Lollipop inserting blister packaging equipment

Abstract

The utility model discloses lollipop stick inserting and blister packaging equipment which comprises a stick inserting device, a blister packaging device and a transferring device. The rod inserting device comprises a mold box conveying belt, the mold box conveying belt sequentially passes through a rod inserting station and a transfer station, a plurality of mold boxes are arranged on the mold box conveying belt, and a material taking space for hanging rods is formed in the outer side of each mold box; the blister packaging device comprises a feeding station, and the transfer device is connected between the feeding station and the transfer station. The transfer device comprises a manipulator and a clamping steering mechanism, the clamping steering mechanism comprises at least two rod handle clamping pieces and a rotary mounting seat, the rod handle clamping pieces are arranged on the rotary mounting seat at intervals, and the rotary mounting seat is arranged on the manipulator; in the working process, the rod handle clamping piece takes materials from the rod inserting station, the mechanical arm enables the rotary installation base to rotate, and the materials in the horizontal posture at the transfer station are placed at the feeding station in the longitudinal posture. The rotary mounting seat drives materials to rotate to enable the materials to steer, the mechanical arm controls the rotary mounting seat to move, the bar handle clamping piece clamps the bar handle to take the materials, sanitation is achieved, and working efficiency is improved.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to lollipop forming packaging field especially lollipop inserting rod bubble cap packaging equipment. BACKGROUND

[0002] Lollipop is a food that can be gripped by the consumer, usually made by inserting a stick into a hole drilled in fruitcake, soft candy or hard candy. Previously, lollipops were mainly packaged with plastic film, but such packaging easily causes lollipops to become damp and deteriorate. In order to solve this problem, manufacturers began to use bubble cap packaging equipment to seal and package lollipops, so as to improve the shelf life and safety of the products.

[0003] However, in the prior art, the lollipops after completing the inserting rod process need to be manually transferred to the bubble cap production station. Due to the compact design of the bubble cap packaging and the fast conveying speed, one person is usually needed to correspond to one lollipop containing slot of the bubble cap, resulting in high labor cost and difficulty in effectively improving the production efficiency. SUMMARY

[0004] The utility model provides a kind of lollipop inserting rod bubble cap packaging equipment for the automatic transfer of lollipop to carry out bubble cap packaging in view of the shortcomings in the prior art.

[0005] To solve the above technical problems, the utility model solves by the following technical scheme: the lollipop inserting rod bubble cap packaging equipment, including inserting rod device, bubble cap packaging device and transfer device;The inserting rod device includes mold box conveying belt, the mold box conveying belt sequentially passes through inserting rod station and transfer station, the mold box conveying belt is equipped with a plurality of mold boxes, the outer side of the mold box has the space for the stick to be suspended and set Take material space;The bubble cap packaging device includes feeding station, and the transfer device is connected between the feeding station and the transfer station;The transfer device includes manipulator and clamping steering mechanism, the clamping steering mechanism includes stick clamping piece and rotary mounting seat, the stick clamping piece has at least two, the stick clamping piece is spaced apart on the rotary mounting seat, and the rotary mounting seat is arranged on the manipulator;When working, the stick clamping piece takes material in the inserting rod station, the rotary mounting seat is rotated by the manipulator, and the material in horizontal posture is placed in vertical posture to the feeding station at the transfer station.

[0006] The utility model drives stick clamping piece to move to transfer station by manipulator, and takes material by clamping the position of material, which is more sanitary. During the movement of material, the rotary mounting seat rotates with the material, so that the material is steered, and then placed in the bubble cap of the bubble cap packaging device, so as to automatically complete the connection between the inserting rod device and the bubble cap device, reduce labor cost, convey multiple materials at a time, and improve work efficiency.

[0007] As a preferred, the stick clamping piece is adjusted left and right on the rotary mounting seat. It can adapt to different specifications of materials.

[0008] Further, the rotating mount is provided with a guide rail and a variable-distance driving assembly, the stick handle clamping pieces are slidably arranged on the guide rail, and the variable-distance driving assembly is used for driving the stick handle clamping pieces to move close to or away from each other. The variable-distance driving assembly can adapt to the situation that the distance between the materials in the transfer station and the feeding station is different, and the applicability of the equipment is improved.

[0009] Still further, each of the stick handle clamping pieces is arranged on the guide rail through a sliding block, the variable-distance driving assembly comprises a slot rod and a telescopic driving piece, the slot rod is arranged between adjacent sliding blocks, at least one of the two adjacent sliding blocks can slide relative to the slot rod, and the sliding blocks at the two ends of the guide rail are further connected with the telescopic driving pieces in a transmission mode. Each telescopic driving piece drives the corresponding sliding block to move, so that the slot rod drives the sliding blocks to move along the guide groove, and the situation that the distance between the materials in the transfer station and the feeding station is different can be adapted, and the structure is simple and the cost is low.

[0010] Still further, the slot rod comprises a guide groove part and a fixed part, the fixed part is fixed on a sliding block, and the adjacent sliding block is movably limited in the guide groove part.

[0011] As preferred, the stick inserting station is provided with a punching assembly and a stick inserting assembly, and the punching assembly and the stick inserting assembly are sequentially arranged on the side of the mold box conveying belt. The stick is inserted after the punching, the material cracking is prevented, and the yield is improved.

[0012] Further, the punching assembly comprises a drill bit and a rotating driving piece used for driving the drill bit to rotate, the rotating driving piece is detachably connected with the drill bit, the rotating driving piece is arranged on a moving base, and the moving base is in transmission connection with a punching driving piece used for driving the moving base to move forward and backward. Different sizes of drill bits can be replaced to adapt to different specifications of materials.

[0013] Further, the stick inserting assembly comprises a stick handle storage bin, the stick handle storage bin comprises a fixed plate, a swing plate and a side plate, the fixed plate is fixedly connected with the lower part of the side plate, the upper end of the fixed plate is hingedly connected with the swing plate, and the upper end of the swing plate is detachably connected with the side plate. The swing of the swing plate makes the opening of the storage cavity larger, so that the material is conveniently put and arranged, the free end of the swing plate is fixedly connected with the side plate during work, and the stick handle is prevented from falling out of the stick handle storage bin. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0014] Figure 1 It is a structural schematic view of the utility model.

[0015] Figure 2 It is a structural schematic view of the transfer device of the utility model.

[0016] Figure 3 It is a top view of the variable-distance driving assembly of the utility model.

[0017] Figure 4 is a structural schematic view of the punching assembly of the utility model.

[0018] Figure 5 is a side view of the stick material bin of the utility model.

[0019] The part names referred to by the respective numbers in the above drawings are as follows:

[0020] Among them, 1, the mold box conveying belt; 11, the stick inserting station; 12, the transfer station; 2, the bubble cap device; 21, the film blowing forming station; 22, the feeding station; 23, the punching station; 3, the transfer device; 31, the mechanical hand; 32, the clamping and turning mechanism; 321, the stick clamping piece; 322, the rotary mounting seat; 4, the guide rail; 5, the sliding block; 61, the slot rod; 611, the fixed part; 612, the guide slot part; 62, the telescopic driving piece; 7, the punching assembly; 71, the drill bit; 72, the rotary driving piece; 73, the moving seat; 8, the stick material bin; 81, the swing plate; 82, the fixed plate; 83, the side plate. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0021] The utility model will be further described in detail below in combination with the drawings and examples.

[0022] As shown in the drawings, Figure 1 The stick inserting bubble cap packaging equipment includes a stick inserting device, a bubble cap packaging device and a transfer device 3; the stick inserting device includes a mold box conveying belt 1, the mold box conveying belt 1 sequentially passes through a stick inserting station 11 and a transfer station 12, a plurality of mold boxes are arranged on the mold box conveying belt 1, the mold boxes are provided with semi-finished product accommodating grooves, the semi-finished product accommodating grooves are used for placing materials without inserting sticks, the semi-finished product accommodating grooves are arranged in the longitudinal direction, the outer side of the mold box is provided with a material taking space for suspending the stick, the material taking space facilitates the mechanical hand 31 to clamp the suspended stick part, and the material is prevented from being contaminated. The bubble cap packaging device includes a feeding station 22, in the embodiment, the bubble cap packaging device includes a forming film traction roller set (not shown in the drawings), the conveying path of the forming film traction roller set sequentially passes through a film blowing forming station 21, the feeding station 22 and a punching station 23, the upper mold and the lower mold of the film blowing forming station 21 cooperate on the forming film to form a plurality of stick accommodating grooves, the stick accommodating grooves are used for placing materials sent out from the transfer station 12, and the stick accommodating grooves are arranged in the transverse direction. The conveying path of the bubble cap packaging device is parallel to the conveying path of the stick inserting device, the forming film traction roller set of the bubble cap packaging device and the mold box conveying belt 1 of the stick inserting device are both intermittent conveying, and the transfer device 3 is connected between the feeding station 22 and the transfer station 12; as Figure 2As shown, the transfer device 3 includes a robotic arm 31 and a gripping and turning mechanism 32. The gripping and turning mechanism 32 includes a handle gripper 321 and a rotating mounting base 322. There are at least two handle grippers 321, which are spaced apart on the rotating mounting base 322. The handle grippers 321 are arranged in a row on the rotating mounting base 322. To improve efficiency, two rows of handle grippers 321 can also be set. The rotating mounting base 322 is set on the robotic arm 31 and is located between the handle grippers 321 and the robotic arm 31. The robotic arm 31 can be a four-axis robotic arm. The robotic arm 31 enables the handle grippers 321 to move longitudinally, laterally, and vertically. In addition, the robotic arm 31 also includes a rotary motor that is connected to the rotating mounting base 322 to drive the handle grippers 321 to rotate. During operation, the rod holder 321 picks up the material at the rod insertion station, and the robot arm rotates the rotating mounting base to place the material in a horizontal position at the transfer station 12 into a vertical position at the feeding station 22.

[0023] To accommodate materials of different specifications, the rod clamping member 321 is laterally adjustable on the rotary mounting base 322. There are several ways to adjust the rod clamping member 321 laterally. For example, depending on the size of the material, an elongated hole can be made on the rotary mounting base 322, and the rod clamping member 321 can be placed inside the elongated hole for adjustment as needed. Alternatively, the rod clamping member 321 can be engaged within a guide groove for adjustment.

[0024] like Figure 3 As shown, to accommodate the difference in material spacing between material handling and material release, the rotary mounting base 322 is equipped with a guide rail 4 and a variable-pitch drive assembly. The handle clamping member 321 is slidably mounted on the guide rail 4, and the variable-pitch drive assembly is used to drive the handle clamping members 321 to move closer or further apart from each other. In this embodiment, each handle clamping member 321 is respectively mounted on the guide rail 4 via its respective slider 5. The handle clamping member 321 and the slider 5 are fixedly connected one-to-one. The variable-pitch drive assembly includes a grooved rod 61 and a telescopic drive member 62. The grooved rod 61 is disposed between adjacent sliders 5, and at least one of the two adjacent sliders 5 can slide relative to the grooved rod 61. The sliders 5 at both ends of the guide rail 4 are also respectively connected to the telescopic drive member 62. The grooved rod 61 has a fixing part 611 and a guide groove part 612. The fixing part 611 is fixed to a slider 5. An adjacent slider 5 is movably confined within the guide groove part 612, which is a sliding groove. The slider 5 is set within the guide groove part 612 via a connecting post. The telescopic drive member 62 drives the sliders 5 at both ends to move, causing multiple sliders 5 to move together, so that the distance of each rod handle clamping member 321 can be varied to adapt to situations where the distance between the semi-finished product receiving slots is different from the distance between the rod handle receiving slots, thereby improving the adaptability of the equipment. In this embodiment, the telescopic drive member 62 can be a cylinder or a motor.

[0025] The punch assembly 7 and the stick inserting assembly are sequentially arranged at the side of the mold box conveying belt 1. Figure 4 As shown in the figure, the punch assembly 7 comprises a drill bit 71 and a rotary driving member 72 for driving the drill bit 71 to rotate, the rotary driving member 72 is detachably connected with the drill bit 71, and the detachable connection can be in various forms, such as a clamping groove type connection, or the drill bit 71 and the main shaft of the rotary driving member 72 are connected by bolts, the rotary driving member 72 is arranged on a moving seat 73, and the moving seat 73 is in transmission connection with a punch driving member for driving the moving seat 73 to move left and right, the semi-finished product containing groove has a through opening in communication with the material taking space, the punch driving member drives the drill bit 71 on the moving seat 73 to move, so that the rotating drill bit 71 enters the semi-finished product containing groove, and the material without stick insertion is pre-punched to facilitate the subsequent stick insertion action.

[0026] If the stick storing bin 8 is too deep, it will be inconvenient to put and arrange the materials, in order to facilitate the putting and arranging of the materials. Figure 5 As shown in the figure, the stick inserting assembly comprises a stick storing bin 8, the stick inserting assembly comprises a stick storing bin 8, the stick storing bin 8 comprises a fixed plate 82, an oscillating plate 81 and a side plate 83, the fixed plate 82 is fixedly connected with the lower part of the side plate 83, the upper end of the fixed plate 82 is hingedly connected with the oscillating plate 81, the fixed plate 82 and the oscillating plate 81 are connected through a hinge, the upper end of the oscillating plate 81 is detachably connected with the side plate 83, the fixed plate 82 and the oscillating plate 81 are arranged vertically, and the fixed plate 82, the oscillating plate 81, the right baffle and the side plate 83 surround to form a stick storing cavity, the inlet of the stick storing cavity faces upward, when putting the materials, the oscillating plate 81 is opened to enlarge the inlet, so as to facilitate manual material arrangement, and the working principle is that the oscillating plate 81 is fixedly connected with the side plate 83 through a screw, the stick inserting assembly further comprises a pushing head for pushing the sticks in the stick storing bin 8 into the holes of the materials in the semi-finished product containing groove one by one to complete the stick insertion, and the structure of the discharge port of the stick storing bin 8 is a conventional technical solution for those skilled in the art, which will not be repeated here.

[0027] The working principle of the utility model will be described below in combination with the drawings: before starting, the sticks are put into the stick storing bin 8 by opening the oscillating plate 81, the materials can also be arranged through the opened opening after the material putting is completed, and the upper end of the oscillating plate 81 is fixedly connected with the side plate 83 after the material arrangement is completed.

[0028] The material without inserting stick is placed in the semi-finished product accommodating groove of the mold box, after starting, the mold box conveying belt runs, the material without inserting stick reaches in front of the punching assembly 7 of the stick inserting station 11, the drill bit 71 enters the semi-finished product accommodating groove to pre-punch the material without inserting stick, then the punching driving part drives the drill bit 71 to exit the semi-finished product accommodating groove. The mold box conveying belt continues to run, the pre-punched material reaches in front of the stick inserting assembly, the pushing head inserts the stick into the pre-punched hole of the material, the stick inserting is completed, then the material reaches the transfer station 12, the stick clamping part 321 on the mechanical arm 31 takes the material by clamping the stick part suspended at the material taking space, the telescopic driving part 62 on both sides of the rotary mounting seat 322 acts to drive the sliders 5 to move together, so that the material spacing is adapted to the spacing between the lollipop accommodating grooves, in addition, in the process of moving to the feeding station 22, the rotary mounting seat 322 rotates to make the material face the lollipop accommodating cavity, the mechanical arm 31 reaches the feeding station 22 and then descends to place the material into the corresponding stick accommodating cavity, the connection between the stick inserting and the blister packaging is completed, the automation transfer is realized, the production efficiency is improved, and the labor cost is reduced.

[0029] In the description of the present application, it should be understood that the terms "center", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer" and the like indicate the orientation or positional relationship based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing the present application and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as a limitation on the present application. In addition, the terms "first", "second" are only for the purpose of description, and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of the technical features indicated. Therefore, the features defined as "first", "second" can explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the features. In the description of the present application, the meaning of "a plurality of" is two or more, unless otherwise specifically limited.

[0030] In summary, the above only describes the preferred embodiments of the present application, and any changes and modifications made within the scope of the application for patent of the present application shall be included in the scope of the patent of the present application.

Claims

1. A lollipop stick blister packaging equipment, characterized in that: Including insert device, blister packaging device and transfer device (3); The rod insertion device includes a mold box conveyor belt (1), which passes sequentially through the rod insertion station (11) and the transfer station (12). The mold box conveyor belt (1) is provided with a plurality of mold boxes, and the outside of the mold box has a material picking space for the rod handle to be suspended in the air. A blister packaging device includes a feeding station (22), and the transfer device (3) is connected between the feeding station (22) and the transfer station (12); The transfer device (3) includes a robotic arm (31) and a gripping and turning mechanism (32). The gripping and steering mechanism (32) includes a handle gripper (321) and a rotary mounting base (322). There are at least two handle grippers (321), which are spaced apart on the rotary mounting base (322). The rotary mounting base (322) is mounted on the robot arm (31). During operation, the rod holder (321) picks up the material at the rod insertion station (11), and the robot (31) drives the rotating mounting base (322) to rotate, placing the material in a horizontal position at the transfer station (12) into a vertical position at the feeding station (22).

2. The candy stick blister packaging equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that: The rod holder (321) is flexibly mounted on the rotating mounting base (322).

3. The lollipop stick blister packaging equipment according to claim 2, characterized in that: The rotating mounting base (322) is provided with a guide rail (4) and a variable pitch drive assembly. The handle clamp (321) is slidably mounted on the guide rail (4). The variable pitch drive assembly is used to drive the handle clamps (321) to move closer or further apart from each other.

4. The lollipop stick blister packaging equipment according to claim 3, characterized in that: Each of the aforementioned rod clamping members (321) is respectively mounted on the guide rail (4) via its respective slider (5); The variable pitch drive assembly includes a slotted rod (61) and a telescopic drive member (62). The slotted rod (61) is disposed between adjacent sliders (5). At least one of the two adjacent sliders (5) can slide relative to the slotted rod (61). The sliders (5) at both ends of the guide rail (4) are also connected to the telescopic drive member (62) respectively.

5. The candy stick blister packaging equipment according to claim 4, characterized in that: The groove rod (61) includes a guide groove (612) and a fixing part (611). The fixing part (611) is fixed on a slider (5), and an adjacent slider (5) is movably restricted within the guide groove (612).

6. The lollipop stick blister packaging equipment according to claim 1 or 3, characterized in that: The insertion station (11) is provided with a punching component (7) and an insertion component, which are arranged sequentially on the side of the mold box conveyor belt (1).

7. The lollipop stick blister packaging equipment according to claim 6, characterized in that: The drilling assembly (7) includes a drill bit (71) and a rotary drive (72) that drives the drill bit (71) to rotate. The rotary drive (72) is detachably connected to the drill bit (71). The rotary drive (72) is mounted on a movable seat (73). The movable seat (73) is connected to the drilling drive that drives it to move back and forth.

8. The lollipop stick blister packaging equipment according to claim 6, characterized in that: The insert rod assembly includes a rod handle hopper (8), which includes a fixed plate (82), a swing plate (81), and a side plate (83). The fixed plate (82) is fixedly connected to the lower part of the side plate (83), the upper end of the fixed plate (82) is hinged to the swing plate (81), and the upper end of the swing plate (81) is detachably connected to the side plate (83).

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