Metal strip implanting mechanism used in cigarette core rod production process

By using a metal strip insertion mechanism in the production process of cigarette core rods, and by utilizing the cooperation of a wire feeder and a splitting knife, the efficient and accurate positioning and insertion of metal wires into the cigarette core rods is achieved, solving the problem of metal wire insertion in existing technologies and improving production efficiency and heating effect.

CN223626941UActive Publication Date: 2025-12-05ZHENGZHOU ZHENGYUAN IND
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN202423023292.9
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-12-09
Publication Date
2025-12-05
Estimated Expiration
2034-12-09

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Technical Problem

In the existing technology, the difficulty of accurately implanting the metal wire in the cigarette core rod leads to low production efficiency of electromagnetically heated non-combustible cigarettes, and the existing heating methods have problems such as scorching, tobacco sticking and low heating efficiency.

Method used

A metal strip insertion mechanism is adopted, including a frame, a wire feeding shaft assembly, a wire guide wheel assembly, and a wire insertion assembly. The wick is bound by a wire feeder, the cleaver precisely splits the gap, and the guide rail accurately inserts the metal wire into the wick. The arc-shaped guide rail prevents misalignment.

Benefits of technology

It achieves efficient and continuous implantation of metal wires in the cigarette core rod, ensuring accurate positioning of the metal wires in the cigarette core rod, improving production efficiency and avoiding metal wire misalignment, thus meeting the needs of electromagnetically heated non-combustible cigarettes.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses a metal strip implanting mechanism used in the cigarette core rod production process, which comprises a rack, a wire releasing shaft assembly, a wire guide wheel assembly and a wire adding implanting assembly, the middle part of the rack is provided with a platform, the wire releasing shaft assembly is arranged at the central position of the upper part of the rack, the wire guide wheel assembly is arranged at the upper left side of the upper part of the rack, and the wire adding implanting assembly is arranged at the lower left side of the upper part of the rack. The wire adding and implanting assembly is arranged on the lower left side of the upper portion of the rack and located on a platform of the rack. According to the utility model, the tobacco core rod is guided and bound through the wire feeder, the cleaver is used for cutting a gap on the tobacco core rod and fixing the tobacco core rod, and the metal wire is implanted into the accurate position of the tobacco core rod through the guide rail, so that the tobacco core rod of an electromagnetic heating non-combustible cigarette can be efficiently and continuously produced.
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Description

Technical Field

[0001] This application relates to the field of tobacco machinery technology, specifically to a metal strip insertion mechanism used in the production process of tobacco core rods. Background Technology

[0002] Heated tobacco products, also known as heated cigarettes, low-temperature cigarettes, or HNB, are a relatively new type of cigarette product. They heat tobacco externally without ignition, typically maintaining a temperature of around 300°C, far lower than the combustion temperature of traditional cigarettes, significantly reducing harmful substances produced during combustion. In an increasingly stringent tobacco control environment, they offer consumers a healthier smoking experience while satisfying their sensory needs.

[0003] Currently, the main methods of heating cigarettes on the market are resistance heating, electromagnetic heating, and infrared heating. Resistance heating is prone to problems such as burning the cigarette, tobacco sticking to the heating element, low heating efficiency, and insufficient aroma release. Infrared heating is expensive and has low market acceptance; therefore, electromagnetically heated non-combustible cigarettes are currently more popular.

[0004] Electromagnetically heated non-combustible cigarettes are made by embedding an induction metal wire inside the cigarette core rod, thereby heating the tobacco by inducing the metal wire inside the cigarette core rod to generate heat.

[0005] Accurate implantation of metal into the core rod is a current challenge in the manufacturing of electromagnetically heated non-combustible cigarettes. Utility Model Content

[0006] This application provides a metal strip insertion mechanism for the production process of cigarette core rods, which guides and binds the cigarette core rod through a wire feeder, cuts a slit in the cigarette core rod with a cleaver and fixes it in place, and inserts a metal wire into the accurate position of the cigarette core rod through a guide rail, thereby achieving efficient and continuous production of cigarette core rods for electromagnetically heated non-combustible cigarettes.

[0007] According to one aspect of this application, one embodiment provides a metal strip insertion mechanism for the production process of cigarette core rods, including a frame, a wire feeding shaft assembly, a wire guide wheel assembly, and a wire insertion assembly. A platform is provided in the middle of the frame, the wire feeding shaft assembly is located at the upper center of the frame, the wire guide wheel assembly is located on the upper left side of the upper frame, and the wire insertion assembly is located on the lower left side of the upper frame. The wire insertion assembly is located on the platform of the frame.

[0008] The wire feeding shaft assembly includes a pivotally mounted shaft and a clamping nut on the frame. The end of the shaft away from the frame is provided with an external thread. The internal thread of the clamping nut mates with the external thread of the shaft. The clamping nut can be screwed onto the shaft.

[0009] The guide pulley assembly comprises a support shaft and a guide pulley, the support shaft is fixed on the frame, and the guide pulley is worn on the support shaft and can rotate around the support shaft.

[0010] The filament implanting assembly comprises a filamenter frame, a filament wheel set, a driving motor, a filament feeder, a cleaver and a guide rail, the filament wheel set is provided with two groups, which are arranged on the filamenter frame in an up-down mode and are drivingly connected together in the filamenter frame to enable the two groups of filament wheel sets to rotate synchronously in the same direction, the driving motor is arranged on the back of the filamenter frame and is rotatably connected with one of the two groups of filament wheel sets, the filament feeder is in the shape of a conical horn and is arranged on the platform of the frame in a horizontal mode, an opening is formed at the top of the conical horn of the filament feeder, a long and narrow opening is formed on the upward part of the conical body, and the long and narrow opening is in communication with the opening at the top of the conical horn, and the cleaver and the guide rail are inserted into the filament feeder from the long and narrow opening of the filament feeder.

[0011] In some embodiments, a pressing plate assembly is arranged on the frame, the pressing plate assembly is located on the upper right side of the upper part of the frame, the pressing plate assembly comprises a pressing plate shaft and a pressing plate, the pressing plate is in the shape of a cow horn arc, the pressing plate shaft is arranged on the frame, one end of the pressing plate is provided with a bearing hole, a bearing is embedded in the bearing hole, and the bearing is worn on the pressing plate shaft to enable the pressing plate to rotate around the pressing plate shaft.

[0012] In some embodiments, the guide pulley of the guide pulley assembly is provided with a guide groove.

[0013] In some embodiments, the filament wheel set of the filament implanting assembly comprises a driving wheel, a driving wheel shaft, a driven wheel and a driven wheel shaft, the driving wheel is a grooved wheel, the driven wheel is a pressing wheel, the driving wheel shaft is rotatably arranged through the filamenter frame, the driven wheel shaft is arranged on the filamenter frame, the driving wheel is arranged on the driving wheel shaft, the driven wheel is arranged on the driven wheel shaft, and the driven wheel is pressed in the groove of the driving wheel.

[0014] In some embodiments, the driving wheel shaft is provided with a synchronous pulley in the filamenter frame, and the two synchronous pulleys are connected through a synchronous belt in the filamenter frame to realize synchronous rotation of the two groups of filament wheel sets.

[0015] In some embodiments, the driving wheel shaft is provided with a gear in the filamenter frame, the filamenter frame is provided with an intermediate gear, the gears on the two driving wheel shafts are respectively engaged with the intermediate gear, and synchronous rotation of the two groups of filament wheel sets is realized through transmission of the intermediate gear.

[0016] In some embodiments, the guide rail has a downward and arc-shaped curved guide wire surface, the guide wire surface is provided with a guide wire groove, the splitting knife has a back matched with the guide wire surface of the guide rail, in actual use, the metal wire is clamped by the guide wire surface of the guide rail and the back of the splitting knife and enters the tobacco core rod, the splitting knife has a blade tip, the tobacco core rod is split, and the metal wire is implanted into the tobacco core rod.

[0017] In some embodiments, the wire adding device frame is fixedly arranged on the rack through the T-shaped connecting plate, four-way fine adjustment devices are arranged between the wire adding device frame and the T-shaped connecting plate, and front-back and up-down fine adjustments can be performed.

[0018] In some embodiments, the four-way fine adjustment devices include front-back adjusting screws, up-down adjusting screws and two clamping plates, the two clamping plates are fixed on the front right side and the upper right side of the wire adding device frame respectively, the front-back adjusting screws and the up-down adjusting screws are respectively screwed into the T-shaped connecting plate through the respective clamping plates, and front-back and up-down fine adjustments can be performed by rotating the front-back adjusting screws and the up-down adjusting screws.

[0019] The metal strip implanting mechanism for the tobacco core rod production process has the advantages that:

[0020] 1. The metal strip implanting mechanism for the tobacco core rod production process can efficiently and continuously produce by restraining the tobacco core rod through the wire feeder, accurately splitting the tobacco core rod through the splitting knife and accurately implanting the metal wire into the tobacco core rod through the guide rail.

[0021] 2. The metal strip implanting mechanism for the tobacco core rod production process can further guide the metal wire after the metal wire is implanted into the tobacco core rod, so that the metal wire is prevented from being offset. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0022] Figure 1 The metal strip implanting mechanism for the tobacco core rod production process has the advantages that:

[0023] Figure 2 The metal strip implanting mechanism for the tobacco core rod production process has the advantages that:

[0024] In the drawings: 1, rack; 2, wire feeding shaft assembly; 3, guide wire wheel assembly; 4, wire adding and implanting assembly; 41, wire adding wheel set; 411, including driving wheel; 412, driving wheel shaft; 413, driven wheel; 414, driven wheel shaft; 42, wire feeder frame; 43, driving motor; 44, wire feeder; 45, splitting knife; 46, guide rail; 47, T-shaped connecting plate; 48, four-way fine adjustment device; 481, up-down adjusting screw; 482, clamping plate; 483, front-back adjusting screw; 5, metal wire; 6, metal wire disc; 7, pressing plate assembly. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0025] The application will be described in further detail below with specific reference being made to the drawings. Like elements in the different embodiments are denoted by like reference numerals. In the following description, numerous specific details are described to provide a thorough understanding of the application. However, it will be apparent to one skilled in the art that the application can be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known methods have not been described in detail in order not to unnecessarily obscure the application. In addition, well-known structures have not been shown or described in order to avoid obscuring the application.

[0026] In addition, the features, operations or characteristics described in the specification can be combined in any appropriate manner to form various embodiments, and the steps involved in the operations of various embodiments can be sequentially adjusted or changed in a manner that can be easily understood by those skilled in the art. Therefore, the specification and drawings are only intended to clearly describe one embodiment, and do not mean that the composition and / or order is necessary.

[0027] The serial numbers of the components in this paper, such as "first", "second", etc., are only used to distinguish the described objects, and do not have any order or technical meaning. The "connection" and "coupling" in this application include direct and indirect connection (coupling) unless otherwise specified.

[0028] Embodiment:

[0029] Please refer to Figure 1 and Figure 2 According to an aspect of the application, a metal strip implanting mechanism for a tobacco core rod production process is provided in an embodiment, comprising a rack 1, a wire releasing shaft assembly 2, a wire guide wheel assembly 3 and a wire implanting assembly 4. The middle part of the rack 1 is provided with a platform, the wire releasing shaft assembly 2 is arranged at the center position of the upper part of the rack 1, the wire guide wheel assembly 3 is arranged at the upper left side of the upper part of the rack 1, the wire implanting assembly 4 is arranged at the lower left side of the upper part of the rack 1, and the wire implanting assembly 4 is located on the platform of the rack 1.

[0030] The wire releasing shaft assembly 2 comprises a pivotally arranged shaft and a clamping nut on the rack 1. The end of the shaft away from the rack 1 is provided with external threads, the internal threads of the clamping nut are matched with the external threads of the shaft, and the clamping nut can be screwed on the shaft. The spinning shaft assembly 2 is used to clamp the metal wire disc 6.

[0031] The frame 1 is equipped with a pressure plate assembly 7, which is located on the upper right side of the upper part of the frame 1. The pressure plate assembly 7 includes a pressure plate shaft and a pressure plate. The pressure plate is in the shape of a cow horn arc. The pressure plate shaft is mounted on the frame 1. One end of the pressure plate is provided with a bearing hole, and a bearing is embedded inside. The bearing passes through the pressure plate shaft, allowing the pressure plate to rotate around the pressure plate shaft. The pressure plate assembly 7 is used to press down the metal wire 5 in the metal wire reel 6 to prevent the metal wire 5 from running out of the metal wire reel 6 during the implantation process, causing mess, and thus affecting the implantation of the metal wire 5.

[0032] The wire guide wheel assembly 3 includes a support shaft and a wire guide wheel. The support shaft is fixed on the frame 1, and the wire guide wheel passes through the support shaft and can rotate around the support shaft. The wire guide wheel of the wire guide wheel assembly has a wire guide groove.

[0033] The wire feeding and implantation assembly 4 includes a wire feeder frame 42, a wire feeding wheel assembly 41, a drive motor 43, a wire feeder 44, a splitting blade 45, and a guide rail 46.

[0034] The wire feeding wheel assembly 41 of the wire feeding implantation component 4 includes a driving wheel 411, a driving wheel shaft 412, a driven wheel 413, and a driven wheel shaft 414. The driving wheel 411 is a grooved wheel, and the driven wheel 413 is a pressure wheel. The driving wheel shaft 412 rotatably passes through the wire feeder frame 42. The driven wheel shaft 414 is mounted on the wire feeder frame 42. The driving wheel 411 is mounted on the driving wheel shaft 412, and the driven wheel 413 is mounted on the driven wheel shaft 414. The driven wheel 413 is pressed into the groove of the driving wheel 411.

[0035] There are two sets of feeding wheel groups 41, which are arranged one above the other on the feeding device frame. The drive wheel shaft 412 is equipped with a synchronous pulley inside the feeding device frame 42. The two synchronous pulleys are connected by a synchronous belt inside the feeding device frame 42 to realize the synchronous rotation of the two sets of feeding wheel groups 41.

[0036] The drive motor 43 is located on the back of the wire feeder frame 42 and is rotatably connected to one of the wire feeder wheel sets 41.

[0037] The wire feeder 44 is shaped like a cone-shaped trumpet and is laid flat on the platform of the frame 1. The top of the wire feeder 44 is open, and the upper part of the cone body has a narrow opening that communicates with the top opening.

[0038] The cleaver 45 and the guide rail 46 are inserted into the wire feeder 55 from the narrow opening of the wire feeder 44, and the guide rail 46 extends from the conical opening of the wire feeder 44.

[0039] The guide rail 46 has a downward and arc-shaped curved guide wire surface, the guide wire surface is provided with a guide wire groove, the guide wire groove is matched with the shape of the metal wire 5, for example, the cross section of the metal wire 5 is rectangular, and the guide wire groove is also rectangular, the cleaver 45 has a back edge matched with the guide wire surface of the guide rail 46, in actual use, the metal wire 5 is clamped into the tobacco core rod by the guide wire surface of the guide rail 46 and the back edge of the cleaver 45, and the cleaver 45 has a blade tip, the tobacco core rod is cleaved, and the metal wire 5 is implanted into the tobacco core rod.

[0040] The wire adding device frame 42 is fixedly arranged on the rack 1 through the T-shaped connecting plate 47, and four-way fine adjustment devices 48 are arranged between the wire adding device frame 42 and the T-shaped connecting plate 47, so that front-back and up-down fine adjustment can be realized.

[0041] The four-way fine adjustment device 48 comprises front-back adjusting screws 483, up-down adjusting screws 481 and two clamping plates 482, the two clamping plates 482 are fixed on the front right side and the upper right side of the wire adding device frame 42 respectively, the front-back adjusting screws 483 and the up-down adjusting screws 481 are respectively screwed into the T-shaped connecting plate 47 through the respective clamping plates 482, and front-back and up-down fine adjustment can be realized by rotating the front-back adjusting screws 483 and the up-down adjusting screws 481.

[0042] The metal strip implanting mechanism for the tobacco core rod production process is used, the metal wire disc is installed on the wire feeding shaft assembly, then the metal wire is wound around the guide wire wheel assembly, and then passes through the wire adding wheel group of the wire adding implanting assembly, and then is located in the guide wire surface of the guide rail and is clamped by the back edge of the cleaver and enters the wire feeder, the guide wire surface of the guide rail is arc-shaped and extends to the horizontal direction of the wire feeder.

[0043] The metal strip implanting mechanism for the tobacco core rod production process is used, the metal wire disc is installed on the wire feeding shaft assembly, then the metal wire is wound around the guide wire wheel assembly, and then passes through the wire adding wheel group of the wire adding implanting assembly, and then is located in the guide wire surface of the guide rail and is clamped by the back edge of the cleaver and enters the wire feeder, the guide wire surface of the guide rail is arc-shaped and extends to the horizontal direction of the wire feeder.

[0044] The metal strip implanting mechanism for the tobacco core rod production process is used, the metal wire disc is installed on the wire feeding shaft assembly, then the metal wire is wound around the guide wire wheel assembly, and then passes through the wire adding wheel group of the wire adding implanting assembly, and then is located in the guide wire surface of the guide rail and is clamped by the back edge of the cleaver and enters the wire feeder, the guide wire surface of the guide rail is arc-shaped and extends to the horizontal direction of the wire feeder.

[0045] The utility model is described above with specific examples, which is only used for helping to understand the utility model and does not limit the utility model. For the skilled in the art to which the utility model belongs, according to the idea of the utility model, a number of simple deductions, deformations or substitutions can be made.

Claims

1. A metal rod implanting mechanism for use in a tobacco rod production process, characterized by: The machine frame, the wire releasing shaft assembly, the guide wheel assembly and the wire implanting assembly, the middle part of the machine frame is provided with a platform, the wire releasing shaft assembly is arranged at the center of the upper part of the machine frame, the guide wheel assembly is arranged at the upper left side of the upper part of the machine frame, the wire implanting assembly is arranged at the lower left side of the upper part of the machine frame, and the wire implanting assembly is located on the platform of the machine frame. The wire releasing shaft assembly comprises a pivotally arranged rotating shaft on the machine frame and a clamping nut, the rotating shaft is provided with external threads at the end away from the machine frame, the internal threads of the clamping nut are matched with the external threads of the rotating shaft, and the clamping nut can be screwed on the rotating shaft. The guide wheel assembly comprises a support shaft and a guide wheel, the support shaft is fixed on the machine frame, and the guide wheel is arranged on the support shaft and can rotate around the support shaft. The wire implanting assembly comprises a wire implanting device frame, a wire implanting wheel set, a driving motor, a wire feeder, a splitting knife and a guide rail, the wire implanting wheel set is arranged on the wire implanting device frame in two groups, and the two groups are connected together in the wire implanting device frame and can rotate synchronously, the driving motor is arranged on the back of the wire implanting device frame and is rotatably connected with one of the wire implanting wheel sets, the wire feeder is shaped like a conical horn and is arranged horizontally on the platform of the machine frame, the top of the wire feeder is provided with a long and narrow opening, the splitting knife and the guide rail are inserted into the wire feeder from the long and narrow opening.

2. A metal strip implanting mechanism for use in a tobacco rod production process according to claim 1, characterized in that: A pressing plate assembly is arranged on the machine frame, the pressing plate assembly is arranged at the upper right side of the upper part of the machine frame, the pressing plate assembly comprises a pressing plate shaft and a pressing plate, the pressing plate is arc-shaped like a cow horn, the pressing plate shaft is arranged on the machine frame, one end of the pressing plate is provided with a bearing hole, a bearing is embedded in the bearing hole, and the bearing is arranged on the pressing plate shaft so that the pressing plate can rotate around the pressing plate shaft.

3. A metal strip implanting mechanism for use in a tobacco rod production process as defined in claim 1, wherein: The guide wheel of the guide wheel assembly is provided with a wire guide groove.

4. A metal strip implanting mechanism for use in a tobacco rod production process as defined in claim 1, wherein: The wire implanting wheel set of the wire implanting assembly comprises a driving wheel, a driving wheel shaft, a driven wheel and a driven wheel shaft, the driving wheel is a groove wheel, the driven wheel is a pressing wheel, the driving wheel shaft is rotatably arranged through the wire implanting device frame, the driven wheel shaft is arranged on the wire implanting device frame, the driving wheel is arranged on the driving wheel shaft, the driven wheel is arranged on the driven wheel shaft, and the driven wheel is pressed in the groove of the driving wheel.

5. A metal strip implanting mechanism for use in a tobacco rod production process according to claim 4, characterized in that: The driving wheel shaft is provided with synchronous pulleys in the wire implanting device frame, and the two synchronous pulleys are connected through a synchronous belt in the wire implanting device frame, so that the two wire implanting wheel sets can rotate synchronously.

6. A metal strip implanting mechanism for use in a tobacco rod production process as defined in claim 4, wherein: The driving wheel shaft is provided with a gear in the wire implanting device frame, the wire implanting device frame is provided with an intermediate gear, the gears on the two driving wheel shafts are respectively engaged with the intermediate gear, the two wire implanting wheel sets can rotate synchronously through the transmission of the intermediate gear.

7. A metal strip implanting mechanism for use in a tobacco rod production process as defined in claim 1, wherein: The guide rail is provided with a wire guide surface which is downwardly and arcuately bent to be horizontal, the wire guide surface is provided with a wire guide groove, the splitting knife has a knife back matched with the wire guide surface of the guide rail, in actual use, the metal wire is clamped by the wire guide surface of the guide rail and the knife back of the splitting knife and enters the tobacco core rod, the splitting knife has a knife tip which splits the tobacco core rod to implant the metal wire into the tobacco core rod.

8. A metal strip implanting mechanism for use in a tobacco rod production process as defined in claim 1, wherein: The filer frame is fixedly arranged on the frame through a T-shaped connecting plate, and a four-way fine adjustment device is arranged between the filer frame and the T-shaped connecting plate, so that front and back and up and down fine adjustments can be performed.

9. A metal strip implanting mechanism for use in a tobacco rod production process according to claim 8, characterized in that: The four-way fine adjustment device comprises front and back adjustment screws, up and down adjustment screws and two clamping plates, the two clamping plates are fixed on the front right side and the upper right side of the filer frame respectively, the front and back adjustment screws and the up and down adjustment screws are respectively screwed in the T-shaped connecting plate through the respective clamping plates, and front and back and up and down fine adjustments can be performed by rotating the front and back adjustment screws and the up and down adjustment screws.