Arrangement device for bottles with different lengths and widths

By designing a sorting device with a flipping and straightening mechanism, the problem of inconsistent length direction of bottles of different lengths and widths on the conveyor belt was solved, achieving uniform sorting of bottles in the length and width directions and improving production efficiency.

CN223973328UActive Publication Date: 2026-03-06SONGYUAN LIDEZHENG INTELLIGENT TECH CO LTD
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Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-04-03
Publication Date
2026-03-06

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Technical Problem

Existing bottle unscramblers cannot effectively adjust rectangular bottles with unequal length and width to ensure they are aligned along their length, which affects subsequent production efficiency.

Method used

A sorting device was designed, which includes a support, a bottle flipper, a conveyor belt, a flipping brush, and a clamping belt. The flipping and straightening mechanism lays down and straightens bottles of different lengths and widths on the conveyor belt in a uniform manner, ensuring that the length and width are consistent.

Benefits of technology

This enabled the uniform arrangement of bottles of varying lengths and widths, improving the efficiency of subsequent production and the orderly arrangement of the bottles.

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Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of bottle arranging devices, and discloses an arranging device for bottles with different lengths and widths, which comprises a support, an inlet slide way is arranged at the front end of the support, the inlet slide way is connected with an inlet of a first 90-degree bottle turning device for putting down the bottles, and a conveying belt is arranged at an outlet of the first 90-degree bottle turning device. A guardrail plate is arranged on the side face of the conveying belt, an overturning brush is arranged on the guardrail plate, an overturning shaft is rotationally arranged at the rear end of the guardrail plate, bottles with unaligned lengths and widths are uniformly put down to enter the conveying belt after passing through the first 90-degree bottle overturning device, and the higher bottles with the wide faces attached to the conveying belt are put down through the overturning brush and the overturning shaft. The bottles are conveyed into the second 90-degree bottle turning device under the clamping of the clamping belt and the conveying belt, the second 90-degree bottle turning device is used for centralizing the bottles from a lying state to an upright state and conveying the bottles to the outlet slide way, the bottles are integrally and uniformly arranged in the length and width directions, and subsequent production is facilitated.
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Description

Technical Field

[0001] This utility model relates to the technical field of bottle sorting devices, specifically a sorting device for bottles of different lengths and widths. Background Technology

[0002] Bottle unscramblers are used to organize and arrange plastic bottles neatly on a conveyor belt when they are in a disorderly state, in order to meet the requirements of high automation. The function of bottle unscramblers is to sort out the randomly piled beverage bottles and arrange them in an orderly and directional manner on the conveyor belt, so that they can be transferred to other machines at high speed and efficiency for the next process (such as filling, labeling, packing, etc.), thereby improving the production efficiency of the entire production line.

[0003] For example, the "High-Speed ​​Bottle Unscrambler" disclosed in Chinese Patent Publication No. CN222118027U includes an operating table. A fixed column is mounted on top of the operating table, and a rotating bottle unscrambler is mounted on top of the fixed column. One end of the rotating bottle unscrambler has a bottle inlet, and the other end has a bottle outlet. A rotary motor is mounted at the bottom of the rotating bottle unscrambler, and a bottle mouth straightening plate is mounted on one side of the bottle outlet. This high-speed bottle unscrambler has the following advantages and effects: When the rotary motor is turned on, the rotating bottle unscrambler rotates, causing bottles to be fed out one by one from the bottle outlet. Because the bottle mouth is lighter than the bottle bottom, when the bottle mouth comes out first, due to its lighter weight, the bottle center is further back, and the bottle continues to move forward along the bottle mouth straightening plate. After the bottle bottom comes out, it is on the conveyor belt. Thus, the high-speed bottle unscrambler achieves fully automatic bottle unscrambling by utilizing gravity, greatly improving the working efficiency of the high-speed bottle unscrambler.

[0004] However, some bottles are currently designed with rectangular cross-sections of varying lengths and widths, requiring that the length direction be consistent during bottling and labeling. While the aforementioned bottle unscrambler can arrange bottles with circular cross-sections according to their opening direction, it does not have the function of aligning the length direction for bottles with rectangular cross-sections. Utility Model Content

[0005] In view of the shortcomings of the existing technology, the purpose of this utility model is to provide a sorting device for bottles of different lengths and widths, which can sort the bottles uniformly in the length and width directions, facilitating subsequent production.

[0006] To solve the above-mentioned technical problems, this utility model provides the following technical solution:

[0007] A sorting device for bottles of varying lengths and widths includes a support frame. An inlet slide is located at the front end of the support frame, connecting to the inlet of a first 90° bottle tilter for tilting bottles. A conveyor belt is located at the outlet of the first 90° bottle tilter. A guardrail is located on the side of the conveyor belt, and a rotating brush is mounted on the guardrail. A rotating shaft is rotatably mounted at the rear end of the guardrail. The surface of the rotating shaft is in contact with the front end surface of a clamping belt. The rear end of the clamping belt extends to the inlet of a second 90° bottle tilter. The outlet of the second 90° bottle tilter is connected to an outlet slide. The distance between the lower edges of the rotating brush and the rotating shaft and the upper surface of the conveyor belt is greater than the cross-sectional width of the bottle but less than the cross-sectional length of the bottle.

[0008] Preferably, the rotating brushes are arranged in two sets at intervals along the conveying direction of the conveyor belt, and each set of rotating brushes has two brushes at intervals.

[0009] Preferably, a bottle-out stabilizing brush is provided at the outlet of the first 90° bottle tilter.

[0010] Preferably, an anti-bottle-jumping roller brush is provided in front of the flipping shaft, and the anti-bottle-jumping roller brush is rotatably mounted on the guardrail plate.

[0011] Preferably, the clamping belt is mounted on the clamping belt plate via a tensioning roller, and the clamping belt plate is equipped with a belt motor for driving the clamping belt to rotate.

[0012] Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the sorting device for bottles with unequal length and width of this utility model are as follows: After passing through the first 90° bottle flipper, the bottles with misaligned length and width are uniformly laid down and enter the conveyor belt. The flipping brush and flipping shaft lay down the taller bottles with the wide side attached to the conveyor belt. The bottles are then sent into the second 90° bottle flipper under the clamping belt and the conveyor belt. The second 90° bottle flipper straightens the bottles from the flat state to the upright state and sends them out to the exit slide. The bottles are uniformly sorted in the length and width direction, which is convenient for subsequent production. Attached Figure Description

[0013] Figure 1 This is a side view of the overall structure of the sorting device for bottles of different lengths and widths according to this utility model;

[0014] Figure 2 This is a top view schematic diagram of the overall structure of the sorting device for bottles of different lengths and widths according to this utility model;

[0015] Figure 3 This is a diagram showing the state of bottles with unequal lengths and widths when their lengths and widths are misaligned.

[0016] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the flip shaft;

[0017] The components include: 1. Support frame; 2. Inlet slide; 3. First 90° bottle turner; 4. Conveyor belt; 5. Guardrail; 6. Turning brush; 7. Turning shaft; 8. Clamping belt; 9. Second 90° bottle turner; 10. Outlet slide; 11. Bottle stabilizing brush; 12. Anti-jumping roller brush; 13. Clamping belt plate; 14. Belt motor. Detailed Implementation

[0018] The specific embodiments of this utility model will now be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0019] Combination Figure 1 and Figure 2 As shown in the figure, this embodiment discloses a sorting device for bottles of different lengths and widths, including a support 1. The front end of the support 1 is provided with an inlet slide 2, which is connected to the inlet of a first 90° bottle flipper 3 for tilting the bottles. A conveyor belt 4 is provided at the outlet of the first 90° bottle flipper 3. A guardrail 5 is provided on the side of the conveyor belt 4. A flipping brush 6 is provided on the guardrail 5. A flipping shaft 7 is rotatably provided at the rear end of the guardrail 5. The surface of the flipping shaft 7 is in contact with the front end surface of a clamping belt 8. The rear end of the clamping belt 8 extends to the inlet of a second 90° bottle flipper 9. The outlet of the second 90° bottle flipper 9 is connected to an outlet slide 10. The distance between the lower edge of the flipping brush 6 and the flipping shaft 7 and the upper surface of the conveyor belt 4 is greater than the cross-sectional width of the bottle and less than the cross-sectional length of the bottle.

[0020] After sorting the bottles by their front and back, the bottle unscrambler connects them to inlet chute 2, and then... Figure 3 As shown, the bottles, which are of unequal length and width, are misaligned. After passing the first 90° bottle flipper 3, the misaligned bottles are uniformly laid down and enter the conveyor belt 4. The bottles with their longer sides against the conveyor belt 4 are lower, while those with their wider sides against the conveyor belt 4 are higher. Since the distance between the lower edge of the flipping brush 6 and the flipping shaft 7 and the upper surface of the conveyor belt 4 is greater than the cross-sectional width of the bottle but less than the cross-sectional length of the bottle, the higher bottles are brushed down by the flipping brush 6 to their longer sides against the conveyor belt 4. At the same time, the bottles that are not brushed down by the flipping brush 6 move with the conveyor belt 4 to the flipping shaft 7 and are then combined with... Figure 4 As shown, since the surface of the flipping shaft 7 is in close contact with the front end surface of the clamping belt 8, the flipping shaft 7 rotates under the drive of the rotation of the clamping belt 8, and lays down the bottles that have not been brushed down by the flipping brush 6. At this point, all the bottles enter the bottom of the clamping belt 8 with their long side in contact with the conveyor belt 4. The distance between the bottom of the clamping belt 8 and the upper surface of the conveyor belt 4 is the width of the bottle cross-section. The bottles are fed into the second 90° bottle flipper 9 under the clamping of the clamping belt 8 and the conveyor belt 4. The second 90° bottle flipper 9 straightens the bottles from the flat state to the upright state and sends them out to the exit slide 10, uniformly sorting the bottles in the length and width directions, which is convenient for subsequent production.

[0021] Specifically, two sets of the flipping brushes 6 are arranged at intervals along the conveying direction of the conveyor belt 4, and two flipping brushes 6 are arranged at intervals in each set.

[0022] The two sets of spaced-apart rotating brushes 6 can knock down a certain number of bottles. The two rotating brushes 6 in each set are symmetrically arranged to prevent the bottles from rotating during the knocking process.

[0023] Specifically, a bottle-stabilizing brush 11 is provided at the outlet of the first 90° bottle tilter 3.

[0024] This ensures that the first 90° bottle tilter 3 can stably dispense the bottle.

[0025] Specifically, an anti-bottle-jumping roller brush 12 is provided in front of the flipping shaft 7, and the anti-bottle-jumping roller brush 12 is rotatably mounted on the guardrail plate 5.

[0026] To prevent the bottle from jumping out of the container.

[0027] Specifically, the clamping belt 8 is mounted on the clamping belt plate 13 via a tensioning roller, and the clamping belt plate 13 is equipped with a belt motor 14 for driving the clamping belt 8 to rotate.

[0028] The belt motor 14 rotates the clamping belt 8, which, together with the conveyor belt 4, presses and transports the bottle, and drives the flipping shaft 7 to rotate.

[0029] The first 90° bottle flipper 3 and the second 90° bottle flipper 9 used in this embodiment are both existing technology products. They are equipped with a spiral slide that flips 90° inside. When the bottle passes through the slide, it rotates with the slide to achieve a 90° flip.

[0030] Although specific embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit, the scope of which is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A device for arranging bottles of different widths, comprising a support (1), characterized in that: The front end of the support (1) is provided with an entrance slide (2) connected with the entrance of a first 90° bottle turning device (3) for placing bottles, the outlet of the first 90° bottle turning device (3) is provided with a conveying belt (4), the side of the conveying belt (4) is provided with a guard plate (5), the guard plate (5) is provided with a turning brush (6), the rear end of the guard plate (5) is rotatably provided with a turning shaft (7), the surface of the turning shaft (7) is connected with the front end surface of a clamping belt (8), the rear end of the clamping belt (8) extends to the entrance of a second 90° bottle turning device (9), the outlet of the second 90° bottle turning device (9) is connected with an outlet slide (10), the lower edge of the turning brush (6) and the turning shaft (7) is greater than the cross-sectional width of the bottle and less than the cross-sectional length of the bottle.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein: The turning brush (6) is provided with two groups in the conveying direction of the conveying belt (4), and each group of the turning brush (6) is provided with two.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein: The outlet of the first 90° bottle turning device (3) is provided with a bottle outlet stabilizing brush (11).

4. The device according to claim 1, wherein: The front of the turning shaft (7) is provided with a jump-preventing bottle rotating roller brush (12) rotatably arranged on the guard plate (5).

5. The device according to claim 1, wherein: The clamping belt (8) is arranged on a clamping belt plate (13) through a tensioning roller, and the clamping belt plate (13) is provided with a belt motor (14) for driving the rotation of the clamping belt (8).

Citation Information

Patent Citations

  • High-speed bottle unscrambler

    CN222118027U