Manual carton sealing machine box condition association device and association method

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of manual carton sealing machines, in particular to a manual carton sealing machine box condition correlation device which comprises a first box condition correlation piece and a second box condition correlation piece. The scanning end of the first box condition correlation piece is located above a cigarette box containing table connected with a box sealing machine sleeve opening, the fixing end of the second box condition correlation piece is arranged on the rear inner wall of the box sealing machine, and the scanning end of the second box condition correlation piece faces a cigarette carton stacking station; when the manual carton sealing machine needs to automatically correlate each station, the first carton condition correlating piece and the second carton condition correlating piece which are installed on the carton sealing machine can be matched with each other so as to complete the automatic correlating process of part of stations in the manual carton sealing machine. Therefore, the problems of high time consumption, high labor intensity and high labor cost caused by a mode of manually scanning and associating part of stations by using a scanning gun when the condition of each station box is associated in the tobacco stack loading process of a manual carton sealing machine are solved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of manual carton sealing machines, and particularly to a box condition association device and an association method for a manual carton sealing machine. Background Art

[0002] A manual carton sealing machine is a semi-automatic carton sealing machine, which is generally applicable to the scenario of re-packing cigarette cartons that need to be manually pasted with strips and collected from the machines in the production workshop. Specifically, when using this manual carton sealing machine to pack cigarette cartons with manually pasted strips, first place the cigarette carton with the bottom sealed and the top unsealed at the socket of the carton sealing machine, then use the cigarette pushing mechanism inside the manual carton sealing machine to push the stacked cigarette stacks in the carton sealing machine into the empty cigarette carton pre-sleeved at the socket of the carton sealing machine, and finally take the cigarette carton with the loaded cigarette stack from the socket of the carton sealing machine and seal the unsealed opening of the cigarette carton to complete the process of packing cigarette stacks with the manual carton sealing machine.

[0003] Although the above manual carton sealing machine can realize the process of loading cigarette stacks into cigarette cartons, in a box condition association process that does not affect the packing of cigarette cartons in the manual carton sealing machine, generally, manual workers use a scanning gun to perform box condition association on some workstations (some workstations: cigarette barcode scanning workstations and cigarette carton barcode scanning workstations). This method of manually scanning and associating with a scanning gun not only increases the labor intensity, but also increases the labor cost and time consumption. Moreover, when the cigarette strips are conveyed quickly or the manual workers are inattentive, it is easy to miss scanning the barcodes on the cigarette strips.

[0004] Therefore, it is necessary to improve the method of box condition association for some workstations involved in the process of packing cigarette stacks with a manual carton sealing machine, in order to solve the problems of time consumption, high labor intensity and high labor cost caused by the method of manually scanning and associating some workstations with a scanning gun when performing box condition association for some workstations involved in the process of packing cigarette stacks with a manual carton sealing machine.

[0005] Summary of the Invention

[0006] The purpose of the present invention is to provide a box condition association device and an association method for a manual carton sealing machine, in order to solve the problems of time consumption, high labor intensity and high labor cost caused by the method of manually scanning and associating some workstations with a scanning gun when performing box condition association for some workstations involved in the process of packing cigarette stacks with a manual carton sealing machine.

[0007] To solve the above technical problems, the present application proposes a box condition association device for a manual carton sealing machine in the first aspect, including:

[0008] The first box condition-related component, the rotating end of the first box condition-related component is rotatably and adjustably connected to the outer wall of the carton sealer. The photographing end of the first box condition-related component is located above the cigarette box placement table connected to the socket of the carton sealer. The first box condition-related component is electrically connected to the motor controlling the cigarette strip stacking at the cigarette strip stacking station in the middle of the carton sealer through the PLC in the box condition-related industrial control computer. The first box condition-related component is used to, after successfully scanning the engineering code on the cigarette box placed on the cigarette box placement table, drive and control the motor for cigarette strip stacking to act through the PLC in the box condition-related industrial control computer, and stack the cigarette strips that are transported to the cigarette strip stacking station through the cigarette strip conveyor belt entering the interior of the carton sealer from the inlet of the carton sealer and are monitored to be in place by the cigarette strip in-place monitoring component on the inner wall of the carton sealer;

[0009] The second box condition-related component, the fixed end of the second box condition-related component is arranged on the right inner wall of the carton sealer. The code reading end of the second box condition-related component faces the cigarette strip stacking station. The second box condition-related component is electrically connected to the in-place monitoring component for each layer of cigarette layer lifting on the rotating shaft connected to the stacking motor and the cam in the cigarette strip stacking station and the alarm arranged on the outer wall of the carton sealer respectively through the PLC in the box condition-related industrial control computer. The second box condition-related component is used to, after the in-place monitoring component for each layer of cigarette layer lifting detects that the cam connected to the output shaft of the motor controlling the cigarette strip stacking rotates by an angle that can surely lift a layer of cigarette layer in place, scan the bar code on each cigarette in the just-lifted cigarette layer;

[0010] If the second box condition-related component successfully scans the bar code on each cigarette in the cigarette layer lifted to five layers and the cigarette layer stacking in-place monitoring component arranged on the right inner wall of the carton sealer near the cigarette strip stacking station monitors that the cigarette layer has been stacked in place, the cigarette layer stacking in-place monitoring component controls the cylinder in the carton sealer and located behind the cigarette strip stacking station through the PLC in the box condition-related industrial control computer to drive the push plate to push the stacked five-layer cigarette layer into the cigarette box that is sleeved with the socket of the carton sealer and has been successfully scanned by the first box condition-related component. After such a cigarette layer pushing process is carried out twice, the second box condition-related component sends the information of successful boxing to the PLC in the box condition-related industrial control computer, and the HMI on the box condition-related industrial control computer then displays successful boxing and prompts the operator to carry the box away;

[0011] If the barcode scanning of any cigarette on the second box condition associated part is failed when it is lifted to the five - layer cigarette layer, and the cigarette layer stacking in - place monitoring part on the right inner wall of the carton sealer near the cigarette stack - up station monitors that the cigarette layer has been stacked in - place, the cigarette layer stacking in - place monitoring part drives the push plate through the PLC in the box condition associated industrial control computer to drive the cylinder located behind the cigarette stack - up station in the carton sealer to push the stacked five - layer cigarette layer into the cigarette box that is socketed with the carton sealer socket and has been successfully scanned by the first box condition associated part. Such a cigarette - layer pushing process is carried out twice. The second box condition associated part controls the alarm through the PLC in the box condition associated industrial control computer to give an alarm after all the cigarettes are loaded into the cigarette box, reminding the operator to take out the cigarettes loaded in the cigarette box and rescan and repack them.

[0012] Further, a cigarette - putting monitoring part is arranged on the side wall near the feeding end of the cigarette conveyor belt. The cigarette - putting monitoring part is an infrared detection sensor. The infrared detection sensor is electrically connected to the motor controlling the operation of the cigarette conveyor belt through the PLC in the box condition associated industrial control computer. The discharging end of the cigarette conveyor belt extends from the inlet of the carton sealer to the cigarette stack - up station in the middle of the carton sealer. The infrared detection sensor is used to detect that after the cigarette is put into the feeding end of the cigarette conveyor belt, it drives the motor controlling the operation of the cigarette conveyor belt through the PLC in the box condition associated industrial control computer to act, and conveys the cigarette on the cigarette conveyor belt into the cigarette stack - up station in the carton sealer through the inlet of the carton sealer.

[0013] Further, the cigarette - in - place monitoring part is electrically connected to the motor controlling the cigarette stacking through the first box condition associated part and the PLC in the box condition associated industrial control computer. The cigarette - in - place monitoring part is used to, after the first box condition associated part successfully scans the engineering code on the cigarette box at the cigarette box placement table and detects that the cigarette stack at the cigarette stack - up station is full after being conveyed by the cigarette conveyor belt, the cigarette - in - place monitoring part and the first box condition associated part after correctly scanning the cigarette box code control the motor for cigarette stacking through the PLC in the box condition associated industrial control computer to lift the cigarette layer with five cigarettes once upward.

[0014] Further, the cigarette - in - place monitoring part is a capacitance sensor. The capacitance sensor is arranged on the left inner wall of the carton sealer socket and corresponds to the full - cigarette position in the cigarette stack - up station. The capacitance sensor is used to monitor whether the cigarettes entering the cigarette stack - up station are full. If the capacitance sensor monitors that the cigarettes conveyed by the cigarette conveyor belt into the cigarette stack - up station in the carton sealer are full and the first box condition associated part correctly scans the engineering code on the cigarette box at the cigarette box placement table, the capacitance sensor and the first box condition associated part after correctly scanning the cigarette box engineering code control the motor for cigarette stacking in the carton sealer through the PLC in the box condition associated industrial control computer to lift the cigarette layer with five cigarettes in each layer once upward.

[0015] Further, the monitoring component for the in-place lifting of each layer of cigarette stacks is an angle sensor. The monitoring component for the in-place lifting of each layer of cigarette stacks is arranged on the rotating shaft connected to the cam of the cigarette stacker motor in the cigarette stack-up station. The monitoring component for the in-place lifting of each layer of cigarette stacks is also electrically connected to the motor controlling cigarette stack-up in the carton sealer through the PLC in the industrial control computer associated by box conditions. The monitoring component for the in-place lifting of cigarette stacks is used to detect that the cam 26 connected to the output shaft of the motor controlling cigarette stack-up rotates by an angle that can lift one layer of cigarette stacks in place, and then drive the motor controlling cigarette stack-up in the carton sealer to temporarily stop, so as to wait for the cigarette conveyor belt to convey cigarettes to the cigarette stack-up station in the carton sealer for stacking again.

[0016] Further, the monitoring component for the in-place stacking of cigarette stacks is a limit detector. The monitoring component for the in-place stacking of cigarette stacks is electrically connected to the cylinder located at the rear side of the cigarette stack-up station and arranged on the inner rear wall of the carton sealer through the PLC in the industrial control computer associated by box conditions. The monitoring component for the in-place stacking of cigarette stacks is used to, after the second box-condition associated component fails or succeeds in scanning the barcode on any one of the cigarette sticks in the five-layer cigarette stack and determines whether the cigarette stack at the monitored cigarette stack-up station is stacked in place, control the cylinder to drive the push plate to perform a cigarette pushing action on the cigarette stack that has been stacked in place at the cigarette stack-up station through the PLC in the industrial control computer associated by box conditions.

[0017] Further, the first box-condition associated component includes a rotating rod, a connecting rod, a first adjusting block, and a barcode-scanning intelligent camera; the socket ring connected to one end of the rotating rod is rotatably and adjustably connected to the connecting shaft on the support connected to the outer wall of the carton sealer through an adjusting bolt. The side wall of the other end of the rotating rod is connected to the fixed end of the connecting rod. The connecting rod is adjustably connected with the first adjusting block, and the bottom of the first adjusting block is connected to the top of the barcode-scanning intelligent camera. The barcode-scanning intelligent camera and the cigarette-in-place monitoring component are electrically connected to the cigarette stacker motor in the cigarette stack-up station in the carton sealer through the PLC in the industrial control computer associated by box conditions. The photographing end of the barcode-scanning intelligent camera is located above the cigarette box placement table. The barcode-scanning intelligent camera is used to take a photo of the engineering code on the cigarette box. After being recognized by the industrial control computer associated by box conditions, if the engineering code on the cigarette box scanned by the barcode-scanning intelligent camera is successfully recognized and the cigarette-in-place monitoring component monitors it in place, the PLC in the industrial control computer associated by box conditions will control the motor controlling cigarette stack-up in the carton sealer to stack the cigarettes.

[0018] Further, a baffle for resisting the cigarette box is arranged at one end of the cigarette box placement table away from the carton sealer socket. The flipped baffle and the conveying baffles on both sides of the cigarette box placement table define a placement area for the cigarette box.

[0019] Further, the second box condition associated component includes an L-shaped connecting rod, a second adjusting block, and a bar code scanner; the first end of the L-shaped connecting rod is connected to the left inner wall of the cartoning machine, five second adjusting blocks are adjustably connected to the L-shaped connecting rod respectively, the side wall of each second adjusting block is connected to the side wall of the bar code scanner, the code reading end of the bar code scanner corresponds to the stacked cigarette layers at the cigarette stacking station inside the cartoning machine, and the bar code scanner is electrically connected to the cigarette layer lifting in-place monitoring component and the alarm set outside the cartoning machine respectively through the PLC in the box condition associated industrial control computer. The bar code scanner is used to scan the bar codes on each cigarette in the five-layer cigarette layer stacked at the cigarette stacking station;

[0020] If the bar code scanner successfully scans the bar codes on each cigarette in the five-layer cigarette layer lifted and the cigarette layer stacking in-place monitoring component arranged on the right inner side wall of the cartoning machine near the cigarette stacking station monitors that the cigarette layer has been stacked in place, the cigarette layer stacking in-place monitoring component controls the cylinder inside the cartoning machine and located at the rear side of the cigarette stacking station through the PLC in the box condition associated industrial control computer to drive the push plate to push the stacked five-layer cigarette layer into the cigarette box sleeved with the cartoning machine socket and successfully scanned by the scanning intelligent camera. After such a cigarette layer pushing process is carried out twice, the bar code scanner sends the information of successful boxing to the PLC in the box condition associated industrial control computer, and the HMI on the box condition associated industrial control computer then displays successful boxing;

[0021] If the bar code scanner fails to scan the bar codes on each cigarette in the five-layer cigarette layer lifted and the cigarette layer stacking in-place monitoring component arranged on the right inner wall of the cartoning machine near the cigarette stacking station monitors that the cigarette layer has been stacked in place, the cigarette layer stacking in-place monitoring component controls the cylinder inside the cartoning machine and located at the rear side of the cigarette stacking station through the PLC in the box condition associated industrial control computer to drive the push plate to push the stacked five-layer cigarette layer into the cigarette box sleeved with the cartoning machine socket and successfully scanned by the scanning intelligent camera. After such a cigarette layer pushing process is carried out twice, the bar code scanner controls the alarm to give an alarm through the PLC in the box condition associated industrial control computer after all the cigarettes are loaded into the cigarette box, reminding the operator to take out the cigarettes loaded into the cigarette box and rescan and box them.

[0022] In a second aspect, the present invention proposes a method for associating box conditions of a manual cartoning machine, including the following steps:

[0023] If the cigarette placing monitoring component on the side wall of the feeding end of the cigarette conveyor belt monitors the placing of cigarettes, the cigarette placing monitoring component controls the motor driving the cigarette conveyor belt to act through the PLC in the box condition associated industrial control computer, and sends the cigarettes from the cigarette conveyor belt into the cigarette stacking station in the middle of the cartoning machine through the cartoning machine inlet;

[0024] While feeding the cigarette bars on the cigarette bar conveyor belt into the cigarette bar stacking station inside the cartoning machine, the code scanning intelligent camera takes a photo and scans the engineering code on the top of the empty cigarette box that is pre-sleeved on the cartoning machine sleeve and placed in the cigarette box placement area. The taken picture is then transmitted to the box condition associated industrial control computer, and the image recognition software in the box condition associated industrial control computer recognizes the incoming engineering code picture;

[0025] If the image recognition software in the box condition associated industrial control computer fails to recognize the engineering code on the empty cigarette box, the PLC in the box condition associated industrial control computer controls the motor that controls cigarette bar stacking in the cartoning machine not to act, and displays "Waiting for cigarette box code scanning" on the HMI interface of the box condition associated industrial control computer. The cigarette bar conveyor belt is then pressed with the emergency stop switch to stop feeding cigarette bars to the cigarette bar stacking station of the cartoning machine;

[0026] If the image recognition software in the box condition associated industrial control computer successfully recognizes the engineering code on the empty cigarette box and the capacitance sensor on the left inner wall of the cartoning machine sleeve detects that the cigarette bars in the cigarette bar stacking station are full, the capacitance sensor controls the motor that controls cigarette bar stacking in the cartoning machine to act through the PLC on the box condition associated industrial control computer, and lifts the first layer of cigarette layer at the cigarette bar stacking station where the cigarette bars are fed into the cartoning machine through the cigarette bar conveyor belt once;

[0027] If during the lifting of the first layer of cigarette layer at the cigarette bar stacking station where the cigarette bars are fed into the cartoning machine through the cigarette bar conveyor belt by the cigarette bar stacking motor, the layer-by-layer cigarette layer lifting in-place monitoring component set on the rotating shaft connected to the cigarette bar stacking motor and the cam in the cigarette bar stacking station detects that the cam rotates by an angle that can definitely lift a layer of cigarette layer in place, the layer-by-layer cigarette layer lifting in-place monitoring component controls the cigarette bar stacking motor to temporarily stop the stacking action and controls the barcode scanner near the cigarette bar stacking station to read the barcode on each cigarette bar in the first layer of cigarette layer through the PLC on the box condition associated industrial control computer. In this way, the cigarette layer lifting and stacking and the barcode scanning process for each cigarette bar in each lifted layer of cigarette layer are carried out five times in sequence, and then the number of cigarette layers stacked is five layers;

[0028] If after the stacking of the number of cigarette layers is in place and is detected by the cigarette layer stacking in-place monitoring component and the barcode reader reads the barcode on each cigarette bar in the five layers of cigarette layer correctly, the cigarette layer stacking in-place monitoring component controls the cylinder behind the cigarette bar stacking station to drive the push plate to act through the PLC on the box condition associated industrial control computer, and pushes the cigarette stack that has been stacked into five layers at the cigarette bar stacking station into the empty cigarette box that is pre-sleeved on the cartoning machine sleeve and has been successfully scanned by the code scanning intelligent camera. In this way, the process of pushing the cigarette stack is carried out twice successively, then 50 cigarette bars are loaded into an empty cigarette box, and the HMI on the box condition associated industrial control computer displays "Packing successful" and prompts the operator to carry the box away;

[0029] If the number of cigarette layers is stacked in place and the cigarette layer stacking in-place monitor detects it, and the barcode reader fails to read the barcode on any cigarette strip in the five-layer cigarette layer, the cigarette layer stacking in-place monitor controls the cylinder behind the cigarette stacking station on the industrial control computer through the box condition association to drive the push plate to move, and pushes the cigarette stack that has been stacked into five layers at the cigarette stacking station into the empty cigarette box that has been pre-sleeved on the sealing machine sleeve and successfully scanned by the code-scanning intelligent camera. If the process of pushing the cigarette stack is carried out twice in this way, 50 cigarettes will be loaded into an empty cigarette box. However, the barcode reader will control the alarm in the industrial control computer through the box condition association to issue an alarm after all the cigarette stacks are loaded into the cigarette box, reminding the operator to take out the cigarette strips in the cigarette box and re-scan and pack them. Compared with the prior art, the present invention has at least one of the following beneficial effects:

[0030] 1. By setting the first box condition association part and the first box condition association part on the manual sealing machine, the present invention can automatically scan the engineering code on the cigarette box of the to-be-loaded cigarette stack through the first box condition association part arranged above the cigarette box placement table connected to the sealing machine sleeve when the manual sealing machine needs to perform scanning and association on some workstations, and then automatically read each cigarette strip in the cigarette layer of the cigarette stack through the second box condition association part arranged in the sealing machine and close to the cigarette stacking station, so that the box association of each workstation in the manual sealing machine can be completed without manual use of a scanning gun, thus solving the problems of time-consuming, high labor intensity and high labor cost caused by the method of relying on manual use of a scanning gun to scan and associate each workstation when performing box condition association on each workstation during the process of loading the cigarette stack in the manual sealing machine.

[0031] 2. One end of the rotating rod in the first box condition association part is connected with a socket ring, and the socket ring is rotationally and adjustably connected with a connecting shaft on a support connected to the outer wall of the sealing machine through an adjusting bolt. The side wall of the other end of the rotating rod is connected with the fixed end of the connecting rod. The connecting rod is adjustably connected with a first adjusting block, and the bottom of the first adjusting block is connected with the top of the code-scanning intelligent camera. When using the first box condition association part to take pictures and scan the engineering code on the top of the empty cigarette box located in the cigarette box placement table and sleeved on the sealing machine sleeve, first adjust the rotating rod to directly above the empty cigarette box placed on the cigarette box placement table according to the cigarette box specifications photographed and scanned by the first box condition association part, and then adjust the moving distance of the first adjusting block adjustably connected on the connecting rod on the connecting rod according to the position of the engineering code set on different specifications of cigarette boxes, so that the code-scanning intelligent camera connected to the first adjusting block moves directly above the position of the engineering code on different specifications of cigarette boxes, and takes pictures and scans the engineering code on the top of different specifications of cigarette boxes on the cigarette box placement table to meet the automatic scanning of the engineering code on different specifications of cigarette boxes. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0032] Figure 1 It is a schematic first azimuth shaft side view of the structure of the present invention.

[0033] Figure 2 Second azimuth axonometric view of the structure of the present invention (right side wall of the case sealer removed).

[0034] Figure 3 Third azimuth axonometric view of the structure of the present invention.

[0035] Figure 4 Axonometric view of the first box condition related part in the structure of the present invention.

[0036] Figure 5 Axonometric view of the first adjusting block or the second adjusting block in the structure of the present invention.

[0037] Figure 6 Third azimuth axonometric view of the structure of the present invention

[0038] Figure 7 Axonometric view of the second box condition related part in the structure of the present invention.

[0039] In the figure, 1 - first box condition related part, 2 - case sealer, 3 - case sealer socket, 4 - cigarette box placement table, 5 - box condition related industrial control computer, 6 - cigarette strip stacking station, 7 - cigarette strip conveyor belt, 8 - case sealer inlet, 9 - cigarette strip in place monitoring part, 10 - second box condition related part, 11 - each layer of cigarette layer lifting in place monitoring part, 12 - cigarette layer stacking in place monitoring part, 13 - push plate, 14 - rotating rod, 15 - connecting rod, 16 - first adjusting block, 17 - code scanning intelligent camera, 18 - socket ring, 19 - connecting shaft, 20 - baffle, 21 - conveying baffle, 22 - cigarette box placement area, 23 - L-shaped connecting rod, 24 - second adjusting block, 25 - bar code scanner, 26 - cam, 27 - cigarette strip putting in monitoring part, 28 - insertion hole one, 29 - insertion hole two, 30 - clamp seat, 31 - adjusting bolt, 32 - connecting plate, 33 - strip groove, 34 - socket through hole, 35 - clamp arm. Detailed implementation mode

[0040] As Figures 1-7 shown, in order to make the objectives, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention clearer, the present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to 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.

[0041] Embodiment

[0042] The existing manual carton sealer can realize the process of loading the cigarette stack into the cigarette box. However, in a barcode scanning and association process that does not affect the packing of cigarette cartons in the manual carton sealer, generally, manual workers use a scanning gun to perform box condition association on some workstations (some workstations: cigarette carton barcode scanning workstation and cigarette box barcode scanning workstation). This method of manual barcode scanning and association not only increases the manual labor intensity, but also raises the labor cost and takes a long time. Moreover, when the cigarette bars are conveyed quickly or the manual workers are inattentive, it is easy to miss scanning the barcodes on the cigarette bars.

[0043] Therefore, this application proposes a box condition association device and method for a manual carton sealer to solve the problems of time-consuming, high manual labor intensity, and high labor cost caused by the method of relying on manual workers to use a scanning gun to perform scanning and association on some workstations when performing box condition association on some workstations during the process of loading the cigarette stack in the manual carton sealer.

[0044] Specifically, in the first aspect of this application, a box condition association device for a manual carton sealer is proposed. Please refer to Figure 1 , Figure 2 and Figure 3 . A box condition association device for a manual carton sealer includes a first box condition association member 1 and a second box condition association member 10. Among them, the rotating end of the first box condition association member 1 is rotatably and adjustably connected to the outer wall of the carton sealer 2. The photographing end of the first box condition association member 1 is located above the cigarette box placement table 4 connected to the carton sealer sleeve port 3. The first box condition association member 1 is electrically connected to the motor that controls the cigarette bar stacking in the cigarette bar stacking workstation 6 in the middle of the carton sealer 2 through the PLC in the box condition association industrial control computer 5. After the first box condition association member 1 successfully scans the engineering code on the cigarette box placed at the cigarette box placement table 4, it drives and controls the motor that controls the cigarette bar stacking to act through the PLC in the box condition association industrial control computer 5, and stacks the cigarette bars that are conveyed to the cigarette bar stacking workstation 6 through the cigarette bar conveyor belt 7 entering the interior of the carton sealer from the carton sealer inlet 8 and are monitored to be in place by the cigarette bar in-place monitoring member 9 on the inner wall of the carton sealer 2. The fixed end of the second box condition association member 10 is arranged on the right inner wall of the carton sealer 2. The code reading end of the second box condition association member 10 faces the cigarette bar stacking workstation 6. The second box condition association member 10 is electrically connected to the in-place monitoring member 11 for each layer of cigarette layer lifting on the rotating shaft connected to the stacking motor and the cam in the cigarette bar stacking workstation 6 and the alarm arranged on the outer wall of the carton sealer 2 through the PLC in the box condition association industrial control computer 5. The second box condition association member 10 is used to detect that after the in-place monitoring member 11 for each layer of cigarette layer lifting monitors that the cam 26 connected to the output shaft of the motor that controls the cigarette bar stacking rotates by an angle that can lift a layer of cigarette layer in place, that is, after detecting that the cigarette bar stacking motor in the cigarette bar stacking workstation 6 lifts a layer of cigarette layer each time, it scans the barcodes on each cigarette in the just-lifted cigarette layer.

[0045] In actual operation, when using the first box of associated components 1 and the second box of associated components 2 on the manual cartoning machine to associate with the cigarette cartoning process, first, the engineering code on the cigarette box of the to-be-packed cigarette stack is automatically scanned by the first box of conditional associated components 1 set above the cigarette box placement table 4 connected to the cartoning machine sleeve 3. Then, each cigarette in the cigarette layer of the cigarette stack is automatically read-coded by the second box of conditional associated components 9 set inside the cartoning machine 2 and near the cigarette stack position 6. If the second box of conditional associated components 10 successfully scans the barcodes on each cigarette in the five-layer cigarette layer lifted and the cigarette layer stacking in-place monitoring component 12 set on the right inner wall of the cartoning machine 2 near the cigarette stack position 6 monitors that the cigarette layer has been stacked in place (stacked in place: five-layer cigarette layer), the cigarette layer stacking in-place monitoring component 12 drives the push plate 13 through the PLC in the box condition associated industrial control computer 5 to push the stacked five-layer cigarette layer into the cigarette box socketed with the cartoning machine sleeve 3 and successfully scanned by the first box of conditional associated components 1. After such a cigarette layer pushing process is carried out twice, the second box of conditional associated components 8 sends the information of successful boxing to the PLC in the box condition associated industrial control computer 5, and the HMI on the box condition associated industrial control computer 5 displays successful boxing and prompts the operator to carry the box away. If the second box of conditional associated components 9 fails to scan the barcode on any one cigarette in the five-layer cigarette layer lifted and the cigarette layer stacking in-place monitoring component 12 on the right inner side wall of the cartoning machine 2 near the cigarette stack position 6 monitors that the cigarette layer has been stacked in place (stacked in place: five-layer cigarette layer), the cigarette layer stacking in-place monitoring component 12 drives the push plate 13 through the PLC in the box condition associated industrial control computer 5 to push the stacked five-layer cigarette layer into the cigarette box socketed with the cartoning machine sleeve 3 and successfully scanned by the first box of conditional associated components 1. After such a cigarette layer pushing process is carried out twice, the second box of conditional associated components 9 controls the alarm to sound after all the cigarettes are loaded into the cigarette box through the PLC in the box condition associated industrial control computer 5, reminding the operator to take out the cigarettes in the cigarette box and re-scan and box them. There is no need for manual operation with a scanning gun to complete the box association of the inner grid workstations in the manual cartoning machine 2, thus solving the problems of time-consuming, high labor intensity, and high labor cost caused by the manual scanning and association method for each workstation when associating the box conditions involved in the process of loading the cigarette stack into the manual cartoning machine.

[0046] Please refer to Figure 3 To avoid the situation of the cigarette conveyor belt 7 idling, a cigarette placement monitoring component 27 is provided on the side wall near the feeding end of the cigarette conveyor belt 7. The cigarette placement monitoring component 27 can be an infrared detection sensor, and the cigarette placement monitoring component 27 can also be other detection sensors. The infrared detection sensor is electrically connected to the motor controlling the operation of the cigarette conveyor belt 7 through the PLC in the box condition associated industrial control computer 5. The discharging end of the cigarette conveyor belt 7 extends from the cartoning machine inlet 8 to the cigarette stack position 6 in the middle of the cartoning machine 2.

[0047] In actual operation, when the operator places the cigarette cartons on the feeding end of the cigarette carton conveyor belt 7 and they are monitored by the infrared detection sensor, the infrared detection sensor will, through the box condition association, drive the motor that controls the operation of the cigarette carton conveyor belt 7 in the PLC of the industrial control computer 5 to act, and send the cigarette cartons on the cigarette carton conveyor belt 7 into the cigarette carton stacking station 5 in the carton sealer through the inlet 8 of the carton sealer, thus avoiding the idling condition of the cigarette carton conveyor belt 7 when there are no cigarette cartons on it.

[0048] Please refer to Figure 1 and Figure 2 , to complete the process in which after the cigarette arrival monitoring component 9 monitors that the cigarette cartons are full at the cigarette carton stacking station 6 (full position: there are five cigarette cartons in each cigarette layer) and the engineering code on the empty cigarette box scanned by the first box condition association component 1 is correct, the stacking motor at the cigarette carton stacking station 6 starts to act. The cigarette arrival monitoring component 9 is electrically connected to the motor that controls cigarette carton stacking through the first box condition association component 1 and the PLC in the box condition association industrial control computer 5.

[0049] In actual operation, after the first box condition association component 1 successfully scans the engineering code on the cigarette box on the cigarette box placement table 4 and the cigarette arrival monitoring component 9 detects that the cigarette cartons transported to the cigarette carton stacking station 6 through the cigarette carton conveyor belt 7 are full, the cigarette arrival monitoring component 9 and the first box condition association component 1 after the scanned cigarette box code is correct will control the motor that stacks the cigarette cartons to act through the PLC in the box condition association industrial control computer 5, and lift the cigarette layer with five cigarette cartons upward once. In this way, the situation of loading cigarette cartons into a cigarette box with an unsuccessful code scan can be avoided, and the time for box association conditions can be further saved.

[0050] It should be noted that the infrared detection sensor is a prior art and no improvement or design has been made to it, so its structure will not be described in detail.

[0051] Please refer to Figure 1 and Figure 3 , the cigarette arrival monitoring component 9 used to monitor whether the cigarette cartons reach the full position (full position: there are five cigarette cartons in one cigarette layer) at the cigarette carton stacking station 6 is a capacitance sensor. The capacitance sensor is arranged on the left inner wall of the carton sealer sleeve 3 and the capacitance sensor corresponds to the full position of the cigarette cartons in the cigarette carton stacking station 6. The capacitance sensor is used to monitor whether the cigarette cartons entering the cigarette carton stacking station 6 are full.

[0052] In actual operation, when the capacitance sensor detects that the cigarette bars in the cigarette bar stacking station 6 in the carton sealing machine 2 conveyed by the cigarette bar conveyor belt 7 are full, and the first box condition-related component 1 scans the engineering code on the cigarette box on the cigarette box placement table 4 correctly, the capacitance sensor and the first box condition-related component 10 after correctly scanning the engineering code of the cigarette box will control the motor for controlling cigarette bar stacking in the carton sealing machine to act through the PLC in the box condition-related industrial control computer 5, and lift the cigarette layer with five cigarettes per layer upward once.

[0053] It should be noted that the capacitance sensor is a prior art and no improvement or design has been made to it, so its structure will not be described in detail.

[0054] It should be noted that the capacitance sensor for monitoring whether the cigarette bars reach the full position (full position: there are five cigarettes in one cigarette layer) at the cigarette bar stacking station 6 can be provided with multiple capacitance sensors on the inner wall of the carton sealing machine 2 near the cigarette bar stacking station 6 according to the actual requirements of the full position monitoring accuracy of the cigarette bars.

[0055] Please refer to Figure 2 , the monitoring component 11 for each layer of cigarette layer to reach the lifting position for monitoring whether the stacking motor lifts the full cigarette layer to the position is an angle sensor. The monitoring component 11 for each layer of cigarette layer to reach the lifting position is arranged on the rotating shaft connected to the cigarette bar stacking motor and the cam 26 in the cigarette bar stacking station 6. The outer wall of the angle sensor is also electrically connected to the motor for controlling cigarette bar stacking in the carton sealing machine 2 through the PLC in the box condition-related industrial control computer 5.

[0056] In actual operation, when the monitoring component 11 for each layer of cigarette layer to reach the lifting position detects that the cam 26 connected to the output shaft of the motor for controlling cigarette bar stacking rotates by an angle that can definitely lift one layer of cigarette layer to the position, that is, after the cigarette bar stacking motor lifts one layer of cigarette layer to the position, the monitoring component 11 for each layer of cigarette layer to reach the lifting position will control the motor for controlling cigarette bar stacking in the carton sealing machine 2 to stop temporarily for a period of time through the PLC in the box condition-related industrial control computer 5, so as to wait for the cigarette bar conveyor belt 7 to convey the cigarette bars to the cigarette bar stacking station 6 in the carton sealing machine 2 again for stacking.

[0057] It should be noted that the monitoring component 11 for each layer of cigarette layer to reach the lifting position will control the motor for controlling cigarette bar stacking in the carton sealing machine 2 to stop temporarily for a period of time through the PLC in the box condition-related industrial control computer 5. The period of temporary stop is when the cigarette bar conveyor belt 7 conveys the cigarette bars to the cigarette bar stacking station 6 in the carton sealing machine 2 again for stacking. The period of temporary stop can be achieved by adding a time relay in the circuit connecting the monitoring component 11 for each layer of cigarette layer to reach the lifting position and the motor for cigarette bar stacking.

[0058] It should be noted that the cigarette stacker motor and the cam 26 connected to the motor output shaft of the cigarette stacker are all components in the cigarette stacker station 6 of the carton sealer. The components involved in the cigarette stacker station 6 of the carton sealer and the connection relationships between the components are prior art, and no improvement or design has been made to them, so their structures will not be described in detail. The basic movement structure of the cigarette stacker station is as follows: A cam is connected to the motor output shaft of the cigarette stacker motor. One end of the lifting rod is connected to the outer wall of the cam, and the other end of the lifting rod is connected to a cigarette layer lifting frame. An angle transducer is installed on the motor output shaft of the cigarette stacker motor connected to the cam. The outer shell of the angle transducer is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the carton sealer through a connecting rod. Since the cam is arranged on the motor output shaft of the cigarette stacker motor, after the angle transducer measures the rotation angle of the motor output shaft of the cigarette stacker motor, the rotation angle of the cam can also be indirectly obtained.

[0059] Please refer to Figure 1 , the cigarette layer stacking in-place monitoring member 12 for monitoring whether the cigarette layer at the cigarette stacker station 6 is stacked in place (stacked in place: five layers reach the five-layer position of a cigarette stack) is a limit detector (limit detector: limit sensor). The cigarette layer stacking in-place monitoring member 12 is electrically connected to the cylinder located at the rear of the cigarette stacker station 6 and arranged on the inner rear wall of the carton sealer 2 through the PLC in the industrial control computer 5 associated with the box condition. The pushing end of the cylinder is connected to a push plate 13, and the push plate faces the cigarette layer stacking area of the cigarette stacker station 6.

[0060] In actual operation, when the stacking motor at the cigarette stacker station 6 stacks the cigarette layer in place and it is detected by the cigarette layer stacking in-place monitoring member 12, and after the second box condition associated member 9 scans the barcode on any one of the cigarettes in the five-layer cigarette layer successfully or fails, the cigarette layer stacking in-place monitoring member 12 will control the cylinder located at the rear of the cigarette stacker station 6 and arranged on the inner rear wall of the carton sealer 2 through the PLC in the industrial control computer 5 associated with the box condition to drive the push plate 13 to perform a cigarette pushing action on the cigarette stack that has been stacked in place at the cigarette stacker station 6. Such a cigarette pushing action is performed twice before and after. The first cigarette pushing action is to push the cigarette stack composed of five-layer cigarette layers into the cigarette box, and the second cigarette pushing action is to push another cigarette stack composed of five-layer cigarette layers into the cigarette box. Then the cigarette box is loaded with two cigarette stacks composed of five layers, that is, 10 cigarette layers, and there are five cigarettes in each cigarette layer, that is, 50 cigarettes are loaded into one cigarette box.

[0061] It should be noted that the limit detector and the second box condition associated member 10 are both located on the right inner wall of the carton sealer. Specifically, the limit detector is located above the second box condition associated member 10.

[0062] Please refer to Figure 1 , Figure 4 and Figure 5, the first box condition-related component 1 includes a rotating rod 14, a connecting rod 15, a first adjusting block 16, and a code-scanning intelligent camera 17; among them, the rotating rod 14 is used for rotatably and adjustably connecting with a connecting shaft 19 on a support connected to the outer side wall of the carton sealer 2 through a socket ring 18 and an adjusting bolt, so as to realize the adjustable process of the angle of the rotating rod 14; the connecting rod 15 is used as a support for the lateral movement adjustment of the first adjusting block 16; the first adjusting block 16 is used for laterally adjusting and moving along the connecting rod 15 to drive the code-scanning intelligent camera 17 connected to the bottom of the first adjusting block 16 to move laterally; the code-scanning intelligent camera 17 is used for photographing and scanning the engineering code on the top of the empty cigarette box.

[0063] Specifically, the socket ring 18 connected to one end of the rotating rod 14 is rotatably and adjustably connected with the connecting shaft 19 on the support connected to the outer side wall of the carton sealer 2 through an adjusting bolt. The side wall of the other end of the rotating rod 14 is connected to the fixed end of the connecting rod 15. The first adjusting block 16 is adjustably connected to the connecting rod 15. The bottom of the first adjusting block 16 is connected to the top of the code-scanning intelligent camera 17. The code-scanning intelligent camera 17 and the cigarette bar in-place monitoring component 9 are electrically connected to the motor controlling the cigarette bar stacking at the cigarette bar stacking station 6 in the carton sealer 2 through the PLC in the box condition-related industrial control computer 5. The photographing end of the code-scanning intelligent camera 17 is located above the cigarette box placement table 4. After the code-scanning intelligent camera 17 photographs the engineering code on the cigarette box and is recognized by the box condition-related industrial control computer 5, if the engineering code on the cigarette box scanned by the code-scanning intelligent camera 17 is successfully recognized and monitored by the cigarette bar in-place monitoring component 9, the PLC in the box condition-related industrial control computer 5 controls the motor controlling the cigarette bar stacking in the carton sealer 2 to stack the cigarette bars.

[0064] In actual use, when the first box condition-related component 1 photographs and scans the engineering code on the top of the empty cigarette box located in the cigarette box placement table 4 and sleeved at the carton sealer socket 3, first, according to the cigarette box specifications photographed and scanned by the first box condition-related component 1, the rotating rod 14 is adjusted to rotate to directly above the empty cigarette box placed on the cigarette box placement table 4. Then, according to the position of the engineering code set on the cigarette boxes of different specifications, the moving distance of the first adjusting block 16 adjustably connected to the connecting rod 15 on the connecting rod 15 is adjusted, so that the code-scanning intelligent camera 17 connected to the first adjusting block 16 moves to directly above the position of the engineering code on the cigarette boxes of different specifications, and photographs and scans the engineering codes on the tops of the cigarette boxes of different specifications on the cigarette box placement table 4 to meet the automatic scanning of the engineering codes on the cigarette boxes of different specifications.

[0065] It should be noted that the socket ring 18 connected to one end of the rotating rod 14 is rotatably and adjustably connected to the connecting shaft 19 on the support connected to the outer wall of the carton sealer 2 through an adjusting bolt. That is, a through hole is provided on the outer wall of the socket ring 18, and threaded holes are spaced on the surface of the connecting shaft 19. The nut in the locking bolt is movably abutted against the surface of the orifice of the through hole on the outer wall of the socket ring 18, and the bolt rod in the locking bolt passes through the through hole on the outer wall of the socket ring 18 and is threadedly connected to the threaded hole on the outer wall of the connecting shaft 19. Multiple threaded holes are arranged at intervals along the outer wall of the connecting shaft 19 in a ring shape; when the rotating rod 14 is adjusted to a certain swing angle, the locking bolt can be separated from both the socket ring 18 and the connecting shaft 19 first, and the socket ring 18 and the connecting shaft 19 are in a rotating state. At this time, first rotate the rotating rod 14 to an appropriate angle, and then pass the bolt rod in the locking bolt through the through hole of the socket ring 18 and threadedly connect it to the corresponding threaded hole on the outer wall of the connecting shaft 19 located inside the socket ring 18 to complete the process of adjusting and locking the swing angle of the rotating rod 14.

[0066] It should be noted that the first adjusting block 16 includes a clamp seat 30 and an adjusting bolt 31; the bottom of the clamp seat 30 is connected to the top of the connecting plate 32. A strip groove 33 is provided through the upper half of the clamp seat 30, and the strip groove 33 communicates with the connecting rod socket through hole 34 provided in the middle of the clamp seat 30. The two clamp arms 35 defined by the strip groove 33 in the upper half of the clamp seat 30 are adjustably connected through the adjusting bolt 31; when the first adjusting block 16 is adjusted horizontally along the connecting rod 15, the adjusting bolt and the two clamp arms defined by the strip groove in the upper half of the clamp seat are in an unconnected state, and the connecting rod socket through hole on the clamp seat is in an active state with the connecting rod 15. At this time, first move the clamp seat horizontally along the connecting rod 15 to an appropriate distance, and then threadedly connect the two clamp arms defined by the strip groove in the upper half of the clamp seat with the adjusting bolt to complete the process of adjusting and locking the horizontal movement of the first adjusting block 16 along the connecting rod 15.

[0067] Please refer to Figure 6 In order to prevent the empty carton from sliding out from the discharge end of the carton placement table 4 due to the thrust when the stacked carton stack is pushed into the empty carton pre-sleeved on the sleeve opening 3 of the carton sealer and located on the carton placement table 4, a baffle 20 for resisting the carton is provided at one end of the carton placement table 4 away from the sleeve opening 3 of the carton sealer. The flipped baffle 20 and the conveying baffles 21 on both sides of the carton placement table 4 define a carton placement area 22. The baffle 20 is rotatably connected to the end of the carton placement table 4. Plugging holes 28 are provided on both side walls of the baffle 20, and the plugging holes 28 are detachably plugged and connected to the plugging holes 29 on the conveying baffle 21 near the discharge end of the carton placement table 4 through plugging pins.

[0068] In actual operation, when the push plate in the carton sealer 2 pushes the cigarette stack into an empty cigarette carton, first place the empty cigarette carton in the cigarette carton placement area 22 and socket it on the socket 3 of the carton sealer. Then, flip the baffle 20 rotatably connected to the discharge end of the cigarette carton placement table 4 to form a closure with the conveying baffles 21 on both sides of the cigarette carton placement table 4, and simultaneously insert the insertion pins into the first insertion hole opened on the side wall of the baffle 20 and the second insertion hole on the conveying baffle 21. In this way, during the process of pushing the cigarette stack that has been stacked in place into the empty cigarette carton pre-socketed on the socket 3 of the carton sealer and located on the cigarette carton placement table 4, due to the baffle 20 resisting the rear part of the empty cigarette carton, the situation where the empty cigarette carton slides out from the discharge end of the cigarette carton placement table 4 due to the thrust when the cigarette stack enters will not occur. When the cigarette stack needs to be removed from the socket 3 of the carton sealer after all the cigarette stacks have entered the cigarette carton, first remove the insertion pins inserted into the first insertion hole on the side wall of the baffle 20 and the second insertion hole on the conveying baffle 21, then flip the baffle 20 to a position where it does not form a closure with the conveying baffle 21, and then remove the cigarette carton filled with the cigarette stack from the socket 3 of the carton sealer.

[0069] Please refer to Figure 1 and Figure 7 , the second box condition related part 10 for reading the barcodes on each cigarette in the cigarette layer at the cigarette stack station 6 includes an L-shaped connecting rod 23, a second adjusting block 24, and a barcode scanner 25. Among them, the L-shaped connecting rod 23 is used as a bracket for adjusting the second adjusting block 24. The second adjusting block 24 moves horizontally along the L-shaped connecting rod 23 to drive the barcode scanner 25 connected to the second adjusting block 24 to move horizontally. The barcode scanner 25 is used to read the two-dimensional barcodes on each cigarette in the cigarette layer.

[0070] Specifically, the first end of the L-shaped connecting rod 23 is connected to the right inner wall of the carton sealer 2. Five second adjusting blocks 24 are respectively adjustably connected to the L-shaped connecting rod 23. The side wall of each second adjusting block 24 is connected to the side wall of the barcode scanner 25. The reading end of the barcode scanner 25 corresponds to the stacked cigarette layer at the cigarette stack station 6 inside the carton sealer 2. The barcode scanner 25 is electrically connected to the cigarette layer lifting in-place monitoring part 11 and the alarm set outside the carton sealer respectively through the PLC in the box condition related industrial control computer 5. The barcode scanner 25 is used to scan the barcodes on each cigarette in the five-layer cigarette layer stacked at the cigarette stack station 6. Among them, the second adjusting block 24 has the same structure as the first adjusting block 16, that is, the second adjusting block 24 includes a clamp seat and an adjusting bolt. The bottom of the clamp seat is connected to the top of the connecting plate. A strip groove is opened through the upper half of the clamp seat, and the strip groove communicates with the connecting rod socket through hole opened in the middle of the clamp seat. The two clamp arms defined by the strip groove in the upper half of the clamp seat are adjustably connected through the adjusting bolt.

[0071] In actual operation, when the barcode scanner 25 successfully scans the barcode on each cigarette in the five-layer cigarette layer and the cigarette layer stacking in-place monitoring component 12 disposed on the right inner sidewall of the carton sealer 2 near the cigarette stack-up station 6 detects that the cigarette layer has been stacked in place, the cigarette layer stacking in-place monitoring component 12 will control, through the PLC in the box condition associated industrial computer 5, the cylinder in the carton sealer 2 and located at the rear side of the cigarette stack-up station 6 to drive the push plate 13 to push the stacked five-layer cigarette layer into the cigarette box socketed with the carton sealer socket 3 and successfully scanned by the scanning intelligent camera 15. After the cigarette layer pushing process is carried out twice in this way, the barcode scanner 25 sends the information of successful boxing to the PLC in the box condition associated industrial computer 5, and the HMI on the box condition associated industrial computer 5 then displays successful boxing.

[0072] When the barcode scanner 25 fails to scan the barcode on each cigarette in the five-layer cigarette layer and the cigarette layer stacking in-place monitoring component 12 disposed on the right inner sidewall of the carton sealer 2 near the cigarette stack-up station 6 detects that the cigarette layer has been stacked into five layers, the cigarette layer stacking in-place monitoring component 11 will control, through the PLC in the box condition associated industrial computer 5, the cylinder in the carton sealer 2 and located at the rear side of the cigarette stack-up station 6 to drive the push plate 13 to push the stacked five-layer cigarette layer into the cigarette box socketed with the carton sealer socket 3 and successfully scanned by the scanning intelligent camera 17. After the cigarette layer pushing process is carried out twice in this way, the barcode scanner 25 controls, through the PLC in the box condition associated industrial computer 5, the alarm to give an alarm after all the cigarettes are loaded into the cigarette box, reminding the operator to take out the cigarettes loaded into the cigarette box and rescan and repack them.

[0073] It should be noted that the monitoring of the number of cigarette pushing actions can be carried out by a counter (the counter can be installed on the L-shaped connecting rod 23, and the counter is used to monitor the number of times the push plate 13 pushes the cigarettes), and the counter is electrically connected through the PLC in the box condition associated industrial computer 5.

[0074] The above is a box condition associated device for a manual carton sealer proposed by the present invention in the first aspect. The following is a box condition associated method for a manual carton sealer proposed by the present invention. A box condition associated method for a manual carton sealer includes the following steps:

[0075] If the cigarette placement monitoring component 8 on the sidewall of the feeding end of the cigarette conveyor belt 7 monitors the placement of cigarettes, the cigarette placement monitoring component 8 will control, through the PLC in the box condition associated industrial computer 5, the motor driving the cigarette conveyor belt 7 to act, and send the cigarettes from the cigarette conveyor belt 7 through the carton sealer inlet 8 to the cigarette stack-up station 6 in the middle of the carton sealer 2;

[0076] While feeding the cigarette bars on the cigarette bar conveyor belt 7 into the cigarette bar stacking station 6 inside the carton sealer 2, the code scanning intelligent camera 17 takes pictures and scans the engineering code on the top of the empty cigarette carton that is pre-sleeved on the carton sealer sleeve 3 and placed in the cigarette carton placement area 22. The taken picture is then transmitted to the box condition associated industrial control computer 5, and the image recognition software in the box condition associated industrial control computer 5 recognizes the incoming engineering code picture;

[0077] If the image recognition software in the box condition associated industrial control computer 5 fails to recognize the engineering code on the empty cigarette carton, the PLC in the box condition associated industrial control computer 5 controls the motor that controls cigarette bar stacking in the carton sealer 2 not to act, and displays "Waiting for cigarette carton code scanning" on the HMI interface of the box condition associated industrial control computer 5. Then the cigarette bar conveyor belt 7 is stopped by pressing the emergency stop switch and stops feeding cigarette bars to the cigarette bar stacking station 6 of the carton sealer 2;

[0078] If the image recognition software in the box condition associated industrial control computer 5 successfully recognizes the engineering code on the empty cigarette carton and the capacitance sensor on the left inner wall of the carton sealer sleeve 3 monitors that the cigarette bars in the cigarette bar stacking station 6 are full, the capacitance sensor controls the motor that controls cigarette bar stacking in the carton sealer 2 to act through the PLC on the box condition associated industrial control computer 5, and lifts the first layer of cigarette layer at the cigarette bar stacking station 6 where the cigarette bars are fed into the carton sealer 2 through the cigarette bar conveyor belt 7 once;

[0079] When the cigarette bar stacking motor is lifting the first layer of cigarette layer at the cigarette bar stacking station 6 where the cigarette bars are fed into the carton sealer 2 through the cigarette bar conveyor belt 7, and the layer-by-layer cigarette layer lifting in-place monitoring component 11 set on the rotating shaft connected to the cigarette bar stacking motor and the cam 26 in the cigarette bar stacking station 6 monitors that the cam 26 rotates to an angle that can definitely lift a layer of cigarette layer in place, the layer-by-layer cigarette layer lifting in-place monitoring component 11 controls the cigarette bar stacking motor to temporarily stop the stacking action and controls the barcode scanner 25 near the cigarette bar stacking station 6 to read the barcode on each cigarette bar in the first layer of cigarette layer through the PLC on the box condition associated industrial control computer 5. In this way, the cigarette layer lifting and stacking and the barcode scanning process for each cigarette bar in each lifted layer of cigarette layer are carried out five times in sequence, and then the number of cigarette layers stacked is five layers;

[0080] If after the number of cigarette layers stacked is in place (the number of cigarette layers stacked is in place: the cigarette layers are stacked into five layers) and is detected by the cigarette layer stacking in-place monitoring component 12 and the barcode reader 25 reads the barcode on each cigarette bar in the five layers of cigarette layer correctly, the cigarette layer stacking in-place monitoring component 12 controls the cylinder behind the cigarette bar stacking station 6 to drive the push plate 13 to act through the PLC on the box condition associated industrial control computer 5, and pushes the cigarette stack that has been stacked into five layers at the cigarette bar stacking station 6 into the empty cigarette carton that is pre-sleeved on the carton sealer sleeve 3 and has been successfully scanned by the code scanning intelligent camera 17. In this way, the process of pushing the cigarette stack is carried out twice successively, and then 50 cigarettes are loaded into an empty cigarette carton. The HMI on the box condition associated industrial control computer 5 displays "Packing successful" and prompts the operator to carry the box away;

[0081] If the number of cigarette layers is stacked in place (the number of cigarette layers is stacked in place: the cigarette layers are stacked in five layers), and after the number-of-cigarette-layers stacking-in-place monitor 12 detects it and the barcode reader 25 fails to read the barcode on any cigarette strip in the five-layer cigarette layer, the number-of-cigarette-layers stacking-in-place monitor 12 drives the push plate 13 to act through the PLC on the box condition associated industrial computer (5), which drives the cylinder behind the cigarette stacker station 6 to push the cigarette stack that has been stacked in five layers at the cigarette stacker station 6 into the empty cigarette box that has been pre-sleeved on the sealing machine sleeve port 3 and successfully scanned by the code-scanning intelligent camera 17. If the process of pushing the cigarette stack is carried out twice successively in this way, then 50 cigarettes are loaded into an empty cigarette box. However, the barcode reader 25 will control the alarm through the PLC in the box condition associated industrial computer to give an alarm after all the cigarette stacks are loaded into the cigarette box, reminding the operator to take out the cigarette strips in the cigarette box and re-scan and pack them.

[0082] Although the present invention has been described herein with reference to various illustrative embodiments of the present invention, it should be understood that those skilled in the art can design many other modifications and embodiments that will fall within the scope of the principles and spirit of the present disclosure. More specifically, within the scope of the present disclosure, the drawings, and the claims, various variations and improvements can be made to the components and / or the layout of the subject combination layout. In addition to the variations and improvements made to the components and / or the layout, other uses will also be apparent to those skilled in the art.

Claims

1. A manual carton sealing machine box condition association device, characterized in that: include: A first box condition associated component (1), the rotating end of the first box condition associated component (1) is rotatably connected to the outer wall of the carton sealing machine (2), the photographing end of the first box condition associated component (1) is located above the cigarette box placement table (4) connected to the carton sealing machine sleeve (3), the first box condition associated component (1) is electrically connected to a motor for controlling cigarette stick stacking in a cigarette stick stacking station (6) located in the middle of the carton sealing machine (2) through a PLC in a box condition associated industrial computer (5), the first box condition associated component (1) is used to drive the motor for controlling cigarette stick stacking through the PLC in the box condition associated industrial computer (5) after successfully scanning the engineering code on the cigarette box placed on the cigarette box placement table (4), and stack the cigarette sticks that are transported to the cigarette stick stacking station (6) through a cigarette stick conveyor belt (7) entering the carton sealing machine from an inlet (8) and detected as being in place by a cigarette stick in place monitoring component (9) on the inner wall of the carton sealing machine (2); A second box conditional associated component (10), the fixed end of the second box conditional associated component (10) is arranged on the right inner wall of the carton sealing machine (2), the barcode reading end of the second box conditional associated component (10) faces the cigarette stacking station (6), the second box conditional associated component (10) is electrically connected to the monitoring component (11) for each cigarette layer lifted into place on the rotating shaft connected to the stacking motor and the cam (26) in the cigarette stacking station (6) and the alarm device arranged on the outer wall of the carton sealing machine (2) through the PLC in the box conditional associated industrial control computer (5), the second box conditional associated component (10) is used to scan the barcode on each cigarette in the just lifted cigarette layer after the monitoring component (11) for each cigarette layer lifted into place detects that the cam (26) connected to the output shaft of the motor controlling the cigarette stacking rotates to an angle that can lift a cigarette layer into place; If the second box condition association component (10) successfully scans the barcode on each of the five-layer cigarettes and the cigarette layer stacking position monitoring component (12) on the right inner wall of the box sealing machine (2) near the cigarette stacking station (6) detects that the cigarette layers have been stacked in place, the cigarette layer stacking position monitoring component (12) controls the cylinder in the box sealing machine (2) and located at the rear side of the cigarette stacking station (6) through the PLC in the box condition association industrial computer (5) to drive the push plate (13) to push the stacked five layers of cigarettes into the cigarette box that is connected to the box sealing machine socket (3) and has been successfully scanned by the first box condition association component (1). After the cigarette layer pushing process is carried out twice, the second box condition association component (8) sends the information of successful packing to the PLC in the box condition association industrial computer (5), and the HMI on the box condition association industrial computer (5) displays that the packing is successful, and prompts the operator to take the box away; If the second box condition association component (9) fails to scan the barcode on any of the five-layer cigarettes and the cigarette layer stacking position monitoring component (12) on the right inner wall of the carton sealing machine (2) near the cigarette stacking station (6) detects that the cigarette layer has been stacked in place, the cigarette layer stacking position monitoring component (12) controls the cylinder in the carton sealing machine (2) and located at the rear side of the cigarette stacking station (6) through the PLC in the box condition association industrial control computer (5) to drive the push plate (13) to push the stacked five layers of cigarettes into the cigarette box that is connected to the carton sealing machine socket (3) and has been successfully scanned by the first box condition association component (1). The cigarette layer pushing process is performed twice. The second box condition association component (9) controls the alarm through the PLC in the box condition association industrial control computer (5) to sound an alarm after all the cigarettes are loaded into the cigarette box, reminding the operator to take the cigarettes loaded in the cigarette box out of the cigarette box and re-scan the barcodes for packing.

2. The manual carton sealing machine box condition association device according to claim 1, characterized in that: A tobacco rod placement monitoring component (27) is arranged on the side wall near the feed end of the tobacco rod conveyor belt (7). The tobacco rod placement monitoring component (27) is an infrared detection sensor. The infrared detection sensor is electrically connected to a motor for controlling the operation of the tobacco rod conveyor belt (7) through a PLC in a box condition-associated industrial computer (5). The discharge end of the tobacco rod conveyor belt (7) extends from the carton sealing machine inlet (8) to a tobacco rod stacking station (6) in the middle of the carton sealing machine (2). The infrared detection sensor is used to detect that tobacco rods are placed in the feed end of the tobacco rod conveyor belt. The PLC in the box condition-associated industrial computer (5) drives the motor for controlling the operation of the tobacco rod conveyor belt (7), and the tobacco rods on the tobacco rod conveyor belt (7) are delivered to the tobacco rod stacking station (5) in the carton sealing machine (2) through the carton sealing machine inlet (8).

3. The manual carton sealing machine box condition association device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The cigarette rod arrival monitoring component (9) is electrically connected to the motor for controlling cigarette rod stacking through the first box condition association component (1) and the PLC in the box condition association industrial computer (5). The cigarette rod arrival monitoring component (9) is used to control the movement of the motor for controlling cigarette rod stacking through the PLC in the box condition association industrial computer (5) after the first box condition association component (1) successfully scans the engineering code on the cigarette box at the cigarette box placement table (4) and detects that the cigarette rods transported to the cigarette rod stacking station (6) via the cigarette conveyor belt (7) are full, and the cigarette rod arrival monitoring component (9) and the first box condition association component (1) after scanning the cigarette box code correctly control the movement of the motor for controlling cigarette rod stacking through the PLC in the box condition association industrial computer (5), so as to lift the cigarette layer with five cigarettes upward once.

4. The manual carton sealing machine box condition association device according to claim 3, characterized in that: The cigarette rod arrival monitoring component (9) is a capacitive sensor, which is arranged on the left inner wall of the case sealing machine sleeve (3) and corresponds to the full position of the cigarette rods in the cigarette rod stacking station (6). The capacitive sensor is used to monitor whether the cigarette rods entering the cigarette rod stacking station (6) are full. If the capacitive sensor detects that the cigarette rods transported to the cigarette rod stacking station (6) in the case sealing machine (2) via the cigarette rod conveyor belt (7) are full and the first box condition association component (1) scans the engineering code on the cigarette box at the cigarette box placement table (4) and the code is scanned correctly, the capacitive sensor and the first box condition association component (10) after scanning the engineering code of the cigarette box correctly control the action of the motor controlling the cigarette rod stacking in the case sealing machine through the PLC in the box condition association industrial control computer (5), and each layer of five cigarette rods is lifted up once.

5. The manual carton sealing machine box condition association device according to claim 3, characterized in that: The monitoring component (11) for each layer of smoke being lifted into place is an angle sensor. The monitoring component (11) for each layer of smoke being lifted into place is arranged on a rotating shaft connected to a cigarette stacking motor and a cam (26) in a cigarette stacking station (6). The monitoring component (11) for each layer of smoke being lifted into place is also electrically connected to a motor for controlling cigarette stacking in a carton sealing machine (2) through a PLC in a box condition-associated industrial control computer (5). The monitoring component (11) for each layer of smoke being lifted into place is used to detect that after the cam (26) connected to the output shaft of the motor for controlling cigarette stacking rotates to an angle that can lift a layer of smoke into place, the motor for controlling cigarette stacking in the carton sealing machine (2) is driven to stop temporarily, so as to wait for the cigarette conveyor belt (7) to transport the cigarettes to the cigarette stacking station (6) in the carton sealing machine (2) for stacking again.

6. The manual carton sealing machine box condition association device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The smoke layer stacking in place monitoring component (12) is a limit detector. The smoke layer stacking in place monitoring component (12) is electrically connected to a cylinder located at the rear side of the cigarette stacking station (6) and arranged on the inner rear wall of the carton sealing machine (2) through the PLC in the box condition associated industrial control computer (5). The smoke layer stacking in place monitoring component (12) is used to control the cylinder to drive the push plate (13) to push the cigarette stack that has been stacked in place at the cigarette stacking station (6) through the PLC in the box condition associated industrial control computer (5) after the second box condition associated component (9) fails or succeeds in scanning the bar code on any cigarette in the five layers of cigarettes and the monitored cigarette stacking station (6) is stacked in place.

7. The manual carton sealing machine box condition association device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The first box condition-associated component (1) comprises a rotating rod (14), a connecting rod (15), a first adjusting block (16) and a code scanning smart camera (17); a sleeve ring (18) connected to one end of the rotating rod (14) is rotatably and adjustably connected to a connecting shaft (19) on a support connected to the outer wall of the carton sealing machine (2) through an adjusting bolt, the side wall of the other end of the rotating rod (14) is connected to the fixed end of the connecting rod (15), the connecting rod (15) is adjustably connected to the first adjusting block (16), the bottom of the first adjusting block (16) is connected to the top of the code scanning smart camera (17), and the code scanning smart camera (17) and the cigarette rod in place monitoring component (9) The PLC in the box condition-associated industrial computer (5) is electrically connected to the cigarette rod stacking motor in the cigarette rod stacking station (6) in the carton sealing machine (2). The photographing end of the code scanning intelligent camera (17) is located above the cigarette box placement table (4). The code scanning intelligent camera (17) is used to take a photo of the engineering code on the cigarette box and then identify it in the box condition-associated industrial computer (5). If the engineering code on the cigarette box scanned by the code scanning intelligent camera (17) is successfully identified and detected by the cigarette rod arrival monitoring component (9), the PLC in the box condition-associated industrial computer (5) controls the cigarette rod stacking motor in the carton sealing machine (2) to stack the cigarette rods.

8. The manual carton sealing machine box condition association device according to claim 7, characterized in that: A baffle (20) for blocking the cigarette box is arranged at one end of the cigarette box placement platform (4) away from the case sealing machine sleeve (3), and the flipped baffle (20) and the conveying baffles (21) on both sides of the cigarette box placement platform (4) define a cigarette box placement area (22).

9. The box condition association device for a manual carton sealing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The second box condition association component (10) comprises an L-shaped connecting rod (23), a second adjustment block (24) and a barcode scanner (25); the first end of the L-shaped connecting rod (23) is connected to the inner left wall of the carton sealing machine (2); five second adjustment blocks (24) are adjustably connected to the L-shaped connecting rod (23); the side wall of each second adjustment block (24) is connected to the side wall of the barcode scanner (25); the barcode scanner (25) reading end corresponds to the cigarette layer stacked at the cigarette stacking station (6) in the carton sealing machine (2); the barcode scanner (25) is electrically connected to the cigarette layer lifting monitoring component (11) and the alarm arranged outside the carton sealing machine through the PLC in the box condition association industrial control computer (5); the barcode scanner (25) is used to scan the barcode on each cigarette in the five layers of cigarette stacked at the cigarette stacking station (6); If the barcode scanner (25) successfully scans the barcode on each of the five-layer cigarettes and the cigarette stacking position monitoring component (12) on the right inner wall of the carton sealing machine (2) near the cigarette stacking station (6) detects that the cigarette layers have been stacked in place, the cigarette stacking position monitoring component (12) controls the cylinder in the carton sealing machine (2) and located at the rear side of the cigarette stacking station (6) through the PLC in the box condition-associated industrial computer (5) to drive the push plate (13) to push the stacked five layers of cigarettes into the cigarette box that is connected to the carton sealing machine socket (3) and has been successfully scanned by the code scanning smart camera (15). After the cigarette layer pushing process is performed twice, the barcode scanner (25) sends the information of successful packing to the PLC in the box condition-associated industrial computer (5), and the HMI on the box condition-associated industrial computer (5) displays that the packing is successful; If the barcode scanner (25) fails to scan the barcode on each of the five-layer cigarettes and the cigarette layer stacking detection device (12) on the right inner wall of the carton sealing machine (2) near the cigarette stacking station (6) detects that the cigarette layers have been stacked, the cigarette layer stacking detection device (11) controls the cylinder in the carton sealing machine (2) and located at the rear side of the cigarette stacking station (6) through the PLC in the box condition associated industrial computer (5) to drive the push plate (13) to push the stacked five layers of cigarettes into the cigarette box that is connected to the carton sealing machine socket (3) and has been successfully scanned by the code scanning smart camera (17). The cigarette layer pushing process is performed twice. The barcode scanner (25) controls the alarm through the PLC in the box condition associated industrial computer (5) to sound an alarm after all the cigarettes are loaded into the cigarette box, reminding the operator to take the cigarettes loaded into the cigarette box out of the cigarette box and re-scan the codes for packing.

10. The manual carton sealing machine box condition association method according to claims 1-9, comprising the following steps: If the tobacco rods on the side wall of the feeding end of the tobacco rod conveyor belt (7) are placed into the monitoring part (8) to monitor the placement of tobacco rods, the monitoring part (8) controls the motor driving the tobacco rod conveyor belt (7) through the box condition association PLC in the industrial control computer (5), and the tobacco rods are sent from the tobacco rod conveyor belt (7) to the tobacco rod stacking station (6) in the middle of the carton sealing machine (2) through the carton sealing machine inlet (8); While the cigarette strips on the cigarette strip conveyor belt (7) are being fed into the cigarette strip stacking station (6) inside the carton sealing machine (2), the code scanning intelligent camera (17) takes a picture and scans the engineering code on the top of the empty cigarette box which is pre-sleeved on the carton sealing machine sleeve (3) and placed in the cigarette box placement area (22), and the photographed picture is then transmitted to the box condition associated industrial control computer (5), and the image recognition software in the box condition associated industrial control computer (5) recognizes the transmitted engineering code picture; If the image recognition software in the box condition-related industrial computer (5) fails to recognize the engineering code on the empty cigarette box, the PLC in the box condition-related industrial computer (5) controls the motor for controlling the cigarette stick stacking in the box sealing machine (2) to stop operating, and the HMI interface on the box condition-related industrial computer (5) displays "waiting for the cigarette box to be scanned", and the cigarette stick conveyor belt (7) is pressed with the emergency stop switch to stop feeding cigarette sticks to the cigarette stick stacking station (6) of the box sealing machine (2); If the image recognition software in the box condition-associated industrial computer (5) successfully recognizes the engineering code on the empty cigarette box and the capacitive sensor on the left inner wall of the box sealing machine sleeve (3) detects that the cigarette rods in the cigarette stacking station (6) are full, the capacitive sensor controls the action of the motor controlling the cigarette rod stacking in the box sealing machine (2) through the PLC on the box condition-associated industrial computer (5), and lifts the first layer of cigarettes at the cigarette rod stacking station (6) in the box sealing machine (2) fed into the box sealing machine (2) via the cigarette rod conveyor belt (7); When the cigarette stacking motor is lifting the first layer of cigarettes sent to the cigarette stacking station (6) in the carton sealing machine (2) via the cigarette conveyor belt (7), the monitoring element (11) for each layer of cigarettes lifted to the position, which is arranged on the rotating shaft connected to the cigarette stacking motor and the cam (26) in the cigarette stacking station (6), detects that the cam (26) rotates to an angle that can lift a layer of cigarettes to the position. Then, the monitoring element (11) for each layer of cigarettes lifted to the position controls the cigarette stacking motor to temporarily stop the stacking action and controls the barcode scanner (25) near the cigarette stacking station (6) to read the barcode on each cigarette in the first layer of cigarettes through the box condition association. In this way, the process of lifting and stacking the cigarette layers and scanning the barcode on each cigarette in each lifted layer of cigarettes is performed five times in sequence, and the number of cigarette layers stacked is five; If the number of cigarette layers is stacked in place and is detected by the cigarette layer stacking position monitoring unit (12), and the barcode reader (25) reads the barcode on each cigarette in the five layers correctly, the cigarette layer stacking position monitoring unit (12) controls the cylinder on the rear side of the cigarette stacking station (6) through the PLC on the box condition-related industrial computer (5) to drive the push plate (13) to move, and push the cigarette stacks that have been stacked into five layers at the cigarette stacking station (6) into the empty cigarette box that has been pre-sleeved on the box sealing machine sleeve (3) and successfully scanned by the code scanning smart camera (17). The process of pushing the cigarette stack is carried out twice in succession, and 50 cigarettes are loaded into an empty cigarette box. The HMI on the box condition-related industrial computer (5) displays that the box is loaded successfully, and prompts the operator to take the box away. If the number of cigarette layers stacked is in place as detected by the cigarette layer stacking in place monitoring unit (12) and the barcode reader (25) fails to read the barcode on any cigarette strip in the five layers of cigarette layers, the cigarette layer stacking in place monitoring unit (12) controls the cylinder on the rear side of the cigarette strip stacking station (6) through the box condition association industrial computer (5) to drive the push plate (13) to move, and push the cigarette strip stacked in five layers at the cigarette strip stacking station (6) into an empty cigarette box that is pre-sleeved on the box sealing machine sleeve (3) and successfully scanned by the code scanning smart camera (17). The process of pushing the cigarette strip stack is carried out twice in succession, and 50 cigarette strips are loaded into an empty cigarette box. However, the barcode reader (25) will control the alarm through the box condition association industrial computer PLC to sound an alarm after all the cigarette strips are loaded into the cigarette box, reminding the operator to take the cigarette strips loaded in the cigarette box out of the cigarette box and re-scan the code for packing.

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