Strip storage device of carton sealing machine

Abstract

The carton sealing machine strip storage device is arranged beside a conveying belt at an inlet of a carton sealing machine and comprises a storage bin, a lifting assembly, a moving assembly and a grabbing assembly, an opening is formed in the side, facing the conveying belt, of the storage bin, the lifting assembly comprises a lifting rod and a supporting plate arranged in the storage bin, and the lifting rod is arranged on the supporting plate. The lifting rod drives the supporting plate to move in the height direction of the storage bin, the grabbing assembly is arranged on the moving assembly, the moving assembly is arranged above the supporting plate, and the moving assembly drives the grabbing assembly to linearly move between the conveying belt and the supporting plate. The grabbing assembly comprises a plurality of grabbing pieces arranged in the conveying direction of the conveying belt so as to grab a plurality of strip boxes at a time. The carton conveying device is arranged on the outer side of the carton sealing machine, the cartons linearly move between the conveying belt and the storage bin, the moving path of the cartons in the storing and releasing process is simplified, and the collision risk existing in the moving process of the cartons is reduced.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to packing equipment technical field, concretely relates to a kind of carton sealing machine storage strip device. BACKGROUND

[0002] Carton sealing machine is used in cigarette production, for the final link of cigarette production to the carton after packing carton. To ensure that when carton sealing machine fails, upstream link continues to transport carton will not cause carton accumulation, blockage;When upstream link fails to transport carton normally, it can continuously transport carton to carton sealing machine to ensure normal operation of carton sealing machine, and storage device is usually set in carton sealing link to ensure continuous normal operation of production line.

[0003] YP18D (F) type carton sealing machine used in existing tobacco factory, storage device is set in carton sealing machine, can store 5 layers 5 columns, a total of 25 cartons, between stacking device and mould box device, when storage device stores carton, it needs to move to storage device after turning 90 degrees;Carton usually moves in group, when reversing, carton at corner end is easy to collide with frame of storage device, resulting in misalignment of carton arrangement, carton deformation, and reducing carton quality, so it is necessary to design a kind of storage device with high storage efficiency and ensuring appearance quality of carton. UTILITY MODEL CONTENT

[0004] The utility model aims at the deficiency of prior art, and provides a kind of carton sealing machine storage strip device, which is set on the outside of carton sealing machine, and carton moves linearly between conveying belt and storage bin, which simplifies the moving path during carton storage and release process, and reduces the collision risk during carton movement.

[0005] The utility model provides a kind of carton sealing machine storage strip device, which is set on the side of conveying belt at the entrance of carton sealing machine, comprising storage bin, lifting assembly, moving assembly and grabbing assembly, the opening is set on the side of storage bin towards conveying belt, the lifting assembly includes lifting rod and supporting plate set in storage bin, the lifting rod drives supporting plate to move along the height direction of storage bin, the grabbing assembly is set on moving assembly, the moving assembly is set above supporting plate, the moving assembly drives grabbing assembly to move linearly between conveying belt and supporting plate, the grabbing assembly includes several grabbing pieces arranged along the conveying direction of conveying belt, to grab multiple cartons at a time.

[0006] The preferred technical scheme of the utility model: two lifting rods are set on both sides of storage bin, the lifting rod is set on the bottom of storage bin, lifting platform is set on the lifting rod, and the both ends of supporting plate are detachably connected with lifting platform.

[0007] The utility model discloses a lifting rod is a screw rod, lifting platform with Lifting rod screw connection, be provided with lifting motor on the lifting rod, lifting motor drives the rotation of lifting rod.

[0008] The utility model discloses a mobile assembly includes fixed part, linear guide and sliding block, the sliding block moves along linear guide, linear guide passes through fixed part and is fixedly arranged in storage compartment, the linear guide is transversely arranged with the support plate and the upper of conveying belt, the grabbing component is arranged on the sliding block.

[0009] The utility model discloses a grabbing component includes grabbing drive part, fixed frame and grabbing part, a plurality of grabbing part along the conveying belt moving direction, mutually parallel setting on the fixed frame, the fixed frame is connected grabbing drive part, grabbing drive part connects mobile assembly, and grabbing drive part drives the fixed frame to go up and down.

[0010] The utility model discloses a grabbing part is provided with two interval settings sucking disc, and the grabbing part single -purpose grabbing one strip box, and the sucking disc is connected air source, and a plurality of grabbing part is connected same air source.

[0011] The utility model discloses a support plate length direction is parallel with the conveying belt moving direction, and the support plate upper end surface is parallel with the conveying belt belt surface, and the inside of storage compartment is provided with position sensor.

[0012] The utility model discloses a storage compartment length direction is consistent with the conveying belt moving direction, and the storage of storage compartment's length is with the length of strip box that grabbing component single -purpose grabbing is equivalent.

[0013] The utility model discloses a storage compartment multi -faced setting fence, and the opening is arranged on the upper of storage compartment, and the opening upper end is located the upper of mobile assembly, and the opening lower end is located the lower of conveying belt.

[0014] The utility model discloses a conveying belt is provided with stopper assembly close to one end of upstream link, and the stopper assembly includes stopper drive part and stopper board, and two stopper boards are arranged on the two sides of conveying belt, and stopper drive part drives the stopper board to ascend to stop strip box on conveying belt or drives the stopper board to descend.

[0015] The utility model discloses a kind of sealing machine storage strip device with the following beneficial effects:

[0016] 1, storage compartment is located outside sealing machine, and is independently arranged with sealing machine, does not interfere with each other, improves strip box 7 movement security, guarantees strip box appearance quality;

[0017] 2、Under the action of the lifting assembly, the moving assembly and the grabbing assembly, the carton makes linear movement vertically upward and downward and horizontally left and right between the conveying belt and the storage bin, the carton only moves in two directions, which reduces the positioning risk and facilitates the carton to be stacked and stored;

[0018] 3、The lifting rod is a screw rod, the lifting table is threadedly connected with the lifting rod, has good movement stability and movement precision, can accurately support the plate to be lifted and positioned, and makes the carton accurately transfer between the plate and the conveying belt;

[0019] 4、The grabbing is realized by adsorbing the carton by the suction cup, the adsorption strength is controllable, so as to reduce the damage to the outer package of the carton in the process of grabbing the carton. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0020] The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated into and form a part of the specification, illustrate an embodiment of the present application and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the present application. In these drawings, like reference numerals are used to represent similar elements throughout. The drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present application, rather than all embodiments. For those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained from these drawings without creative labor.

[0021] Figure 1 It is a structural schematic view of an embodiment of the present application.

[0022] Figure 2 It is a structural schematic view of a lifting assembly in an embodiment of the present application.

[0023] Figure 3 It is a structural schematic view of a moving assembly in an embodiment of the present application.

[0024] Figure 4 It is a structural schematic view of a grabbing assembly in an embodiment of the present application.

[0025] Figure 5 It is a structural schematic view of a stopping assembly in an embodiment of the present application.

[0026] In the figure: 1, storage bin; 11, glass plate; 101, opening; 2, lifting assembly; 21, supporting plate; 22, lifting rod; 23, lifting table; 24, fixed seat; 25, lifting motor; 3, moving assembly; 31, linear guide rail; 32, sliding block; 33, fixed part; 4, grabbing assembly; 41, grabbing part; 42, suction cup; 43, fixed frame; 44, grabbing driving part; 5, stopping assembly; 51, stopping driving part; 52, stopping plate; 6, conveying belt; 7, carton. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0027] In order to make the purpose, technical scheme and advantages of the embodiments of the utility model clearer, the technical scheme in the embodiments of the utility model will be described clearly and completely in combination with the drawings in the embodiments of the utility model below. Obviously, the described embodiments are part of the embodiments of the utility model, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the utility model, all other embodiments obtained by the ordinary skilled in the art without making creative labor belong to the protection scope of the utility model. It should be noted that the embodiments in the application and the features in the embodiments can be combined with each other in any way without conflict.

[0028] Please refer to Figure 1 A kind of box sealing machine storage strip device, it is set to box sealing machine outside, for storage or release strip box 7, including storage warehouse 1, lifting assembly 2, moving assembly 3 and grabbing component 4, storage warehouse 1 is set to box sealing machine inlet conveying belt 6 side, the side of storage warehouse 1 towards conveying belt 6 is provided with opening 101 to move for grabbing component 4, lifting assembly 2 is set to storage warehouse 1 inside, moving assembly 3 is used to control grabbing component 4 moves between conveying belt 6 and storage warehouse 1, grabbing component 4 is used to grab strip box 7.The application has release process and storage process, in the storage process, grabbing component 4 grabs strip box 7 on conveying belt 6, and strip box 7 is moved to lifting assembly 2 by moving assembly 3, lifting assembly 2 gradually drops in the storage process to cooperate with moving assembly 3 to store strip box 7, strip box 7 on conveying belt 6 is transferred, is stacked in storage warehouse 1;In the release process, grabbing component 4 grabs strip box 7 in storage warehouse 1, and strip box 7 is moved to conveying belt 6 by moving assembly 3, lifting assembly 2 gradually rises in the release process to cooperate with moving assembly 3 to release strip box 7, strip box 7 stacked in storage warehouse 1 is transferred to conveying belt 6.The application can store strip box 7 when box sealing machine fails, continuously supply strip box 7 to box sealing machine when upstream equipment cannot convey strip box 7, to ensure the normal operation of strip box 7 packaging production line.

[0029] Please refer to Figure 1 And Figure 2The lifting assembly 2 comprises lifting rods 22 and a supporting plate 21. The lifting rods 22 are vertically arranged, and the length direction of the lifting rods 22 is consistent with the height direction of the storage bin 1. The lifting rods 22 drive the supporting plate 21 to move up and down in the storage bin 1 to store and release the carton 7. In the embodiment, the lifting rods 22 are vertically installed on the bottom of the storage bin 1 through fixing seats 24. Two lifting rods 22 are arranged on the two sides of the storage bin 1 respectively. The lifting rods 22 are provided with lifting platforms 23. The lifting rods 22 are screw rods. The lifting platforms 23 are threadedly connected with the screw rods. The two ends of the supporting plate 21 are connected with the two lifting platforms 23 through screws respectively. One of the lifting rods 22 is provided with a lifting motor 25. The lifting motor 25 is arranged on the fixing seat 24. The output shaft of the lifting motor 25 is connected with the lifting rod 22 through a coupling. The lifting motor 25 drives the lifting rod 22 to rotate. The lifting platform 23 moves along the lifting rod 22, and then drives the supporting plate 21 to move up and down in the storage bin 1. The thread connection between the lifting rod 22 and the lifting platform 23 can improve the moving precision of the supporting plate 21.

[0030] As another embodiment, the lifting rod 22 can be a piston rod of a lifting cylinder. The supporting plate 21 is connected with the lifting rod 22. The lifting cylinder is vertically arranged to drive the supporting plate 21 to move up and down.

[0031] In the application, the length direction of the supporting plate 21 is perpendicular to the length direction of the conveying belt 6. The upper end surface of the supporting plate 21 is parallel to the belt surface of the conveying belt 6. The carton 7 is transferred through linear movement after being grabbed by the grabbing assembly 4, so as to simplify the movement of the carton 7, increase the positioning precision after the movement, make the carton 7 neatly stacked in the storage bin 1, or accurately move to the conveying belt 6, reduce the risk of knocking during the movement, and ensure the appearance quality of the carton 7. Further, the storage bin 1 is provided with a position sensor. The height of the conveying belt 6 is positioned by the position sensor. Then, the lifting height of the supporting plate 21 during the storage and release is determined according to the height of the conveying belt 6. Specifically, during the storage, the upper end surface of the supporting plate 21 or the upper end surface of the carton 7 placed on the supporting plate 21 should be slightly lower than the height of the belt surface of the conveying belt 6 by 2-3 mm, so as to facilitate the transfer of the carton 7 from the conveying belt 6 to the supporting plate 21 by the grabbing assembly 4, and avoid the interference of the carton 7 with other objects during the movement. During the release, the upper end surface of the supporting plate 21 or the upper end surface of the carton 7 placed on the supporting plate 21 should be slightly higher than the height of the belt surface of the conveying belt 6 by 2-3 mm, so as to facilitate the transfer of the carton 7 from the storage bin 1 to the conveying belt 6 by the grabbing assembly 4, and avoid the interference during the movement.

[0032] Please refer to Figure 1 and Figure 3The mobile device comprises a linear guide rail 31 and a sliding block 32, and the grabbing device is arranged on the sliding block 32. The linear guide rail 31 is horizontally arranged above the conveying belt 6 and the storage shelf 1, and the sliding block 32 is movable along the linear guide rail 31 to drive the grabbing device to move between the conveying belt 6 and the storage shelf 1. Specifically, the linear guide rail 31 is an electric guide rail, which is horizontally arranged above the storage shelf 1 and perpendicular to the storage shelf 1. The linear guide rail 31 is arranged on the inner top surface of the storage shelf 1 through a fixing piece 33. The sliding block 32 moves along the linear guide rail 31 to drive the grabbing device to reciprocate above the conveying belt 6 and above the storage shelf 1, thereby realizing the transfer of the carton 7 between the conveying belt 6 and the storage shelf 1.

[0033] Please refer to Figure 1 and Figure 4 The grabbing device comprises a grabbing driving piece 44, a fixing frame 43 and a grabbing piece 41. The grabbing driving piece 44 is arranged on the sliding block 32. The grabbing piece 41 is used to grab one carton 7 at a time. A plurality of grabbing pieces 41 are arranged in parallel along the moving direction of the conveying belt 6. The plurality of grabbing pieces 41 are arranged on the fixing frame 43 and can simultaneously grab a plurality of cartons 7. The fixing frame 43 is connected with the grabbing driving piece 44. The grabbing driving piece 44 drives the fixing frame 43 to move up and down in a small range (2-3 mm) to drive the carton 7 to separate from the conveying belt 6 or the storage shelf 1. Specifically, the grabbing piece 41 is in a strip shape, and two ends of the grabbing piece 41 are respectively provided with a suction cup 42. The suction cup 42 adsorbs the carton 7 to realize grabbing. The suction cup 42 is connected with a gas source through a gas pipe. In the fixing frame 43, the suction cups 42 on the plurality of grabbing pieces 41 are connected with the same gas source through a plurality of gas pipes to realize synchronous adsorption. In order to completely grab the cartons 7 arranged on the conveying belt 6, the distance between the grabbing pieces 41 should satisfy that adjacent grabbing pieces 41 can grab adjacent two cartons 7 on the conveying belt 6. In the embodiment, the grabbing driving piece 44 is a gas cylinder to drive the fixing frame 43 to ascend and descend and drive the carton 7 to separate from the conveying belt 6 or the storage shelf 1.

[0034] The moving direction of the conveying belt 6 is defined as the front-rear direction, which is also the length direction of the storage bin 1. The left-right direction of the conveying belt 6 is also the depth direction of the storage bin 1. The vertical direction is the height direction of the storage bin 1. In this application, the carton box 7 is driven by the moving assembly 3 and the lifting assembly 2 to move in the depth direction and the height direction of the storage bin 1. That is, a plurality of carton boxes 7 grabbed by the grabbing assembly 4 at a time are stored in the storage bin 1 in a single column form, avoiding the carton boxes 7 arranged in multiple columns and moving in the horizontal plane, improving the positioning accuracy and ensuring the carton boxes 7 to be neatly stacked. In order to adapt to the storage form of the carton box 7 in this application, the storage bin 1 can store the length corresponding to the sum of the lengths of the carton boxes 7 that can be grabbed by the grabbing assembly 4 at a time. Further, in actual use, in order to increase the storage capacity, the height of the storage bin 1 is relatively high, and the storage bin 1 is provided with a surrounding fence around to prevent the stacked carton boxes 7 from falling. The side of the storage bin 1 facing the conveying belt 6 is provided with an opening 101 for the movement of the grabbing assembly 4. The opening 101 is arranged close to the upper end of the storage bin 1, the upper end of the opening 101 is located above the moving assembly 3, and the lower end of the opening 101 is located below the conveying belt 6. Further, one side wall of the storage bin 1 is a glass plate 11, which is arranged opposite to the opening 101 to facilitate the observation of the stacking condition of the carton boxes 7 in the storage bin 1 by the staff.

[0035] Please refer to Figure 1 and Figure 5 The application also comprises a stop assembly 5 arranged near the upstream end of the conveying belt 6. The stop assembly 5 comprises a stop driving member 51 and a stop plate 52. The stop plate 52 is arranged on both sides of the conveying belt 6, and the stop driving member 51 is used to drive the stop plate 52 to rise and fall. In this embodiment, the stop driving member 51 is a pneumatic cylinder. When the stop driving member 51 drives the stop plate 52 to rise above the conveying belt 6, the stop plate 52 blocks the movement of the carton boxes, and the carton boxes are closely arranged on the conveying belt 6, so as to facilitate the storage of the carton boxes 7 in the storage bin 1.

[0036] The application has a releasing process and a storage process. When the carton sealing machine fails, the storage operation is performed. When the carton sealing machine resumes operation or the upstream equipment fails, the releasing operation is performed.

[0037] The storage process is as follows: the lifting assembly 2 drives the supporting plate 21 to move to the position where the upper end surface of the supporting plate 21 is lower than the belt surface of the conveying belt 6, the moving assembly 3 drives the grabbing assembly 4 to move above the conveying belt 6, the suction cup 42 adsorbs the carton box 7, after adsorption, the grabbing driving member 44 drives the fixing frame 43 to rise, so that the carton box 7 is separated from the belt surface of the conveying belt 6, the moving assembly 3 drives the grabbing assembly 4 to move the carton box 7 to the storage bin 1 above the supporting plate 21, the grabbing driving member 44 drives the fixing frame 43 to descend to the original position, the suction cup 42 is released, the carton box 7 falls onto the supporting plate 21, the lifting assembly 2 drives the supporting plate 21 to descend by a certain height, so that the upper end surface of the carton box 7 on the supporting plate 21 is lower than the belt surface of the conveying belt 6, and the next group of carton boxes 7 is stored, and the above process is repeated to store the carton boxes 7.

[0038] The releasing process is: the lifting assembly 2 drives the supporting plate 21 to move to the upper end surface of the carton 7 on the supporting plate 21 being higher than the belt surface of the conveying belt 6, the moving assembly 3 drives the grabbing assembly 4 to move to above the supporting plate 21, the suction cup 42 adsorbs the carton 7, after adsorption, the grabbing assembly 4 drives the fixed frame 43 to rise, so that the carton 7 is separated from the lower carton 7, the moving assembly 3 drives the grabbing assembly 4 to move to above the conveying belt 6, the grabbing assembly 4 drives the fixed frame 43 to descend to the original position, the suction cup 42 is released, the carton 7 falls to the conveying belt 6, the lifting assembly 2 drives the supporting plate 21 to rise by a certain height, to the upper end surface of the carton 7 on the supporting plate 21 being lower than the belt surface of the conveying belt 6, waiting for releasing the lower carton 7, and the above process is circularly performed to release the carton 7.

[0039] Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present application, and not to limit it. Although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that: it can still modify the technical solutions recorded in the foregoing embodiments, or make equivalent replacement for part of the technical features; and these modifications or replacements do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions deviate from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application.

Claims

1. A carton sealing machine strip storage device, characterized in that, The device is provided beside the conveying belt (6) at the entrance of the sealing machine, comprising a storage bin (1), a lifting assembly (2), a moving assembly (3) and a grabbing assembly (4), the storage bin (1) is provided with an opening (101) on the side facing the conveying belt (6), the lifting assembly (2) comprises a lifting rod (22) and a supporting plate (21) provided in the storage bin (1), the lifting rod (22) drives the supporting plate (21) to move along the height direction of the storage bin (1), the grabbing assembly (4) is provided on the moving assembly (3), the moving assembly (3) is provided above the supporting plate (21), the moving assembly (3) drives the grabbing assembly (4) to move linearly between the conveying belt (6) and the supporting plate (21), the grabbing assembly (4) comprises a plurality of grabbing pieces (41) arranged along the conveying direction of the conveying belt (6) to grab a plurality of cartons (7) at a time.

2. An infeed apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein, Two lifting rods (22) are provided on both sides of the storage bin (1), the lifting rod (22) is provided at the bottom of the storage bin (1), the lifting rod (22) is provided with a lifting platform (23), and the two ends of the supporting plate (21) are detachably connected with the lifting platform (23).

3. An apparatus according to claim 2, wherein, The lifting rod (22) is a lead screw, the lifting platform (23) is threadedly connected with the lifting rod (22), the lifting rod (22) is provided with a lifting motor (25), and the lifting motor (25) drives the lifting rod (22) to rotate.

4. The carton sealer storage strip device of claim 1, wherein, The moving assembly (3) comprises a fixing piece (33), a linear guide rail (31) and a sliding block (32), the sliding block (32) moves along the linear guide rail (31), the linear guide rail (31) is fixedly arranged in the storage bin (1) through the fixing piece (33), the linear guide rail (31) is transversely arranged above the supporting plate (21) and the conveying belt (6), and the grabbing assembly (4) is arranged on the sliding block (32).

5. The carton sealer storage strip apparatus of claim 1, wherein, The grabbing assembly (4) comprises a grabbing driving piece (44), a fixing frame (43) and a grabbing piece (41), a plurality of grabbing pieces (41) are arranged on the fixing frame (43) in parallel with each other along the moving direction of the conveying belt (6), the fixing frame (43) is connected with the grabbing driving piece (44), the grabbing driving piece (44) is connected with the moving assembly (3), and the grabbing driving piece (44) drives the fixing frame (43) to ascend and descend.

6. An apparatus according to claim 5, wherein, The grabbing piece (41) is provided with two spaced suction cups (42), the grabbing piece (41) grabs one carton (7) at a time, the suction cups (42) are connected with an air source, and a plurality of grabbing pieces (41) are connected with the same air source.

7. The carton sealer storage strip apparatus of claim 1, wherein, The length direction of the supporting plate (21) is parallel to the moving direction of the conveying belt (6), the upper end surface of the supporting plate (21) is parallel to the belt surface of the conveying belt (6), and a position sensor is arranged in the storage bin (1).

8. The carton sealer storage strip apparatus of claim 1, wherein, The length direction of the storage bin (1) is consistent with the moving direction of the conveying belt (6), and the storable length of the storage bin (1) is equivalent to the sum of the lengths of the cartons (7) grabbed by the grabbing assembly (4) at a time.

9. An apparatus according to claim 8, wherein, The storage bin (1) is provided with a fence on multiple surfaces, the opening (101) is arranged above the storage bin (1), the upper end of the opening (101) is located above the moving assembly (3), and the lower end of the opening (101) is located below the conveying belt (6).

10. The carton sealer storage strip device of claim 1, wherein, The conveying belt (6) is provided with a stop component (5) at one end close to an upstream link, the stop component (5) comprises a stop driving element (51) and a stop plate (52), two stop plates (52) are arranged on the two sides of the conveying belt (6), and the stop driving element (51) drives the stop plate (52) to ascend to stop the carton (7) on the conveying belt (6) or drives the stop plate (52) to descend.

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