Automatic feeding device for filter stick cavity

Abstract

The utility model discloses an automatic feeding device for filter stick cavities, which relates to the technical field of cigarette production and processing and comprises a conveying table, a material carrying plate driven by a transverse moving driving mechanism to move is slidably arranged at the top end of the conveying table, filter stick placing grooves are formed in the top end of the material carrying plate at equal intervals, and a material distributing box is arranged above the material carrying plate. A circular cavity is formed in the material distribution box; single capsule materials are added into the capsule material containing grooves in the outer side wall of the material distribution disc through the feeding hopper, the material distribution disc is driven by the motor to rotate by 180 degrees, the single capsule materials in the capsule material containing grooves fall into the filter stick cavities along the discharging hopper, and therefore the accurate control over the feeding amount of the capsule materials is achieved. It can be guaranteed that a single filter stick cavity is only filled with a single capsule material, the problem of excessive feeding is avoided, and then the production and processing quality of cigarettes is guaranteed.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to cigarette production and processing technical field especially relates to a filter stick cavity automatic feeding device. BACKGROUND

[0002] Cigarette refers to the cigarette paper with tobacco cut into a strip-shaped cigarette product, also called paper cigarette, cigarette or cigarette, there are filter tip cigarette and no tip cigarette, there are also light and strong taste, in order to filter some harmful substances (such as nicotine, tar) in cigarette smoke, at present, most of the filter rod is provided on the cigarette, by placing essence capsule in the cigarette filter rod, when smoking, essence can be released by external force to break the capsule shell according to the need, so as to improve the physicochemical properties of cigarette, round aroma, modify tobacco flavor and improve the taste, the filter rod needs to be added to the filter rod cavity by the corresponding feeding device during production and processing.

[0003] For example, the utility model patent with the application number 202321261889.X discloses a filter stick cavity automatic feeding device, which comprises a machine body, a box body fixed on the top of the machine body for containing capsules, a drop channel arranged at the bottom of the box body for adding capsules in the box body to the filter stick cavity and a conveying belt mechanism arranged at the bottom of the drop channel for conveying filter sticks.

[0004] Based on the existing technology, it is found that the existing filter stick cavity automatic feeding device is mostly single structure, cannot accurately control the feeding amount into the filter stick cavity, is prone to the problem of excessive feeding of capsule material in the single filter stick cavity, cannot guarantee that the single filter stick cavity is only filled with a single capsule material, thereby affecting the quality of cigarette production and processing, and the practicality is not high, therefore, the utility model provides a filter stick cavity automatic feeding device to solve the problems in the prior art. UTILITY MODEL CONTENT

[0005] In view of the above problems, the utility model aims at providing a filter stick cavity automatic feeding device to solve the problems that the existing filter stick cavity automatic feeding device cannot accurately control the feeding amount into the filter stick cavity, is prone to the problem of excessive feeding of capsule material in the single filter stick cavity, and cannot guarantee that the single filter stick cavity is only filled with a single capsule material.

[0006] In order to realize the purpose of the utility model, the utility model discloses a filter rod cavity automatic feeding device through the following technical scheme, a conveying table is provided, the conveying table top end is equipped with the material carrying plate that is driven displacement through horizontal shift drive mechanism, the material carrying plate top end is equipped with the filter rod placing groove that is equidistant, the material carrying plate top is equipped with the material distribution box, the material distribution box is equipped with the circular cavity in the inside, the material distribution box upper and lower both ends are respectively fixed with the feeding hopper and the discharging hopper that are communicated with the circular cavity, the circular cavity inside rotation is connected with the material distribution disc that is driven rotation through the motor, the material distribution disc side wall is equipped with the capsule material containing groove.

[0007] Further improvement lies in that the motor is fixed to the rear side outer wall of the material distribution box, the output end rotating shaft of the motor is penetrated into the circular cavity through the bearing, and the material distribution disc is fixedly sleeved on the output end rotating shaft of the motor.

[0008] Further improvement lies in that the first supporting rod is fixed to the top end of the conveying table at the bottom end of the material distribution box, and the through hole matched with the capsule material containing groove is formed in the upper and lower ends of the material distribution box.

[0009] Further improvement lies in that the horizontal shift drive mechanism comprises a screw rod rotationally connected to the inner side of the conveying table and driven to rotate through the motor and a threaded plate threadedly sleeved on the screw rod, and the threaded plate top end is slidably penetrated through the top end of the conveying table and fixed to the bottom end of the material carrying plate.

[0010] Further improvement lies in that the top plate is fixed to the top end of the conveying table through the second supporting rod, the center position of the top plate is designed as an opening, a storage box is arranged in the opening, the storage box bottom end is fixed with a discharge port corresponding to the position of the feeding hopper, and a control valve is arranged on the discharge port.

[0011] Further improvement lies in that the upper portions of the two side outer walls of the storage box are fixed with supporting plates, the supporting plates and the top plate are fixed with elastic telescopic supporting pieces, the lower portions of the two side outer walls of the storage box are fixed with contact plates, the bottom end of the top plate is symmetrically fixed with contact switches above the contact plates, and the top end of the top plate is symmetrically fixed with indicator lamps electrically connected with the contact switches.

[0012] Further improvement lies in that the elastic telescopic supporting piece comprises a telescopic rod fixed to the bottom end of the supporting plate and a sleeve fixed to the top end of the top plate, and the bottom end of the telescopic rod is slidably penetrated into the sleeve and connected with the bottom end of the inner side of the sleeve through a limiting spring.

[0013] The utility model discloses a beneficial effect is: the utility model discloses a conveying table, through the capsule material containing groove of the feeding hopper to the outside wall of the distribution tray adds single capsule material, and through the motor drive distribution tray rotates one hundred and eighty degrees, makes single capsule material in the capsule material containing groove drop to the filter stick cavity along the discharge hopper, thereby realizes the accurate control of capsule material feeding amount, can guarantee single filter stick cavity only fills single capsule material, avoids the problem of overfeeding, and further guarantees the production and processing quality of cigarette, has higher practicality. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0014] Figure 1 It is the front view of the utility model,

[0015] Figure 2 It is the front view of the utility model,

[0016] Figure 3 It is the distribution box side sectional view of the utility model,

[0017] Figure 4 It is the elastic telescopic support piece sectional view of the utility model,

[0018] Figure 5 It is the distribution tray three-dimensional structure schematic view of the utility model.

[0019] Among them: 1, conveying table, 2, material carrier plate, 3, filter stick placing groove, 4, distribution box, 5, circular cavity, 6, feeding hopper, 7, discharge hopper, 8, motor, 9, distribution tray, 10, capsule material containing groove, 11, first support rod, 12, through -hole, 13, motor, 14, screw rod, 15, threaded plate, 16, second support rod, 17, top plate, 18, storage tank, 19, discharge port, 20, support plate, 21, elastic telescopic support piece, 22, contact plate, 23, contact switch, 24, pilot lamp, 25, telescopic rod, 26, sleeve. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0020] In order to deepen the understanding of the utility model, the utility model will be further detailed below in conjunction with examples, and this embodiment is only used to explain the utility model, and does not constitute the limitation of the protection scope of the utility model.

[0021] According to Figure 1 、 Figure 2 、 Figure 3 、 Figure 4 、 Figure 5As shown, the embodiment provides a filter rod cavity automatic feeding device, which comprises a hollow conveying table 1 and a material carrier plate 2 slidingly connected to the top end of the conveying table 1. The conveying table 1 is internally provided with a transverse driving mechanism. The material carrier plate 2 is driven by the transverse driving mechanism and horizontally displaced on the upper surface of the conveying table 1 to realize automatic conveying of the material. The top end of the material carrier plate 2 is provided with equidistantly distributed filter rod placing grooves 3 for placing filter rods to be fed. A square-shaped distribution box 4 is arranged above the material carrier plate 2. The front end of the distribution box 4 is designed as an opening and internally provided with a circular cavity 5. An inlet hopper 6 is fixed to the upper end of the distribution box 4. An outlet hopper 7 is fixed to the lower end of the distribution box 4. The inlet hopper 6 is used for feeding capsule materials and communicates with the circular cavity 5. The outlet hopper 7 is used for discharging capsule materials and communicates with the circular cavity 5. The circular cavity 5 is internally provided with a cylindrical distribution disc 9 driven by a motor 8 and rotating in the circular cavity 5. Four groups of annularly equidistantly distributed capsule material containing grooves 10 are formed in the side wall of the distribution disc 9. The capsule material containing grooves 10 are used for containing the capsule materials falling from the inlet hopper 6 and can only contain a single capsule material. A single capsule material is added to the capsule material containing groove 10 on the outer side wall of the distribution disc 9 through the inlet hopper 6. The distribution disc 9 is driven to rotate by 180 degrees by the motor 8, so that the single capsule material in the capsule material containing groove 10 falls along the outlet hopper 7 into the filter rod cavity, thereby realizing accurate control of the feeding amount of the capsule material and ensuring that a single filter rod cavity is only filled with a single capsule material.

[0022] The motor 8 is fixed to the rear side outer wall of the distribution box 4 by bolts. The output end rotating shaft of the motor 8 penetrates into the circular cavity 5 through a bearing. The distribution disc 9 is fixedly sleeved on the output end rotating shaft of the motor 8. The motor 8 is started to drive the output end rotating shaft to drive the distribution disc 9 to rotate in the circular cavity 5, so as to drive the capsule materials in the capsule material containing grooves 10 to rotate from the upper side to the lower side, so as to fall into the outlet hopper 7. The inner wall of the distribution box 4 serves as a limiting part to avoid the capsule materials from falling during the rotation.

[0023] First support rods 11 are welded and fixed to the four corner positions of the bottom end of the distribution box 4. The first support rods 11 are welded and fixed to the top end of the conveying table 1. The first support rods 11 provide support for the distribution box 4. The upper and lower ends of the distribution box 4 are both provided with through holes 12. The through holes 12 matched with the capsule material containing grooves 10. The inlet hopper 6 and the outlet hopper 7 respectively communicate with the circular cavity 5 through the through holes 12, so as to smoothly flow out the capsule materials.

[0024] The horizontal moving driving mechanism comprises a motor 13, a screw rod 14 and a threaded plate 15, wherein the motor 13 is fixed on the right outer wall of the conveying table 1 by bolts, the screw rod 14 is rotatably connected to the inside of the conveying table 1 by bearings, the right end of the screw rod 14 penetrates to the outside of the conveying table 1 through bearings and is fixedly connected with the output shaft of the motor 13, the threaded plate 15 is threadedly sleeved on the screw rod 14, the top end of the threaded plate 15 penetrates through the top end of the conveying table 1 and is fixed on the bottom end of the material loading plate 2 by bolts, and a through slot matched with the threaded plate 15 is formed in the top end of the conveying table 1; the threaded plate 15 threadedly sleeved on the screw rod 14 is driven to move horizontally with the material loading plate 2 by rotating the screw rod 14 through the motor 13.

[0025] Four groups of second supporting rods 16 are symmetrically welded and fixed on the top end of the conveying table 1, and the top ends of the four groups of second supporting rods 16 are commonly welded and fixed with a top plate 17, the center position of the top plate 17 is designed as an opening, and a storage tank 18 for storing capsule materials is arranged in the opening of the top plate 17, a discharge port 19 with a control valve is fixed on the bottom end of the storage tank 18, and the discharge port 19 corresponds to the position of the feeding hopper 6, and the control valve on the discharge port 19 is opened to discharge the capsule materials into the feeding hopper 6.

[0026] The upper parts of the left and right outer walls of the storage tank 18 are welded and fixed with supporting plates 20, and elastic telescopic supporting members 21 are fixed between the supporting plates 20 and the top plate 17, the elastic telescopic supporting members 21 provide support for the storage tank 18, so that the storage tank 18 can rise as the capsule materials in the storage tank 18 decrease, the lower parts of the left and right outer walls of the storage tank 18 are welded and fixed with contact plates 22, the bottom end of the top plate 17 is fixed with a contact switch 23 above the contact plates 22 by bolts, the left and right sides of the top end of the top plate 17 are fixed with indicator lights 24 by bolts, the contact switch 23 is connected with the PLC control system of the device, and the contact switch 23 is used to turn on the indicator lights 24 to provide the user with the information that the capsule materials in the storage tank 18 are insufficient (the capsule materials are less and less, the storage tank 18 is lighter and lighter, and the storage tank 18 rises under the action of the elastic telescopic supporting members 21 until the contact plates 22 touch the contact switch 23), and the elastic telescopic supporting members 21 comprise telescopic rods 25 and sleeves 26, wherein the telescopic rods 25 are fixed on the bottom ends of the supporting plates 20 by bolts, the sleeves 26 are fixed on the top end of the top plate 17 by bolts, the bottom ends of the telescopic rods 25 slide into the sleeves 26 and are connected with the bottom ends of the inner sides of the sleeves 26 through limiting springs, and the limiting springs provide elastic ejection force for the telescopic rods 25, so that the elastic telescopic supporting members 21 have the function of elastic telescoping.

[0027] When it is needed to add capsule material to the filter rod cavity in the process of cigarette production and processing, the material loading plate 2 is first driven to move to the left side of the conveying table 1 by the transverse driving mechanism, then the filter rod to be added with material is placed in the filter rod placing groove 3 at the top end of the material loading plate 2, then the material loading plate 2 is driven to move to the right by the transverse driving mechanism until the filter rod is moved to below the discharging hopper 7, then the capsule material is added into the feeding hopper 6, the capsule material falls along the feeding hopper 6 into the circular cavity 5 and enters the capsule material containing groove 10 outside the outer wall of the material distributing disc 9, since the capsule material containing groove 10 has limited volume, only a single capsule material can be contained, then the motor 8 is started to drive the material distributing disc 9 to rotate clockwise by one hundred and eighty degrees, so that the capsule material containing groove 10 originally located above is rotated to below, at this time, the capsule material in it falls into the discharging hopper 7 and falls along the discharging hopper 7 into the filter rod cavity, so that the automatic addition of a single capsule material is realized, and the above steps are repeated to realize continuous addition.

[0028] The basic principle, main features and advantages of the utility model are shown and described above. It should be understood by the person skilled in the art that the utility model is not limited by the above-mentioned embodiments, the above-mentioned embodiments and the description in the specification are only to illustrate the principle of the utility model, under the premise of not departing from the spirit and scope of the utility model, the utility model will have various changes and improvements, and these changes and improvements all fall into the scope of the utility model claimed for protection. The protection scope of the utility model is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. An apparatus for automatic feeding of filter rod cavities, comprising a conveyor table (1), characterized in that: The conveying table (1) top end sliding is equipped with material carrying plate (2) that drives displacement through horizontal moving drive mechanism, the material carrying plate (2) top end is equidistant and is provided with filter rod placement slot (3), the material carrying plate (2) top is equipped with distribution box (4), the distribution box (4) is internally provided with circular cavity (5), the distribution box (4) upper and lower ends are respectively fixed with the feed hopper (6) and the discharge hopper (7) that circular cavity (5) communication, the circular cavity (5) inside rotation is connected with the distribution disc (9) that is driven rotation by motor (8), the distribution disc (9) side wall is provided with capsule material containing groove (10).

2. The filter rod cavity automatic charging device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The motor (8) is fixed to the rear side outer wall of the distribution box (4), and the output shaft of the motor (8) penetrates into the circular cavity (5) through the bearing. The distribution disc (9) is fixedly sleeved on the output shaft of the motor (8).

3. The filter rod cavity automatic charging device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The first supporting rod (11) is symmetrically fixed to the bottom end of the distribution box (4), and the first supporting rod (11) is fixed to the top end of the conveying table (1). The distribution box (4) is provided with a through hole (12) at the upper and lower ends, which is matched with the capsule material containing groove (10).

4. The filter rod cavity automatic charging device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The horizontal moving drive mechanism includes a lead screw (14) rotationally connected to the inner side of the conveying table (1) and driven to rotate by a motor (13), and a threaded plate (15) threadedly sleeved on the lead screw (14). The threaded plate (15) top end sliding penetrates the top end of the conveying table (1) and is fixed to the bottom end of the material carrying plate (2).

5. The filter rod cavity automatic charging device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The top plate (17) is fixed to the top end of the conveying table (1) through the second supporting rod (16), and the center position of the top plate (17) is designed as an opening and is provided with a storage box (18) in the opening. The bottom end of the storage box (18) is fixed with a discharge port (19) corresponding to the position of the feed hopper (6), and the discharge port (19) is provided with a control valve.

6. A filter rod cavity automatic filling device according to claim 5, characterised in that: The upper part of the outer wall of the storage box (18) is fixed with a supporting plate (20), and the supporting plate (20) and the top plate (17) are fixed with an elastic expansion supporting member (21). The lower part of the outer wall of the storage box (18) is fixed with a contact plate (22), and the bottom end of the top plate (17) is symmetrically fixed with a contact switch (23) above the contact plate (22). The top end of the top plate (17) is symmetrically fixed with an indicating lamp (24) electrically connected with the contact switch (23).

7. A filter rod cavity automatic filling device according to claim 6, characterised in that: The elastic expansion supporting member (21) includes a telescopic rod (25) fixed to the bottom end of the supporting plate (20) and a sleeve (26) fixed to the top end of the top plate (17). The bottom end of the telescopic rod (25) slidingly penetrates into the sleeve (26) and is connected with the inside bottom end of the sleeve (26) through a limiting spring.

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