Material nozzle structure of filling machine
By introducing a self-cleaning mechanism into the filling machine nozzle, the honey is cleaned using a high-pressure air curtain and water jet, solving the problems of difficult nozzle cleaning and cross-contamination, and achieving automatic cleaning and continuous production.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- SHOUGUAN (CHANGZHOU) INTELLIGENT TECH CO LTD
- Filing Date
- 2025-07-30
- Publication Date
- 2026-05-01
AI Technical Summary
When honey is used in the filling machine nozzle, bacteria can easily grow, making cleaning difficult, leading to increased downtime and cross-contamination. In addition, honey is prone to crystallization, causing blockages.
A nozzle structure with a self-cleaning mechanism was designed, including a cutting component and a high-pressure air curtain nozzle, for automatically removing residual honey and cleaning the interior with high-pressure water jets and cleaning fluid to prevent contamination and clogging.
It automatically removes residual honey from inside the feed nozzle, reducing downtime, preventing cross-contamination, and ensuring production continuity and product hygiene and safety.
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Abstract
Description
A nozzle structure for a filling machine Technical Field
[0001] This utility model relates to the field of nozzle technology, and more specifically, to a nozzle structure for a filling machine. Background Technology
[0002] The nozzle of a filling machine is a key component that directly contacts honey at the end of the machine. Its core function is to act as a precise outlet for the honey, responsible for quantitatively and controllably filling liquid, paste, or powdered honey from the storage tank or metering system into the container. Through precise orifice design, valve control, and sealing structure, it ensures a drip-free, accurate, and controllable filling process, and adapts to different container openings and honey characteristics. It is widely used in production lines in the food and beverage, daily chemical, and pharmaceutical industries.
[0003] However, in actual use, when filling honey, because honey is viscous and easily crystallizes, bacteria can easily grow when there is residual honey. Cleaning requires stopping the machine, which increases costs. Therefore, it is necessary to automatically clean the internal parts during filling intervals or when changing products to effectively remove residual honey, avoid cross-contamination between batches, reduce downtime caused by cleaning, and effectively deal with honey adhesion. It is also necessary to automatically remove residual honey inside the nozzle to prevent it from drying, crystallizing, and causing blockage. Summary of the Invention
[0004] In order to overcome the above-mentioned defects of the prior art, the present invention provides a nozzle structure for a filling machine to solve the problems mentioned in the background art.
[0005] To achieve the above objectives, this utility model provides the following technical solution: a nozzle structure for a filling machine, including a filling nozzle, a cutting component 1 inside the filling nozzle, a nozzle cavity fixedly mounted on the top of the cutting component 1, a self-cleaning mechanism on the top of the nozzle cavity, a feeding pipe extending through one side of the nozzle cavity, a cutting component 2 outside the feeding pipe, a check valve inside the feeding pipe, and a feeding port extending through one end of the feeding pipe.
[0006] As a further description of the above technical solution:
[0007] The first and second cutting components include an air inlet pipe, an annular air pipe is connected through one side of the air inlet pipe, a filling nozzle is fixedly provided on the outside of the annular air pipe, a short pipe is connected through the inside of the annular air pipe, one end of the short pipe penetrates the inner wall of the filling nozzle and extends into the inside, and a high-pressure air curtain nozzle is connected through the other end of the short pipe.
[0008] As a further description of the above technical solution:
[0009] The self-cleaning mechanism includes a self-cleaning outer shell fixedly disposed on the top of the feed nozzle cavity, the self-cleaning outer shell having a cleaning chamber inside, and a vent pipe passing through the top of the self-cleaning outer shell.
[0010] As a further description of the above technical solution:
[0011] The vent pipe is equipped with a solenoid valve inside, and an air inlet connection pipe is provided through the top of the vent pipe.
[0012] As a further description of the above technical solution:
[0013] A miniature electric push rod is fixedly installed inside the cleaning chamber, and an isolation baffle is fixedly installed at the bottom of the miniature electric push rod. An annular water spray pipe is installed inside the cleaning chamber.
[0014] As a further description of the above technical solution:
[0015] The annular water spray pipe is internally equipped with an inclined high-pressure nozzle. A water supply pipe is provided through one side of the annular water spray pipe. One end of the water supply pipe extends from the self-cleaning shell to the outside. A quick connector is connected to one end of the water supply pipe. An infusion pipe is provided at the bottom of the water supply pipe.
[0016] As a further description of the above technical solution:
[0017] One end of the infusion tube extends from the cleaning shell into the cleaning chamber and is equipped with a spray head. The other end of the infusion tube is connected to a quick connector.
[0018] The technical effects and advantages of this utility model are as follows:
[0019] 1. By setting up a self-cleaning mechanism, compared with the existing technology, by directly spraying cleaning liquid and high-pressure water jet into the feeding nozzle cavity and filling nozzle, it can effectively solve the problem of honey sticking to the feeding nozzle cavity and filling nozzle. It can automatically remove residual honey inside the nozzle, prevent it from drying and crystallizing and causing blockage, and prevent honey from remaining inside the feeding nozzle cavity and filling nozzle for a long time and breeding bacteria, thus preventing pollution problems.
[0020] 2. By setting up a vent pipe and isolation baffle, compared with the existing technology, the internal cleaning can be automatically performed during filling intervals or product changes. After effectively removing residual honey, the feeding nozzle cavity and filling nozzle are dried to prevent honey contamination and avoid cross-contamination between batches. At the same time, it significantly reduces the downtime caused by cleaning, significantly reduces the hygiene risks of cleaning downtime, ensures continuous production efficiency and product hygiene and safety, and avoids cross-contamination. Attached Figure Description
[0021] Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of this utility model.
[0022] Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the spray head and annular spray pipe of this utility model.
[0023] Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of the cutting component one and cutting component two of this utility model.
[0024] Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of the internal structure of this utility model.
[0025] Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of the working structure of the isolation baffle of this utility model.
[0026] The attached diagram is labeled as follows: 1. Filling nozzle; 2. Nozzle cavity; 3. Feeding pipe; 4. Check valve; 5. Feed inlet; 6. Air inlet pipe; 7. Annular air pipe; 8. Short pipe; 9. High-pressure air curtain nozzle; 10. Self-cleaning outer shell; 11. Cleaning chamber; 12. Vent pipe; 13. Solenoid valve; 14. Air inlet connection pipe; 15. Miniature electric push rod; 16. Isolation baffle; 17. Annular water spray pipe; 18. High-pressure nozzle; 19. Water supply pipe; 20. Quick connector one; 21. Liquid supply pipe; 22. Spray head; 23. Quick connector two. Detailed Implementation
[0027] The technical solutions of the present utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings of the embodiments. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present utility model, and not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present utility model, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative effort are within the protection scope of the present utility model.
[0028] As shown in Figures 1-5, a filling machine nozzle structure includes a filling nozzle 1. The filling nozzle 1 is characterized by: a cutting component 1 inside, used to cut the honey flowing from the filling nozzle 1 to prevent honey from forming threads; a nozzle cavity 2 fixedly mounted on the top of the cutting component 1, the nozzle cavity 2 being made of stainless steel; a self-cleaning mechanism on the top of the nozzle cavity 2; a feeding pipe 3 penetrating one side of the nozzle cavity 2, with a cutting component 2 outside; a check valve 4 inside the feeding pipe 3 to prevent honey backflow; and a feed inlet 5 penetrating one end of the feeding pipe 3.
[0029] In some embodiments, as shown in FIG1, the cutting assembly one and the cutting assembly two include an air inlet pipe 6, which is used to introduce external gas. The air inlet pipe 6 has a flexible plastic tube. An annular air pipe 7 is connected through one side of the air inlet pipe 6. A filling nozzle 1 is fixedly provided on the outside of the annular air pipe 7. A short pipe 8 is connected through the inside of the annular air pipe 7. The short pipe 8 can transmit the gas in the annular air pipe 7 to a high-pressure air curtain nozzle 9. One end of the short pipe 8 penetrates the inner wall of the filling nozzle 1 and extends into it. The high-pressure air curtain nozzle 9 is used to spray a high-pressure air curtain to cut the honey.
[0030] In some embodiments, as shown in FIG2, the self-cleaning mechanism includes a self-cleaning housing 10 fixedly disposed on the top of the feed nozzle cavity 2, the self-cleaning housing 10 having a cleaning chamber 11 inside, the cleaning chamber 11 being made of stainless steel, and a vent pipe 12 being provided through the top of the self-cleaning housing 10 for spraying gas downwards.
[0031] In some embodiments, as shown in FIG3, the vent pipe 12 is provided with a solenoid valve 13 inside, the solenoid valve 13 is used to control the gas, and the top of the vent pipe 12 is provided with an air inlet connecting pipe 14, which is used to connect to an external gas source.
[0032] In some embodiments, as shown in FIG4, a miniature electric push rod 15 is fixedly provided inside the cleaning chamber 11. The miniature electric push rod 15 is used to drive the displacement of the isolation baffle 16. The bottom of the miniature electric push rod 15 is fixedly provided with the isolation baffle 16. The isolation baffle 16 is used to isolate the honey in the feed pipe 3 to prevent the honey in the feed pipe 3 from getting wet and contaminated. An annular water spray pipe 17 is provided inside the cleaning chamber 11. The annular water spray pipe 17 is made of engineering plastic.
[0033] In some embodiments, as shown in FIG1, an inclined high-pressure nozzle 18 is provided inside the annular water spray pipe 17. The high-pressure nozzle 18 is used to spray a high-pressure water jet to clean the discharge nozzle cavity 2 and the filling discharge nozzle 1. A water supply pipe 19 is provided through one side of the annular water spray pipe 17. The water supply pipe 19 is a flexible plastic tube. One end of the water supply pipe 19 extends from the cleaning shell 10 to the outside. A quick connector 20 is connected through one end of the water supply pipe 19. The quick connector 20 is used to quickly connect to an external water source. An infusion pipe 21 is provided at the bottom of the water supply pipe 19. The infusion pipe 21 is used to transmit cleaning fluid.
[0034] In some embodiments, as shown in FIG5, one end of the infusion tube 21 extends through the cleaning housing 10 and into the cleaning chamber 11, through which a spray head 22 is provided. The spray head 22 can be used to spray cleaning liquid onto the feed nozzle chamber 2 and the filling feed nozzle 1. The other end of the infusion tube 21 is connected to a quick connector 23.
[0035] The working principle of this utility model is as follows: First, the check valve 4 is opened, allowing honey to enter the feed pipe 3 through the inlet 5. The honey then continues to flow into the feed nozzle cavity 2. Next, the solenoid valve 13 of the vent pipe 12 at the top of the feed nozzle cavity 2 is opened, allowing external gas to enter the inlet connecting pipe 14 through the inlet, then the vent pipe 12, and finally the feed nozzle cavity 2. The downward pressure generated by the gas pushes the honey flowing into the feed nozzle cavity 2, accelerating it into the filling nozzle 1. From the filling nozzle 1, the honey enters the container below, initiating the filling process. The high-pressure air curtain nozzle 9 outside the feed nozzle 1 quickly cuts off and blocks the honey, preventing it from forming threads. After working for a period of time, it begins self-cleaning. First, it closes the check valve 4 of the feed pipe 3 to stop the honey from flowing into the feed pipe 3. Then, it activates the high-pressure air curtain nozzle 9 inside the feed pipe 3 to cut off and block the honey. Next, it activates the micro electric push rod 15, which moves the isolation baffle 16 downwards. When it reaches the lowest point, the isolation baffle 16 blocks the feed port at one end of the feed pipe 3. Then, it opens the infusion tube 21 inside the cleaning chamber 11. The cleaning solution enters the infusion pipe 21 and then the spray head 22. The cleaning solution is then sprayed downwards from the nozzle of the spray head 22. Under the action of the gas introduced through the upper vent pipe 12, the cleaning solution covers the entire inner wall of the discharge nozzle cavity 2 and the filling discharge nozzle 1. Then, the water infusion pipe 19 is opened, and external water enters the water infusion pipe 19, flowing into the annular water spray pipe 17. High-pressure water jets are then sprayed onto the inner wall of the discharge nozzle cavity 2 and the filling discharge nozzle 1 through the high-pressure nozzle 18 for cleaning. Finally, the infusion pipe 21 is closed, and no further cleaning of the discharge nozzle cavity 2 and the filling discharge nozzle 1 continues. Cleaning fluid is sprayed, and then a high-pressure water jet continues to clean the discharge nozzle cavity 2 and the filling nozzle 1. After rinsing and removing all residue, the water supply pipe 19 is closed. Then, under the action of the gas introduced through the vent pipe 12 above the discharge nozzle cavity 2, the water inside the discharge nozzle cavity 2 and the filling nozzle 1 is blown out. After the discharge nozzle cavity 2 and the filling nozzle 1 are dry, the micro electric push rod 15 is activated. The micro electric push rod 15 moves the isolation baffle 16 upward, and then the check valve 4 inside the discharge pipe 3 is opened to continue the filling process.
Claims
1. A nozzle structure for a filling machine, comprising a filling nozzle (1), characterized in that: The filling nozzle (1) is provided with a cutting component 1 inside. The top of the cutting component 1 is fixedly provided with a nozzle cavity (2). The top of the nozzle cavity (2) is provided with a self-cleaning mechanism. A feeding pipe (3) is provided through one side of the nozzle cavity (2). A cutting component 2 is provided outside the feeding pipe (3). A check valve (4) is provided inside the feeding pipe (3). A feeding port (5) is provided through one end of the feeding pipe (3).
2. The nozzle structure of a filling machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The first and second cutting components include an air inlet pipe (6), an annular air pipe (7) is connected through one side of the air inlet pipe (6), a filling nozzle (1) is fixedly provided on the outside of the annular air pipe (7), a short pipe (8) is connected through the inside of the annular air pipe (7), one end of the short pipe (8) penetrates the inner wall of the filling nozzle (1) and extends into the inside, and a high-pressure air curtain nozzle (9) is connected through the other end of the short pipe (8).
3. The nozzle structure of a filling machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The self-cleaning mechanism includes a self-cleaning shell (10) fixedly disposed on the top of the feed nozzle cavity (2), the self-cleaning shell (10) having a cleaning chamber (11) inside, and a vent pipe (12) passing through the top of the self-cleaning shell (10).
4. The nozzle structure of a filling machine according to claim 3, characterized in that: The vent pipe (12) is equipped with a solenoid valve (13) inside, and an air inlet connection pipe (14) is provided through the top of the vent pipe (12).
5. The nozzle structure of a filling machine according to claim 3, characterized in that: The cleaning chamber (11) is equipped with a miniature electric push rod (15), and the bottom of the miniature electric push rod (15) is equipped with an isolation baffle (16). The cleaning chamber (11) is equipped with an annular water spray pipe (17).
6. The nozzle structure of a filling machine according to claim 5, characterized in that: The annular water spray pipe (17) is internally provided with an inclined high-pressure nozzle (18), and a water supply pipe (19) is provided on one side of the annular water spray pipe (17). One end of the water supply pipe (19) extends from the cleaning shell (10) to the outside. One end of the water supply pipe (19) is connected to a quick connector (20), and an infusion pipe (21) is provided at the bottom of the water supply pipe (19).
7. The nozzle structure of a filling machine according to claim 6, characterized in that: One end of the infusion tube (21) extends from the cleaning shell (10) into the cleaning chamber (11) and is provided with a spray head (22). The other end of the infusion tube (21) is connected to a quick connector (23).