Laser reflection type cigarette warehouse detection device

By using a laser-reflective tobacco storage detection device to monitor the condition of cigarettes behind the tobacco storage hopper, the problem of not being able to detect cross-flow or disorderly smoke in a timely manner in existing technologies has been solved. This allows for timely handling without stopping the machine, improving the stability of cigarette supply and machine efficiency.

CN223591054UActive Publication Date: 2025-11-25HUBEI CHINA TOBACCO INDUSTRY CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202423231103.7
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-12-26
Publication Date
2025-11-25
Estimated Expiration
2034-12-26

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Technical Problem

The current cigarette storage hoppers cannot monitor the condition of the cigarettes behind them, making it difficult to detect issues such as horizontal or disorderly cigarettes, leading to increased machine downtime and insufficient cigarette supply.

Method used

The device employs a laser-reflective smoke storage detection system. It monitors the condition of the smoke sticks behind the smoke storage hopper using a laser emitter-receiver and reflector assembly. The system uses a signal processor and warning module to issue a warning signal when horizontal or disorderly smoke is detected, facilitating timely handling by staff.

Benefits of technology

It enables timely detection and handling of cross-smoke and disorderly smoke without stopping the machine, avoiding cigarette supply shortages or leftover cigarettes, and improving the machine's working efficiency.

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Abstract

The utility model provides a laser reflection type cigarette warehouse detection device, and belongs to the technical field of tobacco machinery. The detection device is arranged on a cigarette warehouse hopper and comprises a front guide plate and a rear guide plate which are located above the cigarette warehouse hopper, a laser transmitting and receiving device arranged on one side of the rear guide plate and a reflecting plate assembly connected to the side, away from the laser transmitting and receiving device, of the rear guide plate, and the reflecting plate assembly comprises a reflecting main plate and a height adjusting assembly used for adjusting the height of the reflecting main plate. And the laser transmitting and receiving device is electrically connected with the signal processor. According to the cigarette feeding device, a worker can conveniently remove transverse cigarettes and disordered cigarettes in time under the condition that the machine is not stopped, the phenomenon of missing or residual cigarette feeding is avoided, the cigarettes are normally fed, and the working efficiency of the machine is improved.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to tobacco machinery technical field, concretely relates to a laser reflection type tobacco warehouse detection device. BACKGROUND

[0002] The tobacco warehouse hopper is located between the end of the cigarette machine conveying channel and the tobacco warehouse entrance, and functions as a transfer station to temporarily store the cigarettes conveyed by the cigarette machine conveying channel in the tobacco warehouse hopper, and then the cigarettes are fed into the tobacco warehouse through the tobacco warehouse entrance when the amount reaches a certain level.

[0003] The area behind the GD packaging machine tobacco warehouse hopper is a visual blind area, and no relevant monitoring facilities are provided. When the problem of cross cigarette and disordered cigarette occurs in the tobacco warehouse, it is difficult for the staff to find out. If the problem of cross cigarette and disordered cigarette occurs, it will lead to the lack of cigarette supply or residual cigarette, causing the machine downtime to increase and the machine operation rate to decrease.

[0004] The Chinese utility model patent with the authorization announcement number CN214298051U and the authorization announcement date of September 28, 2021 provides a tobacco warehouse hopper device. The device includes a rack installed at the end of the cigarette machine conveying channel. The rack is provided with a horizontal channel and a vertical channel connected in sequence. The top of the horizontal channel is closed by a right upper fixed plate. The left side of the vertical channel is closed by a left fixed plate. The right upper fixed plate is inclined upward to extend above the vertical channel to form an inclined extension section. The inclined extension section of the right upper fixed plate is connected to the left fixed plate by a elastic band. The elastic band is used to close the top of the vertical channel. The top of the elastic band is provided with a pressure component. The pressure component is pressed on the top of the elastic band by its own weight. Although the above-mentioned patent can reduce the mutual extrusion between the cigarettes, it cannot detect the condition of the cigarettes behind the tobacco warehouse hopper, and thus cannot timely find out the problem of cross cigarette and disordered cigarette, causing machine failure. UTILITY MODEL CONTENT

[0005] The utility model aims to provide a laser reflection type tobacco warehouse detection device, which can monitor whether the area behind the tobacco warehouse hopper has the problem of cross cigarette and disordered cigarette, facilitate the staff to timely remove the cross cigarette and disordered cigarette without stopping the machine, avoid the lack of cigarette supply or residual cigarette, normally supply the cigarette flow, and improve the working efficiency of the machine.

[0006] The utility model provides a laser reflection type tobacco warehouse detection device, which is arranged on the tobacco warehouse hopper and includes a front guide plate and a rear guide plate arranged above the tobacco warehouse hopper, a laser emission receiver arranged on one side of the rear guide plate, and a reflection plate assembly connected to the side of the rear guide plate away from the laser emission receiver. The reflection plate assembly includes a reflection main plate and a height adjustment assembly for adjusting the height of the reflection main plate. The laser emission receiver is electrically connected to a signal processor.

[0007] As the preferred of the utility model, the height adjusting assembly includes the screw rod fixedly connected with the reflection main plate, the adjusting sleeve threadedly connected with the screw rod, and the connecting seat rotationally connected with the adjusting sleeve, and the connecting seat is fixedly connected with the tobacco warehouse hopper.

[0008] As the preferred of the utility model, the adjusting sleeve is provided with the operating handle.

[0009] As the preferred of the utility model, the reflection main plate is fixedly connected with the screw rod through the bolt and the nut.

[0010] As the preferred of the utility model, the reflection main plate is provided with the light reflection layer on the side close to the laser emission receiver.

[0011] As the preferred of the utility model, the lower part of the front guide plate is connected with the front movable door, and the lower part of the rear guide plate is connected with the rear movable door.

[0012] As the preferred of the utility model, the signal processor is electrically connected with the warning module, and the warning module includes the buzzer and the light flickering alarm.

[0013] As the preferred of the utility model, the operating handle is provided with the friction pad.

[0014] The laser reflection type tobacco warehouse detection device has the following beneficial effects:

[0015] The laser emission receiver and the reflection plate assembly are arranged on the back area of the tobacco warehouse hopper, once the cigarette in the back of the tobacco warehouse hopper appears the cross cigarette and the disorder cigarette, the light beam emitted by the laser emission receiver will be shielded, the laser light beam cannot return, the laser emission receiver does not receive the light beam, the prompt signal is sent through the signal processor, the cross cigarette and the disorder cigarette can be removed in time without stopping the machine, the phenomenon that the cigarette supply is missing or the residual branch is avoided, the cigarette flow is normally supplied, the working efficiency of the machine is improved, in addition, the height adjusting assembly can adjust the height of the reflection main plate, the reflection main plate can be adjusted to the best position, the light beam emitted by the laser emission receiver is reflected, the limitation of the installation position of the reflection main plate is reduced, and the application range is wide. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0016] The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated into and form a part of the specification, illustrate embodiments of the present application and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the application. In the drawings, like reference numerals are used to indicate like elements. The drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present application, not all embodiments. For those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained from these drawings without creative labor.

[0017] Fig. 1 It is a structure schematic view of a laser reflection type tobacco warehouse detection device of the utility model embodiment.

[0018] Fig. 2 It is an explosion structure view of a laser reflection type tobacco warehouse detection device of the utility model embodiment.

[0019] Fig. 3 It is a structure schematic view of a reflection plate assembly of the utility model embodiment.

[0020] In the figure, 10, laser emission receiver;20, reflection plate assembly;21, reflection main plate;22, screw rod;23, adjusting sleeve;24, connecting seat;30, signal processor;40, light flickering alarm;50, buzzer;60, front movable door;61, left door plate;62, right door plate;70, rear movable door;71, upper door plate;72, lower door plate;80, front guide plate;90, rear guide plate. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0021] In order to make the purpose, technical scheme and advantages of the utility model embodiment clearer, the technical scheme in the utility model embodiment will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the drawings in the utility model embodiment, obviously, the described embodiment is a part of the embodiment of the utility model, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiment in the utility model, all other embodiments obtained by the person skilled in the art without making creative labor belong to the protection scope of the utility model. It should be noted that, in the case of no conflict, the embodiment in the application and the features in the embodiment can be combined with each other at will.

[0022] Please refer to Figs. 1-3 The laser reflection type tobacco warehouse detection device of the utility model embodiment is arranged on the tobacco warehouse hopper, and comprises the front guide plate 80 and the rear guide plate 90 located above the tobacco warehouse hopper, the laser emission receiver 10 arranged on one side of the rear guide plate 90, and the reflection plate assembly 20 connected to the side of the rear guide plate 90 away from the laser emission receiver 10, wherein the reflection plate assembly 20 comprises the reflection main plate 21 and the height adjusting assembly for adjusting the height of the reflection main plate 21, and the laser emission receiver 10 is electrically connected with the signal processor 30.

[0023] The utility model discloses a laser detection device for detecting whether the cigarette in the cigarette storehouse hopper is transverse or disorderly, and the laser detection device is used for avoiding the phenomenon of the lack or residual cigarette supply, and improving the working efficiency of the machine.

[0024] In order to facilitate the staff to process the transverse or disorderly cigarette in the cigarette storehouse hopper, the lower part of the front guide plate 80 is connected with a front movable door 60, and the lower part of the rear guide plate 90 is connected with a rear movable door 70. The front movable door 60 comprises a left door plate 61 and a right door plate 62, and the left door plate 61 and the right door plate 62 are hinged to the cigarette storehouse hopper through a pin shaft. The rear movable door 70 comprises an upper door plate 71 and a lower door plate 72, and the upper door plate 71 is hinged to the cigarette storehouse hopper through a pin shaft. When it is necessary to remove the transverse or disorderly cigarette in the cigarette storehouse hopper, the front movable door 60 or the rear movable door 70 is opened according to the area where the transverse or disorderly cigarette is located to process the transverse or disorderly cigarette.

[0025] In addition, the reflection plate assembly 20 comprises a reflection main plate 21 and a height adjusting assembly for adjusting the height of the reflection main plate 21. The height adjusting assembly comprises a screw rod 22 fixedly connected with the reflection main plate 21, an adjusting sleeve 23 threadedly connected with the screw rod 22, and a connecting seat 24 rotatably connected with the adjusting sleeve 23, wherein the connecting seat 24 is fixedly connected with the tobacco warehouse hopper. An operating handle is arranged on the adjusting sleeve 23. That is, when the height of the reflection main plate 21 needs to be adjusted, the operating handle is rotated to drive the adjusting sleeve 23 to rotate, and the screw rod 22 is threadedly connected with the adjusting sleeve 23. Since the adjusting sleeve 23 is installed on the connecting seat 24 and is rotatably connected with the connecting seat 24, the connecting seat 24 is fixedly connected with the tobacco warehouse hopper, and the adjusting sleeve 23 does not move in the vertical direction during rotation. Since the screw rod 22 is threadedly connected with the adjusting sleeve 23, the height of the screw rod 22 changes in the vertical direction during rotation of the adjusting sleeve 23, and the height of the screw rod 22 extending out of the adjusting sleeve 23 changes, which facilitates adjustment of the reflection main plate 21 to the optimal position, thereby reflecting the light beam emitted by the laser emission receiver 10, reducing the limitation of the installation position of the reflection main plate 21, and having a wide range of applications.

[0026] A light axis part is arranged on the screw rod 22, and the light axis part on the screw rod 22 is fixedly connected with the reflection main plate 21 through a bolt and a nut. A light-reflecting layer is arranged on one side of the reflection main plate 21 close to the laser emission receiver 10. The light-reflecting layer is made of aluminum foil.

[0027] The utility model discloses a laser emission receiver and reflection plate assembly installed in the back area of the tobacco warehouse hopper. Once the cigarettes in the back of the tobacco warehouse hopper are transversely arranged or disordered, the light beam emitted by the laser emission receiver will be blocked, the laser beam cannot return, the laser emission receiver does not receive the light beam, and a prompt signal is sent through the signal processor, which facilitates the staff to timely remove the transversely arranged or disordered cigarettes without stopping the machine, avoids the phenomenon of missing or residual cigarettes in the cigarette supply, ensures normal supply of the cigarette flow, and improves the working efficiency of the machine. In addition, the height adjusting assembly can adjust the height of the reflection main plate, which facilitates adjustment of the reflection main plate to the optimal position, thereby reflecting the light beam emitted by the laser emission receiver, reducing the limitation of the installation position of the reflection main plate, and having a wide range of applications.

[0028] The above-described content can be implemented individually or in various combinations, and these variants are within the protection scope of the utility model.

[0029] It should be noted that in the description of the present application, the terms "upper end", "lower end", "bottom end" indicating the orientation or positional relationship are based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, or the orientation or positional relationship in which the product of the present application is usually placed, which is only for the convenience of describing the present application and simplifying the description, and does not indicate or imply that the device must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as a limitation on the present application. Moreover, the terms "include", "contain" or any other variant thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that the process, method, article or device containing a series of elements not only includes those elements, but also includes other elements not explicitly listed or inherent to such process, method, article or device. Without further limitation, the element defined by the statement "includes one" does not exclude the presence of another identical element in the process, method, article or device that includes the element.

[0030] 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 they can still modify the technical solutions recorded in the foregoing embodiments, or make equivalent substitutions for part of the technical features; and these modifications or substitutions do not cause the essence of the corresponding technical solution to deviate from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application.

Claims

1. A laser reflective silo detection device, provided on a silo hopper, characterized in that: The height adjusting assembly comprises a screw rod (22) fixedly connected with the reflection main plate (21), an adjusting sleeve (23) threadedly connected with the screw rod (22), and a connecting seat (24) rotationally connected with the adjusting sleeve (23), wherein the connecting seat (24) is fixedly connected with the tobacco warehouse hopper.

2. A laser reflective hangar detection apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein: The adjusting sleeve (23) is provided with an operation handle.

3. The laser reflection warehouse detection device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The reflection main plate (21) and the screw rod (22) are fixedly connected through bolts and nuts.

4. A laser reflection warehouse detection device as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that: The reflection main plate (21) is provided with a light-reflecting layer on one side close to the laser emission receiver (10).

5. A laser reflective hangar detection apparatus as in claim 1, wherein: The lower part of the front guide plate is connected with a front movable door (60), and the lower part of the rear guide plate is connected with a rear movable door (70).

6. A laser reflective hangar detection apparatus as in claim 1, wherein: The signal processor (30) is electrically connected with a warning module, and the warning module comprises a buzzer (50) and a light flashing alarm (40).

7. A laser reflective hangar detection apparatus as in claim 1, wherein: The operation handle is provided with a friction pad.

8. A laser reflection warehouse detection device as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that: ​

Citation Information

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  • Hopper device of cigarette warehouse

    CN214298051U