Three-section layered special-shaped cigarette guiding device

Abstract

The utility model discloses a three-section layered special-shaped cigarette guiding device which comprises a cigarette packing unit, a cigarette conveying unit, a cigarette conveying unit, a cigarette conveying unit, a cigarette conveying unit and a cigarette conveying unit. The cigarette packing unit comprises a conveyor and a packing machine arranged at the tail end of the conveyor; the guide unit comprises lower guide plates mounted on the two sides of the conveyor, an upper front guide plate mounted on one side of the front section above the lower guide plates, an upper middle guide plate mounted on one side of the middle section above the lower guide plates, and upper rear guide plates mounted on the two sides of the rear section above the lower guide plates; wherein the upper front guide plate is inclined from the upstream side of the conveyor to the downstream inner side, the inclination direction of the upper middle guide plate is opposite to that of the upper front guide plate, and the two upper rear guide plates are inclined from the upstream side of the conveyor to the downstream inner side. The device can ensure that the special-shaped cigarettes normally enter the packaging machine, reduces the situation that the packaging machine alarms and stops due to the fact that the special-shaped cigarettes are not right, shortens the alarm stop time of the packaging machine, and improves the cigarette sorting efficiency.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This utility model relates to a three-section layered irregular cigarette guide device, belonging to the field of cigarette sorting technology. Background Technology

[0002] Cigarette sorting and packaging is a crucial step in the cigarette production process, primarily involving the classification and packaging of finished cigarettes to facilitate subsequent logistics and market sales. Irregularly shaped cigarettes refer to tobacco products that differ from traditional standard-sized cigarettes in appearance and packaging specifications. In the cigarette sorting field, the large number and varying sizes of cigarettes to be sorted on irregularly shaped cigarette sorting lines frequently trigger packaging machine alarms. The applicant's research revealed that improper cigarette posture caused packaging machine alarms and shutdowns in as many as 83.16% of cases, making it the primary cause of packaging machine shutdowns. Frequent packaging machine alarms result in low sorting efficiency and excessively long sorting times, failing to meet the industry's requirements for high-quality and modern cigarette logistics. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop a cigarette guiding device to correct the posture of irregularly shaped cigarettes, reduce packaging machine downtime, and improve sorting efficiency. Utility Model Content

[0003] Based on the above, this utility model provides a three-section layered irregular smoke guiding device to overcome the shortcomings of the prior art.

[0004] The technical solution of this utility model is: a three-section layered irregular smoke guiding device, comprising:

[0005] A cigarette packaging unit, which includes a conveyor and a packaging machine located at the end of the conveyor;

[0006] The guiding unit includes lower guide plates installed on both sides of the conveyor, an upper front guide plate installed on one side of the front section above the lower guide plate, an upper middle guide plate installed on one side of the middle section above the lower guide plate, and upper rear guide plates installed on both sides of the rear section above the lower guide plate.

[0007] The upper front guide plate is inclined from the upstream side of the conveyor to the downstream inner side, the upper middle guide plate is inclined in the opposite direction to the upper front guide plate, and both upper rear guide plates are inclined from the upstream side of the conveyor to the downstream inner side.

[0008] In one example, the lower guide plate is mounted on the conveyor by a fixing mechanism, which includes a lower support fixed to the side of the conveyor frame, an upper support fixed to the outer side of the lower guide plate, and a Z-shaped rod installed between the upper support and the lower support. The Z-shaped rod is detachably mounted on the lower support by fasteners.

[0009] In one of the examples, the upper front guide plate, the upper middle guide plate and the upper rear guide plate are all installed on the conveyor through a support mechanism, the support mechanism comprises a U-shaped frame, a threaded rod and a fastening nut, the U-shaped frame is arranged above the conveyor, one end of the threaded rod is fixed to the outer side of the upper front guide plate, the upper middle guide plate and the upper rear guide plate, vertical strip-shaped openings are arranged on the U-shaped frame, the threaded rod passes through the vertical strip-shaped openings, and the threaded rod is provided with fastening nuts corresponding to the two sides of the vertical strip-shaped openings.

[0010] The three-section layered guide device has the advantages that: the three-section layered guide device adopts a three-section mode, uses left rectification, right rectification and double-side rectification, gradually pushes the irregularly-shaped cigarettes with improper cigarette posture, and gradually improves the cigarette posture of the cigarettes along the guide device. Meanwhile, the three-section layered guide device adopts a layered and zoned mode, uses low-layer height rectification for long and skewed irregularly-shaped cigarettes, and uses high-layer height rectification for special irregularly-shaped cigarettes, so that the device can realize full coverage of the irregularly-shaped cigarettes. The device can ensure that the irregularly-shaped cigarettes enter the packaging machine in a normal posture, reduces the situation that the packaging machine stops due to the improper posture of the irregularly-shaped cigarettes, shortens the packaging machine stop time, and improves the cigarette sorting efficiency. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0011] Figure 1 It is a perspective view of the three-section layered irregularly-shaped cigarette guide device;

[0012] Figure 2 It is a top view of the three-section layered irregularly-shaped cigarette guide device;

[0013] Figure 3 It is a schematic view of the support mechanism;

[0014] Figure 4 It is a schematic view of the fixing mechanism;

[0015] BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS:

[0016] Cigarette packaging unit: 11 conveyor, 12 packaging machine;

[0017] Guide unit: 21 lower guide plate, 22 upper front guide plate, 23 upper middle guide plate, 24 upper rear guide plate, 25 fixing mechanism, 251 lower support, 252 upper support, 253 Z-shaped rod, 254 fastener, 26 support mechanism, 261 U-shaped frame, 262 threaded rod, 263 fastening nut, 264 vertical strip-shaped opening. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0018] In order to make the above objects, features and advantages of the present application more obvious and easy to understand, the specific embodiments of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. In the following description, many specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present application. However, the present application can be practiced in many different ways other than those described herein, and skilled in the art can make similar improvements without departing from the spirit of the present application, therefore the present application is not limited to the specific implementation disclosed below.

[0019] Please refer to Figures 1 to 4 The present embodiment is a three-section layered special-shaped cigarette guiding device, which comprises a cigarette wrapping unit and a guiding unit.

[0020] The cigarette wrapping unit comprises a conveyor 11 and a wrapping machine 12 installed at the end of the conveyor 11, and the sorted special-shaped cigarettes are conveyed to the wrapping machine 12 for wrapping by the conveyor 11. The guiding unit comprises a lower guide plate 21 installed on both sides of the conveyor 11, an upper front guide plate 22 installed on one side of the front section above the lower guide plate 21, an upper middle guide plate 23 installed on one side of the middle section above the lower guide plate 21, and two upper rear guide plates 24 installed on both sides of the rear section above the lower guide plate 21, wherein the upper front guide plate 22 is inclined from the upstream side to the downstream side of the conveyor 11, the upper middle guide plate 23 is inclined in the opposite direction to the upper front guide plate 22, and the two upper rear guide plates 24 are both inclined from the upstream side to the downstream side of the conveyor 11, forming a large front and small rear opening structure.

[0021] Through the three-section layered guiding device, the posture of the special-shaped cigarettes is gradually corrected. The inclined setting of the upper front guide plate 22 can gradually guide the special-shaped cigarettes deviating from the center to the center of the conveyor 11 from one side, the inclined setting of the upper middle guide plate 23 can gradually guide the special-shaped cigarettes deviating from the center to the center of the conveyor 11 from the other side, preventing excessive correction, and finally the two upper rear guide plates 24 can further adjust the position and posture of the special-shaped cigarettes; in addition, the lower guide plate 21 can limit the special-shaped cigarettes with longer and flatter shapes, and the upper front guide plate 22, the upper middle guide plate 23 and the upper rear guide plate 24 can adjust the posture of the special-shaped cigarettes. The structure ensures that the special-shaped cigarettes can enter the wrapping machine 12 in the correct posture, thereby reducing the wrapping machine 12 alarm shutdown caused by incorrect posture, and improving the sorting efficiency.

[0022] In order to facilitate installation and adjustment, the lower guide plate 21 is installed on the conveyor 11 through a fixing mechanism 25, the fixing mechanism 25 includes a lower support 251 fixed to the side of the frame of the conveyor 11, an upper support 252 fixed to the outer side of the lower guide plate 21, and a Z-shaped rod 253 installed between the upper support 252 and the lower support 251, and the Z-shaped rod 253 is detachably installed on the lower support 251 through a fastener 254, the Z-shaped rod 253 serves to connect the upper support 252 and the lower support 251, provides stable support, and allows a certain adjustment space at the same time, and the fastener 254 can be a fastening screw. This structure makes the installation of the lower guide plate 21 more stable, and also facilitates disassembly and adjustment.

[0023] In order to facilitate installation and adjustment, the upper front guide plate 22, the upper middle guide plate 23 and the upper rear guide plate 24 are all installed on the conveyor 11 through a bracket mechanism 26, the bracket mechanism 26 includes a U-shaped bracket 261, a threaded rod 262 and a fastening nut 263, the U-shaped bracket 261 is erected above the conveyor 11, one end of the threaded rod 262 is fixed to the outer side of the upper front guide plate 22, the upper middle guide plate 23 and the upper rear guide plate 24, a vertical strip-shaped opening 264 is formed on the U-shaped bracket 261, the threaded rod 262 passes through the vertical strip-shaped opening 264, and the threaded rod 262 is provided with a fastening nut 263 on both sides corresponding to the vertical strip-shaped opening 264, the fastening nut 263 can be used to fix the threaded rod 262 in the vertical strip-shaped opening 264, and at the same time, the position of the threaded rod 262 can be adjusted in the vertical strip-shaped opening 264, so that the height of the guide plate can be adjusted according to different specifications of the special-shaped cigarettes.

[0024] Verification test: The simulation test is carried out at the same place and under the same sorting conditions in the logistics center, and the cigarette posture conditions of different combination modes are counted. Combination one: single-stage flow guide, single-stage flow guide is used, that is, only the upper front guide plate 22 is installed to realize the cigarette posture correction function; double-stage flow guide: double-stage flow guide is used, one stage is installed on the left side flow guide, and the other stage is installed on the right side flow guide, and the cigarette posture correction function is realized by double-stage flow guide in two directions; three-stage flow guide: three-stage flow guide is used, one stage is installed on the left side flow guide, the other stage is installed on the right side flow guide, and the last stage is installed in parallel on both sides, and the cigarette posture correction function is realized by three-stage flow guide. The statistical results are shown in Tables 1 and 2. As shown in the tables, compared with single-stage and double-stage, the unit time passing rate and the cigarette posture correctness rate of three-stage are significantly improved.

[0025] Table 1 Time passing statistics

[0026] Combination mode Running time (h) Fault stop time due to cigarette posture (h) Cigarette correct passing time (h) Passing rate % Single segment 3 0.2 2.5 82.59％ Double segment 3 0.16 2.48 83.94％ Triple segment 3 0.1 2.56 86.24％

[0027] Table 2 Number passing statistics

[0028] Combination mode Number of passing cigarettes Number of cigarettes passing correctly Cigarette posture correct rate Single segment 1000 756 75.6％ Double segment 1000 792 79.2％ Triple segment 1000 864 86.4％

[0029] The above-described embodiments only express several implementation manners of the utility model, the description is more specific and detailed, but can not therefore be understood as the limitation of the utility model patent range. It should be pointed out that for ordinary skilled person in the art, without departing from the utility model concept, several deformations and improvements can be made, which belong to the protection range of the utility model. Therefore, the protection range of the utility model patent should be subject to the appended claims.

Claims

1. A three-section layered irregularly shaped smoke guiding device, characterized in that, include: The cigarette packaging unit includes a conveyor (11) and a packaging machine (12) located at the end of the conveyor (11). The guiding unit includes a lower guide plate (21) installed on both sides of the conveyor (11), an upper front guide plate (22) installed on one side of the front section above the lower guide plate (21), an upper middle guide plate (23) installed on one side of the middle section above the lower guide plate (21), and an upper rear guide plate (24) installed on both sides of the rear section above the lower guide plate (21). The upper front guide plate (22) is inclined from the upstream side of the conveyor (11) to the downstream inner side, the upper middle guide plate (23) is inclined in the opposite direction to the upper front guide plate (22), and both upper rear guide plates (24) are inclined from the upstream side of the conveyor (11) to the downstream inner side.

2. The three-section layered irregular smoke guiding device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The lower guide plate (21) is installed on the conveyor (11) by a fixing mechanism (25). The fixing mechanism (25) includes a lower support (251) fixed to the side of the conveyor (11) frame, an upper support (252) fixed to the outer side of the lower guide plate (21), and a Z-shaped rod (253) installed between the upper support (252) and the lower support (251). The Z-shaped rod (253) is detachably installed on the lower support (251) by fasteners (254).

3. The three-section layered irregular smoke guiding device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The upper front guide plate (22), upper middle guide plate (23) and upper rear guide plate (24) are all installed on the conveyor (11) through the bracket mechanism (26). The bracket mechanism (26) includes a U-shaped frame (261), a threaded rod (262) and a fastening nut (263). The U-shaped frame (261) is mounted above the conveyor (11). One end of the threaded rod (262) is fixed to the outside of the upper front guide plate (22), upper middle guide plate (23) and upper rear guide plate (24). The U-shaped frame (261) is provided with a vertical slot (264). The threaded rod (262) passes through the vertical slot (264), and fastening nuts (263) are provided on both sides of the threaded rod (262) corresponding to the vertical slot (264).

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