Vertical Cornet Cone Package Crimping Without Transfer Deformation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cornet cone package production methods suffer from deformation, tearing, and flying away during transfer to crimping machines, requiring multiple stages and leading to production errors.
Innovation Solution
A production machine with vertical feeding and crimping, utilizing a package fixing bottom set, conveyor belts, semicircle disk, conical crimpers, and cone stacking unit to stack and crimp cornet cone packages into a cone shape without interlapping, ensuring smooth transfer and crimping.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If multiple machines are used for different stages of cone package production, then production capability is improved, but device complexity and production errors increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple production stages (cutting, turning, crimping, and stacking) into a single integrated machine. The cutting unit, turning mechanism, crimping mechanism, and stacking unit are all housed in one machine structure, eliminating the need for multiple separate machines and reducing production errors during transfer between machines.
Solution Approach 2:
The single machine performs multiple functions: it cuts the bobbin into stripes, turns the cut packages, crimps them into cone shape, and stacks the finished cones. This multi-functional design eliminates the need for separate specialized machines for each operation.
2Ease of operation
If packages are transferred horizontally to crimping machines, then transfer is achieved, but deformation and tearing occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from horizontal transfer to vertical feeding. The cutting unit feeds packages vertically upward through a chute into the crimping mechanism. This vertical dimension change allows packages to be fed without horizontal contact that causes deformation, enabling error-free transfer while maintaining package integrity.
3Productivity
If packages are stacked horizontally, then stacking is achieved, but interlapping and catching occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses vertical stacking instead of horizontal stacking. The stacking unit receives conical packages from the crimping mechanism and stacks them vertically one on top of another. This vertical arrangement eliminates interlapping and catching problems that occur with horizontal stacking, ensuring reliable and accurate stacking.
4Ease of manufacture
If separate machines are used for cutting and crimping, then specialized processing is achieved, but production errors increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the cutting unit and crimping mechanism into a single integrated machine. The cutting unit processes the bobbin and feeds packages directly to the crimping mechanism without transfer between separate machines, eliminating transfer errors while maintaining specialized processing capabilities for both cutting and crimping operations.
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AI summary
Disclosed is a production machine which is used in producing the cornet cone packages used in the packaging of cornet-type ice-creams and which provides for the cornet cone packages to be vertically fed and brought into a cone shape by being crimped.