Flexible cigarette sorting and discharging posture control device
By using a combination of smoke-blocking rubber and smoke-blocking springs in the sorting system, the problem of cigarette packs tilting was solved, enabling stable conveying and efficient barcode scanning and packaging of cigarette packs on the sorting conveyor line.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- GUIZHOU TOBACCO CO LIUPANSHUI CO
- Filing Date
- 2025-07-29
- Publication Date
- 2026-05-19
AI Technical Summary
In traditional sorting systems, cigarette packs become severely misaligned after impacting the smoke baffle, affecting the efficiency and quality of scanning and packaging operations.
The design combines a smoke-blocking rubber sheet and a smoke-blocking spring. The elastic deformation of the smoke-blocking rubber sheet buffers the impact force at the beginning of the cigarette pack, while the adjusting bolt of the smoke-blocking spring adjusts the elastic force to ensure that the beginning and end of the cigarette pack fall synchronously, reducing the tilting of the cigarette pack.
It effectively reduces the tilting of cigarette packs on the sorting and conveying line, improving the stability of cigarette pack conveying and the efficiency of subsequent operations.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] This utility model relates to a flexible control device for the sorting and discharging posture of smoke, belonging to the field of smoke sorting technology. Background Technology
[0002] In the field of cigarette sorting technology, the control of cigarette exit posture is a key factor affecting sorting efficiency and quality. In traditional sorting systems, multiple cigarette exit channels are spaced apart on one side of the sorting conveyor line. Each exit channel contains cartons of cigarettes of different brands. Based on order requirements, the corresponding brand and quantity of cartons are output to the sorting conveyor line and then transported to the subsequent barcode scanning and packaging machines for processing. To prevent cartons of cigarettes from running off the sorting conveyor line, baffles are currently installed on the opposite side of the exit channel. However, in actual production, the applicant has found that although the baffles prevent cartons from running off the sorting conveyor line, after being output from the exit channel, the front end of the cartons often hits the baffle. Due to the reaction force of the baffle, the rear end of the cartons falls onto the sorting conveyor line first, followed by the front end. This causes the rear end of the cartons to be carried forward by the sorting conveyor line first, resulting in severe skewed posture of the cartons, affecting subsequent barcode scanning and packaging operations. Utility Model Content
[0003] Based on the above, this utility model provides a flexible control device for the sorting and exhaust posture of smoke to overcome the shortcomings of the prior art.
[0004] The technical solution of this utility model is: a flexible control device for sorting out smoke, comprising:
[0005] The sorting unit includes a smoke exhaust channel machine and a sorting conveyor line, with multiple smoke exhaust channel machines spaced apart on the upstream side of the sorting conveyor line;
[0006] The smoke-blocking unit includes a smoke-blocking plate and a smoke-blocking rubber sheet. The smoke-blocking plate is disposed on the side of the sorting conveyor line opposite to the smoke outlet channel machine. The smoke-blocking plate has a vertical plate portion and a top protrusion portion. The top protrusion portion extends toward the sorting conveyor line side. The top of the smoke-blocking rubber sheet is mounted on the top protrusion portion, and the lower middle portion of the smoke-blocking rubber sheet hangs down naturally and is located at the edge of the conveyor belt of the sorting conveyor line.
[0007] In one example, the smoke-blocking unit further includes a smoke-blocking spring, one end of which is mounted on the inner side of the vertical plate, and the other end of which abuts against the smoke-blocking rubber or is at a predetermined distance from the smoke-blocking rubber.
[0008] In one example, an adjusting bolt is mounted on the vertical plate, and the inner end of the smoke-blocking spring is mounted on the end of the adjusting bolt.
[0009] In one example, each of the smoke outlet channels is provided with a smoke-blocking unit on the corresponding side, and two adjacent smoke-blocking units are connected together.
[0010] In one example, the smoke exhaust duct machine includes a horizontal duct machine and / or a vertical duct machine.
[0011] The beneficial effects of this invention are as follows: By setting a smoke-blocking rubber sheet on the smoke baffle, the rubber sheet undergoes elastic deformation to buffer the impact of the cigarette pack's head, preventing rigid rebound. This allows both ends of the cigarette pack to fall onto the sorting conveyor line almost simultaneously, reducing the degree of posture distortion of the cigarette pack on the sorting conveyor line compared to rigid rebound. Furthermore, the smoke-blocking spring prevents excessive oscillation of the smoke-blocking rubber sheet; each smoke outlet channel has an independent smoke-blocking unit, which can be individually elastically set and adjusted according to the output conditions of cigarette packs with different weights and speeds, thereby improving the posture control effect of the cigarette packs. Attached Figure Description
[0012] Figure 1 A schematic diagram of a flexible control device for sorting out smoke.
[0013] Figure 2 Another perspective of the flexible control device for sorting out smoke.
[0014] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the smoke-blocking unit;
[0015] Figure 4 A schematic diagram from one perspective of the smoke-blocking unit (excluding the smoke-blocking rubber sheet);
[0016] Figure 5 Another perspective schematic diagram of the smoke-blocking unit (excluding the smoke-blocking rubber sheet);
[0017] Explanation of reference numerals in the attached figures:
[0018] Sorting Units: 11 Smoke Exhaust Channel Machine, 12 Sorting Conveyor Line;
[0019] Smoke baffle unit: 21 smoke baffle plate, 211 vertical plate, 212 top protrusion, 22 smoke baffle rubber, 23 smoke baffle spring, 24 adjusting bolt, 25 mounting plate. Detailed Implementation
[0020] To make the above-mentioned objectives, features, and advantages of this utility model more apparent and understandable, the specific embodiments of this utility model are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Many specific details are set forth in the following description to provide a full understanding of this utility model. However, this utility model can be implemented in many other ways different from those described herein, and those skilled in the art can make similar modifications without departing from the spirit of this utility model. Therefore, this utility model is not limited to the specific embodiments disclosed below.
[0021] Please see Figures 1 to 5 This embodiment provides a flexible control device for the posture of smoke extraction during sorting, including a sorting unit and a smoke blocking unit.
[0022] The sorting unit includes a smoke exhaust channel machine 11 and a sorting conveyor line 12. Multiple smoke exhaust channel machines 11 are arranged at intervals on the upstream side of the sorting conveyor line 12. Each smoke exhaust channel machine 11 contains different brands of cigarette packs. According to the order requirements, the corresponding brand and quantity of cigarette packs are output to the sorting conveyor line 12. The smoke exhaust channel machine 11 can be a horizontal channel machine or a vertical channel machine.
[0023] The smoke-blocking unit includes a smoke-blocking plate 21 and a smoke-blocking rubber sheet 22. The smoke-blocking plate 21 is installed on the side of the sorting conveyor line 12 opposite to the smoke outlet channel machine 11. The smoke-blocking plate 21 has a vertical plate portion 211 and a top protrusion 212. The top protrusion 212 extends towards the sorting conveyor line 12. The top of the smoke-blocking rubber sheet 22 is installed on the top protrusion 212 by a mounting plate 25 and fasteners. The lower middle part of the smoke-blocking rubber sheet 22 hangs down naturally and is located at the edge of the conveyor belt of the sorting conveyor line 12. There is a distance between the smoke-blocking rubber sheet 22 and the vertical plate portion 211. By setting the smoke-blocking rubber sheet 22 on the smoke-blocking plate 21, the smoke-blocking rubber sheet 22 generates elastic deformation buffer when the head end of the cigarette pack is impacted, avoiding rigid rebound, so that the head and tail ends of the cigarette pack fall onto the sorting conveyor line 12 almost synchronously. Compared with rigid rebound, this can reduce the degree of posture distortion of the cigarette pack on the sorting conveyor line 12.
[0024] To improve posture control, the smoke-blocking unit also includes a smoke-blocking spring 23. One end of the smoke-blocking spring 23 is installed on the inner side of the vertical plate 211, and the other end of the smoke-blocking spring 23 abuts against the smoke-blocking rubber 22, or is positioned at a distance from the smoke-blocking rubber 22, such as a preset gap of 5-15mm. When the impact force of the cigarette exceeds a threshold, the spring intervenes to buffer the impact. When the tip of the cigarette strikes the rubber 22, the spring absorbs kinetic energy through compression deformation, eliminating rigid rebound force and ensuring that the cigarette falls smoothly as a whole.
[0025] To facilitate adjustment of the spring force, an adjusting bolt 24 is installed on the vertical plate 211, and the inner end of the smoke-blocking spring 23 is installed at the end of the adjusting bolt 24. When moving forward (i.e., moving closer to the sorting conveyor line 12), the preload of the smoke-blocking spring 23 can be increased, enhancing the buffering strength for heavy cigarette packs. When moving backward (i.e., moving away from the sorting conveyor line 12), the preload decreases, adapting to the buffering of light cigarette packs.
[0026] To further improve the control effect on posture, each smoke outlet channel machine 11 corresponds to a set of independent smoke blocking units. Two adjacent smoke blocking units are connected, and these smoke blocking units can be controlled independently.
[0027] The embodiments described above are merely illustrative of several implementations of this utility model, and while the descriptions are relatively specific and detailed, they should not be construed as limiting the scope of this utility model patent. It should be noted that those skilled in the art can make various modifications and improvements without departing from the concept of this utility model, and these all fall within the protection scope of this utility model. Therefore, the protection scope of this utility model patent should be determined by the appended claims.
Claims
1. A flexible control device for the posture of smoke extraction during sorting, characterized in that, include: The sorting unit includes a smoke exhaust channel machine (11) and a sorting conveyor line (12), with multiple smoke exhaust channel machines (11) spaced apart on the upstream side of the sorting conveyor line (12); The smoke-blocking unit includes a smoke-blocking plate (21) and a smoke-blocking rubber sheet (22). The smoke-blocking plate (21) is disposed on the side of the sorting conveyor line (12) opposite to the smoke outlet channel machine (11). The smoke-blocking plate (21) has a vertical plate portion (211) and a top protrusion portion (212). The top protrusion portion (212) extends toward the sorting conveyor line (12). The top of the smoke-blocking rubber sheet (22) is mounted on the top protrusion portion (212), and the middle and lower part of the smoke-blocking rubber sheet (22) hangs down naturally and is located at the edge of the conveyor belt of the sorting conveyor line (12).
2. The flexible control device for sorting smoke posture according to claim 1, characterized in that, The smoke-blocking unit also includes a smoke-blocking spring (23), one end of which is installed on the inner side of the vertical plate (211), and the other end of which abuts against the smoke-blocking rubber (22) or is at a predetermined distance from the smoke-blocking rubber (22).
3. The flexible control device for sorting smoke posture according to claim 2, characterized in that, An adjusting bolt (24) is installed on the vertical plate (211), and the inner end of the smoke-blocking spring (23) is installed on the end of the adjusting bolt (24).
4. The flexible control device for sorting smoke posture according to claim 3, characterized in that, Each of the smoke outlet channels (11) is provided with a smoke-blocking unit on its corresponding side, and two adjacent smoke-blocking units are connected together.
5. The flexible control device for sorting smoke posture according to claim 1, characterized in that, The smoke exhaust channel machine (11) includes a horizontal channel machine and / or a vertical channel machine.