Filter stick stock bin, filter stick blanking device and filter stick slitting equipment

Abstract

The utility model provides a filter stick stock bin. The filter stick stock bin comprises a bin body and an adjusting plate, the bin body comprises a back plate, a panel, a first side plate and a second side plate; the panel and the back plate are oppositely arranged at an interval; two ends of the first side plate are respectively connected with the back plate and the panel; two ends of the second side plate are respectively connected with the back plate and the panel; the back plate, the face plate, the first side plate and the second side plate jointly define a containing space, and a discharging opening communicating with the containing space is formed in the bottom of the bin body. The adjusting plate is movably arranged in the accommodating space and is relatively spaced from the panel, so that a filter stick accommodating space is separated in the accommodating space; and the movable direction of the adjusting plate is the direction close to or far away from the panel. Meanwhile, the utility model further provides a filter stick blanking device and filter stick slitting equipment. Compared with the prior art, the filter stick stock bin, the filter stick blanking device and the filter stick slitting equipment can reduce production cost and improve production efficiency.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to filter stick production equipment technical field especially, filter stick material bin, filter stick blanking device and filter stick slitting equipment. BACKGROUND

[0002] Filter stick is one of important raw materials in the field of cigarettes, and in the production process of filter stick, filter stick slitting equipment is usually used to slit filter stick, and a double-length (or multiple-length) filter stick is slit into two (or more) filter sticks.

[0003] In the prior art, filter stick slitting equipment usually comprises a filter stick bin, a slitting hub wheel and a cutter, the filter stick bin is mainly used for accommodating and storing double-length (or multiple-length) filter sticks, and multiple filter sticks to be slit are put into the filter stick bin. An outlet is arranged at the bottom of the filter stick bin, and the filter sticks in the filter stick bin can flow into the slitting hub wheel through the outlet, and then the filter sticks are conveyed to the cutter position by the slitting hub wheel, so as to slit the filter sticks.

[0004] However, in the prior art, filter sticks have multiple different length specifications, and a filter stick bin of one specification can only be used for filter sticks of one length, resulting in the need to produce multiple filter stick bins of different specifications to adapt to filter sticks of different lengths during equipment production.

[0005] The use of filter stick bins of different specifications to accommodate filter sticks of different lengths increases production costs, and when the production specification of filter sticks is changed during production, the filter stick bin needs to be disassembled and replaced, which also affects the production efficiency of filter sticks. INVENTION CONTENTS

[0006] In view of the technical problem in the prior art that multiple filter stick bins of different specifications need to be manufactured to adapt to filter sticks of different length specifications, the utility model provides a filter stick bin, which is provided with a movable adjusting plate in the bin body, and the width of the filter stick accommodating space in the bin body can be adaptively adjusted through the movement of the adjusting plate, so that the filter stick bin can be used for filter sticks of multiple different length specifications.

[0007] A filter stick bin comprises a bin body and an adjusting plate.

[0008] The bin body comprises a back plate, a face plate, a first side plate and a second side plate.

[0009] The face plate and the back plate are arranged in opposite spaced relation.

[0010] The first side plate is connected to the back plate and the face plate at both ends respectively, and the first side plate is connected to one side of the face plate.

[0011] The second side plate is connected with the back plate and the panel respectively at both ends, and the second side plate is connected to the other side of the panel;

[0012] The back plate, the panel, the first side plate and the second side plate jointly enclose a containing space, and the bottom of the bin body is provided with a discharge port in communication with the containing space;

[0013] The adjusting plate is movably arranged in the containing space and is oppositely spaced from the panel to divide a filter rod containing space in the containing space; and the movable direction of the adjusting plate is the direction of approaching or moving away from the panel.

[0014] Preferably, a driving mechanism is further included, which is connected with the adjusting plate to drive the adjusting plate to move.

[0015] Preferably, the driving mechanism is a linear slide module, and the driving mechanism is arranged on the back side of the back plate.

[0016] A push rod is connected to the sliding block of the driving mechanism, and the push rod is connected with the adjusting plate through the back plate.

[0017] Preferably, a guide assembly is further included, which is arranged on the back plate, and one end of the guide assembly extends into the containing space and extends towards the direction of approaching the panel.

[0018] The adjusting plate is slidably connected to the guide assembly.

[0019] Preferably, the guide assembly includes a guide shaft support and a guide shaft.

[0020] The guide shaft support is arranged on the back plate.

[0021] The guide shaft is arranged on the guide shaft support and extends into the containing space.

[0022] The adjusting plate is slidably connected to the guide shaft.

[0023] A filter rod discharging device includes the filter rod bin and an anti-pinch roller according to any one of the above.

[0024] The anti-pinch roller is arranged at the discharge port.

[0025] Preferably, a conveying hub wheel is further included, which is located below the discharge port to receive the filter rod discharged from the discharge port.

[0026] Preferably, a cover plate is further included, which is arranged on one side of the conveying hub wheel conveying the filter rod, and the cover plate is spaced from the conveying hub wheel.

[0027] A filter rod slitting apparatus comprises a slitting hub, a cutter module and the filter rod magazine according to any one of the preceding items or the filter rod dropping device according to any one of the preceding items;

[0028] The slitting hub is located at the rear side of the filter rod magazine to receive the filter rods sent out from the filter rod magazine;

[0029] The cutter module is located at a slitting station of the slitting hub to cut off the filter rods on the slitting hub.

[0030] Compared with the prior art, the filter rod magazine comprises a magazine body and an adjusting plate; the magazine body comprises a back plate, a front plate, a first side plate and a second side plate; the front plate and the back plate are oppositely and spaced apart; the first side plate is connected to the back plate and the front plate at two ends thereof, and the first side plate is connected to one side of the front plate; the second side plate is connected to the back plate and the front plate at two ends thereof, and the second side plate is connected to the other side of the front plate; the back plate, the front plate, the first side plate and the second side plate jointly enclose a containing space, and a discharge port is formed in the bottom of the magazine body and communicates with the containing space; the adjusting plate is movably arranged in the containing space and is oppositely and spaced apart from the front plate to divide a filter rod containing space in the containing space; and the movable direction of the adjusting plate is the direction of approaching or moving away from the front plate. The adjusting plate is movably arranged in the filter rod magazine, and the filter rod containing space is divided in the containing space by the adjusting plate, so that when the production specification of the filter rod needs to be replaced, the width of the filter rod containing space can be adaptively adjusted by only moving and adjusting the position of the adjusting plate, so that the filter rod containing space can accommodate another length specification of filter rod, and the filter rod magazine does not need to be replaced as a whole, so that the conversion efficiency is improved, the downtime is reduced, and the production efficiency of the filter rod is improved. In addition, since the filter rod magazine can be adapted to produce filter rods of multiple specifications, the production of multiple specifications and models of the filter rod magazine at the same time is not required, so that the production cost is reduced. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0031] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application or the prior art, the following will briefly introduce the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments or the prior art description. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and other drawings can be obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor.

[0032] Figure 1 A perspective structural schematic view of the filter rod magazine provided by an embodiment;

[0033] Figure 2 FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a filter rod magazine according to an embodiment of the application; Figure 1 FIG. 2 shows a side view of the filter rod magazine of FIG. 1 ;

[0034] Figure 3 FIG. 3 shows a front view of a filter rod slitting apparatus according to an embodiment of the application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0035] In order to enable persons skilled in the art to better understand the technical solutions in the present application, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all the embodiments of the present application. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by persons skilled in the art without creative work fall within the scope of protection of the present application.

[0036] It should be noted that when a component is referred to as being "fixed", "attached" or "disposed" on another component, it can be directly on the other component or indirectly on the other component; when a component is "connected" with another component, or a component is referred to as being "connected" to another component, it can be directly connected to the other component or indirectly connected to the other component.

[0037] It should be understood that the terms "length", "width", "upper", "lower", "front", "back", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer" and the like indicate the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing the present application and simplifying the description, and therefore cannot be understood as indicating or implying that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as limiting the present application.

[0038] In addition, the terms "first", "second", "third", etc. are only used for descriptive purposes and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of the technical features indicated. 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 "a plurality of" or "several" is two or more, unless otherwise explicitly and specifically limited.

[0039] It should be understood that the structures, proportions, sizes and the like shown in the drawings of the present application are only used to cooperate with the content disclosed in the description, to enable persons skilled in the art to understand and read, and are not used to limit the conditions that can be implemented by the present application, and therefore do not have technical significance. Any modification of structure, change of proportion relationship or adjustment of size, which does not affect the effects and purposes that can be achieved by the present application, should still fall within the scope of the technical content disclosed by the present application.

[0040] The utility model provides a filter rod bin, it includes bin body and adjusting board, the bin body includes backboard, panel, first side plate and second side plate, the panel with the backboard opposite interval arrangement, first side plate both ends are connected with backboard the panel respectively, and first side plate is connected in the one side of panel, second side plate both ends are connected with backboard the panel respectively, and second side plate is connected in the other side of panel, backboard the panel first side plate and second side plate jointly enclose a containing space, and the bottom of bin body is set up with the communicating outlet of containing space, adjusting board can be removed and set up in containing space, and with panel opposite interval, to separate out filter rod containing space in containing space, and the movable direction of adjusting board is the direction of approaching or away from panel, the filter rod bin can remove and set up adjusting board, and separate out filter rod containing space in containing space through adjusting board, so when needing to replace the production specification of filter rod, only need to move adjusting the position of adjusting board, can realize the width of filter rod containing space adaptive regulation, so that filter rod containing space can accommodate another length specification filter rod, no longer need to replace the whole filter rod bin, so improve conversion efficiency, reduce downtime, so can improve the production efficiency of filter rod, in addition, because the filter rod bin can adapt multiple specifications filter rod to produce, so when producing filter rod bin, also need not to produce multiple specifications simultaneously, so reduce the production cost.

[0041] Please refer to Figure 1 and Figure 2 In one embodiment, a filter rod bin 100 is provided, which is provided with a movable adjusting board, so that different length specifications of filter rods can be adapted for use.

[0042] The filter rod bin 100 includes a bin body 10 and an adjusting board 20, the bin body 10 includes a backboard 11, a panel 12, a first side plate 13 and a second side plate 14, the panel 12 is arranged opposite and spaced apart from the backboard 11, the first side plate 13 is connected with the backboard 11 and the panel 12 at both ends respectively, and the first side plate 13 is connected to one side of the panel 12, and the second side plate 14 is connected with the backboard 11 and the panel 12 at both ends respectively, and the second side plate 14 is connected to the other side of the panel 12. The backboard 11, the panel 12, the first side plate 13 and the second side plate 14 jointly enclose a containing space 15, and the bottom of the bin body 10 is provided with a discharge port 16 communicating with the containing space 15.

[0043] The adjusting plate 20 is movably arranged in the accommodating space 15 and is oppositely spaced from the face plate 12 to divide a filter rod accommodating space 151 in the accommodating space 15. That is, the adjusting plate 20 is arranged in the accommodating space 15 to divide the accommodating space 15, and the filter rod accommodating space 151 for accommodating filter rods is divided between the adjusting plate 20 and the face plate 12, and the adjusting plate 20 can move in the accommodating space 15. Specifically, the movable direction of the adjusting plate 20 is close to or away from the face plate 12, so that the position of the adjusting plate 20 in the accommodating space 15 can be adjusted according to actual needs, and the interval distance between the adjusting plate 20 and the face plate 12 is adjusted to adjust the width of the filter rod accommodating space 151.

[0044] It can be understood that there are many different specifications of filter rods at present. For commonly required filter rods, there are generally 19 rod numbers, and specific parameters are shown in Table 1.

[0045] Table 1: Filter rod slitting parameters

[0046]

[0047] The conventional filter rods have many length specifications at present. In the prior art, a filter rod bin of a corresponding specification is generally provided for each length specification of filter rods, so that the filter rod bin needs to be manufactured in many different models when manufactured, which increases the production cost. When the same device is required to produce filter rods of different length specifications, the filter rod bin needs to be disassembled and replaced, a large number of connecting structural members need to be disassembled during the disassembly process, and the downtime is long, which will affect the production efficiency of the filter rods. In addition, a device can also be used to produce only one length specification of filter rods, but this requires the manufacture of many different model parameters of devices, which greatly increases the production cost, although the replacement of the filter rod bin is avoided.

[0048] The adjusting plate 20 is movably arranged in the accommodating space 15 and is oppositely spaced from the face plate 12 to divide a filter rod accommodating space 151 in the accommodating space 15. That is, the adjusting plate 20 is arranged in the accommodating space 15 to divide the accommodating space 15, and the filter rod accommodating space 151 for accommodating filter rods is divided between the adjusting plate 20 and the face plate 12, and the adjusting plate 20 can move in the accommodating space 15. Specifically, the movable direction of the adjusting plate 20 is close to or away from the face plate 12, so that the position of the adjusting plate 20 in the accommodating space 15 can be adjusted according to actual needs, and the interval distance between the adjusting plate 20 and the face plate 12 is adjusted to adjust the width of the filter rod accommodating space 151.

[0049] Preferably, in an embodiment, a driving mechanism 30 is further included, which is connected with the adjusting plate 20 and used to drive the adjusting plate 20 to move. That is, in this embodiment, a mechanism is provided to drive the adjusting plate 20 to move in the housing 10, so that the position of the adjusting plate 20 does not need to be adjusted manually. Of course, in other embodiments, the position of the adjusting plate 20 can also be changed in other ways, for example, a plurality of mounting positions can be provided on the two side plates, and when the position of the adjusting plate 20 needs to be adjusted, the mounting position of the adjusting plate 20 is adjusted manually, so as to adjust the width of the filter rod accommodating space 151. By adjusting the adjusting plate 20 through the driving mechanism 30, after shutdown, the adjusting plate 20 can be quickly moved to the required position through the driving mechanism 30, so as to improve the adjustment efficiency of the position of the adjusting plate 20 and reduce the shutdown time. Even during the operation of the equipment, the adjusting plate 20 can also be adjusted through the driving mechanism 30.

[0050] Preferably, in an embodiment, the driving mechanism 30 is a linear slide module, and the driving mechanism 30 is arranged on the back side of the back plate 11. A push rod 40 is connected to the sliding block of the driving mechanism 30, and the push rod 40 penetrates through the back plate 11 and is connected with the adjusting plate 20. By driving the adjusting plate 20 through the linear slide module, the position of the adjusting plate 20 can be adjusted more stably, and by arranging the driving mechanism 30 on the back plate 11 and connecting the adjusting plate 20 with the push rod 40 penetrating through the back plate 11, the overall structure can be more compact.

[0051] Preferably, in an embodiment, the filter rod hopper 100 further includes a guide assembly 50, which is arranged on the back plate 11 and one end of the guide assembly 50 extends into the accommodating space 15 and extends towards the face plate 12, and the adjusting plate 20 is slidingly connected with the guide assembly 50. When the adjusting plate 20 is driven to move by the driving mechanism 30, the guide assembly 50 can guide the moving direction of the adjusting plate 20 well, so as to ensure that the adjusting plate 20 can quickly move to the required position. Specifically, in an embodiment, the guide assembly 50 includes a guide shaft support 51 and a guide shaft 52, the guide shaft support 51 is arranged on the back plate 11, the guide shaft 52 is arranged on the guide shaft support 51 and extends into the accommodating space 15, and the adjusting plate 20 is slidingly connected with the guide shaft 52. Specifically, in an embodiment, the end of the guide shaft 52 can be connected with the face plate 12.

[0052] Meanwhile, in an embodiment, a filter rod feeding device is also provided, which comprises the filter rod bin 100 and the anti-pinch roller 200 arranged at the discharge port 16. The anti-pinch roller 200 is mainly used to agitate the filter rods near the discharge port 16 in the filter rod accommodating space 151 by rotating itself, so as to prevent the filter rods from piling up.

[0053] Preferably, in an embodiment, the filter rod feeding device further comprises a conveying hub wheel 300 located below the discharge port 16 to receive the filter rods sent out from the discharge port 16. That is, in this embodiment, the filter rods sent out from the filter rod bin 100 are sent into the conveying hub wheel 300 and then conveyed by the conveying hub wheel 300 to the rear side slitting hub wheel. The anti-pinch roller 200 is used to ensure that each filter rod slot on the circumferential surface of the conveying hub wheel 300 falls into only one rod, and the anti-pinch roller 200 and the conveying hub wheel 300 rotate at a constant speed. The conveying hub wheel 300 conveys the filter rods, so that the filter rods can be smoothly dropped into the filter rod slots of the slitting hub wheel on the rear side.

[0054] It can be understood that, since the filter rods have various diameters, the conveying hub wheel 300 has an adjustable filter rod slot diameter structure. The plate member on the outer periphery of the conveying hub wheel 300 comprises a fixed member and a movable member. The fixed member is sequentially and spacedly provided with a plurality of first pieces in the circumferential direction, and the movable member is provided with a plurality of second pieces. One second piece is inserted between each two adjacent first pieces. The first pieces and the second pieces form filter rod slots in the circumferential direction. The movable member can rotate relative to the fixed member in the circumferential direction to adjust the distance between the second pieces and the first pieces, so as to adjust the slot width of the filter rod slots and adapt to the conveying of filter rods with different diameters.

[0055] Preferably, in an embodiment, the filter rod feeding device further comprises a cover plate 400 arranged on one side of the conveying hub wheel 300 and spaced from the conveying hub wheel 300. The cover plate 400 is mainly used to block the filter rods on the outside of the conveying hub wheel 300 to prevent the filter rods from accidentally falling out of the conveying hub wheel 300, so as to ensure the stable conveying of the filter rods by the conveying hub wheel 300.

[0056] It can be understood that, since the filter rods have various diameters, the cover plate 400 is a specification piece. The cover plate 400 can be provided in various models, so as to adapt to the production and use of different filter rods.

[0057] Specifically, in an embodiment, the anti-pinch roller 200 comprises an anti-pinch shaft 210, an anti-pinch roller body 220 arranged on the anti-pinch shaft 210, and the anti-pinch shaft 210 is arranged on the back plate 11 through a deep groove ball bearing 230, and one end of the anti-pinch shaft 210 is provided with a plum blossom coupling 240 for connecting a driving unit.

[0058] Please refer to Figure 3 In an embodiment, a filter rod cutting device is also provided, which comprises a cutting hub 500, a cutting knife module 600, and the filter rod magazine 100 or the filter rod feeding device. The cutting hub 500 is located at the rear side of the filter rod magazine 100 to receive the filter rods sent out by the filter rod magazine 100, wherein the rear side is referred to the required conveying direction of the filter rods. The cutting knife module 600 is located at the cutting station of the cutting hub 500 to cut the filter rods on the cutting hub 500.

[0059] Specifically, in an embodiment, the filter rods in the filter rod magazine 100 are sent into the conveying hub 300 one by one, and then the filter rods are sent into the cutting hub 500 one by one by the conveying hub 300, and the filter rods are continuously conveyed by the cutting hub 500. When the cutting hub 500 conveys the filter rods to the cutting station, the cutting hub 500 stops rotating, the cutting module 600 approaches the cutting hub 500 and cuts the filter rods, thereby completing the cutting of the filter rods.

[0060] The above only describes the embodiments of the present application, and it should be pointed out that, for those skilled in the art, improvements can be made without departing from the inventive concept of the present application, but these all belong to the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A filter rod magazine, characterized in that The filter rod bin comprises a bin body and an adjusting plate. The bin body comprises a back plate, a face plate, a first side plate and a second side plate. The face plate is oppositely spaced apart from the back plate. The first side plate is connected to the back plate and the face plate at two ends thereof respectively, and the first side plate is connected to one side of the face plate. The second side plate is connected to the back plate and the face plate at two ends thereof respectively, and the second side plate is connected to the other side of the face plate. The back plate, the face plate, the first side plate and the second side plate jointly enclose a containing space, and a discharge port is formed in the bottom of the bin body and communicates with the containing space. The adjusting plate is movably arranged in the containing space and oppositely spaced apart from the face plate to divide a filter rod containing space in the containing space; and the movable direction of the adjusting plate is the direction of approaching or moving away from the face plate.

2. A filter rod magazine according to claim 1, characterised in that Further comprising a driving mechanism connected to the adjusting plate to drive the adjusting plate to move.

3. A filter rod magazine according to claim 2, characterised in that, The driving mechanism is a linear slide module, and the driving mechanism is arranged on the back side of the back plate. A push rod is connected to the slider of the driving mechanism, and the push rod is connected to the adjusting plate through the back plate.

4. The filter rod magazine according to claim 1, characterized in that Further comprising a guide assembly arranged on the back plate, and one end of the guide assembly extends into the containing space and extends towards the direction of approaching the face plate. The adjusting plate is slidably connected to the guide assembly.

5. A filter rod magazine according to claim 4, characterised in that The guide assembly comprises a guide shaft support and a guide shaft. The guide shaft support is arranged on the back plate. The guide shaft is arranged on the guide shaft support and extends into the containing space. The adjusting plate is slidably connected to the guide shaft.

6. A filter rod blanking device characterised in that, The filter rod bin comprises the filter rod bin according to any one of claims 1 to 5 and an anti-pinch roller. The anti-pinch roller is arranged at the discharge port.

7. A filter rod dropper apparatus according to claim 6, wherein Further comprising a conveying hub wheel located below the discharge port to receive the filter rod sent out from the discharge port.

8. A filter rod dropper apparatus according to claim 7, characterised in that Further comprising a cover plate arranged on one side of the conveying hub wheel conveying the filter rod, and the cover plate is spaced apart from the conveying hub wheel.

9. A filter rod slitting apparatus characterised in that, The filter rod bin comprises a slitting hub wheel, a cutter module and the filter rod bin according to any one of claims 1 to 5 or the filter rod falling device according to any one of claims 6 to 8. The slitting hub wheel is located at the rear side of the filter rod bin to receive the filter rod sent out from the filter rod bin. The cutter module is located at a slitting station of the slitting hub wheel to cut off the filter rod on the slitting hub wheel.

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