Sealing mechanism of full-automatic packaging machine
The sealing mechanism of the fully automatic packaging machine uses a cylinder to drive the moving block and the heat sealing block to achieve automatic clamping and heating sealing, which solves the problem of unstable sealing in existing packaging machines, realizes automated and firm sealing and waste disposal, and improves work efficiency and ease of operation.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202423154726.9
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-12-20
- Publication Date
- 2025-11-28
- Estimated Expiration
- 2034-12-20
AI Technical Summary
The sealing device of the existing packaging machine requires manual operation, which results in insufficient force, unstable sealing and easy opening, increases worker fatigue and affects the convenience of operation.
Design a sealing mechanism for a fully automatic packaging machine, which uses a cylinder-driven moving block and a heat-sealing block to achieve automatic clamping and heat sealing, and stabilizes the movement through a cylinder and guide rail system, combined with shearing and waste collection functions.
It achieves automated and secure sealing and waste disposal, reduces manual operation, improves the stability of sealing and work efficiency, and reduces worker fatigue.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The utility model relates to packing machine technical field, more specifically, the utility model relates to a kind of sealing mechanism of full-automatic packing machine. BACKGROUND
[0002] Packaging refers to the protection of products during the flow process, convenient storage and transportation, and promotion of sales according to certain technical methods.
[0003] In the prior art, in order to facilitate the subsequent storage, transportation and sale of products, the products are often packaged after production, and a packaging machine is used at this time. The existing packaging machine is often equipped with a sealing device, which can automatically seal the packaged products. However, the existing sealing device needs to be manually pressed down by the operator, and then the sealing operation is performed. However, this not only lacks sufficient force, but also the sealed part is prone to opening and unstable sealing. Moreover, long-term work can easily increase the fatigue of workers, which brings inconvenience to the daily use of operators, and therefore needs to be improved. SUMMARY
[0004] In order to overcome the shortcomings of the prior art, the utility model provides a sealing mechanism of full-automatic packaging machine, which has the advantages of automatically sealing the packaging.
[0005] To achieve the above purpose, the utility model provides the following technical scheme: a sealing mechanism of full-automatic packaging machine, comprising a sealing mechanism and a carrying mechanism: wherein the sealing mechanism comprises a third cylinder, the top end of the third cylinder is fixedly connected with the packaging machine, the bottom end of the output shaft of the third cylinder is fixedly installed with a connecting frame, the bottom end of the connecting frame is fixedly installed with a lifting box, the left and right sides of the lifting box are fixedly installed with a first cylinder, one end of the output shaft of the first cylinder is fixedly installed with a first moving block, the number of the first moving block is two, the opposite end of the two first moving blocks is fixedly installed with a first clamping block, the bottom end of the left and right sides of the lifting box is fixedly installed with a second cylinder, one end of the output shaft of the second cylinder is fixedly installed with a second moving block, the number of the second moving block is two, the opposite end of the two second moving blocks is fixedly installed with a heat sealing block, the inside of the heat sealing block is fixedly sleeved with a heating wire, the inside of the two first moving blocks and the two second moving blocks is movably sleeved with a short rod, the left and right ends of the short rod are fixedly connected with the inside of the lifting box.
[0006] As a preferred technical scheme of the utility model, the top end of the connecting frame is fixedly installed with a vertical rod, the outer surface of the vertical rod is movably sleeved with a fixed plate, and the top end of the fixed plate is fixedly connected with the third cylinder.
[0007] As a preferred technical scheme of the utility model, the carrying mechanism comprises:
[0008] The bottom end of the guide rail is fixedly connected with the packaging machine, the outer surface of the guide rail is slidably connected with a sliding block, and the top end of the sliding block is fixedly installed with a square plate.
[0009] As a preferred technical scheme of the utility model, the bottom end of the square plate is fixedly installed with a connecting block, the right side of the connecting block is fixedly installed with a fifth cylinder, and the bottom end of the fifth cylinder is fixedly connected with the packaging machine.
[0010] As a preferred technical scheme of the utility model, the top end of the square plate is fixedly installed with a fixed box, the top end of the left and right sides of the fixed box is fixedly installed with a fourth cylinder, one end of the output shaft of the fourth cylinder is fixedly installed with a third moving block, the number of the third moving block is two, the opposite side of the two third moving blocks is fixedly installed with a movable plate, the number of the movable plate is two, and the opposite end of the two movable plates is fixedly installed with a second clamping block.
[0011] As a preferred technical scheme of the utility model, the front and back sides of the bottom end of the two movable plates are fixedly installed with a movable block, the inside of the movable block is movably sleeved with a round rod, and the two ends of the round rod are fixedly connected with the inside of the fixed box.
[0012] As a preferred technical scheme of the utility model, the bottom end of the movable plate is movably connected with a placing box, and the bottom end of the placing box is fixedly connected with the top end of the square plate.
[0013] As a preferred technical scheme of the utility model, the top end of the right side of the lifting box is fixedly installed with a sixth cylinder, and one end of the output shaft of the sixth cylinder is fixedly installed with a shearing block.
[0014] As a preferred technical scheme of the utility model, the inside of the top end of the left side of the lifting box is fixedly sleeved with a connecting pipe, and the right end of the connecting pipe is fixedly installed with a blade.
[0015] As a preferred technical scheme of the utility model, the other end of the connecting pipe is fixedly sleeved with a collecting box, the outer surface of the collecting box is fixedly connected with the outer surface of the lifting box, the top end of the collecting box is fixedly installed with a fan, the inside of the collecting box is provided with a drawer, and the front surface of the drawer is fixedly installed with a handle
[0016] Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the beneficial effects as follows:
[0017] 1. The utility model discloses a first cylinder, second cylinder, heat seal block and heating wire are set up, when two first cylinders operate and will drive two first moving blocks to move towards each other, at this moment two first moving blocks will drive two first clamping blocks to clamp the package, when two second cylinders operate and will drive two second moving blocks to move towards each other, in this process, two second moving blocks and two first moving blocks will move along the outer surface of the short rod, because of the design of short rod, will make first moving block and second moving block move more stably, and at the same time two second moving blocks will drive two heat seal blocks to clamp the package, because of the design of two heating wires, can heat the heat seal block, and then make two heat seal blocks can seal when clamping the package, because of the design of two heat seal blocks' outer surface, can increase the firmness of package sealing, and then realize the function of automatic firm sealing of package.
[0018] 2. The utility model discloses a fourth cylinder, fifth cylinder, round rod and guide rail are set up, when two fourth cylinders operate and will drive two third moving blocks two movable plates to move towards each other, at this moment two movable plates will drive two second clamping blocks to move towards each other and then fold the package opening, and at the same time two movable plates will drive two groups of movable blocks to move towards each other along the outer surface of two round rods, because of the design of two round rods, will make two movable plates move more stably, when fifth cylinder operates, at this moment fifth cylinder will drive square plate as a whole to move left through connecting block, at this moment square plate will drive four sliding blocks to move left along the outer surface of two guide rails, because of the design of guide rail and sliding block, will make square plate move as a whole more stably.
[0019] 3. The utility model discloses a shearing block, fan, blade and connecting pipe are set up, when sixth cylinder operates, shearing block will cooperate with the blade and cut the package opening, then the package waste that is cut will be pushed into the inside of connecting pipe by shearing block, when fan operates, at this moment the package waste in the inside of connecting pipe will enter the inside of collecting box along the inside of connecting pipe and finally falls into the inside of drawer and completes collection, to reach the effect that can open the package automatically, and then facilitate subsequent sale, because of the design of handle, can conveniently operate drawer from the inside of collecting box and handle the package waste. ACCURACY OF DRAWINGS
[0020] Figure 1 It is structure schematic drawing of the utility model embodiment one;
[0021] Figure 2 It is back structure schematic drawing of the utility model embodiment one;
[0022] Figure 3 It is section structure schematic drawing of the utility model embodiment one sealing mechanism;
[0023] Figure 4 It is the cross section structure schematic view of short pole of the utility model embodiment one;
[0024] Figure 5 It is the structure schematic view of heat seal block of the utility model embodiment one;
[0025] Figure 6 It is the cross section structure schematic view of heating wire of the utility model embodiment one;
[0026] Figure 7 It is the cross section structure schematic view of carrying mechanism of the utility model embodiment one;
[0027] Figure 8 It is the cross section structure schematic view of movable block of the utility model embodiment one;
[0028] Figure 9 It is the structure schematic view of sixth cylinder of the utility model embodiment two;
[0029] Figure 10 It is the cross section structure schematic view of connecting pipe of the utility model embodiment two;
[0030] Figure 11 It is the structure schematic view of blade of the utility model embodiment two.
[0031] In the drawing: 1, lift box;2, connecting frame;3, first cylinder;4, second cylinder;5, first moving block;6, first clamping block;7, second moving block;8, heat seal block;9, heating wire;10, short pole;11, vertical pole;12, fixed plate;13, third cylinder;14, guide rail;15, sliding block;16, fixed box;17, fourth cylinder;18, third moving block;19, movable plate;20, second clamping block;21, movable block;22, round pole;23, placing box;24, fifth cylinder;25, connecting block;26, square plate;27, sixth cylinder;28, shearing block;29, connecting pipe;30, blade;31, collection box;32, fan;33, drawer;34, handle. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0032] The technical scheme in the embodiments of the utility model will be described clearly and completely below in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the utility model. Obviously, the described embodiments are only 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 those skilled in the art without creative work belong to the protection scope of the utility model.
[0033] Embodiment one: please refer to Figures 1-8The utility model provides a kind of sealing mechanism of full-automatic packaging machine, including sealing mechanism and carrying mechanism:Wherein, sealing mechanism includes third cylinder 13, the top of third cylinder 13 is fixedly connected with packaging machine, the bottom of third cylinder 13 output shaft is fixedly installed with connecting frame 2, the bottom of connecting frame 2 is fixedly installed with lifting box 1, the left and right sides of lifting box 1 are fixedly installed with first cylinder 3, one end of first cylinder 3 output shaft is fixedly installed with first moving block 5, the quantity of first moving block 5 is two, the end of two first moving block 5 is fixedly installed with first clamping block 6, the bottom of the left and right sides of lifting box 1 is fixedly installed with second cylinder 4, one end of second cylinder 4 output shaft is fixedly installed with second moving block 7, the quantity of second moving block 7 is two, the end of two second moving block 7 is fixedly installed with heat sealing block 8, heating wire 9 is fixedly sleeved in heat sealing block 8, the inside of two first moving block 5 and two second moving block 7 is movably sleeved with short rod 10, the left and right ends of short rod 10 are fixedly connected with the inside of lifting box 1.
[0034] When third cylinder 13 operates, lifting box 1 is driven to move up and down by connecting frame 2, when two first cylinders 3 operate, two first cylinders 3 drive two first moving blocks 5 to move towards each other, and then two first clamping blocks 6 clamp the package during the movement, when two second cylinders 4 operate, two second cylinders 4 drive two heat sealing blocks 8 to move towards each other, and then two heat sealing blocks 8 clamp the package during the movement, since two heating wires 9 have heating function, two heat sealing blocks 8 perform sealing operation on the package, since the side of two heat sealing blocks 8 facing each other is designed with corrugation, the firmness of package sealing is increased, since four short rods 10 are designed, two first moving blocks 5 and two second moving blocks 7 move more stably.
[0035] Wherein, the top of connecting frame 2 is fixedly installed with vertical rod 11, vertical rod 11 is movably sleeved with fixed plate 12, the top of fixed plate 12 is fixedly connected with third cylinder 13.
[0036] When connecting frame 2 moves up and down, vertical rod 11 moves up and down along the inside of fixed plate 12 under the driving of connecting frame 2, since vertical rod 11 is designed, lifting box 1 moves more stably.
[0037] Wherein, carrying mechanism includes:
[0038] Guide rail 14, the bottom of guide rail 14 is fixedly connected with packaging machine, the outer surface of guide rail 14 is slidably connected with sliding block 15, the top of sliding block 15 is fixedly installed with square plate 26.
[0039] Due to the design of the guide rail 14, the operation of the sliding block 15 is limited, so that the square plate 26 can only drive the sliding block 15 to move left and right along the outer surface of the guide rail 14.
[0040] Wherein, the bottom end of the square plate 26 is fixedly installed with a connecting block 25, the right side of the connecting block 25 is fixedly installed with a fifth cylinder 24, and the bottom end of the fifth cylinder 24 is fixedly connected with the packaging machine.
[0041] When the fifth cylinder 24 operates, the fifth cylinder 24 drives the square plate 26 to move left and right as a whole through the connecting block 25 at this time.
[0042] Wherein, the top end of the square plate 26 is fixedly installed with a fixed box 16, the top end of the left and right sides of the fixed box 16 is fixedly installed with a fourth cylinder 17, one end of the output shaft of the fourth cylinder 17 is fixedly installed with a third moving block 18, the number of the third moving block 18 is two, and the opposite side of the two third moving blocks 18 is fixedly installed with an activity plate 19, the number of the activity plate 19 is two, and the opposite end of the two activity plates 19 is fixedly installed with a second clamping block 20.
[0043] When the square plate 26 moves left and right, the fixed box 16 as a whole will move left and right under the driving of the square plate 26, thereby realizing the carrying function, and when the two fourth cylinders 17 operate, the two fourth cylinders 17 will drive the two activity plates 19 to move towards each other through the two third moving blocks 18 at this time, and the two activity plates 19 will fold the packaging opening through the two second clamping blocks 20.
[0044] Wherein, the front and rear sides of the bottom end of the two activity plates 19 are fixedly installed with an activity block 21, and the inside of the activity block 21 is movably sleeved with a round rod 22, and the two ends of the round rod 22 are fixedly connected with the inside of the fixed box 16.
[0045] When the two activity plates 19 move towards each other, the two groups of activity blocks 21 will move towards each other along the outer surface of the two round rods 22, and due to the design of the two round rods 22, the movement of the two activity plates 19 as a whole will be more stable.
[0046] Wherein, the bottom end of the activity plate 19 is movably connected with a placing box 23, and the bottom end of the placing box 23 is fixedly connected with the top end of the square plate 26.
[0047] Due to the design of the placing box 23, the packaging and the product are stably placed in the inside of the placing box 23.
[0048] Example two, please refer to Figures 9-11The sixth cylinder 27 is fixedly installed at the top end of the right side of the lifting box 1, one end of the output shaft of the sixth cylinder 27 is fixedly installed with a shearing block 28, a connecting pipe 29 is fixedly sleeved in the inside of the top end of the left side of the lifting box 1, the right end of the connecting pipe 29 is fixedly installed with a blade 30, the other end of the connecting pipe 29 is fixedly sleeved with a collecting box 31, the outer surface of the collecting box 31 is fixedly connected with the outer surface of the lifting box 1, the top end of the collecting box 31 is fixedly installed with a fan 32, and a drawer 33 is arranged in the inside of the collecting box 31.
[0049] When the operator starts the sixth cylinder 27, the shearing block 28 is driven by the sixth cylinder 27 to move left, and the left end of the shearing block 28 cooperates with the blade 30 to cut the package and push the cut package waste into the connecting pipe 29; when the operator starts the fan 32, the fan 32 sucks the package waste in the connecting pipe 29, and the package waste in the connecting pipe 29 enters the inside of the collecting box 31 along the inside of the connecting pipe 29, and then falls into the inside of the drawer 33 to complete the collection; and since the handle 34 is designed, the operator can easily pull out the drawer 33 from the inside of the collecting box 31 and process the package waste.
[0050] The working principle and use process of the utility model are as follows:
[0051] When the operator finishes the product packaging, the operator places the product and the packaging in the placing box 23, and then simultaneously starts the two fourth cylinders 17; one end of the output shaft of the two fourth cylinders 17 drives the two third movement blocks 18 to move towards each other, the two movable plates 19 are driven by the two third movement blocks 18 to move towards each other, the two second clamping blocks 20 and the two groups of movable blocks 21 are driven by the two movable plates 19 to move towards each other, the two second clamping blocks 20 clamp the packaging in the moving towards each other, the opening of the packaging is in a closed state, and simultaneously, the two groups of movable blocks 21 move towards each other along the outer surfaces of the two round rods 22; since the two round rods 22 and the two groups of movable blocks 21 are designed, the two movable plates 19 are more stable during the movement; then the operator starts the fifth cylinder 24, one end of the output shaft of the fifth cylinder 24 drives the connecting block 25 to move left, the connecting block 25 drives the square plate 26 to move left, the square plate 26 drives the two sliding blocks 15 to move left along the outer surfaces of the two guide rails 14, and the square plate 26 drives the placing box 23 and the fixed box 16 to move left as a whole.
[0052] When the square plate 26 as a whole moves to the left in the movement to the bottom of the lifting box 1, the operator starts the third cylinder 13 at this time, and the third cylinder 13 will drive the lifting box 1 as a whole to move downward at this time, and at the same time the connecting frame 2 will drive the four vertical rods 11 to move downward along the inside of the fixed plate 12, due to the design of the four vertical rods 11, it will make the lifting box 1 as a whole more stable when moving up and down, when the bottom end of the lifting box 1 is in contact with the top end of the fixed box 16 in the downward movement, the operator starts the two first cylinders 3 at this time, and one end of the output shaft of the two first cylinders 3 will drive the two first moving blocks 5 to move towards each other along the outer surface of the short rod 10 at this time, and the two first clamping blocks 6 will move towards each other under the drive of the two first moving blocks 5, and then the two first clamping blocks 6 will clamp the package in the movement, and the operator starts the two fourth cylinders 17 again at this time, and the two fourth cylinders 17 will drive the two third moving blocks 18 as a whole to move away from each other, thereby releasing the clamping and fixing effect on the packaging bag, and then the operator starts the third cylinder 13 again at this time, and the third cylinder 13 will drive the lifting box 1 as a whole to move upward, when the package moves out of the placing box 23, the operator starts the fifth cylinder 24 again at this time, and the fifth cylinder 24 will drive the square plate 26 as a whole to move right to reset for the next time, and at the same time the operator starts the two second cylinders 4 at the same time, and the two second moving blocks 7 will move towards each other under the drive of the two second cylinders 4 along the outer surface of the short rod 10, due to the design of the short rod 10, it will make the first moving block 5 and the second moving block 7 more stable when moving, and at this time the two heat sealing blocks 8 will move towards each other under the drive of the two second moving blocks 7, and when the two heat sealing blocks 8 clamp the package at one end, due to the design of the two heating wires 9, it will be able to heat the packaging bag, so as to seal the package, and due to the corrugated design on one side of the two heat sealing blocks 8, it will be able to increase the firmness of the package sealing, thereby realizing the function of automatically sealing the package firmly, and when the sealing is completed, the operator starts the two first cylinders 3 and the two second cylinders 4 at the same time at this time, and the two first clamping blocks 6 and the two heat sealing blocks 8 release the clamping effect on the package, thereby automatically discharging the package.
[0053] When the operator needs to open a hole in the package, at this time the operator starts the sixth cylinder 27, at this time the shear block 28 will be driven by the sixth cylinder 27 to move to the left, at this time the left end of the shear block 28 will cooperate with the blade 30 to shear the package, and then the sheared package waste will enter the inside of the connecting pipe 29, at this time the operator starts the fan 32, at this time the package waste in the connecting pipe 29 will be sucked by the fan 32, and then enter the inside of the collecting box 31 along the inside of the connecting pipe 29, and then the package waste will fall into the inside of the drawer 33 to complete the collection, thereby realizing the function of automatically opening and shearing the package, thereby facilitating subsequent sales, when the package waste in the drawer 33 accumulates more, at this time the operator pulls the handle 34 to pull out the drawer 33 from the inside of the collecting box 31, thereby facilitating the operator to process the package waste.
[0054] It should be noted that, in the present document, relational terms such as first and second and the like can be used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Moreover, the terms "comprises", "comprising", or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but can include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.
[0055] Although the embodiments of the present application have been shown and described, it is to be understood that for the purpose of the present application, the embodiments change, modify, replace, and vary in many ways without departing from the principles and spirit of the present application, and the scope of the present application is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.
Claims
1. A sealing mechanism for a fully automatic packaging machine, characterized in that, The system includes a sealing mechanism and a transport mechanism. The sealing mechanism includes a third cylinder (13), the top of which is fixedly connected to the packaging machine. A connecting frame (2) is fixedly installed at the bottom of the output shaft of the third cylinder (13). A lifting box (1) is fixedly installed at the bottom of the connecting frame (2). A first cylinder (3) is fixedly installed on both the left and right sides of the lifting box (1). A first moving block (5) is fixedly installed at one end of the output shaft of the first cylinder (3). There are two first moving blocks (5). A first moving block (5) is fixedly installed at the opposite end of the two first moving blocks (5). The clamping block (6) has a second cylinder (4) fixedly installed at the bottom of both sides of the lifting box (1). A second moving block (7) is fixedly installed at one end of the output shaft of the second cylinder (4). There are two second moving blocks (7). A heat sealing block (8) is fixedly installed at one end of the two second moving blocks (7) facing each other. A heating wire (9) is fixedly sleeved inside the heat sealing block (8). A short rod (10) is movably sleeved inside the two first moving blocks (5) and the two second moving blocks (7). The left and right ends of the short rod (10) are fixedly connected to the inside of the lifting box (1).
2. The sealing mechanism of a fully automatic packaging machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: A vertical rod (11) is fixedly installed at the top of the connecting frame (2), and a fixing plate (12) is movably sleeved on the outer surface of the vertical rod (11). The top of the fixing plate (12) is fixedly connected to the third cylinder (13).
3. The sealing mechanism of a fully automatic packaging machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The transport mechanism includes: The guide rail (14) is fixedly connected to the bottom end of the packaging machine. A slider (15) is slidably connected to the outer surface of the guide rail (14). A square plate (26) is fixedly installed on the top end of the slider (15).
4. The sealing mechanism of a fully automatic packaging machine according to claim 3, characterized in that: A connecting block (25) is fixedly installed at the bottom of the square plate (26), and a fifth cylinder (24) is fixedly installed on the right side of the connecting block (25). The bottom of the fifth cylinder (24) is fixedly connected to the packaging machine.
5. The sealing mechanism of a fully automatic packaging machine according to claim 3, characterized in that: A fixed box (16) is fixedly installed at the top of the square plate (26). A fourth cylinder (17) is fixedly installed at the top of both the left and right sides of the fixed box (16). A third moving block (18) is fixedly installed at one end of the output shaft of the fourth cylinder (17). There are two third moving blocks (18). A movable plate (19) is fixedly installed on the facing side of the two third moving blocks (18). There are two movable plates (19). A second clamping block (20) is fixedly installed on the facing side of the two movable plates (19).
6. The sealing mechanism of a fully automatic packaging machine according to claim 5, characterized in that: Movable blocks (21) are fixedly installed on the front and rear sides of the bottom of the two movable plates (19). A round rod (22) is movably sleeved inside the movable block (21), and both ends of the round rod (22) are fixedly connected to the inside of the fixed box (16).
7. The sealing mechanism of a fully automatic packaging machine according to claim 5, characterized in that: The bottom end of the movable plate (19) is movably connected to a placement box (23), and the bottom end of the placement box (23) is fixedly connected to the top end of the square plate (26).
8. The sealing mechanism of a fully automatic packaging machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The top right side of the lifting box (1) is fixedly installed with a sixth cylinder (27), and a shearing block (28) is fixedly installed at one end of the output shaft of the sixth cylinder (27).
9. The sealing mechanism of a fully automatic packaging machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The lifting box (1) has a connecting pipe (29) fixedly sleeved inside the top left side, and a blade (30) is fixedly installed on the right end of the connecting pipe (29).
10. The sealing mechanism of a fully automatic packaging machine according to claim 9, characterized in that: The other end of the connecting pipe (29) is fixedly sleeved with a collection box (31). The outer surface of the collection box (31) is fixedly connected to the outer surface of the lifting box (1). A fan (32) is fixedly installed on the top of the collection box (31). A drawer (33) is provided inside the collection box (31). A handle (34) is fixedly installed on the front of the drawer (33).