CN105270678B - Betel nut packing machine - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a kind of betel nut packing machine, including frame to include the peaceful runner that shakes of vibrating disk with feed unit, digit, filling element and sealing unit, the feed unit being provided thereon, and port of export of the flat runner that shakes is shifted to install above a feed bin;Counting unit include being arranged at the feed bin side be used for count fall into the optical fiber of betel nut number in the feed bin;Filling element includes being arranged at turnover panel, the turnover panel drive mechanism of the bin bottom, and is arranged at the blanking funnel below the turnover panel;Sealing unit includes a pair of pre- envelope bodies and a pair of heat sealing mechanisms.The betel nut packing machine uses the peaceful feed that shakes of vibrating disk, effectively solves betel nut and counts rare problem, and this betel nut packing machine floor space is small, and noise is small during operation, is adapted to a variety of food enterprises and individual consumer to use.In addition, the betel nut packing machine cost of investment is smaller, cost of recouping the investment is very fast, if equipment Market price positioning should rationally possess extraordinary application prospect.
Description
Technical field
The invention belongs to automatically processing device technical field, particularly relates to a kind of betel nut packing machine.
Background technology
At present, the packed betel nut of in the market is typically made up of the drying prescription of being responsible for a task until it is completed of 14 betel nuts and one, is mainly filled using artificial hand
Packaging is completed, also has part to be completed by automatic packaging machine.But these automatic packaging machines have the defects of certain, mainly there is following three
Point:Feeding system is added to form by traditional rotating disc type packaging machine main body 1. existing packing machine is most of, this mechanism often takes up an area
Area is big, and noise is big, and needs more people to look after;2. the input cost of this automatic packaging machine is often higher, recoup the investment into
This is often relatively slow, is not suitable for small food enterprise and individual consumer uses;3. betel nut counts inaccuracy, due to betel nut shape not
Systematicness, betel nut are difficult to pull open the distance between two betel nuts to judge by accident so as to cause to count when being fed, and base of a fruit on betel nut holds
Easily drop so as to cause many of erroneous judgement, betel nut small dregs also easily to cause the erroneous judgement that counting is.
The content of the invention
It is simple in construction the invention provides a kind of betel nut packing machine in order to overcome drawbacks described above, easy to operate, production effect
Rate is high, is highly suitable for extensive, large batch of production operation requirement.
The present invention in order to solve its technical problem used by technical scheme be:A kind of betel nut packing machine, including frame, its
It is characterised by:Feed unit, digit, filling element and sealing unit, the feed unit are sequentially provided with the frame
Including the peaceful runner that shakes of vibrating disk, spiral flow channel is set in the vibrating disk, and multiple apertures are provided with outmost turns runner, this is most
The port of export of outer ring runner is extended to outside the vibrating disk and shifted to install in the top at the flat flow channel entry point end that shakes, and this, which is put down, shakes
The port of export of runner is shifted to install above a feed bin;The counting unit falls including being arranged at the feed bin side for statistics
Enter the optical fiber of betel nut number in the feed bin;The filling element includes being arranged at turnover panel, the turnover panel driving machine of the bin bottom
Structure, and the blanking funnel below the turnover panel is arranged at, the port of export both sides of the blanking funnel are arranged with bag-clamping mechanism, the folder
Bag mechanism bottom is arranged at up and down on transmission mechanism;The sealing unit includes a pair of pre- envelope bodies and a pair of heat sealing mechanisms,
The pre- envelope body includes being used for the clamping jaw for clamping betel nut packaging bag enclosing both sides, and two drive two clamping jaws to water respectively
Move the horizontal air cylinder so that betel nut packaging bag to be evened up for the left and right sides of plane, the heat sealing mechanism include a pair of heating rods, a pair
It is respectively used to test the thermocouple of a pair of heating rod temperatures, and is moved forward and backward respectively for a pair of heating rods of driving to incite somebody to action
The betel nut packaging bag enclosing seal the front and rear cylinder of fitting.
As a further improvement on the present invention, the base of the horizontal air cylinder is fixed on one end of a support block, the branch
The other end of bracer is provided with U-type groove, is additionally provided with fastening bolt, and the other end of the support block is anchored on the U by the fastening bolt
In type groove and the frame.Due to the setting of U-type groove and fastening bolt so that distance of the support block in frame can adjust,
So as to realize the adjustment of the initial distance between two clamping jaws, to adapt to the betel nut packaging bag of different radii size.
As a further improvement on the present invention, the vibrating disk, flat shake runner, feed bin, turnover panel and turnover panel drive mechanism are equal
For two, and it is symmetrical set.
As a further improvement on the present invention, the turnover panel drive mechanism includes stepper motor, motor fixing seat and shaft coupling
Device, the stepper motor are fixed in motor fixing seat, and the power output shaft of the stepper motor connects institute by shaft coupling transmission
Turnover panel is stated, the opening and closing of bin bottom are realized for driving turnover panel to rotate.
As a further improvement on the present invention, the optical fiber is correlation fibre optical sensor.
As a further improvement on the present invention, the bag-clamping mechanism is clamping jaw cylinder.
As a further improvement on the present invention, the transmission mechanism up and down includes motor and conveyer belt.
As a further improvement on the present invention, it is provided with finished product disposable box below the sealing unit.
The beneficial effects of the invention are as follows:The betel nut packing machine uses the peaceful feed that shakes of vibrating disk, effectively solves betel nut
Count rare problem, and this betel nut packing machine floor space is small, noise is small during operation, be adapted to a variety of food enterprises and
Body user uses.In addition, the betel nut packing machine cost of investment is smaller, cost of recouping the investment is very fast, if equipment Market prices
Position should rationally possess extraordinary application prospect.
Brief description of the drawings
Fig. 1 is overall structure diagram of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is feed unit structural representation of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is counting unit of the present invention and filling element structural representation;
Fig. 4 is filling element of the present invention and sealing cellular construction schematic diagram.
With reference to accompanying drawing, make the following instructions:
The flat runner that shakes of 11 --- vibrating disks 12 ---
31 --- feed bin 32 --- optical fiber
41 --- turnover panel 42 --- turnover panel drive mechanisms
43 --- blanking funnel 44 --- bag-clamping mechanisms
45 --- upper and lower transmission mechanism 421 --- stepper motors
422 --- motor fixing seat 423 --- shaft couplings
51 --- pre- envelope body 52 --- heat sealing mechanisms
511 --- clamping jaw 512 --- horizontal air cylinders
513 --- support block 514 --- U-type grooves
521 --- heating rod 522 --- thermocouples
523 --- front and rear cylinder 61 --- finished product addressee boxes
Embodiment
Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, a preferred embodiment to the present invention elaborates.But protection scope of the present invention is not
It is limited to following embodiments, i.e., the simple equivalence changes made in every case with scope of the present invention patent and description are with repairing
Decorations, all still belong within patent covering scope of the present invention.
Refering to accompanying drawing 1-4, a kind of betel nut packing machine, including frame, be sequentially provided with the frame feed unit, count it is single
Position, filling element and sealing unit, the feed unit include the peaceful runner 12 that shakes of vibrating disk 11, spiral shape are set in the vibrating disk
Runner, and multiple apertures are provided with outmost turns runner, the port of export of the outmost turns runner extends to outside the vibrating disk and mistake
Position is arranged at the top at the flat flow channel entry point end that shakes, and the port of export of the flat runner that shakes is shifted to install above a feed bin 31;Institute
State counting unit include being arranged at the side of feed bin 31 be used for count fall into the optical fiber 32 of betel nut number in the feed bin;The filling
Dress unit includes being arranged at turnover panel 41, the turnover panel drive mechanism 42 of the bin bottom, and under being arranged at below the turnover panel
Funnel 43, the port of export both sides of the blanking funnel are arranged with bag-clamping mechanism 44, and the bag-clamping mechanism bottom is arranged at biography up and down
On transfer mechanism 45;The sealing unit includes a pair of pre- envelope bodies 51 and a pair of heat sealing mechanisms 52, and the pre- envelope body includes
For clamping the clamping jaw 511 of betel nut packaging bag enclosing both sides, and two drive left and right two of two clamping jaws to horizontal plane respectively
Horizontal air cylinder 512 of the lateral movement so that betel nut packaging bag to be evened up, the heat sealing mechanism include a pair of heating rods 521, used respectively for a pair
In the thermocouple 522 for testing a pair of heating rod temperatures, and for driving a pair of heating rods to move forward and backward respectively with by institute
State the front and rear cylinder 523 that betel nut packaging bag enclosing seal fitting;Finished product disposable box 61 is provided with below the sealing unit.
Wherein, the base of the horizontal air cylinder is fixed on one end of a support block 513, and the other end of the support block is provided with
U-type groove 514, is additionally provided with fastening bolt, and the other end of the support block is anchored on the U-type groove and the frame by the fastening bolt
On.Due to the setting of U-type groove and fastening bolt so that distance of the support block in frame can adjust, so as to realize two
The adjustment of initial distance between individual clamping jaw 511, to adapt to the betel nut packaging bag of different radii size.
The turnover panel drive mechanism includes stepper motor 421, motor fixing seat 422 and shaft coupling 423, the stepper motor
It is fixed in motor fixing seat, the power output shaft of the stepper motor connects the turnover panel by shaft coupling transmission, for driving
Turnover panel rotates the opening and closing for realizing bin bottom.
The vibrating disk, flat shake runner, feed bin, turnover panel and turnover panel drive mechanism are two, and are symmetrical set.Institute
It is correlation fibre optical sensor to state optical fiber.The bag-clamping mechanism is clamping jaw cylinder.The transmission mechanism up and down includes motor and biography
Send band.
The betel nut packing machine is fed using vibrating disk, and multiple tracks small bore device, betel nut dregs and Bin are provided with vibrating disk disk body
Bulky base of a fruit can drop from these apertures, and betel nut can not then drop from these apertures, so as to vibrating disk realize row base of a fruit with
The function of dregs.Betel nut more than comes out from circular vibration disk, is transported to counting mechanism through the flat runner more than that shakes, finally falls
Fall in the feed bin of panel turnover mechanism, (can be according to the quantity set phase of often bag betel nut after having two feed bins, meter full 7 in panel turnover mechanism
The quantity answered) the peaceful runner that shakes of vibrating disk all stops being fed, and now the 8th betel nut is also shaken on runner flat, and both sides are all counted full 7
Betel nut, just it is the quantity of a bag betel nut.
It is artificial to be first responsible for a task until it is completed one after drying prescription loading sack, sack is then inserted in blanking funnel, people steps on floor push
A signal is provided, bag-clamping mechanism 44 clamps sack (the applicable different packaging bags of spacing of two clamping jaws of adjustment), above
Turnover panel is overturn under the driving of turnover panel drive mechanism, and 14 betel nuts that making meter has expired are fallen into packaging bag through blanking funnel,
Feed unit above now starts to count next bag betel nut, and whole group enclosed mechanism below is sensing human hand decorporation
Move to the lower section of canned betel nut bag behind working region, the clamping jaw on pre- envelope body clamps packaging bag, folder bag above
Packaging bag is unclamped by mechanism, and then whole group enclosed mechanism clips the position that packaging bag moves to heat-sealing, pre- envelope body both sides clamping jaw
Packaging bag is drawn simultaneously, evens up openning during filling in packaging bag.Last heat sealing mechanism comes out the position that package pack is evened up.
Bag-clamping mechanism unclamps after having sealed, and packaging bag falls into finished product streamline, fallen into through conveyer belt in finished product disposable box.
The betel nut packing machine is a automatic packaging equipment designed and developed for food service industry betel nut packaging, is also suitable
Packed in a variety of particle bag-feedings, machine is simple to operate, and productivity ratio is higher, and to be especially suitable for it extensive, large batch of
Production operation requirement.
The betel nut packing machine needs a people to cover sack, and people's skilled operation can wrap 12 to 15 bags with latter minute,
Equivalent to 2 to the 2.5 people Manual Packaging yield of one minute.This betel nut packing machine uses the peaceful feed that shakes of vibrating disk, effectively
Solve betel nut and count rare problem, and this betel nut packing machine floor space is small, noise is small during operation, is adapted to a variety of foods
Product enterprise and individual consumer use.In addition, the betel nut packing machine cost of investment is smaller, cost of recouping the investment is very fast, if equipment
Market price reasonable positioning should possess extraordinary application prospect.
Claims (1)
1. a kind of betel nut packing machine, including frame, it is characterised in that:Be sequentially provided with the frame feed unit, digit,
Filling element and sealing unit, the feed unit include the peaceful runner that shakes (12) of vibrating disk (11), spiral are set in the vibrating disk
Shape runner, and multiple apertures are provided with outmost turns runner, the port of export of the outmost turns runner is extended to outside the vibrating disk simultaneously
Shift to install and shifted to install in the top at the flat flow channel entry point end that shakes, the port of export of the flat runner that shakes on a feed bin (31)
Side;The counting unit include being arranged at the feed bin (31) side be used for count fall into the optical fiber of betel nut number in the feed bin
(32);The filling element includes being arranged at turnover panel (41), the turnover panel drive mechanism (42) of the bin bottom, and is arranged at
Blanking funnel (43) below the turnover panel, the port of export both sides of the blanking funnel are arranged with bag-clamping mechanism (44), the bag inserting machine
Structure bottom is arranged at up and down on transmission mechanism (45);The sealing unit includes a pair of pre- envelope bodies (51) and a pair of heat sealing machines
Structure (52), the pre- envelope body includes being used for the clamping jaw (511) for clamping betel nut packaging bag enclosing both sides, and two drive respectively
The horizontal air cylinder (512) that two clamping jaws move to even up betel nut packaging bag to the left and right sides of horizontal plane, the heat sealing mechanism bag
Include a pair of heating rods (521), be respectively used to test the thermocouple (522) of a pair of heating rod temperatures for a pair, and for driving
A pair of heating rods move forward and backward so that the betel nut packaging bag enclosing seal to the front and rear cylinder (523) of fitting respectively;Institute
The base for stating horizontal air cylinder is fixed on one end of a support block (513), and the other end of the support block is provided with U-type groove (514), separately
Provided with fastening bolt, the other end of the support block is anchored in the U-type groove and the frame by the fastening bolt;The vibration
Disk, flat shake runner, feed bin, turnover panel and turnover panel drive mechanism are two, and are symmetrical set;The turnover panel drive mechanism bag
Stepper motor (421), motor fixing seat (422) and shaft coupling (423), the stepper motor is included to be fixed in motor fixing seat,
The power output shaft of the stepper motor connects the turnover panel by shaft coupling transmission;The optical fiber is correlation fibre optical sensor;
The bag-clamping mechanism is clamping jaw cylinder;The transmission mechanism up and down includes motor and conveyer belt;It is provided with below the sealing unit
Finished product disposable box (61);The workflow of the betel nut packing machine is:It is artificial to be first responsible for a task until it is completed one after drying prescription loading sack, then bag
Sub-set enters blanking funnel, and people steps on floor push and provides a signal, and bag-clamping mechanism clamps sack, and turnover panel above is in turnover panel
The betel nut that being overturn under the driving of drive mechanism, makes meter and expired is fallen into packaging bag through blanking funnel, now above confession
Material unit starts to count next bag betel nut, and following whole group enclosed mechanism is sensing that human hand moved behind decorporation working region
To the lower section of canned betel nut bag, the clamping jaw on pre- envelope body clamps packaging bag, and bag-clamping mechanism above unclamps packaging bag,
Then whole group enclosed mechanism clips the position that packaging bag moves to heat-sealing, and pre- envelope body both sides clamping jaw draws packaging bag simultaneously, made
Openning during filling in packaging bag is evened up, and last heat sealing mechanism comes out the position that package pack is evened up, and seal bag-clamping mechanism afterwards
Unclamp, packaging bag falls into finished product streamline, fallen into through conveyer belt in finished product disposable box.
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