Capping Apparatus Sliding Mechanism for Bottle Filling
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing capping systems for linear type bottle filling devices face issues with geometrically increasing cap passageways leading to incomplete sterilization, cap misalignment, and unreliable cap grabbing, affecting the hygiene and efficiency of the filling process.
Innovation Solution
A capping apparatus with a capping head, sliding bodies, a cap sucking head, and a capping door mechanism, utilizing springs and vacuum suction to precisely and reliably place caps on bottles, ensuring stable and efficient capping operations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If cap passageways increase geometrically to handle more bottles, then the number of bottles that can be processed increases, but the device size becomes huge
Solution Approach 1:
The capping head is divided into multiple independent capping units (first capping unit, second capping unit, etc.), each handling a specific section of bottles. This segmentation allows the system to process multiple bottles simultaneously without requiring a single huge passageway structure, thus increasing productivity while controlling device size.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from a linear geometric branching structure to a multi-dimensional arrangement where multiple capping units are positioned at different locations and heights. The cap feeding mechanism operates in vertical and horizontal dimensions simultaneously, allowing caps to be distributed to multiple bottles without requiring exponential horizontal expansion.
2Ease of manufacture
If caps are not blocked during sterilization, then sterilization can proceed normally, but cap distribution becomes uneven and sterilization becomes incomplete
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a cap blocking mechanism that prevents caps from moving during the sterilization process. By preliminarily positioning caps in fixed locations within the sterilization chamber and blocking them from displacement, the system ensures both complete sterilization coverage and uniform cap distribution, resolving the contradiction between ease of sterilization and manufacturing precision.
3Ease of operation
If grabbing mechanism with leaf springs is used, then caps can be grabbed and placed on bottles, but cap alignment precision deteriorates and following caps may be carried over
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and removes the problematic leaf spring mechanism from the cap feeding system. By eliminating the grabbing mechanism that caused alignment issues and cap carry-over problems, the system achieves precise cap placement through alternative means (such as controlled cap feeding and positioning mechanisms) that maintain ease of operation while improving manufacturing precision.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution enables stable, reliable, and precise capping, improving the working quality of the bottle filling device by ensuring complete sterilization and proper cap alignment, thus enhancing the hygiene and efficiency of the filling process.
Implementation Method 1
a cap sucking head, which is slidable up and down and which is connected to a mechanism driving the cap sucking head to move up and down. The cap sucking head can move downwards to apply bottle caps onto containers
Implementation Method 2
The capping apparatus is also disposed with a second spring and a first spring, in which the second spring is compressed to act on the middle slide body along with the downward movement with the cap sucking head. The first spring is located between the capping head main body and the first slide body and supports the first slide body.
Implementation Method 3
The capping apparatus is also disposed with a second spring and a first spring, in which the second spring is compressed to act on the middle slide body along with the downward movement with the cap sucking head.
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AI summary
A capping apparatus for a bottle filling device with a capping head main body; a first slide body is located on the capping head main body and can slide up and down; a capping door mechanism is hinged with the capping head main body and the first slide body; a cap sucking head can slide up and down; a middle slide body is arranged between the cap sucking head and the first slide body and can slide up and down; a first spring and a second spring; and a cap inlet chute. A capping system is equipped with a plurality of capping apparatus, the number of the capping apparatus is equal to that of columns of filled bottles, and the cap sucking heads of the capping apparatus are connected together through a connection structure with a mechanism that actuates the cap sucking heads to rise up and fall down.