Glass article boxing apparatus and method

Abstract

This invention belongs to the field of glass product boxing technology, and discloses a glass product boxing equipment and method. The glass product boxing equipment includes: a box feeding mechanism for conveying empty boxes; a box conveying mechanism for supporting and conveying boxes; a filling mechanism for transferring glass products into the boxes; a box blocking mechanism for inputting the filled boxes from the box conveying mechanism to a box storage mechanism; and a box storage mechanism for outputting the filled boxes. The glass product boxing method includes box feeding, box conveying, filling, box blocking, and box storage. This invention can improve boxing efficiency and boxing quality. This invention is applicable to glass product boxing, used for loading bottles into packaging boxes on a bottle handling line.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This invention belongs to the field of glass product packaging technology, specifically a glass product packaging equipment and method. Background Technology

[0002] The existing automatic boxing equipment and method for glass products is described in Chinese Invention Patent Publication No. CN 115180214B. The structure of this application includes a box feeding mechanism, a box picking mechanism, a box conveying mechanism, a material loading mechanism, a box blocking mechanism, and a box storage mechanism. In use, it includes the following six steps: box feeding - box picking - box conveying - material loading - box blocking - box storage. This solution can achieve automatic boxing of glass products to a certain extent, but it has the following drawbacks in actual production:

[0003] See paragraph 105 of CN115180214B specification: The tray plate is located below the tray picking mechanism and above the tray feeding mechanism. The bottom surface of the box rests on the tray plate to support the box. It can be seen that in the prior art, the tray feeding mechanism is located below the tray plate, and a synchronously driven chain drive assembly drives the tray frame to output empty boxes upwards. However, if during the filling, transfer, or unloading process, bottles fall outwards due to shaking, vibration, or failure of the suction nozzle, they will fall downwards under gravity. Since the empty boxes are located below the tray plate, these fallen bottles are very likely to fall into the stored empty boxes, thus affecting the smooth filling of the empty boxes, reducing the filling quality, and causing waste due to collisions and wear of the glass bottles, reducing the product qualification rate. Summary of the Invention

[0004] To address the aforementioned shortcomings in the existing technology, this invention aims to provide a glass product boxing equipment and method to improve boxing efficiency and quality.

[0005] To achieve the above objectives, the technical solution adopted by the present invention is as follows: A glass product boxing device, comprising: mounted on a frame:

[0006] The box feeding mechanism is used to transport empty boxes so that they automatically fall into the box tray position. The empty box output position is located at the bottom of the box feeding mechanism and corresponds to the box tray position of the box transfer mechanism.

[0007] A tray transfer mechanism is used to support and transfer trays.

[0008] The loading mechanism is used to transfer glass products into the box, and the unloading position corresponds to the loading tilt position of the tray transfer mechanism.

[0009] The box-blocking mechanism is used to input the boxes that have been filled on the box-carrying transfer mechanism to the box-storage mechanism. Its initial position corresponds to the box-carrying position of the box-carrying transfer mechanism, and its box-blocking position corresponds to the filling horizontal position of the box-carrying transfer mechanism and the box input position of the box-storage mechanism.

[0010] A storage box mechanism is used to convey downwards to output the filled boxes.

[0011] As a limitation of the present invention, the box feeding mechanism is located above the box conveying mechanism and to the right of the box blocking mechanism; the box storage mechanism is located below the loading horizontal position of the box conveying mechanism.

[0012] As a further limitation of the present invention, the feeding mechanism includes:

[0013] Both the first ring chain drive assembly and the second ring chain drive assembly include a frame, a chain drive component mounted on the frame, a tray frame, and a bevel gear.

[0014] The transmission drive assembly is used to drive two ring chain drive assemblies to rotate synchronously. It includes a drive shaft that is poweredly connected to the drive structure, a first bevel gear fixedly connected to the drive shaft, and a second bevel gear keyed to the drive shaft. The first bevel gear and the second bevel gear mesh with corresponding bevel gears. The second bevel gear is connected to the frame bearing of the second ring chain drive assembly.

[0015] The adjusting assembly is used to adjust the lateral spacing between the two ring chain drive assemblies. It includes a top plate fixed to the frame, an adjusting bolt fixedly connected to the top plate at the end, and a frame plate threadedly connected to the threaded section of the adjusting bolt. The end of the frame plate is fixedly connected to the frame of the second ring chain drive assembly.

[0016] As another limitation of the present invention, the first transfer component of the loading mechanism includes:

[0017] First transfer mobile assembly;

[0018] The first bottle dispensing assembly includes multiple nozzle mounting plates and corresponding nozzles mounted on the nozzle fixing plates;

[0019] The variable pitch assembly includes a telescopic linkage structure and a variable pitch driver mounted on the power output end of the first transfer moving assembly for controlling the extension and retraction of the telescopic linkage structure; the first central hinge pin of the telescopic linkage structure is fixedly mounted on the power output end of the variable pitch driver, and the last central hinge pin is fixedly mounted on the mounting plate of the variable pitch driver, with a suction nozzle mounting plate fixedly connected to each central hinge pin.

[0020] As a further limitation of the present invention, a bottle-tipping detection component is fixedly mounted on the second transfer component of the filling mechanism, the bottle-tipping detection component comprising:

[0021] The connecting block is fixedly connected between the power output end of the second transfer moving assembly and the nozzle fixing seat;

[0022] The guide pin has its bottom end fixedly connected to the nozzle fixing seat, its rod part slidably connected to the connecting block, and its top limiting part locked onto the connecting block; a spring is fitted on the guide pin located between the nozzle fixing seat and the connecting block.

[0023] Screws are used to secure the nozzle mounting base.

[0024] The sensor is fixed to the connecting block at the position of the corresponding screw.

[0025] As a third limitation of the present invention, the first row of bottle limiting components of the tray transfer mechanism includes:

[0026] Limit baffle;

[0027] The limit expansion joint is used to drive the limit baffle to extend and retract back and forth. It is fixedly mounted on the frame. The power output end is fixedly mounted with an adapter plate. The adapter plate and the rotating shaft plate are rotatably connected through a rotating shaft. The rotating shaft plate is fixedly connected to the limit lifter.

[0028] The limit lifter is used to drive the limit baffle to move up and down. The power output end of the limit lifter is fixedly connected to the limit baffle.

[0029] As a further limitation of the present invention, the right side limiting component of the box body of the tray transfer mechanism and the baffle plate of the baffle mechanism are both provided with a plurality of spaced protrusions, and the protrusions of the baffle plate can pass through the gap between the protrusions of the right side limiting component of the box body.

[0030] As another limitation of the present invention, the storage box frame of the storage box mechanism is a profile arranged at intervals;

[0031] The second storage box platform of the storage box mechanism is set at the box output position corresponding to the first storage box platform. The second storage box platform is a belt drive component that is spaced apart, and the profile can be lowered into the gap of the belt drive component.

[0032] The present invention also provides a method for boxing glass products using the above-mentioned glass product boxing equipment, the technical solution of which is as follows:

[0033] A method for packaging glass products, using glass product packaging equipment, includes the following steps:

[0034] S1. Box feeding: The box feeding mechanism outputs empty boxes downwards, and the bottom empty box automatically falls into the box tray transfer mechanism's tray position;

[0035] S2. Box tray: The box tray transfer mechanism picks up the box, and the box blocking mechanism is in the initial position. The box tray transfer mechanism transfers the empty box to the filling horizontal position.

[0036] S3. Loading: The loading mechanism picks up the glass products to be boxed and transfers them into the box body in the loading tilt position of the box transfer mechanism; after loading is completed, the box transfer mechanism returns to the loading horizontal position;

[0037] S4. Box stop: The box stop mechanism stops the box, and at the same time, the box transfer mechanism moves towards the box position to transfer the box that has been filled to the box input position of the storage mechanism;

[0038] S5. Storage box: The storage box mechanism outputs the box body outward;

[0039] S6. Repeat the above steps.

[0040] As a limitation of the present invention, S1. Box supply: The lateral spacing between the first ring chain drive assembly and the second ring chain drive assembly is adjusted according to the box size; under the transmission action of the two ring chain drive assemblies, the empty box on the lowest box holder falls directly downward into the box position of the box transfer mechanism.

[0041] S2. Tray: The tray horizontal moving component horizontally transfers the empty box from the tray position to the filling horizontal position, with the empty box confined between the left limiting component and the right limiting component of the box body;

[0042] S3. Loading;

[0043] S31. Tilting of tray plate: The tray transfer mechanism puts the box in a tilted position for filling. The limit telescopic device and the limit lifting device control the limit baffle to move to the corresponding position of the first row of bottles on the front side of the box. The box pulling assembly pulls the rear side of the box.

[0044] S32. Picking up and adjusting the distance: The first transfer moving assembly drives the suction nozzle to pick up the bottle on the bottle sorting line. After picking up the bottle, the distance driver drives the telescopic linkage structure to extend and retract according to the bottle specifications to adjust the center distance of the bottle. After adjusting the distance, the bottle is transferred to the intermediate bottle storage assembly.

[0045] S33. Detecting overturned bottles: The second transfer component takes the glass products to be boxed from the intermediate bottle storage component and transfers them to the box in the loading tilt position; if there are overturned bottles in the box, the nozzle fixing seat moves up, the spring is compressed, the sensor detects the screw and sends a signal, and directly proceeds to step S34; if there are no overturned bottles in the box, after the box is filled, proceed to step S34.

[0046] S34. Loading Reset: The tray transfer mechanism resets to the loading horizontal position. At the same time, under the action of the rotating shaft, the limit expansion joint and the limit lifting joint change the state of the limit baffle along with the box body. After the box body is horizontal, the limit expansion joint and the limit lifting joint reset, so that the limit baffle is disengaged from the box body.

[0047] S4. Baffle: The baffle linear mover controls the baffle plate to move downward to the baffle position. At the same time, the tray horizontal moving component drives the tray plate to move towards the tray position. The protrusions of the baffle plate can pass through the gap between the protrusions of the limit component on the right side of the box. Under the action of the baffle plate, the box after filling falls into the box input position of the storage mechanism.

[0048] S5. Storage box: After the storage box frame receives the box, it moves downward. The profile descends into the gap of the belt drive component and is located on the same plane. Then, the belt drive component drives the box to be output outward.

[0049] S6. Repeat the above steps.

[0050] By adopting the above-described technical solution, the beneficial effects achieved by this invention compared to the prior art are as follows:

[0051] (1) This invention is an improvement on existing glass product boxing equipment. Through five steps of “box supply - box support - filling - box blocking - box storage”, it improves both boxing quality and efficiency. Specifically, the box supply mechanism automatically outputs empty boxes downwards, and the empty boxes fall directly into the box support position of the box support and transfer mechanism without the need for further empty box retrieval. The box support and transfer mechanism transfers the empty boxes for filling. After the boxes are filled, the box blocking mechanism causes the filled boxes to fall into the box storage mechanism, which then conveys them downwards for output.

[0052] (2) The present invention improves the layout of the box feeding mechanism and the box storage mechanism. By making the box feeding mechanism output empty boxes downward, it can not only avoid the situation in the prior art, but also ensure the smooth progress of subsequent empty box filling operations and improve the boxing quality. At the same time, the box feeding mechanism outputs empty boxes downward, eliminating the need for a box retrieval process, simplifying the workflow and improving work efficiency.

[0053] (3) The present invention has strong process adaptability. On the one hand, the box feeding mechanism can adapt to various box sizes. According to the width of the box, the lateral spacing of the two ring chain drive assemblies can be adjusted by adjusting the assembly, which is suitable for boxing products of various specifications and has high process adaptability. On the other hand, the variable pitch component can change the bottle spacing during the bottle transfer process of the first transfer component according to the bottle size on the bottle feeding line, so as to adapt to the bottle spacing of the intermediate bottle storage component. There is no need to adjust or replace the corrugated toothed plate of the bottle feeding line, which reduces the workload of the staff in adjusting or replacing parts and effectively improves the convenience of production changeover operation.

[0054] (4) By setting up a bottle-inverting detection component, if there is an inverted bottle in the box during the process of transferring glass products into the box by the filling mechanism, the sensor sends a signal and then performs a box-removal operation. This eliminates the invalid operation of continuing to fill bottles when they are inverted, thereby ensuring the final boxing quality and avoiding the waste of production time.

[0055] (5) The limiting telescopic device and the limiting lifter of the first row of bottle limiting components of the present invention are rotatably connected, which enables the limiting baffle to change together during the switching of the box from the inclined position to the horizontal position. After the box is in a horizontal state, the limiting baffle is pulled out of the box. Compared with the original method of pulling out the limiting baffle when the box is tilted, the present invention can effectively prevent the limiting baffle from being pulled out of the box and thus ensure the quality of the box.

[0056] (6) The shape of the correcting baffle and the baffle plate of the present invention can prevent bottle jamming during the baffle process.

[0057] (7) The first storage box platform and the second storage box platform of the present invention can both transfer the box body of the first storage box platform to the second storage box platform and extend the storage box of the second storage box platform.

[0058] This invention is applicable to the packaging of glass products, and is used to load bottles into packaging boxes on a bottle handling line. Attached Figure Description

[0059] The present invention will now be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

[0060] Figure 1 This is a three-dimensional structural diagram of the present invention (the horizontal moving assembly of the tray, the first transfer assembly, and the intermediate bottle storage assembly are not shown).

[0061] Figure 2 This is a three-dimensional structural diagram of the present invention from another perspective (the horizontal moving assembly of the tray, the first transfer assembly, and the intermediate bottle storage assembly are not shown).

[0062] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the feeding mechanism of the present invention;

[0063] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of the bottle inversion detection component of the present invention;

[0064] Figure 5 This is a schematic diagram of the variable pitch component structure of the present invention;

[0065] Figure 6 This is a schematic diagram of the horizontal loading position structure of the present invention.

[0066] In the diagram: 1. Box feeding mechanism; 11. First ring chain drive assembly; 12. Second ring chain drive assembly; 13. Frame; 14. Box holder; 15. Bevel gear; 16. First bevel gear; 17. Second bevel gear; 18. Second bevel gear mounting plate; 19. Top plate; 111. Adjusting bolt; 112. Shelf plate;

[0067] 2. Tray transfer mechanism; 21. First transfer moving assembly; 22. Nozzle; 23. Nozzle mounting plate; 24. Pitch driver; 25. First center hinge pin; 26. Last center hinge pin; 27. Pitch driver mounting plate; 28. Connecting block; 29. ​​Screw; 221. Nozzle holder; 222. Guide pin; 223. Spring; 224. Sensor;

[0068] 3. Loading mechanism; 31. Limiting expansion joint; 32. Adapter plate; 33. Rotating shaft; 34. Rotating shaft plate; 35. Limiting lifting device; 36. Limiting baffle; 37. Protrusion;

[0069] 4. Baffle mechanism;

[0070] 5. Storage box mechanism; 51. Belt drive component. Detailed Implementation

[0071] The preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that the preferred embodiments described herein are for illustrative and understanding purposes only and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

[0072] This embodiment provides a glass product boxing device, which is an improvement on the invention patent technology of CN115180214B. This embodiment includes a box feeding mechanism 1, a box conveying mechanism 2, a loading mechanism 3, a box blocking mechanism 4, and a box storage mechanism 5, all mounted on a frame. Through the process of "box feeding-box conveying-loading-blocking-storage," both boxing quality and efficiency are improved. Specifically, the box feeding mechanism 1 outputs empty boxes downwards, which fall directly onto the box conveying mechanism 2. The box conveying mechanism 2 then transports the empty boxes for loading. After the boxes are full, the box blocking mechanism 4 causes the loaded boxes to fall into the box storage mechanism 5, from which they are output.

[0073] like Figure 1 , 2 As shown, this embodiment includes a box feeding mechanism 1, a box transfer mechanism 2, a loading mechanism 3, a box blocking mechanism 4, and a box storage mechanism 5, all mounted on a frame. The box feeding mechanism 1 is located above the box transfer mechanism 2 and to the right of the box blocking mechanism 4 (see reference). Figure 1 (From the perspective direction in the middle); the storage box mechanism 5 is located below the loading horizontal position of the tray transfer mechanism 2.

[0074] I. Box Supply Mechanism 1

[0075] The box feeding mechanism 1 is used to convey empty boxes. The box feeding mechanism 1 includes a first annular chain drive assembly 11, a second annular chain drive assembly 12, a transmission drive assembly for driving the two annular chain drive assemblies to rotate synchronously, and an adjustment assembly for adjusting the lateral distance between the two annular chain drive assemblies.

[0076] The first annular chain drive assembly 11 and the second annular chain drive assembly 12 rotate synchronously. They are arranged side to side and have the same structure. Figure 3 As shown, each assembly includes a frame 13, a chain drive assembly mounted on the frame 13, a tray holder 14, and a bevel gear 15. The chain drive assembly includes a pair of chain drive structures, consisting of an upper sprocket and a lower sprocket meshing with a ring chain. Specifically, the two upper sprockets are coaxially connected and located at both ends of the shaft, and the two lower sprockets are coaxially connected and located at both ends of the shaft. The tray holder 14 is fixed to the ring chain, and the tray holders 14 on the first ring chain drive assembly 11 and the second ring chain drive assembly 12 are correspondingly arranged to separate adjacent horizontally placed empty boxes. The bevel gear 15 is coaxially connected to the upper sprocket and is used for transmission connection with the drive assembly. The frame 13 of the first ring chain drive assembly 11 is fixed to the machine frame, and the frame 13 of the second ring chain drive assembly 12 is connected to the adjustment assembly.

[0077] like Figure 3 As shown, the transmission drive assembly includes a drive shaft, a first bevel gear 16, and a second bevel gear 17. The first bevel gear 16 is fixedly connected to the drive shaft and meshes with the bevel gear 15 of the first ring chain drive assembly 11. The key on the second bevel gear 17 is connected to the keyway of the drive shaft, and the key can slide on the keyway. The second bevel gear 17 meshes with the bevel gear 15 of the second ring chain drive assembly 12. The second bevel gear 17 is bearing-connected to the second bevel gear mounting plate 18, and the second bevel gear mounting plate 18 is fixedly connected to the frame 13 of the second ring chain drive assembly 12. The power input end of the drive shaft is connected to the drive structure, which is a motor. The drive structure drives the drive shaft, the first bevel gear 16, and the second bevel gear 17 to rotate, thereby causing the first ring chain drive assembly 11 and the second ring chain drive assembly 12 to rotate synchronously.

[0078] The adjustment assembly includes a top plate 19, an adjusting bolt 111, and a frame plate 112. The top plate 19 is fixedly mounted on the frame. The end of the adjusting bolt 111 is fixedly connected to the top plate 19 via a connecting plate. The threaded section of the adjusting bolt is threadedly connected to the frame plate 112. The end of the frame plate 112 is fixedly connected to the frame 13 of the second annular chain drive assembly 12.

[0079] Preferably, the frame plate 112 is provided with a set screw at the threaded section of the adjusting bolt 111. The set screw is threaded onto the frame plate and the position of the adjusting bolt 111 is positioned by the set screw.

[0080] II. Tray Transfer Mechanism 2

[0081] The box-carrying and transferring mechanism 2 is used to support and transfer the boxes. Specifically, it supports the empty boxes falling from the box-feeding mechanism 1 and transfers the filled boxes to the box-storage mechanism 5.

[0082] The tray transfer mechanism 2 includes a tray plate, a tray horizontal moving assembly for driving the tray plate horizontally, and a tray tilting assembly for driving the tray plate tilt. The tray tilting assembly includes a tray linear driver and a support plate fixed on the frame. The tray linear driver is a motor.

[0083] Under the action of the tray horizontal moving component and the tray tilting component, the tray plate has three working positions: tray position, filling horizontal position, and filling tilting position. The tray position refers to the position where, after the tray feeding mechanism 1 conveys empty boxes downwards, the tray horizontal moving component moves the tray plate to below the lowest tray rack 14 of the tray feeding mechanism 1 to receive empty boxes; this position is used to support the empty boxes, and the tray plate is in a horizontal state. The filling horizontal position refers to the position where, driven by the tray horizontal moving component, the tray plate, originally in the tray position, is moved horizontally to above the tray storage mechanism 5. The filling tilting position refers to the position where the tray plate, originally in the filling horizontal position, is tilted and positioned by the tray tilting component, and the tilted box is filled with material.

[0084] Preferably, to ensure the accuracy of the filling position, the tray transfer mechanism 2 also includes a left side limiting component, a right side limiting component, a first row of bottle limiting components, and a pull-out component. The pull-out component adopts a structure found in the prior art.

[0085] The first row of bottle limiting components is installed on the front side of the first row of bottles inside the box. It is used to restrict the placement of the first row of bottles during filling, preventing them from tipping over. After filling is complete, the first row of bottle limiting components must be removed from the box. Figure 6 As shown, the first row of bottle limiting components includes a limiting baffle 36, a limiting lifter 35, and a limiting telescopic device 31. The limiting telescopic device 31 is fixedly mounted on the frame and is used to drive the limiting baffle 36 to extend and retract forward and backward. Its power output end is fixedly mounted with an adapter plate 32, which is rotatably connected to a rotating shaft plate 34 via a rotating shaft 33. The rotating shaft plate 34 is fixedly connected to the limiting lifter 35. The limiting lifter 35 is used to drive the limiting baffle 36 to move up and down, and its power output end is fixedly connected to the limiting baffle 36. The limiting baffle 36 adopts a structure found in existing technology.

[0086] The left-side limiting component of the box is mounted on the frame, corresponding to the outer surface of the left side of the box, and is used to limit the box's movement to the left. The right-side limiting component is mounted on the tray, corresponding to the outer surface of the right side of the box, and is used to limit the box's movement to the right. Together with the left-side limiting component, the box is secured between the left-side and right-side limiting components. Figure 6 As shown, the left and right limiting components of the tray transfer mechanism 2 are both vertical protrusions 37 arranged at intervals, with the upper part of the protrusions 37 tilted away from the tray body.

[0087] III. Loading Mechanism 3

[0088] The loading mechanism 3 is used to transfer glass products into the box. The picking position corresponds to the bottle output position of the bottle unloading line, and the unloading position of the loading mechanism 3 corresponds to the loading tilt position of the tray transfer mechanism 2. The loading mechanism 3 includes a first transfer component, a transfer and storage component, and a second transfer component mounted on the frame.

[0089] (a) First transfer component

[0090] The first transfer component is used to transfer qualified bottles from the bottle sorting line to the intermediate bottle storage component. The bottle sorting line is equipped with V-shaped bottle clamping slots, and the bottles are placed inside these slots. Figure 4 As shown, the first transfer assembly includes a first transfer moving assembly 21 fixed on the frame, a pitch conversion assembly mounted on the power output end of the first transfer moving assembly 21, and a first bottle picking assembly mounted on the pitch conversion assembly.

[0091] The first transfer mobile assembly 21 adopts existing technology.

[0092] The first bottle dispensing assembly includes multiple suction nozzles 22 and suction nozzle mounting plates 23 that are fixedly connected to each suction nozzle 22. That is, each suction nozzle 22 is mounted on a corresponding suction nozzle mounting plate 23.

[0093] The pitch control assembly includes a pitch driver 24 and a telescopic linkage structure. The pitch driver 24, mounted on the power output end of the first transfer and movement assembly 21, controls the extension and retraction of the telescopic linkage structure. It can be a linear motor or a linear cylinder; in this embodiment, an electric lead screw is used. The telescopic linkage structure is a scissor-type linkage, with the basic unit being "X"-shaped. A central hinge pin is located at the center of the "X," with a lower hinge pin at the bottom and an upper hinge pin at the top. Pitch adjustment is achieved by changing the cross angle of the isosceles linkage through its cross hinge. (Refer to...) Figure 5 As shown, from left to right, the first central hinge pin 25, ... the first central hinge pin 25 of the telescopic linkage structure is fixedly mounted on the power output end of the pitch drive 24 (i.e., the first central hinge pin 25 is fixedly mounted on the lead screw nut), and the last central hinge pin 26 is fixedly mounted on the pitch drive 24 mounting plate which is fixedly connected to the pitch drive 24 (i.e., the pitch drive 24 mounting plate which is fixedly connected to the bottom end of the lead screw). A suction nozzle mounting plate 23 is fixedly connected to each central hinge pin.

[0094] (ii) Transfer bottle storage assembly

[0095] The transit bottle storage assembly is used to store transit bottles and adopts a structure found in existing technology.

[0096] (iii) Second transfer component

[0097] The second transfer assembly is used to grip / absorb the bottle neck and transfer the transfer bottle body from the intermediate bottle storage assembly to the packaging box in the loading tilt position. The second transfer assembly includes a second transfer moving assembly fixed to the frame and a second bottle picking assembly assembled at the power output end of the second transfer moving assembly. The second transfer moving assembly includes multiple second suction nozzles and a suction nozzle fixing seat 221 for fixing the second suction nozzles. To detect bottle tipping during the boxing process, a bottle tipping detection assembly is fixed to the second transfer assembly. The bottle tipping detection assembly includes screws 29, connecting blocks 28, and sensors 224, such as... Figure 4 As shown.

[0098] A connecting block 28 is fixedly connected between the power output end of the second transfer moving assembly and the nozzle fixing seat 221. There is a gap between the connecting block 28 and the nozzle fixing seat 221, and they are connected by a guide pin 222. The bottom end of the guide pin 222 is fixedly connected to the nozzle fixing seat 221, the rod of the guide pin 222 is slidably connected to the connecting block 28, and the hexagonal head (limiting part) is locked onto the connecting block 28 to limit the sliding position of the connecting block 28 relative to the guide pin 222. A spring 223 is fitted onto the guide pin 222 located between the nozzle fixing seat 221 and the connecting block 28. A screw 29 is fixedly connected to the nozzle fixing seat 221, and a sensor 224 is fixedly connected to the connecting block 28. The sensor 224 is positioned corresponding to the screw 29 so that when the bottle is tilted and the spring 223 is compressed, the screw 29 moves upward with the nozzle fixing seat 221, and the sensor 224 can detect the signal sent by the screw 29. In this embodiment, the sensor 224 is a proximity switch. If the bottle tipps over, you can directly remove the box.

[0099] IV. Baffle Mechanism 4

[0100] The box-blocking mechanism 4 is used to input the filled boxes from the box-carrying transfer mechanism 2 to the box-storage mechanism 5. The box-blocking mechanism 4 has two working positions: the initial position and the box-blocking position. The initial position of the box-blocking mechanism 4 corresponds to the box-carrying position of the box-carrying transfer mechanism 2; the box-blocking position corresponds to the filling horizontal position of the box-carrying transfer mechanism 2 and the box input position of the box-storage mechanism 5.

[0101] The baffle mechanism 4 is located between the tray position and the loading horizontal position of the tray transfer mechanism 2. The baffle mechanism 4 includes a baffle plate and a baffle linear mover. Figure 6 As shown, the baffle plate also has multiple spaced protrusions 37, which are adapted to the shape of the right side limiting component of the box body, so that the protrusions 37 of the baffle plate can pass through the gap between the protrusions 37 of the right side limiting component of the box body.

[0102] The initial position of the box-blocking mechanism 4 is as follows: the box-blocking plate is located above the box support plate and the box body, enabling the box support plate in the box support position to be horizontally moved to the box support plate loading horizontal position via the box support horizontal moving component. The box-blocking position of the box-blocking mechanism 4 is as follows: the box-blocking linear mover drives the box-blocking plate to move downward, and the protrusion 37 of the box-blocking plate is located in the gap of the protrusion 37 of the right limit component, which can block the box body on the box support plate, while the box support plate can still move horizontally under the action of the box support horizontal moving component.

[0103] V. Storage Box Mechanism 5

[0104] The box storage mechanism 5 is used to receive the boxes removed from the box tray and output the boxes outwards. The box storage position of the box storage mechanism 5 is located below the box tray. Under the blocking action of the box blocking mechanism 4, the box falls into the box storage position of the box storage mechanism 5. The box storage mechanism 5 includes a first box storage platform and a second box storage platform.

[0105] The first storage box platform receives filled boxes and moves them downwards. It includes a storage box frame and a linear motion assembly. The linear motion assembly is mounted on the frame and drives the first storage box platform vertically. The linear motion assembly is a chain drive driven by a motor. The storage box frame is fixed to the chain of the chain drive, and the frame is fixed to the power output end of the linear motion assembly to support the boxes. The storage box frame consists of horizontally spaced profiles with intervals between them.

[0106] The second storage box platform receives the boxes output from the first storage box platform and conveys them horizontally outward. The second storage box platform is positioned corresponding to the box output position of the first storage box platform and consists of multiple belt drive components 51 spaced apart, such as... Figure 2 As shown, the profile can descend into the gap of the belt drive component 51.

[0107] This embodiment also provides a method for packaging glass products, which is implemented using the aforementioned glass product packaging equipment, and includes the following steps:

[0108] S1. Box feeding: The box feeding mechanism 1 outputs empty boxes downwards, and the empty boxes at the bottom layer can automatically fall into the tray position.

[0109] S2. Box tray: The box tray transfer mechanism 2 trays the box, the box blocking mechanism 4 is in the initial position, and the box tray transfer mechanism 2 transfers the empty box to the filling horizontal position;

[0110] S3. Loading: The loading mechanism 3 picks up the glass products to be boxed and transfers them into the box body in the loading tilt position of the box transfer mechanism 2; after loading is completed, the box transfer mechanism 2 returns to the loading horizontal position;

[0111] S4. Box blocking mechanism 4 blocks the box, and at the same time, the box transfer mechanism 2 moves towards the box position, and the box filled with glass products is transferred to the box input position of the storage mechanism 5.

[0112] S5. Storage box: The storage box mechanism 5 conveys the box body downwards for outward output;

[0113] S6. Repeat the above steps.

[0114] Specifically:

[0115] S1. Box Feeding: First, adjust the lateral spacing of the first annular chain drive assembly 11 and the second annular chain drive assembly 12 according to the box width. That is: loosen the set screw, rotate the adjusting bolt 111, and the frame 13 of the second annular chain drive assembly 12 will move through the frame plate 112, while the second bevel gear 17 will move laterally along the keyway on the drive shaft through the second bevel gear mounting plate 18. After adjusting to the qualified position, tighten the set screw for positioning.

[0116] When the box feeding mechanism 1 outputs empty boxes downwards, the drive structure drives the transmission shaft, the first bevel gear 16 and the second bevel gear 17 to rotate, thereby causing the first ring chain drive assembly 11 and the second ring chain drive assembly 12 to rotate synchronously and convey the empty boxes downwards. Under the action of the two ring chain drive assemblies, the bottom box holder 14 becomes a downward tilted state, and the empty boxes placed on the bottom box holder 14 will automatically fall down to the box holder position. The bottom box holder 14 is the empty box output position of the box feeding mechanism 1, that is, the empty box output position is located at the bottom of the box feeding mechanism 1, and the output empty boxes fall directly down into the box holder position of the box holder plate of the box transfer mechanism 2.

[0117] S2. Carrying Box: The carrying box transfer mechanism 2 carries the empty box, and the box blocking mechanism 4 is in its initial position. The carrying box transfer mechanism 2 transfers the empty box to the filling horizontal position. That is, when the box blocking plate is above the box body, the carrying box horizontal moving component transfers the empty box horizontally from the carrying box position to the filling horizontal position, and the empty box is limited between the left limiting component and the right limiting component of the box body.

[0118] S3. Loading.

[0119] S31. Tray plate tilting: The tray linear actuator controls the support plate to move upward, and the support plate presses against one side of the tray plate, causing the tray plate to tilt relative to the sliding support block, so that the tray transfer mechanism 2 is in the loading tilt position. The limit telescopic device 31 and the limit lifting device 35 control the limit baffle 36 to move to the corresponding position of the first row of bottles on the front side inside the box, and the box pulling assembly pulls the rear side of the box.

[0120] S32. Picking up the bottle with a variable pitch: The first transfer moving assembly 21 drives the suction nozzle 22 to pick up the bottle on the bottle sorting line. After picking up the bottle, the variable pitch driver 24 drives the telescopic linkage structure to extend and retract according to the bottle specifications to adjust the center distance of the bottle body to adapt to the center distance of the bottle receiving slot on the intermediate bottle storage assembly, and then transfers the bottle body with the variable pitch to the intermediate bottle storage assembly.

[0121] S33. Detecting Overturned Bottles: The second transfer assembly retrieves the glassware to be boxed from the intermediate bottle storage assembly and transfers it to the box body located at the loading tilt position of the box transfer mechanism 2. If an overturned bottle is present in the box, the suction nozzle 22 of the second transfer assembly is subjected to the pressure of the overturned bottle, causing the suction nozzle fixing seat 221 to move upward, the spring 223 to be compressed, and the screw 29 to move upward with the suction nozzle fixing seat 221. The sensor 224 detects the screw 29 and sends a signal, allowing the box to be unloaded directly. That is, step S34 can be performed directly before the box is full. If no overturned bottle is present in the box, step S34 is performed after the box is filled.

[0122] S34. Loading Reset: The linear actuator controls the support plate to reset downwards, causing the tray transfer mechanism 2 to reset to the loading horizontal position. Simultaneously, under the action of the pivot 33 between the adapter plate 32 and the pivot plate 34, the limit baffle 36 can move along with the tray body. After the tray body is in a horizontal state, the limit telescopic device 31 and the limit lift 35 reset, causing the limit baffle 36 to disengage from the tray body.

[0123] S4. Baffle: The baffle linear mover controls the baffle plate to move downward to the baffle position. At the same time, the tray horizontal moving component drives the tray plate to move towards the tray position. The protrusion 37 of the baffle plate can pass through the gap between the protrusions 37 of the right limit component of the box body. Under the action of the baffle plate, the box body after filling falls into the box body input position of the storage mechanism 5 below.

[0124] S5. Storage box: After the storage box frame receives the box, it moves downward. After the profile of the storage box frame descends into the gap of the belt drive component 51 of the second storage box platform and is located on the same plane, the belt drive component 51 drives the box to be output outward.

[0125] S6. Repeat the above steps.

[0126] It should be noted that the above description is merely a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention. Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can still modify the technical solutions described in the above embodiments or make equivalent substitutions for some of the technical features. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc., made within the spirit and principles of the present invention should be included within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A glass product boxing device, characterized in that... Including those mounted on the rack: The box feeding mechanism is used to transport empty boxes so that they automatically fall into the box tray position. The empty box output position is located at the bottom of the box feeding mechanism and corresponds to the box tray position of the box transfer mechanism. A tray transfer mechanism is used to support and transfer trays. The loading mechanism is used to transfer glass products into the box, and the unloading position corresponds to the loading tilt position of the tray transfer mechanism. The box-blocking mechanism is used to input the boxes that have been filled on the box-carrying transfer mechanism to the box-storage mechanism. Its initial position corresponds to the box-carrying position of the box-carrying transfer mechanism, and its box-blocking position corresponds to the filling horizontal position of the box-carrying transfer mechanism and the box input position of the box-storage mechanism. A storage box mechanism is used to convey downwards to output the filled box; The filling mechanism includes a transfer and storage assembly mounted on a frame, a first transfer assembly for transferring qualified bottles from the bottle sorting line to the transfer and storage assembly, and a second transfer assembly for transferring bottles from the transfer and storage assembly to a packaging box located at a filling tilt position; the first transfer assembly includes: First transfer mobile assembly; The first bottle dispensing assembly includes multiple nozzle mounting plates and corresponding nozzles mounted on the nozzle fixing plates; The variable pitch assembly includes a telescopic linkage structure and a variable pitch driver assembled at the power output end of the first transfer moving assembly for controlling the extension and retraction of the telescopic linkage structure; the first central hinge pin of the telescopic linkage structure is fixedly mounted at the power output end of the variable pitch driver, and the last central hinge pin is fixedly mounted on the mounting plate of the variable pitch driver, with a suction nozzle mounting plate fixedly connected to each central hinge pin. A bottle tipping detection component is fixedly mounted on the second transfer assembly of the filling mechanism. The bottle tipping detection component includes: The connecting block is fixedly connected between the power output end of the second transfer moving assembly and the nozzle fixing seat; The guide pin has its bottom end fixedly connected to the nozzle fixing seat, its rod part slidably connected to the connecting block, and its top limiting part locked onto the connecting block; a spring is fitted on the guide pin located between the nozzle fixing seat and the connecting block. Screws are used to secure the nozzle mounting base. The sensor is fixed to the connecting block at the position corresponding to the screw. The first row of bottle limiting components of the tray transfer mechanism includes: Limit baffle; The limit expansion joint is used to drive the limit baffle to extend and retract back and forth. It is fixedly mounted on the frame. The power output end is fixedly mounted with an adapter plate. The adapter plate and the rotating shaft plate are rotatably connected through a rotating shaft. The rotating shaft plate is fixedly connected to the limit lifter. The limit lifter is used to drive the limit baffle to move up and down. The power output end of the limit lifter is fixedly connected to the limit baffle. The right-side limiting component of the tray transfer mechanism and the baffle plate of the baffle mechanism both have multiple spaced protrusions. The protrusions of the baffle plate can pass through the gaps between the protrusions of the right-side limiting component of the tray.

2. The glass product boxing equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that: The box feeding mechanism is located above the box conveying mechanism and to the right of the box blocking mechanism; the box storage mechanism is located below the loading level of the box conveying mechanism.

3. The glass product boxing equipment according to claim 2, characterized in that: The box supply mechanism includes: Both the first ring chain drive assembly and the second ring chain drive assembly include a frame, a chain drive component mounted on the frame, a tray frame, and a bevel gear. The transmission drive assembly is used to drive two ring chain drive assemblies to rotate synchronously. It includes a drive shaft that is poweredly connected to the drive structure, a first bevel gear fixedly connected to the drive shaft, and a second bevel gear keyed to the drive shaft. The first bevel gear and the second bevel gear mesh with corresponding bevel gears. The second bevel gear is connected to the frame bearing of the second ring chain drive assembly. The adjusting assembly is used to adjust the lateral spacing between the two ring chain drive assemblies. It includes a top plate fixed to the frame, an adjusting bolt fixedly connected to the top plate at the end, and a frame plate threadedly connected to the threaded section of the adjusting bolt. The end of the frame plate is fixedly connected to the frame of the second ring chain drive assembly.

4. The glass product boxing equipment according to claim 3, characterized in that: The storage box frame of the storage box mechanism is made of spaced-out profiles; The second storage box platform of the storage box mechanism is set at the box output position corresponding to the first storage box platform. The second storage box platform is a belt drive component that is spaced apart, and the profile can be lowered into the gap of the belt drive component.

5. A method for packaging glass products, characterized in that: The glass product packaging equipment described in claim 4 is used to achieve this, comprising the following steps: S1. Box feeding: The box feeding mechanism outputs empty boxes downwards, and the bottom empty box automatically falls into the box tray transfer mechanism's tray position; S2. Box tray: The box tray transfer mechanism picks up the box, and the box blocking mechanism is in the initial position. The box tray transfer mechanism transfers the empty box to the filling horizontal position. S3. Loading: The loading mechanism picks up the glass products to be boxed and transfers them into the box body in the loading tilt position of the box transfer mechanism; after loading is completed, the box transfer mechanism returns to the loading horizontal position; S4. Box stop: The box stop mechanism stops the box, and at the same time, the box transfer mechanism moves towards the box position to transfer the box that has been filled to the box input position of the storage mechanism; S5. Storage box: The storage box mechanism conveys the box body downwards to output the box body outwards; S6. Repeat the above steps.

6. The method for packaging glass products according to claim 5, characterized in that: S1. Supply Box: Adjust the lateral spacing of the first and second ring chain drive assemblies according to the box size; under the transmission action of the two ring chain drive assemblies, the empty box on the bottom tray falls directly into the tray position of the tray transfer mechanism. S2. Tray: The tray horizontal moving component horizontally transfers the empty box from the tray position to the filling horizontal position, with the empty box confined between the left limiting component and the right limiting component of the box body; S3. Loading; S31. Tilting of tray plate: The tray transfer mechanism puts the box in a tilted position for filling. The limit telescopic device and the limit lifting device control the limit baffle to move to the corresponding position of the first row of bottles on the front side of the box. The box pulling assembly pulls the rear side of the box. S32. Picking up and adjusting the distance: The first transfer moving assembly drives the suction nozzle to pick up the bottle on the bottle sorting line. After picking up the bottle, the distance driver drives the telescopic linkage structure to extend and retract according to the bottle specifications to adjust the center distance of the bottle. After adjusting the distance, the bottle is transferred to the intermediate bottle storage assembly. S33. Detecting overturned bottles: The second transfer component takes the glass products to be boxed from the intermediate bottle storage component and transfers them to the box in the loading tilt position; if there are overturned bottles in the box, the nozzle fixing seat moves up, the spring is compressed, the sensor detects the screw and sends a signal, and directly proceeds to step S34; if there are no overturned bottles in the box, after the box is filled, proceed to step S34. S34. Loading Reset: The tray transfer mechanism resets to the loading horizontal position. At the same time, under the action of the rotating shaft, the limit expansion joint and the limit lifting joint change the state of the limit baffle along with the box body. After the box body is horizontal, the limit expansion joint and the limit lifting joint reset, so that the limit baffle is disengaged from the box body. S4. Baffle: The baffle linear mover controls the baffle plate to move downward to the baffle position. At the same time, the tray horizontal moving component drives the tray plate to move towards the tray position. The protrusions of the baffle plate can pass through the gap between the protrusions of the limit component on the right side of the box. Under the action of the baffle plate, the box after filling falls into the box input position of the storage mechanism. S5. Storage box: After the storage box frame receives the box, it moves downward. The profile descends into the gap of the belt drive component and is located on the same plane. Then, the belt drive component drives the box to be output outward. S6. Repeat the above steps.

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