CN101549557B - Full-automatic double ultrasonic U-shaped upstops of nylon zip fastener - Google Patents
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The invention discloses full-automatic double ultrasonic U-shaped upstops of a nylon zip fastener, comprising a stand, a plastic flat wire cutting and bending forming mechanism, a chaining-passing positioning mechanism, a pull head signal inducing mechanism, an elastic zip fastener mechanism, a chain-dividing mechanism and a welding and melding mechanism. The invention utilizes the ultrasonic melding technology, uses one welding head to simultaneously meld the U-shaped plastic flat wire upstops at the left and the right of the nylon zip fastener by a full-automatic production mode, and has theadvantages of reasonable structure, reliable performance, high production efficiency, stable product quality, and the like.
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The present invention relates to a kind of nylon zipper production equipment, exactly is full-automatic double ultrasonic U-shaped upstops of nylon zip fastener.
Background technology
Existing full-automatic double ultrasonic U-shaped upstops of nylon zip fastener all is to send out the electronic box that shakes, ticker, the soldering tip U type dual-upper stopper of left and right welding nylon zipper simultaneously with two covers, and plastic rubber flat filament is formed on the U type mode of ending grain, and to be that utilize that tradition ends machine down following ends the molding mode of grain the same, outer cut, flexible mould, punching pin in promptly needing.Therefore, existing full-automatic double ultrasonic U-shaped upstops of nylon zip fastener volume is big, manufacturing cost is high.
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At the deficiency that prior art exists, the present invention aims to provide a kind of full-automatic double ultrasonic U-shaped upstops of nylon zip fastener.
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A kind of full-automatic double ultrasonic U-shaped upstops of nylon zip fastener, comprise frame, plastic rubber flat filament cuts off bending forming mechanism, cross the chain detent mechanism, pull head induction of signal mechanism, the degree of tightness zipper, divide chain mechanism and weldering molten mechanism, described plastic rubber flat filament cuts off bending forming mechanism and laterally is arranged in frame top, its left and right sides is a symmetrical structure, the middle part formed chain space, cross the chain detent mechanism by the forestock chain mechanism, bearded needle detent mechanism and butt chain mechanism are formed, wherein the forestock chain mechanism is positioned at the front side that plastic rubber flat filament cuts off bending forming mechanism, by preceding chain supporting frame, preceding chain supporting frame guide pillar and preceding chain supporting frame cylinder are formed, preceding chain supporting frame can be installed on the preceding chain supporting frame guide pillar up or down, preceding chain supporting frame cylinder is connected with preceding chain supporting frame bottom, chain supporting frame top before pull head induction of signal mechanism is fixed on, the bearded needle detent mechanism is made up of bearded needle and bearded needle cylinder, the base of frame of chain supporting frame below before the bearded needle cylinder is installed in, bearded needle is positioned at framework inside and is connected with cylinder, whole bearded needle detent mechanism can move up and down and self-movement with preceding chain supporting frame, the L type elasticity bearded needle of bearded needle for moving forward and backward, preceding chain supporting frame is provided with the slotted eye that passes for bearded needle, the butt chain mechanism is made up of the back chain supporting frame cylinder that back chain supporting frame and driving back chain supporting frame move up and down, divide chain mechanism to be fixed on chain supporting frame top, back, form by the branch chain cylinder that minute chain piece and driving divide the chain piece to move up and down, the degree of tightness zipper is positioned at the rear side of back chain supporting frame, form by the degree of tightness cylinder that loosening and tightening wheel and driving loosening and tightening wheel move up and down, the molten mechanism of weldering is by the shaped as frame pedestal, soldering tip, guide pillar, send out shake body installing plate, the weld cylinder fixed head, the lift cylinder fixed head, lift cylinder, a weld cylinder and a shake body are formed, wherein the shaped as frame pedestal is fixed on the frame front side, shaped as frame pedestal front side was provided with the chain frame and crossed sprocket wheel, the rear side of degree of tightness zipper is provided with towing chain mechanism, guide pillar longitudinally is installed in the top of shaped as frame pedestal, sending out shake body installing plate can slide up and down along guide pillar by guide pin bushing, its power is provided by two lift cylinders on the lift cylinder fixed head that is fixed on the guide pillar top, by the welding air cylinder fixed plate that also can on guide pillar, slide and welding cylinder axis transmission mounted thereto, the welding cylinder also can directly drive simultaneously to be sent out on the shake body installing plate, following motion, send out the soldering tip that shakes body and be attached thereto one and be installed on the shake body installing plate, the controlled movement of soldering tip is in the double drive of lift cylinder and welding cylinder.Described frame below is provided with plastic rubber flat filament and cuts off the corresponding wire feeder of bending forming mechanism.
The present invention utilizes the ultrasonic fusion techniques, is ended on the U shape glue flat filament of the left and right both sides of welding nylon zipper simultaneously with a soldering tip by the form of fully-automatic production.Has outstanding beneficial effect such as rational in infrastructure, dependable performance, production efficiency height, constant product quality.
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Facad structure schematic diagram of the present invention when Fig. 1 moves for slide fastener;
Side structure schematic diagram of the present invention when Fig. 2 moves for slide fastener;
Fig. 3 is back, slide fastener location side structure schematic diagram of the present invention.
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The present invention is described in further detail below in conjunction with accompanying drawing.
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1---frame 2---air accumulator
3---machine seat board 4---parts installing plate
5---plastic rubber flat filament cuts off bending forming mechanism 6---are divided the chain piece
7---dividing chain cylinder block 8---shaped as frame pedestal
9---dividing chain cylinder 10---soldering tip
11---guide pillar 12---guide pin bushing
13---sending out shake body installing plate 14---weld cylinder fixed head
15---lift cylinder fixed head 16---lift cylinder
17---weld cylinder 18---are sent out the shake body
The preceding chain supporting frame of 19---bearded needles 20---
21---wire feeders 22---are upward only used collodion silk
23---wire feed cylinder 24---counterdie
25---towing chain mechanisms 26---back chain supporting frame cylinder
27---back chain supporting frame 28---degree of tightness zipper
29---degree of tightness cylinder 30---pull head induction of signal mechanism
31---nylon zipper 32---slider of zipper fastener
33---crossing chain frame 34---are crossed sprocket wheel
The preceding chain supporting frame guide pillar of 35---bearded needle detent mechanisms 36---
37---preceding chain supporting frame cylinder 38---bearded needle cylinder
As Fig. 1,2, shown in 3, this full-automatic double ultrasonic U-shaped upstops of nylon zip fastener is mainly by frame 1, plastic rubber flat filament cuts off bending forming mechanism 5, cross the chain detent mechanism, pull head induction of signal mechanism 30, degree of tightness zipper 28, divide chain mechanism and weldering molten mechanism, wherein plastic rubber flat filament cuts off the top that bending forming mechanism 5 laterally is arranged in frame 1, its left and right sides is a symmetrical structure, the middle part formed chain space, cross the chain detent mechanism by the forestock chain mechanism, bearded needle detent mechanism 35 and butt chain mechanism are formed, wherein the forestock chain mechanism is positioned at the front side that plastic rubber flat filament cuts off bending forming mechanism 5, by preceding chain supporting frame 20, preceding chain supporting frame guide pillar 36 and preceding chain supporting frame cylinder 37 are formed, preceding chain supporting frame 20 can be installed on the preceding chain supporting frame guide pillar 36 up or down, preceding chain supporting frame cylinder 37 is connected with preceding chain supporting frame bottom, pull head induction of signal mechanism 30 is fixed on preceding chain supporting frame 20 tops, bearded needle detent mechanism 35 is made up of bearded needle 19 and bearded needle cylinder 38, the base of frame of chain supporting frame below before bearded needle cylinder 38 is installed in, bearded needle is positioned at framework inside and is connected with cylinder, whole bearded needle detent mechanism can move up and down and self-movement with preceding chain supporting frame, the L type elasticity bearded needle of bearded needle 19 for moving forward and backward, preceding chain supporting frame 20 is provided with the slotted eye that passes for bearded needle, the butt chain mechanism is made up of the back chain supporting frame cylinder 26 that back chain supporting frame 27 and driving back chain supporting frame move up and down, divide chain mechanism to be fixed on the chain supporting frame 27 of back, form by the branch chain cylinder 9 that minute chain piece 6 and driving divide the chain piece to move up and down, divide chain cylinder 9 to be installed on the branch chain cylinder block 7, degree of tightness zipper 28 is positioned at the rear side of back chain supporting frame, form by the degree of tightness cylinder 29 that loosening and tightening wheel and driving loosening and tightening wheel move up and down, the molten mechanism of weldering is by shaped as frame pedestal 8, soldering tip 10, guide pillar 11, send out shake body installing plate 13, weld cylinder fixed head 14, lift cylinder fixed head 15, lift cylinder 16, a weld cylinder 17 and a shake body 18 are formed, wherein shaped as frame pedestal 8 is fixed on the frame front side, guide pillar 11 longitudinally is installed in the top of shaped as frame pedestal, sending out shake body installing plate 13 can slide up and down along guide pillar by guide pin bushing 12, its power is provided by two lift cylinders 16 on the lift cylinder fixed head that is fixed on the guide pillar top, axle by the welding air cylinder fixed plate 14 that also can slide on guide pillar and welding cylinder 17 mounted thereto transmits, welding cylinder 17 also can directly drive simultaneously to be sent out on the shake body installing plate, following motion, sending out the soldering tip 10 that shakes body 18 and be attached thereto one is installed on the shake body installing plate 13, the controlled movement of soldering tip 10 is in the double drive of lift cylinder 16 and welding cylinder 17, the shaped as frame pedestal front side of the molten mechanism of weldering was provided with chain frame 33 and crossed sprocket wheel 34, the rear side of degree of tightness zipper is provided with towing chain mechanism 25, and the frame below is provided with plastic rubber flat filament and cuts off the corresponding wire feeder 21 of bending forming mechanism.
Frame 1 of the present invention is whole supporting bodies of this machine, air accumulator 2 is stablized the usefulness of air pressure air feed for this machine, all parts are installed on machine seat board 3 and parts installing plate 4, it is utility model patent technology of applicant that plastic rubber flat filament cuts off bending forming mechanism 5, the patent No. is CN 200620132047.4, just repeats no more here.
As shown in Figure 1, 2, the course of work of the present invention is as follows: from only can leading directly in the plastic rubber flat filament cut-out bending forming mechanism 5 with collodion silk 22 that wire feeder 21 is sent; Divide chain cylinder block 7 to be loaded on the chain supporting frame 27 of back and also can move up and down thereupon, divide chain piece 6 directly to be connected with branch chain cylinder 9, chain supporting frame joint portion, back this moment 27 is with piece 6 all to be in highest order with dividing; Support 8 end faces are equipped with guide pillar 11, sending out shake body installing plate 13 can slide up and down along guide pillar 11 by guide pin bushing 12, its power is to be provided by two lift cylinders 16 on the lift cylinder fixed head 15 that is fixed on guide pillar 11 tops, axle by the welding air cylinder fixed plate 14 that also can slide on guide pillar 11 and welding cylinder 17 mounted thereto transmits, and be in upper this moment.Welding cylinder 17 also can directly drive simultaneously sends out the 13 upper and lower motions of shake body installing plate, be installed on the shake body installing plate 13, because of sending out the soldering tip 10 that shakes body 18 and be attached thereto one so the controlled movement of soldering tip 10 is in upper in the double drive of lift cylinder 16 and welding cylinder 17 at this moment.Preceding chain supporting frame 20 and dress pull head induction of signal mechanism 30 thereon also are in the position this moment under the driving of preceding chain supporting frame cylinder 37.
As shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2, towing chain mechanism 25 runnings, drag the slide fastener operation, when the slider of zipper fastener of having put on the nylon zipper 31 32 contact by pull head induction of signal mechanism 30 to contact sensed after, the bearded needle of bearded needle detent mechanism 35 is promptly caught on the following not-go-end in zipper sizing room by bearded needle cylinder 38 jack-up, at this moment towing chain mechanism stops drag chain, and nylon zipper 31 is promptly located like this.
As shown in Figure 3, behind nylon zipper 31 location, the branch chain cylinder 9 that is installed on the branch chain cylinder block 7 of chain supporting frame 27 upper ends, back and fixes its front promotes to divide chain pieces 6 to insert the slide fastener rooms slide fastener is divided in branch band piece 6 dual-sides.At this moment be installed in and send out sending out shake body 18 and shaking soldering tip 10 that body 18 is connected on descending for the first time by separated slide fastener neutral gear under the promotion of lift cylinder 16 and stopping at fixed position with the suitable distance of counterdie with sending out of shake body installing plate 13; Plastic rubber flat filament cuts off and to end the left and right horizontal level that the particle collodion silk is placed between soldering tip and the counterdie on that will be shaped and two the U types that opening is opposite each other of bending forming mechanism 5 and be held then.After this action was finished, this mechanism promptly got back to Fig. 1 state of living in rapidly.Preceding then chain supporting frame 20 is driven along preceding chain supporting frame guide pillar 36 by preceding chain supporting frame cylinder 37 and descends and same plan-position, plane, counterdie 24 top; Back chain supporting frame 27 is also driven by back chain supporting frame cylinder 26 and descends and same plan-position, plane, counterdie 24 top simultaneously.This time-division chain piece 6 upwards withdraws from branch chain position by 29 drivings of minute chain cylinder and promptly returns to Fig. 1 state.Thereupon nylon zipper 31 close up under the pulling of the return elastic force of bearded needle detent mechanism 35 rapidly in two U type particles, degree of tightness zipper 28 is loosening upwards under the driving of loose chain cylinder under the return elastic force pulling at bearded needle detent mechanism 35 of slide fastener 31, slide fastener 31 that travelling backwards once more is moving to make sprocket tangle U type particle and accurate location then.Afterwards, be fixed on send out on the shake body installing plate 13 send out a shake body 18 and with send out soldering tip 10 that shake body 18 links to each other under the driving of welding cylinder 16, compress U type particle downwards, soldering tip 10 sends ultrasonic thereupon, makes that U type particle generates heat rapidly, welding is put at the slide fastener upper position-arresting.After welding is finished, all mechanism returns to Fig. 1 state, towing chain mechanism 25 starts and carries out the next round actuation cycle afterwards.The upper track wheel of towing chain mechanism 25 has the function of anti-reversing, and therefore, nylon zipper can only advance by traffic direction.The wire feed cylinder 23 of wire feeder 21 is taken turns the action circulation time at each, under each mechanism Fig. 1 state of living in be reciprocating action once, be that the wire feed gear send collodion silk one time, the wire feed gear also has anti-reverse functions, therefore goes up and ends with collodion silk 22 and can only move by the icon direction.
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1. full-automatic double ultrasonic U-shaped upstops of nylon zip fastener, it is characterized in that, comprise frame, plastic rubber flat filament cuts off bending forming mechanism, cross the chain detent mechanism, pull head induction of signal mechanism, the degree of tightness zipper, divide chain mechanism and weldering molten mechanism, described plastic rubber flat filament cuts off bending forming mechanism and laterally is arranged in frame top, its left and right sides is a symmetrical structure, the middle part formed chain space, cross the chain detent mechanism by the forestock chain mechanism, bearded needle detent mechanism and butt chain mechanism are formed, wherein the forestock chain mechanism is positioned at the front side that plastic rubber flat filament cuts off bending forming mechanism, by preceding chain supporting frame, preceding chain supporting frame guide pillar and preceding chain supporting frame cylinder are formed, preceding chain supporting frame can be installed on the preceding chain supporting frame guide pillar up or down, preceding chain supporting frame cylinder is connected with preceding chain supporting frame bottom, chain supporting frame top before pull head induction of signal mechanism is fixed on, the bearded needle detent mechanism is made up of bearded needle and bearded needle cylinder, the base of frame of chain supporting frame below before the bearded needle cylinder is installed in, bearded needle is positioned at framework inside and is connected with cylinder, whole bearded needle detent mechanism can move up and down and self-movement with preceding chain supporting frame, the L type elasticity bearded needle of bearded needle for moving forward and backward, preceding chain supporting frame is provided with the slotted eye that passes for bearded needle, the butt chain mechanism is made up of the back chain supporting frame cylinder that back chain supporting frame and driving back chain supporting frame move up and down, divide chain mechanism to be fixed on chain supporting frame top, back, form by the branch chain cylinder that minute chain piece and driving divide the chain piece to move up and down, the degree of tightness zipper is positioned at the rear side of back chain supporting frame, form by the degree of tightness cylinder that loosening and tightening wheel and driving loosening and tightening wheel move up and down, the molten mechanism of weldering is by the shaped as frame pedestal, soldering tip, guide pillar, send out shake body installing plate, the weld cylinder fixed head, the lift cylinder fixed head, lift cylinder, a weld cylinder and a shake body are formed, wherein the shaped as frame pedestal is fixed on the frame front side, shaped as frame pedestal front side was provided with the chain frame and crossed sprocket wheel, the rear side of degree of tightness zipper is provided with towing chain mechanism, guide pillar longitudinally is installed in the top of shaped as frame pedestal, sending out shake body installing plate can slide up and down along guide pillar by guide pin bushing, its power is provided by two lift cylinders on the lift cylinder fixed head that is fixed on the guide pillar top, by the welding air cylinder fixed plate that also can on guide pillar, slide and welding cylinder axis transmission mounted thereto, the welding cylinder also can directly drive simultaneously to be sent out on the shake body installing plate, following motion, send out the soldering tip that shakes body and be attached thereto one and be installed on the shake body installing plate, the controlled movement of soldering tip is in the double drive of lift cylinder and welding cylinder.
2. full-automatic double ultrasonic U-shaped upstops of nylon zip fastener according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described frame below is provided with plastic rubber flat filament and cuts off the corresponding wire feeder of bending forming mechanism.
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