Multi-turning-plate cigarette folding machine
By designing the guide components and guide rails of the multi-flip cigarette stacking machine, the problem of conflict between the flip length and the rotation space is solved, enabling efficient stacking of cigarette strips of various specifications and improving production efficiency and quality.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-04-24
- Publication Date
- 2026-03-17
AI Technical Summary
Existing cigarette stacking equipment suffers from a conflict between the length and rotation space of the flip plate design, making it difficult to adapt to diverse cigarette specifications, resulting in poor stacking effect and low production efficiency.
The multi-flipping cigarette stacking machine uses guide components and guide rails to guide the flipping plates to slide. Combined with the design of the circulation mechanism and mounting base, it realizes the telescopic movement of the flipping plates, avoids collisions, and adapts to various cigarette strip specifications.
It improves space utilization, reduces the chance of collision between the flip plate and the stacked cigarette bars, enhances the adaptability and production efficiency of the equipment, and reduces maintenance costs.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] This utility model relates to the field of cigarette stacking machine technology, specifically to a multi-flip cigarette stacking machine. Background Technology
[0002] In the cigarette packing process, the cigarette packing machine undertakes important operations such as stacking, packing and sealing.
[0003] In the existing technology, when stacking cigarette packs, firstly, a conveying device is used to transport the cigarette packs to a flip plate; the flip plate rotates to release the cigarette packs, causing them to fall, and this process is repeated, with the cigarette packs being accumulated into multi-layer stacks according to orders.
[0004] However, to accommodate the stacking of various sizes of cigarette packs, there is a conflict between the length of the flap and the rotation space, as well as the height of the bottom stacked cigarettes. If the flap is designed to be too long, it will not only require too much space to rotate, but it is also very likely to collide with the already stacked cigarette packs at the bottom when rotating downwards, affecting the stacking effect. This forces the flap to be designed to be relatively narrow, ultimately making it difficult for the flap to adapt to diverse cigarette pack sizes and unable to support more types of cigarette packs.
[0005] Based on the aforementioned industry pain points, and in order to overcome the bottlenecks of existing cigarette stacking technology and meet the needs of multi-specification cigarette stacking in actual production, we have conducted in-depth research and exploration and innovatively proposed a new type of feeding mechanism specifically for cigarette stacking. We hope to solve industry problems and improve production efficiency and quality. Utility Model Content
[0006] To address the aforementioned shortcomings of existing technologies, this invention proposes a multi-flip cigarette stacking machine. This invention improves space utilization, avoids affecting the stacking effect, adapts to diverse cigarette strip specifications, can accommodate more types of cigarette strips, and is conducive to improving production efficiency and quality.
[0007] To achieve the above objectives, the technical solution adopted by this utility model is as follows:
[0008] A multi-flip cigarette stacking machine includes a cigarette flipping assembly, which includes a guide plate, a circulation mechanism, and at least two flipping mechanisms disposed on the circulation mechanism. The circulation mechanism is used to drive the flipping mechanisms to rotate cyclically to stack the delivered cigarettes.
[0009] The flipping mechanism includes a flipping plate and a guide member. The flipping plate is mounted on the circulation mechanism via a mounting base, and the two sides of the flipping plate parallel to the first direction are slidably connected to the mounting base.
[0010] The flip plate has guide members on both sides parallel to the first direction, and guide plates are vertically arranged on both sides parallel to the first direction. Guide rails are provided on the guide plates, and the guide rails are used to cooperate with the guide members to guide the movement of the flip plate.
[0011] Furthermore, the mounting base includes two side plates, which are symmetrically arranged on the circulation mechanism. The two side plates are slidably connected to the two sides of the flip plate by sliding members.
[0012] Furthermore, the two side plates are mounted on the circulation mechanism via a fixed back plate.
[0013] Furthermore, the sliding member includes a sliding rail portion and a slider portion that are slidably engaged. The sliding rail portion is disposed on the side plate, and the slider portion is disposed on the side of the flip plate. The sliding rail portion adopts an elongated hole, an elongated groove, or an elongated rod disposed on the side plate.
[0014] Furthermore, the sliding member includes a sliding rail portion and a slider portion that are slidably engaged. The slider portion is disposed on the side plate, and the sliding rail portion is disposed on the side of the flip plate.
[0015] Furthermore, the circulation mechanism includes upper and lower sets of sprockets and chains mounted on the sprockets.
[0016] Furthermore, at least two of the aforementioned flipping mechanisms are spaced apart on the chain.
[0017] Furthermore, the circulation mechanism includes two sets of pulleys, upper and lower, and a transmission belt disposed on the pulleys; or, the circulation mechanism includes two sets of rope pulleys, upper and lower, and a transmission rope disposed on the rope pulleys.
[0018] Furthermore, the guide component is a sliding wheel.
[0019] Furthermore, it also includes a cigarette receiving component disposed at the lower part of the cigarette flipping component, the cigarette receiving component being used to receive the cigarettes flipped and stacked by the cigarette flipping component, and to push the stacked cigarettes to the conveying device.
[0020] The beneficial effects of this utility model are:
[0021] 1. Because the mounting base in the flipping mechanism is located on the circulation mechanism, the flipping plate in the flipping mechanism can slide relative to the mounting base. Therefore, the flipping plate can slide relative to the mounting base through the guidance of the guide member and guide rail. When the flipping plate slides into the mounting base, it can reduce the external space occupied by the flipping plate, which not only improves space utilization, but also avoids the flipping plate colliding with the already stacked cigarette packs below when flipping downwards, which is conducive to ensuring the stacking effect. When the flipping plate slides out of the mounting base, the flipping plate can receive the transferred cigarette packs. There is no need to design the length of the flipping plate to be narrow in order to avoid the already stacked cigarette packs below. This allows the flipping plate to adapt to various cigarette pack specifications and can carry more types of cigarette packs, which is conducive to improving adaptability.
[0022] In summary, the multi-flip cigarette stacking machine of this utility model solves the industry pain points in the background technology, breaks through the bottleneck of existing cigarette stacking technology, meets the needs of stacking multi-specification cigarette strips in actual production, and is conducive to improving production efficiency and quality.
[0023] 2. Since the sliding component is located between the side of the flip plate and the side plate in the mounting base, and is not located at the bottom of the mounting base, the sliding component will not be exposed directly below the cigarette pack when the flip plate extends out from inside the mounting base to receive the cigarette pack. This reduces the chance of the cigarette pack colliding with the sliding component, reduces the chance of damage to the sliding component, and helps to save maintenance costs.
[0024] 3. Since the fixed back plate and two side plates in the mounting base can form a frame structure, a cavity for accommodating the flip plate is formed in the middle of the mounting base. At this time, the assembly structure of the mounting base and the flip plate is the simplest, which is conducive to further weight reduction and to improving the operating speed and production efficiency of the multi-flip smoke stacking machine. Attached Figure Description
[0025] Figure 1 When using elongated holes as the slide rail, the three-dimensional tilting mechanism Figure 1 ;
[0026] Figure 2 When using elongated holes as the slide rail, the three-dimensional tilting mechanism Figure 2 ;
[0027] Figure 3 This is a three-dimensional view of the flipping mechanism when the first long groove is used as the slide rail.
[0028] Figure 4 This is a perspective view of the flipping mechanism when the first long groove is used as the slide rail and the fixed back plate is removed.
[0029] Figure 5 This is a three-dimensional view of the flipping mechanism when the second long groove is used as the slide rail.
[0030] Figure 6This is a top view of the flipping mechanism when the second long groove is used as the slide rail section;
[0031] Figure 7 This is a three-dimensional view of the flipping mechanism when a long, narrow rod is used as the slide rail.
[0032] Figure 8 This is a top view of the flipping mechanism when a long, narrow rod is used as the slide rail.
[0033] Figure 9 This is a schematic diagram of the guide plate structure;
[0034] Figure 10 This is a structural diagram of a multi-flip smoke stacking machine.
[0035] Explanation of reference numerals in the attached figures:
[0036] 11-Fixed back panel, 12-Side panel,
[0037] 2- Flip-up plate,
[0038] 3-Pulley,
[0039] 41-Slider section, 42-Elongated hole, 43a-First elongated groove, 43b-Second elongated groove, 44-Elongated rod body,
[0040] 5-Guide plate, 51-Guide rail,
[0041] 61-Sprocket, 62-Chain,
[0042] 71-Connect to smoke platform, 72-Smoke pusher plate. Detailed Implementation
[0043] To better understand this utility model, it will be further described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It is worth noting that in the description of this utility model, terms such as "center," "upper," "lower," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "inner," and "outer" indicate the orientation or positional relationship based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the accompanying drawings. These terms are used only for the convenience of describing this utility model and for simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, or be constructed and operated in a specific orientation. Therefore, they should not be construed as limitations on this utility model.
[0044] Example:
[0045] See Figure 10 A multi-flip cigarette stacking machine includes a cigarette flipping assembly. The cigarette flipping assembly includes a guide plate 5, a circulation mechanism, and at least two flipping mechanisms mounted on the circulation mechanism. The circulation mechanism drives the flipping mechanisms to rotate cyclically to stack the delivered cigarette packs.
[0046] The flipping mechanism includes a mounting base, a flipping plate 2, sliding members, and guide members. The flipping plate 2 is mounted on the circulation mechanism via the mounting base. The two sides of the flipping plate 2 parallel to the first direction are slidably connected to the mounting base via sliding members, and guide members are mounted on both sides of the flipping plate 2 parallel to the first direction. Guide plates 5 are vertically arranged on both sides of the flipping plate 2 parallel to the first direction, and guide rails 51 are mounted on the guide plates 5. The guide rails 51 cooperate with the guide members to guide the movement of the flipping plate 2.
[0047] See Figures 1 to 8 The mounting base includes a fixed back plate 11 and two symmetrically arranged side plates 12. The fixed back plate 11 is used to fix the chain 62 in the circulation mechanism. The fixed back plate 11 and the side plates 12 are fixedly connected at right angles.
[0048] The two side plates 12 in the mounting base are slidably connected to the two sides of the flip plate 2 parallel to the first direction via sliding members. The sliding member includes a sliding rail part and a slider part 41 that are slidably engaged. The sliding rail part is fixedly mounted on the side plate 12, and the slider part 41 is fixedly mounted on the side of the flip plate 2; or, the slider part 41 is fixedly mounted on the side plate 12, and the sliding rail part is fixedly mounted on the side of the flip plate 2.
[0049] See Figures 1 to 8 The guide component can be a sliding wheel 3, which is fixedly installed on both sides of the tilting plate 2 parallel to the first direction. See [reference needed] Figure 9 As one possible approach, the guide rail 51 can be a grooved track, with the sliding wheel 3 sliding inside the grooved track.
[0050] See Figure 10 The circulation mechanism has two symmetrically arranged parts, each including two sets of upper and lower sprockets 61 and a chain 62 wound around the two sets of sprockets 61. The two sets of sprockets 61 are driven by the chain 62. In addition to the above-mentioned transmission method of sprockets 61 and chain 62, other transmission methods can be adopted, such as the transmission method of pulleys and transmission belts (the transmission belt can be a synchronous belt, V-belt, etc.), or the transmission method of rope pulleys and transmission ropes (the transmission rope can be steel wire, etc.).
[0051] At least two flipping mechanisms are spaced apart on chain 62. See also Figure 10 In this embodiment, seven flipping mechanisms are spaced apart on the chain 62, and for these seven flipping mechanisms, the fixed back plate 11 in the mounting base is fixedly mounted on the chain 62.
[0052] See Figure 10 When the chain 62 in the circulation mechanism rotates around the upper and lower sets of sprockets 61, the chain 62 drives the seven flipping mechanisms to rotate in a cycle. The flipping plate 2 in the flipping mechanism slides and extends relative to the mounting base through the guidance of the sliding wheel 3 and the guide rail 51.
[0053] See Figure 10 For the two symmetrical guide rails 51 on the guide plate 5, the side of the two guide rails 51 that are close to each other is the inner side of the guide rail 51, and the side of the two guide rails 51 that are far apart from each other is the outer side of the guide rail 51.
[0054] See Figure 10 Since the upper, outer, and lower sides of the guide rail 51 are close to the chain 62, when the flipping plate 2 in the flipping mechanism rotates to the upper, outer, and lower sides of the guide rail 51, the flipping plate 2 slides towards the inner side of the mounting base, so that the flipping plate 2 is in a close proximity to the chain 62, which can reduce the space occupied by the flipping plate 2 on the upper, outer, and lower sides. On the one hand, it can improve space utilization; on the other hand, when the flipping plate 2 rotates downward, it can avoid the flipping plate 2 colliding with the already stacked cigarette strips below, which is conducive to ensuring the stacking effect of cigarettes.
[0055] See Figure 10 Because the inner side of the guide rail 51 is far from the chain 62, when the flipping plate 2 in the flipping mechanism rotates with the chain 62 to the inner side of the guide rail 51, the flipping plate 2 slides outward towards the mounting base. At this time, the flipping plate 2 can receive the cigarette packs being transported. There is no need to design the length of the flipping plate 2 to be narrow in order to avoid the cigarette packs already stacked below, so that the flipping plate 2 can adapt to various cigarette pack specifications and can carry more types of cigarette packs, which is beneficial to improving adaptability. When the flipping plate 2 rotates to a horizontal state on the inner side of the guide rail 51, it can receive the cigarette packs being transported (by the conveyor). As the chain 62 continues to rotate, the flipping plates 2 in the left and right flipping mechanisms flip downward, allowing the cigarette packs to be released and fall.
[0056] This embodiment presents the following three structures for the slide rail section.
[0057] (1) See Figure 1 and Figure 2 The first type of slide rail uses an elongated hole 42 on the side plate 12, with the slider 41 slidingly engaged with the elongated hole 42. When the chain 62 drives the mounting base to rotate, the mounting base drives the flip plate 2 to rotate together. Since the sliding wheel 3 on the side of the flip plate 2 is guided by the track of the guide rail 51, the sliding wheel 3 drives the flip plate 2 to move along the track of the guide rail 51, causing the flip plate 2 to extend and retract relative to the mounting base. During the extension and retraction of the flip plate 2, the slider 41 slides within the elongated hole 42.
[0058] (2) The second type of slide rail adopts a long groove provided on the side plate 12. There are two types of long grooves, which are referred to as the first long groove 43a and the second long groove 43b respectively.
[0059] See Figure 3 and Figure 4The first long groove 43a is obtained by stamping the side plate 12. The opening of the first long groove 43a faces the side of the flip plate 2. The slider part 41 located on the side of the flip plate 2 slides in conjunction with the groove cavity of the first long groove 43a.
[0060] See Figure 5 and Figure 6 The second long groove 43b is obtained by stamping the side plate 12. The groove opening of the second long groove 43b is away from the side of the flip plate 2. The bottom of the second long groove 43b is raised and faces the flip plate 2. The slider part 41 located on the side of the flip plate 2 is fastened to the raised bottom of the second long groove 43b.
[0061] During the extension and retraction of the flip plate 2 relative to the mounting base, the slider part 41 located on the side of the flip plate 2 slides along the long groove.
[0062] (3) See Figure 7 and Figure 8 The third type of slide rail is a long strip rod 44, which is fixedly installed on the side of the side plate 12 facing the flip plate 2. During the extension and retraction of the flip plate 2 relative to the mounting base, the slider part 41 located on the side of the flip plate 2 slides along the long strip rod 44.
[0063] The multi-flip cigarette stacking machine of this embodiment also includes a cigarette receiving component installed at the lower part of the cigarette flipping component. The cigarette receiving component is used to receive the cigarettes flipped and stacked by the cigarette flipping component and push the stacked cigarettes to the conveying device.
[0064] See Figure 10 The smoke receiving assembly includes a smoke receiving mechanism and a smoke pushing mechanism.
[0065] See Figure 10 The cigarette receiving mechanism includes a cigarette receiving platform 71, which is installed at the lower part of the cigarette flipping assembly. The cigarette receiving platform 71 is used to receive the cigarettes released by the flipping plate 2 flipping downwards. As the flipping plate 2 on the chain 62 flips downwards in a cycle to release the cigarettes, the cigarettes on the cigarette receiving platform 71 are stacked into a pile.
[0066] See Figure 10 The tobacco pushing mechanism includes a tobacco pushing plate 72 and a driving component for driving the tobacco pushing plate 72 to move horizontally. The tobacco pushing plate 72 is located on one side of the tobacco receiving platform 71. The driving component can be a telescopic device such as a hydraulic cylinder. By extending or retracting the piston rod of the hydraulic cylinder, the tobacco pushing plate 72 mounted on the piston rod of the hydraulic cylinder can be driven to move horizontally, and the tobacco pushing plate 72 pushes the stack of tobacco on the tobacco receiving platform 71 onto the conveying device. The conveying device can be a belt conveyor, chain conveyor, or other device with conveying function.
[0067] Based on the above description, the multi-flip smoke folding machine of this embodiment has the following advantages:
[0068] First, since the mounting base in the flipping mechanism is set on the circulation mechanism, the flipping plate 2 in the flipping mechanism can slide relative to the mounting base. Therefore, the flipping plate 2 can slide relative to the mounting base through the guidance of the guide member and the guide rail 51. When the flipping plate 2 slides into the mounting base, the external space occupied by the flipping plate 2 can be reduced, which not only improves the space utilization rate, but also avoids the flipping plate 2 from colliding with the already stacked cigarette strips below when flipping downwards, which is conducive to ensuring the stacking effect. When the flipping plate 2 slides out of the mounting base, the flipping plate 2 can receive the transferred cigarette strips. There is no need to design the length of the flipping plate 2 to be narrow in order to avoid the already stacked cigarette strips below, so that the flipping plate 2 can adapt to various cigarette strip specifications and can carry more types of cigarette strips, which is conducive to improving adaptability.
[0069] In summary, the multi-flip cigarette stacking machine of this embodiment solves the industry pain points in the background technology, breaks through the bottleneck of existing cigarette stacking technology, meets the needs of stacking multi-specification cigarette strips in actual production, and is conducive to improving production efficiency and quality.
[0070] Secondly, since the sliding component is located between the side of the flip plate 2 and the side plate 12 in the mounting base, and is not located at the bottom of the mounting base, the sliding component will not be exposed directly below the cigarette when the flip plate 2 extends out from inside the mounting base to receive the cigarette. This reduces the probability of the cigarette colliding with the sliding component and the probability of damage to the sliding component, which helps to save maintenance costs.
[0071] Third, since the fixed back plate 11 and the two side plates 12 in the mounting base can form a frame structure, a cavity for accommodating the flip plate 2 is formed in the middle of the mounting base. At this time, the assembly structure of the mounting base and the flip plate 2 is the simplest, which is conducive to further weight reduction and to improving the operating speed and production efficiency of the multi-flip smoke stacking machine.
[0072] Obviously, those skilled in the art can make various modifications and variations to this utility model without departing from its spirit and scope. Therefore, if these modifications and variations fall within the scope of the claims of this utility model and their equivalents, this utility model also intends to include these modifications and variations.
Claims
1. A multi-flap stacker, characterized by, The cigarette turnover assembly comprises a guide plate, a circulating mechanism and at least two turnover mechanisms arranged on the circulating mechanism, and the circulating mechanism is used to drive the turnover mechanisms to rotate circularly to stack the conveyed cigarettes; The turnover mechanism comprises a turnover plate and a guide, the turnover plate is arranged on the circulating mechanism through a mounting seat, and the two side portions of the turnover plate parallel to the first direction are in sliding connection with the mounting seat; The two side portions of the turnover plate parallel to the first direction are provided with the guide, and the two side portions of the turnover plate parallel to the first direction are vertically provided with a guide plate, the guide plate is provided with a guide rail, and the guide rail is used to guide the movement of the turnover plate in cooperation with the guide.
2. A multi-flap cigarette stacking machine according to claim 1, characterized in that, The mounting seat comprises two side plates, the two side plates are symmetrically arranged on the circulating mechanism, and the two side plates are in sliding connection with the two side portions of the turnover plate through sliding members respectively.
3. A multi-flap cigarette stacking machine according to claim 2, characterized in that, The two side plates are arranged on the circulating mechanism through a fixed back plate.
4. The multi-flap cigarette stacking machine according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that, The sliding member comprises a slidingly matched sliding rail portion and a sliding block portion, the sliding rail portion is arranged on the side plate, the sliding block portion is arranged on the side portion of the turnover plate, and the sliding rail portion is a long hole, a long slot or a long strip-shaped rod arranged on the side plate.
5. The multi-flap cigarette stacking machine according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that, The sliding member comprises a slidingly matched sliding rail portion and a sliding block portion, the sliding block portion is arranged on the side plate, and the sliding rail portion is arranged on the side portion of the turnover plate.
6. The multi-flap cigarette stacking machine according to claim 1, wherein, The circulating mechanism comprises two sets of upper and lower chain wheels and chains arranged on the chain wheels.
7. A multi-flap carton stacker according to claim 6, wherein At least two turnover mechanisms are arranged on the chains at intervals.
8. The multi-flap cigarette stacking machine according to claim 1, wherein, The circulating mechanism comprises two sets of upper and lower belt wheels and transmission belts arranged on the belt wheels; or The circulating mechanism comprises two sets of upper and lower rope wheels and transmission ropes arranged on the rope wheels.
9. The multi-flap cigarette stacking machine according to claim 1, wherein, The guide is a sliding wheel.
10. The multi-flap cigarette stacking machine according to claim 1, wherein, The cigarette turnover assembly further comprises a cigarette receiving assembly arranged at the lower part of the cigarette turnover assembly, the cigarette receiving assembly is used to receive the stacked cigarettes overturned by the cigarette turnover assembly, and the stacked cigarettes are pushed to a conveying device.