CN106498638A - A kind of hand embroidering frame - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a kind of hand embroidering frame，Including base，Base upper end both sides are installed with side plate，The first bull stick is connected with by bearing between the side plate inwall，The side plate both sides are provided with the first bull stick groove，First bull stick is fixed and is interspersed with embroidery frame，And embroidery frame is between the side plates，The base upper end left side is connected with Vehicular left pedal by pulley and chute，The Vehicular left pedal bottom is installed with the gear teeth，And gear teeth both sides are installed with baffle plate，The side plate bottom inwall is connected with the second bull stick by bearing，Second bull stick is installed with gear away from one end of side plate，And gear and gear teeth meshing，This frame，Motion by both feet，Embroidery frame can be made to rotate back and forth and be subjected to displacement，Can be very good to allow embroidery people to adapt to various embroidery postures，And slip Vehicular left pedal back and forth，Embroidery frame is made to do half-turn motion back and forth，Convenient and swift，It is suitable for promoting the use of.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to embroidery field, specially a kind of hand embroidering frame.
Background technology
Embroidery is a kind of ancient handicraft of beautification dress ornament, is to draw multi-color cord with embroidering pin, by the decorative pattern for designing on the textile
Embroidery is handled the needle, and is constituted floral designs to embroider mark, reaches visual hyperspace, and embroidery frame need to be fixed on thorn by traditional embroidery
Embroidery frame can not be overturn when embroidering on frame, but embroider, it is impossible to allow embroidery frame to move forward and backward, make the people of embroidery pretty troublesome, be increased
The difficulty of embroidery, seriously reduces the quality and efficiency of embroidery, increases production cost, is unfavorable for the succession of hand embroidering and sends out
Exhibition.
Content of the invention
It is an object of the invention to provide a kind of hand embroidering frame, to solve the problems, such as to propose in above-mentioned background technology.
For achieving the above object, the present invention provides following technical scheme：A kind of hand embroidering frame, including base, the bottom
Seat upper end both sides are installed with side plate, are connected with the first bull stick, the side plate both sides by bearing between the side plate inwall
The first bull stick groove is provided with, first bull stick is fixed and is interspersed with embroidery frame, and embroidery frame is between the side plates, the base upper end
The left side is connected with Vehicular left pedal by pulley and chute, and the Vehicular left pedal bottom is installed with the gear teeth, and the gear teeth two
Side is installed with baffle plate, and the side plate bottom inwall is connected with the second bull stick by bearing, second bull stick away from
One end of side plate is installed with gear, and gear and gear teeth meshing, and one section right side of first bull stick in side plate is fixed
First rotating shaft is installed, one section in side plate of second bull stick is installed with the second rotating shaft, and first rotating shaft and second
Connected together by transmission belt between rotating shaft, the base upper center is installed with the first pole, first pole
Set is tapped in the middle part of the first drive link, and first drive link one end is put in side plate, and first drive link puts in one end of side plate
Stopper slot and spacing ball is provided with, the spacing ball is fixedly connected with lower connecting rod, one section in side plate of first bull stick
Side is movably installed with the collar, and the collar lower end is fixedly connected with the second drive link, and second drive link is away from the one of the collar
Section is provided with another group of stopper slot and spacing ball, and spacing ball described in another group is fixedly connected upper connecting rod, and upper connecting rod passes through
Stopper slot and gag lever post are flexibly connected lower connecting rod, and the upper connecting rod is inner and lower connecting rod passes through away from one end of spacing ball
Spring connects, and is socketed with the second pole, and the second pole is fixed on side plate inwall, on the base in the middle part of second drive link
End the right is connected with right steps by another group of pulley and chute, and the right steps both sides pass through stopper slot and spacing
Post is flexibly connected spacing mast, and the spacing mast in left side is by the another of the first drive link of stopper slot and gag lever post pivot bush unit
End, the spacing mast in the left side and first drive link one end are connected by another group of spring, on the right side of the right steps and the bottom of at
Seat upper end is installed with the 3rd pole, and the 3rd pole set is tapped in the middle part of the 3rd drive link, and described 3rd drive link one end leads to
Cross another group of spring, spacing mast, limited post and stopper slot to be flexibly connected on the right side of right steps, the 3rd drive link is away from the right side
The other end of pedal is flexibly connected the 4th by another group of stopper slot, spacing ball, lower connecting rod, upper connecting rod, spring and is driven
Bar, and the 4th drive link is fixedly connected another group of collar bottom, in the middle part of the 4th drive link, movable sleeve is connected to the 4th pole, and
4th pole is fixedly mounted on another side plate inwall away from one end of the 4th drive link.
Preferably, first drive link and amplitude of fluctuation of the 3rd drive link in side plate are identical.
Preferably, half of the number of teeth of the gear teeth for number of gear teeth, the sphere of the spacing ball is polishing layer.
Preferably, the pedal is identical with the first bull stick groove arc length with the track length below the pulley of right steps.
Preferably, the telescopic longest distance between the spacing ball passes 1/5th of bar groove less than first.
Compared with prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects as follows：This frame, by the motion of both feet, can make embroidery frame
Rotate back and forth and be subjected to displacement, can be very good to allow embroidery people to adapt to various embroidery postures, and slip Vehicular left pedal back and forth,
Embroidery frame is made to do half-turn motion back and forth, convenient and swift, the present invention can improve the quality and efficiency of embroidery, provide for embroidery
Assosting effect largely, is suitable for promoting the use of.
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Fig. 1 is front view of the present invention；
Fig. 2 is left view of the present invention；
Fig. 3 is Vehicular left pedal left view of the present invention；
Fig. 4 is structural representation at A of the present invention；
Fig. 5 is structural representation at B of the present invention.
In figure：1 base, 2 side plates, 21 first bull stick grooves, 3 embroidery frames, 4 first bull sticks, 41 second bull sticks, 42 first turns
Axle, 43 second rotating shafts, 44 transmission belts, 45 collars, 5 Vehicular left pedals, 51 right steps, 52 limited posts, 53 pulleys, 6 first poles,
61 first drive links, 62 second drive links, 63 second poles, 64 spacing masts, 65 the 3rd poles, 66 the 3rd drive links, 67
Four drive links, 68 the 4th poles, 7 spacing balls, 71 upper connecting rods, 72 lower connecting rods, 8 springs, 9 gears, 91 gear teeth, 92 baffle plates.
Specific embodiment
Accompanying drawing in below in conjunction with the embodiment of the present invention, to the embodiment of the present invention in technical scheme carry out clear, complete
Site preparation is described, it is clear that described embodiment is only a part of embodiment of the invention, rather than whole embodiment.It is based on
Embodiment in the present invention, it is every other that those of ordinary skill in the art are obtained under the premise of creative work is not made
Embodiment, belongs to the scope of protection of the invention.
Fig. 1-5 are referred to, the present invention provides a kind of technical scheme：A kind of hand embroidering frame, including base 1,1 upper end of base
Both sides are installed with side plate 2, are connected with the first bull stick 4 by bearing between 2 inwall of side plate, and 2 both sides of side plate are provided with first
Bull stick groove 21, the first bull stick 4 are fixed and are interspersed with embroidery frame 3, and embroidery frame 3 is between side plate 2, and the 1 upper end left side of base is by sliding
Wheel 53 and chute are connected with Vehicular left pedal 5, and 5 bottom of Vehicular left pedal is installed with the gear teeth 91, and 91 both sides of the gear teeth are fixed
Baffle plate 92 is installed, 2 bottom interior wall of side plate is connected with the second bull stick 41 by bearing, and the second bull stick 41 is away from side plate 2
One end is installed with gear 9, and gear 9 is engaged with the gear teeth 91, the half of the number of teeth of the gear teeth 91 for 9 number of teeth of gear, first turn
One section right side of the bar 4 in side plate 2 is installed with first rotating shaft 42, one section fixed installation of second bull stick 41 in side plate 2
Have between the second rotating shaft 43, and first rotating shaft 42 and the second rotating shaft 43 and connected together by transmission belt 44,1 upper center of base
The first pole 6 is installed with, the first 6 sets of pole is tapped in the middle part of the first drive link 61, and 61 one end of the first drive link puts in side
In plate 2, the first drive link 61 puts in one end of side plate 2 and is provided with stopper slot and spacing ball 7, and spacing ball 7 is fixedly connected with lower company
Extension bar 72, one section side of first bull stick 4 in side plate 2 are movably installed with the collar 45, and 45 lower end of the collar is fixedly connected with the second biography
Lever 62, the second drive link 62 are provided with another group of stopper slot and spacing ball 7, another group of spacing ball 7 away from a section of the collar 45
Upper connecting rod 71 is fixedly connected, and upper connecting rod 71 is flexibly connected lower connecting rod 72, upper connecting rod by stopper slot and gag lever post
71 is inner and lower connecting rod 72 is connected by spring 8 away from one end of spacing ball 7, between spacing ball 7 telescopic most long away from
From 1/5th of bar groove 21 is passed less than first, be socketed with the second pole 63, and the second pole 63 in the middle part of the second drive link 62
2 inwall of side plate is fixed on, right steps 51 are connected with by another group of pulley 53 and chute on the right of 1 upper end of base, ridden
Plate 5 is identical with 21 arc length of the first bull stick groove with the track length below the pulley 53 of right steps 51, and 51 both sides of right steps lead to
Cross stopper slot and limited post 52 is flexibly connected spacing mast 64, and the spacing mast 64 in left side is by stopper slot and gag lever post movable sleeve
The other end of the first drive link 61 is connect, and the spacing mast 64 in left side and 61 one end of the first drive link is connected by another group of spring 8,
The 3rd pole 65 is installed with the right side of right steps 51 and in 1 upper end of base, and 65 sets of the 3rd pole taps into the 3rd drive link
In the middle part of in the of 66,66 one end of the 3rd drive link is flexibly connected right by another group of spring 7, spacing mast 64, limited post 52 and stopper slot
On the right side of pedal 51, the 3rd drive link 66 away from right steps 51 the other end by another group of stopper slot, spacing ball 7, lower company
Extension bar 72, upper connecting rod 71, spring 8 are flexibly connected the 4th drive link 67, and the first drive link 61 and the 3rd drive link 66 are in side plate 2
Interior amplitude of fluctuation is identical, and the 4th drive link 67 is fixedly connected another group of 45 bottom of the collar, activity in the middle part of the 4th drive link 67
The 4th pole 68 is socketed with, and the 4th pole 68 is fixedly mounted on 2 inwall of another side plate away from one end of the 4th drive link 67,
The spacing ball（7）Sphere be polishing layer.
Operation principle：Vehicular left pedal 5 is preset in chute foremost with right steps 51 in the middle of chute and embroidery frame 3
In 21 middle keeping parallelism of the first bull stick groove, right steps 5 is moved forwards, backwards, by the steering-effecting of the first pole 6, make
The two ends of one drive link 61 are moved to different directions, and the first drive link 61 drives the lower end motion of the second drive link 62, due to the
The steering-effecting of two poles 63, makes the upper end opposite direction motion of the second drive link 62, drives first rotating shaft 52 to do arcuate movement, band
Dynamic embroidery frame 3 does arcuate movement, promotes Vehicular left pedal 5, the gear teeth 91 is rotated with moving gear 9, and gear 9 drives the second bull stick 41 to revolve
Turn, bull stick 41 drives the second rotating shaft 43 to rotate, the second rotating shaft 43 drives first rotating shaft 43 to rotate by transmission belt 44, makes embroidery frame
3 rotations.
The present invention can make embroidery frame 3 rotate back and forth and be subjected to displacement by the motion of both feet, can be very good to allow embroidery people
Adapt to various embroidery postures, and slip Vehicular left pedal 5 back and forth, make 3 frame of embroidery do half-turn motion back and forth, convenient and swift,
It is suitable for promoting the use of.
Although an embodiment of the present invention has been shown and described, for the ordinary skill in the art, can be with
Understanding can carry out multiple changes, modification, replacement to these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the present invention
And modification, the scope of the present invention be defined by the appended.
Claims (5)
1. a kind of hand embroidering frame, including base（1）, the base（1）Upper end both sides are installed with side plate（2）, its feature
It is：The side plate（2）The first bull stick is connected with by bearing between inwall（4）, the side plate（2）Both sides are provided with first turn
Bar groove（21）, first bull stick（4）Fixation is interspersed with embroidery frame（3）, and embroidery frame（3）In side plate（2）Between, the base
（1）The upper end left side passes through pulley（53）Vehicular left pedal is connected with chute（5）, the Vehicular left pedal（5）Fix peace in bottom
The gear teeth are housed（91）, and the gear teeth（91）Both sides are installed with baffle plate（92）, the side plate（2）Bottom interior wall is by bearing activity
It is connected with the second bull stick（41）, second bull stick（41）Away from side plate（2）One end be installed with gear（9）, and gear
（9）With the gear teeth（91）Engagement, first bull stick（4）In side plate（2）One section of interior right side is installed with first rotating shaft（42）,
Second bull stick（41）In side plate（2）Interior one section is installed with the second rotating shaft（43）, and first rotating shaft（42）With second
Rotating shaft（43）Between pass through transmission belt（44）Connect together, the base（1）Upper center is installed with the first pole
（6）, first pole（6）Set taps into the first drive link（61）Middle part, and the first drive link（61）One end puts in side plate（2）
Interior, first drive link（61）Put in side plate（2）One end be provided with stopper slot and spacing ball（7）, the spacing ball（7）Gu
Lower connecting rod is connected with surely（7）, first bull stick（4）In side plate（2）One section of interior side is movably installed with the collar（45）, described
The collar（45）Lower end is fixedly connected with the second drive link（62）, second drive link（62）Away from the collar（45）One section setting
There are another group of stopper slot and spacing ball（7）, spacing ball described in another group（7）It is fixedly connected upper connecting rod（71）, and upper connecting rod
（71）Lower connecting rod is flexibly connected by stopper slot and gag lever post（72）, the upper connecting rod（71）Inner and lower connecting rod（72）
Away from spacing ball（7）One end pass through spring（8）Connection, second drive link（62）Middle part is socketed with the second pole（63）,
And second pole（63）It is fixed on side plate（2）Inwall, the base（1）By another group of pulley on the right of upper end（53）Live with chute
Move and be connected with right steps（51）, the right steps（51）Both sides are by stopper slot and limited post（52）It is flexibly connected limited post
Bar（64）, and the spacing mast in left side（64）By the first drive link of stopper slot and gag lever post pivot bush unit（61）The other end, institute
State the spacing mast in left side（64）With the first drive link（61）One end is by another group of spring（8）Connection, the right steps（51）
Right side and in base（1）Upper end is installed with the 3rd pole（65）, and the 3rd pole（65）Set taps into the 3rd drive link（66）
Middle part, the 3rd drive link（66）One end is by another group of spring（7）, spacing mast（64）, limited post（52）And stopper slot
It is flexibly connected right steps（51）Right side, the 3rd drive link（66）Away from right steps（51）The other end by another group
Stopper slot, spacing ball（7）, lower connecting rod（72）, upper connecting rod（71）, spring（8）It is flexibly connected the 4th drive link（67）, and the
Four drive links（67）It is fixedly connected another group of collar（45）Bottom, the 4th drive link（67）Middle part movable sleeve is connected to the 4th
Bar（68）, and the 4th pole（68）Away from the 4th drive link（67）One end be fixedly mounted on another side plate（2）On inwall.
2. a kind of hand embroidering frame according to claim 1, it is characterised in that：First drive link（61）Pass with the 3rd
Lever（66）In side plate（2）Interior amplitude of fluctuation is identical.
3. a kind of hand embroidering frame according to claim 1, it is characterised in that：The gear teeth（91）The number of teeth be gear
（9）The half of the number of teeth, the spacing ball（7）Sphere be polishing layer.
4. a kind of hand embroidering frame according to claim 1, it is characterised in that：The pedal（5）And right steps
（51）Pulley（53）Following track length and the first bull stick groove（21）Arc length is identical.
5. a kind of hand embroidering frame according to claim 1, it is characterised in that：The spacing ball（7）Between scalable
Longest distance less than first pass bar groove（21）1/5th.
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