CN111186691B - Arc-shaped plate edge sealing feeding mechanism for furniture production - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses an arc-shaped plate edge sealing feeding mechanism for furniture production, relates to the technical field of furniture production, and solves the problems that the existing edge sealing machine has high operation difficulty and is troublesome to operate in the edge sealing process of an arc-shaped furniture plate, has a skew condition in the edge sealing process and has poor edge sealing effect; the upper end surface of the edge bonding machine main body is connected with a sliding plate in a sliding manner; the top of the sliding plate is axially connected with a rotating plate; the inner side of the edge bonding machine main body is axially connected with a sliding middle gear set and a rotating middle gear set; the sliding middle gear set and the rotating middle gear set are respectively distributed on the left side and the right side of the driving block. The device only needs an action can realize the banding action to straight surface and arc surface, has simplified the operation, and easy operation carries out good location and fixed enough to the arc board, and the banding quality is better, and the banding effect is better.
Description
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of furniture production, in particular to an arc-shaped plate edge sealing and feeding mechanism for furniture production.
Background
The edge sealing method is characterized in that edge sealing is required to be carried out on a plate in furniture production, and an edge sealing machine is generally used for carrying out edge sealing when the edge sealing is carried out on the plate.
For example, application No.: the invention discloses a plate edge bonding machine which comprises a plate conveying device, a belt feeding and cutting device and a PLC (programmable logic controller), wherein the belt feeding and cutting device is used for feeding an edge bonding belt to the edge of a workpiece on the plate conveying device and cutting the edge bonding belt at a proper position; the plate conveying device comprises a conveying belt and a conveying belt driving device, and the conveying belt is provided with a workpiece front and rear edge position measuring device at one end part of the plate input end of the conveying belt; a mobile device is arranged below the belt conveying and cutting device; the PLC is respectively connected with the workpiece front and rear edge position measuring device and the mobile equipment, and the PLC controls the mobile equipment to move according to the data of the workpiece front and rear edge position measuring device, so that the belt conveying and cutting device moves along the feeding direction. The plate edge bonding machine disclosed by the invention is simple in structure, can complete the functions which can be completed by the original two devices (the belt feeding device and the shearing device), saves the edge bonding belt and reduces the production cost.
Based on the foregoing, current bag sealer is better to straight face banding effect, nevertheless need workman manually operation at the in-process of banding to arc furniture board, the movement track of arc board need be guaranteed at the in-process of banding, the operation degree of difficulty is great, the troublesome poeration, simultaneously in manually operation's in-process easily owing to the unstable situation that causes the slant to appear at the in-process of banding to gripping of furniture board, the banding effect is not good, consequently, unsatisfied current demand, we have proposed an arc board banding feed mechanism for furniture production to this.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide an arc-shaped plate edge sealing feeding mechanism for furniture production, which solves the problems that the existing edge sealing machine in the background art has a good straight edge sealing effect, but needs manual operation of workers in the edge sealing process of an arc-shaped furniture plate, needs to ensure the movement track of the arc-shaped plate in the edge sealing process, has high operation difficulty and is troublesome to operate, and meanwhile, the inclined condition is easily caused in the edge sealing process due to unstable holding of the furniture plate in the manual operation process, and the edge sealing effect is poor.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides the following technical scheme: an arc-shaped plate edge sealing feeding mechanism for furniture production comprises an edge sealing machine main body; the upper end surface of the edge bonding machine main body is connected with a sliding plate in a sliding manner; the top of the sliding plate is axially connected with a rotating plate; the front end face of the edge bonding machine main body is axially connected with a hand wheel; the inner part of the edge bonding machine main body is connected with a driving block in a sliding way; the inner side of the edge bonding machine main body is axially connected with a sliding middle gear set and a rotating middle gear set; the sliding middle gear set and the rotating middle gear set are respectively distributed on the left side and the right side of the driving block.
Preferably, the bag sealer main part is still including the spout, two have been seted up at the top of bag sealer main part the spout, all be provided with a guide block that slides around the bottom of slide block, the guide block that slides with spout sliding fit.
Preferably, the rear end face of hand wheel is the lead screw structure, a drive nut of the bottom fixedly connected with of drive block, a drive guide way has been seted up respectively to the left and right sides of drive block, the drive block pass through the drive guide way with banding main part sliding connection, drive nut with hand wheel screw thread transmission is connected and is constituted lead screw nut transmission pair jointly.
Preferably, a sliding driving rack is arranged on the right side of the driving block, the sliding intermediate gear set further comprises a sliding pinion, and the sliding driving rack and the sliding pinion are meshed to form a gear rack transmission mechanism.
Preferably, the middle gear set that slides still includes the gear wheel that slides, the coaxial fixedly connected with one in top of the pinion that slides the gear wheel that slides, the slide board is still including the driven rack that slides, the driven rack that slides with the gear wheel meshing that slides constitutes rack and pinion drive mechanism jointly.
Preferably, the left side of the driving block is fixedly connected with a rotary driving rack, the rotary intermediate gear set further comprises a rotary pinion, and the rotary pinion and the rotary driving rack are meshed to form a gear-rack transmission mechanism together.
Preferably, the rotating intermediate gear set further comprises a rotating large gear, the top of the rotating small gear is coaxially and fixedly connected with one rotating large gear, the bottom of the rotating plate is axially connected with a rotating driven gear, and the rotating driven gear is meshed with the rotating large gear to form a gear transmission mechanism together.
Preferably, the upper surface of the rotating plate is fixedly provided with two positioning blocks and two quick pressing devices.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that:
the device realizes the banding of the straight face and the arc face of the arc-shaped plate through the shaking of the hand wheel, only one action is needed to realize the banding action of the straight face and the arc face, the operation is simplified, and the operation is simple.
The device can carry out good location and fixed to the arc plate, realizes the feeding to the arc plate through the transmission simultaneously, and the feeding is more stable, can not appear manually operation because the arc activity causes the skew situation of banding, and the banding effect is better.
The device only needs an action can realize the banding action to straight surface and arc surface, has simplified the operation, and easy operation carries out good location and fixed enough to the arc board, and the banding quality is better, and the banding effect is better.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of the present invention, i.e., a side structure of a shaft in a state where a straight edge is sealed;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the side structure of the shaft of the present invention in a state of sealing the edges of the circular arc;
FIG. 3 is a schematic side view of the transmission shaft of the present invention in a state of sealing edges linearly;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the side structure of the transmission shaft in a state of sealing the edges of the circular arc according to the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic side view of the driving shaft of the sliding plate of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a schematic side view of the transmission shaft of the rotating plate of the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a schematic side view of the driving block of the present invention;
in the figure: 1. a bag sealer main body; 101. a chute; 2. a slide plate; 201. a sliding guide block; 202. a sliding driven rack; 3. a rotating plate; 301. rotating the driven gear; 302. a rapid compactor; 303. positioning blocks; 4. a hand wheel; 5. a drive block; 501. a drive nut; 502. a drive guide groove; 503. the sliding drives the rack; 504. rotating the drive rack; 6. a slipping intermediate gear set; 601. a slipping pinion; 602. sliding the bull gear; 7. rotating the intermediate gear set; 701. rotating the pinion gear; 702. the bull gear is rotated.
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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.
Referring to fig. 1 to 7, an embodiment of the present invention includes: an arc-shaped plate edge sealing feeding mechanism for furniture production comprises an edge sealing machine main body 1, wherein sliding grooves 101 are formed in the front side and the rear side of the top of the edge sealing machine main body 1, sliding guide blocks 201 are arranged in the sliding grooves 101 in a sliding mode, a sliding plate 202 is fixedly connected between the tops of the sliding guide blocks 201 on the front side and the rear side, and in use, the sliding plate 2 is connected with the edge sealing machine main body 1 in a sliding mode through the sliding guide blocks 201 and guides the sliding plate 2 through the sliding grooves 101; the back end surface of the hand wheel 4 is a screw rod structure,
a driving block 5 is arranged in the edge bonding machine main body 1, driving guide grooves 502 are formed in the left side surface and the right side surface of the driving block 5, the driving block 5 is connected with the edge bonding machine main body 1 in a sliding mode through the driving guide grooves 502, a driving nut 501 is fixedly connected to the middle of the bottom of the driving block 5, a hand wheel 4 is arranged in the middle of the driving nut 501 through threads, when in use, the handwheel 4 drives the driving block 5 to slide back and forth through the lead screw nut transmission pair, the upper part of the right side surface of the driving block 5 is fixedly connected with a sliding driving rack 503, the inner side of the edge bonding machine main body 1 is axially connected with a sliding intermediate gear set 6, the sliding intermediate gear set 6 also comprises a sliding pinion 601, the middle part of the lower part of the sliding intermediate gear set 6 is fixedly connected with the sliding pinion 601, the sliding driving rack 503 and the sliding pinion 601 are meshed to form a gear rack transmission mechanism together, when the driving block 5 slides back and forth in use, the driving block 5 drives the sliding intermediate gear set 6 to rotate through the gear rack transmission mechanism;
the sliding middle gear set 6 further comprises a sliding big gear 602, the upper part of the sliding small gear 601 is fixedly connected with the sliding big gear 602, the rear side of the bottom of the sliding plate 2 is fixedly connected with a sliding driven gear 202, and the sliding driven gear 202 and the sliding big gear 602 are meshed to form a gear rack transmission mechanism together; the top of the sliding plate 2 is axially connected with a rotating plate 3, the front part of the left side of a driving block 5 is fixedly connected with a rotating driving rack 504, the inner side of the edge bonding machine main body 1 is axially connected with a rotating intermediate gear set 7, the rotating intermediate gear set 7 further comprises a rotating pinion 701, the middle of the bottom of the rotating intermediate gear set 7 is fixedly connected with the rotating pinion 701, the rotating pinion 701 and the rotating driving rack 504 are meshed to form a gear and rack transmission mechanism together, and when the driving block 5 slides back and forth in use, the driving block 5 drives the rotating intermediate gear set 7 to rotate through the gear and rack transmission mechanism; the rotary intermediate gear set 7 also comprises a rotary large gear 702, the upper part of the rotary intermediate gear set 7 is coaxially and fixedly connected with the rotary large gear 702, the front side of the bottom of the rotary plate 3 is axially connected with a rotary driven gear 301, and the rotary driven gear 301 is meshed with the rotary large gear 702 to jointly form a gear transmission mechanism; the sliding middle gear set 6 and the rotating middle gear set 7 are respectively distributed on the left side and the right side of the driving block 5.
Further, a positioning block 303 and a quick pressing device 302 are fixedly connected to the front side and the right side of the top of the rotating plate 3, and in use, the arc-shaped plate is positioned by the positioning block 303 and pressed by the quick pressing device 302.
The working principle is as follows: when the device is used, an arc plate is placed on a rotating plate 3, the arc plate is positioned through a positioning block 303, the arc plate is pressed through a quick pressing device 302, a hand wheel 4 is shaken, the hand wheel 4 drives a driving block 5 to slide backwards through a lead screw nut transmission pair, at the moment, a sliding driving rack 503 is meshed with a sliding pinion 601, the driving block 5 drives a sliding intermediate gear set 6 to rotate through a gear and rack transmission mechanism formed by the sliding driving rack 503 and the sliding pinion 601 in a meshed mode, the sliding intermediate gear set 6 drives a sliding plate 2 to slide rightwards through a gear and rack transmission mechanism formed by the sliding driven rack 202 and the sliding large gear 602 in a meshed mode, edge sealing is carried out on the straight surface, when the straight-edge sealing is completed, the sliding driving rack 503 is separated from the sliding pinion 601, the rotating driven gear 301 is meshed with the rotating large gear 702, the hand wheel 4 is shaken continuously, and the rotating driving rack 504 is meshed with the rotating pinion 701, under the action of a gear and rack transmission mechanism formed by meshing the rotary pinion 701 and the rotary driving rack 504, the rotary intermediate gear set 7 is driven to rotate, and the rotary intermediate gear set 7 drives the rotary plate 3 to rotate through the gear transmission mechanism formed by meshing the rotary driven gear 301 and the rotary large gear 702, so that the edge sealing action on the arc surface is completed.
It will be evident to those skilled in the art that the invention is not limited to the details of the foregoing illustrative embodiments, and that the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential attributes thereof. The present embodiments are therefore to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein. Any reference sign in a claim should not be construed as limiting the claim concerned.
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1. The utility model provides an arc banding feed mechanism for furniture production which characterized in that: comprises a main body (1) of the edge bonding machine; the upper end surface of the edge bonding machine main body (1) is connected with a sliding plate (2) in a sliding manner; the top of the sliding plate (2) is axially connected with a rotating plate (3); the front end face of the edge bonding machine main body (1) is axially connected with a hand wheel (4); the inner part of the edge bonding machine main body (1) is connected with a driving block (5) in a sliding way; the inner side of the edge bonding machine main body (1) is axially connected with a sliding middle gear set (6) and a rotating middle gear set (7); the sliding middle gear set (6) and the rotating middle gear set (7) are respectively distributed on the left side and the right side of the driving block (5); the edge bonding machine main body (1) further comprises sliding grooves (101), the two sliding grooves (101) are formed in the top of the edge bonding machine main body (1), sliding guide blocks (201) are arranged at the front and the back of the bottom of the sliding plate (2), and the sliding guide blocks (201) are in sliding fit with the sliding grooves (101); the rear end face of the hand wheel (4) is of a screw rod structure, the bottom of the driving block (5) is fixedly connected with a driving nut (501), the left side and the right side of the driving block (5) are respectively provided with a driving guide groove (502), the driving block (5) is in sliding connection with the edge bonding machine main body (1) through the driving guide grooves (502), and the driving nut (501) and the hand wheel (4) are in threaded transmission connection to form a screw rod nut transmission pair; a sliding driving rack (503) is arranged on the right side of the driving block (5), the sliding intermediate gear set (6) further comprises a sliding pinion (601), and the sliding driving rack (503) and the sliding pinion (601) are meshed to form a gear and rack transmission mechanism; the sliding middle gear set (6) further comprises a sliding large gear (602), the top of the sliding small gear (601) is coaxially and fixedly connected with the sliding large gear (602), the sliding plate (2) is further provided with a sliding driven rack (202), and the sliding driven rack (202) and the sliding large gear (602) are meshed to form a gear rack transmission mechanism together; the left side of the driving block (5) is fixedly connected with a rotary driving rack (504), the rotary intermediate gear set (7) further comprises a rotary pinion (701), and the rotary pinion (701) is meshed with the rotary driving rack (504) to form a gear and rack transmission mechanism; the rotary intermediate gear set (7) further comprises a rotary large gear (702), the top of the rotary small gear (701) is coaxially and fixedly connected with the rotary large gear (702), the bottom of the rotary plate (3) is axially connected with a rotary driven gear (301), and the rotary driven gear (301) and the rotary large gear (702) are meshed to form a gear transmission mechanism together; the upper surface of the rotating plate (3) is fixedly provided with two positioning blocks (303) and two quick pressers (302).
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