CN109434894B - Improved paper product cutting equipment - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses improved paper product cutting equipment in the technical field of paper products, which comprises a base block, wherein the lower parts of the side walls at two sides of the base block are movably connected with a first external threaded rod through a bearing, the middle parts of the side walls at two sides of the base block are movably connected with a second external threaded rod through a bearing, the upper parts of the side walls at two sides of the base block are movably connected with a third external threaded rod through a bearing, the surfaces of the two groups of first external threaded rods are respectively and threadedly connected with a first internal threaded slider, the improved paper product cutting equipment can be arranged on a hydraulic push rod of the existing cutting device for use, the existing hydraulic push rod can push the equipment to enable a cutting part to be in contact with a paper product to be cut so as to achieve the purpose of cutting, the device can adjust the cutting distance without replacing the cutting part according to the needs of a user, the device is provided, thereby preventing the blade from being excessively contacted to cause deformation damage.
Description
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of paper products, in particular to improved paper product cutting equipment.
Background
After the existing paper products are dried and formed, some paper products are required to be cut into finished paper with qualified size requirements through a cutting device, the existing paper product cutting equipment is various in types, but most of the paper product cutting equipment cannot adjust the cutting distance, and most of the paper product cutting equipment needs to replace blades, so that the process is complicated.
For example, a paper product processing and cutting device with patent application No. CN201810262704.4 mainly comprises: a paper product processing and cutting device comprises a paper product extrusion type conveying device at the front end and a fixing table arranged at the discharge end of the paper product extrusion type conveying device; the fixed table is also provided with a cutting table which is installed in a separated mode; the cutting table is matched with the height of the paper product extrusion type conveying device, so that the paper products in the paper product extrusion type conveying device are conveyed to the cutting table. The paper products sent by the paper product extrusion type conveying device in the device can be extended to the front end position of the cutting table, the feeding length of the paper product extrusion type conveying device can be correspondingly controlled and set according to the size of the cutting table, when the feeding of the paper products is finished, the upper hydraulic device controls the pressing plate to press downwards, the cutting blade is pressed downwards and inserted into the cutting groove to cut the paper products, although the cutting work of multiple paper products can be finished by one-time cutting, the cutting efficiency of the paper products can be greatly improved, however, the device cannot adjust the cutting distance of the paper product, and if the distance needs to be changed, the cutting part needs to be replaced, which is complicated and complicated, and the device has no protection part for the cutting blade, during daily use, the hydraulic push rod is probably extended to a plurality of degrees due to misoperation, so that the cutting blade is in excessive contact with the cutting plate, and the cutting blade is possibly damaged.
Based on this, the invention designs an improved paper product cutting device to solve the problems.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide improved paper product cutting equipment to solve the problems that although the cutting work of multiple paper products can be finished by one-time cutting, the cutting efficiency of the paper products can be greatly improved, the cutting distance of the paper products cannot be adjusted, if the distance needs to be changed, a cutting part needs to be replaced, the cutting equipment is complicated, a protection part is not arranged on a cutting blade, and the cutting blade is extremely likely to be damaged due to excessive contact between the cutting blade and the cutting plate caused by multiple stretching of a hydraulic push rod caused by improper operation in the daily use process.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides the following technical scheme: an improved paper product cutting device comprises a base block, wherein first outer threaded rods are movably connected below the side walls on two sides of the base block through bearings, second outer threaded rods are movably connected in the middle of the side walls on two sides of the base block through bearings, third outer threaded rods are movably connected on the upper portions of the side walls on two sides of the base block through bearings, first inner threaded sliders are respectively in threaded connection with the surfaces of the first outer threaded rods, second inner threaded sliders are respectively in threaded connection with the surfaces of the second outer threaded rods, third inner threaded sliders are respectively in threaded connection with the surfaces of the third outer threaded rods, circular knobs are respectively fixedly connected with the outer ends of the first outer threaded rods, the second outer threaded rods and the third outer threaded rods, cutting parts are respectively fixedly connected with the bottoms of the first inner threaded sliders, the second inner threaded sliders and the third inner threaded sliders, and a connecting block is fixedly connected with the top of the base block, three-jaw chuck is installed at the connecting block top, circular through-hole has all been seted up at No. two internal thread sliders and No. three internal thread sliders middle parts.
Preferably, the cutting part includes the connecting pipe, two sets of elastic components of equal longitudinal symmetry fixedly connected with in the connecting pipe inner wall left and right sides, the equal fixedly connected with push pedal of elastic component end, it is two sets of elastic steel plate under fixedly connected with between the push pedal, elastic steel plate top symmetry is provided with two sets of steel sheet mountings down, and is two sets of elastic steel plate is gone up to fixedly connected with between the steel sheet mounting, elastic steel plate bottom central fixedly connected with cutting knife installation piece down, cutting knife installation piece bottom fixedly connected with cutting knife.
Preferably, the circular through hole in the middle of the second internal thread sliding block and the circular knob at the outer end of the first external threaded rod are located on the same horizontal straight line.
Preferably, the circular through hole in the middle of the third internal thread sliding block and the circular knob at the outer end of the second external threaded rod are located on the same horizontal straight line.
Preferably, the diameter of the circular through hole is larger than that of the circular knob.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that: the device can be installed on a hydraulic push rod of the existing cutting device for use, the existing hydraulic push rod can push equipment to enable the cutting part to be in contact with a paper product to be cut, so that the cutting purpose is achieved, the device can adjust the distance between the cutting parts according to the requirements of a user, so that the cutting distance can be adjusted under the condition that the cutting part does not need to be replaced, and the device is provided with a cutting blade protection mechanism which can reduce the force applied to a blade, so that the blade is prevented from being deformed and damaged due to excessive contact.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art that other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.
FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a side view of a second internal thread slider structure of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a side view of a third internal thread slider structure of the present invention;
fig. 4 is a schematic view of the cutting member of the present invention.
In the drawings, the components represented by the respective reference numerals are listed below:
1-base block, 2-first external threaded rod, 3-second external threaded rod, 4-third external threaded rod, 5-first internal threaded slider, 6-second internal threaded slider, 7-third internal threaded slider, 8-round knob, 9-cutting part, 91-connecting tube, 92-elastic part, 93-push plate, 94-lower elastic steel plate, 95-steel plate fixing part, 96-upper elastic steel plate, 97-cutting knife mounting block, 98-cutting knife, 10-connecting block, 11-three-jaw chuck and 12-round through hole.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
Referring to fig. 1-4, the present invention provides a technical solution: an improved paper product cutting device comprises a base block 1, wherein the lower parts of the side walls on the two sides of the base block 1 are respectively movably connected with a first external threaded rod 2 through a bearing, the middle parts of the side walls on the two sides of the base block 1 are respectively movably connected with a second external threaded rod 3 through a bearing, the upper parts of the side walls on the two sides of the base block 1 are respectively movably connected with a third external threaded rod 4 through a bearing, the surfaces of two groups of the first external threaded rods 2 are respectively in threaded connection with a first internal threaded slider 5, the surfaces of two groups of the second external threaded rods 3 are respectively in threaded connection with a second internal threaded slider 6, the surfaces of two groups of the third external threaded rods 4 are respectively in threaded connection with a third internal threaded slider 7, the outer ends of the first external threaded rod 2, the second external threaded rod 3 and the third external threaded rods 4 are respectively and fixedly connected with a circular knob 8, the bottoms of the first internal threaded, 1 top fixedly connected with connecting block 10 of base block, three-jaw chuck 11 is installed at connecting block 10 top, circular through-hole 12 has all been seted up in No. two internal thread sliders 6 and No. three internal thread sliders 7 middle parts.
The cutting part 9 comprises a through connecting pipe 91, two groups of elastic parts 92 are symmetrically and fixedly connected to the left side and the right side of the inner wall of the through connecting pipe 91 in an up-and-down symmetrical mode, a push plate 93 is fixedly connected to the tail end of each elastic part 92, two groups of lower elastic steel plates 94 are fixedly connected between the push plates 93, two groups of upper elastic steel plates 95 are symmetrically arranged at the top of the lower elastic steel plates 94, an upper elastic steel plate 96 is fixedly connected between the two groups of steel plate fixing parts 95, a cutting knife mounting block 97 is fixedly connected to the center of the bottom of the lower elastic steel plates 94, a cutting knife 98 is fixedly connected to the bottom of the cutting knife mounting block 97, the force applied to the cutting knife 98 is reduced, the effect of protecting the cutting knife 98 is achieved, the circular through hole 12 in the middle of the second internal thread sliding block 6 and the circular knob 8 at the outer end of the first external threaded rod 2 are located A horizontal straight line, so that the second number two internal thread sliding block 6 and the third number three internal thread sliding block 7 can move to the left end without being blocked by the circular knob 8, and the diameter of the circular through hole 12 is larger than that of the circular knob 8.
One specific application of this embodiment is: the device is a cutting mechanism on a paper product cutting machine, the device can be fixedly arranged on a hydraulic push rod of the existing paper product cutting device by controlling a three-jaw chuck 11, and a user pushes the device to cut paper products by controlling the hydraulic push rod;
when a user needs to adjust the cutting distance, the user can rotate the round knobs 8 on two sides to drive the first outer threaded rod 2, the second outer threaded rod 3 and the third outer threaded rod 4 to rotate, so that the inner threaded block starts to slide left and right, and the transverse positions of the first inner threaded sliding block 5, the second inner threaded sliding block 6 and the third inner threaded sliding block 7 are adjusted to achieve the purpose of adjusting the transverse position of the cutting part 9, and the cutting distance is adjusted;
when cutting part 9 begins the downstream to cut, if cutting part 9 atress is excessive, cutting knife 98 with wait to cut the article contact, receive ascending reaction force, make it receive compressive deformation with lower elastic steel plate 96, thereby the open in-process both ends of lower elastic steel plate 94 promote push pedal 93 to move outside extrusion elastic component 92 makes it take place deformation, thereby turn into elastic component 92 with the power that cutting knife 98 received, go up elastic steel plate 96 and lower elastic steel plate 94's elastic potential energy, thereby alleviate the power that cutting knife 98 received, play the effect of protection cutting knife 98 and prevent it impaired.
In the description herein, references to the description of "one embodiment," "an example," "a specific example" or the like are intended to mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.
The preferred embodiments of the invention disclosed above are intended to be illustrative only. The preferred embodiments are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise embodiments disclosed. Obviously, many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teaching. The embodiments were chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the invention and the practical application, to thereby enable others skilled in the art to best utilize the invention. The invention is limited only by the claims and their full scope and equivalents.
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1. An improved paper product cutting device comprises a base block (1), wherein a first external threaded rod (2) is movably connected below the side walls on the two sides of the base block (1), a second external threaded rod (3) is movably connected in the middle of the side walls on the two sides of the base block (1), a third external threaded rod (4) is movably connected on the upper portion of the side walls on the two sides of the base block (1) through a bearing, a first internal thread slider (5) is connected on the surface of the first external threaded rod (2), a second internal thread slider (6) is connected on the surface of the second external threaded rod (3), a third internal thread slider (7) is connected on the surface of the third external threaded rod (4), a circular knob (8) is fixedly connected on the outer ends of the first external threaded rod (2), the second external threaded rod (3) and the third external threaded rod (4), no. one internal thread slider (5), No. two internal thread sliders (6) and No. three internal thread sliders (7) bottom equal fixedly connected with cutting parts (9), base block (1) top fixedly connected with connecting block (10), three-jaw chuck (11) are installed at connecting block (10) top, circular through-hole (12), its characterized in that have all been seted up at No. two internal thread sliders (6) and No. three internal thread sliders (7) middle parts: cutting part (9) are including connecting siphunculus (91), connect siphunculus (91) inner wall left and right sides equal longitudinal symmetry fixedly connected with two sets of elastic component (92), elastic component (92) terminal equal fixedly connected with push pedal (93), it is two sets of elastic steel plate (94) under fixedly connected with between push pedal (93), elastic steel plate (94) top symmetry is provided with two sets of steel sheet mounting (95) down, and is two sets of elastic steel plate (96) on the fixedly connected with between steel sheet mounting (95), elastic steel plate (94) bottom central fixedly connected with cutting knife installation piece (97) down, cutting knife installation piece (97) bottom fixedly connected with cutting knife (98).
2. An improved paper product cutting apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein: and a circular through hole (12) in the middle of the second internal thread sliding block (6) and a circular knob (8) at the outer end of the first external threaded rod (2) are positioned on the same horizontal straight line.
3. An improved paper product cutting apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein: and a circular through hole (12) in the middle of the third internal thread sliding block (7) and a circular knob (8) at the outer end of the second external threaded rod (3) are positioned on the same horizontal straight line.
4. An improved paper product cutting apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein: the diameter of the round through hole (12) is larger than that of the round knob (8).
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