the conditioned cigarettes are pushed onto the second conveyor line through the rejection outlet on the side wall of the second conditioned cigarette conveyor line, the unconditioned cigarettes will first be input into the second lifting conveyor from the second conveyor line, and the second lifting conveyor will then bring the incoming unconditioned cigarettes to the feeding end of the third conveyor line and enter the third conveyor line. The third conveyor line will send the missing cigarettes back to the sealing workshop for temporary packaging and storage, and they will be manually unsealed, loaded and sealed again. This not only avoids the accumulation of cigarette boxes with missing cigarettes on the first conditioned cigarette conveyor line or the second conditioned cigarette conveyor line, but also can promptly retrieve the missing cigarettes for resealing. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0031] Figure 1 It is a schematic top view of the structure of the present invention.

[0032] Figure 2 It is a top view schematically showing the disassembly of the case sealing machine, the cigarette conveyor line, the first lifting conveyor, the cigarette missing strip detecting conveyor element, the cigarette missing strip rejecting element and the inner cigarette picking conveyor line in the structure of the present invention.

[0033] Figure 3 It is a top view schematically showing the disassembly of the case sealing machine, the cigarette conveying line, the first lifting conveyor, the cigarette missing strip detecting conveying element and the cigarette missing strip rejecting element in the structure of the present invention.

[0034] Figure 4 For the present invention Figure 3 A partial enlarged schematic diagram of area A in the middle.

[0035] Figure 5 This is the first azimuth view of the cigarette robot arm fixture in the structure of the present invention.

[0036] Figure 6 It is a schematic axial side view of the first orientation of the cigarette robot arm clamp in the structure of the present invention.

[0037] Figure 7 It is a schematic axial side view of the second orientation of the internal cigarette sorting conveyor line and the finished product high-speed separation and merging conveyor line in the structure of the present invention.

[0038] Figure 8 The structure of the present invention Figure 7 A partial enlarged schematic diagram of area B in the middle.

[0039] Fig. 9 The structure of the present invention Figure 7A partial enlarged schematic diagram of the C area in the middle.

[0040] In the figure, 1-carton sealing machine, 2-piece cigarette conveyor line, 3-first lifting conveyor, 4-piece cigarette missing strip detection conveyor, 5-piece cigarette missing strip rejection part, 6-finished product high-speed separation and confluence scanning line, 7-piece cigarette roundabout conveyor line, 8-piece cigarette brand scanning diverter, 9-piece cigarette diversion conveyor line, 10-inside cigarette picking conveyor line, 11-warehouse transport vehicle, 12-first condition cigarette conveyor line, 13-second condition cigarette conveyor line, 14-rejection outlet, 15-second conveyor line, 16-second lifting Lifting conveyor, 17-third conveyor, 18-belt weighing conveyor, 19-first condition cigarette conveyor line gap, 20-second condition cigarette conveyor line gap, 21-rejection cylinder, 22-rejection push plate, 23-lifting gantry, 24-linear guide slide module, 25-powered roller conveyor, 26-lifting seat, 27-piece cigarette brand identification scanner, 28-piece cigarette diversion cylinder, 29-piece cigarette diversion push plate, 30-first conveyor line, 31-internal picking cigarette conveyor line. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0041] like Figure 1-9 In order to make the purpose, technical solution and advantages of the present invention more clearly understood, the present invention is further described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are only used to explain the present invention and are not used to limit the present invention.

[0042] Example

[0043] The existing packaged cigarette products can be delivered to the finished cigarette storage warehouse through the piece cigarette conveyor line, but there are still the following defects: First, since the cigarette packaging workshop needs to package multiple pieces of cigarettes of different brands, multiple piece cigarette conveyor lines are currently set up between the cigarette filling and sealing workshop and the finished cigarette storage warehouse to transport piece cigarettes of different brands, which not only increases the cost of the cigarette factory, but also creates certain obstacles to the subsequent addition of other equipment in the filling and sealing workshop; Second, due to the lack of piece cigarette missing detection on the conveyor line for conveying piece cigarettes, the defective cigarettes that are not detected by the filling and sealing workshop due to the failure of the missing cigarette detection flow into the storage warehouse of cigarette products, and the consistency of the number of cigarette cartons in the piece cigarette cannot be guaranteed, which indirectly affects the seller's reputation of the cigarette factory.

[0044] Therefore, the present application proposes a system and method for storing cigarette packages, which solve the problem that since the cigarette packaging workshop needs to package multiple cigarette packages of different brands, multiple cigarette package conveyor lines need to be set up between the cigarette filling and sealing workshop and the cigarette finished product storage warehouse, which causes certain obstacles to the subsequent addition of other equipment in the filling and sealing workshop, and the problem that due to the lack of cigarette package missing detection on the conveyor line for conveying cigarette packages, the consistency of the number of cigarette cartons in the stored cigarette packages cannot be guaranteed.

[0045] In the first aspect, the present application proposes a cigarette storage system. For details, please refer to Figure 1 A cigarette storage system includes a case sealing machine 1, a cigarette conveyor line 2, a cigarette missing strip detection conveyor 4, a finished product high-speed separation and merging conveyor line 6 and a cigarette mechanical arm fixture 10; wherein, the case sealing machine 1 located at the lower level in the case sealing workshop is connected with the feeding end of the first lifting conveyor 3, the discharging end of the first lifting conveyor 3 is connected with the feeding end of the first conveyor line 30 on the upper level, the discharging end of the first conveyor line 30 is connected with the feeding end of the cigarette conveyor line 2 on the upper level in the case sealing workshop, the cigarette missing strip detection conveyor 4 is arranged in the cigarette conveyor line 2, the cigarettes conveyed on the cigarette conveyor line 2 are transported from the cigarette missing strip detection conveyor 4 for weighing and detection, the cigarette missing strip detection conveyor 4 is electrically connected with the cigarette missing strip rejection part 5 through a controller, the cigarette missing strip rejection part 5 is located on the side wall of the cigarette conveyor line 2 downstream of the cigarette missing strip detection conveyor 4, and is located The finished product high-speed separation and merging scanning line 6 in the finished cigarette storage warehouse includes a cigarette piece detour conveyor line 7, a cigarette piece brand scanning diverter 8 and a cigarette piece diversion conveyor line 9. The feeding end of the cigarette piece detour conveyor line 7 is connected to the discharging end of the cigarette piece conveyor line 2 through the internal picking cigarette conveyor line 31 on the upper layer in the internal picking workshop. The opening 11 on the side wall of the cigarette piece detour conveyor line 2 on the upper layer in the finished cigarette storage warehouse is connected to the feeding end of the conditional cigarette diversion conveyor line 9 obliquely extending to the lower layer in the finished cigarette storage warehouse. A cigarette piece brand scanning diverter 8 is arranged on one side wall of the cigarette detour conveyor line 7 corresponding to the feeding end of the multi-conditional cigarette diversion conveyor line 9. The discharging end of each cigarette piece diversion conveyor line 9 is connected to the cigarette piece mechanical arm fixture 10. The cigarette piece mechanical arm fixture 10 on the lower layer in the finished cigarette storage warehouse is used in conjunction with the storage transport vehicle 11 on the lower layer of the finished cigarette storage warehouse.

[0046] In actual use, when the cigarettes of different brands packaged by the case sealing machine 1 in the cigarette packaging workshop are transported to the cigarette finished product storage warehouse, the case sealing machine 1 on the lower floor of the case sealing workshop first packs and seals the cigarette cartons, and the packaged cigarette cartons are then sent to the first lifting conveyor 3 through the conveyor line of the case sealing machine 1. The first lifting conveyor 3 then lifts the input cigarette cartons to the position of the first conveyor line 30 on the upper floor of the case sealing workshop and sends them to the first conveyor line 30; then, the cigarette cartons input into the first conveyor line 30 enter the upper floor of the case sealing workshop. In the cigarette conveyor line 2, the cigarette conveyor line 2 sends the cigarette into the missing cigarette strip detection unit 4 and passes through the cigarette missing strip detection unit 4 to weigh and detect whether the cigarette is missing; if the cigarette missing strip detection unit 4 detects that there is a missing cigarette strip in the cigarette, the cigarette missing strip detection unit 4 controls the cigarette missing strip removal unit 5 located downstream of the cigarette missing strip detection unit 4 to operate through the controller, and removes the missing cigarette strip on the cigarette conveyor line 2 from the cigarette conveyor line 2; if the cigarette missing strip detection unit 4 detects that there is no missing cigarette strip, the cigarette conveyor line 2 continues to carry the cigarette strip through the upper cigarette picking conveyor in the inner cigarette picking workshop The cigarette conveyor line 31 is input into the cigarette detour conveyor line 7 on the upper layer of the finished cigarette storage warehouse. The cigarette detour conveyor line 7 carries the cigarettes through the cigarette brand scanning diverter 27 at different positions on the cigarette detour conveyor line 7 to scan the code for brand identification and diversion. In the scanning process, if the cigarette brand scanning diverter 27 identifies that the brand matches the brand to be conveyed by the cigarette diverter conveyor line 9 extending obliquely to the lower layer of the finished cigarette storage warehouse, the cigarette brand scanning diverter 27 will divert the cigarettes on the cigarette detour conveyor line 7. The delivered cigarette pieces are pushed into the matching cigarette piece diversion conveyor line 9, which delivers the cigarette pieces of the same brand to the discharge end of the cigarette piece diversion conveyor line 9, and the cigarette piece mechanical arm clamp 10 located at the discharge end of the cigarette piece diversion conveyor line 9 clamps the cigarette pieces and places them on the storage transport vehicle 11 that transports the brand for stacking; during the stacking process, if the stacking quantity reaches the storage quantity of cigarette pieces, the storage transport vehicle 11 transports the stacked cigarette pieces to the temporary storage rack of cigarette pieces of the same brand in the cigarette finished product storage warehouse to unload and store them.

[0047] In the above cigarette conveying process, the cigarette conveying line consisting of the first lifting conveyor 3, the first conveying line 30, the cigarette conveying line 2 and the cigarette missing strip detection unit 4 set up in the cigarette packaging workshop, together with the internal picking cigarette conveying line 31 set up in the internal picking workshop and the cigarette detour conveying line 7, the cigarette brand scanning diverter 8, the cigarette diverting conveying line 9 and the cigarette mechanical arm clamp 10 set up in the cigarette finished product storage warehouse can complete the process of diverting cigarettes of different brands into the warehouse, without the need to separate the cigarettes in the cigarette packaging workshop and the cigarette packing workshop as in the traditional way. A plurality of cigarette conveyor lines, such as the first lifting conveyor 3, the first conveyor line 30, the cigarette conveyor line 2, the cigarette missing detection unit 4, the internal cigarette picking conveyor line 31, the cigarette detour conveyor line 7, the cigarette brand scanning diverter 8, the cigarette diversion conveyor line 9 and the cigarette mechanical arm fixture 10, are arranged in parallel between the cigarette finished product storage warehouses to separately convey cigarettes of different brands, solving the problem that a plurality of cigarette conveyor lines are set up between the cigarette packaging workshop and the cigarette finished product storage warehouse because the cigarette packaging workshop needs to package multiple cigarettes of different brands. line, which causes certain obstacles to the subsequent installation of other equipment in the packaging workshop or cigarette finished product storage warehouse; in addition, since a cigarette missing strip detection conveyor 4 is provided on the cigarette conveyor line 2, the cigarettes conveyed on the cigarette conveyor line 2 are transported from the cigarette missing strip detection conveyor 4 for weighing and detection, and the cigarette missing strip detection conveyor 4 is electrically connected to the cigarette missing strip rejection member 5 through the controller 1, and the cigarette missing strip rejection member 5 is located on the side wall of the cigarette conveyor line 2 downstream of the cigarette missing strip detection conveyor 4. The cigarette missing strip detection element 4 controls the cigarette missing strip removal element 5 located downstream of the cigarette missing strip detection element 4 through a controller 1 to actuate the cigarette missing strip removal element 5 to remove the cigarette missing strip on the cigarette conveyor line 2, thereby ensuring the consistency of the number of cigarette strips in the cigarette pieces subsequently put into storage. This solves the problem that due to the lack of cigarette missing strip detection on the cigarette conveyor line, the missing cigarettes not detected by the filling and sealing workshop due to the missing strip detection failure flow into the storage warehouse of cigarette products, and the consistency of the number of cigarette strips in the cigarette pieces of the same brand cannot be guaranteed.

[0048] In order to reasonably arrange the case sealing machine 1 and the cigarette piece conveyor line 2 in the case sealing workshop, reasonably arrange the internal picking cigarette conveyor line 31 in the internal picking workshop, and reasonably arrange the cigarette piece detour conveyor line 7, the cigarette piece diversion conveyor line 9, the cigarette piece mechanical arm clamp 10 and the warehouse transport vehicle 11 in the cigarette finished product storage warehouse, the case sealing machine 1 is located on the first platform in the case sealing workshop, the cigarette piece conveyor line 2 is located on the second platform in the case sealing workshop, the internal picking cigarette conveyor line 31 is located on the second platform in the internal picking workshop, the cigarette piece detour conveyor line 7 is located on the second platform in the cigarette finished product storage warehouse, and the cigarette piece diversion conveyor line 9, the cigarette piece mechanical arm clamp 10 and the warehouse transport vehicle 11 are located on the first platform in the cigarette finished product storage warehouse.

[0049] In actual use, before the packaged cigarettes of different brands in the sealing workshop are sent to the storage warehouse of cigarette products, the sealing machine 1 can be placed on the first platform in the sealing workshop (the first platform in the sealing workshop: on the ground inside the sealing workshop), the cigarette conveyor line 2 and the first conveyor line 30 are set up on the second platform in the sealing workshop (the second platform in the sealing workshop: the area above the ground in the sealing workshop) and connected to each other, the cigarette missing strip detection component 4 and the cigarette missing strip rejection component 5 are installed on the cigarette conveyor line 2 on the second platform in the sealing workshop, the first lifting conveyor 3 is placed between the first conveyor line 30 and the sealing machine 1 on the first platform of the sealing workshop at the second platform of the sealing workshop and connected to the two, the inner picking cigarette conveyor line 31 is set up on the second platform in the inner picking workshop (the second platform in the inner picking workshop: the area above the ground in the inner picking workshop) and is connected to the cigarette conveyor line 2 in the second platform in the sealing workshop, and the cigarette roundabout conveyor line 7 is set up on the second platform in the cigarette finished product storage warehouse (the second platform in the cigarette finished product storage warehouse The second-layer platform: the area above the ground in the finished cigarette storage warehouse) is connected to the internal cigarette picking conveyor line 31 on the second-layer platform in the internal picking workshop. The cigarette diversion conveyor line 9 is set up on the first-layer platform in the finished cigarette storage warehouse (the first-layer platform in the finished cigarette storage warehouse: the ground in the finished cigarette storage warehouse) and is connected to the cigarette detour conveyor line 7 on the second-layer platform in the finished cigarette storage warehouse, which extends obliquely. The cigarette brand scanning diverter 8 is installed on the cigarette detour conveyor line 7 corresponding to the feeding end of the conditional cigarette diversion conveyor line 9. On one side wall, the piece cigarette robotic arm fixture 10 is placed on the first-level platform in the cigarette finished product storage warehouse and is located on the side of the discharge end of the piece cigarette diversion conveyor line 9, and the warehouse-entry transport vehicle 11 is placed on the first-level platform in the cigarette finished product storage warehouse to complete the layout of the case sealing machine 1, the piece cigarette conveyor line 2, the inner cigarette picking conveyor line 31, the piece cigarette roundabout conveyor line 7, the piece cigarette diversion conveyor line 9, the piece cigarette robotic arm fixture 10 and the warehouse-entry transport vehicle 11, in preparation for the subsequent delivery of the different brands of piece cigarettes packaged in the case sealing workshop into the cigarette finished product storage warehouse.

[0050] It should be noted that some areas of the carton sealing workshop, internal picking workshop and cigarette finished product storage warehouse are interconnected, so that conveyor lines can be set up between the carton sealing workshop, internal picking workshop and cigarette finished product storage warehouse; among them, the internal picking conveyor line set up in the internal picking workshop only serves the purpose of transporting individual cigarettes.

[0051] See also Figure 1 and Figure 2 In order to meet the packaging needs of different brands of cigarette cartons, at least six carton sealing machines 1 are arranged on the first-level platform of the carton sealing workshop. The conveying discharge end of each carton sealing machine 1 is connected to the feeding end of the first lifting conveyor 3, the discharging end of the first lifting conveyor 3 is connected to the feeding end of the first conveyor line 30, and the discharging end of the first conveyor line 30 is connected to the feeding end of the cigarette conveyor line 2.

[0052] In actual use, when packing and warehousing cigarette cartons of different brands, six carton sealing machines 1 are used to pack cigarette cartons of different brands respectively. The cigarette pieces packed by the six carton sealing machines 1 are then respectively input into the first lifting conveyor 3 by the conveyor lines of the six carton sealing machines 1. The first lifting conveyor 3 then lifts the input cigarette pieces to the first conveyor line 30 and sends them into the first conveyor line 30. The first conveyor line 30 sends the input cigarette pieces to the cigarette piece conveyor line 2. The cigarette piece missing detection conveyor 4 set on the cigarette piece conveyor line 2 weighs and detects them. The cigarette pieces that are not missing are then transported by the cigarette piece conveyor line 2 and the inner cigarette picking conveyor line 31 to the cigarette piece detour conveyor line 7 for cigarette piece brand identification and diversion. The diverted cigarette pieces are sent to the cigarette piece robot arm clamp 10 by their respective cigarette piece diversion conveyor lines 9. The cigarette piece robot arm clamp 10 then clamps the cigarette pieces and places them on the warehousing transport vehicle 11 for transporting the brand for stacking.

[0053] It should be noted that the carton sealing machine 1 is an existing device in the cigarette factory and has not been improved or designed, so its structure will not be described in detail.

[0054] See also Figure 1 In order to increase the amount of cigarette pieces of different brands input into the cigarette piece roundabout conveyor line 7 per unit time, two cigarette piece conveyor lines 2 are provided, the two conditional cigarette conveyor lines 2 are respectively the first conditional cigarette conveyor line 12 and the second conditional cigarette conveyor line 13. The first conditional cigarette conveyor line 12 corresponds to conveying cigarette pieces packaged by five carton sealing machines 1, and the second conditional cigarette conveyor line 13 corresponds to conveying cigarette pieces packaged by one carton sealing machine 1. The first conditional cigarette conveyor line 12 and the first conditional cigarette conveyor line 13 are respectively connected to the feeding end of the cigarette piece roundabout conveyor line 7 through the internal cigarette picking conveyor line 31.

[0055] In actual use, when the cigarette pieces packaged by the carton sealing machine 1 are conveyed to the cigarette piece roundabout conveyor line 7 via the cigarette piece conveyor line 2, the cigarette pieces packaged by the five carton sealing machines 1 are input into the cigarette piece roundabout conveyor line 7 via the conveyor lines of the respective carton sealing machines 1, the first lifting conveyor 3, the first conveyor line 30 and the first conditioned cigarette conveyor line 12. At the same time, the cigarette pieces packaged by one carton sealing machine 1 are input into the cigarette piece roundabout conveyor line 7 via its own conveyor line, another first lifting conveyor 3, another first conveyor line 30 and the second conditioned cigarette conveyor line 13. In this way, the cigarette pieces are input into the cigarette piece roundabout conveyor line 7 through the first conditioned cigarette conveyor line 12 and the second conditioned cigarette conveyor line 13 in coordination, which not only increases the amount of cigarette pieces of different brands input into the cigarette piece roundabout conveyor line 7 per unit time, but also indirectly improves the efficiency of cigarette piece storage.

[0056] It should be noted that the discharge end of the cigarette detour conveyor line 7 is connected to the cigarette piece detour conveyor line 7, so that the cigarette pieces that are not diverted due to faster transportation can re-enter the cigarette detour conveyor line 7 and be diverted again.

[0057] See also Figure 2In order to detect missing cigarettes passing through the first conditioned cigarette conveying line 12 and the second conditioned cigarette conveying line 13, the missing cigarette strip detection conveying member 4 is respectively arranged on the first conditioned cigarette conveying line 12 and the second conditioned cigarette conveying line 13, and the missing cigarette strip rejection member 5 is respectively located on the inner wall of the first conditioned cigarette conveying line 12 and the inner wall of the first conditioned cigarette conveying line 13 downstream of the missing cigarette strip detection conveying member 4. Rejection outlets 14 are respectively opened on the side walls of the first conditioned cigarette conveying line 12 and the second conditioned cigarette conveying line 13 corresponding to the missing cigarette strip rejection member 5, and the rejection outlets 14 on the side walls of the second conditioned cigarette conveying line 13 and the rejection outlets 14 on the side walls of the first conditioned cigarette conveying line 12 are respectively connected to the feeding end of the second conveying line 15, the feeding end of the second conveying line 15 is connected to the feeding end of the second lifting conveyor 16, and the discharging end of the second lifting conveyor 16 is connected to the feeding end 17 of the third conveying line 17.

[0058] In actual use, when the cigarette missing strip detection member 4 on the first conditional cigarette conveying line 12 detects and removes the cigarette missing strips being conveyed, the first conditional cigarette conveying line 12 feeds the cigarette into the cigarette missing strip detection conveying member 4, and the cigarette missing strip detection conveying member 4 weighs and detects the cigarette passing through. If the weight of the cigarette is not within the weight range when the cigarette is full of cigarette strips (which means that the cigarette is missing strips), the cigarette missing strip detection conveying member 4 controls the cigarette missing strip removal member 5 located downstream of the cigarette missing strip detection conveying member 4 to operate through a controller, and the cigarette missing strip on the first conditional cigarette conveying line 12 is removed. The cigarette pieces with missing strips are pushed into the second conveyor line 15 through the rejection outlet 14 on the side wall of the first conditioned cigarette conveyor line 12, and are sent into the second lifting conveyor 16 by the second conveyor line 15. The second lifting conveyor 16 then descends to the position of the third conveyor line 17 with the input cigarette pieces and sends them into the third conveyor line 17. The third conveyor line 17 sends the cigarette pieces with missing strips back to the temporary packaging storage area in the sealing workshop for manual unpacking, cigarette loading and box sealing, so as to complete the process of the cigarette piece missing strip detection conveyor 4 detecting and rejecting the cigarette pieces conveyed by the first conditioned cigarette conveyor line 12.

[0059] When the cigarette missing strip detection conveying member 4 on the second conditional cigarette conveying line 13 detects and removes the cigarette missing strips it conveys, the second conditional cigarette conveying line 13 sends the cigarette into the cigarette missing strip detection conveying member 4, and the cigarette missing strip detection conveying member 4 weighs and detects the cigarette passing through. If the weight of the cigarette is not within the weight range when it is full of cigarette strips (which means that the cigarette is missing strips), the cigarette missing strip detection conveying member 4 controls the cigarette missing strip removal member 5 located downstream of the cigarette missing strip detection member 4 to operate through the controller, and the cigarette missing strips on the second conditional cigarette conveying line 13 are sent to the second conditional cigarette conveying line 13 through the second conditional cigarette conveying line 13. The reject outlet 14 on the side wall of the conveyor line 13 is pushed into another second conveyor line 15, and is sent into another second lifting conveyor 16 by another second conveyor line 15. Another second lifting conveyor 16 then descends with the input cigarette pieces to the position of another third conveyor line 17 and sends them into another third conveyor line 17. Another third conveyor line 17 sends the missing cigarette pieces back to the temporary packaging storage area in the sealing workshop for manual unpacking, cigarette loading and box sealing, so as to complete the process of the cigarette missing piece detection conveyor 4 detecting and rejecting the cigarette pieces conveyed by the second condition cigarette conveyor line 13.

[0060] It should be noted that the first conditional smoke conveying line 12, the second conditional smoke conveying line 13, the second conveying line 15, the first conveying line 30 and the third conveying line 17 in this embodiment can be powered roller conveyors.

[0061] See also Figure 2 and Figure 3 The cigarette piece missing detection conveyor 4 for weighing and detecting missing cigarettes conveyed on the first conditioned cigarette conveyor line 12 and the second conditioned cigarette conveyor line 13 is a belt weighing conveyor 18. The belt weighing conveyor 18 is respectively arranged at the notch 19 of the first conditioned cigarette conveyor line and the notch 20 of the second conditioned cigarette conveyor line. The conveying surface of the belt weighing conveyor 18 is flush with the conveying surface of the first conditioned cigarette conveyor line 12 and the second conditioned cigarette conveyor line 13.

[0062] In actual use, when the belt weighing conveyor 18 on the first conditioned cigarette conveyor line 12 detects the lack of cigarettes by weighing the conveyed cigarette pieces, the first conditioned cigarette conveyor line 12 sends the conveyed cigarette pieces to the belt weighing conveyor 18 on the first conditioned cigarette conveyor line 12, and the belt weighing conveyor 18 conveys the cigarette pieces to the conveying area of ​​the first conditioned cigarette conveyor line 12 on the other side of the belt weighing conveyor 18, while weighing and detecting the lack of cigarettes passing through. If the belt weighing conveyor 18 detects that the weight of the cigarette pieces is not within the weight range when the cigarette pieces are fully loaded, the belt weighing conveyor 18 controls the missing cigarette piece removal piece 5 on the first conditioned cigarette conveyor line 12 through a controller, and removes the cigarette pieces detected to be missing on the first conditioned cigarette conveyor line 12 from the first conditioned cigarette conveyor line 12.

[0063] When the belt weighing conveyor 18 on the second conditioned cigarette conveyor line 13 performs weighing and missing-bar detection on the conveyed cigarette pieces, the second conditioned cigarette conveyor line 13 sends the conveyed cigarette pieces to the belt weighing conveyor 18 on the second conditioned cigarette conveyor line 13, and the belt weighing conveyor 18 transports the cigarette pieces to the conveying area of ​​the second conditioned cigarette conveyor line 13 on the other side of the belt weighing conveyor 18, while weighing and missing-bar detection on the passing cigarette pieces. If the belt weighing conveyor 18 detects that the weight of the cigarette pieces is not within the weight range when the belt weighing conveyor 18 is full of cigarette pieces, the belt weighing conveyor 18 controls the cigarette missing-bar removal element 5 on the second conditioned cigarette conveyor line 13 through the controller 1, and removes the cigarette pieces detected to be missing from the second conditioned cigarette conveyor line 13.

[0064] It should be noted that the belt weighing conveyor 18 is respectively arranged at the gap 19 of the first conditioned cigarette conveying line, which means: a gap is left in the partial conveying area of ​​the first conditioned cigarette conveying line 12 so that the conveying area of ​​the first conditioned cigarette conveying line 12 is discontinuous, and the belt weighing conveyor 18 is arranged in the gap, and the belt weighing conveyor 18 connects the conveying area of ​​the first conditioned cigarette conveying line 12 completely; the belt weighing conveyor 18 is respectively arranged at the gap 20 of the second conditioned cigarette conveying line, which means: a gap is left in the partial conveying area of ​​the second conditioned cigarette conveying line 13 so that the conveying area of ​​the second conditioned cigarette conveying line 13 is discontinuous, and the belt weighing conveyor 18 is arranged in the gap, and the belt weighing conveyor 18 connects the conveying area of ​​the second conditioned cigarette conveying line 13 completely.

[0065] Among them, the belt weighing conveyor 18 in this embodiment is the existing technology, and no improvement or design has been made to it, so its structure will not be described in detail.

[0066] See also Figure 2 , Figure 3 and Figure 4 The cigarette defective strip rejecting element 5 for rejecting defective cigarettes detected by the belt weighing conveyor 1 on the first cigarette conveying line 12 and the defective cigarettes detected by the belt weighing conveyor 1 on the second conditioned cigarette conveying line 13 includes a rejecting cylinder 21 and a rejecting push plate 22; wherein the rejecting cylinder 21 is used to be electrically connected to the belt weighing conveyor 1 through the controller 2, so as to control the rejecting cylinder 21 through the belt weighing conveyor 1 and the controller 2; the rejecting push plate 22 is used to be connected to the driving end of the rejecting cylinder 21, so as to drive the rejecting push plate 22 through the rejecting cylinder 21 to push the defective cigarettes out of the first cigarette conveying line 12 or the second conditioned cigarette conveying line 13.

[0067] Specifically, the reject cylinder 21 is respectively arranged on the inner wall of the first conditioned cigarette conveying line 12 and the inner wall of the second conditioned cigarette conveying line 13. The reject cylinder 21 is electrically connected to the belt weighing conveyor 18 through a controller 1. The driving end of the reject cylinder 21 is connected to a reject push plate 22, one of which corresponds to the reject outlet 14 on the side wall of the first conditioned cigarette conveying line 12 and the second conveying line 15, and the other reject push plate 22 corresponds to the reject outlet 14 on the side wall of the second conditioned cigarette conveying line 13 and the other second conveying line 15.

[0068] In actual use, when the reject cylinder 21 on the first conditioned cigarette conveyor line 12 rejects the defective cigarettes detected by the belt weighing conveyor on the first conditioned cigarette conveyor line 12, the belt weighing conveyor 18 will control the reject cylinder 21 on the first conditioned cigarette conveyor line 12 through the controller 1 to drive the reject push plate 22 to move, and push the defective cigarettes on the first conditioned cigarette conveyor line 12 out of the reject outlet 14 on the other side wall of the first conditioned cigarette conveyor line 12, so as to complete the process of rejecting the defective cigarettes detected on the first conditioned cigarette conveyor line 12 by using the reject cylinder 21 and the reject push plate 22.

[0069] When the reject cylinder 21 on the second conditioned cigarette conveyor line 13 rejects the defective conditioned cigarettes detected by the belt weighing conveyor on the second conditioned cigarette conveyor line 13, the belt weighing conveyor 18 will control the reject cylinder 21 on the second conditioned cigarette conveyor line 13 through the controller 1 to drive the reject push plate 22 to move, and push the defective conditioned cigarettes on the second conditioned cigarette conveyor line 13 out of the reject outlet 14 on the other side wall of the second conditioned cigarette conveyor line 13, so as to complete the process of using the reject cylinder 21 and the reject push plate 22 to reject the defective conditioned cigarettes detected on the second conditioned cigarette conveyor line 13.

[0070] See also Figure 2 , Figure 5 and Figure 6 The first lifting conveyor 3 for lifting the packaged cigarettes of the carton sealing machine 1 to the first cigarette conveyor line 12 or the second cigarette conveyor line 13 and the second lifting conveyor 16 for taking the unconditioned cigarettes from the first cigarette conveyor line 12 or the second cigarette conveyor line 13 away via the second conveyor line 15 and returning to the carton sealing workshop for resealing are both lifting conveyors of the same lifting mechanism, and the lifting conveyor includes a lifting gantry 23, a linear slide module 24 and a powered roller conveyor 25; wherein the lifting gantry 23 is used as a base for installing the linear slide module 24 and the powered roller conveyor 25; the linear slide module 24 is used to drive the powered roller conveyor 25 to rise or fall between the first platform in the carton sealing workshop and the second platform in the carton sealing workshop; the powered roller conveyor 25 is used to deliver the packaged cigarettes input into the powered roller conveyor 25 to the first conveyor line 30 or deliver the unconditioned cigarettes input into the powered roller conveyor 25 to the third conveyor line 17.

[0071] Specifically, the bottom of the lifting gantry 23 is arranged on the first-level platform of the carton sealing workshop or is fixedly connected to the first-level platform of the carton sealing workshop. The lifting gantry 23 is located between the first-level platform of the carton sealing workshop and the second-level platform of the carton sealing workshop. The two inner walls of the lifting gantry 23 are respectively provided with linear guide slide modules 24. The moving ends of the linear guide slide modules 24 are respectively connected to the outer walls of the lifting seat 26, that is, the sliders in the linear guide slide module 24 are respectively connected to the outer walls of the lifting seat 26, and the top of the lifting seat 26 is connected to the bottom of the frame of the powered roller conveyor 25.

[0072] In actual use, when the first lifting conveyor 3 lifts the cigarette pieces packaged by the carton sealing machine 1 to the first cigarette conveyor line 12 or the second cigarette conveyor line 13, the cigarette pieces packaged by the carton sealing machine 1 will be sent into the powered roller conveyor 25 in the first lifting conveyor 3 by the conveyor line of the carton sealing machine 1, and the first lifting conveyor 3 will lift the input cigarette pieces to the first cigarette conveyor line 12 or the second cigarette conveyor line 13 and stop. At this time, the powered roller conveyor 25 in the first lifting conveyor 3 will perform the conveying action, and input the cigarette pieces on the powered roller conveyor 25 into the first conveyor line 30, and the first conveyor line 30 will input the cigarette pieces into the first cigarette conveyor line 12 or the second cigarette conveyor line 13, so as to complete the process of using the first lifting conveyor 3 to lift the cigarette pieces packaged by the carton sealing machine 1 to the first cigarette conveyor line 12 or the second cigarette conveyor line 13.

[0073] When the second lifting conveyor 16 takes away the defective cigarettes detected by the first cigarette conveyor line 12 or the second cigarette conveyor line 13 and returns them to the carton sealing workshop, the rejecting push plate 22 will push the defective cigarettes into the second conveyor line 15 corresponding to the first cigarette conveyor line 12 or the second cigarette conveyor line 13, and the second conveyor line 15 conveys the defective cigarettes into the powered roller conveyor 25 in the second lifting conveyor 16, and the second lifting conveyor 16 moves down to the third conveyor line 17 with the defective cigarettes and stops. At this time, the powered roller conveyor 25 in the second lifting conveyor 16 performs the conveying action, and inputs the defective cigarettes on the powered roller conveyor 25 into the third conveyor line 17, and the third conveyor line 17 sends them to the temporary storage area of ​​the carton sealing workshop for resealing, so as to complete the process of taking away the defective cigarettes detected by the first cigarette conveyor line 12 or the second cigarette conveyor line 13 and returning them to the carton sealing workshop by the second lifting conveyor 16.

[0074] It should be noted that the linear guide slide module 24 is a prior art and has not been improved or designed, so its structure will not be described in detail.

[0075] See also Figure 7 , Figure 8 and Fig. 9The cigarette brand scanning diverter 8 for identifying the cigarettes in the input cigarette detour conveyor line 7 and diverting them to the matching cigarette brand diversion conveyor line 9 includes a cigarette brand identification scanner 27, a cigarette diversion cylinder 28 and a cigarette diversion push plate 29; wherein the cigarette brand identification scanner 27 is used to scan the cigarette box brand information barcode on the cigarette box to identify the brand of cigarettes to be transported by each conditional cigarette diversion conveyor line 9; the cigarette diversion cylinder 28 is used to be electrically connected to the cigarette brand identification scanner 27 through the second controller to control the cigarette brand identification scanner 27 and the second controller to control the cigarette diversion cylinder 28; the cigarette diversion push plate 29 is used to be connected to the driving end of the cigarette diversion cylinder 28 to drive the cigarette diversion push plate 29 through the cigarette diversion cylinder 28 to push different brands of cigarettes to the corresponding cigarette diversion conveyor line 9.

[0076] Specifically, each cigarette piece diversion cylinder 28 is respectively arranged on the side wall of the cigarette piece detour conveyor line 7 corresponding to the feed end of each cigarette piece diversion conveyor line 9, each cigarette piece brand identification scanner 27 is located on the side wall of the cigarette detour conveyor line 7 on one side of each cigarette piece diversion cylinder 28, each cigarette piece brand identification scanner 27 corresponds to identifying a brand of cigarette pieces, each cigarette piece brand identification scanner 27 is electrically connected to each cigarette piece diversion cylinder 28 through controller 2, each cigarette piece diversion cylinder 28 driving end is connected to each cigarette piece diversion push plate 29, each cigarette piece diversion push plate 29 corresponds to the feed end of the cigarette piece diversion conveyor 9 and the opening 11 on the cigarette detour conveyor line 7, the opening 11 on the cigarette detour conveyor line 7 is connected to the feed end of each conditional cigarette diversion conveyor 9, and each conditional cigarette diversion conveyor 9 connected to the opening 11 on the detour conveyor line 7 is inclined, that is, each conditional cigarette diversion conveyor 9 extends obliquely to the lower layer in the cigarette finished product storage warehouse.

[0077] In actual use, when the cigarette pieces are input into the cigarette detour conveyor line 7 and are identified and diverted to the matching cigarette piece diversion conveyor line 9 by the cigarette piece brand scanning diverter 8, the cigarette pieces in the cigarette detour conveyor line 7 will be transported along one of the conveyor lines on the cigarette detour conveyor line 7 and the cigarette piece brand identification scanner 27 on the conveyor line on this side will first scan the barcode (barcode: a two-dimensional barcode containing the cigarette piece brand) attached to the passing cigarette piece. When the scan identifies that the cigarette piece brand to be transported by the cigarette piece diversion conveyor line 9 matches, the cigarette piece brand scanning diverter 27 controls the cigarette piece diversion cylinder 28 through the controller 2 to drive the cigarette piece diversion push plate 29 to push the cigarette piece transported on one of the conveyor lines on the cigarette piece detour conveyor line 7 into the matching cigarette piece diversion conveyor line 9. Then, the cigarette pieces that were not diverted due to being transported too fast continue to be transported along the other side conveyor line in the cigarette detour conveyor line 7 and the cigarette brand recognition scanner 27 on the side conveyor line scans the barcode (barcode: a two-dimensional barcode containing the cigarette brand) attached to the passing cigarette pieces again. When the scan identifies that the brand of cigarette pieces to be transported by the cigarette diversion conveyor line 9 matches, the cigarette brand scanning diverter 27 controls the cigarette diversion cylinder 28 through the controller 2 to drive the cigarette diversion push plate 29 to push the cigarette pieces transported on the other side conveyor line in the cigarette detour conveyor line 7 into the matching cigarette diversion conveyor line 9, so as to complete the process of diverting the different brands of cigarette pieces input into the detour conveyor line 7 to each cigarette diversion conveyor line 9.

[0078] It should be noted that in order to increase the amount of cigarette pieces of corresponding brands conveyed by the cigarette piece diversion conveyor 9, Figure 1 As described, fifteen cigarette diversion conveyors 9 are provided for conveying cigarette pieces, and each three-condition cigarette diversion conveyor 9 corresponds to a cigarette piece mechanical arm fixture 10 (warehouse transport vehicle 11: AGV trolley), and each three-condition cigarette diversion conveyor 9 corresponds to conveying cigarette pieces of the same brand, and a total of five different brands of cigarette pieces can be transported and diverted into the warehouse; Figure 1 For reference, looking from left to right, the piece cigarette brand scanning diverters 8 set on the side walls of the smoke detour conveyor line 7 corresponding to the feeding ends of each three-condition smoke diversion conveyor 9 are all scanners for scanning piece cigarettes of the same brand, and there are a total of five different scanners for identifying piece cigarette brands; two of the three conditional smoke diversion conveyors 9 conveying piece cigarettes of the same brand are connected to one side of the smoke detour conveyor line 7, and one of the conditional smoke diversion conveyors 9 passes through the bottom of the smoke detour conveyor line 7 and is connected to the other side of the smoke detour conveyor line 7.

[0079] It should be noted that the cigarette brand identification scanner 27 is a barcode scanner, which is a prior art and has not been improved or designed, so its structure will not be described in detail.

[0080] It should be noted that the cigarette piece roundabout conveyor line 7, the cigarette piece diversion conveyor line 9 and the inner cigarette picking conveyor line 31 in this example can be powered roller conveyors.

[0081] It should be noted that the piece cigarette robot arm clamp 10 includes a robot arm and a clamp. The robot arm is set up in the finished cigarette storage warehouse and is close to the discharge end of the conditioned cigarette diversion conveyor 9. The execution end of the robot arm is connected to the clamp. The clamp can be a suction cup structure or a similar centering mechanism structure. The piece cigarette robot arm clamp 10 is a prior art and has not been improved or designed, so its structure is not described in detail.

[0082] The above is a cigarette storage system proposed in the first aspect of the present invention. The following is a cigarette storage method proposed in the second aspect of the present invention, which includes the following steps:

[0083] S1, control the carton sealing machine 1 on the lower level in the carton sealing workshop to pack and seal the cigarette cartons, and then send the cigarette cartons into the first lifting conveyor 3 through the conveyor line of the carton sealing machine 1, and then control the first lifting conveyor 3 to lift the input cigarette cartons to the position of the first conveyor line 30 on the upper level in the carton sealing workshop and send them into the first conveyor line 30;

[0084] S2, the cigarettes in the first conveyor line 30 are then fed into the upper cigarette conveyor line 2 in the box sealing workshop, and the cigarette conveyor line 2 then feeds the cigarettes into the cigarette missing strip detection conveyor 4, and the cigarette missing strip detection conveyor 4 weighs and detects whether the cigarettes are missing strips; if the cigarette missing strip detection conveyor 4 detects that there are missing strips in the cigarettes, the cigarette missing strip detection conveyor 4 controls the cigarette missing strip removal unit 5 located downstream of the cigarette missing strip detection conveyor 4 through a controller, so that the cigarettes missing strips on the cigarette conveyor line 2 are removed from the cigarette conveyor line 2;

[0085] S3, if the cigarette missing carton detection transport unit 4 detects that the cigarette is not missing carton, the cigarette conveyor line 2 continues to carry the cigarettes through the internal picking cigarette conveyor line 31 on the upper layer of the internal picking production workshop and inputs them into the cigarette detour conveyor line (7) on the upper layer of the finished cigarette storage warehouse. The cigarette detour conveyor line 7 then carries the cigarettes through the cigarette brand scanning diverter 27 at different positions of the cigarette detour conveyor line 7 to scan the code to identify the brand of the cigarettes and divert them;

[0086] S4, if the cigarette brand scanning diverter 27 identifies a brand that matches the brand to be conveyed by the cigarette brand diverter conveyor line 9 extending obliquely to the lower layer of the finished cigarette storage warehouse, the cigarette brand scanning diverter 27 pushes the cigarette brand conveyed on the cigarette detour conveyor line 7 into the cigarette brand diverter conveyor line 9 that matches it, and the cigarette brand of the same brand is conveyed by the cigarette brand diverter conveyor line 9 located at the lower layer of the finished cigarette storage warehouse to the discharge end of the cigarette brand diverter conveyor line 9;

[0087] S5. Control the cigarette piece mechanical arm clamp 10 located at the discharge end of the cigarette piece diversion conveyor line 9 and at the lower level of the cigarette finished product storage warehouse to clamp the cigarette pieces at the discharge end of the cigarette piece diversion conveyor line 9 and place them on the warehouse-entry transport vehicle 11 for transporting the brand for stacking. If the stacking quantity reaches the warehouse-entry quantity of cigarette pieces, the warehouse-entry transport vehicle 11 will transport the stacked cigarette pieces to the temporary storage rack for cigarette pieces of the same brand in the cigarette finished product storage warehouse for unloading and storage.

[0088] Although the present invention is described herein with reference to a number of illustrative embodiments of the present invention, it will be appreciated that those skilled in the art may devise many other modifications and implementations that fall within the scope and spirit of the principles disclosed herein. More specifically, within the scope of the present disclosure, drawings, and claims, a variety of variations and modifications may be made to the components and / or layout of the subject combination layout. In addition to the variations and modifications made to the components and / or layout, other uses will also be apparent to those skilled in the art.

Claims

1. The cigarette storage system is characterized by: include Carton sealing machine (1); The cigarette conveyor line (2) is connected to the feeding end of the first lifting conveyor (3) at the lower level of the carton sealing workshop, the discharging end of the first lifting conveyor (3) is connected to the feeding end of the first conveyor line (30) at the upper level of the carton sealing workshop, and the discharging end of the first conveyor line (30) is connected to the feeding end of the cigarette conveyor line (2) at the upper level of the carton sealing workshop; A cigarette piece missing strip detection conveying member (4) is arranged in the cigarette piece conveying line (2), and the cigarette pieces conveyed on the cigarette piece conveying line (2) are conveyed from the cigarette piece missing strip detection conveying member (4) for weighing detection, and the cigarette piece missing strip detection conveying member (4) is electrically connected to the cigarette piece missing strip rejection member (5) through a controller, and the cigarette piece missing strip rejection member (5) is located on the side wall of the cigarette piece conveying line (2) downstream of the cigarette piece missing strip detection conveying member (4); A finished product high-speed separation and confluence conveyor line (6), the finished product high-speed separation and confluence scanning line (6) located in a finished cigarette storage warehouse comprises a cigarette piece detour conveyor line (7), a cigarette piece brand scanning diverter (8) and a cigarette piece diversion conveyor line (9), the feeding end of the cigarette piece detour conveyor line (7) located in the upper layer of the finished cigarette storage warehouse is connected to the discharge end of the cigarette piece conveyor line (2) through the internal picking cigarette conveyor line (31) in the upper layer of the internal picking workshop, the opening (11) on the side wall of the cigarette piece detour conveyor line (7) is connected to the feeding end of the cigarette piece diversion conveyor line (9) extending obliquely to the lower layer of the finished cigarette storage warehouse, and a cigarette piece brand scanning diverter (8) is provided on one side wall of the cigarette detour conveyor line (7) corresponding to the feeding end of each conditional cigarette diversion conveyor line (9); The cigarette piece mechanical arm clamp (10) is respectively located on one side of the discharge end of each cigarette piece diversion conveying line (9), and the cigarette piece mechanical arm clamp (10) on the lower layer of the cigarette finished product storage warehouse is used in conjunction with a warehouse transport vehicle (11) entering the lower layer of the cigarette finished product storage warehouse.

2. The cigarette storage system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The case sealing machine (1) is located on the first platform in the case sealing workshop, the first conveyor line (30) and the cigarette conveyor line (2) are located on the second platform in the case sealing workshop, the internal cigarette picking conveyor line (31) is located on the second platform in the internal picking workshop, the cigarette case detour conveyor line (7) is located on the second platform in the finished cigarette storage warehouse, and the cigarette case diversion conveyor line (9), the cigarette case mechanical arm fixture (10) and the storage transport vehicle (11) are located on the first platform in the finished cigarette storage warehouse.

3. The cigarette storage system according to claim 2, characterized in that: At least six of the carton sealing machines (1) are arranged on the first-level platform of the carton sealing workshop, and the conveying and discharging end of each carton sealing machine (1) is connected to the feeding end of the cigarette conveying line (2) via the first lifting conveyor (3) and the first conveying line (30).

4. The cigarette storage system according to claim 3, characterized in that: There are two cigarette case conveying lines (2), the two conditioned cigarette conveying lines (2) are respectively a first conditioned cigarette conveying line (12) and a second conditioned cigarette conveying line (13); the first conditioned cigarette conveying line (12) is used to convey cigarette cases packaged by five carton sealing machines (1); the second conditioned cigarette conveying line (13) is used to convey cigarette cases packaged by one carton sealing machine (1); the first conditioned cigarette conveying line (12) and the second conditioned cigarette conveying line (13) are respectively connected to the feeding end of the cigarette case detour conveying line (7) via an internal cigarette picking conveying line (31).

5. The system for storing cigarettes according to claim 1, characterized in that: The cigarette missing strip detection conveying member (4) is respectively arranged on the first conditioned cigarette conveying line (12) and the second conditioned cigarette conveying line (13); the cigarette missing strip rejection member (5) is respectively arranged on the inner wall of the first conditioned cigarette conveying line (12) and the inner wall of the second conditioned cigarette conveying line (13) downstream of the cigarette missing strip detection conveying member (4); and rejection outlets (14) are respectively opened on the side walls of the first conditioned cigarette conveying line (12) and the second conditioned cigarette conveying line (13) corresponding to the cigarette missing strip rejection member (5); the rejection outlets (14) on the side walls of the second conditioned cigarette conveying line (13) and the rejection outlets (14) on the side walls of the first conditioned cigarette conveying line (12) are respectively connected to the feeding end of the second conveying line (15); the discharging end of the second conveying line (15) is connected to the feeding end of the second lifting conveyor (16); and the discharging end of the second lifting conveyor (16) is connected to the feeding end of the third conveying line (17).

6. The cigarette storage system according to claim 5, characterized in that: The cigarette strip missing detection conveyor (4) is a belt weighing conveyor (18); the belt weighing conveyor (18) is respectively arranged at the notch (19) of the first conditional cigarette conveying line and the notch (20) of the second conditional cigarette conveying line, and the conveying surface of the belt weighing conveyor (18) is respectively flush with the conveying surface of the first conditional cigarette conveying line (12) and the conveying surface of the second conditional cigarette conveying line (13).

7. The cigarette storage system according to claim 5, characterized in that: The cigarette missing strip rejecting element (5) comprises a rejecting cylinder (21) and a rejecting push plate (22); the rejecting cylinder (21) is respectively arranged on the inner wall of the first conditioned cigarette conveying line (12) and the inner wall of the second conditioned cigarette conveying line (13); the rejecting cylinder (21) is electrically connected to the belt weighing conveyor (18) through a controller 1; the driving end of the rejecting cylinder (21) is connected to the rejecting push plate (22); one of the rejecting push plates (22) corresponds to the rejecting outlet (14) on the side wall of the first conditioned cigarette conveying line (12) and the second conveying line (15); the other rejecting push plate (22) corresponds to the rejecting outlet (14) on the side wall of the second conditioned cigarette conveying line (13) and the other second conveying line (15).

8. The cigarette storage system according to claim 5, characterized in that: The second lifting conveyor (16) and the first lifting conveyor (3) are both lifting conveyors with the same lifting mechanism, and the lifting conveyor comprises a lifting gantry (23), a linear slide module (24) and a powered roller conveyor (25); the bottom of the lifting gantry (23) is arranged on the first-layer platform of the carton sealing workshop, and the lifting gantry (23) is located between the first-layer platform of the carton sealing workshop and the second-layer platform of the carton sealing workshop, and the inner wall of the lifting gantry (23) is respectively provided with a linear guide slide module (24), and the moving end of the linear guide slide module (24) is respectively connected to the outer wall of the lifting seat (26), and the top of the lifting seat (26) is connected to the bottom of the frame of the powered roller conveyor (25).

9. The cigarette storage system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The cigarette brand scanning diverter (8) comprises a cigarette brand identification scanner (27), a cigarette diverting cylinder (28) and a cigarette diverting push plate (29); the cigarette diverting cylinder (28) is arranged on the side wall of the cigarette detour conveying line (7) corresponding to the feeding end of each cigarette diverting conveying line (9); the cigarette brand identification scanner (27) is located on the side wall of the cigarette detour conveying line (7) on one side of the cigarette diverting cylinder (28); the cigarette brand identification scanner (27) is electrically connected to the cigarette diverting cylinder (28) through controller 2; the driving end of the cigarette diverting cylinder (28) is connected to the cigarette diverting push plate (29); the cigarette diverting push plate (29) corresponds to the feeding end of the cigarette diverting conveying line (9) and the opening (11) on the cigarette detour conveying line (7); the opening (11) is connected to the feeding end of the cigarette diverting conveying line (9).

10. The cigarette storage method according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that: The following steps are involved: Controlling the carton sealing machine (1) on the lower level of the carton sealing workshop to first pack and seal the cigarette cartons, and then feeding the cigarette cartons into the first lifting conveyor (3) through the conveyor line of the carton sealing machine (1), and then controlling the first lifting conveyor (3) to lift the input cigarette cartons to the position of the first conveyor line (30) on the upper level of the carton sealing workshop and feed them into the first conveyor line (30); The cigarette pieces input into the first conveyor line (30) then enter the upper cigarette piece conveyor line (2) in the box sealing workshop, and the cigarette piece conveyor line (2) then conveys the cigarette pieces to the cigarette piece missing strip detection conveyor (4) and is weighed by the cigarette piece missing strip detection conveyor (4) to detect whether the cigarette piece is missing strips; if the cigarette piece missing strip detection conveyor (4) detects that there is a missing strip in the cigarette piece, the cigarette piece missing strip detection conveyor (4) controls the cigarette piece missing strip removal unit (5) located downstream of the cigarette piece missing strip detection conveyor unit (4) through a controller to operate, and remove the cigarette piece missing strips on the cigarette piece conveyor line (2) from the cigarette piece conveyor line (2); If the cigarette missing strip detection transport unit (4) detects that the cigarette is not missing strips, the cigarette conveyor line (2) continues to carry the cigarettes through the internal picking cigarette conveyor line (31) on the upper level of the internal picking production workshop and inputs them into the cigarette detour conveyor line (7) on the upper level of the finished cigarette storage warehouse. The cigarette detour conveyor line (7) then carries the cigarettes through the cigarette brand scanning diverters (27) at different positions of the cigarette detour conveyor line (7) to scan the code for brand identification and diversion; If the cigarette brand scanning diverter (27) identifies a brand that matches the brand to be transported by the cigarette brand diverter conveyor line (9) extending obliquely to the lower layer of the finished cigarette storage warehouse, the cigarette brand scanning diverter (27) pushes the cigarette brand transported on the cigarette detour conveyor line (7) into the cigarette brand diverter conveyor line (9) that matches it, and the cigarette brand of the same brand is transported by the cigarette brand diverter conveyor line (9) located at the lower layer of the finished cigarette storage warehouse to the discharge end of the cigarette brand diverter conveyor line (9); A cigarette piece mechanical arm clamp (10) located at the discharge end of the cigarette piece diversion conveyor line (9) and at the lower layer of the finished cigarette storage warehouse is controlled to clamp the cigarette pieces at the discharge end of the cigarette piece diversion conveyor line (9) and place them on a storage transport vehicle (11) for transporting the brand for stacking; if the stacking quantity reaches the storage quantity of cigarette pieces, the storage transport vehicle (11) transports the stacked cigarette pieces to the temporary storage rack of cigarette pieces of the same brand in the finished cigarette storage warehouse for unloading and storage.

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