Cap feeding machine based on outer caps of medicine bottles

By employing a design in the bottle capping machine that incorporates lifting cylinders, rotating cylinders, and clamping blocks, multiple processing stations can operate independently, solving the problem of equipment downtime caused by defective products in existing technologies and ensuring the continuity of the production line and the stability of the structure.

CN223752399UActive Publication Date: 2026-01-02DEYANG HUAKANG PHARMA
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Application Number
CN202520424488.4
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-03-12
Publication Date
2026-01-02
Estimated Expiration
2035-03-12

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Technical Problem

In existing technology, when a medicine bottle capping machine detects assembly defects in the cap and bottle body, the equipment cannot guarantee 100% operating rate, affecting the continuity of the entire production line.

Method used

A capping machine based on medicine bottle caps was designed. It adopts a structure such as lifting cylinder, rotating cylinder and clamping block, which allows multiple processing stations to operate independently. It is also equipped with infrared sensors and cameras for real-time detection, ensuring that the processing station of defective products is paused while other stations continue to work.

Benefits of technology

This ensures that when a defect occurs at one processing station, other processing stations can continue to operate, avoiding overall equipment downtime, ensuring the stability of the production line and the stable operation of the structure, and preventing collisions and interference between the rotating drum and the feed pipe.

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Abstract

The utility model belongs to the field of medicine bottle processing, particularly relates to a capping machine based on a medicine bottle outer cap, and aims to solve the problems that the existing equipment cannot guarantee 100% operation rate, the operation of the capping machine is stopped when a bottle cap and a bottle body are assembled and a monitoring mechanism detects defective products, and the whole production line is influenced. Comprising a base, a rectangular groove is formed in the surface of the base, a conveyor is arranged in the rectangular groove, a mounting frame is fixedly arranged on the surface of the base, and a control box is fixedly arranged on the surface of the mounting frame. The whole equipment does not need to be shut down, maintenance can be conducted after machining is completed, operation of the whole production line is ensured, collision between the rotating cylinder and the feeding pipe can be avoided, interference generated by structural movement is avoided, and stable operation of the structure is ensured.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to a medicine bottle processing technical field especially relates to a kind of upper cover machine based on medicine bottle outer cover. BACKGROUND

[0002] Medicine bottle, usually refers to the container for storing medicine, to ensure the stability and safety of medicine. According to material, it can be divided into glass medicine bottle and plastic medicine bottle. According to storage requirement, it can also be divided into non-transparent medicine and transparent medicine.

[0003] Medicine bottle mainly includes bottle body and bottle cap, bottle cap is usually installed on bottle body using upper cover machine in the processing process, to realize automatic processing, however, equipment cannot guarantee 100% operation rate, when bottle cap and bottle body assembly appear flaw, monitoring mechanism detects defective product, and the operation of upper cover machine is stopped, and then the overall production line is affected.

[0004] Therefore we propose a kind of upper cover machine based on medicine bottle outer cover. INVENTION CONTENTS

[0005] The utility model aims at solving the shortcoming that the equipment cannot guarantee 100% operation rate in prior art, when bottle cap and bottle body assembly appear flaw, monitoring mechanism detects defective product, and the operation of upper cover machine is stopped, and then the overall production line is affected, and a kind of upper cover machine based on medicine bottle outer cover is proposed.

[0006] In order to realize the above-mentioned purpose, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme:

[0007] A kind of upper cover machine based on medicine bottle outer cover, it include:

[0008] Base, the surface of the base is provided with rectangular groove, rectangular groove is equipped with conveyer, the surface of base is fixedly provided with mounting bracket, the surface of mounting bracket is fixedly provided with control box, the top inner wall of mounting bracket is fixedly provided with fixed shell, the inner wall of fixed shell is rotatably connected with rotating seat, the bottom of rotating seat is slidably penetrated with multiple lifting cylinders, the inner wall of lifting cylinder is rotatably connected with rotating cylinder;

[0009] Driving mechanism, the driving mechanism is arranged on one side of fixed shell, for providing driving for rotating cylinder;

[0010] First clamping mechanism, the first clamping mechanism is arranged on one side of rotating cylinder, for clamping bottle cap;

[0011] Second clamping mechanism, the second clamping mechanism is arranged on the surface of base, for clamping bottle body;

[0012] Monitoring mechanism, the monitoring mechanism is arranged on the surface of base, for detecting bottle body and bottle cap.

[0013] In a possible design, the driving mechanism includes a first motor, a first electric push rod, and a second motor, the first motor is fixedly arranged on the inner wall of the top of the fixed shell, one end of the output shaft of the first motor is fixedly connected with the surface of the rotating seat, the first electric push rod is fixedly arranged on the inner wall of the top of the rotating seat, one end of the output shaft of the first electric push rod is fixedly connected with the surface of the lifting cylinder, the second motor is fixedly arranged on the inner wall of the top of the lifting cylinder, and one end of the output shaft of the second motor is fixedly connected with the surface of the rotating cylinder.

[0014] In a possible design, the first clamping mechanism includes two second electric push rods, the two second electric push rods are fixedly arranged on the outer wall of the rotating cylinder and are symmetrically arranged, and one end of the output shaft of the second electric push rod extends to the inner side of the rotating cylinder and is fixedly arranged with a clamping block.

[0015] In a possible design, the second clamping mechanism includes two fixed seats, the two fixed seats are fixedly arranged on the surface of the base, the two fixed seats are respectively located on the two sides of the conveyor, one side of the fixed seat is fixedly arranged with a third electric push rod, one end of the output shaft of the third electric push rod penetrates through the fixed seat and is fixedly arranged with a clamping plate.

[0016] In a possible design, the monitoring mechanism includes two mounting plates, the two mounting plates are fixedly arranged on the surface of the base, and one side of each of the two mounting plates is fixedly arranged with an infrared sensor and a camera.

[0017] In a possible design, the surface of the base is fixedly arranged with a feeding pipe through a support, one end of the feeding pipe is provided with a gap, and the bottom end of the outer wall of the rotating cylinder is provided with a gap, and the gap is matched with the feeding pipe.

[0018] In a possible design, one side of the clamping block and the clamping plate is fixedly arranged with a rubber pad.

[0019] In the application, when in use, the bottle body is conveyed to the clamping plate through the conveyor, the infrared sensor detects the bottle body and sends a signal to the control box, the control box stops the conveyor and starts, and the third electric push rod drives the clamping plate to move at the same time, so that the clamping plate clamps the bottle body, the first electric push rod drives the corresponding lifting cylinder and rotating cylinder to descend at the same time, so that the clamping block descends to the two sides of the bottle cap, then the second electric push rod drives the clamping block to clamp the bottle cap, then the lifting cylinder and the rotating cylinder are driven to rise by the first electric push rod, so that the bottle cap is separated from the feeding pipe, then the first motor is started to rotate, and then the bottle cap is rotated to the top of the bottle body, the lifting cylinder and the rotating cylinder are driven to descend again by the first electric push rod, so that the bottle cap approaches the bottle body, the rotating cylinder is driven to rotate by the second motor at the same time, so that the bottle cap is rotated, the bottle cap and the bottle body are tightened, then the clamping block is separated from the bottle cap by the second electric push rod, and then the lifting cylinder and the rotating cylinder are reset by the first electric push rod.

[0020] In use, the user can control the running number of processing positions according to the situation, can run only one processing position each time, when the camera detects that the product processing appears a flaw, the processing position can be closed, and then the next adjacent processing position is used for processing, or multiple processing positions can be used for processing at the same time, if a processing position appears a flaw, the processing position is closed, and the remaining processing positions continue to be used normally.

[0021] Beneficial effects: in the utility model, the upper cover machine based on the outer cover of the medicine bottle, through the setting of multiple structures such as lifting cylinder, rotating cylinder and clamping block, the upper cover machine has multiple processing positions, when the processing of a processing position appears a flaw, the remaining processing positions can continue to process, the whole equipment does not need to be closed, and the maintenance can be carried out after processing, ensuring the operation of the whole production line;

[0022] In the utility model, the upper cover machine based on the outer cover of the medicine bottle, through the setting of multiple structures such as rotating cylinder, yielding port and feed pipe, the rotating cylinder and the feed pipe can be avoided from colliding, the interference caused by structure movement is avoided, and the stable operation of the structure is ensured;

[0023] In the utility model, the upper cover machine has multiple processing positions, when the processing of a processing position appears a flaw, the remaining processing positions can continue to process, the whole equipment does not need to be closed, and the maintenance can be carried out after processing, ensuring the operation of the whole production line, the rotating cylinder and the feed pipe can be avoided from colliding, the interference caused by structure movement is avoided, and the stable operation of the structure is ensured. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0024] Figure 1 The utility model provides an overall three-dimensional structure schematic diagram of the upper cover machine based on the outer cover of the medicine bottle;

[0025] Figure 2 The utility model provides a fixed shell internal structure schematic diagram of the upper cover machine based on the outer cover of the medicine bottle;

[0026] Figure 3 The utility model provides a partial decomposed structure schematic diagram of the upper cover machine based on the outer cover of the medicine bottle;

[0027] Figure 4 The utility model provides a second clamping mechanism and monitoring mechanism structure schematic diagram of the upper cover machine based on the outer cover of the medicine bottle.

[0028] In the figure: 1, base; 2, conveyor; 3, mounting frame; 4, control box; 5, fixed shell; 6, feeding pipe; 7, rotating seat; 8, first motor; 9, lifting cylinder; 10, first electric push rod; 11, rotating cylinder; 12, let go of the mouth; 13, second motor; 14, second electric push rod; 15, clamping block; 16, fixed seat; 17, third electric push rod; 18, clamping plate; 19, mounting plate; 20, infrared sensor; 21, camera. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0029] 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, not all the embodiments.

[0030] Embodiment 1: refer to Figures 1-4 A capping machine, comprising:

[0031] The base 1 is provided with a rectangular groove on the surface, and the rectangular groove is provided with a conveyor 2; the surface of the base 1 is fixedly provided with a mounting frame 3 for conveying the bottle body to be capped; the surface of the mounting frame 3 is fixedly provided with a control box 4 for controlling the operation of the whole capping machine; the inner wall of the top of the mounting frame 3 is fixedly provided with a fixed shell 5; the inner wall of the fixed shell 5 is rotatably connected with a rotating seat 7; the bottom of the rotating seat 7 is slidably penetrated by a plurality of lifting cylinders 9; the inner wall of the lifting cylinder 9 is rotatably connected with a rotating cylinder 11;

[0032] A drive mechanism is arranged on one side of the fixed shell 5 for providing driving for the rotating cylinder 11; the drive mechanism comprises a first motor 8, a first electric push rod 10 and a second motor 13; the first motor 8 is fixedly arranged on the top inner wall of the fixed shell 5; one end of the output shaft of the first motor 8 is fixed to the surface of the rotating seat 7, so that when the first motor 8 is started, the rotating seat 7 can be rotated; the first electric push rod 10 is fixedly arranged on the top inner wall of the rotating seat 7; one end of the output shaft of the first electric push rod 10 is fixed to the surface of the lifting cylinder 9, so that when the first electric push rod 10 is extended or retracted, the lifting cylinder 9 can slide up and down; the second motor 13 is fixedly arranged on the top inner wall of the lifting cylinder 9; one end of the output shaft of the second motor 13 is fixed to the surface of the rotating cylinder 11, so that when the second motor 13 is started, the rotating cylinder 11 can be rotated;

[0033] A first clamping mechanism is arranged on one side of the rotating cylinder 11 for clamping the bottle cap; the first clamping mechanism comprises two second electric push rods 14 which are fixedly arranged on the outer wall of the rotating cylinder 11 and symmetrically arranged; one end of the output shaft of the second electric push rod 14 extends to the inner side of the rotating cylinder 11 and is fixedly provided with a clamping block 15, so that when the second electric push rod 14 is extended or retracted, the clamping block 15 can be moved to clamp the bottle cap;

[0034] The second clamping mechanism is arranged on the surface of the base 1 and used for clamping the bottle body. The second clamping mechanism comprises two fixed seats 16, each of which is fixedly arranged on the surface of the base 1 and located at the two sides of the conveyor 2. One side of the fixed seat 16 is fixedly provided with a third electric push rod 17. One end of the output shaft of the third electric push rod 17 penetrates through the fixed seat 16 and is fixedly provided with a clamping plate 18. Therefore, when the third electric push rod 17 is extended or retracted, the clamping plate 18 can be driven to move inward or outward, so as to clamp or release the bottle body.

[0035] The monitoring mechanism is arranged on the surface of the base 1 and used for detecting the bottle body and the bottle cap. The monitoring mechanism comprises two mounting plates 19, each of which is fixedly arranged on the surface of the base 1. One side of each of the two mounting plates 19 is fixedly provided with an infrared sensor 20 and a camera 21 respectively. The infrared sensor 20 can detect the position of the bottle body, and the camera 21 can transmit the picture information of the assembled bottle body and bottle cap to the control box 4 for collation. If there is a defective product, the corresponding processing position is closed.

[0036] The application can be used in the field of medicine bottle processing, and can also be used in other fields applicable to the application.

[0037] Embodiment 2: An upper cover machine based on a medicine bottle outer cover improved on the basis of embodiment 1, which is applied to the field of medicine bottle processing.

[0038] In another aspect of the embodiment, the surface of the base 1 is fixedly provided with a feeding pipe 6 through a support. One end of the feeding pipe 6 is provided with a notch. The bottom end of the outer wall of the rotating cylinder 11 is provided with a clearance 12. The clearance 12 cooperates with the feeding pipe 6 to ensure that the bottle cap can smoothly enter the rotating cylinder 11, facilitate the clamping of the bottle cap by the clamping block 15, and avoid motion interference between structures.

[0039] In another aspect of the embodiment, one side of each of the clamping block 15 and the clamping plate 18 is fixedly provided with a rubber pad, so as to increase the friction and facilitate the assembly of the bottle cap and the bottle body.

[0040] However, as known by those skilled in the art, the working principles and wiring methods of the conveyor 2, the first motor 8, the first electric push rod 10, the second motor 13, the second electric push rod 14, the third electric push rod 17, the infrared sensor 20 and the camera 21 are common, which all belong to conventional means or common knowledge. Therefore, no further description is given here. Those skilled in the art can make any selection and arrangement according to their needs or convenience.

[0041] The above merely describes a preferred embodiment of the present application, and the protection scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any skilled person in the art, according to the technical scheme and the inventive concept of the present application, makes equivalent replacement or change within the technical range disclosed by the present application, which should be covered within the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A cap placing machine based on a vial outer cap, characterized by, The utility model relates to a bottle cap and bottle body automatic monitoring and labeling machine, including: Base (1), the surface of base (1) is equipped with rectangular slot, and the rectangular slot is equipped with conveyor (2), and the surface of base (1) is fixedly provided with mounting bracket (3), and the surface of mounting bracket (3) is fixedly provided with control box (4), and the top inner wall of mounting bracket (3) is fixedly provided with fixed shell (5), and the inner wall of fixed shell (5) is rotatably connected with rotating seat (7), and the bottom of rotating seat (7) is slidably penetrated with multiple lifting cylinders (9), and the inner wall of lifting cylinder (9) is rotatably connected with rotating cylinder (11); Driving mechanism, the driving mechanism is arranged at one side of fixed shell (5), is used for providing drive for rotating cylinder (11); First clamping mechanism, the first clamping mechanism is arranged at one side of rotating cylinder (11), is used for clamping bottle cap; Second clamping mechanism, the second clamping mechanism is arranged on the surface of base (1), is used for clamping bottle body; Monitoring mechanism, the monitoring mechanism is arranged on the surface of base (1), is used for detecting bottle body and bottle cap.

2. The cap machine based on the outer cap of a medicine bottle according to claim 1, characterized in that, The driving mechanism includes first motor (8), first electric push rod (10) and second motor (13), first motor (8) is fixedly provided on the top inner wall of fixed shell (5), one end of the output shaft of first motor (8) is fixed with the surface of rotating seat (7), first electric push rod (10) is fixedly provided on the top inner wall of rotating seat (7), one end of the output shaft of first electric push rod (10) is fixed with the surface of lifting cylinder (9), second motor (13) is fixedly provided on the top inner wall of lifting cylinder (9), one end of the output shaft of second motor (13) is fixed with the surface of rotating cylinder (11).

3. The cap machine based on the outer cap of a medicine bottle according to claim 2, characterized in that, The first clamping mechanism includes two second electric push rods (14), and the two second electric push rods (14) are symmetrically arranged on the outer wall of rotating cylinder (11), one end of the output shaft of second electric push rod (14) extends to the inner side of rotating cylinder (11) and is fixedly provided with clamping block (15).

4. The cap machine based on the outer cap of a medicine bottle according to claim 3, characterized in that, The second clamping mechanism includes two fixed seats (16), and the two fixed seats (16) are fixedly provided on the surface of base (1), and the two fixed seats (16) are respectively located on the two sides of conveyor (2), and one side of fixed seat (16) is fixedly provided with third electric push rod (17), and one end of the output shaft of third electric push rod (17) penetrates through fixed seat (16) and is fixedly provided with clamping plate (18).

5. A cap applicator based on a vial outer cap according to claim 4, characterized in that, The monitoring mechanism includes two mounting plates (19), and the two mounting plates (19) are fixedly provided on the surface of base (1), and one side of the two mounting plates (19) is respectively fixedly provided with infrared sensor (20) and camera (21).

6. A cap applicator based on a vial outer cap according to claim 5, characterized in that, The surface of base (1) is fixedly provided with feeding pipe (6) through support, one end of feeding pipe (6) is provided with notch, and the bottom end outer wall of rotating cylinder (11) is provided with accommodation opening (12), and accommodation opening (12) is matched with feeding pipe (6).

7. A cap applicator based on a vial outer cap according to claim 6, characterized in that, One side of clamping block (15) and clamping plate (18) is fixedly provided with rubber pad.