Outer package production line and production method

By designing the outer packaging production line, the automatic entry and exit of the material frame, the automatic feeding of the tea bag and packaging box, and the automatic inclination of the material frame, solving the problem of manual operation dependence in tea production and improving production efficiency.

CN120482490APending Publication Date: 2025-08-15FUJIAN WUYISHAN WANG XINJI TEA CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202510767535.X
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Applications(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-06-10
Publication Date
2025-08-15

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Technical Problem

During the tea production process, the inlet and exit of the material frame, the feeding of tea bags and packaging boxes relies on manual manual operation, resulting in a low degree of intelligent production and difficult to meet the needs of large-scale production.

Method used

An outer packaging production line is designed, including a reciprocating double-station material frame transport vehicle, a buffering three-dimensional library, a scanning code transfer mechanism, a material frame stacker, a double-layer material frame conveyor, a material frame automatic inclination device and a packaging box output device to realize the automatic entry and exit of the material frame, the automatic feeding of the tea bag and packaging box and the automatic inclination of the material frame.

Benefits of technology

Through automated operations, the intelligentization of the production line is improved and production efficiency is ensured.

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Abstract

The invention provides an outer package production line and a production method. The outer package production line comprises a reciprocating type double-station material frame transport vehicle. A first code scanning and transferring mechanism is arranged at one end of the cache three-dimensional warehouse, and a second code scanning and transferring mechanism is arranged at the other end of the cache three-dimensional warehouse; the material frame stacking machine is movably arranged on one side of the temporary storage three-dimensional warehouse; the double-layer material frame conveyor is connected with the second code scanning and transferring mechanism; a double-layer packaging box conveyor; the automatic material frame inclining devices are distributed on the two sides of the double-layer packaging box conveyor, and the double-layer packaging box conveyor is provided with a packaging box pushing mechanism corresponding to each automatic material frame inclining device; the double-layer material frame conveyor is connected with the automatic material frame inclining device through the double-layer material frame receiving and conveying device; and the packaging box output device is arranged between the double-layer packaging box conveyor and the automatic material frame inclining devices on the two sides. The automatic feeding and discharging device has the advantages that automatic feeding and discharging of material frames, automatic feeding of tea bags and packaging boxes and automatic inclination of the material frames can be achieved.
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Technical field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of food production equipment, and in particular to an outer packaging production line and a production method. [Background Technology]

[0002] During the tea production process, after the tea leaves are packaged according to the gram weight required for each brew, a material frame is needed to receive the tea bags, and the material frame containing the tea bags is pulled into the warehouse for temporary storage; at the same time, in order to better sell the tea, the tea bags need to be put into the packaging box again. Currently, in the actual production process, the storage and unloading of the material frame, the feeding of tea bags and packaging boxes, the tilting of the material frame, etc. often require manual operation, which has the disadvantages of low intelligent production level, inability to guarantee production efficiency, and difficulty in meeting large-scale production needs. In view of the above-mentioned problems, the inventors of this case conducted in-depth research on this issue, which led to the creation of this case. [Summary of the invention]

[0003] The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an outer packaging production line and production method, which can realize automatic storage and retrieval of material frames, automatic feeding of tea bags and packaging boxes, and automatic tilting of material frames, thereby greatly improving the level of intelligent production and ensuring production efficiency.

[0004] The present invention is achieved in that:

[0005] In a first aspect, an outer packaging production line comprises:

[0006] Reciprocating double-station material frame transport vehicle;

[0007] A cache stereoscopic warehouse, one end of which is provided with a first code scanning and transferring mechanism connected to a reciprocating double-station material frame transport vehicle, and the other end of which is provided with a second code scanning and transferring mechanism;

[0008] A material frame stacker, which is movably arranged on one side of the buffer warehouse;

[0009] A double-layer material frame conveyor, the double-layer material frame conveyor is connected to the second code scanning and transferring mechanism;

[0010] Double-layer packaging box conveyor;

[0011] The material frame automatic tilting device is provided on both sides of the double-layer packaging box conveyor. Each material frame automatic tilting device is provided with a packaging box pushing mechanism.

[0012] A double-layer material frame transfer device, wherein the double-layer material frame conveyor and the material frame automatic tilting device are connected via the double-layer material frame transfer device;

[0013] A packaging box output device is provided between the double-layer packaging box conveyor and the automatic material frame tilting devices on both sides.

[0014] In a second aspect, a production method of an outer packaging production line is provided, the production method comprising the following steps:

[0015] A reciprocating double-station material frame transport vehicle is used to transport the material frames containing the materials to the first code scanning and transferring mechanism, which scans the material frames containing the materials and assigns them a storage location number. A material frame stacker is used to fork the material frames containing the materials from the first code scanning and transferring mechanism and stack them into the buffer three-dimensional warehouse according to the storage location number.

[0016] The material frame stacker is used to fork the material frame containing the material from the buffer stereoscopic warehouse and place the material frame containing the material on the second code scanning and transferring mechanism for scanning and out of the warehouse; the material frame containing the material is conveyed to the material frame automatic tilting device through the second code scanning and transferring mechanism, the double-layer material frame conveyor and the double-layer material frame transfer device, and the material frame containing the material is driven by the automatic tilting device to tilt the material frame containing the material to the required angle, and at the same time, the double-layer packaging box conveyor is used to convey the packaging box to the material frame automatic tilting device; after the material is loaded into the packaging box, the packaging box containing the material is output through the packaging box output device;

[0017] When the material in the material frame is used up, the empty material frame is restored to a horizontal state by the material frame automatic tilting device, and the empty material frame is transported to the second scanning and transferring mechanism by the material frame automatic tilting device, the double-layer material frame transfer device and the double-layer material frame conveyor; the empty material frame is scanned by the second scanning and transferring mechanism and assigned a storage location number, and the empty material frame is forked from the second scanning and transferring mechanism by the material frame stacker, and stacked into the buffer three-dimensional warehouse according to the storage location number;

[0018] A material frame stacker is used to fork out empty material frames from the cache stereoscopic warehouse, and the empty material frames are placed on the first code scanning and transferring mechanism for scanning and out of the warehouse. The empty material frames are transported to the reciprocating double-station material frame transport vehicle through the first code scanning and transferring mechanism, and the reciprocating double-station material frame transport vehicle transports the empty material frames to the production station.

[0019] By adopting the outer packaging production line of the present invention, in the specific use process, the material frames filled with materials can be automatically stacked to the cache stereoscopic warehouse through the cooperation of the reciprocating double-station material frame transport vehicle, one of the first code scanning and transferring mechanisms and the material frame stacker, and the empty material frames can be automatically transported from the cache stereoscopic warehouse to the bubble bag production line through the cooperation of the material frame stacker, another first code scanning and transferring mechanism and the reciprocating double-station material frame transport vehicle; the material frames filled with materials can be automatically transported to the material frame automatic tilting device through the cooperation of the material frame stacker, one of the second code scanning and transferring mechanisms, the double-layer material frame conveyor and the double-layer material frame picking and delivering device, and the double-layer material frame conveyor, the other second code scanning and transferring mechanism and the material frame stacker It cooperates to realize automatic stacking of empty material frames into the cache stereoscopic warehouse; at the same time, the material frame automatic tilting device can be used to automatically tilt the material frame containing materials to the required angle, and the double-layer packaging box conveyor can automatically convey the packaging box to a position close to the material frame automatic tilting device, so that the staff can directly take the packaging box and materials (i.e. tea bags) for packaging operations, and after packaging, they only need to place the packaging box on the packaging box output device; therefore, by adopting the above-mentioned technical scheme of the present invention, it is possible to realize automatic storage and retrieval of material frames, automatic feeding of tea bags and packaging boxes, and automatic tilting of material frames, which can minimize the steps of manual intervention, thereby greatly improving the degree of intelligent production and ensuring production efficiency.

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[0020] The present invention will be further described below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments.

[0021] Figure 1 This is a top view of an outer packaging production line of the present invention;

[0022] Figure 2 This is a three-dimensional structural diagram of the outer packaging production line of the present invention after removing the double-layer packaging box conveyor, packaging box output device and material frame automatic tilting device;

[0023] Figure 3 This is a structural diagram of the reciprocating double-station material frame transport vehicle and the first code scanning and transferring mechanism in the present invention;

[0024] Figure 4 This is a three-dimensional structural diagram of the double-layer material frame transfer device of the present invention;

[0025] Figure 5 It is a front view of the cache stereo library in the present invention;

[0026] Figure 6 It is a three-dimensional structural diagram of the material frame stacker of the present invention;

[0027] Figure 7This is a three-dimensional structural diagram of the entire double-layer packaging box conveyor, packaging box output device and material frame automatic tilting device in the present invention;

[0028] Figure 8 This is a three-dimensional structural diagram of the double-layer packaging box conveyor and packaging box pushing mechanism in the present invention;

[0029] Figure 9 It is a structural diagram of the packaging box pushing mechanism of the present invention;

[0030] Figure 10 This is a structural diagram of the automatic tilting device for a single material frame in the present invention;

[0031] Figure 11 This is an assembly diagram of the auxiliary conveying component and the material frame lifting mechanism in the present invention;

[0032] Figure 12 It is a specific structural diagram of the first code scanning and transferring mechanism (second code scanning and transferring mechanism) in the present invention.

[0033] Description of reference numerals:

[0034] Outer packaging production line 100;

[0035] Reciprocating double-station material frame transport vehicle 1, first travel track 11, transport vehicle body 12, first travel drive assembly 13, second roller conveyor assembly 14;

[0036] Cache stereoscopic warehouse 2, storage unit 21, storage layer 22, storage location 221, connecting rack 23;

[0037] First code scanning and transferring mechanism 31, second code scanning and transferring mechanism 32, fourth frame 331, first roller conveying assembly 332, code scanning device 333, lifting assembly 334, supporting main board 3341, lifting block 3342, lifting cylinder 3343, guide column 3344, connecting plate 3345, buffer 3346;

[0038] Material frame stacker 4, second travel track 41, lifting support column 42, carrying vehicle body 43, lifting drive assembly 44, two-way telescopic fork 45, second travel drive assembly 46;

[0039] Double-layer material frame conveyor 5, second frame 51, first upper conveyor 52, first lower conveyor 53;

[0040] Double-layer packaging box conveyor 6, third frame 61, third upper conveyor 62, third lower conveyor 63, upper packaging box chute 64, lower packaging box chute 65, packaging box pushing mechanism 66, first linear guide cylinder 661, packaging box pushing plate 662;

[0041] Material frame automatic tilting device 7, first frame 71, frame infeed conveying assembly 72, frame outfeed conveying assembly 73, auxiliary conveying assembly 74, material frame lifting mechanism 75, lifting support platform 76, tilting drive assembly 77, second linear guide cylinder 771, connecting rod 772, workbench 78, material frame blocking member 79;

[0042] Double-layer material frame transfer device 8, second upper conveyor 81, second lower conveyor 82, traveling trolley 83, fifth frame 84;

[0043] Packaging box output device 9. [Specific implementation method]

[0044] In order to better understand the technical solution of the present invention, the technical solution of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific implementation methods.

[0045] It should be noted that the terms "center," "longitudinal," "lateral," "upper," "lower," "front," "back," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inside," "outside," and the like, indicating orientations or positional relationships, are based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the accompanying drawings and are intended only to facilitate the description of these embodiments and simplify the description. They do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed, or operate in a specific orientation. In addition, the terms "first," "second," and the like are used for descriptive purposes only and should not be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly specifying the number of the technical features indicated. Therefore, features defined as "first," "second," and the like may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of such features.

[0046] Example 1

[0047] See also Figures 1 to 12 As shown, the present invention provides an outer packaging production line 100, which includes:

[0048] The reciprocating double-station material frame transport vehicle 1 can, during its specific use, on the one hand, receive a material frame filled with material (i.e., tea leaves) from the bag-making production line (i.e., a production line that packages tea leaves according to the gram weight required for each brew) and output the material frame filled with material to the first code scanning and transferring mechanism 31; on the other hand, it can receive an empty material frame from the first code scanning and transferring mechanism 31 and transport the empty material frame to the bag-making production line;

[0049] A cache stereoscopic warehouse 2, one end of which is provided with a first code scanning and transferring mechanism 31 connected to the reciprocating double-station material frame transport vehicle 1, and the other end of the cache stereoscopic warehouse 2 is provided with a second code scanning and transferring mechanism 32, wherein the cache stereoscopic warehouse 2 is used to store material frames filled with materials and empty material frames, the first code scanning and transferring mechanism 31 is used to scan the material frames filled with materials into the warehouse and scan the empty material frames out of the warehouse, and the second code scanning and transferring mechanism 32 is used to scan the material frames filled with materials out of the warehouse and scan the empty material frames into the warehouse;

[0050] A material frame stacker 4 is movably arranged on one side of the buffer warehouse 2 so as to automatically stack material frames into the buffer warehouse 2 and automatically fork material frames from the buffer warehouse 2;

[0051] The double-layer material frame conveyor 5 is connected to the second code scanning and transferring mechanism 32. When in operation, the double-layer material frame conveyor 5 can, on the one hand, receive the material frame filled with materials from the second code scanning and transferring mechanism 32, and on the other hand, can convey the returned empty material frame to the second code scanning and transferring mechanism 32;

[0052] A double-layer packaging box conveyor 6 is used to automatically convey packaging boxes to realize automatic feeding of the material frame automatic tilting device 7;

[0053] The material frame automatic tilting device 7 is provided on both sides of the double-layer packaging box conveyor 6. A plurality of material frame automatic tilting devices 7 are distributed, and a packaging box pushing mechanism 66 is provided corresponding to each material frame automatic tilting device 7 on the double-layer packaging box conveyor 6. When working, the packaging boxes are automatically distributed to the material frame automatic tilting devices 7 on both sides through the double-layer packaging box conveyor 6;

[0054] A double-layer material frame transfer device 8 is connected between the double-layer material frame conveyor 5 and the material frame automatic tilting device 7, so that the double-layer material frame transfer device 8 can not only receive the material frame filled with material from the double-layer material frame conveyor 5 and transfer the material frame filled with material to the material frame automatic tilting device 7, but also receive the empty material frame from the material frame automatic tilting device 7 and transfer the empty material frame to the double-layer material frame conveyor 5;

[0055] A packaging box output device 9 is provided between the double-layer packaging box conveyor 9 and the automatic material frame tilting devices 7 on both sides. The packaging box output device 9 can be specifically a belt conveyor. When the outer packaging production line 100 of the present invention is used, workers can be assigned to perform packaging operations at the automatic material frame tilting devices 7 on both sides of the double-layer packaging box conveyor 9. The workers take packaging boxes from the double-layer packaging box conveyor 6 and, at the same time, take tea bags from the material frame of the automatic material frame tilting device 7, place the tea bags into the packaging boxes, and after packaging, place the packaging boxes containing the tea bags onto the packaging box output device 9, so that the packaging boxes containing the tea bags can be transported to the next processing step by using the packaging box output device 9.

[0056] In some embodiments of the present invention, in order to prevent the material frames filled with materials and the empty material frames from being affected by each other in the storage and outbound transportation, the outer packaging production line 100 includes two of the cache warehouses 2, and the material frame stacker 4 is movably arranged between the two cache warehouses 2, so that the material frame stacker 4 can stack the material frames into the cache warehouses 2 on both sides, and one end of the two cache warehouses 2 is provided with a first code scanning and transferring mechanism 31, one of the first code scanning and transferring mechanisms 31 is used to scan the material frames filled with materials into the warehouse, and the other first code scanning and transferring mechanism 31 is used to scan the empty material frames out of the warehouse; the other end of the two cache warehouses 2 is provided with a second code scanning and transferring mechanism 32, one of the second code scanning and transferring mechanisms 32 is used to scan the material frames filled with materials out of the warehouse, and the other second code scanning and transferring mechanism 32 is used to scan the empty material frames into the warehouse. As a specific implementation of the present invention, one of the cache warehouses 2 can be designed to temporarily store the material frames filled with materials, and the other cache warehouse 2 can be designed to store the empty material frames.

[0057] By adopting the outer packaging production line 100 of the present invention, in the process of specific use, the material frames filled with materials can be automatically stacked to the cache stereoscopic warehouse 2 through the cooperation of the reciprocating double-station material frame transport vehicle 1, one of the first code scanning and transferring mechanisms 31 and the material frame stacker 4, and the empty material frames can be automatically transported from the cache stereoscopic warehouse 2 to the bubble bag production line through the cooperation of the material frame stacker 4, another first code scanning and transferring mechanism 31 and the reciprocating double-station material frame transport vehicle 1; the material frames filled with materials can be automatically transported to the material frame automatic tilting device 7 through the cooperation of the material frame stacker 4, one of the second code scanning and transferring mechanisms 32, the double-layer material frame conveyor 5 and the double-layer material frame picking and delivering device 8, and the double-layer material frame conveyor 5, another second code scanning and transferring mechanism 32 and the material frame stacker 4 cooperate to realize automatic stacking of empty material frames to the cache stereoscopic warehouse 2; at the same time, the material frame automatic tilting device 7 can also be used to automatically tilt the material frame filled with materials to the required angle, and the double-layer packaging box conveyor 6 automatically conveys the packaging box to a position close to the material frame automatic tilting device 7, so that the staff can directly take the packaging box and materials (i.e., tea bags) for packaging operations, and after packaging, they only need to place the packaging box on the packaging box output device 9; therefore, by adopting the above-mentioned technical scheme of the present invention, it is possible to well realize automatic storage and retrieval of material frames, automatic feeding of tea bags and packaging boxes, and automatic tilting of material frames, which can minimize the steps of manual intervention, thereby greatly improving the degree of intelligent production and ensuring production efficiency.

[0058] In some embodiments of the present invention, in order to better meet the actual storage requirements of the material frame and reduce the space occupied, please focus on Figure 5 As shown, the cache warehouse 2 is formed with a plurality of storage units 21 along its length. Each storage unit 21 is provided with a plurality of storage layers 22 from bottom to top, and each storage layer 22 forms at least one storage location 221. To facilitate the forking operation of the material frame stacker 4, each storage layer 22 typically forms one to two storage locations 221. In the specific implementation of the present invention, the number of storage units 21, storage layers 22, and storage locations 221 can be designed according to actual storage needs. At the same time, the entire cache warehouse 2 can be made of steel to ensure support strength.

[0059] In some embodiments of the present invention, please refer to Figure 10 and Figure 11As shown, the material frame automatic tilting device 7 includes a first frame 71, a frame feeding conveying assembly 72, a frame discharging conveying assembly 73, an auxiliary conveying assembly 74, a material frame lifting mechanism 75, a lifting support platform 76, a tilting drive assembly 77 and a workbench 78. Material frame blocking members 79 are provided on both sides of the auxiliary conveying assembly 74 to use the material frame blocking members 79 to block the material frame on the auxiliary conveying assembly 74 so that the material frame will not separate from the auxiliary conveying assembly 74 when the auxiliary conveying assembly 74 drives the material frame to tilt to a desired angle; wherein the frame feeding conveying assembly 72, the frame discharging conveying assembly 73 and the auxiliary conveying assembly 74 can all adopt belt conveying assemblies; the material frame lifting mechanism 75 can adopt an existing lifting mechanism as long as it can drive the lifting support platform 76 to perform lifting motion;

[0060] Both sides of the first frame 71 are provided with workbenches 78, so that each material frame automatic tilting device 7 can assign two workers to perform packaging operations on both sides; the frame infeed conveying assembly 72 and the frame outfeed conveying assembly 73 are aligned up and down and arranged at the end of the first frame 71 away from the packaging box output device 9, and the frame outfeed conveying assembly 73 is located below the frame infeed conveying assembly 72, and by aligning the frame infeed conveying assembly 72 and the frame outfeed conveying assembly 73 up and down, the double-layer material frame picking device 8 can simultaneously dock with the frame infeed conveying assembly 72 and the frame outfeed conveying assembly 73; the material frame lifting mechanism 75 is arranged at one end of the first frame 71 close to the packaging box output device 9, the lifting support platform 76 is connected to the material frame lifting mechanism 75, and the auxiliary conveying assembly 74 is hinged to the end of the lifting support platform 76 away from the material frame lifting mechanism 75 , so that the auxiliary conveying assembly 74 can rotate relative to the lifting support platform 76, thereby driving the material frame to tilt at a desired angle, the tilting drive assembly 77 is arranged between the lifting support platform 76 and the auxiliary conveying assembly 74, and the auxiliary conveying assembly 74 is arranged adjacent to the in-frame conveying assembly 72 and the out-frame conveying assembly 73, so that the auxiliary conveying assembly 74 can dock with the in-frame conveying assembly 72 and the out-frame conveying assembly 73 to realize the conveying of the material frame; the auxiliary conveying assembly 74 is driven to tilt to a desired angle by the tilting drive assembly 77, thereby driving the material frame loaded with materials to automatically tilt to a desired angle, so that the staff can grab the materials (i.e., tea bags) from the material frame, and the lifting support platform 76 is driven by the material frame lifting mechanism 75 to drive the auxiliary conveying assembly 74 to dock with one of the in-frame conveying assembly 72 and the out-frame conveying assembly 73. In the specific working process of the material frame automatic tilting device 7 of the present invention, when it is necessary to convey the material frame filled with materials to the material frame automatic tilting device 7, the double-layer material frame picking device 8 is controlled to dock with the frame feed conveying assembly 72 and the frame outlet conveying assembly 73 at the same time, the auxiliary conveying assembly 74 is controlled to be in a horizontal state, and the material frame lifting mechanism 75 is controlled to drive the auxiliary conveying assembly 74 to dock with the frame feed conveying assembly 72, and the double-layer material frame picking device 8 is used to convey the material frame filled with materials to the frame feed conveying assembly 72, and the frame feed conveying assembly 72 conveys the material frame filled with materials to the auxiliary conveying assembly 74, and according to actual needs, the tilting drive assembly 77 is controlled to drive the auxiliary conveying assembly 74 to rotate and tilt the required angle, so as to achieve the desired effect. The material frame on the auxiliary conveying assembly 74 is driven to tilt to the required angle. At the same time, when there is an empty material frame on the out-of-frame conveying assembly 73, the empty material frame is conveyed to the double-layer material frame picking device 8 through the out-of-frame conveying assembly 73; when the material on the material frame is used up, the auxiliary conveying assembly 74 and the empty material frame are driven to rotate to a horizontal state through the tilting drive assembly 77, and the material frame lifting mechanism 75 is used to drive the auxiliary conveying assembly 74 to descend and connect with the out-of-frame conveying assembly 73, and the empty material frame is conveyed to the out-of-frame conveying assembly 73 through the auxiliary conveying assembly 74; when the empty material frame enters the out-of-frame conveying assembly 73, the material frame lifting mechanism 75 is controlled to drive the auxiliary conveying assembly 74 to rise and connect with the in-frame conveying assembly 72.

[0061] In the specific implementation of the present invention, the tilt drive assembly 77 includes a second linear guide cylinder 771 and a connecting rod 772 arranged on the lifting support platform 76. One end of the connecting rod 772 is hinged to the second linear guide cylinder 771, and the other end of the connecting rod 772 is hinged to the auxiliary conveying assembly 74. During operation, the second linear guide cylinder 771 is used to drive the connecting rod 772 to move left and right, so that the connecting rod 772 can drive the auxiliary conveying assembly 74 to tilt to the required angle or restore it to a horizontal state.

[0062] In some embodiments of the present invention, please refer to Figure 2 As shown, the double-layer material frame conveyor 5 includes a second frame 51, a first upper conveyor 52 provided on the second frame 51, and a first lower conveyor 53 provided on the second frame 51. The first lower conveyor 53 is located below the first upper conveyor 52. The first upper conveyor 52 is used to receive the material frame filled with materials after scanning and leaving the warehouse from one of the second code scanning and transferring mechanisms 32, and to convey the material frame filled with materials to the double-layer material frame transfer device 8; the first lower conveyor 53 is used to receive the returned empty material frame from the double-layer material frame transfer device 8, and to convey the empty material frame to the other second code scanning and transferring mechanism 32 for scanning and storage. In the specific implementation of the present invention, both the first upper conveyor 52 and the first lower conveyor 53 can be roller conveyors.

[0063] Please focus on Figure 4 As shown, the double-layer material frame picking-up device 8 has a second upper-layer conveyor 81 for connecting with the frame-in conveying assembly 72 and the first upper-layer conveyor 52, and a second lower-layer conveyor 82 for connecting with the frame-out conveying assembly 73 and the first lower-layer conveyor 53; when working, the second upper-layer conveyor 81 takes over the material frame filled with material from the first upper-layer conveyor 52, and conveys the material frame filled with material to the frame-in conveying assembly 72; at the same time, the second lower-layer conveyor 82 takes over the empty material frame from the frame-out conveying assembly 73, and conveys the empty material frame to the first lower-layer conveyor 53. In the specific implementation of the present invention, the double-layer material frame picking-up device 8 specifically includes a walking trolley 83 and a fifth frame 84 arranged on the walking trolley 83, and the second upper conveyor 81 and the second lower conveyor 82 are both arranged on the fifth frame 84, wherein the walking trolley 83 can specifically adopt a dual-drive wheel structure, that is, a drive wheel (not shown) is provided on both sides of the walking trolley 83, and the two drive wheels are separately driven by a drive motor. During operation, when the control is made so that there is a speed difference between the drive wheels on both sides, the steering function can be realized, and when the control is made so that the speeds of the drive wheels on both sides are the same, the straight-line walking function can be realized.

[0064] In some embodiments of the present invention, please refer to Figure 8As shown, the double-layer packaging box conveyor 6 includes a third frame 61, a third upper conveyor 62 arranged on the third frame 61 and a third lower conveyor 63 arranged on the third frame 61, the third lower conveyor 63 is located below the third upper conveyor 62, and the third upper conveyor 62 and the third lower conveyor 63 can both be belt conveyors; the third upper conveyor 62 is provided with an upper packaging box chute 64 extending to each material frame automatic tilting device 7 on one side, and the third lower conveyor 63 is provided with a lower packaging box chute 65 extending to each material frame automatic tilting device 7 on the other side, that is, the third upper conveyor 62 is used to specifically provide packaging boxes for the material frame automatic tilting device 7 on one side, and the third lower conveyor 63 is used to specifically provide packaging boxes for the material frame automatic tilting device 7 on the other side. In the specific implementation of the present invention, a packaging box pushing mechanism 66 is provided on the third upper conveyor 62 and the third lower conveyor 63 at the position corresponding to each upper packaging box chute 64 and the lower packaging box chute 65, so that the packaging box can be automatically pushed to the upper packaging box chute 64 or the lower packaging box chute 65 by using the packaging box pushing mechanism 66, and the pushed out packaging boxes can automatically slide along the upper packaging box chute 64 and the lower packaging box chute 65 to a position close to the automatic tilting device 7 of the material frame, so that the staff can reach out and get the packaging box.

[0065] In the specific implementation of the present invention, the packaging box pushing mechanism 66 includes a first linear guide cylinder 661 and a packaging box push plate 662 arranged above the third upper conveyor 62 or the third lower conveyor 63. The upper end of the packaging box push plate 662 is connected to the first linear guide cylinder 661. When working, the first linear guide cylinder 661 can drive the packaging box push plate 662 to move linearly to achieve the goal of pushing the packaging box to the upper packaging box chute 64 or the lower packaging box chute 65.

[0066] In some embodiments of the present invention, please refer to Figure 12As shown, the first code scanning and transferring mechanism 31 and the second code scanning and transferring mechanism 32 both include a fourth frame 331, a first roller conveying assembly 332 arranged on the fourth frame 331, a code scanning device 333 arranged on one side of the first roller conveying assembly 332, and a lifting assembly 334 arranged on the fourth frame 331, wherein the code scanning device 333 is used to scan the material frame for entering and leaving the warehouse; the lifting assembly 334 and the rollers of the first roller conveying assembly 332 are staggered so that the lifting assembly 334 and the first roller conveying assembly 332 do not interfere with each other, and the lifting assembly 334 is in a position lower than the first roller conveying assembly 332 when in the retracted state. When the first code scanning and transferring mechanism 31 and the second code scanning and transferring mechanism 32 are working, when the material frame stacker 4 needs to place the material frame on the first code scanning and transferring mechanism 31 or the second code scanning and transferring mechanism 32 and needs to fork the material frame from the first code scanning and transferring mechanism 31 or the second code scanning and transferring mechanism 32, the jacking assembly 334 is controlled to rise to a position higher than the first roller conveying assembly 332 to facilitate the material frame stacker 4 to perform the material frame picking and placing operation; and after the material frame is picked up and placed, the jacking assembly 334 is controlled to retract and descend so that the material frame can contact the first roller conveying assembly 332.

[0067] As a specific embodiment of the present invention, the jacking assembly 334 includes a support main board 3341 provided below the first roller conveying assembly 332, two jacking blocks 3342 provided above the support main board 3341, and two jacking cylinders 3343 provided on the support main board 3341. The jacking blocks 3342 are staggered with the rollers of the first roller conveying assembly 332 so that the lifting and lowering of the jacking blocks 3342 will not be affected by the first roller conveying assembly 332. Each jacking cylinder 3343 is connected to a jacking cylinder 3343. The middle part of the block 3342 is connected so that the lifting cylinder 3343 can be used to drive the lifting block 3342 to rise and fall; both ends of each lifting block 3342 are slidably connected to the support main board 3341 through a guide column 3344, and the guide columns 3344 of the two lifting blocks 3342 are connected by a connecting plate 3345, and a buffer 3346 is provided on the connecting plate 3345. The buffer 3346 is located below the support main board 3341, so that the buffer 3346 can be used to play a buffering role during the rising process.

[0068] In some embodiments of the present invention, please refer to Figure 3As shown, the reciprocating double-station material frame transport vehicle 1 includes a first walking rail 11, a transport body 12 slidingly arranged on the first walking rail 11, and a first walking drive component 13 that drives the transport body 12 to move along the first walking rail 11; two second roller conveying components 14 are arranged in parallel on the transport body 12, and the conveying direction of the second roller conveying component 14 is perpendicular to the sliding direction of the transport body 12, wherein the conveying directions of the two second roller conveying components 14 are opposite, and the first walking drive component 13 can adopt an existing drive component, as long as it can drive the transport body 12 to move along the first walking rail 11. When the reciprocating double-station material frame transport vehicle 1 of the present invention is working, when the first travel drive component 13 drives the transport vehicle body 12 to move along the first travel track 11 until one of the second roller conveying components 14 is connected to the bubble bag production line, the material frame containing the material on the bubble bag production line can be transported to the one of the second roller conveying components 14, and when the first travel drive component 13 drives the transport vehicle body 12 to move until one of the second roller conveying components 14 is connected to one of the first code scanning and transferring mechanisms 31, the material frame containing the material can be transported to One of the first code scanning and transferring mechanisms 31; similarly, when the first walking drive component 13 drives the transport body 12 to move along the first walking track 11 until the other second roller conveying component 14 is connected with the other first code scanning and transferring mechanism 31, the empty material frame on the other first code scanning and transferring mechanism 31 can be transported to the other second roller conveying component 14, and when the first walking drive component 13 drives the transport body 12 to move until the other second roller conveying component 14 is connected with the bubble bag production line, the empty material frame can be transported to the bubble bag production line.

[0069] In some embodiments of the present invention, please refer to Figure 6As shown, the material frame stacker 4 includes a second walking track 41, a lifting support column 42 slidably arranged on the second walking track 41, a carrying body 43 slidably arranged on the lifting support column 42, a lifting drive component 44 that drives the carrying body 43 to move up and down, a two-way telescopic fork 45 provided on the inner bottom of the carrying body 43, and a second walking drive component 46 that drives the lifting support column 41 to move along the second walking track 41, wherein the two-way telescopic fork 45 can be telescopically moved along both sides during specific operation to realize the material frame To store the material frames in the buffer stereoscopic warehouses 2 on both sides and to fork and retrieve the material frames from the buffer stereoscopic warehouses 2 on both sides, the bidirectional telescopic forks 45 can specifically adopt existing forks, such as the telescopic forks disclosed in the Chinese invention patent application number 201010210109.X; the lifting drive assembly 44 can adopt existing drive assemblies as long as it can drive the carrying body 43 to move up and down along the lifting support column 42; the second travel drive assembly 46 can also adopt existing drive assemblies as long as it can drive the lifting support column 41 to move along the second travel track 41. When the material frame stacker 4 of the present invention is in operation, the second travel drive assembly 46 can drive the lifting support column 42, the carrying body 43, the lifting drive assembly 44 and the bidirectional telescopic forks 45 to move to the desired position along the second travel track 41, and the lifting drive assembly 44 can drive the carrying body 43 and the bidirectional telescopic forks 45 to move up and down to the desired position, and the bidirectional telescopic forks 45 can also be used to pick up and place the material frames.

[0070] In a specific implementation of the present invention, the tops of the two cache warehouses 2 are connected into one by a connecting frame 23. At the same time, the upper ends of the lifting support columns 42 are slidably assembled and connected to the connecting frame 23. In this way, the two cache warehouses 2 and the upper ends of the lifting support columns 42 are connected into one by the connecting frame 23, thereby ensuring the stability of the cache warehouses 2 and the material frame stacker 4 during operation.

[0071] In some embodiments of the present invention, the double-layer material frame conveyor 5 is branched at one end away from the second code scanning and transferring mechanism 32 to form two docking ends for connecting with the double-layer material frame picking-up and delivery devices 8, so that the double-layer material frame conveyor 5 can be docked with two double-layer material frame picking-up and delivery devices 8 at the same time, so as to better realize the feeding of the material frame automatic tilting device 7 on both sides of the double-layer packaging box conveyor 6.

[0072] In the specific implementation of the present invention, the second roller conveyor assembly 14, the storage location 221, the first roller conveyor assembly 332, the first upper conveyor 52, the first lower conveyor 53, the frame entry conveyor assembly 72, the frame exit conveyor assembly 73, the auxiliary conveying assembly 74, the second upper conveyor 81 and the second lower conveyor 82 are all provided with a plurality of material frame detectors (not shown) to detect the position of the material frame using the material frame detectors; the third upper conveyor 62 and the third lower conveyor 63 are both provided with a plurality of packaging box detectors (not shown) to detect the position of the packaging box using the packaging box detectors.

[0073] Example 2

[0074] See also Figures 1 to 12 As shown, the present invention provides a production method of an outer packaging production line 100, wherein the specific structure and technical effects of the outer packaging production line 100 are exactly the same as those of the first embodiment. For details, please refer to the detailed description of the first embodiment and will not be repeated here. The production method includes the following steps:

[0075] The reciprocating double-station material frame transport vehicle 1 is used to transport the material frames containing materials to the first code scanning and transferring mechanism 31. The first code scanning and transferring mechanism 31 scans the material frames containing materials and assigns them a storage location number, so that the material frames containing materials can be put into storage according to the storage location number. The material frame stacker 4 is used to fork the material frames containing materials from the first code scanning and transferring mechanism 31 and stack them into the buffer warehouse 2 according to the storage location number, so that the material frames containing materials can be temporarily stored in the buffer warehouse 2.

[0076] The material frame stacker 4 is used to fork the material frame containing the material from the cache stereoscopic warehouse 2, and the material frame containing the material is placed on the second code scanning and transferring mechanism 32 for code scanning and out of the warehouse. When the present invention is implemented, the material frame stacker 4 can be used to sequentially out of the warehouse according to the warehouse location number, or can be used to out of the warehouse according to the manually specified warehouse location number; the material frame containing the material is conveyed to the material frame automatic tilting device 7 by the second code scanning and transferring mechanism 32, the double-layer material frame conveyor 5 and the double-layer material frame picking device 8, and the material frame automatic tilting device 7 drives the material frame containing the material to tilt to the required angle so that The material is grabbed from the material frame, and the double-layer packaging box conveyor 6 is used to convey the packaging box to the material frame automatic tilting device 7. Specifically, the double-layer packaging box conveyor 6 can be used to convey the packaging box to the top of the workbench 78 of the material frame automatic tilting device 7, so that the staff can reach out and take the packaging box; after the material is loaded into the packaging box, the packaging box containing the material is output by the packaging box output device 9. Specifically, the staff places the packaged packaging box on the packaging box output device 9, so that the packaging box output device 9 can convey the packaging box to the next processing step, such as printing a label, etc.

[0077] When the material in the material frame is used up, the empty material frame is driven to restore to a horizontal state by the material frame automatic tilting device 7, and the empty material frame is transported to the second code scanning and transferring mechanism 32 by the material frame automatic tilting device 7, the double-layer material frame transfer device 8 and the double-layer material frame conveyor 5; the empty material frame is scanned by the second code scanning and transferring mechanism 32 and a storage location number is assigned to the empty material frame so that the empty material frame can be put into storage according to the storage location number, and the empty material frame is forked from the second code scanning and transferring mechanism 32 by the material frame stacker 4, and the empty material frame is stacked into the cache stereoscopic warehouse 2 according to the storage location number, so that the empty material frame can be temporarily stored in the cache stereoscopic warehouse 2;

[0078] The material frame stacker 4 is used to fork out the empty material frame from the cache stereoscopic warehouse 2, and the empty material frame is placed on the first code scanning and transferring mechanism 31 for scanning and taking out of the warehouse. The empty material frame is transported to the reciprocating double-station material frame transport vehicle 1 through the first code scanning and transferring mechanism 31, and the reciprocating double-station material frame transport vehicle 1 transports the empty material frame to the production station.

[0079] By adopting the above-mentioned production method of the present invention, it is possible to realize automatic storage and retrieval of the material frame, automatic feeding of tea bags and packaging boxes, and automatic tilting of the material frame, which can minimize the steps of manual intervention, thereby greatly improving the degree of intelligent production and ensuring production efficiency.

[0080] Although the specific embodiments of the present invention are described above, those skilled in the art should understand that the specific embodiments described are merely illustrative and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Equivalent modifications and changes made by those skilled in the art in accordance with the spirit of the present invention should be included within the scope of protection of the claims of the present invention.

Claims

1. An outer packaging production line, characterized in that: include: Reciprocating double-station material frame transport vehicle; A cache stereoscopic warehouse, one end of which is provided with a first code scanning and transferring mechanism connected to a reciprocating double-station material frame transport vehicle, and the other end of which is provided with a second code scanning and transferring mechanism; A material frame stacker, which is movably arranged on one side of the buffer warehouse; A double-layer material frame conveyor, the double-layer material frame conveyor is connected to the second code scanning and transferring mechanism; Double-layer packaging box conveyor; The material frame automatic tilting device is provided on both sides of the double-layer packaging box conveyor. Each material frame automatic tilting device is provided with a packaging box pushing mechanism. A double-layer material frame transfer device, wherein the double-layer material frame conveyor and the material frame automatic tilting device are connected via the double-layer material frame transfer device; A packaging box output device is provided between the double-layer packaging box conveyor and the automatic material frame tilting devices on both sides.

2. The outer packaging production line according to claim 1, characterized in that: It comprises two cache stereoscopic warehouses, the material frame stacker is movably arranged between the two cache stereoscopic warehouses, and one end of the two cache stereoscopic warehouses is provided with a first code scanning and transferring mechanism, and the other end of the two cache stereoscopic warehouses is provided with a second code scanning and transferring mechanism.

3. The outer packaging production line according to claim 1, characterized in that: The automatic tilting device for the material frame includes a first frame, a frame feeding conveying assembly, a frame exiting conveying assembly, an auxiliary conveying assembly, a material frame lifting mechanism, a lifting support platform, a tilting drive assembly and a workbench, and material frame blocking members are provided on both sides of the auxiliary conveying assembly; Workbenches are provided on both sides of the first frame; the in-frame conveying assembly and the out-frame conveying assembly are aligned up and down and are arranged at the end of the first frame away from the packaging box output device, and the out-frame conveying assembly is located below the in-frame conveying assembly; the material frame lifting mechanism is arranged at the end of the first frame close to the packaging box output device, the lifting support platform is connected to the material frame lifting mechanism, the auxiliary conveying assembly is hinged to the end of the lifting support platform away from the material frame lifting mechanism, the tilting drive assembly is arranged between the lifting support platform and the auxiliary conveying assembly, and the auxiliary conveying assembly is arranged adjacent to the in-frame conveying assembly and the out-frame conveying assembly; the auxiliary conveying assembly is driven to tilt to a desired angle by the tilting drive assembly, and the lifting support platform is driven by the material frame lifting mechanism to drive the auxiliary conveying assembly to connect with one of the in-frame conveying assembly and the out-frame conveying assembly.

4. The outer packaging production line according to claim 3, characterized in that: The double-layer material frame conveyor includes a second frame, a first upper conveyor provided on the second frame, and a first lower conveyor provided on the second frame, wherein the first lower conveyor is located below the first upper conveyor; The double-layer material frame transfer device comprises a second upper conveyor for connecting with the frame infeed conveying assembly and the first upper conveyor and a second lower conveyor for connecting with the frame outfeed conveying assembly and the first lower conveyor.

5. The outer packaging production line according to claim 1, characterized in that: The double-layer packaging box conveyor includes a third frame, a third upper conveyor arranged on the third frame and a third lower conveyor arranged on the third frame, and the third lower conveyor is located below the third upper conveyor; the third upper conveyor is provided with an upper packaging box chute of an automatic tilting device for each material frame extending to one side, and the third lower conveyor is provided with a lower packaging box chute of an automatic tilting device for each material frame extending to the other side.

6. The outer packaging production line according to claim 1, characterized in that: The first code scanning and transferring mechanism and the second code scanning and transferring mechanism both include a fourth frame, a first roller conveying assembly arranged on the fourth frame, a code scanning device arranged on one side of the first roller conveying assembly, and a jacking assembly arranged on the fourth frame; the jacking assembly and the rollers of the first roller conveying assembly are staggered, and the jacking assembly is in a position lower than the first roller conveying assembly when in a retracted state.

7. The outer packaging production line according to claim 1, characterized in that: The reciprocating double-station material frame transport vehicle includes a first walking track, a transport body slidingly arranged on the first walking track, and a first walking drive assembly that drives the transport body to move along the first walking track; two second roller conveying assemblies are arranged in parallel on the transport body, and the conveying direction of the second roller conveying assembly is perpendicular to the sliding direction of the transport body.

8. The outer packaging production line according to claim 1, characterized in that: The material frame stacker includes a second walking track, a lifting support column slidably arranged on the second walking track, a carrying body slidably arranged on the lifting support column, a lifting drive component that drives the carrying body to perform lifting movements, a two-way telescopic fork arranged on the inner bottom of the carrying body, and a second walking drive component that drives the lifting support column to move along the second walking track.

9. The outer packaging production line according to claim 1, characterized in that: The double-layer material frame conveyor is divided at one end away from the second code scanning and transferring mechanism to form two docking ends for connecting with the double-layer material frame picking and delivering device.

10. A production method based on the outer packaging production line according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that: The production method comprises the following steps: A reciprocating double-station material frame transport vehicle is used to transport the material frames containing the materials to the first code scanning and transferring mechanism, which scans the material frames containing the materials and assigns them a storage location number. A material frame stacker is used to fork the material frames containing the materials from the first code scanning and transferring mechanism and stack them into the buffer three-dimensional warehouse according to the storage location number. The material frame stacker is used to fork the material frame containing the material from the buffer stereoscopic warehouse and place the material frame containing the material on the second code scanning and transferring mechanism for scanning and out of the warehouse; the material frame containing the material is conveyed to the material frame automatic tilting device through the second code scanning and transferring mechanism, the double-layer material frame conveyor and the double-layer material frame transfer device, and the material frame containing the material is driven by the automatic tilting device to tilt the material frame containing the material to the required angle, and at the same time, the double-layer packaging box conveyor is used to convey the packaging box to the material frame automatic tilting device; after the material is loaded into the packaging box, the packaging box containing the material is output through the packaging box output device; When the material in the material frame is used up, the empty material frame is restored to a horizontal state by the material frame automatic tilting device, and the empty material frame is transported to the second scanning and transferring mechanism by the material frame automatic tilting device, the double-layer material frame transfer device and the double-layer material frame conveyor; the empty material frame is scanned by the second scanning and transferring mechanism and assigned a storage location number, and the empty material frame is forked from the second scanning and transferring mechanism by the material frame stacker, and stacked into the buffer three-dimensional warehouse according to the storage location number; A material frame stacker is used to fork out empty material frames from the cache stereoscopic warehouse, and the empty material frames are placed on the first code scanning and transferring mechanism for scanning and out of the warehouse. The empty material frames are transported to the reciprocating double-station material frame transport vehicle through the first code scanning and transferring mechanism, and the reciprocating double-station material frame transport vehicle transports the empty material frames to the production station.

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