CN110338517A - In the method that vamp carries out UV printing - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present invention proposes that a kind of structure is simple, manufacturing cost is low, the method that environment friendly and pollution-free vamp carries out UV printing, comprising the following steps: positioning framework for positioning shoes placement location S1, be arranged on UV printer: S2, setting positioning device: S3, combining shoes with mold: S4, by the mold setting equipped with shoes on UV printer and position: S5, UV printer are to shoes progress pattern printing.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to shoes production technical fields, in particular to the method for carrying out UV printing in vamp.
Background technique
Shoes just after one-step forming, in order to improve resolution, can add individualized pattern or pictorial trademark, in shoes on vamp
Increasing the existing method of pattern on face is cold patch, and the pattern of cold patch has the disadvantage in that 1, requires to the material of shoes, if
It is the shoes of cortex, is easily destroyed cortex, the durability of vamp is caused to decline;2, the pattern fastness of cold patch is poor, is easy to fall off;
3, pollution is big, since cold patch is bonded using glue, pollution can be generated in production and use process, for operator and user
Health bring harm.
Summary of the invention
Therefore, for above-mentioned problem, the present invention proposes that a kind of structure is simple, manufacturing cost is low, environment friendly and pollution-free shoes
The method of face progress UV printing.
To realize above-mentioned technical problem, the solution that the present invention takes are as follows: in the method that vamp carries out UV printing, including
Following steps:
S1, positioning framework for positioning shoes placement location is set on UV printer: the positioning framework include upper frame,
Lower frame has height adjuster, lower frame is fixedly installed on beating for UV printer between the upper frame and lower frame
On the table top of ink pad, the height of upper frame is adjusted according to the height of shoes printing surface, and sets the print head of UV printer
Height;
S2, setting positioning device: it is provided with above the stamp pad table top of UV printer for shoes to be accurately positioned
Positioning device;
S3, shoes are combined with mold: is provided with the torsional spring that mold can be made to hold out against in shoes in the rear heel of mold, by shoes
After son penetrates the mold, torsional spring is discharged, so that in shoes, support base is arranged on the mold in mold tensioner;
S4, the mold equipped with shoes is arranged on UV printer and positions: the above frame upper surface is come pair for benchmark face
The height of neat shoes printing surface, and utilize the position of positioning device adjustment mold;
S5, UV printer carry out pattern printing to shoes.
It is further improved to be: to be aligned the height of shoes printing surface between the S2 step and S3 step in advance, working
Setting height alignment frame on platform, adjustment height alignment frame upper surface and the upper surface of upper frame are contour, to be highly aligned frame upper end
On the basis of face, the height of shoes is adjusted.
Further improved to be: the positioning device is positioning diaphragm, and each positioning diaphragm is set to UV printing
The one end for positioning diaphragm is fixed at upper frame by the print job position of machine, makes positioning diaphragm be in water using supporter
Level state, in orientation film on piece print pattern.
Further improved to be: the positioning device is laser projection instrument, laser transilluminator is fixedly installed on described
The top of the stamp pad of UV printer, laser projector can project pattern on print job position.
It is further improved to be: the stamp pad table top of the UV printer and the mold magnetic attracting.
It is further improved to be: it can be slid up and down on the support base and be provided with compressor arm, the compressor arm and the mould
The first elastic component for making the approaching mold of compressor arm is provided between tool.
It is further improved to be: the double threaded screw that the height adjustment device is no less than two, the double threaded screw point
It is distributed in the side of the positioning framework, the upper frame and lower frame offer the first aperture and the second aperture for described double respectively
The both ends of head screw rod penetrate, and are arranged with the first adjusting nut, the second adjusting nut on the double threaded screw respectively, and described first adjusts
Section nut, the second adjusting nut are set between the upper frame and lower frame, first adjusting nut, the second adjusting nut
It can support respectively as upper frame, lower frame.
Further improved to be: the mold includes preceding upper of a shoe mold, rear upper-shoe supporting block, and the rear upper-shoe supporting block can
Sliding is set to the upper end of the preceding upper of a shoe mold up and down, is arranged between the preceding upper of a shoe mold and the rear upper-shoe supporting block
There is positioning device.
Further improved to be: the outer surface of the mold is provided with the resilient support layer for strutting vamp.
It is further improved to be: the resilient support layer and the mold magnetic suck.
By using preceding solution, the beneficial effects of the present invention are: 1, directly printed using UV, avoid using glue
Water, energy conservation and environmental protection protect the health of operator and user;2, usability is wider, more to the tolerance of the material of vamp
Height can be printed in a variety of materials;3, vamp is not injured, the vamp of cortex will not be damaged;4, it beats
The pattern of print is secured, not easily to fall off, fades.
Detailed description of the invention
Fig. 1 is the structural schematic diagram of one UV printer of the embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is the structural schematic diagram of one positioning framework of the embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is the top view of one positioning framework of the embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is the structural schematic diagram of one mold of the embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is the cross-sectional view of one mold A-A of Fig. 4 embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 6 is the structural schematic diagram of two positioning device of the embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 7 is the B direction view of one mold of Fig. 4 embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 8 is the structural schematic diagram of height of embodiment of the present invention alignment frame.
Specific embodiment
Now in conjunction with the drawings and specific embodiments, the present invention is further described.
Embodiment one:
Revealed referring to figs. 1 to Fig. 5, Fig. 7, Fig. 8 embodiment of the present invention is the method for carrying out UV printing in vamp, including following
Step:
S1, positioning framework 9 for positioning shoes placement location is arranged on UV printer 8: the positioning framework 9 includes upper ledge
Frame 91, lower frame 92, have height adjuster between the upper frame 91 and lower frame 92, the height adjustment device is four
The double threaded screw 93 of root, the double threaded screw 93 are distributed in the position at four angles of the positioning framework 9, the upper frame 91 with
Lower frame 92 is opened up respectively there are four the first aperture (not shown) with four the second aperture (not shown)s for described double
The both ends of head screw rod 93 penetrate, and are arranged with the first adjusting nut 94, the second adjusting nut 95, institute on the double threaded screw 93 respectively
State the first adjusting nut 94, the second adjusting nut 95 is set between the upper frame 91 and lower frame 92, first adjusting
Nut 94, the second adjusting nut 95 can support respectively as upper frame 91, lower frame 92, by rotating the first adjusting nut 94 or the
Two adjusting nuts 95, can be adjusted the height of frame 91, to adapt to different shoes, lower frame 92 are fixedly installed on UV and is beaten
On the table top of the stamp pad of print machine 8, the height of upper frame 91 is adjusted according to the height of shoes printing surface, and sets UV printing
The height of the print head 82 of machine 8;
S2, setting positioning device: it is provided with above the stamp pad table top of UV printer 8 for shoes to be accurately positioned
Diaphragm 96 is positioned, each positioning diaphragm 96 is set to the print job position of UV printer 8, one end of diaphragm 96 will be positioned
It is fixed at frame 91, makes positioning diaphragm 96 be in horizontality using supporter, the printed drawings on positioning diaphragm 96
Case;
S3, shoes are combined with mold 1: are provided with the torsional spring 2 that mold 1 can be made to hold out against in shoes in the rear heel of mold 1,
2 one angles of the torsional spring are set on the mold 1, and the rear of the angular mold 1 of 2 another of torsional spring extends, and push down torsional spring 2
Another angle make it close to mold 1, after shoes are penetrated the mold 1, discharge torsional spring 2 so that 1 tensioner of mold is in shoes
It is interior, support base 7 is set on the mold 1;
S4, the mold 1 equipped with shoes is arranged on UV printer 8 and is positioned: above 91 upper surface of frame is benchmark face
To be aligned the height of shoes printing surface, and the position of utilization positioning device adjustment mold 1;
S5, UV printer 8 carries out pattern printing to shoes.
In order to facilitate the height of positioning shoes printing surface: being aligned shoes printing surface in advance between the S2 step and S3 step
Height, on the table setting height alignment frame 10, adjustment height be aligned 10 upper surface of frame and upper frame 91 upper surface etc.
Height adjusts the height of shoes printing surface on the basis of being highly aligned 10 upper surface of frame, and the height is aligned the structure of frame 10 and determines
Position 9 structure of frame is identical, and Gu is not repeated herein.
In order to avoid positioning rear mold 1 moves, lead to position inaccurate: the stamp pad table top of the UV printer 8
Magnet layer 97, the branch are fixedly installed with the print job position upper surface of 1 magnetic attracting of mold, the UV printer 8
Support 7 material of seat is iron.
In order to more preferably position and clamp shoes: it can be slid up and down on the support base 7 and be provided with compressor arm, the support base
There are two link blocks 71, the link block 71 to offer through-hole for fixed setting on 7, can slide and can be rotated up and down in the through-hole
It is provided with connecting rod 61, the lower end of the connecting rod 61 is fixedly installed compressor arm 6, and the upper end of the connecting rod 61 is spiral shell
Rasp bar, the upper end of the connecting rod 61 are arranged with adjusting nut 64, spring 63, the spring are arranged in the connecting rod 61
63 are set between adjusting nut 64 and link block 71, are provided with gasket 62 between the adjusting nut 64 and spring 63.
When mold 1 is penetrated shoes, compressor arm 6 is rotated, so that compressor arm 6 avoids the lower section of 1 ontology 1 of mold, when mold 1
It after incoming shoes, pulls downward on compressor arm 6 and rotates, so that compressor arm 6 is located at the lower section of shoes, compressor arm 6 is discharged, first
Under the action of spring 63, compressor arm 6 and 1 ontology 1 of mold cooperation clamping shoes, so that the combination of shoes and upper of a shoe ontology is more firm
Gu being also convenient for the positioning of shoes when printing.
In order to adapt to the shoes of high side, can on the upper of a shoe of the shoes of high side print pattern: 1 ontology of mold
1 includes preceding upper of a shoe mold 14, rear upper-shoe supporting block 4, and the rear upper-shoe supporting block 4 can slide up and down is set to the preceding upper of a shoe mould
The upper end of tool 14, the lower end of the rear upper-shoe supporting block 4 offer upwardly five sliding slots, the preceding upper of a shoe mold 14 it is upper
End upwardly extends setting there are five sliding block 12, and 12 slip of sliding block is arranged in the sliding slot, the sliding block 12 and rear shoes
Side supporting block 4 offers sliding groove 41 and through-hole respectively, and bolt 5, the rear upper-shoe are equipped in the through-hole and sliding groove 41
Supporting block 4 has the nut 51 matched in the bolt 5.
In order to play better supporting role to vamp, so that printing effect is more preferable: the outer surface of the mold 1 is provided with
It is used to support the resilient support layer of vamp, the outer surface covering of the mold 1 is provided with iron sheet 11, passes through flexible magnets 32 and iron
The magnetic suck of skin 11 can arbitrarily adjust support spongy layer 31 in the position on 1 surface of mold, preferably support vamp and shoes
Side so that the effect of printing is more preferable, and without will support spongy layer 31 to be covered in entire 1 surface of mold, reduce manufacture at
This.
Embodiment two:
Based on aforementioned schemes, positioning device described in reference diagram 6 is also possible to laser projection instrument 2 ', and laser transilluminator 2 ' is fixed
It being set on the wall 1 ' above the stamp pad of the UV printer 8, laser projector 2 ' projects pattern on print job position,
When positioning shoes, it is only necessary to which the printing for adjusting shoes is located at the pattern projected and overlaps, and can confirm that the position of shoes is correct.
UV printer 8 of the invention is the prior art, directly can directly be purchased from the market, and structure is not this
Claimed content is invented, is cared for herein without repeating.
The modifications and changes done with this creation, all belong to the scope of the patents of this creation opinion, and are not limited to embodiment and are taken off
The person of showing.
Claims (10)
1. in the method that vamp carries out UV printing, it is characterised in that: the following steps are included:
S1, positioning framework for positioning shoes placement location is set on UV printer: the positioning framework include upper frame,
Lower frame has height adjuster, lower frame is fixedly installed on beating for UV printer between the upper frame and lower frame
On the table top of ink pad, the height of upper frame is adjusted according to the height of shoes printing surface, and sets the print head of UV printer
Height;
S2, setting positioning device: it is provided with above the stamp pad table top of UV printer for shoes to be accurately positioned
Positioning device;
S3, shoes are combined with mold: is provided with the torsional spring that mold can be made to hold out against in shoes in the rear heel of mold, by shoes
After son penetrates the mold, torsional spring is discharged, so that in shoes, support base is arranged on the mold in mold tensioner;
S4, the mold equipped with shoes is arranged on UV printer and positions: the above frame upper surface is come pair for benchmark face
The height of neat shoes printing surface, and utilize the position of positioning device adjustment mold;
S5, UV printer carry out pattern printing to shoes.
2. the method according to claim 1 for carrying out UV printing in vamp, it is characterised in that: between the S2 and S3 in advance
It is aligned the height of shoes printing surface, on the table setting highly alignment frame, adjustment height alignment frame upper surface and upper frame
Upper surface is contour, on the basis of being highly aligned frame upper surface, adjusts the height of shoes.
3. the method according to claim 1 for carrying out UV printing in vamp, it is characterised in that: the positioning device is positioning
Each positioning diaphragm is set to the print job position of UV printer, the one end for positioning diaphragm is fixed at by diaphragm
Upper frame makes positioning diaphragm be in horizontality, in orientation film on piece print pattern using supporter.
4. the method according to claim 1 for carrying out UV printing in vamp, it is characterised in that: the positioning device is laser
Instrument is projected, laser transilluminator is fixedly installed on to the top of the stamp pad of the UV printer, laser projector can project figure
Case is on print job position.
5. the method according to claim 1 for carrying out UV printing in vamp, it is characterised in that: the printing of the UV printer
Platform table top and the mold magnetic attracting.
6. the method according to claim 1 for carrying out UV printing in vamp, it is characterised in that: can be upper and lower on the support base
Sliding is provided with compressor arm, and the first elasticity for making the approaching mold of compressor arm is provided between the compressor arm and the mold
Part.
7. the method according to claim 1 for carrying out UV printing in vamp, it is characterised in that: the height adjustment device is
No less than two double threaded screws, the double threaded screw are distributed in the side of the positioning framework, the upper frame and lower frame
Both ends of first aperture with the second aperture for the double threaded screw are offered respectively to penetrate, and are arranged with respectively on the double threaded screw
First adjusting nut, the second adjusting nut, first adjusting nut, the second adjusting nut are set to the upper frame and lower frame
Between frame, first adjusting nut, the second adjusting nut can be supported as upper frame, lower frame respectively.
8. the method according to claim 1 for carrying out UV printing in vamp, it is characterised in that: the mold includes preceding upper of a shoe
Mold, rear upper-shoe supporting block, the rear upper-shoe supporting block can slide the upper end for being set to the preceding upper of a shoe mold up and down, described
Positioning device is provided between preceding upper of a shoe mold and the rear upper-shoe supporting block.
9. the method according to claim 1 for carrying out UV printing in vamp, it is characterised in that: the outer surface of the mold is set
It is equipped with the resilient support layer for strutting vamp.
10. it is according to claim 9 vamp carry out UV printing method, it is characterised in that: the resilient support layer and
The mold magnetic suck.
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