阅读说明：本技术 一种自动开罐机 (Automatic can opener ) 是由 李辉 何金玉 叶羡容 邓剑雄 周多密 雷容 黄春丽 于 2020-12-17 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明涉及食品加工技术领域,具体是一种自动开罐机,应用在罐头的输送线体上,所述自动开罐机包括：驱动件,所述驱动件的输出端安装有开盖器,所述开盖器具有开盖部分,驱动件带动开盖部分打开罐头的瓶盖；定位件,所述定位件安装在开盖器与输送线体之间,定位件限位约束罐头于开盖器下方；以及监测单元和控制单元,所述监测单元监测罐头的位置并反馈给控制单元,控制单元控制驱动件和定位件的启动、关闭及工作节拍。本发明的有益效果是：通过控制单元自动控制定位件夹持罐头,再通过驱动件带动开盖器的开盖部分打开罐头的瓶盖；取代采用人工进行开盖,提高了生产线的生产效率和自动化程度；能满足市场对罐头的开盖、再加工的需求。(The invention relates to the technical field of food processing, in particular to an automatic can opener which is applied to a conveying line body of cans and comprises: the can opener is provided with an opening cover part, and the driving part drives the opening cover part to open the cap of the can; the positioning piece is arranged between the cover opener and the conveying line body, and limits and restrains the can below the cover opener; and the monitoring unit monitors the position of the can and feeds back the position to the control unit, and the control unit controls the starting, closing and working beat of the driving piece and the positioning piece. The invention has the beneficial effects that: the control unit automatically controls the positioning piece to clamp the can, and the driving piece drives the cap opening part of the cap opener to open the cap of the can; the cover opening is performed manually instead, so that the production efficiency and the automation degree of the production line are improved; can meet the requirements of the market on uncovering and reprocessing of cans.)

1. The utility model provides an automatic can opener, uses on the conveying line body of can, its characterized in that, automatic can opener includes:

the can opener is provided with an opening cover part, and the driving part drives the opening cover part to open the cap of the can;

the positioning piece is arranged between the cover opener and the conveying line body, and limits and restrains the can below the cover opener; and

monitoring unit and the control unit, monitoring unit monitors the position of can and feeds back to the control unit, and the control unit controls the start-up, the closing and the beat of work of driving piece and setting element.

2. The automatic can opener according to claim 1, wherein a bottle cap collecting line is mounted laterally of the driving member, and an end of the bottle cap collecting line adjacent to the lid opener receives the lid opener for receiving a partially opened bottle cap.

3. The automatic can opener according to claim 1, wherein the positioning member comprises a cylinder and a positioning block mounted on an output end of the cylinder, and the control unit controls the two cylinders to synchronously drive the positioning block to limit and restrain the cans.

4. The automatic can opener according to claim 1, wherein the monitoring unit comprises a sensor, the sensor is disposed at a set position between the positioning member and the feeding end of the conveyor line body, and the sensor is connected to the control unit.

5. The automatic can opener according to claim 4, wherein the monitoring unit is provided with a blocking member on both sides or one side thereof, which interferes with the conveying direction of the conveyor line, and the blocking member intermittently releases cans conveyed by the conveyor line.

6. The automatic can opener according to claim 5, wherein the blocking member comprises a blocking plate and a damper, the blocking plate is mounted on the conveyor line body on the monitoring unit side through a blocking plate mounting frame, and the damper for damping is disposed between the blocking plate and the blocking plate mounting frame.

7. The automatic can opener according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the control unit comprises a PLC and an operation panel connected with the PLC, the operation panel is used for setting the working beats of the driving member and the positioning member, and the PLC controls the opening and closing of the driving member and the positioning member through a relay.

8. The automatic can opener according to claim 1, wherein the lid opener comprises a suction member for sucking the bottle cap opened by the lid opening head and a lid opening head having a lid opening portion.

9. The automatic can opener according to claim 8, wherein the cap opener head is disposed at an angle with respect to a plane of the conveyor line body, and a blowing member is disposed at an opening direction of the angle, and the blowing member pushes the cap loosened by the suction element to the outside.

10. The automatic can opener according to claim 1, wherein the drive member is a pneumatic or electric member.

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of food processing, in particular to an automatic can opener.

Background

The processing of the food conforms to strict processing production standards, and in the processing and circulation links of raw materials, semi-finished products and finished products, the processing safety needs to be ensured, so that the pollution to the raw materials, the semi-finished products and the finished products is avoided; therefore, the modern food processing trend is toward automation and sealing.

The production of cans is also developing towards semi-automatic and full-automatic directions, and production lines capable of adding finished products into empty cans and automatically packaging the empty cans appear in the market.

However, production equipment for taking out finished products from cans, carrying out centralized collection and further processing on the finished products is lacked, and manual operation is mostly adopted for opening the cans; or only semi-automatic equipment is adopted, the automation degree is low, and the requirements of opening the cover and reprocessing of the can in the market cannot be met.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide an automatic can opener to solve the problems in the background technology.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides the following technical scheme:

the utility model provides an automatic can opener, uses on the conveying line body of can, automatic can opener includes: the can opener is provided with an opening cover part, and the driving part drives the opening cover part to open the cap of the can; the positioning piece is arranged between the cover opener and the conveying line body, and limits and restrains the can below the cover opener; and the monitoring unit monitors the position of the can and feeds back the position to the control unit, and the control unit controls the starting, closing and working beat of the driving piece and the positioning piece.

As a further scheme of the invention: the bottle cap collecting line body is installed on the side of the driving piece, and the end, close to the cover opener, of the bottle cap collecting line body is used for receiving the bottle cap opened by the cover opening part.

As a still further scheme of the invention: the locating piece comprises a cylinder and a locating piece arranged on the output end of the cylinder, and the control unit controls the two cylinders to synchronously drive the locating piece to limit and restrain the can.

As a still further scheme of the invention: the monitoring unit comprises a sensor, the sensor is arranged at a set position between the positioning piece and the feeding end of the conveying line body, and the sensor is connected with the control unit.

As a still further scheme of the invention: two sides or one side of the monitoring unit are provided with blocking pieces which interfere with the conveying direction of the conveying line body, and the blocking pieces intermittently release cans conveyed by the conveying line body.

As a still further scheme of the invention: the blocking piece comprises a blocking plate and a damper, the blocking plate is installed on the conveying line body on the side of the monitoring unit through a blocking plate installation frame, and the damper playing a damping role is arranged between the blocking plate and the blocking plate installation frame.

As a still further scheme of the invention: the control unit comprises a PLC and an operation panel connected with the PLC, the working beat of the driving piece and the positioning piece is set through the operation panel, and the PLC controls the driving piece and the positioning piece to be opened and closed through the relay.

As a still further scheme of the invention: the cap opener includes a suction member for sucking the cap opened by the cap opening head, and a cap opening head having a cap opening portion.

As a still further scheme of the invention: the cap opening head and the plane where the conveying line body is located form an included angle, a blowing piece is arranged in the opening direction of the included angle, and the blowing piece pushes the bottle cap loosened by the adsorption element to the outside.

As a still further scheme of the invention: the driving piece is a pneumatic piece or an electric piece.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that: the automatic can opener automatically controls the positioning piece to clamp the can through the control unit, and then drives the cap opening part of the cap opener to open the cap of the can through the driving piece; the production equipment for taking out finished products from cans, which is lack in the market, is used for replacing manual uncapping, so that the production efficiency and the automation degree of a production line are improved; can meet the requirements of the market on uncovering and reprocessing of cans.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an automatic can opener according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a partially enlarged schematic view of fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a partial structural schematic view of an automatic can opener according to another embodiment of the present invention.

In the drawings: 1. opening a cover of the cylinder; 2. a mounting frame; 3. a cap opener; 4. a left cylinder; 5. a cylinder mounting plate; 6. a partition panel; 7. a partition board mounting rack; 8. a conveyor line body; 9. a right cylinder; 10. a bottle cap collecting wire body; 11. a feeding end; 12. a discharge end; 13. a telescopic collection plate; 14. a sensor; 15. air cock mounting bar.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, like numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The implementations described in the exemplary embodiments below are not intended to represent all implementations consistent with the present disclosure. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with certain aspects of the present disclosure, as detailed in the appended claims.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, in an embodiment of the present invention, an automatic can opener is applied to a conveying line body 8 of cans, and includes: the can opener is characterized by comprising a driving piece, wherein a cap opener 3 is mounted at the output end of the driving piece, the cap opener 3 is provided with a cap opening part, and the driving piece drives the cap opening part to open the cap of a can; the positioning piece is arranged between the cover opener 3 and the conveying line body 8, and limits and restrains the cans below the cover opener 3; and the monitoring unit monitors the position of the can and feeds back the position to the control unit, and the control unit controls the starting, closing and working beat of the driving piece and the positioning piece.

Specifically, the driving piece is a pneumatic piece comprising a cover opening cylinder 1, and the cover opening cylinder 1 is arranged on the conveying line body 8 through an installation frame 2; the can opening during operation, the pan feeding end 11 of conveying line body 8 is followed to the can and is put into conveying line body 8, and monitoring unit monitors the position of can, and when the can was carried to setting element department, the spacing restraint can of the control unit control setting element, the part of uncapping that cylinder 1 drove the uncapping device of controlling again opens the bottle lid, with bottle lid and can separation, afterwards, the can continues to be carried to discharge end 12 by conveying line body 8, carries out the processing of next process.

The driving part is an electric part, the electric part can adopt an electric push rod, and the electric push rod is arranged on the conveying line body 8 through the mounting frame 2; the electric push rod drives the uncapping part of the uncapping device to open the bottle cap, and the bottle cap is separated from the can;

in conclusion, the automatic can opener automatically controls the positioning piece to clamp the can through the control unit, and then drives the cap opening part of the cap opener to open the cap of the can through the driving piece; the production equipment for taking out finished products from cans, which is lack in the market, is used for replacing manual uncapping, so that the production efficiency and the automation degree of a production line are improved; can meet the requirements of the market on uncovering and reprocessing of cans.

Further, a bottle cap collecting line body 10 is installed on the side of the driving piece, and the end, close to the bottle cap opener, of the bottle cap collecting line body 10 is used for receiving the bottle cap opened by the cap opening part and conveying the received bottle cap to the bottle cap collecting barrel.

Referring to fig. 2, in an embodiment of the present invention, the positioning element includes a cylinder and a positioning block installed at an output end of the cylinder, and the control unit controls the two cylinders to synchronously drive the positioning block to limit and restrain the can.

The setting element has two, and two cylinders are as left cylinder 4, right cylinder 9, left side cylinder 4, right cylinder 9 pass through cylinder mounting panel 5 and install in the both sides of transfer line body 8 to with the control unit electric connection, when the can was carried to uncapping ware below, left side cylinder 4, right cylinder 9 drive the locating plate of its output installation respectively and carry out spacing fixed to the can in step.

Referring to fig. 3, in another embodiment of the present invention, the monitoring unit includes a sensor 14, the sensor 14 is disposed at a set position between the positioning member and the feeding end of the conveyor line, and the sensor 14 is connected to the control unit.

The sensor adopts infrared correlation sensor, and the correlation light that its sent is cut off when the can passes through, and infrared correlation sensor will produce a feedback signal and give the control unit, and the control unit control setting element action after delaying the certain time carries out spacing restraint to the can, and the ware of uncapping of being convenient for uncaps.

Furthermore, one side of the monitoring unit is provided with a blocking piece which forms interference with the conveying direction of the conveying line body, and the blocking piece intermittently releases cans conveyed by the conveying line body. The piece is by partition panel 6, partition panel mounting bracket 7 that have the wall breach of keeping off and constitute, and partition panel 6 passes through the axle and the bearing is installed on partition panel mounting bracket 7, and servo cylinder is installed to the one end of axle, and it is rotatory to drive partition panel 6 through servo cylinder, realizes the orderly wall to the can, and the setting element of being convenient for is fixed a position.

In some application scenes, two sides of the monitoring unit are provided with blocking pieces which form interference with the conveying direction of the conveying line body, and the blocking pieces intermittently release cans conveyed by the conveying line body; the piece is by partition panel 6, partition panel mounting bracket 7 that have the wall breach of keeping off and constitute, and partition panel 6 passes through the axle and the bearing is installed on partition panel mounting bracket 7, and servo cylinder is installed to the one end of axle, and it is rotatory to drive partition panel 6 through servo cylinder, realizes the orderly wall to the can, and the setting element of being convenient for is fixed a position.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, in another embodiment of the present invention, the blocking member includes a blocking plate and a damper, the blocking plate is mounted on the conveyor line body on the monitoring unit side through a blocking plate mounting bracket, and the damper for damping is disposed between the blocking plate and the blocking plate mounting bracket.

The blocking plate is circumferentially provided with a plurality of reflective plug-in units, when the conveying line body conveys the cans to be close to the blocking plate, the nearest plug-in unit is inserted between two adjacent cans from the side surface to be blocked, the conveying line body drives the cans to continuously run, the plug-in units are pushed by the cans to overcome the damping action of the damper to rotate, and the next plug-in unit is continuously inserted between the next two adjacent cans to be blocked; in contrast to the other embodiment, no further power is required for the movement of the insert; the energy is saved, the unpowered running is realized, the stability is better, the construction cost of the structure is lower, and the service life is longer.

Referring to fig. 3, in another embodiment of the present invention, the control unit includes a PLC and an operation panel connected to the PLC, and the operation panel sets a working cycle of the driving member and the positioning member, and the PLC controls the driving member and the positioning member to open and close through a relay.

Specifically, the PLC controls the on-off of an electric pump arranged on an uncovering cylinder of the driving piece and the on-off of an electric pump arranged on an air cylinder of the positioning piece through a relay. The time interval of power-on and power-off is set through the operation panel, and then the working beats of the driving piece and the positioning piece are set.

The cap opener comprises an adsorption element and a cap opening head with a cap opening part, wherein the adsorption element is used for adsorbing the bottle cap opened by the cap opening head; the adsorption element adopts an electromagnet or a suction nozzle; because most of the bottle caps of the cans on the market are made of metal materials, clamping and fixing work after the bottle caps are opened is realized by adopting an electromagnet, and then the telescopic collecting plate 13 of the bottle cap collecting line body 10 is stretched to the bottom of the cap opener to receive the bottle caps and is transferred to the outside; the telescopic collecting plate 13 is telescopic by a telescopic cylinder installed on the bottle cap collecting line body 10.

Referring to fig. 1, in another preferred embodiment of the present invention, an included angle is formed between the cap opening head and a plane where the conveyor line is located, and a blowing member is disposed in an opening direction of the included angle, and pushes the cap loosened by the adsorption element to the outside.

The blowing-off piece comprises an air nozzle, and the air nozzle is arranged on the mounting frame through an air nozzle mounting strip 15; the path of the gas blown out from the gas nozzle passes through the falling path of the bottle cap loosened by the adsorption element, and the bottle cap is blown to the bottle cap collecting line body; the blowing-off piece replaces a telescopic collecting plate and a telescopic cylinder; the whole structure is simplified.

The working principle of the invention is as follows: the driving piece is a pneumatic piece comprising a cover opening cylinder 1, and the cover opening cylinder 1 is arranged on the conveying line body 8 through an installation frame 2; the can opening during operation, the conveyor line body 8 is put into from the pan feeding end 11 of conveyor line body 8 to the can, and monitoring unit monitors the position of can, and when the can was carried to setting element department, the spacing restraint of control unit control setting element can, the part of uncapping that cylinder 1 drove the cap opener of controlling again opened the bottle lid, separated bottle lid and can.

It should be noted that the PLC and the infrared correlation sensor adopted in the present invention are all prior art applications, and those skilled in the art can implement the intended functions according to the related description, or implement the technical features required to be accomplished by similar techniques, and will not be described in detail herein.

Other embodiments of the disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the disclosure herein. This application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the disclosure following, in general, the principles of the disclosure and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the disclosure pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the disclosure being indicated by the following claims.

It will be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the precise arrangements described above and shown in the drawings and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the present disclosure is limited only by the appended claims.