CN108971153A - Impurity cleaning machine in a kind of paper tube - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses impurity cleaning machines in a kind of paper tube, including pedestal, the paper tube dredging tooling that is fixed with paper tube fixing tool on the pedestal and can move left and right, the paper tube fixing tool is equipped with paper tube fixing groove, paper tube dredging tooling one end is equipped with dredging axis, the dredging axis extends to the fixed rooved face of the paper tube, and paper tube dredging tooling surface is equipped with handle.The present invention discloses impurity cleaning machine in a kind of paper tube, can carry out mechanical chipping to the impurity in paper tube, reduce human input, reduce production cost.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of impurity cleaning machine, impurity cleaning machine in specially a kind of paper tube belongs to paper tube production equipment
Application field.
Background technique
Paper tube be with sheet processing at tubulose object, most paper tube be spiral wound paper tubes and seamless paper tube.
Paper tube needs to clear up paper tube content in removal process, especially for making the paper of fireworks and firecrackers
Pipe, due to, filled with impurity such as many soil, yellow sands, needing to be cleaned out in socket, in order to avoid influence the recycling benefit of paper tube
With.
Paper tube content cleaning at present is generally by artificial, and human input is big and inefficiency.
Summary of the invention
The object of the invention is that providing impurity cleaning machine in a kind of paper tube to solve the above-mentioned problems.
The present invention is achieved through the following technical solutions above-mentioned purpose, impurity cleaning machine in a kind of paper tube, including pedestal, institute
The paper tube dredging tooling that is fixed with paper tube fixing tool on pedestal and can move left and right is stated, the paper tube fixing tool is equipped with paper
Pipe fixing groove, paper tube dredging tooling one end are equipped with dredging axis, and the dredging axis extends to the fixed rooved face of the paper tube, institute
It states paper tube dredging tooling surface and is equipped with handle.
Preferably, the pedestal is equipped with guide groove, and the paper tube dredging tooling bottom surface is equipped with several pulley grooves, described
It is equipped with pulley spindle in pulley groove, pulley is cased on the pulley spindle, the pulley is in the guide groove, the paper tube dredging
Tooling side is equipped with connecting shaft fixing groove, and paper tube fixing tool side is equipped with moveable connecting shaft, the connecting shaft front end
It is fixed in the connecting shaft fixing groove.
Preferably, the paper tube dredging tooling bottom surface is planar structure, and the guide groove is two, and the pulley groove is
Two-row structure, the connecting shaft and the connecting shaft fixing groove are respectively three.
Preferably, the connecting shaft includes fixing axle and shifting axle, and the fixing axle is equipped with shifting axle groove, the movement
Axis bottom is equipped with the first spring stack, and first spring column bottom is welded on the shifting axle groove bottom surface, the shifting axle
It sets that there are two the limiting slots for being in symmetrical structure on groove inner wall, sets that there are two the limits for being in symmetrical structure on the shifting axle side wall
Item, the positive stop strip and the limiting slot mutually block and.
Preferably, the length of first spring stack is the 2/3~3/4 of the shifting axle depth of groove.
Preferably, the paper tube fixing tool side wall is equipped with through-hole, and the paper tube fixing tool is squeezed equipped with paper tube
Tooling, the paper tube extrusion tooling includes squeezing connecting rod and paper tube upper mounted plate, fixed on the extruding connecting rod and the paper tube
Support column is equipped between plate, paper tube fixing tool upper surface is equipped with support column through slot, and the support column runs through the support
Column through slot simultaneously extends into the paper tube fixing groove, and paper tube bottom plate is equipped in the paper tube fixing groove, is consolidated on the paper tube
Fixed board is located at right above the paper tube bottom plate, and the extruding connecting rod lower surface is equipped with second spring column, the second spring
Column lower surface is welded on paper tube fixing tool surface, and guide plate, the guiding front edge of board and institute are welded on the through-hole
Paper tube bottom plate is stated to be connected.
Preferably, the paper tube upper mounted plate and the paper tube bottom plate are semicircular structure, solid on the paper tube
Fixed board and the paper tube bottom plate are symmetrical, and the diameter of the second spring column is greater than the diameter of the support column through slot,
The second spring column sleeve is in support column through slot periphery.
Preferably, the guide plate two sides are equipped with limit plate, and the extruding connecting rod lower surface is welded with paper tube fixed plate, institute
It states the fixed plate surface of paper tube and is equipped with paper tube locating slot, the paper tube locating slot and the paper tube upper mounted plate are generally aligned in the same plane.
The beneficial effects of the present invention are: the present invention discloses impurity cleaning machine in a kind of paper tube, it can be to the impurity in paper tube
Mechanical chipping is carried out, reduces human input, reduces production cost.
Detailed description of the invention
Fig. 1 is overall structure diagram of the invention.
Fig. 2 is guide board structure schematic diagram of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is that paper tube of the present invention dredges tool structure schematic diagram.
Fig. 4 is paper tube fixing tool structural schematic diagram of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is paper tube extrusion tooling structural schematic diagram of the present invention.
Fig. 6 is connecting shaft structure schematic diagram of the present invention.
In figure: 1, pedestal, 2, paper tube fixing tool, 3, paper tube dredging tooling, 4, guide groove, 5, paper tube fixing groove, 6, company
Axis, 7, guide plate, 8, dredging axis, 9, handle, 10, connecting shaft fixing groove, 11, pulley groove, 12, pulley spindle, 13, pulley, 14, logical
Hole, 15, squeeze connecting rod, 16, support column through slot, 17, paper tube fixed plate, 18, support column, 19, second spring column, 20, on paper tube
Fixed plate, 21, paper tube locating slot, 22, limit plate, 23, paper tube bottom plate, 24, fixing axle, 25, shifting axle, 26, shifting axle
Groove, 27, limiting slot, 28, positive stop strip, the 29, first spring stack.
Specific embodiment
Following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and technical solution in the embodiment of the present invention carries out clear, complete
Site preparation description, it is clear that described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, instead of all the embodiments.It is based on
Embodiment in the present invention, it is obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without making creative efforts every other
Embodiment shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the orientation of the instructions such as term " on ", "lower", "inner" and "outside" or
Positional relationship is to be based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and is merely for convenience of description of the present invention and simplification of the description, without
It is that the device of indication or suggestion meaning or element must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, therefore not
It can be interpreted as limitation of the present invention.In addition, term " first ", " second " are used for description purposes only, and should not be understood as indicating
Or imply relative importance.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that unless otherwise clearly defined and limited, term " installation ", " phase
Even ", " connection " shall be understood in a broad sense, for example, it may be being fixedly connected, may be a detachable connection, or be integrally connected；It can
To be mechanical connection, it is also possible to be electrically connected；It can be and be directly connected to, can also be indirectly connected with, be can be by intermediary
Connection inside two elements.For the ordinary skill in the art, above-mentioned term can be understood at this with concrete condition
Concrete meaning in invention.
It please refers to shown in Fig. 1-6, impurity cleaning machine in a kind of paper tube, including pedestal 1, is fixed with paper tube on the pedestal 1
Fixing tool 2 and the paper tube that can be moved left and right dredge tooling 3, and the paper tube fixing tool 2 is equipped with paper tube fixing groove 5, described
Paper tube dredges 3 one end of tooling and is equipped with dredging axis 8, and the dredging axis 8 extends to 5 surface of paper tube fixing groove, and the paper tube is dredged
Logical 3 surface of tooling is equipped with handle 9.
Paper tube is put into paper tube fixing groove 5, moving handle 9, paper tube dredging tooling 3 moves on pedestal 1, dredges axis 8
Paper tube is dredged.
The pedestal 1 is equipped with guide groove 4, and paper tube dredging 3 bottom surface of tooling is equipped with several pulley grooves 11, the cunning
It is equipped with pulley spindle 12 in race 11, pulley 13 is cased on the pulley spindle 12, the pulley 13 is in the guide groove 4, institute
It states paper tube dredging 3 side of tooling and is equipped with connecting shaft fixing groove 10,2 side of paper tube fixing tool is equipped with moveable connecting shaft
6,6 front end of connecting shaft is fixed in the connecting shaft fixing groove 10.
Pulley 13 realizes paper tube dredging tooling 3 and moves on pedestal 1 in guide groove 4.
Paper tube dredging 3 bottom surface of tooling is planar structure, and the guide groove 4 is two, and the pulley groove 11 is double
Structure is arranged, the connecting shaft 6 and the connecting shaft fixing groove 10 are respectively three.
The connecting shaft 6 includes fixing axle 24 and shifting axle 25, and the fixing axle 24 is equipped with shifting axle groove 26, the shifting
25 bottom of moving axis is equipped with the first spring stack 29, and 29 bottom of the first spring stack is welded on 26 bottom surface of shifting axle groove,
Set that there are two the limiting slots 27 for being in symmetrical structure on 26 inner wall of shifting axle groove, set on 25 side wall of shifting axle there are two
In the positive stop strip 28 of symmetrical structure, the positive stop strip 28 and the limiting slot 27 mutually card and.
The length of first spring stack 29 is the 2/3~3/4 of 26 depth of shifting axle groove.
25 front end of shifting axle is fixed in connecting shaft fixing groove 10, and the first spring stack 29 improves shifting axle 25 in fixing axle 24
On stability.
2 side wall of paper tube fixing tool is equipped with through-hole 14, and the paper tube fixing tool 2 is equipped with paper tube and squeezes work
Dress, the paper tube extrusion tooling includes squeezing connecting rod 15 and paper tube upper mounted plate 20, on the extruding connecting rod 15 and the paper tube
Support column 18 is equipped between fixed plate 20,2 upper surface of paper tube fixing tool is equipped with support column through slot 16, the support column 18
It through the support column through slot 16 and extends into the paper tube fixing groove 5, is equipped in the paper tube fixing groove 5 fixed under paper tube
Plate 23, the paper tube upper mounted plate 20 are located at right above the paper tube bottom plate 23, and 15 lower surface of extruding connecting rod is equipped with
Second spring column 19,19 lower surface of second spring column are welded on 2 surface of paper tube fixing tool, weld on the through-hole 14
It is connected to guide plate 7,7 front end of guide plate is connected with the paper tube bottom plate 23.
The paper tube cleared up will be needed to be put into guide plate 7, paper tube slides into paper tube fixing groove 5 along through-hole 14 and is fixed on paper
It on pipe bottom plate 23, is pressed down against and squeezes connecting rod 15, squeeze connecting rod 15 and paper tube is fixed.
The paper tube upper mounted plate 20 and the paper tube bottom plate 23 are semicircular structure, the paper tube upper mounted plate
20 and the paper tube bottom plate 23 symmetrically, the diameter of the second spring column 19 is greater than the straight of the support column through slot 16
Diameter, 19 sets of the second spring column in 16 periphery of support column through slot.
7 two sides of guide plate are equipped with limit plate 22, and 15 lower surface of extruding connecting rod is welded with paper tube fixed plate 17, institute
17 surface of paper tube fixed plate is stated to be located at together equipped with paper tube locating slot 21, the paper tube locating slot 21 and the paper tube upper mounted plate 20
One plane.
Paper tube locating slot 21 in paper tube fixed plate 17 plays fixed function to paper tube, prevents paper tube from moving left and right.
The internal diameter of paper tube locating slot 21 is less than the diameter of paper tube, greater than the internal diameter of paper tube.
It is obvious to a person skilled in the art that invention is not limited to the details of the above exemplary embodiments, Er Qie
In the case where without departing substantially from spirit or essential attributes of the invention, the present invention can be realized in other specific forms.Therefore, no matter
From the point of view of which point, the present embodiments are to be considered as illustrative and not restrictive, and the scope of the present invention is by appended power
Benefit requires rather than above description limits, it is intended that all by what is fallen within the meaning and scope of the equivalent elements of the claims
Variation is included within the present invention.Any reference signs in the claims should not be construed as limiting the involved claims.
In addition, it should be understood that although this specification is described in terms of embodiments, but not each embodiment is only wrapped
Containing an independent technical solution, this description of the specification is merely for the sake of clarity, and those skilled in the art should
It considers the specification as a whole, the technical solutions in the various embodiments may also be suitably combined, forms those skilled in the art
The other embodiments being understood that.
Claims (8)
1. impurity cleaning machine in a kind of paper tube, it is characterised in that: including pedestal (1), be fixed with paper tube on the pedestal (1) and fix
Tooling (2) and the paper tube that can be moved left and right dredging tooling (3), the paper tube fixing tool (2) are equipped with paper tube fixing groove (5),
Paper tube dredging tooling (3) one end is equipped with dredging axis (8), and the dredging axis (8) extends to paper tube fixing groove (5) table
Face, paper tube dredging tooling (3) surface are equipped with handle (9).
2. impurity cleaning machine in a kind of paper tube according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the pedestal (1) is equipped with and leads
To slot (4), paper tube dredging tooling (3) bottom surface is equipped with several pulley grooves (11), and pulley is equipped in the pulley groove (11)
Axis (12) is cased with pulley (13) on the pulley spindle (12), and the pulley (13) is in the guide groove (4), the paper tube
It dredges tooling (3) side and is equipped with connecting shaft fixing groove (10), paper tube fixing tool (2) side is equipped with moveable connecting shaft
(6), connecting shaft (6) front end is fixed in the connecting shaft fixing groove (10).
3. impurity cleaning machine in a kind of paper tube according to claim 2, it is characterised in that: the paper tube dredges tooling (3)
Bottom surface is planar structure, and the guide groove (4) is two, and the pulley groove (11) is two-row structure, the connecting shaft (6) and institute
Stating connecting shaft fixing groove (10) is respectively three.
4. according to impurity cleaning machine in claim 2 or a kind of paper tube as claimed in claim 3, it is characterised in that: the connecting shaft
It (6) include fixing axle (24) and shifting axle (25), the fixing axle (24) is equipped with shifting axle groove (26), the shifting axle
(25) bottom is equipped with the first spring stack (29), and the first spring stack (29) bottom is welded on shifting axle groove (26) bottom table
Face, sets that there are two the limiting slot (27) for being in symmetrical structure, shifting axle (25) side walls on shifting axle groove (26) inner wall
On set there are two the positive stop strip (28) for being in symmetrical structure, the positive stop strip (28) and the limiting slot (27) mutually card with.
5. impurity cleaning machine in a kind of paper tube according to claim 4, it is characterised in that: first spring stack (29)
Length is the 2/3~3/4 of shifting axle groove (26) depth.
6. impurity cleaning machine in a kind of paper tube according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the paper tube fixing tool (2)
Side wall is equipped with through-hole (14), and the paper tube fixing tool (2) is equipped with paper tube extrusion tooling, and the paper tube extrusion tooling includes
Connecting rod (15) and paper tube upper mounted plate (20) are squeezed, is equipped between the extruding connecting rod (15) and the paper tube upper mounted plate (20)
Support column (18), paper tube fixing tool (2) upper surface are equipped with support column through slot (16), and the support column (18) is through described
Support column through slot (16) simultaneously extends into the paper tube fixing groove (5), and paper tube bottom plate is equipped in the paper tube fixing groove (5)
(23), the paper tube upper mounted plate (20) is located at right above the paper tube bottom plate (23), extruding connecting rod (15) following table
Face is equipped with second spring column (19), and second spring column (19) lower surface is welded on paper tube fixing tool (2) surface, institute
It states and is welded on through-hole (14) guide plate (7), guide plate (7) front end is connected with the paper tube bottom plate (23).
7. impurity cleaning machine in a kind of paper tube according to claim 6, it is characterised in that: the paper tube upper mounted plate (20)
It is semicircular structure with the paper tube bottom plate (23), the paper tube upper mounted plate (20) and the paper tube bottom plate
(23) symmetrically, the diameter of the second spring column (19) is greater than the diameter of the support column through slot (16), second bullet
Spring column (19) is covered in support column through slot (16) periphery.
8. impurity cleaning machine in a kind of paper tube according to claim 6, it is characterised in that: guide plate (7) two sides are set
Have limit plate (22), extruding connecting rod (15) lower surface is welded with paper tube fixed plate (17), paper tube fixed plate (17) table
Face is equipped with paper tube locating slot (21), and the paper tube locating slot (21) and the paper tube upper mounted plate (20) are generally aligned in the same plane.
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