Electronic cigarette detection device

Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of electronic cigarettes, in particular to an electronic cigarette detection device which comprises a case, a turntable conveying mechanism arranged on the case, a feeding mechanism, a discharging mechanism and a visual detection mechanism, the visual inspection mechanism comprises a first lateral visual inspection assembly, a second lateral visual inspection assembly, a third lateral visual inspection assembly, a fourth lateral visual inspection assembly, a fifth lateral visual inspection assembly, a first oblique visual inspection assembly and a second oblique visual inspection assembly. The visual inspection mechanism comprises a plurality of lateral visual inspection assemblies and oblique visual inspection assemblies which are arranged in different directions around the turntable mechanism, so that each angle of a product can be covered, an omnibearing image of the product can be obtained, the conditions of wrong inspection and missing inspection are avoided, the inspection effect is ensured, the yield is ensured, and the production efficiency is improved. In addition, automation is basically achieved in the process from product feeding, detection to discharging, the detection efficiency is high, and the labor intensity and the production cost are reduced.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to electronic cigarette technical field, concretely relates to an electronic cigarette detection device. BACKGROUND

[0002] Electronic cigarette is an electronic product that imitates cigarette, has the same appearance, smoke, taste and feeling as cigarette. Electronic cigarette mainly makes smoke oil (smoke oil mainly contains nicotine, essence, solvent propylene glycol and other components) atomized to produce aerosol with specific odor for smokers to use through heating. From the broad sense, electronic cigarette refers to electronic nicotine delivery system, including electronic cigarette, water pipe, water pipe pen and other forms. From the narrow sense, electronic cigarette refers to portable electronic cigarette similar to cigarette. Electronic cigarette mainly includes smoke bullet, heating system, power supply, smoke pipe shell, filter tip lamp several parts. In order to ensure that the smoke pipe shell of electronic cigarette meets the design requirements, the appearance of the smoke pipe shell needs to be detected to judge whether the overall shape meets the design requirements during production and processing. In the traditional operation, this process is dependent on manual operation, which is low in efficiency and prone to misjudgment and omission. Although some visual devices that can assist in detection have appeared on the market, they can replace manual operation to a certain extent, but the structure is relatively simple, and the image direction obtained without intervention is limited, which makes it difficult to detect the smoke pipe shell from multiple directions and still needs to rely on manual operation. CONTENT OF THE UTILITY MODEL

[0003] In order to solve the above problems, the utility model provides an electronic cigarette detection device.

[0004] The utility model adopts the following scheme to realize:

[0005] An electronic cigarette detection device, including the case, the carousel conveying mechanism that is established in the case, the feeding mechanism that is established in the case, the unloader that is established in the case and the visual detection mechanism, the visual detection mechanism includes the first lateral visual detection assembly, the second lateral visual detection assembly, the third lateral visual detection assembly, the first vertical visual detection assembly, the fourth lateral visual detection assembly that are arranged in turn along the clockwise direction around the carousel conveying mechanism, the carousel conveying mechanism's top is provided with the fifth lateral visual detection assembly, the first oblique visual detection assembly, the second oblique visual detection assembly in turn along the clockwise direction, the first oblique visual detection assembly and the second oblique visual detection assembly all include the first detection support, the first visual sensor that is established in the first detection support, the first visual sensor is relatively horizontal plane and is arranged obliquely.

[0006] Further, the feeding mechanism and the unloader all include the linear feeding assembly that is established in the case, the first warehouse and the second warehouse for placing the tray that are established in the linear feeding assembly.

[0007] Further, the first material bin comprises a first material storage rack arranged on the linear feeding assembly, a first lifting driving element arranged in the cabinet, a double-output air cylinder connected with the output end of the first lifting driving element, two top plates respectively connected with the output ends of the double-output air cylinder, and the two top plates are respectively located on the two sides of the first material storage rack.

[0008] Further, the second material bin comprises a second material storage rack arranged above the linear feeding assembly, a second lifting driving element arranged in the cabinet, a lifting frame connected with the second lifting driving element, two jacking elements arranged on the lifting frame, the jacking elements and the lifting frame are rotationally connected, and a return spring is connected between the jacking elements and the lifting frame.

[0009] Further, the linear feeding assembly comprises a linear driving module arranged on the cabinet, a third lifting driving element connected with the linear driving module, and a supporting plate connected with the third lifting driving element.

[0010] Further, the electronic cigarette detection device comprises a feeding transfer mechanism arranged on the cabinet and used for transferring the electronic cigarette shell between the feeding mechanism and the rotary disc conveying mechanism, and a discharging transfer mechanism arranged on the cabinet and used for transferring the electronic cigarette shell between the rotary disc conveying mechanism and the discharging mechanism; the feeding transfer mechanism and the discharging transfer mechanism both comprise a transfer support, a mechanical hand arranged on the transfer support, and a transfer assembly connected with the mechanical hand.

[0011] Further, the transfer assembly comprises a connecting frame connected with the mechanical hand, a rotary air cylinder connected with the connecting frame, and a clamping jaw air cylinder connected with the output end of the rotary air cylinder.

[0012] Further, the first lateral visual detection assembly, the second lateral visual detection assembly, the third lateral visual detection assembly, the fourth lateral visual detection assembly and the fifth lateral visual detection assembly all comprise a detection support and a second visual sensor arranged on the detection support.

[0013] Further, the rotary disc conveying mechanism comprises a rotary disc arranged above the cabinet, a plurality of positioning jigs uniformly arranged along the edge of the rotary disc, a fixed plate arranged above the rotary disc, and the first oblique visual detection assembly, the second oblique visual detection assembly and the fifth lateral visual detection assembly are all arranged on the fixed plate.

[0014] Further, the visual detection mechanism further comprises a second vertical visual detection assembly, and the second vertical visual detection assembly is located above the feeding mechanism.

[0015] Compared with the prior art, the electronic cigarette detection device has the following beneficial effects:

[0016] The visual inspection mechanism of the utility model discloses multiple lateral visual inspection components and oblique visual inspection components arranged at different directions around the rotating disc mechanism, can cover each angle of the product, acquire the all -round image of the product, avoid the wrong detection, the situation of missing detection, ensure the detection effect, guarantee the yield rate, in addition, under the cooperation of the feeding mechanism, the feeding transfer mechanism, the discharging transfer mechanism and the discharging mechanism, the process of product from feeding, detection to discharging basically realizes automation, and the detection efficiency is high, reduces the labor intensity and production cost. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0017] Figure 1 It is a structural schematic diagram of electronic cigarette detection device provided by the utility model.

[0018] Figure 2 It is another perspective view schematic diagram of the utility model.

[0019] Figure 3 It is a top view schematic diagram of the utility model.

[0020] Figure 4 It is a schematic diagram of feeding mechanism of the utility model.

[0021] Figure 5 It is a general structure schematic diagram of the utility model.

[0022] In the drawing, it includes:

[0023] Case 1, rotating disc conveying mechanism 2, rotating disc 21, positioning fixture 22, fixed plate 23, feeding mechanism 3, linear feeding assembly 31, linear drive module 311, third lifting drive 312, supporting plate 13, first material bin 32, first material storage frame 321, first lifting drive 322, double output cylinder 323, top plate 324, second material bin 33, second material storage frame 331, second lifting drive 332, lifting frame 333, jacking member 334, return spring 335, discharging mechanism 4, visual inspection mechanism 5, first lateral visual inspection component 51, second lateral visual inspection component 52, third lateral visual inspection component 53, fourth lateral visual inspection component 54, fifth lateral visual inspection component 55, first oblique visual inspection component 56, second oblique visual inspection component 57, first vertical visual inspection component 58, second vertical visual inspection component 59, feeding transfer mechanism 6, transfer support 61, mechanical hand 62, transfer assembly 63, discharging transfer mechanism 7. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0024] For the convenience of the person skilled in the art to understand the utility model, the utility model will be further described in detail in combination with specific embodiment and drawing.

[0025] Refer toFigures 1 to 5 The utility model provides a kind of electronic cigarette detection device, including cabinet 1, carousel conveying mechanism 2 being arranged on the cabinet 1, feeding mechanism 3 being arranged on the cabinet 1, discharging mechanism 4 being arranged on the cabinet 1 and visual detection mechanism 5.In addition, in specific implementation, cabinet 1 upper side is additionally provided with machine cover, display screen, input device etc.

[0026] The visual detection mechanism 5 includes first lateral visual detection component 51, second lateral visual detection component 52, third lateral visual detection component 53, first vertical visual detection component 58, fourth lateral visual detection component 54 being sequentially arranged in clockwise direction around carousel conveying mechanism 2, and fifth lateral visual detection component 55, first oblique visual detection component 56, second oblique visual detection component 57 are sequentially arranged in clockwise direction above carousel conveying mechanism 2.

[0027] The first oblique visual detection component 56 and second oblique visual detection component all include first detection bracket, first visual sensor being arranged on the first detection bracket, and the first visual sensor is obliquely arranged relative to horizontal plane.In the embodiment, the central axis of the smoke pipe shell is parallel to the vertical direction and placed on carousel conveying mechanism 2, and the first visual sensor is located obliquely above the smoke pipe shell, and two first visual sensors are arranged in the embodiment, and the images of the upper end of the smoke pipe shell are obtained from two different angles.The first oblique visual detection component 56 is used to obtain the image of the side (defined as inner side) of the smoke pipe shell close to the center of carousel conveying mechanism 2, and the second oblique visual detection component is used to obtain the image of the outer side of the smoke pipe shell.

[0028] The visual detection mechanism 5 further includes second vertical visual detection component 59, and the second vertical visual detection component 59 is located above feeding mechanism 3, and in the embodiment, the second vertical visual detection component 59 is fixed to the top inner side of machine cover.The first lateral visual detection component 51, second lateral visual detection component 52, third lateral visual detection component 53, first vertical visual detection component 58, fourth lateral visual detection component 54, fifth lateral visual detection component 55 all include detection bracket, and second visual sensor is arranged on the detection bracket, and light source can be further arranged on the detection bracket to ensure the quality of the obtained image, and in addition, the second vertical visual detection component 59 is also similar structure, and only the fixing direction is different.

[0029] The feeding mechanism 3 and the discharging mechanism 4 each comprise a linear feeding assembly 31 arranged on the cabinet 1, a first material bin 32 and a second material bin 33 arranged on the linear feeding assembly 31 and used for placing the material disc. In the embodiment, the material disc on which the product to be detected is placed is stacked in the first material bin 32, and the material disc on which the product after detection is completed is placed is stacked in the second material bin 33. In the embodiment, the first material bin 32 is located at the starting end of the linear feeding assembly 31, and the second material bin 33 is arranged adjacent to the first material bin 32.

[0030] The first material bin 32 comprises a first material storage rack 321 arranged on the linear feeding assembly, a first lifting driving member 322 arranged in the cabinet 1, a double-output air cylinder 323 connected to the output end of the first lifting driving member 322, and two top plates 324 respectively connected to the output end of the double-output air cylinder 323, and the two top plates 324 are respectively located on the two sides of the first material storage rack 321. The double-output air cylinder 323 drives the two top plates 324 to move close to or away from the first material storage rack 321, and when the two top plates 324 move close to the first material storage rack 321, the top plates 324 can enter below the material disc, and then the first lifting driving member 322 drives the double-output air cylinder 323 to move upward, so that the top plates 324 can lift the material disc.

[0031] The second material bin 33 comprises a second material storage rack 331 arranged above the linear feeding assembly, a second lifting driving member 332 arranged in the cabinet 1, a lifting frame 333 connected to the second lifting driving member 332, two jacking members 334 arranged on the lifting frame 333, and a reset spring 335 connected between the jacking member 334 and the lifting frame 333. In the initial state, the top surface of the jacking member 334 is parallel to the horizontal plane and is one-way limited at the position by the structure on the second material storage rack 331, and cannot continue to rotate downward, at this time, the second lifting driving member 332 drives the jacking member 334 to move upward, so that the material disc can be lifted, and when the jacking member 334 is reset, the jacking member 334 is in contact with the material disc and rotates upward, so that the lifting member can pass over the material disc, and after the lifting member passes over the material disc, the jacking member 334 is reset under the action of the reset spring 335, at this time, the action of lifting the material disc can be performed again.

[0032] The linear feeding assembly 31 comprises a linear driving module 311 arranged on the cabinet 1, a third lifting driving member 312 connected to the linear driving module 311, and a supporting plate 13 connected to the third lifting driving member 312.

[0033] In the embodiment, the first lifting driving member 322 and the second lifting driving member 332 are both air cylinders. The first storage rack 321 comprises a bottom support and four angle irons arranged on the bottom support, the four angle irons form a square, the bottom of the angle iron has an opening for the feeding tray to pass through, and the second storage rack 331 also has a similar structure.

[0034] In the feeding process, first, several feeding trays on which the products to be detected are placed are stacked on the first storage rack 321, the third lifting driving member 312 drives the supporting plate 13 to support the lowermost feeding tray, the top plate 324 lifts the upper feeding tray from the lower second feeding tray, at this time, the linear driving module 311 can drive the feeding tray to leave the area of the first storage rack 321 and the second storage rack 331, and wait for the feeding transfer mechanism 6 to feed. After the current tray feeding is completed, the linear driving module 311 drives the empty tray to the second storage rack 331, the jacking member 334 moves downward to the lower side of the empty tray, lifts the empty tray, at this time, one feeding cycle is completed, and then the supporting plate 13 can return to the first storage rack 321 to continue the next cycle of feeding work. For the unloading mechanism 4, the empty tray is taken out from the first storage rack 321, and after the unloading transfer mechanism 7 is full of tested products, the feeding tray is sent to the second storage rack 331.

[0035] The electronic cigarette detection device comprises a feeding transfer mechanism 6 arranged on the cabinet 1 and used for transferring the electronic cigarette shell between the feeding mechanism 3 and the rotating disc conveying mechanism 2, and an unloading transfer mechanism 7 arranged on the cabinet 1 and used for transferring the electronic cigarette shell between the rotating disc conveying mechanism 2 and the unloading mechanism 4; the feeding transfer mechanism 6 and the unloading transfer mechanism 7 both comprise a transfer support 61, a mechanical hand 62 arranged on the transfer support 61, and a transfer assembly 63 connected with the mechanical hand 62.

[0036] The transfer assembly 63 comprises a connecting frame connected with the mechanical hand 62, a rotating air cylinder connected with the connecting frame, and a clamping jaw air cylinder connected with the output end of the rotating air cylinder. The clamping jaw air cylinder can clamp the cigarette pipe shell, and facilitates movement.

[0037] The rotary disc conveying mechanism 2 comprises a rotating disc 21 arranged above the cabinet 1, a plurality of positioning jigs 22 evenly arranged along the edge of the rotating disc 21, a fixed plate 23 arranged above the rotating disc 21, and the first oblique visual detection assembly 56, the second oblique visual detection assembly and the fifth lateral visual detection assembly 55 are all arranged on the fixed plate 23. The rotating disc 21 is connected with a divider (not shown in the figure), so that it rotates by the same angle each time. The fixed plate 23 is not connected with the rotating disc 21, so that the first oblique visual detection assembly 56, the second oblique visual detection assembly and the fifth lateral visual detection assembly 55 do not move. In the embodiment, the positioning jigs 22 are arranged in 9, that is, the distance between adjacent positioning jigs 22 is 40°, and the distance between the first oblique visual detection assembly 56 and the second oblique visual detection assembly is 80°.

[0038] In the working process, the feeding and transferring mechanism 6 grabs the smoke pipe shell to be detected from the feeding mechanism 3, the vertical visual detection mechanism 5 first obtains the image of one end of the smoke pipe shell under the cooperation of the manipulator 62, is transferred to the positioning jig 22 of the rotary disc conveying mechanism 2 (the end of which has obtained the image faces downward), and then the rotary disc conveying mechanism 2 rotates by the same angle each time, the feeding and transferring mechanism 6 continuously puts the smoke pipe shell into the rotary disc conveying mechanism 2, and the smoke pipe shell sequentially passes through the first lateral visual detection assembly 51, the second lateral visual detection assembly 52, the fifth lateral visual detection assembly 55, the third lateral visual detection assembly 53, the first vertical visual detection assembly 58, the fourth lateral visual detection assembly 54, the first oblique visual detection assembly 56 and the second oblique visual detection assembly, so that the images in various directions are obtained, the obtained images are uploaded to the computer for comparison, if the product is qualified, the discharging and transferring mechanism 7 transfers the product to the discharging mechanism 4, and if it is determined that the product is unqualified, the discharging and transferring mechanism 7 transfers the unqualified product to the unqualified product box arranged on the cabinet 1.

[0039] The visual detection mechanism 5 of the utility model comprises a plurality of lateral visual detection assemblies and oblique visual detection assemblies arranged at different directions around the rotary disc mechanism, can cover each angle of the product, obtains the omnibearing image of the product, avoids the situation of wrong detection and missed detection, ensures the detection effect and the yield rate, in addition, under the cooperation of the feeding mechanism 3, the feeding and transferring mechanism 6, the discharging and transferring mechanism 7 and the discharging mechanism 4, the process from feeding to discharging of the product is basically realized automatically, the detection efficiency is high, and the labor intensity and production cost are reduced.

[0040] In the description of the utility model, it should be understood that the indicated direction or position relation is based on the direction or position relation shown in the drawings, and is only for the convenience of describing the utility model and simplifying the description, and does not indicate or imply that the indicated device or element must have a specific direction, a specific direction structure and operation, so it cannot be understood as a limitation on the utility model.

[0041] In addition, the terms "first", "second", etc. are only used for descriptive purposes and should not be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or an indicated number of technical features. Therefore, the features defined with "first", "second" can explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the features. In the description of the present application, the meaning of "multiple" is two or more, unless otherwise specifically limited.

[0042] In the present application, unless otherwise specifically defined and limited, the terms "connection", "fixing" and the like should be broadly understood, for example, it can be fixedly connected, or it can be detachably connected, or it can be integrated; it can be mechanically connected, or it can be electrically connected; it can be directly connected, or it can be indirectly connected through an intermediate medium; it can be the internal communication of two elements or the interaction relationship between two elements. For those skilled in the art, the specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood according to the specific circumstances.

[0043] Although the description of the present application is combined with the above specific embodiments, it is obvious that many substitutions, modifications and changes can be made according to the above content for those skilled in the art. Therefore, all such alternatives, improvements and changes are included in the scope of the appended claims.

Claims

1. An electronic cigarette detection device, characterized in that, The device includes a chassis, a turntable conveyor mechanism mounted on the chassis, a loading mechanism mounted on the chassis, a unloading mechanism mounted on the chassis, and a vision inspection mechanism. The vision inspection mechanism includes a first lateral vision inspection component, a second lateral vision inspection component, a third lateral vision inspection component, a first vertical vision inspection component, and a fourth lateral vision inspection component arranged sequentially around the turntable conveyor mechanism in a clockwise direction. Above the turntable conveyor mechanism, a fifth lateral vision inspection component, a first oblique vision inspection component, and a second oblique vision inspection component are arranged sequentially in a clockwise direction. Both the first oblique vision inspection component and the second oblique vision inspection component include a first inspection bracket and a first vision sensor mounted on the first inspection bracket. The first vision sensor is inclined relative to the horizontal plane.

2. The electronic cigarette detection device according to claim 1, characterized in that, Both the feeding mechanism and the unloading mechanism include a linear feeding assembly mounted on the chassis, and a first hopper and a second hopper mounted on the linear feeding assembly for placing material trays.

3. The electronic cigarette detection device according to claim 2, characterized in that, The first hopper includes a first storage rack mounted on the linear feeding assembly, a first lifting drive unit mounted inside the chassis, a dual-output cylinder connected to the output end of the first lifting drive unit, and two top plates respectively connected to the output ends of the dual-output cylinder. The two top plates are located on both sides of the first storage rack.

4. The electronic cigarette detection device according to claim 2, characterized in that, The second hopper includes a second storage rack disposed above the linear feeding assembly, a second lifting drive unit disposed inside the chassis, a lifting frame connected to the second lifting drive unit, and two lifting members disposed on the lifting frame. The lifting members and the lifting frame are rotatably connected, and a return spring is connected between the lifting members and the lifting frame.

5. The electronic cigarette detection device according to claim 2, characterized in that, The linear feeding assembly includes a linear drive module mounted on the chassis, a third lifting drive unit connected to the linear drive module, and a tray connected to the third lifting drive unit.

6. The electronic cigarette detection device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The electronic cigarette detection device includes a feeding and transfer mechanism disposed on the chassis for transferring the electronic cigarette casing between the feeding mechanism and the turntable conveyor mechanism, and a discharging and transfer mechanism disposed on the chassis for transferring the electronic cigarette casing between the turntable conveyor mechanism and the discharging mechanism. Both the loading and unloading transfer mechanisms include a transfer bracket, a robotic arm mounted on the transfer bracket, and a transfer component connected to the robotic arm.

7. The electronic cigarette detection device according to claim 6, characterized in that, The transfer assembly includes a connecting frame connected to the robotic arm, a rotary cylinder connected to the connecting frame, and a gripper cylinder connected to the output end of the rotary cylinder.

8. The electronic cigarette detection device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The first lateral vision detection component, the second lateral vision detection component, the third lateral vision detection component, the first vertical vision detection component, the fourth lateral vision detection component, and the fifth lateral vision detection component all include a detection bracket and a second vision sensor disposed on the detection bracket.

9. The electronic cigarette detection device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The turntable conveying mechanism includes a turntable disposed above the chassis, a plurality of positioning fixtures evenly arranged along the edge of the turntable, and a fixed plate disposed above the turntable. The first oblique vision detection component, the second oblique vision detection component, and the fifth lateral vision detection component are all disposed on the fixed plate.

10. The electronic cigarette detection device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The visual inspection mechanism further includes a second vertical visual inspection component, which is located above the feeding mechanism.

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