CN110126269B - 3D-printing-technology-like assembly type furniture mounting device and method - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides an assembled furniture mounting device similar to a 3D printing technology, which comprises a transmission mechanism, a printing platform and a plurality of embedded components, wherein the transmission mechanism comprises a support frame and two rotating gears, the two rotating gears are rotatably fixed on the support frame, a pushing mechanism and a plurality of conveying grooves are arranged between two oppositely arranged gear tooth arms, the conveying grooves are used for accommodating the components, the printing platform is arranged on one side of the transmission mechanism and comprises a platform support, a placing platform and a mechanical arm, the placing platform is fixed in the middle of the platform support, the mechanical arm comprises a cross rod, a positioning system, an infrared point pair device and component pliers, the cross rod is slidably arranged on the upper part of the platform support, the infrared point pair device is slidably arranged on the cross rod, and the lower part of the infrared point pair device is connected with the component pliers. The invention has the beneficial effects that: the variety of parts of furniture is reduced, the installation is convenient and quick, custom furniture can be built, the diversity of user demands is met, and the later-stage furniture member maintenance and replacement are convenient.

Description

3D-printing-technology-like assembly type furniture mounting device and method

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of furniture assembly, in particular to an assembly type furniture installation device and method similar to a 3D printing technology.

Background

Fabricated applications (Fabricated) are also known as prefabricated component splicing techniques. And (3) an application technology for assembling prefabricated components produced through engineering through related connection technology. The 3D printing technology (3 DP), namely a rapid prototyping technology, is a technology which is based on digital model files and utilizes powdery metal or plastic and other bondable materials to construct objects in a layer-by-layer printing mode.

In the field of traditional furniture, the production mode of common furniture generally adopts parts with different production specifications in a production line, and the connecting structure generally adopts a screw connecting structure. During factory production, the specification of each part needs to be designed, and a manufacturer needs to establish a plurality of production lines for establishing various different parts such as a backrest, a support and a handle. One factory is often forced to produce pressure, often has a smaller number of lines, and therefore, the product update to the factory is slower. When the finished parts are transported to the hands of a user, the parts are assembled by an installer or the user is assembled by screws on site, and the assembly quality is closely related to the level of the operator due to the adoption of a manual assembly mode, so that the assembly quality is difficult to ensure; if a certain component in the furniture such as the backrest is damaged, the backrest is replaced or treated as waste, which is extremely wasteful of the damaged product. In addition, the bolts are adopted, so that the types of parts are large, the weight is large, corrosion is easy to occur at the gap of the bolt connection, and the connection failure is caused.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of this, embodiments of the present invention provide a 3D printing technology-like fabricated furniture mounting apparatus and method.

The embodiment of the invention provides an assembly type furniture mounting device similar to a 3D printing technology, which comprises a transmission mechanism, a printing platform and a plurality of element members, wherein the transmission mechanism comprises a support frame and two rotating gears, each rotating gear is provided with a plurality of gear tooth arms, the two rotating gears are rotatably fixed on the support frame, each gear tooth arm of one rotating gear is opposite to one gear tooth arm of the other rotating gear, a pushing mechanism and a plurality of conveying grooves are arranged between the two oppositely arranged gear tooth arms, the conveying grooves are used for accommodating the element members, the printing platform is arranged on one side of the transmission mechanism, the printing platform comprises a platform support, a placing platform and a mechanical arm, the placing platform is fixed in the middle of the platform support, the mechanical arm comprises a cross rod, a positioning system, an infrared point pair device and a member clamp, the cross rod is slidably arranged on the upper part of the platform support frame, the infrared point pair device is slidably arranged on the cross rod, the lower part of the infrared point pair device is connected with the member clamp, the pushing mechanism is used for pushing the element clamp to the position of the element clamp, and the element clamp is used for taking the element members to the position of the element clamp by the positioning system.

Further, the device comprises a computer, wherein the computer is respectively connected with the transmission mechanism, the positioning system, the infrared point pair device and the component pliers, the computer is provided with an input system, a control system and an output system, the input system is used for acquiring drawings of furniture to be printed, the control system is used for determining the types and the numbers of required components, transmission commands of the transmission mechanism and movement commands of the component pliers according to the drawings, and the output system is used for outputting the transmission commands to the transmission mechanism and outputting the movement commands to the component pliers.

Further, the conveying groove is slidably arranged on the groove seat, two ends of the groove seat are respectively hung on two opposite gear tooth arms, the groove seat is close to one end of the printing platform and is provided with an outlet, the pushing mechanism comprises a fixed block and a plurality of pushing plates, each pushing plate is connected with one end of a telescopic rod, the other end of the telescopic rod is vertically connected with the fixed block, the fixed block is fixed on the gear tooth arms, and each pushing plate faces the printing platform and is oppositely arranged with the conveying groove.

Further, the transmission mechanism comprises a motor and a brake assembly, the circle centers of the two rotating gears are connected through a rotating shaft, and the rotating shaft is connected with the motor and the brake assembly respectively.

Further, a spring is arranged in the conveying groove, and all the components in the conveying groove are extruded and fixed by the spring.

Further, the component pincers include a hydraulic cylinder, rotating head device and pincers clamp, the hydraulic cylinder upper end is connected infrared point is to the device, and the lower extreme is connected rotating head device upper portion, rotating head device lower part is connected the pincers clamp, the hydraulic cylinder is used for driving the pincers clamp goes up and down, the rotating head device is used for driving the pincers clamp rotates.

Further, the robotic arm includes a component recognition system for recognizing a component gripped by the component.

Further, the component is divided into a first component and a second component, the first component is a rectangular block provided with four embedding holes, the second component is a rectangular block provided with two embedding holes and two buckles, the two buckles of the second component can be embedded into the two embedding holes of the first component, and the two buckles of the second component can be further embedded into the two embedding holes of the other second component.

The embodiment of the invention provides a 3D printing technology-like assembly furniture mounting method, which uses the 3D printing technology-like assembly furniture mounting device and comprises the following steps:

s1, acquiring a drawing of furniture to be installed by a computer, and determining required components according to the drawing;

s2, the computer controls the transmission mechanism to rotate, so that the conveying groove rotates to be in a horizontal state;

s3, the computer controls the cross rod and the infrared point pair device to slide above the conveying groove, and controls the component clamp to clamp the component;

s4, the positioning system determines the placement position of the element, the computer controls the cross rod and the infrared point pair device to slide to the placement position, and the infrared point pair device is aligned with the gravity center of the element on the placement platform;

s5, the computer controls the component pliers to lower the component so that the component is aligned and connected with the existing component on the placing platform.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the invention has the beneficial effects that: the assembly type furniture installation device similar to the 3D printing technology adopts the assembly composition of the mosaic structure element components, replaces large factory large machine production of furniture manufacturing industry under the traditional industrial framework, reduces the types of parts of furniture, is convenient and quick to install, reduces welding workload, facilitates factory prefabrication and field assembly of the element components, can build custom furniture according to user requirements, meets the diversity of the user requirements, has good use performance, is convenient to assemble and disassemble, is convenient to maintain and replace furniture components in later stages, is extremely high in safety, and is beneficial to energy conservation and environmental protection.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a 3D printing technology-like fabricated furniture mounting device of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a front view of a 3D printing technology-like fabricated furniture mounting device of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic view of the transfer tank 4 of fig. 1;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a pushing mechanism;

FIG. 5 is a schematic illustration of the print platform of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a first meta-member;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of a second member;

fig. 8 is a schematic view of a table assembled by a 3D printing technology-like assembled furniture mounting device according to the present invention.

In the figure: 1-rotation gear, 2-support frame, 3-gear tooth arm, 4-conveying groove, 5-platform support, 6-placing platform, 7-cross bar, 8-spring, 9-infrared point pair device, 10-component pliers, 11-fixed block, 12-telescopic rod, 13-push plate, 14-groove seat, 15-first component, 16-second component, 17-embedding hole, 18-buckle, 19-desk, 20-table leg.

Detailed Description

For the purpose of making the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, embodiments of the present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, an embodiment of the present invention provides a 3D printing technology-like assembly furniture mounting device, which includes a transmission mechanism, a printing platform, a computer, and a plurality of components.

The transmission mechanism comprises a support frame 2, a motor, a braking component and two rotating gears 1, wherein the lower part of the support frame 2 is fixed, each rotating gear 1 is provided with a plurality of gear tooth arms 3, two rotating gears 1 are oppositely arranged and connected through a rotating shaft, the rotating shaft is rotatably fixed at the upper end of the support frame, the rotating shaft is connected with an output shaft of the motor, the braking component is arranged on the rotating shaft, the motor and the braking component are respectively connected with a computer, the computer can control the motor to drive the two rotating gears 1 to synchronously rotate, the computer can also control the braking component to lock the rotating shaft, and the rotating angle of the rotating gears 1 is determined.

Referring to fig. 3 and 4, each gear tooth arm 3 of one rotating gear 1 is opposite to one gear tooth arm 3 of the other rotating gear 1, a pushing mechanism and a plurality of conveying slots 4 are arranged between the two opposite gear tooth arms 3, the conveying slots 4 are slidably seated on a slot seat 14, two ends of the slot seat 14 are respectively hung on the two opposite gear tooth arms 3, one end of the slot seat 14 close to the printing platform is provided with an outlet, the pushing mechanism comprises a fixed block 11 and a plurality of push plates 13, each push plate 13 is connected with one end of a telescopic rod 12, the other end of the telescopic rod 12 is vertically connected with the fixed block 11, the fixed block 11 is fixed on the gear tooth arm 3, each push plate 13 faces the printing platform and is opposite to one conveying slot 4, the telescopic rod 12 is connected with the computer, and the computer controls the telescopic rod 12 to stretch and retract so as to drive the push plate 12 to move.

The conveying groove 4 is used for accommodating the components, a plurality of springs 8 are arranged in the conveying groove 4, a plurality of components can be arranged in the conveying groove 4, all components are arranged in a matrix, each row of components are fixedly pressed by one spring 8, and when one component is taken out, the springs 8 press other components, so that the other component reaches the taking-out position.

Please refer to fig. 5, the print platform set up in drive mechanism one side, print platform includes platform support 5, place platform 6 and arm, in this embodiment platform support 5 is rectangular frame, place platform 6 is rectangular platform, and its four corners are equipped with the slip knot, and pass through the slip knot is connected respectively the vertical four sides of platform support 5, makes like this place platform 6 level is fixed in platform support 5 middle part, just place platform 6's height can be adjusted through the slip knot to adapt to the demand of different furniture changes.

The mechanical arm comprises a cross rod 7, a positioning system, a component recognition system, an infrared point pair device 9 and a component clamp 10, wherein the cross rod 7 is slidably arranged on the upper portion of the platform support 5, a lantern ring is arranged on the upper portion of the infrared point pair device 9, the cross rod is sleeved with the lantern ring 9 and is slidable, the cross rod 7 and the infrared point pair device 9 can be driven through motors, and the motors are connected with a computer to realize automatic control.

The infrared point is to device 9 lower part connection component pincers 10, component pincers 10 include hydraulic cylinder, rotating head device and pincers clamp, hydraulic cylinder upper end is connected infrared point is to the device, and the lower extreme is connected rotating head device upper portion, rotating head device lower part is connected the pincers clamp, hydraulic cylinder is used for the drive the pincers clamp goes up and down, rotating head device is used for the drive pincers clamp rotates, makes inlay between the components and connects, hydraulic cylinder with rotating head device connects respectively the computer, the computer control hydraulic cylinder is flexible and rotating head device is rotatory.

The component recognition system is arranged above the infrared point pair device 9, is connected with the computer and is used for recognizing the component clamped by the component clamp 10.

Referring to fig. 6 and 7, in this embodiment, the element is divided into a first element 15 and a second element 16, the first element 15 is a rectangular block with four insertion holes 17, four insertion holes 17 are arranged in a rectangular shape, the second element 16 is a rectangular block with two insertion holes 17 and two fastening tabs 18, two insertion holes 17 and two fastening tabs 18 are arranged in a rectangular shape, two fastening tabs 18 of the second element 16 are oppositely arranged, two fastening tabs 18 of the second element 16 can be inserted into two insertion holes 17 of the first element 15, two fastening tabs 18 of the second element 16 can be inserted into two insertion holes 17 of the other second element 16, in order to facilitate the insertion of two half pipes with opposite pipes, the upper ends of the half pipes are provided with protrusions, and grooves adapted to the protrusions are formed in the insertion holes 17.

The computer is provided with 3D printing system software, and consists of an input system, a control system and an output system, wherein the input system is used for acquiring a drawing of furniture to be printed, the drawing in the embodiment is an IFC.xml file of AutoCAD, the control system is used for determining the types and the numbers of required components, the assembly sequence of the components, a transmission command of the transmission mechanism and a moving command of the component clamp 10 according to the drawing, the output system is used for outputting the transmission command to the transmission mechanism, controlling the motor to drive the rotating gear 1 to rotate, controlling the brake assembly to lock the rotating shaft when the transmission groove 4 rotates to a required position, and controlling the telescopic rod 12 to extend so that the push plate 13 pushes the transmission groove 4 into the platform bracket 5; the output system outputs the moving command to the component pliers 10, controls the cross rod 7 and the infrared point-to-point device 9 to move to preset positions, and then controls the hydraulic cylinder and the rotary head device to lower the component and enable the hydraulic cylinder and the rotary head device to be connected with the existing component on the placing platform 6 in an embedded mode.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a 3D printing technology-like assembly furniture mounting method, which uses the 3D printing technology-like assembly furniture mounting device and comprises the following steps:

s1, acquiring a drawing of furniture to be installed by a computer, and determining required components according to the drawing;

s2, the computer controls the transmission mechanism to rotate, so that the conveying groove 4 rotates to be in a horizontal state;

s3, the computer controls the cross rod 7 and the infrared point pair device 9 to slide above the conveying groove 4, and controls the component clamp 10 to clamp the component;

s4, the positioning system determines the placement position of the component, the computer controls the cross rod 7 and the infrared point pair device 9 to slide to the placement position, and the infrared point pair device 9 is aligned with the gravity center of the existing component on the placement platform 6;

s5, the computer controls the component pliers 10 to lower the component so that the component is aligned and connected with the existing component on the placement platform 6.

Referring to FIG. 8, the method will be described in detail with respect to the table 19

Firstly, manufacturing a table leg 20, and calculating the number of required components by acquiring drawings of the table leg through a computer, wherein the table leg 20 is a square table leg with the length of 5cm and the height of 60cm, 12 required 1*1 component units are required, and the 1*1 component units are 5 x 5cm cubes;

according to the size of the desk 20 to be assembled, selecting the middle point of the upper left 1/4 area of the placing platform 6 as the starting point of the desk leg, rotating the transmission mechanism to enable one conveying groove 4 to be horizontal, pushing the conveying groove 4 out by the pushing mechanism, clamping a 1*1 element unit by the element clamp 10 of the mechanical arm, aligning by the infrared point-to-point device 9, and placing at a corresponding determined position;

the empty space of the previous 1*1 element unit is supplemented with a new element unit due to the pressing action of the spring extrusion 8 in the conveying groove 4 so as to facilitate the element clamp 10 of the mechanical arm to clamp;

the element pliers 10 of the mechanical arm clamp 1*1 element units in the conveying groove 4, the infrared point-setting device 9 uses the center position of the placed front element unit as an alignment point, the next 1*1 element unit is embedded to ensure the alignment of the positions, the buckle 18 and the embedded hole 17 are embedded and connected, and the like to set up the table leg 20 until the table leg 20 is assembled;

the assembly of the entire table 19 may be accomplished by constructing the other three legs 20 and the table top in the same manner.

In this document, terms such as front, rear, upper, lower, etc. are defined with respect to the positions of the components in the drawings and with respect to each other, for clarity and convenience in expressing the technical solution. It should be understood that the use of such orientation terms should not limit the scope of the protection sought herein.

The embodiments described above and features of the embodiments herein may be combined with each other without conflict.

The foregoing description of the preferred embodiments of the invention is not intended to limit the invention to the precise form disclosed, and any such modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention are intended to be included within the scope of the invention.

Claims (6)

1. An assembled furniture installation device of similar 3D printing technique, its characterized in that: the device comprises a transmission mechanism, a printing platform and a plurality of embedded element members, wherein the transmission mechanism comprises a support frame and two rotating gears, each rotating gear is provided with a plurality of gear tooth arms, the two rotating gears are rotatably fixed on the support frame, each gear tooth arm of one rotating gear is opposite to one gear tooth arm of the other rotating gear, a pushing mechanism and a plurality of conveying grooves are arranged between the two oppositely arranged gear tooth arms, the conveying grooves are used for accommodating the element members, the printing platform is arranged on one side of the transmission mechanism, the printing platform comprises a platform support, a placing platform and a mechanical arm, the placing platform is fixed in the middle of the platform support, the mechanical arm comprises a cross rod, a positioning system, an infrared point pair device and a member clamp, the cross rod is slidably arranged on the upper part of the platform support, the infrared point pair device is slidably arranged on the cross rod, the lower part of the infrared point pair device is connected with the member clamp, the pushing mechanism is used for pushing the conveying grooves to the conveying elements, the element clamp support is used for taking the element members from the platform to the preset element clamp members, and the element clamp members are aligned to the platform through the positioning system;

the component pliers comprise a hydraulic cylinder, a rotary head device and a clamping jaw, wherein the upper end of the hydraulic cylinder is connected with the infrared point pair device, the lower end of the hydraulic cylinder is connected with the upper part of the rotary head device, the lower part of the rotary head device is connected with the clamping jaw, the hydraulic cylinder is used for driving the clamping jaw to lift, and the rotary head device is used for driving the clamping jaw to rotate;

the first element is a rectangular block provided with four embedding holes, the second element is a rectangular block provided with two embedding holes and two buckles, the two buckles of the second element can be embedded into the two embedding holes of the first element, and the two buckles of the second element can be also embedded into the two embedding holes of the other second element;

the device also comprises a computer, wherein the computer is respectively connected with the transmission mechanism, the positioning system, the infrared point pair device and the component pliers, the computer is provided with an input system, a control system and an output system, the input system is used for acquiring drawings of furniture to be printed, the control system is used for determining the types and the numbers of required components, transmission commands of the transmission mechanism and movement commands of the component pliers according to the drawings, and the output system is used for outputting the transmission commands to the transmission mechanism and outputting the movement commands to the component pliers.

2. A 3D-like printing technique fabricated furniture mounting device according to claim 1, wherein: the conveying groove is slidably arranged on the groove seat, two ends of the groove seat are respectively hung on two gear tooth arms which are oppositely arranged, the groove seat is close to one end of the printing platform and is provided with an outlet, the pushing mechanism comprises a fixed block and a plurality of pushing plates, each pushing plate is connected with one end of a telescopic rod, the other end of the telescopic rod is vertically connected with the fixed block, the fixed block is fixed on the gear tooth arms, and each pushing plate faces the printing platform and is oppositely arranged with the conveying groove.

3. A 3D-like printing technique fabricated furniture mounting device according to claim 1, wherein: the transmission mechanism comprises a motor and a brake assembly, the circle centers of the two rotating gears are connected through a rotating shaft, and the rotating shaft is connected with the motor and the brake assembly respectively.

4. A 3D-like printing technique fabricated furniture mounting device according to claim 1, wherein: and springs are arranged in the conveying grooves and squeeze and fix all the components in the conveying grooves.

5. A 3D-like printing technique fabricated furniture mounting device according to claim 1, wherein: the robotic arm includes a component recognition system for recognizing a component gripped by the component.

6. A method of 3D-like printing technique fabricated furniture mounting using a 3D-like printing technique fabricated furniture mounting apparatus as claimed in claim 2 and comprising the steps of:

s1, acquiring a drawing of furniture to be installed by a computer, and determining required components according to the drawing;

s2, the computer controls the transmission mechanism to rotate, so that the conveying groove rotates to be in a horizontal state;

s3, the computer controls the cross rod and the infrared point pair device to slide above the conveying groove, and controls the component clamp to clamp the component;

s4, the positioning system determines the placement position of the element, the computer controls the cross rod and the infrared point pair device to slide to the placement position, and the infrared point pair device is aligned with the gravity center of the element on the placement platform;

s5, the computer controls the component pliers to lower the component so that the component is aligned and connected with the existing component on the placing platform.

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