CN111167645A - Paint spraying device capable of enabling paint spraying to be uniform and avoiding raw material waste based on reciprocating motion - Google Patents

Paint spraying device capable of enabling paint spraying to be uniform and avoiding raw material waste based on reciprocating motion Download PDF

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CN111167645A
CN111167645A CN202010135997.7A CN202010135997A CN111167645A CN 111167645 A CN111167645 A CN 111167645A CN 202010135997 A CN202010135997 A CN 202010135997A CN 111167645 A CN111167645 A CN 111167645A
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The invention relates to the technical field of log furniture and discloses a paint spraying device which enables paint spraying to be uniform and avoids raw material waste based on reciprocating motion, which comprises a base, wherein a supporting rod is fixedly connected above the base and supports the whole device, the paint spraying gun is driven to move left and right along a supporting plate through the matched use of a first gear, a second gear and the paint spraying gun so as to uniformly paint the wood plate, the paint is automatically received when the paint spraying gun is not needed through the matched use of a receiving plate, a push plate and a connecting rod, the paint is prevented from falling above the wood plate due to the action of gravity, the quality of the paint spraying wood plate is reduced, the linkage of subsequent steps is carried out when the paint spraying gun moves downwards through the matched use of the push plate, a stop block and a moving block, and the linkage of the whole device is improved, the operation is simpler, and the automation degree is higher.

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Paint spraying device capable of enabling paint spraying to be uniform and avoiding raw material waste based on reciprocating motion
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of log furniture, in particular to a paint spraying device which enables paint spraying to be uniform and avoids raw material waste based on reciprocating motion.
Background
With the progress and development of society, health and environmental protection have become the main melody of society, and the raw wood furniture is more and more favored, so the raw wood furniture still has a very wide consumer market.
Natural, environment-friendly and healthy log furniture reveals natural beauty and originality, and is characterized by natural wood color, and in order to improve the quality and protection of products, furniture boards are generally required to be painted, generally, the furniture boards are generally painted by workers with a spray gun, the traditional boards are divided into manual operation and mechanical operation, the manual operation has errors, the painting quality cannot be ensured, the traditional manual painting consumes a long time, the paint on the surfaces of the furniture boards cannot be ensured to be not uniform in the painting process, the batch production in factories is not facilitated, the traditional mechanical operation has a single function, the painting operation is carried out by simple reciprocating motion, the paint in a spray gun head can drop downwards under the action of gravity when the spray gun is not required to be used, on one hand, the waste of raw materials is caused, on the other hand, the paint drips on the worktable or the wood board, so that the paint is accumulated on the same position, and the quality of the painted wood board is reduced.
In order to solve the problems, the inventor provides a paint spraying device which enables paint spraying to be uniform and avoids raw material waste based on reciprocating motion, has the advantages of uniform paint spraying and avoiding paint waste, solves the problems of single function and low automation degree of the traditional paint spraying device, and ensures that the device is more intelligent and has higher automation degree when being used.
Disclosure of Invention
Technical scheme (I)
In order to realize the purposes of uniformly spraying paint and avoiding paint waste, the invention provides the following technical scheme: a paint spraying device enabling paint spraying to be uniform and avoiding raw material waste based on reciprocating motion comprises a base, wherein a supporting rod is fixedly connected to the upper portion of the base and supports the whole device, a supporting plate is fixedly connected to the lower portion of the supporting rod and supports and stabilizes a paint spraying gun through the supporting plate, a paint spraying gun is movably connected to the side face of the supporting plate and sprays paint on logs through the paint spraying gun, a bearing plate is movably connected to the lower portion of the paint spraying gun and contains paint, the paint is prevented from dropping above a wood board under the action of gravity, a first gear is movably connected to the back face of the supporting plate, a second gear is movably connected to the side face of the first gear, the second gear is driven to synchronously rotate when the first gear rotates, a sliding block is movably connected to the inner portion of the supporting plate and drives the paint spraying gun to move, a connecting rod is movably connected between the sliding block and the second gear, and a push plate, the inside swing joint of push pedal has the dog, and the inside swing joint of dog has the montant, and the outside swing joint of montant has the movable block, accepts the side swing joint of board and has the connecting rod.
Preferably, the side face of the connecting rod is movably connected with a cross rod, the lower part of the push plate is inclined, and the push plate and the connecting rod are matched with each other in size.
Preferably, the wedge groove has been seted up to the inside of backup pad, and the slider sets up to the wedge, and the size of slider and the mutual adaptation of backup pad size.
Preferably, the number of the second gears is two, and the specifications of the two second gears are consistent and are meshed with each other.
Preferably, the slide block is internally provided with a chute, the back of the paint spray gun is provided with a projection, and the size of the projection is matched with that of the chute.
Preferably, the top of montant is provided with the arc piece, and the size of arc piece and the size mutual adaptation of dog.
Preferably, the push pedal sets up to the convex type form, and the size of push pedal and the size mutual adaptation of montant.
(II) advantageous effects
Compared with the prior art, the invention provides the paint spraying device which enables paint spraying to be uniform and avoids raw material waste based on reciprocating motion, and the paint spraying device has the following beneficial effects:
1. this make paint spraying evenly and avoid the extravagant paint spraying apparatus of raw materials based on reciprocating motion uses through the cooperation of first gear, second gear and spray gun for drive spray gun and remove about the backup pad, thereby evenly spray paint to the plank, thereby make and evenly spray paint to the plank.
2. This paint spraying apparatus based on reciprocating motion messenger sprays paint evenly and avoids the waste of raw materials uses through the cooperation of accepting board, push pedal and connecting rod for automatic accepting paint when need not using the spray gun, avoid paint because the action of gravity drops in the top of plank, lead to the quality of the plank that sprays paint to drop and descend, and unify the collection to the paint that drips, reduce the waste of raw materials.
3. This paint spraying apparatus based on reciprocating motion messenger sprays paint evenly and avoids the waste of raw materials uses through the cooperation of push pedal, dog and movable block for the follow-up step of linkage goes on when the spray gun moves down, increases the linkage nature of whole device, makes the operation simpler, and degree of automation is higher.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a connection structure according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the structure of the support plate, paint gun, first gear, bearing plate, second gear, slide block and connecting rod of the present invention, all of which are in the original state;
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the movement traces of the structures shown in FIG. 2, wherein the first gear rotates to drive the paint gun to move synchronously;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the connection structure of the slider and the supporting plate according to the present invention, wherein each structure is in an original state;
FIG. 5 is a diagram of the motion trajectory of each structure shown in FIG. 4, wherein the slider moves to the right;
FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the connection structure of the paint spray gun, the receiving plate, the connecting rod and the push plate according to the present invention, wherein each structure is in an original state;
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the movement traces of the structures shown in FIG. 6, in which the paint gun moves downward to drive the supporting plate to move synchronously;
FIG. 8 is a schematic view of a connecting structure of the push plate, the stopper, the vertical rod and the moving block according to the present invention, wherein each structure is in an original state;
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the movement traces of the structures shown in FIG. 8, in which the push plate moves downward to drive the stoppers to move synchronously.
In the figure: 1. a base; 2. a support bar; 3. a support plate; 4. a paint spray gun; 5. a first gear; 6. a bearing plate; 7. a second gear; 8. a slider; 9. a connecting rod; 10. pushing the plate; 11. a stopper; 12. a vertical rod; 13. a moving block; 14. a connecting rod.
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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. 1-9, a paint spraying apparatus for uniformly spraying paint and preventing waste of raw materials based on reciprocating motion comprises a base 1, a support rod 2 fixedly connected to the upper side of the base 1 for supporting the entire apparatus, a support plate 3 fixedly connected to the lower side of the support rod 2, a wedge-shaped groove formed in the support plate 3, a slider 8 configured as a wedge-shaped block, and a slider 8 having a size matched with the size of the support plate 3, wherein the support plate 3 is used for supporting and stabilizing a paint spraying gun 4, the side surface of the support plate 3 is movably connected with the paint spraying gun 4, the paint spraying gun 4 is used for spraying paint, the back surface of the support plate 3 is movably connected with a first gear 5, the lower side of the paint spraying gun 4 is movably connected with a receiving plate 6 for receiving paint to prevent the paint from dropping on the upper side of a wood board under the action of gravity, the side surface of the first gear 5 is movably, the second gears 7 are arranged in two, the two second gears 7 are arranged in two, the specifications of the two second gears 7 are consistent and are meshed with each other, and the first gear 5 drives the second gears 7 to rotate synchronously when rotating. Finally, the paint spray gun 4 is driven to move,
the inside swing joint of backup pad 3 has slider 8, the chute has been seted up to the inside of slider 8, the back of spray gun 4 has the lug, the size of this lug and the size of chute are mutual adaptation, make it takes place the motion to drive spray gun 4 synchronous under the effect of chute, drive spray gun 4 and move, swing joint has connecting rod 9 between slider 8 and the second gear 7, the top swing joint of accepting board 6 has push pedal 10, push pedal 10 sets up to the convex form, and the size of push pedal 10 and the size of montant 12 are mutual adaptation, make push pedal 10 can move down, and dog 11 and montant 12 joint each other in the removal process, the inside swing joint of push pedal 10 has dog 11, the inside swing joint of dog 11 has montant 12, the top of montant 12 is provided with the arc, and the size of arc and the size of dog 11 are mutual adaptation, the outside swing joint of dog 11 has the spring, so dog 11 when down moving down under the effect of spring toward adduction contract and with the arc joint each other, the outside swing joint of montant 12 has movable block 13, the both ends of movable block 13 set up to the protrusion, extrude dog 11, the side swing joint who accepts board 6 has connecting rod 14, the side swing joint of connecting rod 14 has the horizontal pole, the below of push pedal 10 sets up to the inclined plane form, and the mutual adaptation of size of push pedal 10 and connecting rod 14, so can with the mutual adaptation of horizontal pole when push pedal 10 down moves.
The working principle is that the output shaft of the motor is movably connected with the first gear 5, so the first gear 5 can be driven to rotate, the side surface of the first gear 5 is movably connected with the second gear 7, so the second gear 7 can be driven to synchronously rotate, the second gear 7 is provided with two gears, the specifications of the two second gears 7 are consistent and are mutually meshed, the outer side of the second gear 7 is movably connected with the connecting rod 9, so the connecting rod 9 can be driven to synchronously swing when the second gear 7 rotates, the outer side of the connecting rod 9 is movably connected with the sliding block 8, the back surface of the sliding block 8 is fixedly connected with the supporting plate 3, so the supporting plate 3 is finally driven to do reciprocating motion left and right, the surface of the supporting plate 3 is provided with a groove, the surface of the sliding block 8 is provided with an inclined groove, the back surface of the paint spraying gun 4 is provided with a convex block, the size of the convex block is mutually matched with the size of the inclined groove, so that the paint spraying, when the paint spray gun 4 moves to the right, the paint spray gun 4 is driven to return to the original position upwards, and the paint spray gun continues to move to the left, wherein the paint spray gun completely moves back and forth once.
The above structure and process are shown in FIGS. 2-5.
Meanwhile, the lower part of the paint spray gun 4 is movably connected with a push plate 10, the push plate 10 is arranged to be right-angled, the push plate 10 is driven to move downwards when the paint spray gun 4 moves downwards, the lower part of the push plate 10 is movably connected with a connecting rod 14, the side surface of the connecting rod 14 is movably connected with a cross rod, the lower part of the push plate 10 is arranged to be inclined-plane, and the sizes of the push plate 10 and the connecting rod 14 are mutually matched, so the push plate 10 can be mutually matched with the cross rod when moving downwards, the connecting rod 14 can be driven to rotate when the push plate 10 moves downwards, the side surface of the connecting rod 14 is movably connected with a bearing plate 6, so the bearing plate 6 can be driven to synchronously rotate, the bearing plate 6 is far away from the paint spray gun 4, the inner part of the push plate 10 is movably connected with a stop block 11, the top end of a vertical rod 12 is provided with an arc block, the size of the arc, so dog 11 when moving down toward under the effect of spring contract and carry out the joint each other with the arc, and on the same reason, move down once more when spray gun 4 backward moves and promote push pedal 10 once more and move down, movable block 13 extrudees dog 11 for break away from the joint, makes push pedal 10 resume home position, and the final board 6 synchronous recovery home position of accepting is accepted to the final messenger, accepts spray gun 4 again.
The above structure and process are shown in FIGS. 6-9.
Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made in these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.

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1. The utility model provides a paint spraying apparatus based on reciprocating motion makes even and avoid the raw materials extravagant of spraying paint, includes base (1), its characterized in that: the utility model discloses a paint spraying machine, including base (1), top fixedly connected with bracing piece (2), below fixedly connected with backup pad (3) of bracing piece (2), the side swing joint of backup pad (3) has spray gun (4), the back swing joint of backup pad (3) has first gear (5), the below swing joint of spray gun (4) has accepts board (6), the side swing joint of first gear (5) has second gear (7), the inside swing joint of backup pad (3) has slider (8), swing joint has connecting rod (9) between slider (8) and second gear (7), the top swing joint who accepts board (6) has push pedal (10), the inside swing joint of push pedal (10) has dog (11), the inside swing joint of dog (11) has montant (12), the outside swing joint of montant (12) has the movable block) (13), the side swing joint who accepts board (6) has connecting rod (14).
2. The painting apparatus for making painting uniform and preventing waste of raw materials based on reciprocating motion as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the side of connecting rod (14) swing joint has the horizontal pole, and the below of push pedal (10) sets up to the inclined plane form, and the size mutual adaptation of push pedal (10) and connecting rod (14).
3. The painting apparatus for making painting uniform and preventing waste of raw materials based on reciprocating motion as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the wedge-shaped groove has been seted up to the inside of backup pad (3), and slider (8) set up to the wedge, and the size of slider (8) and the size mutual adaptation of backup pad (3).
4. The painting apparatus for making painting uniform and preventing waste of raw materials based on reciprocating motion as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the number of the second gears (7) is two, and the specifications of the two second gears (7) are consistent and are meshed with each other.
5. The painting apparatus for making painting uniform and preventing waste of raw materials based on reciprocating motion as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the inside of slider (8) has seted up the chute, and the lug has been seted up to the back of spray gun (4), and the size of this lug and the size of chute are mutually supported.
6. The painting apparatus for making painting uniform and preventing waste of raw materials based on reciprocating motion as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the top of montant (12) is provided with the arc piece, and the size of arc piece and the size mutual adaptation of dog (11).
7. The painting apparatus for making painting uniform and preventing waste of raw materials based on reciprocating motion as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the push plate (10) is arranged to be convex, and the size of the push plate (10) is matched with that of the vertical rod (12).
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