CN105855148A - Ink cartridge dispensing and assembling method - Google Patents

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CN105855148A
CN105855148A CN201610341986.8A CN201610341986A CN105855148A CN 105855148 A CN105855148 A CN 105855148A CN 201610341986 A CN201610341986 A CN 201610341986A CN 105855148 A CN105855148 A CN 105855148A
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
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    • B05SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
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    • B05C13/00Means for manipulating or holding work, e.g. for separate articles
    • B05C13/02Means for manipulating or holding work, e.g. for separate articles for particular articles
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05CAPPARATUS FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05C5/00Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is projected, poured or allowed to flow on to the surface of the work
    • B05C5/02Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is projected, poured or allowed to flow on to the surface of the work the liquid or other fluent material being discharged through an outlet orifice by pressure, e.g. from an outlet device in contact or almost in contact, with the work
    • B05C5/0204Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is projected, poured or allowed to flow on to the surface of the work the liquid or other fluent material being discharged through an outlet orifice by pressure, e.g. from an outlet device in contact or almost in contact, with the work for applying liquid or other fluent material to the edges of essentially flat articles
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23PMETAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; COMBINED OPERATIONS; UNIVERSAL MACHINE TOOLS
    • B23P19/00Machines for simply fitting together or separating metal parts or objects, or metal and non-metal parts, whether or not involving some deformation; Tools or devices therefor so far as not provided for in other classes
    • B23P19/001Article feeders for assembling machines
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    • B23MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23PMETAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; COMBINED OPERATIONS; UNIVERSAL MACHINE TOOLS
    • B23P21/00Machines for assembling a multiplicity of different parts to compose units, with or without preceding or subsequent working of such parts, e.g. with programme control
    • B23P21/002Machines for assembling a multiplicity of different parts to compose units, with or without preceding or subsequent working of such parts, e.g. with programme control the units stationary whilst being composed

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Abstract

The invention provides an ink cartridge dispensing and assembling method. The ink cartridge dispensing and assembling method comprises the following steps of conveying an ink cartridge; extracting an assembly part; placing and assembling the assembly part; and dispersing the assembly part. The technical problem to be solved is to provide the ink cartridge dispensing and assembling method which is capable of saving working elements, simple and convenient in operation step and high in work efficiency.

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Print cartridge point glue assemble method
Technical field
The present invention relates to mechanical manufacturing field, be specifically related to a kind of print cartridge point glue assemble method.
Background technology
In the industrial production, need print cartridge correspondence position is assembled the assembly such as sponge, felt, And carry out a glue, to ensure assembly and group at the assembly EDGE CONTACT with device to be assembled The complete compact siro spinning technology of assembling device.In the prior art, dispensing method and assemble method are segmentations Two methods, with time point glue with assemble also be twice segmentation method, accordingly, there exist wave Take operation element, complex operation step, ineffective problem.
It is therefore desirable to provide a kind of new print cartridge point glue assemble method.
Summary of the invention
Present invention solves the technical problem that and be to provide a kind of saving operation element, operating procedure letter Just the print cartridge point glue assemble method that, work efficiency is high.
For solving above-mentioned technical problem, the present invention provides a kind of print cartridge point glue assemble method, described Print cartridge assembly point glue assemble method, comprises the steps:
Step S1, conveying print cartridge:
Thering is provided material platform, print cartridge and assembly, print cartridge is delivered to a glue by described material platform Assembling station, described assembly deposits in the middle part of described material platform;
Step S2, extraction assembly:
Thering is provided take-up device, described take-up device is pricked and is taken described assembly and be displaced to by described assembly The surface of described print cartridge;
Step S3, places and assembles assembly:
Thering is provided expansion link, described expansion link one end is connected with described take-up device, and described expansion link is stretched Long, to drive described take-up device described assembly is assembled to the correspondence position of described print cartridge and presses Tight described assembly;
Step S4, carries out a glue to described assembly:
Thering is provided point gum machine, go out sebific duct and vertical telescopic device, described point gum machine two ends connect respectively Described go out sebific duct and described vertical telescopic device, the elongation of described vertical telescopic device drives described point Glue machine vertically declines, described in go out the marginal position that described assembly is contacted by sebific duct with described print cartridge Carry out a glue.
Preferably, in described step S4, described assembly is carried out point of rotation glue and includes: Thering is provided rotary apparatus, described rotary apparatus is located at described vertical telescopic device, described rotary apparatus Sebific duct point glue is gone out described in driving.
Preferably, described step S2 comprises the steps:
Step S21, adjustment take-up device horizontal displacement:
Thering is provided horizontal telescopic device, described horizontal telescopic device is connected with described take-up device, described Horizontal telescopic device drives described take-up device along the direction displacement near described assembly;
Step S22, the surface of rotation take-up device to described assembly:
Thering is provided rotator, described rotator is located at described frame, and described rotator drives described bundle Take device and move the surface to described assembly;
Step S23, pricks and takes assembly:
Described take-up device is pricked and is taken described assembly;
Step S24, the surface of displacement assembly to print cartridge:
Described rotator and described horizontal telescopic device drive described take-up device to move to described print cartridge Surface.
Preferably, the central shaft of described point gum machine, the central shaft of described expansion link and described bundle take The central shaft of device is positioned at same straight line.
Preferably, described in go out the quantity of sebific duct be two, be respectively arranged on described point gum machine near institute State the both sides of take-up device one end.
Preferably, described take-up device includes that needle stand, pressing plate and acupuncture treatment, described expansion link are passed through successively Wearing the described point gum machine of connection, described needle stand and described pressing plate, described needle stand court is located in described acupuncture treatment To the side of described pressing plate, and run through described pressing plate.
Preferably, described acupuncture treatment is provided with two, and being smaller than between two described acupuncture treatments assembles The width of part.
Preferably, described material platform includes being provided with described vertical telescopic device, described level is stretched Compression apparatus and the frame of described rotator, described frame includes the first noumenon and second being connected Body, described vertical telescopic device and described horizontal telescopic device are located at described the first noumenon, institute State rotator and be located at described second body.
Compared with correlation technique, the print cartridge point glue assemble method that the present invention provides has and has as follows Benefit effect:
Step S1, conveying print cartridge:
Thering is provided material platform, print cartridge and assembly, print cartridge is delivered to a glue by described material platform Assembling station, described assembly deposits in the middle part of described material platform;
Step S2, extraction assembly:
Thering is provided take-up device, described take-up device is pricked and is taken described assembly and be displaced to by described assembly Directly over described print cartridge correspondence position;
Step S3, places and assembles assembly:
Thering is provided expansion link, described expansion link one end is connected with described take-up device, and described expansion link is stretched Long to drive described take-up device described assembly is assembled to the correspondence position of described print cartridge and presses Tight described assembly;
Step S4, carries out a glue to described assembly:
Thering is provided point gum machine, go out sebific duct and vertical telescopic device, described point gum machine connects end and connects respectively Described go out sebific duct and described vertical telescopic device, the elongation of described vertical telescopic device drives described point Glue machine vertically declines, described in go out the marginal position that described assembly is contacted by sebific duct with described print cartridge Carry out a glue.
Compared with correlation technique, the beneficial effect of the print cartridge point glue assemble method that the present invention provides exists In: by design that a glue is assembled into one, substitute the some glue of complexity in correlation technique, assemble step Suddenly, it is achieved some glue, the simple operations step being assembled into one, operating procedure, raising are not only reduced Work efficiency, and then reduce the waste of operation element, save assembly cost.
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Fig. 1 is that the structure of the some glue assembling mechanism that print cartridge of the present invention some glue assemble method uses is shown It is intended to;
Fig. 2 is the workflow diagram of print cartridge of the present invention some glue assemble method;
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The invention will be further described with embodiment below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
Referring to Fig. 1, Fig. 1 is the some glue kludge that print cartridge of the present invention some glue assemble method uses The structural representation of structure, described some glue assembling mechanism 1 include material platform 11, frame 12, Point gum machine 13, take-up device 14, expansion link 15.
Described material platform 11 is used for carrying device to be assembled (non-label), described material platform Assembly (non-label) is deposited at the middle part of 11, and side arranges described frame 12, described point gum machine 13 are connected with described frame 12.
Described frame 12 includes the first noumenon the 121, second body 122, horizontal telescopic device 123, rotator 124 and vertical telescopic device 125, described vertical telescopic device 125 includes Rotary apparatus 1251, described the first noumenon 121 is straight-bar, and described second body 122 is in inverted L Shape, described second body 122 is erected on described material platform 11 side, described second body 122 are connected with described the first noumenon 121 by described horizontal telescopic device 123, and described first Body 121 is connected by described vertical telescopic device 125 with described point gum machine 13, described rotation Turn device 124 and be located at the top connecting end of described second body 122 and described material platform 11.
Described point gum machine 13 includes sebific duct 131, the central shaft of described point gum machine 13, described The central shaft of expansion link 15 and the central shaft of described take-up device 14 are positioned at same straight line, described Point gum machine 13 one end is suspended at described the first noumenon 121, the other end arrange described in go out sebific duct 131, Described go out sebific duct 131 quantity be two, and be located at the both sides of one end of described point gum machine 13, For to specifying position to carry out a glue.
Described expansion link 15 run through connection described point gum machine 13 be provided with described in go out the one of sebific duct 131 End and described take-up device 14.
Described take-up device 14 it include needle stand 141, pressing plate 142, acupuncture treatment 143, described flexible Bar 15 runs through the described point gum machine 13 of connection, described needle stand 141 and described pressing plate 142, described 143 quantity of having an acupuncture treatment are 2, and are located at described needle stand 141 one end towards described pressing plate 142 Both sides, the width being smaller than assembly between two described acupuncture treatments 143.
Referring to Fig. 2, Fig. 2 is print cartridge of the present invention some glue assemble method flow chart;
Described print cartridge assembly point glue assemble method, comprises the steps:
Step S1, conveying print cartridge:
Material platform 11, print cartridge (non-label) and assembly (non-label), described thing are provided Print cartridge is delivered to a glue and assembles station by material platform 11, and described assembly deposits in described material The middle part of platform 11;
Step S2, extraction assembly:
Thering is provided take-up device 14, described take-up device 14 is pricked and is taken described assembly and by described assembly It is displaced to the surface of described print cartridge;
Concrete, comprise the steps:
Step S21, adjustment take-up device 14 horizontal displacement:
Described horizontal telescopic device 123, described horizontal telescopic device 123 and described take-up device 14 Connecting, described horizontal telescopic device 123 drives described take-up device 14 along near described assembly Direction displacement;
Step S22, the surface of rotation take-up device to described assembly:
Thering is provided rotator 124, described rotator 124 is located at described second body 122, described Rotator 124 drives described take-up device 14 to move just going up to described assembly (non-label) Side;
Step S23, pricks and takes assembly:
Described take-up device 14 is pricked and is taken described assembly (non-label), and wherein said assembly is little Sponge or felt;
Step S24, directly over displacement assembly to print cartridge correspondence position:
Described rotator 124 and described horizontal telescopic device 123 drive described take-up device 14 to move Surface to described print cartridge (non-label).
Step S3, places and assembles assembly:
Thering is provided expansion link 15, described expansion link 15 one end is connected with described take-up device 14, institute Stating expansion link 15 elongation drives described take-up device 14 that described assembly is assembled to described print cartridge Correspondence position also compresses described assembly;
Step S4, carries out a glue to described assembly:
Point gum machine 13 is provided, goes out sebific duct 131 and vertical telescopic device 125, described point gum machine 13 two ends go out sebific duct 131 and described vertical telescopic device 125 described in connecting respectively, described vertically Retractor device 125 elongation drives described point gum machine 13 vertically to decline, described in go out sebific duct 131 right The marginal position that described assembly (non-label) contacts with described print cartridge (non-label) is carried out a little Glue;
Concrete, it is provided that rotary apparatus 1251, described rotary apparatus 1251 be located at described vertically Retractor device 125, described rotary apparatus 125 drive described in go out 131 glue of sebific duct.
Compared with correlation technique, the print cartridge point glue assemble method that the present invention provides has and has as follows Benefit effect:
Step S1, conveying print cartridge:
Thering is provided material platform 11, frame 12, described print cartridge is delivered to by described material platform 11 Assembling station near described frame 12, described assembly deposits in described material platform 11 Middle part;
Step S2, extraction assembly:
Thering is provided take-up device 14, described take-up device 14 is pricked and is taken described assembly and by described assembly It is displaced to the surface of described print cartridge;
Step S3, places and assembles assembly in place:
Thering is provided expansion link 15, described expansion link 15 one end is connected with described take-up device 14, institute State expansion link 15 to extend, to drive described take-up device 14 that described assembly is assembled to described ink The correspondence position of box also compresses described assembly;
Step S4, carries out a glue to described assembly:
Point gum machine 13 is provided, goes out sebific duct 131 and vertical telescopic device 125, described point gum machine 13 two ends go out sebific duct 131 and described vertical telescopic device 125 described in connecting respectively, described vertically Retractor device 125 elongation drives described point gum machine 13 vertically to decline, described in go out sebific duct 131 right The marginal position that described assembly contacts with described print cartridge carries out a glue;
Concrete, it is provided that rotary apparatus 1251, described rotary apparatus 1251 be located at described vertically Retractor device 125, described rotary apparatus 125 drive described in go out 131 glue of sebific duct.
Compared with correlation technique, the beneficial effect of the print cartridge point glue assemble method that the present invention provides exists In: by design that a glue is assembled into one, substitute the some glue of complexity in correlation technique, assemble step Suddenly, it is achieved some glue, the simple operations step being assembled into one, operating procedure, raising are not only reduced Work efficiency, and then reduce the waste of operation element, save assembly cost.
The foregoing is only embodiments of the invention, not thereby limit the patent model of the present invention Enclosing, every equivalent structure utilizing description of the invention and accompanying drawing content to be made or equivalence flow process become Change, or be directly or indirectly used in other relevant technical field, be the most in like manner included in the present invention Scope of patent protection in.

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1. a print cartridge assembly point glue assemble method, it is characterised in that: comprise the steps:
Step S1, conveying print cartridge:
Thering is provided material platform, print cartridge and assembly, print cartridge is delivered to a glue group by described material platform Dress station, described assembly deposits in the middle part of described material platform;
Step S2, extraction assembly:
Thering is provided take-up device, described take-up device is pricked and is taken described assembly and described assembly is displaced to institute State the surface of print cartridge;
Step S3, places and assembles assembly:
Thering is provided expansion link, described expansion link one end is connected with described take-up device, and described expansion link extends, To drive described take-up device described assembly is assembled to the correspondence position of described print cartridge and compresses institute State assembly;
Step S4, carries out a glue to described assembly:
Thering is provided point gum machine, go out sebific duct and vertical telescopic device, described point gum machine two ends connect institute respectively Stating out sebific duct and described vertical telescopic device, the elongation of described vertical telescopic device drives described point gum machine Vertical decline, described in go out the marginal position that described assembly contacts with described print cartridge by sebific duct and carry out a little Glue.
Print cartridge assembly point glue assemble method the most according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: In described step S4, described assembly is carried out point of rotation glue and includes: rotary apparatus is provided, Described rotary apparatus is located at described vertical telescopic device, goes out sebific duct point described in the driving of described rotary apparatus Glue.
Print cartridge assembly point glue assemble method the most according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: Described step S2 comprises the steps:
Step S21, adjustment take-up device horizontal displacement:
Thering is provided horizontal telescopic device, described horizontal telescopic device is connected with described take-up device, described water Flattened compression apparatus drives described take-up device along the direction displacement near described assembly;
Step S22, the surface of rotation take-up device to described assembly:
Thering is provided rotator, described rotator is located at described frame, and described rotator drives described bundle to take Device moves the surface to described assembly;
Step S23, pricks and takes assembly:
Described take-up device is pricked and is taken described assembly;
Step S24, the surface of displacement assembly to print cartridge:
Described rotator and described horizontal telescopic device drive described take-up device to move to described print cartridge Surface.
Print cartridge assembly point glue assemble method the most according to claim 3, it is characterised in that: The central shaft of the central shaft of described point gum machine, the central shaft of described expansion link and described take-up device is positioned at Same straight line.
Print cartridge assembly point glue assemble method the most according to claim 3, it is characterised in that: Described go out sebific duct quantity be two, be respectively arranged on described point gum machine near described take-up device one end Both sides.
Print cartridge assembly point glue assemble method the most according to any one of claim 1 to 5, It is characterized in that: described take-up device includes that needle stand, pressing plate and acupuncture treatment, described expansion link sequentially pass through Connecting described point gum machine, described needle stand and described pressing plate, described acupuncture treatment is located at described needle stand towards institute State the side of pressing plate, and run through described pressing plate.
Print cartridge assembly point glue assemble method the most according to claim 6, it is characterised in that: Described acupuncture treatment is provided with two, the width being smaller than assembly between two described acupuncture treatments.
Print cartridge assembly point glue assemble method the most according to claim 3, it is characterised in that: Described material platform includes being provided with described vertical telescopic device, described horizontal telescopic device and described rotation Turning the frame of device, described frame includes the first noumenon and the second body being connected, and described vertically stretches Compression apparatus and described horizontal telescopic device are located at described the first noumenon, and described rotator is located at described Two bodies.
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