CN109693962A - A kind of aligning gear and feeding device - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a kind of aligning gear and feeding devices, wherein aligning gear includes correcting wheel and power device, and wherein correcting wheel is provided with annular groove for material strip to be arranged along its ring circumferential direction;Power device is for driving correcting wheel to rotate to the direction contrary with material strip supplied materials, so that material strip is fallen into annular groove.The present invention is rotated by using power device driving correcting wheel to the direction contrary with material strip supplied materials, so as to the inner tensions of the material strip of correction for reduction wheel incoming side, therefore the material strip of correcting wheel incoming side can be made to be easier to drop into annular groove to reach to the corrected effect of the transmission direction of material strip.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to technical field of automation equipment, in particular to a kind of aligning gear and feeding device.
Background technique
Existing feeding device is when the material strip to tab transmits, it will usually aligning gear is set in feeding device,
So that the transmission direction of material strip is stablized.Existing aligning gear is typically all that correcting wheel is arranged, by being arranged on correcting wheel
Annular groove, by being arranged material strip into annular groove, so that the transmission direction to material strip limits.
However existing correcting wheel is all to drive correcting wheel to rotate by material strip, and work as the model that material strip exceeds annular groove
When enclosing, existing correcting wheel can not be also adjusted material strip, so that material strip can not fall back in annular groove again.
Summary of the invention
The present invention provides a kind of aligning gear and feeding device, and to solve, existing correcting wheel also can not be right in the prior art
Material strip is adjusted so that material strip can not fall back to the problem in annular groove again.
In order to solve the above technical problems, one technical scheme adopted by the invention is that: a kind of aligning gear is provided, wherein
The aligning gear includes:
Correcting wheel is provided with annular groove along the ring circumferential direction of the correcting wheel, and the annular groove is for being arranged material strip;
Power device, for driving the correcting wheel to rotate to the direction contrary with the material strip supplied materials, so that
The material strip is fallen into the annular groove.
Wherein, multiple annular grooves are provided on the correcting wheel, multiple annular grooves are side by side and interval is set
It sets.
Wherein, the aligning gear further comprises the shaft for correcting pedestal and being mounted on the correction pedestal, described
Power device is fixed on the correction pedestal, and the correcting wheel is set in the shaft and is rotatably assorted with the shaft.
Wherein, setting position of the correcting wheel in the shaft being adjusted axially along the shaft.
Wherein, the aligning gear further includes clamping seats, and the shaft is fixedly connected with the clamping seats, the clamping seats
For being connected with the correction pedestal the shaft is mounted on the correction pedestal.
In order to solve the above technical problems, another technical solution used in the present invention is: a kind of feeding device is provided,
In, the feeding device includes: discharge mechanism, material guide mechanism and aligning gear, and the discharge mechanism is used for blowing, described to lead
Material mechanism is used to receive the material strip that the discharge mechanism is released and is oriented to the transmission of the material strip, and the aligning gear is used
It is corrected in receiving by the material strip of the material guide mechanism with the transmission direction to the material strip;The wherein correction machine
Structure includes aligning gear as previously described.
Wherein, the material guide mechanism includes guide rack, and the material strip is at least partly attached at the surface of the guide rack, is led to
Cross the transmission direction that the guide rack changes the material strip.
Wherein, the material guide mechanism further comprises guide shaft, and the guide rack is sheathed in the guide shaft simultaneously
It is rotatably assorted with the guide shaft;
Wherein, deflector chute is provided in the guide rack, the material strip is set in the deflector chute.
Wherein, the material guide mechanism further includes flexible connector, the flexible connector connect the guide rack so that
Axial activity of the guide rack with the guide shaft along the guide shaft matches.
Wherein, the feeding device further includes mounting rack, the discharge mechanism, the material guide mechanism and the correction machine
Structure is installed on the mounting rack.
It is different from the prior art, the present invention drives correcting wheel to contrary with material strip supplied materials by using power device
Direction rotates, and so as to the inner tensions of the material strip of the incoming side of correction for reduction wheel, therefore material strip can be made to fall into annular
Groove, to reach to the corrected effect of the transmission direction of material strip.
Detailed description of the invention
To describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention more clearly, make required in being described below to embodiment
Attached drawing is briefly described, it should be apparent that, drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the invention, for
For those of ordinary skill in the art, without creative efforts, it can also be obtained according to these attached drawings other
Attached drawing, in which:
Fig. 1 is a kind of structural schematic diagram of one embodiment of aligning gear provided by the invention;
Fig. 2 is a kind of structural schematic diagram of one embodiment of feeding device provided by the invention;
Fig. 3 is the structural schematic diagram of the left view of feeding device shown in Fig. 2.
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 belongs to the scope of protection of the invention.
It is to be appreciated that if relating to directionality instruction (such as up, down, left, right, before and after ...) in the embodiment of the present invention,
Then directionality instruction be only used for explain under a certain particular pose (as shown in the picture) between each component relative positional relationship,
Motion conditions etc., if the particular pose changes, directionality instruction is also correspondingly changed correspondingly.
In addition, being somebody's turn to do " first ", " second " etc. if relating to the description of " first ", " second " etc. in the embodiment of the present invention
Description be used for description purposes only, be not understood to indicate or imply its relative importance or implicitly indicate indicated skill
The quantity of art feature." first " is defined as a result, the feature of " second " can explicitly or implicitly include at least one spy
Sign.It in addition, the technical solution between each embodiment can be combined with each other, but must be with those of ordinary skill in the art's energy
It is enough realize based on, will be understood that the knot of this technical solution when conflicting or cannot achieve when occurs in the combination of technical solution
Conjunction is not present, also not the present invention claims protection scope within.
Referring to Fig. 1, Fig. 1 is a kind of structural schematic diagram of one embodiment of aligning gear provided by the invention.
Aligning gear 100 includes correcting wheel 110 and power device 120, and wherein the ring circumferential direction of correcting wheel 110 is provided with ring
Connected in star 111 is for being arranged material strip.Power device 120 is for driving correcting wheel 110 to contrary with the supplied materials of material strip
Direction rotates, so as to the inner tensions of the material strip of 110 incoming side of correction for reduction wheel, so that the material of 110 incoming side of correcting wheel
Band is easier to drop into annular groove 111, and continues to transmit with material strip, and subsequent material strip can be made to each fall within annular
In groove 111.
Therefore, aligning gear 100 can be adjusted the transmission direction of material strip in the present embodiment, and material strip is set
It sets and is transmitted in annular groove 111;It is inversely rotated simultaneously in the transmission direction of material strip by using correcting wheel 110,
So that the material strip beyond annular groove 111 can fall back to again in annular groove 111, therefore aligning gear 100
The transmission direction of material strip can also be corrected.
Material strip described in the present embodiment refers to band-like labor and materials to be added, and wherein material strip can be the material strip of battery pole ear,
Or it is also possible to other material strips with some strength, to prevent from carrying out using transmission direction of the aligning gear 100 to material strip
Cause material strip to damage compared with timing, for material strip material it is not limited here.And supplied materials direction described in the present embodiment refers to
Material strip enters the direction of annular groove 111.
Further referring to Fig. 1, in the present embodiment, an annular groove 111 is provided on correcting wheel 110, in others
Multiple annular grooves 111 can also be arranged side by side in embodiment, on correcting wheel 110, and can be in each annular groove 111
One material strip is set, therefore the transmission direction of a plurality of material strip can be corrected by a correcting wheel 110, so as to mention
High processing efficiency.
In the present embodiment, aligning gear 100 includes the shaft 140 for correcting pedestal 130 and being mounted on correction pedestal 130,
Wherein shaft 140 is fixedly connected with correction pedestal 130, and correcting wheel 110 is set in shaft 140 and is rotatably assorted with shaft 140.It is dynamic
Power device 120 is also stationarily mounted on correction pedestal 130, and power device 120 can pass through transmission belt 150 and correcting wheel
110 connections.Transmission belt 150 is driven to rotate by power device 120, so as to drive correcting wheel 110 inversely to come in material strip
Material direction rotates.
Shaft 140 can also be fixedly mounted on correction pedestal 130 by clamping seats 160, wherein clamping seats 160 are correcting
Installation site on pedestal 130 is adjustable.Specifically, waist-shaped hole can be set on correction pedestal 130, it is inserted in using fixing piece
To be fixedly connected with clamping seats 160 with correction pedestal 130 in waist-shaped hole, consolidating in waist-shaped hole is inserted in by adjusting fixing piece
Positioning is set, so as to adjust fixation position of the clamping seats 160 on correction pedestal 130, and then in adjustable shaft 140
Spacing between correcting wheel 110 and power device 120, so that transmission belt between correcting wheel 110 and power device 120
150 can tighten, and then can play transmission effect.
Further, setting position of the correcting wheel 110 in shaft 140 being adjusted axially so that school along shaft 140
Annular groove 111 on positive wheel 110 can be with material strip position face.
The present invention also provides the feeding devices of a Seed packaged band, please refer to Fig. 2-Fig. 3, and Fig. 2 is one kind provided by the invention
The structural schematic diagram of one embodiment of feeding device;Fig. 3 is the structural schematic diagram of the left view of feeding device shown in Fig. 2.
Wherein, feeding device 200 may include: discharge mechanism 210, material guide mechanism 220 and correction as previously described
Mechanism 100.Wherein, discharge mechanism 210 is used for blowing;Material guide mechanism 220 is used to receive the material strip and right of the releasing of discharge mechanism 210
The transmission of material strip is oriented to;Aligning gear 100 is used to receive the material strip by material guide mechanism 220 with the transmission direction to material strip
It is corrected.
Discharge mechanism 210 includes the driving motor 212 that blowing shaft 211 and driving blowing shaft 211 rotate, wherein material strip
Discoid rear enclosure can be wound to be located in blowing shaft 211, drive blowing shaft 211 to rotate by driving motor 212, to make
Obtain the rotation of disc blowing of material strip.
When material strip can pass through material guide mechanism 220 after the releasing of discharge mechanism 210, material guide mechanism 220 can be by multiple guides
Roller 221 forms, and when material strip pile warp guide rack 221 is at least partly sticked can be by leading in 221 surface of guide rack, the present embodiment
Expect that roller 221 changes the transmission direction of material strip.
Wherein, it also can be set the deflector chute 222 to match with material strip in guide rack 221, deflector chute 222 equally can also be with
It is the annular groove being arranged along the ring circumferential direction of guide rack 221, material strip is at least partly sticked on the inner wall of deflector chute 222.
Further, each guide rack 221 can be set in a corresponding guide shaft 223, and be led
It is rotatably assorted in material roller 221 and guide shaft 223, in the transmission process of material strip, guide rack 221 can be under the drive of material strip
It is center of rotation rotation with guide shaft 223.
In the present embodiment, multiple deflector chutes 222 arranged side by side equally can be set in each guide rack 221, for
For one guide rack 221, each of which deflector chute 222 may be incorporated for one material strip of setting.
Wherein, material guide mechanism 220 can also include flexible connector, and flexible connector is used for so that guide rack 221 can be with
Axial direction along guide shaft 223 is matched with 223 activity of guide shaft.I.e., it is possible to by setting flexible connector, so that guide rack
221 slight swing can occur along the axial direction of guide shaft 223 with the drive of material strip, therefore can discharge material strip and guide rack
221 internal stress formed, prevent internal stress excessive and material strip are caused to deviate guide rack 221, or be also possible to prevent internal stress mistake
Material strip is caused to be damaged greatly.
In the present embodiment, feeding device 200 further includes mounting rack 230, discharge mechanism 210, material guide mechanism 220 and correction
Mechanism 100 can be installed on mounting rack 230, so that feeding device 200 may be constructed a set of feed device, wherein mounting rack
230 can be integrally formed with previously described correction pedestal 130.
Further, feeding device 200 can also include material strip cache mechanism 240, wherein material strip cache mechanism 240 wraps
The sliding rail 241 being arranged on mounting rack 230 is included, the cunning on sliding rail 241 with 241 shiding matching of sliding rail is set
Motion block 242 and it is arranged on sliding shoe 242 and moved roller 243.Wherein, the effect of material strip cache mechanism 240 is to from blowing
The material strip that mechanism 210 is transmitted carries out part caching.After releasing in the charging tray in discharge mechanism 210, material strip can pile warp sliding shoe
Moving on 242 is transferred in aligning gear 100 after roller 243 again by guide rack 221.
Wherein, when being installed before starting progress feeding to material strip, by sliding shoe 242 in sliding rail 241
Upper sliding can release the part material strip section of the caching of material strip cache mechanism 240, so that the material strip outside charging tray has sufficient length
Degree can be with pile warp aligning gear 100, therefore does not need to pull rotation of disc feed, and then can be drawn to avoid material strip bad.
In conclusion the present invention drives correcting wheel to revolve to the direction contrary with material strip supplied materials by using power device
Turn, so as to the inner tensions of the material strip of the incoming side of correction for reduction wheel, therefore can material strip be fallen into annular groove,
To reach to the corrected effect of the transmission direction of material strip.
Mode the above is only the implementation of the present invention is not intended to limit the scope of the invention, all to utilize this
Equivalent structure or equivalent flow shift made by description of the invention and accompanying drawing content, it is relevant to be applied directly or indirectly in other
Technical field is included within the scope of the present invention.
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1. a kind of aligning gear, which is characterized in that the aligning gear includes:
Correcting wheel is provided with annular groove along the ring circumferential direction of the correcting wheel, and the annular groove is for being arranged material strip;
Power device, for driving the correcting wheel to rotate to the direction contrary with the material strip supplied materials, so that described
Material strip is fallen into the annular groove.
2. aligning gear according to claim 1, which is characterized in that it is recessed to be provided with multiple annulars on the correcting wheel
Slot, multiple annular grooves are side by side and interval is arranged.
3. aligning gear according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the aligning gear further comprise correction pedestal and
The shaft being mounted on the correction pedestal, the power device are fixed on the correction pedestal, and the correcting wheel is set in
It is rotatably assorted in the shaft with the shaft.
4. aligning gear according to claim 3, which is characterized in that setting position of the correcting wheel in the shaft
It being adjusted axially along the shaft.
5. aligning gear according to claim 3, which is characterized in that the aligning gear further includes clamping seats, and described turn
Axis is fixedly connected with the clamping seats, and the clamping seats are for being connected with the correction pedestal the shaft is mounted on institute
It states on correction pedestal.
6. a kind of feeding device, which is characterized in that the feeding device includes: discharge mechanism, material guide mechanism and aligning gear,
The discharge mechanism is used for blowing, and the material guide mechanism is used to receive the material strip that the discharge mechanism is released and to the material strip
Transmission is oriented to, and the aligning gear is used to receive the material strip by the material guide mechanism with the transmission to the material strip
Direction is corrected;Wherein the aligning gear includes aligning gear as described in any one in claim 1-5.
7. feeding device according to claim 6, which is characterized in that the material guide mechanism includes guide rack, the material strip
It is at least partly attached at the surface of the guide rack, changes the transmission direction of the material strip by the guide rack.
8. feeding device according to claim 7, which is characterized in that the material guide mechanism further comprises guide shaft,
The guide rack is sheathed in the guide shaft and is rotatably assorted with the guide shaft;
Wherein, deflector chute is provided in the guide rack, the material strip is set in the deflector chute.
9. feeding device according to claim 8, which is characterized in that the material guide mechanism further includes flexible connector, institute
It states flexible connector and connects the guide rack so that axial direction of the guide rack with the guide shaft along the guide shaft
Activity matching.
10. feeding device according to claim 6, which is characterized in that the feeding device further includes mounting rack, described to put
Material mechanism, the material guide mechanism and the aligning gear are installed on the mounting rack.
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