Tobacco leaf clamping jaw for tobacco leaf redrying feeding procedure

By using a multi-degree-of-freedom robotic arm and a tobacco leaf gripping mechanism, the problems of clumping and easy damage during the tobacco leaf re-drying process were solved, achieving uniform laying and efficient conveying of tobacco leaves and improving production efficiency.

CN223626931UActive Publication Date: 2025-12-05GUIZHOU TOBACCO REDRYING
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Application Number
CN202422757951.5
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-11-13
Publication Date
2025-12-05
Estimated Expiration
2034-11-13

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Technical Problem

In the prior art, during the tobacco processing, especially during the tobacco re-drying process, the mechanical grippers cause the tobacco leaves to clump together, affecting subsequent production. Furthermore, the existing mechanical grippers are prone to damaging the tobacco leaves and have poor dispersion effects.

Method used

A multi-degree-of-freedom robotic arm and tobacco leaf grasping mechanism are used to achieve uniform distribution of tobacco leaves through rotation and linear motion mechanisms. The robotic arm and conveyor belt are controlled in coordination by a tobacco leaf detector and controller to achieve precise grasping and distribution of tobacco leaves.

Benefits of technology

This method ensures the uniform spreading of tobacco leaves on the re-drying conveyor belt, preventing the leaves from clumping together, reducing labor intensity and damage risk, and improving production efficiency.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses a tobacco leaf clamping jaw for a tobacco leaf redrying feeding process, which comprises a base arranged beside a redrying feeding conveying belt, a multi-degree-of-freedom mechanical arm connected onto the base, a platform arranged at the end part of the multi-degree-of-freedom mechanical arm, a tobacco leaf grabbing mechanism connected onto the platform, a lifting frame connected onto the platform and a clamping mechanism connected onto the lifting frame, a rotating mechanism is connected to the hanging bracket, a frame is connected to the rotating mechanism of the hanging bracket, two parallel sliding rails are arranged on the frame, and two linear motion mechanisms capable of moving along the sliding rails are arranged on the two parallel sliding rails. The two groups of linear motion mechanisms are respectively connected with a tobacco clamping device for clamping tobacco in a tobacco bale; by means of the tobacco leaf clamping jaw, it can be avoided that tobacco leaves are clustered and placed on a redrying feeding conveying belt, and follow-up production is affected.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to tobacco leaf redrying technical field, especially tobacco leaf redrying loading process tobacco leaf clamp jaw. BACKGROUND

[0002] In the production process of cigarettes, tobacco leaf redrying is an important link between primary curing and cigarette production, and the main purpose of tobacco leaf redrying is to adjust and control the moisture content of tobacco leaves, facilitate safe storage and aging, and meet the needs of cigarette production.

[0003] In the tobacco leaf redrying process, the tobacco leaves wrapped with burlap after primary curing need to be transferred to the redrying loading conveyor belt first, and then the tobacco leaves are laid flat on the redrying loading conveyor belt for transportation and manual picking of impurities. The existing work of taking out the tobacco leaves from the burlap and laying them flat on the loading conveyor belt is mostly done by manual labor, which has the disadvantages of high labor intensity and high dust. Some newly built or renovated projects use mechanical claws to put tobacco leaves in burlap onto the redrying loading conveyor belt. This method is prone to damage to the tobacco leaves during the grabbing process, and the dispersion effect of the tobacco leaves is poor, such as laying the tobacco leaves in a bundle on the redrying loading conveyor belt, which affects subsequent production. For example, the disclosed patent tobacco leaf redrying loading process tobacco leaf clamp jaw (publication number CN211960886U) includes a U-shaped frame, a rotating shaft, a support piece, a clamping cylinder, a pressing piece, a connecting frame, and a pitch cylinder. The support piece is fixedly connected to the first edge of the opening end of the U-shaped frame. The cylinder body A of the clamping cylinder is fixedly installed at the second edge of the opening end of the U-shaped frame, and the piston rod A extends out of the first edge of the opening end of the U-shaped frame. The pressing piece moves closer to or further away from the support piece as the piston rod A of the clamping cylinder extends or retracts. The connecting frame is movably sleeved on the rotating shaft through the sleeve portion. The cylinder body B of the pitch cylinder is hinged to the connecting frame, and the piston rod B is hinged to the U-shaped frame. The piston rod B extends or retracts to drive the U-shaped frame to rotate around the rotating shaft. SUMMARY

[0004] Therefore, the utility model aims to provide a tobacco leaf redrying loading process tobacco leaf clamp jaw to solve the technical problem that tobacco leaves may be bundled when mechanical claws are used to put tobacco leaves in burlap onto the redrying loading conveyor belt.

[0005] The utility model aims to achieve the following technical solutions:

[0006] A tobacco leaf re-drying loading process tobacco leaf clamping jaw, it includes the base that sets in the re-drying loading conveyor belt side, is connected with multi-degree of freedom mechanical arm on the base, is equipped with platform in the end of multi-degree of freedom mechanical arm, is connected with tobacco leaf grabbing mechanism on the platform, the tobacco leaf grabbing mechanism includes the hanger that is connected on the platform, is connected with rotating mechanism on the hanger, is connected with frame on the rotating mechanism of hanger, is equipped with two parallel slide rails on the frame, is equipped with two groups of linear motion mechanism that can move along the slide rail on two parallel slide rails;Two groups of linear motion mechanism are connected with tobacco leaf clamping device for clamping tobacco leaf in tobacco bag respectively.

[0007] Further, the tobacco leaf clamping device is a conveyor belt, and the conveyor belts on the two groups of linear motion mechanisms are opposite.

[0008] Further, the hanger is a hanger rod fixedly connected with the two vertical platforms, the rotating mechanism includes a driving mechanism and two rotating shafts, the two rotating shafts are vertically installed on the hanger rod respectively, the driving mechanism drives one of the rotating shafts to rotate, and the frame is fixedly connected to the rotating shafts on the two sides.

[0009] Further, the driving mechanism includes a motor A, a bevel gear one, a bevel gear two, a transmission rod, a bevel gear three and a bevel gear four, the motor A is fixedly arranged on the platform, the bevel gear one is connected to the output shaft of the motor A, the bevel gear two and the bevel gear three are located at the two ends of the transmission rod, and the bevel gear four is connected to the rotating shaft, wherein the bevel gear two is matched and driven with the bevel gear one, and the bevel gear three is matched and driven with the bevel gear four.

[0010] Further, the linear motion mechanism is an electric telescopic rod, and each group of linear motion mechanisms needs two electric telescopic rods.

[0011] Further, the conveyor belt includes two oppositely arranged mounting plates, two rollers are rotatably arranged at the two ends of the two mounting plates respectively, a conveying belt is arranged on the outer sleeve of the two rollers, a driving motor C is connected to one of the rollers, and a sliding block is arranged in the middle part of the side away from each other of the two mounting plates.

[0012] Further, a plurality of protruding stripes are uniformly and intermittently arranged on the conveying belt along the length direction of the conveying belt.

[0013] The beneficial effects of the present application are as follows:

[0014] The utility model discloses a tobacco leaf re-drying loading process tobacco leaf clamp jaw, when using, put the tobacco bale in the designated position, cut the packing bag of tobacco bale, and the packing bag is opened to both sides to make tobacco leaf completely expose, and makes the multi -freedom mechanical arm drive platform to the tobacco leaf just above and then drops, and then the rotary mechanism of hanger drives frame to make frame 90 degree overturn, and overturns in place, and two conveyors are in one above another state, and the mechanical arm rotates to the loading conveyor band top, and the lower side conveyor band keeps unmoved at this moment, and the upper side conveyor band starts and throws the upper layer tobacco leaf between two conveyors to the loading conveyor band. When the upper side conveyor band starts, also through linear motion mechanism with the upper side conveyor band downward movement, realize that the upper side conveyor band moves and drops one side, realize that tobacco leaf is scattered and evenly spread in re-drying loading conveyor action, when the tobacco leaf on the lower side conveyor band is thrown, start rotary mechanism and make frame overturn to the original position, and make the conveyor band continue to hold tobacco leaf, until all tobacco leaf of tobacco bale is thrown to re-drying loading conveyor band. The use of the tobacco leaf clamp jaw can avoid that tobacco leaf is gathered on the re-drying loading conveyor band and influences the subsequent production.

[0015] Other advantages, objects, and features of the present utility model will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part will become apparent to those skilled in the art upon examination of the following specification or can be learned by the practice of the present utility model. The objects and other advantages of the present utility model can be realized and attained by the means and combinations pointed out in the following description. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0016] In order to make the purpose, technical scheme and advantage of the utility model more clearly, the utility model will be described in further detail below in conjunction with the drawings, wherein:

[0017] Figure 1 It is the front view of the utility model.

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

[0019] Figure 3 It is Figure 2 The local enlarged view of a in it.

[0020] Figure 4 It is the internal structure schematic view of the hanger of the front side in the utility model.

[0021] Figure 5 It is the internal structure schematic view of the conveyor band in the utility model.

[0022] In the figure: multi-degree-of-freedom mechanical arm 1, tobacco clamping jaw 2, platform 5, conveying belt 6, tobacco detector 8, controller 9, boom 10, frame 11, motor A 12, bevel gear one 13, bevel gear two 14, transmission rod 15, bevel gear three 16, bevel gear four 17, electric telescopic rod 19, motor C 20, roller 21, mounting plate 22, conveying belt 23, stripe 24. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0023] The preferred embodiments of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that the preferred embodiments are only for the purpose of illustrating the present application, and are not intended to limit the protection scope of the present application.

[0024] As shown in Figures 1-5 , a tobacco leaf redrying loading process tobacco clamping jaw, it includes the base arranged in the redrying loading conveying belt side, the multi-degree-of-freedom mechanical arm 1 is connected on the base, the multi-degree-of-freedom mechanical arm 1 is ready-made, for example, UR3e robot type mechanical arm, the platform 5 is arranged at the end of the multi-degree-of-freedom mechanical arm 1, the bottom surface front side and the back side of the platform 5 are respectively provided with vertical booms 10, as shown in Figure 4 , the front boom 10 is a hollow structure with an open top surface, the platform 5 is provided with a hole corresponding to the top surface opening of the boom 10, the top surface of the platform 5 is provided with a motor A 12, the motor A 12 is a reversible motor and the rotation angle is set to 90 degrees, the hollow boom 10 is vertically rotatably provided with a transmission rod 15, the output shaft of the motor A 12 is provided with a bevel gear one 13, the upper end of the transmission rod 15 is provided with a bevel gear two 14, the bevel gear two 14 is engaged with the bevel gear one 13, the lower end of the transmission rod 15 is provided with a bevel gear three 16. The lower ends of the two booms 10 are provided with a horizontal rectangular frame 11, the front side middle part and the back side middle part of the frame 11 are respectively vertically fixedly connected with a rotating shaft, the rotating shaft on the back side of the frame 11 is rotatably connected with the boom 10 on the back side, the rotating shaft on the front side of the frame 11 is rotatably connected with the boom 10 on the front side, the bevel gear four 17 is sleeved on the rotating shaft in the front boom 10, the bevel gear four 17 is engaged with the bevel gear three 16. The front side and the back side of the left end of the frame 11 are respectively provided with an electric telescopic rod 19, the front side and the back side of the right end of the frame 11 are respectively provided with an electric telescopic rod 19, the front side and the back side of the frame 11 are respectively provided with a slide rail along the length direction thereof, the electric telescopic rod 19 on the left end of the frame 11 is connected with a conveying belt 6 at the execution end, the electric telescopic rod 19 on the right end of the frame 11 is connected with another conveying belt 6 at the execution end, the front side and the back side of the conveying belt 6 are respectively provided with a sliding block, the sliding block on the front side of the conveying belt 6 is slidably arranged in the slide rail on the front side of the frame 11, the sliding block on the back side of the conveying belt 6 is slidably arranged in the slide rail on the back side of the frame 11. As shown in Figure 5As shown, the conveying belt 6 includes two vertically arranged mounting plates 22, the upper end and the lower end of the two mounting plates 22 are respectively rotationally connected with roller 21, the two roller 21 are externally provided with a conveying belt 23, one of the roller 21 is connected with a motor C 20, the two mounting plates 22 are provided with sliding blocks at the middle part of the side away from each other, the two electric telescopic rods 19 at the left end of the frame 11 are respectively connected with the two sliding blocks of the left conveying belt 6, the two electric telescopic rods 19 at the right end of the frame 11 are respectively connected with the two sliding blocks of the right conveying belt 6. The conveying belt 23 is provided with a plurality of protruding stripes 24 uniformly spaced along the length direction. The driving circuit of the motor A 12, the motor C 20 and the four electric telescopic rods 19 are connected with the controller 9, the controller 9 is connected with the tobacco detector 8, the tobacco detector 8 is a conventional tobacco detector known in the art such as a camera, the camera transmits the photographed image to the controller, and the controller compares the photographed image with the set image to determine whether there is tobacco.

[0025] The tobacco gripper, when in use, places the tobacco bale transported to the tobacco factory at a designated position, cuts the packaging bag, and pulls the packaging bag to the two sides to expose the tobacco completely. The tobacco detector 8 detects the tobacco and transmits a signal to the controller 9, the controller 9 controls the multi-degree-of-freedom robot arm 1 to lower the tobacco gripper 2 above the tobacco after the tobacco gripper 2 is brought to the tobacco, so that the two conveying belts 6 are just on the two sides of the top layer of tobacco (which is just for the convenience of description, and actually the tobacco is not layered), the controller 9 controls the four electric telescopic rods 19 to extend, the two conveying belts 6 clamp the top layer of tobacco, the controller 9 controls the motor A 12 to start, the motor A 12 starts to drive the rectangular frame 11 to rotate 90 degrees through the bevel gear one 13, the bevel gear two 14, the transmission rod 15, the bevel gear three 16 and the bevel gear four 17, after the rotation is completed, the two conveying belts 6 are in a one above the other state, the lower conveying belt 6 remains stationary, the controller 9 controls the motor C 12 of the upper conveying belt 6 to start, and the motor C 12 drives the roller 21 to move the conveying belt 23, the movement of the conveying belt throws the tobacco onto the re-drying feeding conveying belt, the controller 9 controls the motor C 20 of the upper conveying belt 6 to start at the same time, and controls the corresponding electric telescopic rod 19 of the upper conveying belt 6 to grow slowly, so as to realize that the upper conveying belt 6 throws the tobacco while descending, thereby avoiding that the tobacco is put in a lump on the re-drying feeding conveying belt, when the tobacco on the lower conveying belt 6 is thrown completely, the controller controls the motor C 20 to stop, controls the motor A 12 to start to rotate the rectangular frame 11 to the original position, and the controller 9 controls all the electric telescopic rods 19 to shorten the distance between the two conveying belts 6 to the maximum, and then the controller 9 controls the multi-degree-of-freedom robot arm 1 to clamp the second layer of tobacco with the tobacco gripper 2, and the tobacco bale is put onto the re-drying feeding conveying belt in this way.

[0026] Of course, the electric telescopic rod 19 can be replaced by a pneumatic cylinder, and the rotating shaft at the front side of the rectangular frame 11 can be directly connected with a motor B to drive the frame 11 to rotate.

[0027] Finally, it is pointed out that the above embodiments are only to illustrate the technical solutions of the present application and are not limiting. Although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the technical solutions of the present application can be modified or replaced by equivalents without departing from the purpose and scope of the present application, and all should be covered in the scope of the claims of the present application.

Claims

1. A tobacco leaf clamp jaw for a tobacco leaf redrying feeding process, comprising a base arranged beside a redrying feeding conveyor belt, a multi-degree-of-freedom mechanical arm (1) connected to the base, characterized in that: The end of a multi-degree-of-freedom robot arm (1) is provided with a platform (5), and a tobacco leaf grabbing mechanism is connected to the platform (5), the tobacco leaf grabbing mechanism comprises a hanger connected to the platform (5), a rotating mechanism connected to the hanger, a frame (11) connected to the rotating mechanism of the hanger, two parallel sliding rails provided on the frame (11), and two groups of linear motion mechanisms capable of moving along the sliding rails provided on the two parallel sliding rails; two groups of linear motion mechanisms are respectively connected with tobacco leaf clamping devices for clamping tobacco leaves in tobacco packets.

2. The tobacco leaf clamp jaw for use in a tobacco leaf redrying on-feeding process according to claim 1, characterized by: The tobacco leaf clamping device is a conveying belt (6), the conveying belt (6) is perpendicular to the frame (11), and the conveying belts (6) connected to the two groups of linear motion mechanisms are opposite.

3. The tobacco leaf clamp jaw for use in a tobacco leaf redrying on-feeding process according to claim 2, characterized by: The hanger is a hanger rod (10) fixedly connected to the platform (5), the rotating mechanism comprises a driving mechanism and two rotating shafts, the two rotating shafts are respectively vertically installed on the hanger rod (10), the driving mechanism drives one of the rotating shafts to rotate, and the frame (11) is fixedly connected to the two rotating shafts.

4. The tobacco leaf clamp jaw for use in a tobacco leaf redrying on-feeding process according to claim 3, characterized by: The driving mechanism comprises a motor A (12), a bevel gear one (13), a bevel gear two (14), a transmission rod (15), a bevel gear three (16), and a bevel gear four (17), the motor A (12) is fixedly arranged on the platform (5), the bevel gear one (13) is connected to the output shaft of the motor A (12), the bevel gear two (14) and the bevel gear three (16) are located at the two ends of the transmission rod (15), the bevel gear four (17) is connected to the rotating shaft, the bevel gear two (14) is in transmission cooperation with the bevel gear one (13), and the bevel gear three (16) and the bevel gear four (17) are in transmission cooperation.

5. The tobacco leaf clamp jaw for use in a tobacco leaf redrying on- feed process according to claim 1, characterized in that: The linear motion mechanism is an electric telescopic rod (19), and each group of linear motion mechanisms needs two electric telescopic rods (19).

6. The tobacco leaf clamp jaw for use in a tobacco leaf redrying on- feed process according to claim 5, characterized in that: The conveying belt (6) comprises two oppositely arranged mounting plates (22), two rollers (21) are rotatably arranged at the two ends of the two mounting plates (22), respectively, a conveying belt (23) is arranged on the two rollers (21), a driving motor C (20) is connected to one of the rollers (21), slide blocks are arranged on the middle parts of the two mounting plates (22) away from each other, the two slide blocks are slidably arranged in the two parallel sliding rails, and the movement ends of the two electric telescopic rods (19) are connected with the slide blocks.

7. The tobacco leaf clamp jaw for use in a tobacco leaf redrying on- feed process according to claim 6, characterized in that: A plurality of protruding stripes (24) are uniformly and intermittently arranged on the conveying belt (23) in the length direction.

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  • Tobacco clamping jaw for tobacco redrying feeding procedure

    CN211960886U