Unpacking device

By incorporating a suction cup mechanism and a prying mechanism into the unpacking device, a gap is created between the lid and the box body, causing the two lids on the same side to flip. This solves the problem in existing technologies where the upper and lower lids cannot be unpacked simultaneously, thus improving unpacking efficiency.

CN223687031UActive Publication Date: 2025-12-19ANHUI TOBACCO CO CHUZHOU CO
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Application Number
CN202520219064.4
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-02-11
Publication Date
2025-12-19
Estimated Expiration
2035-02-11

AI Technical Summary

Technical Problem

The existing unpacking device requires the setting of blades corresponding to different directions, which makes it impossible to complete the unpacking of the upper and lower box lids at the same workstation at the same time, resulting in long unpacking time for cigarette packs and affecting sorting efficiency.

Method used

Design a packing unpacking device, including a conveying mechanism, a positioning mechanism, a suction cup mechanism, and a prying mechanism. The suction cup creates a gap between the box lid and the box body, and the prying mechanism drives the two box lids on the same side to flip simultaneously, causing the seal to break.

Benefits of technology

This technology enables simultaneous unpacking of cigarette packs from both the top and bottom lids at a single workstation, improving unpacking efficiency and shortening unpacking time.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses an unpacking device which comprises a conveying mechanism, an unpacking station is arranged on the conveying mechanism, and the conveying mechanism is used for conveying cigarette cartons to be unpacked to the side close to the unpacking station, the positioning mechanism is used for positioning the cigarette cartons after the cigarette cartons to be unpacked are conveyed to the unpacking station; the at least one suction cup mechanism is arranged at the unpacking station and can suck the box cover of the cigarette carton to be unpacked, so that a gap is formed between the box cover and the box body; and at least one plectrum mechanism. According to the unpacking device, the shifting piece mechanisms which can be inserted into the gaps between the box covers and the box body and drive the two box covers on the same side to turn over towards the side far away from the box body at the same time are arranged, so that when the cigarette pieces to be unpacked are unpacked at the unpacking station, the box covers on the upper side and the lower side can complete the breaking operation of sealing strips at the same time; original two-station unpacking operation is reduced to single-station unpacking operation, and the purpose of improving the cigarette unpacking efficiency is achieved.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to a piece of tobacco warehouse in and out technology field especially relates to a unpacking device. BACKGROUND

[0002] The statements here only provide the background of the utility model related, and not necessarily constitute the prior art.

[0003] In the cigarette sorting process, the piece of tobacco in the box needs to be unpacked, and the cigarettes in it are pushed out to prepare for the subsequent sorting of the cigarettes.

[0004] At present, the unpacking operation of the piece of tobacco is generally to cut the middle seam of the piece of tobacco seal, then adsorb one of the box covers by the suction cup, pull the box cover away from the box body, make the box cover deform, generate a gap between the box cover and the box body, then insert the turning tool into the gap, turn the turning tool, make the corresponding box cover turn together, make the box cover pull the two side seals to break, so as to complete the unpacking operation, however, because the box cover of the piece of tobacco is divided into upper and lower two halves, the existing unpacking device needs to set the turning tool corresponding to the box cover in different directions when unpacking, and cannot complete the unpacking operation of the upper and lower two box covers at the same unpacking station, resulting in long unpacking time of a single piece of tobacco, affecting the subsequent sorting efficiency. UTILITY MODEL CONTENTS

[0005] The utility model aims at the above-mentioned deficiencies, and provides an unpacking device to improve the unpacking efficiency of the piece of tobacco.

[0006] To solve the above technical problems, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme: an unpacking device, comprising:

[0007] A conveying mechanism is provided with an unpacking station on the conveying mechanism, and the conveying mechanism is used for conveying the unpacking piece of tobacco whose box cover middle seam seal has been cut to the side close to the unpacking station;

[0008] A positioning mechanism is used for positioning the unpacking piece of tobacco after conveying to the unpacking station;

[0009] At least one suction cup mechanism is arranged at the unpacking station, which can adsorb the box cover of the unpacking piece of tobacco, so as to generate a gap between the box cover and the box body;

[0010] At least one turning piece mechanism is arranged at the unpacking station, which is used for inserting into the gap between the box cover and the box body, and driving the two box covers on the same side to turn away from the box body at the same time, so as to make the two side seals of the box cover break.

[0011] Further, the suction cup mechanism comprises a suction cup mounting frame and a first pushing component for driving the suction cup mounting frame to move close to and away from the unpacking piece of tobacco, and the suction cup mounting frame is provided with a suction cup module for adsorbing the upper and lower two box covers respectively.

[0012] Further, the said plunger mechanism comprises an L-shaped plunger between the two suction cup modules and at least one lifting module arranged on the suction cup mounting rack, the L-shaped plunger is composed of a horizontal section and a vertical section arranged on the horizontal section near the unpacking station, the lifting module is provided with a telescopic sleeve driven by the lifting module to move up and down, the end of the horizontal section away from the unpacking station is inserted into the telescopic sleeve, and the horizontal section can move towards and away from the unpacking station, at least one compression spring is arranged between the horizontal section and the telescopic sleeve, so that the vertical section is in contact with the box cover before the suction cup module, and the suction cup module is not hindered to continue to move towards the side of the box cover;

[0013] The vertical section is provided with a plurality of movable plungers capable of moving from the upper side of the horizontal section to the lower side of the horizontal section, and the plunger mechanism further comprises a control assembly for controlling the up and down movement of the movable plungers.

[0014] Further, the control assembly comprises a positioner arranged on the horizontal section and a second pushing assembly for pushing the positioner to move towards and away from the movable plunger, each movable plunger is provided with a slot for inserting the positioner;

[0015] The control assembly further comprises a third pushing assembly and a reset inclined table driven by the third pushing assembly to move towards and away from the movable area of the suction cup mounting rack, the reset inclined table is provided with an inclined surface, the inclined surface is used to guide the upward movement of the falling movable plunger when the suction cup mounting rack moves away from the unpacking station, and the second pushing assembly can push the positioner to insert into the slot when the movable plunger moves to the top of the inclined surface.

[0016] Further, the number of the suction cup mechanism and the plunger mechanism is two, and they are arranged at the box covers at the two ends of the unpacked piece tobacco respectively, so as to simultaneously unpack the box covers at the two ends of the unpacked piece tobacco.

[0017] The beneficial effects of the utility model are as follows:

[0018] The utility model discloses a plunger mechanism capable of being inserted into the gap between the box cover and the box body and driving the two box covers on the same side to flip away from the box body simultaneously, so that the box covers on the upper side and the lower side can complete the rupture operation of the sealing strip simultaneously when the unpacked piece tobacco is unpacked at the unpacking station, the unpacking operation of the original two stations is reduced to single-station unpacking, and the purpose of improving the unpacking efficiency of the piece tobacco is achieved. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0019] Figure 1 It is the perspective view of the utility model;

[0020] Figure 2 It is the installation schematic view of the suction cup mechanism and the plunger mechanism of the utility model;

[0021] Figure 3 It is partial exploded view of the pushing piece mechanism of the utility model;

[0022] Figure 4 It is structure view of the moving pushing piece of the utility model;

[0023] Figure 5 It is installation schematic view of the third pushing assembly and the reset inclined table of the utility model;

[0024] Figure 6 It is structure view of the third pushing assembly and the reset inclined table of the utility model;

[0025] Figure 7 It is installation schematic view of the sliding block of the utility model.

[0026] In the drawing,

[0027] 1, conveying mechanism;2, positioning mechanism;3, suction cup mechanism;31, suction cup mounting frame;32, first pushing assembly;33, suction cup module;4, pushing piece mechanism;41, L-shaped pushing piece;42, lifting module;43, telescopic sleeve;44, compression spring;45, moving pushing piece;46, positioner;47, second pushing assembly;48, third pushing assembly;49, reset inclined table;5, sliding block. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0028] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the utility model. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the utility model, rather than all the embodiments. The embodiments in the application and the features in the embodiments can be combined with each other without conflict. Based on the embodiments in the utility model, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor belong to the protection scope of the utility model.

[0029] Please refer to Figures 1-7 The utility model discloses a kind of unpacking devices, comprising:

[0030] Conveying mechanism 1 is provided with unpacking station on conveying mechanism 1, conveying mechanism 1 is used to transmit the piece tobacco to be unpacked that has been opened in the middle seam of box cover to the side close to unpacking station;

[0031] Positioning mechanism 2 is used to position piece tobacco after the piece tobacco to be unpacked is transmitted to unpacking station;

[0032] At least one suction cup mechanism 3 is set at unpacking station, can adsorb the box cover of piece tobacco to be unpacked, so that gap is generated between box cover and box body;

[0033] At least one tab mechanism 4 is arranged at the unpacking station, used for inserting into the gap between the box cover and the box body, and driving the two box covers on the same side to flip to the side away from the box body at the same time, so that the two box covers on the upper and lower sides can complete the breaking operation of the sealing strip at the same time when the unpacking operation is performed on the unpacking station.

[0034] The utility model discloses, through setting up the tab mechanism 4 that can insert into the gap between the box cover and the box body, and drive the two box covers on the same side to flip to the side away from the box body at the same time, make the two box covers on the upper and lower sides can complete the breaking operation of the sealing strip at the same time when the unpacking operation is performed on the unpacking station, through the unpacking operation of the originally two stations reduction to single station unpacking, reached the purpose of improving the unpacking efficiency of piece tobacco.

[0035] In an embodiment, the positioning mechanism 2 comprises:

[0036] The blocking positioning assembly is used to block the movement of the piece tobacco along the conveying direction of the conveying mechanism 1 after the piece tobacco is conveyed to the unpacking station.

[0037] The downward pressing positioning assembly is used to apply pressure to the top of the piece tobacco after the piece tobacco is conveyed to the unpacking station, so as to prevent the box body from moving together when the box cover is flipped by the tab mechanism 4.

[0038] Specifically, the conveying mechanism 1 is a roller conveyor, the blocking positioning assembly is arranged between two adjacent conveying rollers of the roller conveyor, and when the piece tobacco moves, the blocking positioning assembly extends from below the roller conveyor to above the roller conveyor to intercept the piece tobacco moving on the roller conveyor. After the piece tobacco is blocked, the roller conveyor stops conveying. At this time, the box body of the piece tobacco is clamped by the downward pressing positioning assembly, so that the box body cannot continue to move due to the friction force.

[0039] It should be noted that the roller conveyor, the blocking positioning assembly and the downward pressing positioning assembly are common knowledge in the art, and therefore their specific structure and working principle will not be described in detail.

[0040] In an embodiment, the suction cup mechanism 3 comprises a suction cup mounting rack 31 and a first pushing assembly 32 for driving the suction cup mounting rack 31 to move towards and away from the piece tobacco, and the suction cup mounting rack 31 is provided with a suction cup module 33 for respectively adsorbing the upper and lower box covers.

[0041] In this way, the suction cup module 33 can be pushed by the first pushing assembly 32 to move towards the piece tobacco box cover, and after abutting against the box cover, the box cover is adsorbed, and then moves away from the piece tobacco box body, so as to drive the box cover to deform slightly, so that a gap is formed between the box cover and the box body for the tab mechanism 4 to insert.

[0042] It should be noted that the first pushing assembly 32 and the suction cup module 33 are well known in the art, and thus the specific structure and working principle thereof will not be described in detail herein.

[0043] In an embodiment, the pushing mechanism 4 comprises an L-shaped pushing piece 41 located between the two suction cup modules 33 and at least one lifting module 42 arranged on the suction cup mounting frame 31, the L-shaped pushing piece 41 is composed of a horizontal section and a vertical section arranged on the horizontal section near the unpacking station, the lifting module 42 is provided with an extension sleeve 43 driven by the lifting module 42 to move up and down, the end of the horizontal section away from the unpacking station is inserted into the extension sleeve 43, and the horizontal section can move towards and away from the unpacking station, at least one compression spring 44 is arranged between the horizontal section and the extension sleeve 43, for making the vertical section contact the box cover before the suction cup module 33, and not hindering the suction cup module 33 to continue to move towards the box cover;

[0044] The vertical section is provided with a plurality of movable pushing pieces 45 capable of moving from the upper part of the horizontal section to the lower part of the horizontal section, and the pushing mechanism 4 further comprises a control assembly for controlling the upward and downward movement of the movable pushing pieces 45.

[0045] In this way, the pushing force of the compression spring 44 on the L-shaped pushing piece 41 makes the L-shaped pushing piece 41 contact the box cover first, so that when the suction cup module 33 drives the box cover away from the box body, the L-shaped pushing piece 41 can still be close to the box body, and thus can be inserted into the gap under the driving of the lifting module 42.

[0046] Specifically, before the unpacking operation, the L-shaped pushing piece 41 is first lowered to below the upper box cover by the lifting module 42, then the first pushing assembly 32 pushes the suction cup module 33 to approach the box cover, after the suction cup module 33 contacts the box cover, the upper suction cup module 33 is first started to adsorb the upper box cover, then the first pushing assembly 32 drives the suction cup module 33 away from the box body to generate a gap between the upper box cover and the box body, the L-shaped pushing piece 41 is inserted into the gap by the lifting module 42, when the L-shaped pushing piece 41 moves up to the upper limit position, the first pushing assembly 32 pushes the suction cup module 33 to approach the box cover again, at this time, the lower suction cup module 33 is also started, then the first pushing assembly 32 drives the suction cup module 33 away from the box body again, finally, the movable pushing pieces 45 are lowered and inserted into the gap between the lower box cover and the box body by controlling the control assembly, then the suction cup module 33 is turned off, and the first pushing assembly 32 drives the suction cup mounting frame 31 away from the box body, so that the upper and lower box covers are pushed by the L-shaped pushing piece 41 and the movable pushing pieces 45 respectively to break the side seals.

[0047] It should be noted that the mobile dial 45 will not be completely separated from the L-shaped dial 41 during the up and down movement, and the lifting module 42 is common knowledge in the art, so the specific structure and working principle will not be described in detail.

[0048] In an embodiment, a sliding block 5 is arranged on the horizontal section of the L-shaped dial 41 and penetrates the telescopic sleeve 43, and a sliding groove is arranged on the telescopic sleeve 43 for the sliding block 5 to slide, and the sliding block 5 abuts against one side of the sliding groove close to the vertical section of the L-shaped dial 41 when the compression spring 44 is in a natural state, so that when the telescopic sleeve 43 moves away from the box, the L-shaped dial 41 is moved by driving the sliding block 5 to move, thereby improving the stability of the L-shaped dial 41 when dialing the box cover.

[0049] In an embodiment, the control assembly includes a positioner 46 arranged on the horizontal section and a second pushing assembly 47 for pushing the positioner 46 to move close to and away from the side of the mobile dial 45, and each mobile dial 45 is provided with a slot for the positioner 46 to insert.

[0050] The control assembly further includes a third pushing assembly 48 and a reset inclined platform 49 pushed by the third pushing assembly 48 to move close to and away from the moving area of the suction cup mounting rack 31, and the reset inclined platform 49 is provided with an inclined surface for guiding the falling mobile dial 45 to move upward when the suction cup mounting rack 31 moves away from the unpacking station, and the second pushing assembly 47 can push the positioner 46 to insert into the slot when the mobile dial 45 moves to the top of the inclined surface.

[0051] In this way, by moving the reset inclined platform 49 out of the moving area of the suction cup mounting rack 31 when the suction cup mechanism 3 is working, collision with the suction cup mounting rack 31 during unpacking operation is avoided, and after the unpacking operation is completed, the reset inclined platform 49 is moved into the moving area of the mobile dial 45 by the third pushing assembly 48, so that when the mobile dial 45 is driven by the suction cup mounting rack 31 to move away from the box, it can gradually move upward under the action of the inclined surface, and after moving to the top, the positioner 46 is pushed into the slot by the second pushing assembly 47 to position the mobile dial 45.

[0052] It should be noted that the second pushing assembly 47 and the third pushing assembly 48 are common knowledge in the art, so the specific structure and working principle will not be described in detail.

[0053] In an embodiment, the number of suction cup mechanisms 3 and dial mechanisms 4 is two, and they are arranged at the box covers at the two ends of the unpacked cigarettes, respectively, for simultaneously unpacking the box covers at the two ends of the unpacked cigarettes.

[0054] In this way, the unpacking device can simultaneously unpack the upper and lower covers on the same side and the covers at both ends of the box, and further improves the unpacking efficiency.

[0055] It should be noted that if the embodiments of the present application involve directional indications (such as up, down, left, right, front, back, etc.), the directional indications are only used to explain the relative position relationship, movement condition, etc. between the components in a certain specific posture (as shown in the drawings), and if the specific posture changes, the directional indications will also change accordingly.

[0056] In addition, if the embodiments of the present application involve descriptions of "first", "second", etc., the descriptions of "first", "second", etc. are only for description purposes, and cannot be understood as indicating or implying the relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of the indicated technical features. Therefore, the features limited by "first", "second" can explicitly or implicitly include at least one of the features. In addition, the technical solutions of each embodiment can be combined with each other, but it must be based on the realization of ordinary skilled in the art, and when the combination of technical solutions appears contradictory or unachievable, it should be considered that the combination of technical solutions does not exist, and is not within the protection scope required by the present application.

[0057] In addition, "a plurality of" means two or more.

[0058] The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present application, and is not intended to limit the present application, and any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principles of the present application should be included in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A bale opening apparatus characterized by, The application relates to a packaging box opening device, which comprises a conveying mechanism (1) provided with an opening station, the conveying mechanism (1) being used for conveying a to-be-opened piece of tobacco to the side close to the opening station after the seal of the middle seam of the box cover of the to-be-opened piece of tobacco is cut; a positioning mechanism (2) used for positioning the to-be-opened piece of tobacco after the to-be-opened piece of tobacco is conveyed to the opening station; at least one suction disc mechanism (3) arranged at the opening station and capable of adsorbing the box cover of the to-be-opened piece of tobacco to form a gap between the box cover and the box body; and at least one push piece mechanism (4) arranged at the opening station and used for being inserted into the gap between the box cover and the box body and driving two box covers on the same side to be flipped to the side away from the box body to break the seals on the two sides of the box cover. The suction disc mechanism (3) comprises a suction disc mounting rack (31) and a first pushing assembly (32) used for driving the suction disc mounting rack (31) to move to the side close to and away from the to-be-opened piece of tobacco, and the suction disc mounting rack (31) is provided with suction disc modules (33) used for adsorbing the upper and lower box covers respectively. The push piece mechanism (4) comprises an L-shaped push piece (41) located between the two suction disc modules (33) and at least one lifting module (42) arranged on the suction disc mounting rack (31), the L-shaped push piece (41) is composed of a horizontal section and a vertical section arranged on the side of the horizontal section close to the opening station, the lifting module (42) is provided with a telescopic sleeve (43) driven by the lifting module (42) to move up and down, one end of the horizontal section away from the opening station is inserted into the telescopic sleeve (43), and the horizontal section can move to the side close to and away from the opening station, at least one compression spring (44) is arranged between the horizontal section and the telescopic sleeve (43) to make the vertical section contact the box cover earlier than the suction disc module (33) and not hinder the suction disc module (33) from continuously moving to the side close to the box cover. The vertical section is provided with a plurality of movable push pieces (45) capable of moving from the upper side of the horizontal section to the lower side of the horizontal section, and the push piece mechanism (4) further comprises a control assembly used for controlling the movable push pieces (45) to move up and down. The control assembly comprises a positioner (46) arranged on the horizontal section and a second pushing assembly (47) used for driving the positioner (46) to move to the side close to and away from the movable push pieces (45), and each movable push piece (45) is provided with an insertion slot for inserting the positioner (46).

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein: The control assembly further comprises a third pushing assembly (48) and a reset inclined table (49) driven by the third pushing assembly (48) to move to the side close to and away from the moving area of the suction disc mounting rack (31), the reset inclined table (49) is provided with an inclined surface used for guiding the movable push pieces (45) falling to move upwards when the suction disc mounting rack (31) moves to the side away from the opening station, and the second pushing assembly (47) can drive the positioner (46) to be inserted into the insertion slot when the movable push pieces (45) move to the top of the inclined surface.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein: The number of the suction disc mechanism (3) and the push piece mechanism (4) is two, and the two are arranged at the box covers at the two ends of the to-be-opened piece of tobacco to simultaneously open the box covers at the two ends of the to-be-opened piece of tobacco. ​ 4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein: ​ ​ 5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein: ​