阅读说明：本技术 一种气泡水机用钢瓶中气体的填充设备及其填充方法 (Filling equipment and filling method for gas in steel cylinder for bubble water machine ) 是由 陈忠明 于 2019-12-13 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明公开了一种气泡水机用钢瓶中气体的填充设备及其填充方法,所述填充设备包含有主架体、气体压缩模块、加压马达、管线模块、钢瓶固定模块和控制模块。本发明采用半自动的填充设备为待填充钢瓶填入二氧化碳,操作人员只需要将待填充钢瓶组装于钢瓶固定模块,启动控制模块,即可由气体压缩模块与加压马达作用下形成压缩的二氧化碳,利用管线模块为待填充钢瓶填入二氧化碳。本发明让操作人员能同时管控填装作业进行,增加效率。(The invention discloses a filling device and a filling method for gas in a steel cylinder for a bubble water machine. The invention adopts semi-automatic filling equipment to fill carbon dioxide into the steel cylinder to be filled, an operator only needs to assemble the steel cylinder to be filled in the steel cylinder fixing module and start the control module, compressed carbon dioxide can be formed under the action of the gas compression module and the pressurization motor, and the pipeline module is utilized to fill the steel cylinder to be filled with carbon dioxide. The invention enables operators to control the filling operation simultaneously, thereby increasing the efficiency.)

1. A filling device of gas in a steel cylinder for a bubble water machine is characterized by comprising a main frame body (1), a gas compression module (2), a pressurizing motor (3), a pipeline module (4), a steel cylinder fixing module (5) and a control module (6);

the main frame body (1) is provided with a plurality of mounting parts (11), and the pipeline module (4), the steel cylinder fixing module (5) and the control module (6) are arranged on the mounting parts (11);

the gas compression module (2) is connected with the pressurizing motor (3), the gas compression module (2) is connected with a gas supply end (7) for supplying carbon dioxide, and after the carbon dioxide is compressed by the gas compression module (2) and the pressurizing motor (3), the gas is transmitted by the pipeline module (4);

the pipeline module (4) is arranged on an installation part (11) of the main frame body (1), the pipeline module (4) is respectively connected with the gas compression module (2) and the steel cylinder fixing module (5), the pipeline module (4) guides compressed carbon dioxide to the steel cylinder fixing module (5), and at least one steel cylinder (8) to be filled is filled with carbon dioxide; the pipeline module (4) further comprises a pressure gauge (42), and the pressure gauge (42) is used for detecting the pressure values of the pipeline module (4) and the steel cylinder (8) to be filled;

the gas compression module (2) comprises an electromagnetic valve (21) for controlling the flow of carbon dioxide, and the control module (6) is connected with the electromagnetic valve (21) so as to control the carbon dioxide to flow into the pipeline module (4);

the steel cylinder fixing module (5) is connected with the pipeline module (4), the steel cylinder fixing module (5) at least comprises a connecting valve (51) for fixing the steel cylinder (8) to be filled, and carbon dioxide is injected into the steel cylinder (8) to be filled through the connecting valve (51); the pipeline module (4) further comprises an air extraction unit (41), wherein the air extraction unit (41) is connected with the connecting valve (51) and is used for extracting residual gas in the steel cylinder (8) to be filled and keeping the internal space of the steel cylinder (8) to be filled;

the control module (6) is electrically connected to the gas compression module (2) and the pressurizing motor (3) and controls the opening and closing functions of the gas compression module (2) and the pressurizing motor (3), the control module (61) further comprises an operation part (61), and the gas compression module (2) and the pressurizing motor (3) are electrically controlled through the operation part (61), so that the steel cylinder (8) to be filled is filled with carbon dioxide; the control part (61) of the control module (6) is provided with a display panel (62), and the control module (6) sets different injected carbon dioxide flow rates according to the volume of the steel cylinder (8) to be filled.

2. The apparatus for filling gas into a steel cylinder of a bubbling water machine according to claim 1, wherein the steel cylinder fixing module (5) further comprises a weighing device (52), the weighing device (52) is electrically connected to the control module (6), and the carbon dioxide filling operation is controlled to be performed or terminated by setting a predetermined weight of the weighing device (52).

3. The apparatus for filling gas into a steel cylinder of a bubbling water machine according to claim 1, wherein said connection valve (51) further comprises a flow meter (53), said flow meter (53) is used for counting the weight of carbon dioxide flowing into said steel cylinder (8) to be filled, and said flow meter (53) is electrically connected to said control module (6), and the operation of filling carbon dioxide is controlled to proceed or end according to the data of said flow meter (53).

4. The apparatus for filling gas in a steel cylinder for a bubbling water machine according to claim 1, wherein the steel cylinder fixing module (5) is provided in the main frame body (1) in an upright manner.

5. The apparatus for filling gas into a cylinder of a bubbling water machine according to claim 1, wherein the cylinder fixing module (5) is disposed in the main frame body (1) in a lying manner.

6. The apparatus for filling gas in the steel cylinder of the bubbling water machine according to claim 1, wherein the steel cylinder fixing module (5) further comprises an auxiliary pushing unit (54), and the auxiliary pushing unit (54) pushes the steel cylinder (8) to be filled toward the connection valve (51) and connects the steel cylinder (8) to be filled with the connection valve (51).

7. The apparatus for filling gas in cylinders of a bubbling water machine according to claim 6, wherein said auxiliary propulsion unit (54) propels a screw by hand wheel, by which said cylinder to be filled (8) is propelled toward said connection valve (51).

8. The apparatus for filling gas in steel cylinders for a bubbling water machine according to claim 6, wherein said auxiliary propelling unit (54) propels said steel cylinder (8) to be filled toward said connecting valve (51) by a stepping motor.

9. The apparatus for filling gas into a steel cylinder of a bubbling water machine according to claim 1, wherein said connection valve (51) is provided with an internal thread, said steel cylinder (8) to be filled has a connected mouth (81), said mouth (81) has an external thread, and said steel cylinder (8) to be filled is connected to said connection valve (51) by screwing.

10. The apparatus for filling gas into a steel cylinder of a bubbling water machine according to claim 1, wherein the pipeline module (4) further comprises a pressure detecting module (43), and the pressure detecting module (43) is used for detecting the internal pressure of the steel cylinder (8) to be filled, so as to determine whether there is a structural damage.

11. A method of filling a cylinder for a bubbler with the filling apparatus according to claim 1, comprising the steps of:

erection flow: assembling the steel cylinder (8) to be filled on a connecting valve (51) of the steel cylinder fixing module (5) to enable the steel cylinder (8) to be filled and the pipeline module (4) to be in a conduction state;

cleaning and vacuumizing processes: injecting carbon dioxide into the steel cylinder (8) to be filled, and after waiting for several seconds, vacuumizing the space in the steel cylinder through the air pumping unit (41) to pump out residual gas;

carbon dioxide filling flow: the control module (6) injects compressed carbon dioxide generated by the gas compression module (2) and the pressurizing motor (3) into the steel cylinder (8) to be filled through the pipeline module (4) according to a set filling amount;

a control flow: detecting the capacity of the carbon dioxide injected into the steel cylinder (8) to be filled through at least one sensing module;

and (3) finishing the flow: and a sound or light and shadow prompt is generated by the control module (6) to inform an operator to complete the filling operation.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the purging step further comprises a pressure detection module (43) for detecting whether the structural rupture of the cylinder (8) occurs when the carbon dioxide is injected into the cylinder (8).

13. A fully automatic inflation system comprising a filling device according to claim 1, characterized by comprising said filling device, at least one feeding device (91), at least one taking device (92), at least one conveyor device (93); the feeding equipment (91), the material taking equipment (92) and the conveying belt equipment (93) are connected with the control module (6), and the feeding, the blanking and the conveying operations are carried out under the operation of the control module (6).

14. A fully automatic inflation system according to claim 13, wherein the conveyor belt device (93) comprises a scale.

15. The fully automatic inflation system according to claim 13, wherein the feeding device (91) and the material taking device (92) adopt a mechanical arm, a mechanical arm integrating a vision module, or a gate switch.

Technical Field

The invention relates to a gas filling technology, in particular to gas filling equipment and a filling method thereof, which are used for filling gas in a steel cylinder of a bubbling water machine.

Background

The bubble water machine is a common device in home, the bubble water generated by the bubble water machine has the effects of fat elimination, digestion promotion and the like, and the taste of the bubbles can replace drinks with sugar such as soda, cola, sand and the like sold in the market.

The bubble water machine can generate bubbles mainly by using a steel cylinder arranged on a machine body, wherein the steel cylinder is filled with food-grade carbon dioxide gas, and the carbon dioxide gas is pressurized and injected into a soda water bottle to obtain bubble water.

The gas in the steel cylinder can be consumed and used up, and a user needs to replace the steel cylinder (namely a new cylinder) filled with the carbon dioxide gas to continue to use the bubble water machine. Therefore, many operators pay attention to the commercial opportunity of the steel cylinder, and put into related industries of filling gas into the steel cylinder. The prior art for filling gas cylinders has been described with reference to related films and techniques, and will not be described herein.

However, from the observation of the prior art, it was found that the following are to be improved:

(1) in the prior art, manual operation is basically adopted, an operator must continuously perform the action of screwing/unscrewing the connecting valve, and the action is quite complicated and wastes time.

(2) In the prior art, carbon dioxide is filled into a steel cylinder to be filled by using the pressure difference of a main steel cylinder; however, when the carbon dioxide in the main cylinder is gradually used, the pressure difference between the two ends naturally reaches the equilibrium, and the time for filling the carbon dioxide is prolonged due to the pressure equilibrium, which is quite inefficient.

(3) The residual carbon dioxide which is not used up is difficult to avoid in the steel cylinder to be filled, and if the residual carbon dioxide is continuously filled, the food safety is doubtful.

(4) The steel cylinder to be filled has no detection structure or detection mechanism after being mounted on the machine, and if the steel cylinder to be filled is not properly filled or the structure of the steel cylinder to be filled is damaged, the industrial safety problem of steel cylinder explosion can be caused.

How to improve the deficiency of the prior art is a problem that needs to be solved urgently by the technical personnel in the field.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention mainly aims to provide filling equipment for gas in a steel cylinder for a bubbling water machine, which adopts semi-automatic filling equipment to fill carbon dioxide into a steel cylinder to be filled, and can fill the carbon dioxide into the steel cylinder to be filled by the filling equipment only by assembling the steel cylinder to be filled on the filling equipment, so that the operator can control the filling operation to be carried out simultaneously, and the efficiency is increased.

The secondary object of the present invention is to provide a filling apparatus of gas in a steel cylinder for a bubbling water machine, which has a pressurizing module to maintain the rate of filling carbon dioxide and the efficiency of filling carbon dioxide during the filling operation.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a filling method using said filling device, which substantially ameliorates the disadvantages of the prior art that are lengthy in production time.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a filling method using the filling apparatus, in which the structure of the steel cylinder to be filled is detected by using the pressure inside the cylinder before the cylinder is filled with gas.

The invention relates to a filling device of gas in a steel cylinder for a bubble water machine, which structurally comprises: the main frame body, the gas compression module, the pressurization motor, the pipeline module, the steel bottle fixing module and the control module.

The main frame body be equipped with a plurality of installation departments, pipeline module, steel bottle fixed module with control module set up respectively in the installation department.

The gas compression module is connected with the pressurizing motor, the gas compression module is connected with a gas supply end for supplying carbon dioxide, and after the carbon dioxide is compressed by the gas compression module and the pressurizing motor, the gas is transmitted by the pipeline module.

The pipeline module install in the installation department of body frame body, the pipeline module respectively with the gas compression module steel bottle fixed module is connected, the pipeline module will compress carbon dioxide lead to steel bottle fixed module to at least one steel bottle of waiting to fill fills carbon dioxide. The pipeline module further comprises a pressure gauge, and the pressure gauge is used for detecting the pressure values of the pipeline module and the steel cylinder to be filled.

The gas compression module comprises an electromagnetic valve for controlling the flow of carbon dioxide, and the control module is connected with the electromagnetic valve so as to control the carbon dioxide to flow into the pipeline module.

The steel bottle fixing module is connected with the pipeline module, the steel bottle fixing module at least comprises a connecting valve for fixing the steel bottle to be filled, and carbon dioxide is injected into the steel bottle to be filled through the connecting valve. The pipeline module further comprises an air extraction unit, and the air extraction unit is connected with the connecting valve and used for extracting residual gas in the steel cylinder to be filled and keeping the internal space of the steel cylinder to be filled.

The control module is electrically connected to the gas compression module and the pressurizing motor and controls the opening and closing functions of the gas compression module and the pressurizing motor. The control module further comprises an operation part, and the gas compression module and the pressurizing motor are electrically controlled by the operation part, so that the steel cylinder to be filled is subjected to carbon dioxide filling operation. The control part of the control module is provided with a display panel, and the control module sets different injected carbon dioxide flow rates according to the volume of the steel cylinder to be filled.

Furthermore, the steel cylinder fixing module further comprises a weighing device, the weighing device is electrically connected with the control module, and the operation of filling carbon dioxide is controlled to be carried out or finished by setting the preset weight of the weighing device.

Furthermore, the connecting valve is further provided with a flowmeter, the flowmeter is used for counting the weight of the carbon dioxide flowing into the steel cylinder to be filled, the flowmeter is electrically connected with the control module, and the operation of filling the carbon dioxide is controlled to be carried out or finished according to the data of the flowmeter.

Further, the cylinder fixing module is vertically arranged in the main frame body.

Further, the cylinder fixing module is horizontally arranged in the main frame body.

Furthermore, the cylinder fixing module further comprises an auxiliary pushing unit, wherein the auxiliary pushing unit pushes the cylinder to be filled to push towards the connecting valve and connects the cylinder to be filled with the connecting valve; the auxiliary propelling unit is used for propelling a screw rod through a hand wheel, and the screw rod pushes the steel cylinder to be filled to propel towards the connecting valve; or the auxiliary propulsion unit is driven by a stepping motor to propel the steel cylinder to be filled towards the connecting valve.

Furthermore, the connecting valve is provided with an internal thread part, the steel cylinder to be filled is provided with a connected bottle mouth, the bottle mouth is provided with an external thread part, and the steel cylinder to be filled is connected to the connecting valve in a screwing mode.

Furthermore, the pipeline module further comprises a pressure detection module, and the pressure detection module is used for detecting the internal pressure of the steel cylinder to be filled, so as to judge whether the structure is damaged or not.

The invention also discloses a method for filling gas in the steel cylinder of the bubble water machine, which comprises the following steps:

(1) the erection process is that the steel cylinder to be filled is assembled on the connecting valve of the steel cylinder fixing module, so that the steel cylinder to be filled is in a conduction state with the pipeline module;

(2) cleaning and vacuumizing process, injecting carbon dioxide into the steel cylinder to be filled, vacuumizing the space in the steel cylinder through the air pumping unit after waiting for several seconds, and pumping out residual gas;

(3) a carbon dioxide filling process, wherein the control module injects compressed carbon dioxide generated by the gas compression module and the pressurizing motor into the steel cylinder to be filled through the pipeline module according to the set filling amount;

(4) the control flow detects the capacity of the carbon dioxide injected into the steel cylinder to be filled through a sensing module;

(5) and completing the process, wherein a sound or light and shadow prompt is generated by the control module, and an operator is informed to complete the filling operation.

The cleaning and vacuumizing process further utilizes a pressure detection module to detect whether the structure of the steel cylinder to be filled is broken or not when carbon dioxide is injected into the steel cylinder to be filled.

Through the structure, the effects provided by the invention are briefly described as follows:

(1) the invention integrates and systematizes the existing filling equipment, and an operator only needs to place the steel cylinder to be filled in the steel cylinder fixing module, fix the steel cylinder to be filled through the auxiliary propulsion unit and carry out carbon dioxide filling operation, thereby achieving the purpose that one person can simultaneously manage a plurality of equipment and greatly improving the production capacity.

(2) The invention is matched with the pressure detection module to detect the structural property of the steel cylinder to be filled before filling carbon dioxide, thereby protecting the safety of operators.

(3) The invention can fill the steel cylinder to be filled in a metering mode through the weighing device or the flowmeter, thereby greatly improving the product quality and ensuring the capacity of filling carbon dioxide each time to be exact and accurate.

(4) The invention adopts a one-key control technology, and the operator can fill the steel cylinder to be filled with carbon dioxide only by managing the capacity of the steel cylinder to be filled, thereby avoiding the inaccurate and inaccurate filling mode in the prior art and strictly controlling the quality.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the main frame;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the combination of the cylinder fixing module and the cylinder to be filled according to the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 illustrates the cylinder fixing module of the present invention fixing the cylinder in an upright manner;

FIG. 6 shows the cylinder fixing module of the present invention fixing the cylinder in a horizontal manner;

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of the auxiliary propulsion unit;

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of the auxiliary propulsion unit (II);

FIG. 9 shows the connection between the connecting valve and the bottle mouth;

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of the control module setting capacity;

FIG. 11 is a flow chart of a filling method of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a diagram of a fully automatic inflation system incorporating the present invention.

Detailed Description

The invention is further described below with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific examples.

In the figure: the device comprises a main frame body 1, a mounting part 11, a gas compression module 2, an electromagnetic valve 21, a pressurizing motor 3, a pipeline module 4, an air pumping unit 41, a pressure gauge 42, a pressure detection module 43, a steel cylinder fixing module 5, a connecting valve 51, a weighing device 52, a flowmeter 53, an auxiliary propulsion unit 54, a control module 6, a control part 61, a display panel 62, a gas supply end 7, a steel cylinder to be filled 8, a bottle opening 81, a feeding device 91, a material taking device 92 and a conveying belt device 93.