Tank cover metering and collecting device

The design of the can lid metering and collection device enables automated upright conveying and sorting of can lids, solving the problem of low efficiency in manual stacking and improving production efficiency and capacity.

CN223949576UActive Publication Date: 2026-02-27XIAMEN XINKUNYU MASCH EQUIP CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202520556767.6
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-03-27
Publication Date
2026-02-27
Estimated Expiration
2035-03-27

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Technical Problem

The current stacking operation of aluminum can lids relies on manual labor, resulting in low efficiency, insufficient production capacity, high costs, and difficulty in achieving automated production.

Method used

A can lid metering and collection device was designed, including a sorting and feeding component and a feeding component. It utilizes components such as a flipping roller, a lid-pushing roller, and a photoelectric sensor to realize the automated upright conveying, counting, and stacking of can lids.

Benefits of technology

It improves the efficiency and automation of can lid stacking, reduces labor costs, and increases production capacity.

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Abstract

The utility model relates to a tank cover metering and collecting device which comprises a machine frame, and a sequencing feeding assembly and a feeding assembly are installed on the machine frame. The sequencing feeding assembly comprises two overturning rollers, the inner sides of the overturning rollers are made of magnetic materials, the feeding rear ends of the overturning rollers are connected with a bearing rail, the two sides of the bearing rail are provided with cover pushing wheels used for ensuring that can covers vertically move, and the tail end of the bearing rail is connected to a cover groove rail. Photoelectric sensors which are used for counting and are arranged at the two ends are arranged on the cover groove track; the feeding assembly comprises a pneumatic linear guide rail, a sliding block, an air cylinder and a moving cutter. The sorting and feeding assembly is arranged on the rack, can covers conveyed horizontally are converted into vertically and forwards conveyed, the can covers can be conveniently converted into the vertical state from the horizontal state through the overturning rollers, transverse stacking and conveying are facilitated, the conveying assembly is used for conducting separated conveying on the can covers, conveying is more stable, operation efficiency is improved, and labor cost is reduced.
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Description

Technical Field

[0001] This utility model relates to the technical field of can sealing cap processing equipment, and in particular to a can cap metering and collection device. Background Technology

[0002] After processing, aluminum can lids require heat sealing. Generally, heat sealing involves stacking a pile of lids together. However, this stacking process is often done manually, requiring manual calculation of quantities before grouping and rearranging the lids. This method is detrimental to automated production, delays the entire processing time, and hinders increased output per unit area. Therefore, this invention proposes a can lid metering and collection device to address these problems. Utility Model Content

[0003] (1) Technical problems to be solved

[0004] This invention provides a can lid metering and collection device, which overcomes the shortcomings of existing manual can lid stacking and sorting operations, such as slow efficiency, low production capacity, and high cost.

[0005] (2) Technical solution

[0006] To solve the above-mentioned technical problems, this utility model provides a can lid metering and collecting device, including a frame, a sorting and feeding component installed on the frame, and a feeding component mounted above the sorting and feeding component.

[0007] The sorting and feeding assembly includes a frame plate set at the front end of the feed, and two flipping rollers are set on the frame plate. The inner side of the flipping rollers is made of magnetic material. The flipping rollers are driven by a first motor on the frame plate. The feeding rear end of the flipping rollers is connected to a receiving rail. The receiving rail is provided with two lid-pushing rollers on both sides to ensure that the lid moves upright. There are two lid-pushing rollers. The two lid-pushing rollers are provided with clamping grooves that match the lid at the middle position. The end of the receiving rail is connected to the lid groove rail. The lid groove rail is provided with photoelectric sensors set at both ends for counting.

[0008] The feeding assembly includes a bracket mounted above the frame, a pneumatic linear guide rail on the bracket, a slider capable of moving along the feeding direction mounted on the pneumatic linear guide rail, a cylinder mounted at the bottom of the slider, and a moving blade fixedly connected to the bottom of the piston rod of the cylinder.

[0009] Preferably, the receiving track is provided with an upwardly opening in an arc shape, and the arc opening of the receiving track is consistent with the outer diameter of the can lid.

[0010] Preferably, the receiving track is overlapped on the clamping openings of the two turnover rollers at one end.

[0011] Preferably, the receiving track is provided with limiting grooves on both sides of the push wheel, and the limiting grooves are U-shaped, and the push wheel pushes the can lid through the limiting grooves during assembly.

[0012] Preferably, the inner side of the cover groove track is provided with a plurality of limiting clamping pieces made of rubber material, the setting direction of the limiting clamping pieces is perpendicular to the conveying direction, and the two side edges of the cover groove track are both provided with the limiting clamping pieces inward.

[0013] Preferably, the two turnover rollers are driven by a first motor, the first motor is installed on the rack plate, the push wheel is driven by a second motor, the second motor is installed on the outer side of the rack plate, the bottom of the rotating shaft of each push wheel is provided with a first bevel gear, and the output shaft of the second motor is provided with a second bevel gear, and each first bevel gear is matched with one second bevel gear.

[0014] Preferably, the rack is provided with two groups of parallel sorting and feeding assemblies, the turnover rollers on the two groups of sorting and feeding assemblies are driven by a first motor, and the four turnover rollers are coaxially arranged.

[0015] The bottom of the push wheel on the two groups of sorting and feeding assemblies is provided with a first bevel gear, and the output shaft of the second motor is provided with four second bevel gears matched therewith.

[0016] Preferably, the top of the bracket is provided with a mounting plate (302), and the pneumatic linear guide rail is fixedly installed below the mounting plate.

[0017] Preferably, the bottom of the sliding block is downwardly provided with a frame arranged in a character 'Kang' shape, a horizontally arranged adjusting rod is penetrated in the middle of the frame, the pneumatic cylinder is installed at the bottom of the adjusting seat, and the adjusting seat is adjustably arranged on the adjusting rod.

[0018] Preferably, the adjusting seat is limited on the adjusting rod by a clamp.

[0019] (3) beneficial effects

[0020] The utility model provides a can cover metering collection device, has overcome the slow efficiency, low capacity, high cost's shortcoming of existing easy -open can packaging cover stack classification operation with manual, compared with prior art, the utility model has the following beneficial effects:

[0021] 1. The utility model discloses a sorting and feeding assembly is arranged on the frame, and the horizontally conveyed can cover is converted into vertical forward conveying, the inner side of the turnover roller is set as magnetic material, and the turnover roller is convenient for converting the can cover from horizontal state to vertical state, and it is convenient for horizontal stacking and conveying, and the conveying is more stable.

[0022] Through setting the receiving track, the can cover is conveniently transferred from the turnover roller to the cover groove track, and two cover pushing wheels for limiting and correcting the moving direction of the can cover are arranged on both sides of the receiving track, and the smoothness of the can cover conveying is improved.

[0023] 2. The utility model discloses a photoelectric sensor is arranged on the cover groove track, and a feeding assembly is arranged, and the cylinder in the feeding assembly moves downward and is inserted to the can cover of specified quantity under the instruction of the controller, and the specified quantity of can cover is classified and pushed, and the manual operation of separating and feeding is replaced, then the pneumatic linear guide rail drives the cylinder to move to the rear end, that is, a group of can cover of specified quantity is stacked and conveyed, and the operation efficiency is improved, and the labor cost is reduced. DRAWINGS

[0024] Figure 1 It is the overall structure front view of the utility model;

[0025] Figure 2 It is Figure 1 It is the enlarged structure schematic view of sorting and feeding assembly and feeding assembly part;

[0026] Figure 3 It is Figure 2 It is the structure schematic view of another view;

[0027] Figure 4 It is the enlarged view of the assembly structure of cover pushing wheel part.

[0028] The drawing mark is:

[0029] Frame (100);

[0030] Sorting and feeding assembly (200), turnover roller (201), first motor (202), cover pushing wheel (203), first bevel gear (2031), receiving track (204), second motor (205), second bevel gear (2051), cover groove track (206), limiting clamping piece (207);

[0031] Feeding assembly (300), support (301), mounting plate (302), pneumatic linear guide rail (33), sliding block (34), adjusting seat (305), adjusting rod (306), cylinder (307), knife moving (308);

[0032] Can cover (400). DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0033] The utility model makes further illustration to the utility model in combination with drawings and examples.

[0034] As Figures 1-4 Indicated, the utility model discloses a jar cover metering collection device, including frame 100, install sequencing feeding assembly 200 on frame 100, the top of sequencing feeding assembly 200 is equipped with feeding assembly 300;

[0035] Specifically, see Figure 2 And 3 , sequencing feeding assembly 200 includes the shelf board of setting at the front end of feeding, two turnover rollers 201 are arranged on the shelf board, the inner side of turnover roller 201 is made of magnetic material, turnover roller 201 is driven by first motor 202 on the shelf board, the feeding rear end of turnover roller 201 is connected with receiving rail 204, the both sides of receiving rail 204 are equipped with push cover wheel 203 for guaranteeing that jar cover 400 is vertically moved, push cover wheel 203 is equipped with two, the position of two push cover wheel 203 towards the middle is equipped with the clamping groove matched with jar cover 400, the end of receiving rail 204 is connected on cover groove rail 206, cover groove rail 206 is equipped with photoelectric sensor for counting at both ends;

[0036] See Figure 3 , feeding assembly 300 includes the bracket 301 installed above frame 100, pneumatic linear guide 33 is arranged on the bracket 301, the slider 304 capable of moving along the feeding direction is assembled on pneumatic linear guide 33, the bottom of slider 304 is installed with air cylinder 307, the piston rod bottom of air cylinder 307 is fixedly connected with knife 308.

[0037] In order to facilitate the transmission of jar cover 400, receiving rail 204 is arranged in arc shape and is open upward, the arc opening of receiving rail 204 is consistent with the outer diameter of jar cover 400, in order to make the transition more smooth, one end of receiving rail 204 is overlapped in the wheel track gap between two turnover rollers 201, and the other end is placed on the clamping opening of cover groove rail 206, in order to realize the cooperation of push cover wheel 203 and jar cover 400, the both sides of receiving rail 204 towards push cover wheel 203 are equipped with limit slot, the limit slot is arranged in U shape, when assembling, push cover wheel 203 pushes jar cover 400 through limit slot;

[0038] In order to facilitate jar cover 400 to enter cover groove rail 206 and can effectively limit stacking, the inner side of cover groove rail 206 is equipped with a plurality of limit clamping pieces 207 made of rubber material, the setting direction of limit clamping piece 207 is perpendicular to the conveying direction, the both side portions of cover groove rail 206 are both equipped with limit clamping piece 207 towards the inside.

[0039] SeeFigure 2 and 3 To achieve the driving mechanism, the two flipping rollers 201 are driven by a first motor 202, which is mounted on the frame plate. The push-cover rollers 203 are driven by a second motor 205, which is mounted on the outer side of the frame plate. Each push-cover roller 203 has a first bevel gear 2031 at its bottom of its rotating shaft, and a second bevel gear 2051 is mounted on the output shaft of the second motor 205. Each first bevel gear 2031 corresponds to one second bevel gear 2051. Furthermore, it should be noted that in this solution… Two sets of sorting and feeding components 200 can also be set to improve the feeding efficiency. Specifically, the frame 100 is provided with two sets of parallel sorting and feeding components 200. The flipping rollers 201 on the two sets of sorting and feeding components 200 are driven by the first motor 202. The four flipping rollers 201 are coaxially arranged. The bottom of the push-cover rollers 203 on the two sets of sorting and feeding components 200 is provided with a first bevel gear 2031. The output shaft of the second motor 205 is provided with four second bevel gears 2051 that are matched with it.

[0040] The top of the bracket 301 is provided with a mounting plate 302, and the pneumatic linear guide rail 33 is fixedly installed below the mounting plate 302;

[0041] To achieve adjustment of the adjusting seat 305, a U-shaped frame is installed with the bottom of the slider 34 facing downwards. A horizontally arranged adjusting rod 306 is passed through the middle of the frame. The cylinder 307 is installed at the bottom of the adjusting seat 305. The adjusting seat 305 is adjustablely mounted on the adjusting rod 306. The adjusting seat 305 is fixed on the adjusting rod 306 by a clamp. By adjusting the position of the adjusting seat 305 on the adjusting rod 306, the moving blade 308 below the cylinder 307 can push different numbers of can lids 400, achieving a fine-tuning effect.

[0042] In actual work, the tank cover is horizontally conveyed to the front end of the turnover roller by an external conveying belt, and under the driving of the magnetic material on the inner side of the turnover roller, the tank cover is converted from horizontal conveying to vertical and upright conveying, and under the stacking of the tank covers, is conveyed backward to the receiving track, and the tank cover in conveying is corrected and pushed by the cover pushing wheels on both sides of the receiving track, and it should be noted that the turnover roller is driven to rotate by the first motor, the cover pushing wheels are driven to rotate by the second motor and the bevel gears, the tank cover is conveyed forward, and finally is conveyed to the cover groove track through the receiving track, and since the cover groove track is provided with the limiting clamping pieces made of flexible material on both sides, the tank cover is flexibly clamped so that each tank cover can be closely fitted in the cover groove track, and it should be noted that the front end and the rear end of the cover groove track are provided with the photoelectric sensors, the length of the stacked tank covers is counted, that is, the number of the stacked tank covers is calculated, when the tank cover reaches a certain length, that is, reaches a certain number, the cylinder is started by the controller, the cylinder is lowered to insert the knife into the middle of the specified tank cover, then under the driving of the pneumatic linear guide rail, the cylinder moves to the rear end, and simultaneously drives the knife to move to the rear tank cover to the next process, so as to realize the classified and stacked conveying, which is equivalent to conveying the tank covers batch by batch and stack by stack backward under the joint operation of the photoelectric sensor, the controller (not shown in the figure), the pneumatic linear guide rail and the cylinder, and it should be noted that the connection of the photoelectric sensor and the cylinder with the controller is prior art, which will not be described in detail here.

[0043] The contents not described in detail in the specification belong to the prior art known by the person skilled in the art.

[0044] The above-described embodiments only express the preferred embodiments of the present application, and the description is more specific and detailed, but the present application is not limited to these embodiments, and it should be pointed out that for the person skilled in the art, any improvement without departing from the purpose of the present application falls within the protection scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application patent should be subject to the appended claims.

Claims

1. A can cover metering collection device, comprising a rack, a sorting feeding assembly is installed on the rack, and a feeding assembly is assembled above the sorting feeding assembly. The sorting feeding assembly comprises a rack plate arranged at the front end of the feeding, two turnover rollers are arranged on the rack plate, the inner side of the turnover roller is made of magnetic material, the turnover roller is driven by a first motor on the rack plate, the feeding rear end of the turnover roller is connected with a receiving track, the two sides of the receiving track are provided with cover pushing wheels for ensuring the upright movement of the can cover, the cover pushing wheels are provided with two, the middle part of the two cover pushing wheels is provided with a clamping groove matched with the can cover, the end of the receiving track is connected with a cover groove track, and photoelectric sensors arranged at both ends of the cover groove track are arranged on the cover groove track for counting. The feeding assembly comprises a bracket installed above the rack, a pneumatic linear guide rail is arranged on the bracket, a sliding block capable of moving along the feeding direction is assembled on the pneumatic linear guide rail, a pneumatic cylinder is installed at the bottom of the sliding block, and a knife moving rod is fixedly connected to the bottom of the piston rod of the pneumatic cylinder.

2. A tamper-evident closure according to claim 1, wherein The receiving track is arranged in an arc shape and is open upward, and the arc opening of the receiving track is consistent with the outer diameter of the can cover.

3. A tamper-evident closure according to claim 2, wherein One end of the receiving track is overlapped on the clamping opening of the two turnover rollers.

4. A tamper-evident closure according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the closure is a screw closure. The two sides of the receiving track towards the cover pushing wheels are provided with limiting grooves, the limiting grooves are arranged in a U shape, and the cover pushing wheels push the can cover through the limiting grooves during assembly.

5. A tamper-evident closure according to claim 4, wherein The inner side of the cover groove track is provided with a plurality of limiting clamping pieces made of rubber material, the setting direction of the limiting clamping pieces is perpendicular to the conveying direction, and the two side edges of the cover groove track are provided with the limiting clamping pieces inward.

6. A tamper-evident closure according to claim 5, wherein The two turnover rollers are driven by a first motor, the first motor is installed on the rack plate, the cover pushing wheels are driven by a second motor, the second motor is installed on the outer side of the rack plate, the bottom of the rotating shaft of the two cover pushing wheels is provided with a first bevel gear, the output shaft of the second motor is provided with a second bevel gear, and each first bevel gear is matched with one second bevel gear.

7. A tamper-evident closure according to claim 6, wherein Two groups of parallel sorting feeding assemblies are arranged on the rack, the turnover rollers of the two groups of sorting feeding assemblies are driven by a first motor, and the four turnover rollers are coaxially arranged. The bottom of the cover pushing wheels of the two groups of sorting feeding assemblies is provided with a first bevel gear, and four second bevel gears are arranged on the output shaft of the second motor and matched with the first bevel gears.

8. A tamper-evident closure according to claim 7, wherein The top of the bracket is provided with a mounting plate, and the pneumatic linear guide rail is fixedly installed below the mounting plate.

9. A tamper-evident closure according to claim 8, wherein The bottom of the sliding block is downwardly provided with a frame arranged in a "n" shape, a horizontally arranged adjusting rod is penetrated through the middle part of the frame, the pneumatic cylinder is installed at the bottom of an adjusting seat, and the adjusting seat is adjustably arranged on the adjusting rod.

10. A tamper-evident closure according to claim 9, wherein The adjusting seat is limited on the adjusting rod by a clamp.