A bottle cap transport device

Abstract

This invention provides a bottle cap transport device, including a chassis, a conveyor wheel, a drive module, a flipping rod, a vacuum suction cup, and a limiting plate. The chassis is fixedly installed and has a groove on its upper surface. A cap inlet is provided on the side wall of the groove on the chassis. The conveyor wheel is rotatably installed in the groove of the chassis. Several slots are evenly spaced on the outer edge of the conveyor wheel. A cap outlet is provided on the chassis corresponding to the outer edge of the conveyor wheel. The limiting plate is fixed below the chassis and has a limiting groove. The limiting groove includes three sections, from bottom to top: a first vertical section, a second arc-shaped section, and a third vertical section. The arc of the second arc-shaped section is π rad. One end of the flipping rod is installed in the limiting groove, and the vacuum suction cup is installed at the other end of the flipping rod. The flipping rod reciprocates along the limiting groove under the action of the drive module. When the vacuum suction cup is at the cap outlet, its opening faces the conveyor wheel.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This invention relates to a transport device, and more particularly to a bottle cap transport device. Background Technology

[0002] In the production and manufacturing process of bottle caps and related containers, there is a step of flipping the bottle caps to adapt to the needs of various production environments. Patent publication number CN222475400U discloses a flipping mechanism and a bottle cap processing device having the same, in which a rotating column drives a rotating rod to rotate from one side of a conveyor platform to the other. The equipment involved in the aforementioned patent is large in size and has significant operational gaps, resulting in low bottle cap flipping efficiency. Summary of the Invention

[0003] The purpose of this invention is to provide a bottle cap transport device, including a chassis, a conveyor wheel, a drive module, a flipping rod, a vacuum suction cup, and a limiting plate. The chassis is fixedly installed and has a groove on its upper surface. A cap inlet is provided on the side wall of the groove on the chassis. The conveyor wheel is rotatably installed in the groove of the chassis. Several slots are evenly spaced on the outer edge of the conveyor wheel. A cap outlet is provided on the chassis corresponding to the outer edge of the conveyor wheel. The limiting plate is fixed below the chassis and has a limiting groove. The limiting groove includes three sections, from bottom to top: a first vertical section, a second arc-shaped section, and a third vertical section. The arc of the second arc-shaped section is π rad. One end of the flipping rod is installed in the limiting groove, and the vacuum suction cup is installed at the other end of the flipping rod. The flipping rod reciprocates along the limiting groove under the action of the drive module. When the vacuum suction cup is at the cap outlet, its opening faces the conveyor wheel.

[0004] Furthermore, it also includes a support panel. The drive module includes a sliding bracket, a turntable, a connecting rod, and a drive motor. The support panel is fixedly installed below the chassis and located on one side of the limiting plate. A panel opening is opened on the side wall of the support panel. The sliding bracket is slidably installed on the support panel and moves in the vertical direction. The sliding bracket has a through hole and an annular flip rod support seat is installed at the through hole. The turntable is rotatably installed on the support panel and has an eccentric rod. One end of the connecting rod is rotatably connected to the end of the eccentric rod and the other end is rotatably connected to the flip rod support seat. The limiting plate is installed on one side of the support panel and has a limiting groove. One end of the flip rod passes through the through hole and the panel opening on the sliding bracket and is installed in the limiting groove. The output shaft of the drive motor is connected to the conveyor wheel and the rotating shaft of the turntable, respectively.

[0005] Furthermore, a first bevel gear is provided on the output shaft of the drive motor, a second bevel gear is provided on the rotating shaft of the conveyor wheel, and a third bevel gear is provided on the rotating shaft of the turntable. The second bevel gear meshes with the first bevel gear and the third bevel gear respectively.

[0006] Furthermore, two straight support rails are provided vertically on both sides of the support panel wall, and support sliders are provided at both ends of the sliding support, with the support sliders slidingly connected to the corresponding support rails.

[0007] Furthermore, a cylindrical slider is rotatably mounted on the other end of the flipping rod, and the cylindrical slider is slidably connected to the limiting groove.

[0008] Furthermore, one end of the connecting rod is rotatably connected to the eccentric rod via the second hinge support, and the other end of the connecting rod is rotatably connected to the flipping rod support via the first hinge support.

[0009] Furthermore, the inner diameter of the slot is the same as the outer diameter of the bottle cap, and the curvature of the slot is from rad to πrad.

[0010] Furthermore, it also includes a top plate, a bottom plate, and a reinforcing rod. The bottom plate is fixedly installed, the support panel is fixed to the bottom plate, the top plate is fixed to the support panel, the limiting plate is fixed to the top plate, and a reinforcing rod is installed between the bottom plate and the top plate.

[0011] Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the following advantages: (1) The equipment is smaller in size. When the vacuum suction cup moves in the vertical direction, it can be flipped through the limiting groove. The bottle cap can be flipped and transported without the huge rotating column and transmission belt in the prior art; (2) One drive motor drives the conveying wheel and the turntable at the same time. When the vacuum suction cup is located below the slot, the conveying wheel just rotates over to flip the bottle cap, which reduces the idle time of the parts during operation and improves the work efficiency.

[0012] The present invention will now be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Attached Figure Description

[0013] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the present invention.

[0014] Figure 2 A schematic diagram of the mechanism for separating the bottle cap flipping and pressing assembly.

[0015] Figure 3 A schematic diagram of the bottle cap conveying assembly.

[0016] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of the bottle cap flip-press assembly.

[0017] Figure 5 This is a schematic diagram of the structure for separating the bottle cap flipping and pressing assembly.

[0018] Figure 6 This is a schematic diagram of the limiting plate structure.

[0019] Figure 7 This is a schematic diagram of the drive component structure.

[0020] The components include: a bottle cap conveying assembly 100, a support frame 110, a chassis 120, a cap inlet 121, a cap outlet 122, a barrier 123, a conveying wheel 130, a slot 131, a conveying wheel drive shaft 140, a bottle cap flipping and pressing assembly 200, a support panel 210, a panel opening 211, a sliding bracket 212, a bracket slider 2121, a bracket slide rail 2122, a flipping rod support 2123, a first hinge support 2124, and a turntable 213. Turntable drive shaft 2131, eccentric rod 2132, second hinge support 2133, connecting rod 214, flipping rod 215, cylindrical slider 2151, flipping platform 2152, vacuum suction cup 2153, limiting plate 220, fixing frame 221, limiting groove 222, top plate 230, bottom plate 240, reinforcing rod 250, drive assembly 300, drive motor 310, first bevel gear 320, second bevel gear 330, third bevel gear 340. Detailed Implementation

[0021] Combination Figure 1 , Figure 2 A bottle cap transport device includes a bottle cap conveying assembly 100, a bottle cap flipping and pressing assembly 200, and a drive assembly 300. The bottle cap conveying assembly 100 has a cap inlet 121 connected to a front-end conveyor belt. The bottle cap conveying assembly 100 includes a rotatable conveyor wheel 130 with several slots 131 for transferring bottle caps from the conveyor belt onto the wheel. In the bottle cap flipping and pressing assembly 200, a flipping rod 215 drives a vacuum suction cup 2153 to fix the bottle caps in the slots 131, flipping them 180 degrees before transporting them to a bottle or conveyor belt below the conveyor wheel 130. The drive assembly 300 drives the conveyor wheel 130 and the flipping rod 215 to move synchronously.

[0022] Combination Figure 1 , Figure 2 , Figure 7 The drive assembly 300 includes a drive motor 310, which provides the same power to the conveyor wheel 130 and the tilting rod 215.

[0023] Combination Figure 3The bottle cap conveying assembly 100 includes a support frame 110, a chassis 120, and a conveyor wheel 130. The support frame 110 is fixedly installed, and the drive assembly is located inside the support frame 110. The chassis 120 is fixed to the support frame 110; a groove for accommodating the conveyor wheel 130 is provided on the upper surface of the chassis 120. A cap inlet 121 is provided on the side wall of the groove. The cap inlet 121 matches the conveyor belt of the previous process. The size of the cap inlet 121 is slightly larger than the size of the bottle cap, which facilitates the bottle cap to enter the slot 131 on the conveyor wheel 130 from the conveyor belt, and at the same time, it prevents the bottle cap from shaking and failing to enter the slot 131 due to the size of the cap inlet 121 being too large. A cap outlet 122 is also provided on the chassis 120. One end of the cap outlet 122 is located at the slot 131 on the conveyor wheel 130, and the other end of the cap outlet 122 is located in the groove of the chassis 120. The conveyor wheel 130 is rotatably mounted within a groove in the chassis 120. The center of the conveyor wheel 130 is connected to the rotational output shaft of the drive motor 310 via a conveyor wheel drive shaft 140. Several arc-shaped slots 131 are evenly spaced along the edge of the conveyor wheel 130. These slots 131 are used to hold bottle caps transported by the conveyor belt, allowing the bottle caps to rotate with the conveyor wheel 130 from the cap inlet 121 to the cap outlet 122. The inner diameter of the slot 131 is the same as the outer diameter of the bottle cap, and the arc of the slot 131 is between 1 rad and π rad. The bottle cap is held between the slot 131 and the side wall of the groove in the chassis 120.

[0024] Combination Figure 4 , Figure 5 , Figure 6The bottle cap flipping and pressing assembly 200 includes a support panel 210, a sliding bracket 212, a turntable 213, a flipping rod 215, and a limiting plate 220. The support panel 210 is fixedly installed, and a panel opening 211 is formed on the wall of the support panel 210. The limiting plate 220 is located on one side of the support panel 210. A limiting groove 222 is provided on the limiting plate 220. The purpose of the limiting groove 222 is to allow the flipping rod 215 to rotate 180 degrees vertically during movement. Therefore, the limiting groove 222 is designed to include three sections, from bottom to top: a first vertical section, a second arc-shaped section, and a third vertical section. The arc of the second arc-shaped section is π rad. The sliding bracket 212 slides vertically on the support panel 210, and an annular flipping rod support seat 2123 is provided on the sliding bracket 212. One end of the flipping rod 215 passes through the flipping rod support 2123, the support panel 210, and the panel opening 211, and is positioned within the limiting groove 222. A vacuum suction cup 2153 is mounted on the other end of the flipping rod 215. When one end of the flipping rod 215 is at the bottom of the first vertical section of the limiting groove 222, the vacuum suction cup 2153 faces downwards. A turntable 213 is rotatably mounted on the support panel 210, and its center is connected to the output shaft of the drive motor 310 via a turntable drive shaft 2131. An eccentric rod 2132 is positioned eccentrically on the turntable 213. One end of a connecting rod 214 is rotatably mounted on the end of the eccentric rod 2132, and the other end of the connecting rod 214 is rotatably mounted on the flipping rod support 2123. The output shaft of the drive motor 310 rotates, causing the turntable 213 to rotate. The turntable 213 drives the connecting rod 214. Since one end of the connecting rod 214 is connected to the turntable through the eccentric rod 2132, the other end of the connecting rod 214 can achieve vertical displacement. The connecting rod 214 drives the sliding bracket 212 to reciprocate in the vertical direction. The sliding bracket 212 drives the flipping rod 215 to reciprocate in the vertical direction. Since the arc of the second arc segment is πrad, under the action of the limiting groove 222 on the limiting plate 220, the flipping rod 215 achieves flipping motion under the limitation of the second arc segment. The vacuum suction cup 2153 adsorbs the bottle cap and removes the bottle cap from the restriction of the slot 131 and falls off the conveyor wheel 130. The vacuum suction cup 2153 transports the bottle cap to the bottle body or conveyor belt below.

[0025] When the flipping rod 215 is at the top of the third straight segment of the limiting groove 222, the vacuum suction cup 2153 is located below the slot 131, i.e., below the bottle cap. The conveyor wheel 130 and the turntable 213 share a power system. A first bevel gear 320 is provided on the output shaft of the drive motor 310, a second bevel gear 330 is provided at the end of the conveyor wheel drive shaft 140, and a third bevel gear 340 is provided at the end of the turntable drive shaft 2131. The second bevel gear 330 meshes with the first bevel gear 320 and the third bevel gear 340 respectively, so that the output shaft of the drive motor 310 drives the conveyor wheel 130 and the turntable 213 simultaneously. The simultaneous drive can make the rotation of the conveyor wheel 130 and the flipping rod 215 driven by the turntable 213 synchronized. That is, when the vacuum suction cup 2153 at the end of the flipping rod 215 picks up the bottle cap and moves it downward and returns to the conveyor wheel 130, the next bottle cap to be transported is just located at the cap outlet 122.

[0026] Combination Figure 4 The bottle cap flipping and pressing assembly 200 also includes two linear support slide rails 2122, which are respectively set on both sides of the support panel 210. Support sliders 2121 are set on both sides of the sliding support 212, and the support sliders 2121 are set on the corresponding support slide rails 2122. The sliding support 212 reciprocates along the support slide rails 2122 in the vertical direction.

[0027] Combination Figure 4 The bottle cap flipping and pressing assembly 200 also includes a flipping platform 2152, which is fixed to the other end of the flipping rod 215, and a vacuum suction cup 2153 is fixed on the flipping platform 2152.

[0028] Combination Figure 4 One end of the connecting rod 214 is rotatably connected to the eccentric rod 2132 via the second hinge support 2133, and the other end of the connecting rod 214 is rotatably connected to the flip rod support 2123 via the first hinge support 2124.

[0029] Combination Figure 5 The other end of the flipping rod 215 is rotatably connected to the cylindrical slider 2151, which is set in the limiting groove 222 and slides along the limiting groove 222.

[0030] Combination Figure 4 , Figure 5 The bottle cap flipping and pressing assembly 200 also includes a top plate 230, a bottom plate 240, and a reinforcing rod 250. The bottom plate 240 is fixedly installed, the support panel 210 is fixed on the bottom plate 240, the limiting plate 220 is fixed on the top plate 230, and the reinforcing rod 250 is provided between the bottom plate 240 and the top plate 230.

Claims

1. A bottle cap transport device, characterized in that, The system includes a chassis (120), conveyor wheels (130), a drive module, a tilting rod (215), a vacuum suction cup (2153), a limiting plate (220), and a support panel (210). The drive module includes a sliding bracket (212), a turntable (213), a connecting rod (214), and a drive motor (310). The chassis (120) is fixedly installed and has grooves on its upper surface. An inlet (121) is provided on the groove sidewall of the chassis (120). The conveyor wheel (130) is rotatably mounted in a groove in the chassis (120). Several slots (131) are provided at equal intervals on the outer edge of the conveyor wheel (130). An outlet (122) is provided on the chassis (120) at the outer edge of the conveyor wheel (130). The limiting plate (220) is fixed below the chassis (120). A limiting groove (222) is provided on the limiting plate (220). The limiting groove (222) comprises three sections, from bottom to top: a first vertical section, a second arc-shaped section, and a third vertical section, wherein the arc of the second arc-shaped section is π rad. One end of the flipping rod (215) is set in the limiting groove (222). A vacuum suction cup (2153) is located at the other end of the flipping rod (215). The flipping rod (215) moves reciprocally within the limiting groove (222) under the action of the drive module. When the vacuum suction cup (2153) is located at the outlet (122), the opening faces the conveyor wheel (130). The support panel (210) is fixedly installed below the chassis (120) and located on one side of the limiting plate (220). A panel opening (211) is provided on the side wall of the support panel (210). The sliding bracket (212) is slidably mounted on the support panel (210) and moves vertically. The sliding bracket (212) is provided with a through hole and an annular flip rod support (2123) is provided at the through hole. The turntable (213) is mounted on the support panel (210) for rotation. An eccentric rod (2132) is installed on the turntable (213). One end of the connecting rod (214) is rotatably connected to the end of the eccentric rod (2132), and the other end is rotatably connected to the flip rod support (2123). The limiting plate (220) is located on one side of the support panel (210). A limiting groove (222) is provided on the limiting plate (220). One end of the flip rod (215) passes through the through hole on the sliding bracket (212) and the panel opening (211) and is positioned within the limiting groove (222). The output shaft of the drive motor (310) is connected to the rotating shafts of the conveyor wheel (130) and the turntable (213), respectively. A first bevel gear (320) is provided on the output shaft of the drive motor (310), a second bevel gear (330) is provided on the drive shaft (140) of the conveyor wheel (130), and a third bevel gear (340) is provided on the drive shaft (2131) of the turntable (213). The second bevel gear (330) meshes with the first bevel gear (320) and the third bevel gear (340) respectively.

2. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that, Two straight support slide rails (2122) are set on both sides of the wall of the support panel (210) in the vertical direction. Support sliders (2121) are set at both ends of the sliding support (212), and the support sliders (2121) are slidably connected to the corresponding support slide rails (2122).

3. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The other end of the flipping rod (215) is rotated to set a cylindrical slider (2151), and the cylindrical slider (2151) is slidably connected to the limiting groove (222).

4. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that, One end of the connecting rod (214) is rotatably connected to the eccentric rod (2132) through the second hinge support (2133), and the other end of the connecting rod (214) is rotatably connected to the flip rod support (2123) through the first hinge support (2124).

5. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The inner diameter of the slot (131) is the same as the outer diameter of the bottle cap, and the arc of the slot (131) is from 1 rad to π rad.

6. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that, It also includes a top plate (230), a bottom plate (240) and a reinforcing rod (250). The bottom plate (240) is fixedly installed, the support panel (210) is fixed on the bottom plate (240), the top plate (230) is fixed on the support panel (210), the limiting plate (220) is fixed on the top plate (230), and the reinforcing rod (250) is provided between the bottom plate (240) and the top plate (230).

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