CN209240548U - A kind of carton bottom fold mechanism - Google Patents

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CN209240548U
CN209240548U CN201821998991.7U CN201821998991U CN209240548U CN 209240548 U CN209240548 U CN 209240548U CN 201821998991 U CN201821998991 U CN 201821998991U CN 209240548 U CN209240548 U CN 209240548U
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吴伟伟
季明坤
朱金金
陆权福
刘国庆
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The utility model discloses a kind of carton bottom fold mechanisms, include rack, carton stacking mechanism, carton forming mold, it picks up the ears fold mechanism, RFID device, sucker hoisting mechanism and send case structure, carton stacking mechanism is arranged on the rack end, sucker hoisting mechanism is vertically arranged in side in rack, carton forming mold is arranged below carton stacking mechanism, carton is lowered through carton forming mold folding forming in the absorption of sucker hoisting mechanism, fold mechanism setting pick up the ears in carton forming mold two sides, RFID device is fixed on rack side, case structure is sent to be arranged in rack lower end.The utility model can complete the folding of the more complicated paper business card box of structure, solve soft carton and fold problem.

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A kind of carton bottom fold mechanism
Technical field
The utility model relates to a kind of fold mechanism, especially a kind of carton bottom fold mechanism.
Background technique
Card holder carton is most of by being accomplished manually at present when carrying out processing folding, needs a large amount of people in this way Power, and the speed processed is very slow, and cost is high, has greatly reduced the profit of paper business card box in this way.Therefore it needs to realize machine The processing of device automation reduces cost of labor with this replacing manpower.Although having part carton folding apparatus at present, It is folded mainly for the simple carton of structure, carton more complicated for shape folds then without corresponding equipment, and existing There is the carton that equipment is partially soft to papery, folding difficulty is big, and failure rate is high.
Utility model content
The technical problem to be solved by the utility model is to provide a kind of carton bottom fold mechanisms, being capable of foldable structure Complicated card holder.
In order to solve the above technical problems, the technical scheme adopted by the utility model is:
A kind of carton bottom fold mechanism, it is characterised in that: include rack, carton stacking mechanism, carton forming mold, side Ear fold mechanism, RFID device, sucker hoisting mechanism and case structure is sent, carton stacking mechanism is arranged on the rack end, and sucker mentions It rises mechanism and is vertically arranged in side in rack, carton forming mold is arranged below carton stacking mechanism, and carton is promoted in sucker Mechanism absorption is lowered through carton forming mold folding forming, and fold mechanism of picking up the ears is arranged in carton forming mold two sides, RFID Device is fixed on rack side, and case structure is sent to be arranged in rack lower end.
Further, the carton stacking mechanism includes four vertical gag lever posts, and four vertical gag lever posts are along the vertical direction It is arranged and is fixed on the rack end, every vertical gag lever post is distributed in the four edges of the carton stock of flattening along outside and erects Straight gag lever post lower end is provided with carton supporting plate, and pallets level setting and supporting plate are fixed on vertical gag lever post lower end, and supporting plate is to perpendicular Straight gag lever post inner bulge extends, and development length is that can hold carton stock and sucker is facilitated to grab.
Further, the carton forming mold includes the first profiled sheeting, the second profiled sheeting, third profiled sheeting, the four one-tenth Template, the 4th profiled sheeting cylinder, plate and plate cylinder, the first profiled sheeting are fixed on the rack vertically and stack positioned at carton Side below mechanism, the first profiled sheeting upper end are wedge block, and the second profiled sheeting is fixed on the rack vertically and is located at and first The upper end of the opposite other side of profiled sheeting, the second profiled sheeting is bent to shell outside, and third profiled sheeting is fixed on the rack vertically And it is located at the second profiled sheeting side side, third profiled sheeting upper end is bent to shell outside, and plate is horizontally disposed and is located at Above third profiled sheeting, plate is fixed on plate cylinder to be moved in the horizontal direction by the driving of plate cylinder, and the 4th profiled sheeting is perpendicular Straight to be arranged and be located above plate, the 4th profiled sheeting is arranged on the 4th profiled sheeting cylinder by the 4th profiled sheeting cylinder drives edge water It square is bent to mobile and the 4th profiled sheeting lower end to shell outside.
Further, the fold mechanism of picking up the ears is two groups, and two groups of fold mechanisms of picking up the ears are separately positioned on rack two sides, often Group fold mechanism of picking up the ears includes C-fold mold and mold driving cylinder, and C-fold mold is horizontally disposed and c-type The both ends tip inside of folding die is provided with chamfering, and C-fold mold one end is fixed on mold driving cylinder and is driven by mold Cylinder of taking offence driving is slided in the horizontal direction.
Further, the RFID device is fixed on the rack and is located at side below carton stacking mechanism, every paper RFID label tag is provided on box raw material, the descending trajectory of sucker hoisting mechanism reads effective coverage by RFID device.
Further, the sucker hoisting mechanism includes sucker, sucker cantilever crane and single axis robot, and sucker cantilever crane is along horizontal One end of direction setting and sucker cantilever crane is arranged on single axis robot to be gone up and down along the vertical direction by single axis robot's driving, single Axis Robot vertical direction is arranged and is fixed on the rack, and sucker is arranged perpendicular to sucking disc arm frame and is fixed on sucking disc arm The other end end of frame, sucker shape match with carton bottom shape and are evenly distributed with multiple suction nozzles on sucker.
Further, the sucker hoisting mechanism also includes carton cutting agency, and carton cutting agency includes pushing block and pushes away Block drives cylinder, and pushing block setting is slided on pushing block driving cylinder by pushing block driving cylinder drives edge sucker cantilever crane length direction, Pushing block driving cylinder is fixed on the upside of sucker cantilever crane.
Further, described that case structure is sent to include two panels clamping jaw, pneumatic-finger, rotary cylinder and rodless cylinder, two panels folder Pawl is fixed on pneumatic-finger to be driven by pneumatic-finger and open and close, and pneumatic-finger, which is fixed on rotary cylinder to be driven by rotary cylinder, to be revolved Turn, rotary cylinder is arranged on rodless cylinder to be slided in the horizontal direction by rodless cylinder driving, and rodless cylinder is horizontally fixed on machine On frame.
Further, the single axis robot side is provided with drag chain, and the connection tracheae of sucker is arranged in drag chain.
Further, described send is provided with drag chain on the downside of case structure, the connection tracheae setting of pneumatic-finger and rotary cylinder In drag chain.
The utility model compared with prior art, has the following advantages that and effect: the carton bottom of the utility model folds Mechanism is by carton stacking mechanism, carton forming mold, fold mechanism of picking up the ears, RFID device, sucker hoisting mechanism and send box machine The mutual cooperation of structure can complete the folding of the more complicated paper business card box of structure, and the material of paper business card box is softer, By the structure cooperation of carton forming mold and fold mechanism and the sucker hoisting mechanism of picking up the ears of arranging in pairs or groups, soft carton is realized Folding, success rate is high, solves soft carton and folds problem.
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Fig. 1 is a kind of schematic diagram of carton bottom fold mechanism of the utility model.
Fig. 2 is a kind of schematic diagram of another direction of carton bottom fold mechanism of the utility model.
Fig. 3 is a kind of schematic internal view of carton bottom fold mechanism of the utility model.
Fig. 4 is a kind of other direction schematic internal view of carton bottom fold mechanism of the utility model.
Specific embodiment
Below by embodiment, the utility model is described in further detail, and following embodiment is to the utility model Explanation and the utility model is not limited to following embodiment.
As illustrated in fig. 1 and 2, a kind of carton bottom fold mechanism of the utility model includes rack 1, carton stacking mechanism 2, carton forming mold 3, fold mechanism 4 of picking up the ears, RFID device 5, sucker hoisting mechanism 6 and case structure 7 is sent, carton stacking mechanism 2 are arranged in 1 upper end of rack, and sucker hoisting mechanism 6 is vertically arranged in side in rack 1, and the setting of carton forming mold 3 is folded in carton 2 lower section of laying mechanism, carton are lowered through 3 folding forming of carton forming mold, fold mechanism of picking up the ears in the absorption of sucker hoisting mechanism 6 4 are arranged in 3 two sides of carton forming mold, and RFID device 5 is fixed on 1 side of rack, and case structure 7 is sent to be arranged in 1 lower end of rack.
As shown in Figures 3 and 4, carton stacking mechanism 2 includes four vertical gag lever posts 8, and four vertical gag lever posts 8 are along vertical side To being arranged and be fixed on 1 upper end of rack, every vertical gag lever post 8 is distributed in the four edges of the carton stock of flattening along outside simultaneously And vertical 8 lower end of gag lever post is provided with carton supporting plate 9, supporting plate 9 is horizontally disposed and supporting plate 9 is fixed on vertical 8 lower end of gag lever post, Supporting plate 9 extends to vertical 8 inner bulge of gag lever post, and development length is that can hold carton stock and sucker is facilitated to grab.
Carton forming mold 3 include the first profiled sheeting 10, the second profiled sheeting 11, third profiled sheeting 12, the 4th profiled sheeting 13, 4th profiled sheeting cylinder 14, plate 15 and plate cylinder 16, the first profiled sheeting 10 are fixed in rack 1 vertically and are located at carton 2 lower section side of stacking mechanism, 10 upper end of the first profiled sheeting be wedge block, the second profiled sheeting 11 be fixed in rack 1 vertically and Positioned at the other side opposite with the first profiled sheeting 10, the upper end of the second profiled sheeting 11 is to the outer lateral bend of rack 1, third profiled sheeting 12 It is fixed in rack 1 vertically and is located at 11 side side of the second profiled sheeting, 12 upper end of third profiled sheeting is to the outer lateral bending of rack 1 Song, plate 15 is horizontally disposed and is located at 12 top of third profiled sheeting, and plate 15 is fixed on plate cylinder 16 by plate cylinder 16 drivings are moved in the horizontal direction, and the 4th profiled sheeting 13 is vertically arranged and is located at 15 top of plate, and the setting of the 4th profiled sheeting 13 exists On 4th profiled sheeting cylinder 14 from the 4th profiled sheeting cylinder 14 driving move in the horizontal direction and 13 lower end of the 4th profiled sheeting to The outer lateral bend of rack 1.
Pick up the ears fold mechanism 4 be two groups, two groups of fold mechanisms 4 of picking up the ears are separately positioned on 1 two sides of rack, and every group is picked up the ears to fold Mechanism 4 includes that C-fold mold 17 and mold drive cylinder 18, and C-fold mold 17 is horizontally disposed and C-fold The both ends tip inside of mold 17 is provided with chamfering, and 17 one end of C-fold mold is fixed on mold driving cylinder 18 by mold The driving driving of cylinder 18 is slided in the horizontal direction.
RFID device 5 is fixed in rack 1 and is located at 2 lower section side of carton stacking mechanism, in every carton stock It is provided with RFID label tag, the descending trajectory of sucker hoisting mechanism 6 reads effective coverage by RFID device 5.
Sucker hoisting mechanism 6 includes sucker 19, sucker cantilever crane 20 and single axis robot 21, and sucker cantilever crane 20 is in the horizontal direction It is arranged and the setting of one end of sucker cantilever crane 20 is gone up and down on single axis robot 21 by the driving of single axis robot 21 along the vertical direction, Single axis robot 21 is arranged along the vertical direction and is fixed in rack 1, and sucker 19 is arranged and fixes perpendicular to sucker cantilever crane 2 In the other end end of sucker cantilever crane 20,19 shape of sucker is matched with carton bottom shape and is evenly distributed on sucker 19 more A suction nozzle 22.Sucker hoisting mechanism 6 also includes carton cutting agency, and carton cutting agency includes that pushing block 23 and pushing block drive cylinder 24, the setting of pushing block 23 is slided on pushing block driving cylinder 24 by pushing block driving 24 drives edge sucker cantilever crane of cylinder, 20 length direction, Pushing block driving cylinder 24 is fixed on 20 upside of sucker cantilever crane.
Sending case structure 7 includes two panels clamping jaw 25, pneumatic-finger 26, rotary cylinder 27 and rodless cylinder 28, two panels clamping jaw 25 It is fixed on pneumatic-finger 26 to be driven by pneumatic-finger 26 and open and close, pneumatic-finger 26 is fixed on rotary cylinder 27 by rotary cylinder 27 driving rotations, rotary cylinder 27 is arranged on rodless cylinder 28 to be slided in the horizontal direction by the driving of rodless cylinder 28, no bar gas Cylinder 28 is horizontally fixed in rack 1.
21 side of single axis robot is provided with drag chain 29, and the connection tracheae of sucker 19 is arranged in drag chain 29.Send case structure 7 Downside is provided with drag chain 29, and the connection tracheae setting of pneumatic-finger 26 and rotary cylinder 27 is in drag chain 29.
Initial position, the lower sucker 19 of the control of single axis robot 21 are located at bottom of the frame position, when start-up operation, singly Axis robot 21 controls sucker 19 and moves up to 2 downside of carton stacking mechanism, and the unlatching of sucker 19 adsorbs carton stacking mechanism 2 Lower side one opens the carton stock of flattening and pulls down Paper-taking box raw material, and carton passes through RFID device during downward walking 5 carry out RFID barcode scanning, and barcode scanning success then continues to move downward, if unsuccessful, feeding failure continues to return to carton stacking machine Feeding is carried out on the downside of structure 2;Single axis robot 21 continues to move downward, and carton forming mold is being passed through in a side of carton stock 3 10 contact moudling of the first profiled sheeting, side and sucker draw face and gradually form 90 degree of angles by originally coplanar, this side is stood During rising, another side is driven while having erected, so far carton stock becomes solid rectangle state from flat, at this time Pushing block driving cylinder 24 pushes pushing block 23 to forward extend out, and pushing block 23 enters inside the carton rectangular cavity just formed;Single axis machines People 21 continues to move downward, and carton bottom is after third profiled sheeting 12, the downside needed in fold plane of bottom four and sucker Bottom downside folding work is completed at 90 degree in absorption face, and two groups of start-up operations of fold mechanism 4 of picking up the ears, mold drive gas at this time Cylinder 18 pushes C-fold mold 17 to forward extend out, and completes the folding forming that bottom is picked up the ears;Then the 4th profiled sheeting cylinder 14 pushes 4th profiled sheeting 13 stretches out, and single axis robot 21 moves upwards, and carton bottom upper side is contacted with the 4th profiled sheeting 13, completes Upper side fold, then mold driving cylinder 18 push C-fold mold 17 withdraw, pushing block drive cylinder 24 push pushing block 23 to After retract, mold driving cylinder 18 push C-fold mold 17 forward extend out again;Plate cylinder 16 pushes 15 level of plate to stretch Out, plate 15 and carton bottom upside face contact, push upper side to enter inside carton with bottom downside, pick up the ears mutually to block, All foldable cylinders are retracted, bottom fold is completed;Last single axis robot 21, which continues to move downwardly to, send case structure 7 position, inhales Disk stops absorption card holder and cutting agency pushes card holder open sucker, send case structure 7 to clamp carton and is sent into next procedure.
The carton bottom fold mechanism of the utility model passes through carton stacking mechanism, carton forming mold, folding machine of picking up the ears Structure, RFID device, sucker hoisting mechanism and the mutual cooperation for sending case structure can complete the more complicated paper business card box of structure Folding, and the material of paper business card box is softer, passes through the structure cooperation of carton forming mold and folding machine of picking up the ears of arranging in pairs or groups Structure and sucker hoisting mechanism realize the folding of soft carton, and success rate is high, solve soft carton and fold problem.
Above content is only illustrate to examples for clearly illustrating the present invention described in this specification.The utility model Person of ordinary skill in the field can do various modifications or supplement to described specific embodiment or use similar side Formula substitution, content without departing from the utility model specification or beyond the scope defined by this claim should all Belong to the protection scope of the utility model.

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1. a kind of carton bottom fold mechanism, it is characterised in that: comprising rack, carton stacking mechanism, carton forming mold, pick up the ears Fold mechanism, RFID device, sucker hoisting mechanism and case structure is sent, carton stacking mechanism is arranged on the rack end, and sucker is promoted Mechanism is vertically arranged in side in rack, and carton forming mold is arranged below carton stacking mechanism, and carton is in sucker elevator Structure absorption is lowered through carton forming mold folding forming, and fold mechanism setting of picking up the ears is in carton forming mold two sides, RFID dress It sets and is fixed on rack side, case structure is sent to be arranged in rack lower end.
2. carton bottom fold mechanism described in accordance with the claim 1, it is characterised in that: the carton stacking mechanism includes four Vertical gag lever post, four vertical gag lever posts are arranged along the vertical direction and are fixed on the rack end, every vertical gag lever post distribution Flattening carton stock four edges are along outside and vertical gag lever post lower end is provided with carton supporting plate, pallets level is arranged simultaneously And supporting plate is fixed on vertical gag lever post lower end, supporting plate extends to vertical gag lever post inner bulge, and development length is that can hold Carton stock and sucker is facilitated to grab.
3. carton bottom fold mechanism described in accordance with the claim 1, it is characterised in that: the carton forming mold includes first Profiled sheeting, the second profiled sheeting, third profiled sheeting, the 4th profiled sheeting, the 4th profiled sheeting cylinder, plate and plate cylinder, the first one-tenth Template be fixed on the rack vertically and be located at carton stacking mechanism below side, the first profiled sheeting upper end be wedge block, second Profiled sheeting is fixed on the rack vertically and is located at the other side opposite with the first profiled sheeting, and the upper end of the second profiled sheeting is to rack Outer lateral bend, third profiled sheeting are fixed on the rack vertically and are located at the second profiled sheeting side side, third profiled sheeting upper end It is bent to shell outside, plate is horizontally disposed and is located above third profiled sheeting, and plate is fixed on plate cylinder by plate Cylinder driving is moved in the horizontal direction, and the 4th profiled sheeting is vertically arranged and is located above plate, and the 4th profiled sheeting is arranged the 4th It is moved in the horizontal direction on profiled sheeting cylinder from the driving of the 4th profiled sheeting cylinder and the 4th profiled sheeting lower end is curved to shell outside It is bent.
4. carton bottom fold mechanism described in accordance with the claim 1, it is characterised in that: the fold mechanism of picking up the ears is two groups, Two groups of fold mechanisms of picking up the ears are separately positioned on rack two sides, and every group of fold mechanism of picking up the ears includes that C-fold mold and mold drive Cylinder, C-fold mold is horizontally disposed and the both ends tip inside of C-fold mold is provided with chamfering, C-fold Mold one end is fixed on mold driving cylinder to be slided in the horizontal direction by mold driving cylinder driving.
5. carton bottom fold mechanism described in accordance with the claim 1, it is characterised in that: the RFID device is fixed on the rack And it is located at side below carton stacking mechanism, is provided with RFID label tag in every carton stock, under sucker hoisting mechanism It drops track and reads effective coverage by RFID device.
6. carton bottom fold mechanism described in accordance with the claim 1, it is characterised in that: the sucker hoisting mechanism includes to inhale Disk, sucker cantilever crane and single axis robot, sucker cantilever crane is horizontally disposed and one end of sucker cantilever crane is arranged in uniaxial machine It is gone up and down along the vertical direction on device people by single axis robot's driving, single axis robot is arranged along the vertical direction and is fixed on rack On, sucker is arranged perpendicular to sucking disc arm frame and is fixed on the other end end of sucker cantilever crane, sucker shape and carton bottom shape Multiple suction nozzles are evenly distributed on shape matching and sucker.
7. carton bottom fold mechanism according to claim 6, it is characterised in that: the sucker hoisting mechanism also includes paper Box cutting agency, carton cutting agency includes pushing block and pushing block drives cylinder, and pushing block setting is on pushing block driving cylinder by pushing block The sliding of cylinder drives edge sucker cantilever crane length direction is driven, pushing block driving cylinder is fixed on the upside of sucker cantilever crane.
8. carton bottom fold mechanism described in accordance with the claim 1, it is characterised in that: described that case structure is sent to press from both sides comprising two panels Pawl, pneumatic-finger, rotary cylinder and rodless cylinder, two panels clamping jaw are fixed on pneumatic-finger to be driven by pneumatic-finger and open and close, gas It starts to refer to be fixed on rotary cylinder to be driven by rotary cylinder and rotate, rotary cylinder setting is driven on rodless cylinder by rodless cylinder Dynamic to slide in the horizontal direction, rodless cylinder is horizontally fixed in rack.
9. carton bottom fold mechanism according to claim 6, it is characterised in that: the single axis robot side is provided with The connection tracheae of drag chain, sucker is arranged in drag chain.
10. carton bottom fold mechanism according to claim 8, it is characterised in that: described send is provided on the downside of case structure The connection tracheae of drag chain, pneumatic-finger and rotary cylinder is arranged in drag chain.
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