Automatic bottle unscrambler for medicine canning

The automatic bottle sorting machine uses a rotating disc and arc-shaped components to differentiate and remove misaligned bottles based on orientation, enhancing the sorting efficiency by ensuring consistent bottle orientation.

CN223101760UActive Publication Date: 2025-07-15ANHUI XIANQIU PHARMA
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN202422365188.1
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-09-27
Publication Date
2025-07-15
Estimated Expiration
2034-09-27

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Technical Problem

Existing automatic bottle sorting machines struggle with accurately controlling air pressure to flip over bottles with their mouths facing down while failing to flip those with mouths facing up, leading to high failure rates.

Method used

A combined system of a rotating disc and arc-shaped components on a base frame that distinguishes between bottles with mouths facing down or up, using differential heights and push mechanisms to selectively remove misaligned bottles.

Benefits of technology

Enhances the accuracy of bottle orientation by selectively removing misaligned bottles, improving the overall quality of the sorting process.

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Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of medicine can unscrambling, and solves the problems that the air pressure of an air tap is difficult to accurately control, so that the air tap can just blow and turn over a plastic medicine bottle with a downward bottle opening and cannot blow a plastic medicine bottle with an upward bottle opening. The automatic bottle arranging machine comprises a supporting base frame, a screening part for screening the medicine cans and a removing assembly connected with the screening part are arranged at the upper end of the supporting base frame, the screening part comprises a rotary disc installed at the upper end of the supporting base frame, and a plurality of filling grooves used for filling the medicine cans are formed in the rotary disc. The rotary disc is provided with a center connecting shaft, an outer sheath is installed on the rotary disc, a notch used for separating the medicine tanks from the screening piece is formed in the single position of the outer sheath, the removing assembly is connected with the rotary disc through the center connecting shaft, the removing assembly comprises an arc plate installed on the center connecting shaft, and the arc plate penetrates through the notch and extends horizontally. And a baffle plate parallel to the horizontally extending arc plate is arranged at the other end of the notch.
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Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of medicine can unscrambling bottles, in particular to an automatic bottle unscrambling machine for medicine canning. Background Art

[0002] Application No. 202022093420.2 discloses a bottle unscrambler for plastic medicine bottles, which pours the plastic medicine bottles into the interior of the bottle unscrambler and then rotates the turntable to complete the bottle unscrambling work of the plastic medicine bottles through the card slot. Although it can meet the bottle unscrambling work of plastic medicine bottles to a certain extent, when it is working, the plastic medicine bottles will present two states of "bottle mouth facing down" and "bottle mouth facing up" after falling into the card slot. When the existing bottle unscrambler is working, the plastic medicine bottles with the bottle mouth facing down are flipped to an upward state through components such as baffles and air nozzles; however, when using this structure, the air pressure of the air nozzle is difficult to accurately control, so that it can just blow and flip the plastic medicine bottles with the bottle mouth facing down, but cannot blow the plastic medicine bottles with the bottle mouth facing up; thus, the failure rate of plastic medicine bottles often occurs due to failure to flip them. Utility Model Content

[0003] In view of the deficiencies in the prior art, the utility model provides an automatic bottle unscrambler for medicine canning, which solves the problem that the air pressure of the air nozzle is difficult to accurately control so that it can just blow and flip over the plastic medicine bottles with the bottle mouth facing downward, but cannot blow and flip the plastic medicine bottles with the bottle mouth facing upward.

[0004] To achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the utility model provides the following technical solutions: an automatic bottle unscrambler for canned medicines, comprising a supporting frame, wherein a screening element for screening medicine cans and a rejecting assembly connected to the screening element are arranged on the upper end of the supporting frame;

[0005] The screening element comprises a rotating disk installed on the upper end of the supporting base frame, a plurality of filling slots for filling the medicine cans are arranged on the rotating disk, a central connecting shaft is arranged on the rotating disk, an outer sheath is installed on the rotating disk, a single position of the outer sheath is provided with a notch for the medicine cans to be separated from the screening element, and the rejecting assembly is connected with the rotating disk through the central connecting shaft;

[0006] The rejection assembly includes an arc plate installed on the central connecting shaft, the arc plate passes through the outside of the slot and extends horizontally, a baffle plate parallel to the horizontally extending arc plate is arranged at the other end of the slot, the baffle plate and the arc plate form a screening channel for medicine cans whose rejection direction is different from the standard direction, a support plate installed on a support base is arranged at the bottom of the screening channel, a groove is opened on the support plate, and the width of the groove is adapted to the width of the bottle mouth.

[0007] In one embodiment, the filling tank includes a slot hole provided on the rotating disk and a connecting slot penetrating the slot hole and penetrating the rotating disk, an inner groove adapted to the bottle mouth is provided in the slot hole, and the setting depth of the inner groove is equal to the depth of the strip groove;

[0008] The medicine can includes a can body and a bottleneck, and the diameter of the slot is adapted to the diameter of the bottleneck.

[0009] In one embodiment, the arc plate is tangent to the central connecting shaft and extends in an arc shape towards the slot opening. After extending outside the slot opening, the arc plate extends linearly, and on its extending trajectory, there is a bottle blocking plate spaced apart from it, parallel to the baffle plate, and the distance between the baffle plate and the bottle blocking plate allows the medicine can to pass through.

[0010] In one embodiment, at a position where the bottle blocking plate is spaced apart from the arc plate, a push plate is provided on the baffle plate. The height of the push plate is greater than the height of the can body of the medicine can but not greater than the total height of the medicine can.

[0011] In one embodiment, the central connecting shaft is rotatably connected to the rotating disk.

[0012] In one embodiment, a driving motor for driving the rotation of the rotating disk is connected to the support base frame.

[0013] Compared with the prior art, the present utility model provides an automatic bottle arranging machine for medicine cans, having the following beneficial effects:

[0014] In the technical solution disclosed by the present utility model, by combining and arranging the screening member and the rejection component on the support base frame, the medicine cans centrally placed in the screening member are effectively conveyed outwards, and during the conveying process, the two states of the medicine cans with "the bottle mouth facing downwards" and "the bottle mouth facing upwards" are presented. Then, after entering the rejection component subsequently, the medicine cans that do not meet the expected direction can be targeted for rejection, enhancing the qualified rate of the output state of the medicine cans.

[0015] Based on the fact that the heights of the medicine cans in the two states of "the bottle mouth facing downwards" and "the bottle mouth facing upwards" are different in the screening channel, and by using the push plate provided by the present utility model, the medicine cans that do not meet the expected direction are rejected, effectively improving the pertinence of the direction screening of the medicine cans. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0016] The drawings described herein are used to provide a further understanding of the present application, form a part of the present application, and the schematic embodiments and descriptions thereof are used to explain the present application, and do not constitute an improper limitation to the present application. In the drawings:

[0017] Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of the present utility model;

[0018] Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the screening member of the present utility model;

[0019] Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the rejection component of the present utility model;

[0020] Figure 4 This is a schematic structural diagram of the medicine can of the present utility model.

[0021] In the figure: 1. Support base frame; 2. Screening member; 21. Rotary disk; 22. Filling groove; 221. Slot hole; 222. Connecting groove; 223. Inner groove; 23. Central connecting shaft; 24. Outer sheath; 3. Rejection assembly; 31. Arc plate; 32. Baffle plate; 33. Screening channel; 34. Support plate; 35. Strip groove; 36. Pushing plate; 4. Medicine can; 41. Can body; 42. Bottle neck. Specific embodiments

[0022] The following will cooperate with the drawings and embodiments to elaborate on the implementation manners of the present application, so as to fully understand how the present application uses technical means to solve technical problems and achieve the realization process of technical effects and implement accordingly.

[0023] In the description of the present utility model, it should be understood that the orientation or positional relationship indicated by the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", etc. is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and is only for the convenience of describing the present utility model and simplifying the description, rather than indicating or implying that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be construed as a limitation to the present utility model.

[0024] Figures 1 - 4 This is an embodiment of the present utility model. The specific problem addressed by this specific embodiment is as follows: A bottle aligning machine for plastic medicine bottles disclosed in the application number 202022093420.2 can, to a certain extent, meet the bottle aligning work of plastic medicine bottles. However, when the plastic medicine bottles fall into the card slots during operation, they will present two states of "the bottle mouth facing down" and "the bottle mouth facing up". When the existing bottle aligning machine works, it flips the plastic medicine bottles with the bottle mouth facing down to the upward state through components such as the baffle plate 32 and the air nozzle. However, when using this structure, it is very difficult to accurately control the air pressure of the air nozzle so that it can just blow and flip the plastic medicine bottles with the bottle mouth facing down, but cannot blow the plastic medicine bottles with the bottle mouth facing up. As a result, there is often a problem of high failure rate caused by the failure of flipping the plastic medicine bottles. To address the above problems, this solution describes an automatic bottle aligning machine for medicine cans, which combines the screening member 2 and the rejection assembly 3 on the support base frame 1, effectively conveys the medicine cans 4 concentrated in the screening member 2 outward, and presents the two states of "the bottle mouth facing down" and "the bottle mouth facing up" of the medicine cans 4 during the conveying process. Then, after entering the rejection assembly 3 subsequently, it can specifically reject the medicine cans 4 that do not meet the expected direction, enhancing the qualified rate of the output state of the medicine cans 4.

[0025] The present invention specifically describes an automatic bottle unscrambling machine for canned medicines, which is provided with a supporting frame 1 providing an installation basis, and a screening component 2 for screening medicine cans 4 and a rejection component 3 connected to the screening component 2 are provided on the upper end of the supporting frame 1. The medicines are firstly distinguished into two states and then pushed into the rejection component 3. The rejection component 3 is pushed by its structure according to the height difference, so that it tilts, thereby causing it to topple over and fall out of the rejection component 3, completing the rejection of the medicine cans 4, and the remaining ones are the medicine cans 4 in the same direction, thereby achieving the purpose of bottle unscrambling.

[0026] The screening element 2 includes a turntable 21 mounted on the upper end of the support base 1, and a driving motor for driving the turntable 21 to rotate is connected to the support base 1. The turntable 21 is provided with a plurality of filling slots 22 for filling the medicine cans 4, and the filling slots 22 include slot holes 221 provided on the turntable 21 and connecting slots 222 that penetrate the slot holes 221 and penetrate the turntable 21, and an inner slot 223 adapted to the bottle mouth is provided in the slot holes 221, and the medicine can 4 includes a can body 41 and a bottleneck 42, and the slot holes 221 are provided with a diameter adapted to the diameter of the bottleneck 42, and the turntable 21 is provided with a central connecting shaft 23, and the central connecting shaft 23 is connected to the turntable 21 through a rolling bearing, and an outer sheath 24 is installed on the turntable 21, and a single position of the outer sheath 24 is provided with a slot for the medicine can 4 to be separated from the screening element 2, and the rejection component 3 is connected to the turntable 21 through the central connecting shaft 23,

[0027] The rejection assembly 3 includes an arc plate 31 installed on the central connecting shaft 23, the arc plate 31 passes through the outside of the slot and extends horizontally, and a baffle plate 32 parallel to the horizontally extending arc plate 31 is arranged at the other end of the slot, the baffle plate 32 and the arc plate 31 form a screening channel 33 for rejecting the medicine can 4 in a direction different from the standard direction, and a support plate 34 installed on the support base 1 is arranged at the bottom of the screening channel 33, and a groove 35 is opened on the support plate 34, and the width of the groove 35 is adapted to the width of the bottle mouth, and the depth of the groove 35 is equal to the setting depth of the inner groove 223, so as to facilitate the transmission of the medicine can 4 to the support plate 34 and the accommodation of the bottleneck 42 in the groove 35, that is, "bottle mouth facing down" and "bottle mouth facing up" present two different heights, "bottle mouth facing down" only has the height of the can body 41, and "bottle mouth facing up" has the total height of the medicine can 4.

[0028] The arc plate 31 is tangent to the central connecting shaft 23 and extends in an arc shape towards the notch, blocking the medicine cans 4 in place and forcing them to move into the screening channel 33 along with the arc plate 31. After extending outside the notch, the arc plate 31 extends linearly, and along its extension trajectory, there is a bottle blocking plate spaced apart from it, parallel to the baffle plate 32. At a position where the bottle blocking plate is spaced apart from the arc plate 31, a push plate 36 is provided on the baffle plate 32. The installation height of the push plate 36 is greater than the height of the body 41 of the medicine can 4 but not greater than the total height of the medicine can 4. The distance between the baffle plate 32 and the bottle blocking plate allows the medicine can 4 to pass through. When two medicine cans 4 of different heights pass by the push plate 36, the one with the "mouth facing down" can move forward without contacting the push plate 36, while the one with the "mouth facing up" will contact the push plate 36 due to its height, and after being subjected to a single-point force, it will tilt and fall out through the gap between the arc plate 31 and the bottle blocking plate.

[0029] The control mode of the present utility model is automatically controlled by a controller. The control circuit of the controller can be realized by simple programming by those skilled in the art. The provision of power also belongs to the common knowledge in the art. And since the present utility model mainly protects mechanical devices, the control mode and circuit connection of the present utility model will not be further explained in detail.

[0030] It should be noted that in this article, the term "comprising", "including" or any other variant thereof is intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, article or device comprising a series of elements not only includes those elements but also includes other elements not expressly listed, or further includes elements inherent to such process, method, article or device.

[0031] Although the embodiments of the present utility model have been shown and described, for those of ordinary skill in the art, it can be understood that various changes, modifications, substitutions and variations can be made to these embodiments without departing from the principle and spirit of the present utility model. The scope of the present utility model is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. An automatic bottle aligning machine for drug canning, comprising a support base frame (1), characterized in that: The upper end of the support frame (1) is provided with a screening element (2) for screening the medicine tank (4) and a rejection assembly (3) connected to the screening element (2); The screening element (2) comprises a rotating disk (21) mounted on the upper end of the supporting base frame (1), a plurality of filling slots (22) for filling the medicine cans (4) are arranged on the rotating disk (21), a central connecting shaft (23) is arranged on the rotating disk (21), an outer sheath (24) is installed on the rotating disk (21), a single position of the outer sheath (24) is provided with a notch for the medicine can (4) to be separated from the screening element (2), and the rejecting component (3) is connected to the rotating disk (21) via the central connecting shaft (23); The rejection assembly (3) comprises an arc plate (31) mounted on the central connecting shaft (23), the arc plate (31) passing through the outside of the slot and extending horizontally, a baffle plate (32) parallel to the arc plate (31) extending horizontally is arranged at the other end of the slot, the baffle plate (32) and the arc plate (31) form a screening channel (33) for rejecting medicine cans (4) whose directions are different from the standard direction, a support plate (34) mounted on the support base (1) is arranged at the bottom of the screening channel (33), a strip groove (35) is opened on the support plate (34), and the width of the strip groove (35) is adapted to the width of the bottle mouth.

2. The automatic bottle aligning machine for drug canning according to claim 1, characterized in that: The filling groove (22) comprises a slot hole (221) arranged on the rotating disk (21) and a connecting groove (222) penetrating the slot hole (221) and penetrating the rotating disk (21); an inner groove (223) adapted to the bottle mouth is provided in the slot hole (221); the setting depth of the inner groove (223) is equal to the depth of the strip groove (35); The medicine tank (4) comprises a tank body (41) and a bottleneck (42), and the slot (221) is opened with a diameter adapted to the diameter of the bottleneck (42).

3. The automatic bottle aligning machine for drug canning according to claim 1, characterized in that: The arc plate (31) is tangent to the central connecting axis (23) and extends in an arc shape in the direction of the slot. After extending outside the slot, the arc plate (31) extends in a straight line. On its extension track, a bottle blocking plate is provided at a distance from it and is parallel to the baffle plate (32). The distance between the baffle plate (32) and the bottle blocking plate is sufficient for the medicine tank (4) to pass through.

4. The automatic bottle aligning machine for drug canning according to claim 3, characterized in that: A push plate (36) is provided on the baffle plate (32) at a position where the bottle baffle plate is spaced apart from the arc plate (31). The setting height of the push plate (36) is greater than the height of the tank body (41) of the medicine tank (4) but not greater than the total height of the medicine tank (4).

5. The automatic bottle aligning machine for drug canning according to claim 3, characterized in that: The central connecting shaft (23) is rotatably connected to the rotating disk (21).

6. The automatic bottle aligning machine for drug canning according to claim 1, wherein: The support base (1) is connected to a driving motor for driving the rotating disk (21) to rotate.

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