CN112056670A - Mask overturning device and mask overturning method - Google Patents

Mask overturning device and mask overturning method Download PDF

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CN112056670A
CN112056670A CN202011095884.5A CN202011095884A CN112056670A CN 112056670 A CN112056670 A CN 112056670A CN 202011095884 A CN202011095884 A CN 202011095884A CN 112056670 A CN112056670 A CN 112056670A
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郭叔伟
夏刚
程文科
阮盾
董杨彪
王晶晶
刘湘
刘楷文
刘年丰
何云峰
何建华
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    • A41D13/00Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches
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    • A41D13/11Protective face masks, e.g. for surgical use, or for use in foul atmospheres
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
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Abstract

The invention discloses a mask turnover device and a mask turnover method, wherein the device comprises a supplied material conveying belt, a discharged material conveying belt, a rotating mechanism and a turnover mechanism; the rotating mechanism is positioned between the incoming material conveying belt and the outgoing material conveying belt and has a rotating stroke, and the overturning structure comprises overturning components arranged on two sides of the rotating mechanism; the two turnover assemblies are positioned on the same horizontal plane, one turnover assembly is positioned below the incoming material conveying belt, and the other turnover assembly is positioned above the discharging conveying belt; the overturning assembly comprises a first overturning rod and a second overturning rod; a first turnover rod and a second turnover rod in one turnover assembly are arranged below two sides of the incoming material conveying belt, and a first turnover rod and a second turnover rod in the other turnover assembly are arranged above two sides of the outgoing material conveying belt; the two turnover assemblies are intermittently interchanged in position during rotation of the rotating mechanism. The mask overturning device is simple and convenient in working process and high in reliability, can realize the adjustability of overturning speed, can effectively improve the overturning efficiency of the mask, and meets the production requirements under specific conditions.

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Mask overturning device and mask overturning method
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of mask machines, in particular to a mask overturning device and a mask overturning method.
Background
The mask is a sanitary article, and is a tool which is worn at the mouth and nose part and is used for filtering air entering the mouth and nose so as to prevent harmful gas, smell and spray from entering and exiting the mouth and nose of a wearer. The mask has a certain filtering function on air entering the lung, and has a very good effect when being worn in respiratory infectious diseases and working in environments polluted by dust and the like.
Some flat masks are produced according to the specifications of the established melt-blown fabric, the produced flat masks have an inner part and an outer part according to the positions opposite to the mouth and the nose, and the positions of welding points of the welding ear band machine also have the inner part and the outer part. When the outer side of the plane mask machine generation mask faces upwards and the inner side of the ear belt machine needs to be welded, the plane mask needs to be turned over at the moment. The original solution is to adopt the manual work to put the mask piece for the ear-band machine, has solved this demand with the manual work, can cause work efficiency low, the big scheduling problem of human cost.
Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the defects in the prior art, the invention provides a mask overturning device and a mask overturning method, which can effectively improve the mask overturning efficiency and meet the production requirements under specific conditions.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides a mask turnover device which comprises a supplied material conveying belt, a discharged material conveying belt, a rotating mechanism and a turnover mechanism, wherein the conveying direction of the supplied material conveying belt is the same as that of the discharged material conveying belt;
the turning structure comprises turning components symmetrically arranged on two sides of the rotating mechanism; the two turnover assemblies are positioned on the same horizontal plane, one turnover assembly is positioned below the incoming material conveying belt, and the other turnover assembly is positioned above the outgoing material conveying belt;
the overturning assembly comprises a first overturning rod and a second overturning rod which are parallel to each other; a first turnover rod and a second turnover rod in one turnover assembly are symmetrically arranged below two sides of the incoming material conveying belt, and a first turnover rod and a second turnover rod in the other turnover assembly are symmetrically arranged above two sides of the outgoing material conveying belt;
the two overturning assemblies are intermittently exchanged in the rotating process of the rotating mechanism, so that the mask is overturned.
In one embodiment, in the same turnover assembly, the width between the first turnover rod and the second turnover rod is smaller than the width of the mask and larger than the widths of the incoming conveying belt and the outgoing conveying belt.
In one embodiment, the device further comprises a shielding piece which covers the position between the output end of the incoming material conveying belt and the input end of the outgoing material conveying belt so as to prevent the mouth mask from being thrown out.
In one embodiment, the device further comprises a proximity sensor, wherein the proximity sensor is positioned below the output end of the incoming material conveying belt and is electrically connected with an external driving mechanism capable of driving the rotating structure.
In one embodiment, in the turning assembly positioned below the incoming material conveying belt, the distance from the tail end of the first turning rod and/or the second turning rod to the proximity sensor is larger than the length of the mask.
In one embodiment, the rotating mechanism is a rotating shaft connected to the output end of the external driving mechanism, the two turnover assemblies are symmetrically arranged on the side wall of the rotating shaft, and the axis of the rotating shaft is located on the plane of the turnover assemblies.
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention further provides a mask turning method, which comprises the following steps:
step 1, conveying mask pieces which are produced by a mask piece machine and are not welded with ear bands to a rotating mechanism through an incoming material conveying belt;
step 2, when the mask is conveyed to the proximity sensor, the whole mask is positioned above the turnover assembly positioned below the incoming material conveying belt, the proximity sensor sends a relevant signal to the external driving mechanism, and the external driving mechanism drives the rotating mechanism to rotate, so that the turnover assembly positioned below the incoming material conveying belt rotates upwards by 180 degrees, and the mask is turned over by 180 degrees;
step 3, after the turnover assemblies rotate 180 degrees, the positions of the two turnover assemblies are exchanged, the mask can be horizontally dropped on the discharging conveying belt, and the mask is output through the discharging conveying belt;
and 4, step 4: and repeating the steps 1-3 to turn over the next mask.
According to the mask turnover device and the mask turnover method, the turnover assemblies are driven to turn over through rotation of the rotating mechanism, turnover work of the mask is completed in the process of position exchange of the two turnover assemblies, the work process is simple and convenient, reliability is high, the turnover speed can be adjusted, the mask turnover efficiency can be effectively improved, and production requirements under specific conditions are met.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the structures shown in the drawings without creative efforts.
Fig. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure of a mask turning device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 2 is an exploded view of the mask turning device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
The reference numbers illustrate: incoming material conveyer belt 1, ejection of compact conveyer belt 2, rotary mechanism 3, first upset pole 4, second upset pole 5, shielding piece 6, approach inductor 7.
The implementation, functional features and advantages of the objects of the present invention will be further explained with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Detailed Description
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.
It should be noted that all the directional indicators (such as up, down, left, right, front, and rear … …) in the embodiment of the present invention are only used to explain the relative position relationship between the components, the movement situation, etc. in a specific posture (as shown in the drawing), and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indicator is changed accordingly.
In addition, the descriptions related to "first", "second", etc. in the present invention are only for descriptive purposes and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless specifically limited otherwise.
In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the terms "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly, and for example, "secured" may be a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral part; the connection can be mechanical connection, electrical connection, physical connection or wireless communication connection; they may be directly connected or indirectly connected through intervening media, or they may be connected internally or in any other suitable relationship, unless expressly stated otherwise. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.
In addition, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention may be combined with each other, but it must be based on the realization of those skilled in the art, and when the technical solutions are contradictory or cannot be realized, such a combination of technical solutions should not be considered to exist, and is not within the protection scope of the present invention.
Fig. 1-2 show a mask turnover device disclosed in this embodiment, which includes an incoming material conveyer belt 1, a discharging conveyer belt 2, a rotating mechanism 3, and a turnover mechanism; wherein, the conveying direction of the incoming material conveying belt 1 is the same as that of the outgoing material conveying belt 2. The rotating mechanism 3 is positioned between the output end of the incoming material conveying belt 1 and the input end of the outgoing material conveying belt 2 and has a rotating stroke, and the overturning structure comprises overturning components symmetrically arranged at two sides of the rotating mechanism 3; the two turnover assemblies are positioned on the same horizontal plane, one turnover assembly is positioned below the incoming material conveying belt 1, and the other turnover assembly is positioned above the outgoing material conveying belt 2.
Specifically, the overturning assembly comprises a first overturning rod 4 and a second overturning rod 5 which are parallel to each other; a first turnover rod 4 and a second turnover rod 5 in one turnover assembly are symmetrically arranged below two sides of an incoming material conveying belt 1, and a first turnover rod 4 and a second turnover rod 5 in the other turnover assembly are symmetrically arranged above two sides of a discharging conveying belt 2. In the same turnover assembly, the width between the first turnover rod 4 and the second turnover rod 5 is smaller than the width of the mask and larger than the width of the incoming material conveying belt 1 and the width of the outgoing material conveying belt 2.
The intermittent positions of the two turnover assemblies are exchanged in the rotating process of the rotating mechanism 3, and in the position exchanging process of the two turnover assemblies, because the width between the first turnover rod 4 and the second turnover rod 5 in the same turnover assembly is smaller than the width of the mask and larger than the widths of the incoming material conveying belt 1 and the outgoing material conveying belt 2, when the mask is conveyed on the incoming material conveying belt 1, the middle part of the mask is positioned on the incoming material conveying belt 1, the two sides of the mask are suspended and positioned above the first turnover rod 4 and the second turnover rod 5 in the corresponding turnover assembly, at the moment, the first turnover rod 4 and the second turnover rod 5 are turned upwards under the driving of the rotating mechanism 3, and then the mask is driven to synchronously move until the positions of the two turnover assemblies are exchanged, at the moment, the mask falls on the outgoing material conveying belt 2, and the turnover of the mask is completed. The working process is simple and convenient, the reliability is high, the turning speed can be adjusted, the turning efficiency of the mask can be effectively improved, and the production requirement under specific conditions can be met.
As a preferred embodiment, the mask turnover device further comprises a shielding piece 6, the shielding piece 6 covers the position between the output end of the incoming material conveying belt 1 and the input end of the outgoing material conveying belt 2, and the length of the shielding piece 6 is greater than that of the mask, so that the mask is prevented from being thrown out.
As preferred real-time mode, gauze mask turning device is still including being close inductor 7, be close inductor 7 and be located the below of 1 output of supplied materials conveyer belt, and link to each other with the outside actuating mechanism electrical property that can drive revolution mechanic, when the gauze mask is close to when being close inductor 7 promptly, be close inductor 7 then can send triggering signal for outside actuating mechanism's PLC system, this PLC system then controls outside actuating mechanism and starts afterwards, and then drives rotary mechanism 3 and rotate, accomplishes the upset process of gauze mask. In the present embodiment, the proximity sensor 7 may be a conventional proximity sensor. The proximity sensor, the circuit structure of the PLC system, and the control principle are all conventional technical means, and therefore are not described in detail in this embodiment.
In the upset subassembly that is located 1 below of supplied materials conveyer belt, the tail end of first upset pole 4 and/or second upset pole 5 is greater than gauze mask length to the distance that is close inductor 7, and it is to be close inductor 7 when the gauze mask triggers promptly, and whole gauze mask all is in the top that corresponds turning device, and then the stability of effectual assurance gauze mask upset.
In this embodiment, the rotating mechanism 3 is a rotating shaft connected to the output end of the external driving mechanism, the two flipping assemblies are symmetrically disposed on the sidewall of the rotating shaft, and the axis of the rotating shaft is located on the plane of the flipping assemblies, so that the two flipping assemblies can be interchanged until they are completed. It is preferable that the rotation mechanism 3 has an origin or zero point structure on its rotation axis to prevent accumulation of errors after a plurality of rotations. How to set the origin or zero point structure on the rotating shaft is a conventional technical means, and therefore details are not repeated in this embodiment.
The embodiment also discloses a mask overturning method, and the mask overturning device comprises the following steps:
step 1, conveying mask pieces which are produced by a mask piece machine and are not welded with ear bands to a rotating mechanism 3 through an incoming material conveying belt 1, wherein the conveying speed of the mask is set by the mask piece machine;
step 2, because the width between the first turnover rod 4 and the second turnover rod 5 in the same turnover assembly is smaller than the width of the mask and larger than the widths of the incoming material conveyer belt 1 and the outgoing material conveyer belt 2, when the mask is conveyed to the proximity sensor 7, the whole mask is positioned above the turnover assembly below the incoming material conveyer belt 1, and the proximity sensor 7 sends a relevant signal to a PLC system on the mask slicing machine, the PLC system controls an external driving mechanism to start, the external driving mechanism drives the rotating mechanism 3 to rotate, so that the turnover assembly below the incoming material conveyer belt 1 rotates upwards by 180 degrees, and the mask is turned over by 180 degrees;
step 3, in the process that the rotating mechanism 3 overturns the mask, the mask is prevented from flying out through the shielding plate, and meanwhile, the rotating mechanism 3 is provided with an original point or zero point structure, so that the rotating angle is ensured not to accumulate errors; after the turnover assemblies rotate 180 degrees, the positions of the two turnover assemblies are exchanged, and because the turnover assemblies in the direction of the discharge conveying belt 2 are positioned above the treatment conveying belt, the mask can be horizontally dropped on the discharge conveying belt 2 and is output through the discharge conveying belt 2;
and 4, step 4: and repeating the steps 1-3 to turn over the next mask.
The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all modifications and equivalents of the present invention, which are made by the contents of the present specification and the accompanying drawings, or directly/indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are included in the scope of the present invention.

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1. A mask turnover device is characterized by comprising a supplied material conveying belt, a discharged material conveying belt, a rotating mechanism and a turnover mechanism, wherein the conveying direction of the supplied material conveying belt is the same as that of the discharged material conveying belt;
the turning structure comprises turning components symmetrically arranged on two sides of the rotating mechanism; the two turnover assemblies are positioned on the same horizontal plane, one turnover assembly is positioned below the incoming material conveying belt, and the other turnover assembly is positioned above the outgoing material conveying belt;
the overturning assembly comprises a first overturning rod and a second overturning rod which are parallel to each other; a first turnover rod and a second turnover rod in one turnover assembly are symmetrically arranged below two sides of the incoming material conveying belt, and a first turnover rod and a second turnover rod in the other turnover assembly are symmetrically arranged above two sides of the outgoing material conveying belt;
the two overturning assemblies are intermittently exchanged in the rotating process of the rotating mechanism, so that the mask is overturned.
2. The mask turnover device according to claim 1, wherein in the same turnover assembly, the width between the first turnover rod and the second turnover rod is smaller than the width of the mask and larger than the widths of the incoming material conveyer belt and the outgoing material conveyer belt.
3. The mask turnover device according to claim 1, further comprising a shield covering a position between the output end of the incoming material conveyor and the input end of the outgoing material conveyor to prevent the mask from being thrown out.
4. The mask turnover device according to claim 1, 2 or 3, further comprising a proximity sensor, wherein the proximity sensor is located below the output end of the incoming material conveyer belt and electrically connected to an external driving mechanism capable of driving the rotating structure.
5. The mask turnover device according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein in the turnover assembly located below the incoming material conveyer belt, the distance from the tail end of the first turnover rod and/or the second turnover rod to the proximity sensor is greater than the length of the mask.
6. The mask turnover device according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the rotation mechanism is a rotation shaft connected to the output end of the external driving mechanism, the two turnover units are symmetrically disposed on the side wall of the rotation shaft, and the axis of the rotation shaft is located on the plane of the turnover unit.
7. A mask turning method is characterized in that the mask turning device of any one of claims 1 to 6 is adopted, and the method specifically comprises the following steps:
step 1, conveying mask pieces which are produced by a mask piece machine and are not welded with ear bands to a rotating mechanism through an incoming material conveying belt;
step 2, when the mask is conveyed to the proximity sensor, the whole mask is positioned above the turnover assembly positioned below the incoming material conveying belt, the proximity sensor sends a relevant signal to the external driving mechanism, and the external driving mechanism drives the rotating mechanism to rotate, so that the turnover assembly positioned below the incoming material conveying belt rotates upwards by 180 degrees, and the mask is turned over by 180 degrees;
step 3, after the turnover assemblies rotate 180 degrees, the positions of the two turnover assemblies are exchanged, the mask can be horizontally dropped on the discharging conveying belt, and the mask is output through the discharging conveying belt;
and 4, step 4: and repeating the steps 1-3 to turn over the next mask.
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