CN112207600A

CN112207600A - Cutter bar locking and unlocking structure of machine tool

Info

Publication number: CN112207600A
Application number: CN201910621107.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张庆三
Original assignee: Sanjet International Co Ltd
Current assignee: Sanjet International Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-07-10
Filing date: 2019-07-10
Publication date: 2021-01-12
Anticipated expiration: 2039-07-10
Also published as: CN112207600B

Abstract

A cutter bar locking and unlocking structure of a machine tool comprises a cutter sleeve, a cutter locking unit and an unlocking unit. The cutter sleeve is used for accommodating the cutter bar, the cutter locking unit is used for generating axial tension and radial pressing force on the cutter bar inserted in the cutter sleeve, so that the cutter bar is stably inserted in the cutter sleeve, and the unlocking unit provides thrust in time to offset the axial tension so as to relieve the limitation of the cutter locking unit on the cutter bar, so that the cutter bar can be withdrawn from the cutter sleeve.

Description

Cutter bar locking and unlocking structure of machine tool

Technical Field

The invention relates to a processing tool of a machine tool; in particular to a cutter bar locking and unlocking structure of a machine tool.

Background

According to the tool magazine of the machine tool, the tool magazine comprises a plurality of tool holders for the tool holders to be inserted, and tools of different specifications are respectively and fixedly connected to each tool holder. In order to stabilize the tool holder and prevent the tool holder or the tool from being damaged due to the tool holder being improperly released from the tool holder, the tool holder is usually provided with a detent structure inside the tool holder to prevent the tool holder from being improperly released, such as the new patents of taiwan patent nos. M477934, "tool holder device" and M439538, "tool holder structure improvement of machining tool magazine", the detent structure disclosed in these patent arts includes a plurality of radial holes at the rear section of the tool holder, a steel ball and a spring are provided in each radial hole, and the spring is installed to provide a radial force to the steel ball to force the steel ball to press the end of the tool holder inserted into the tool holder. However, if a spring with high rigidity is selected for enhancing the stability of the cutter bar after being inserted into the cutter sleeve, a large pulling force is required to overcome the elastic force of the spring in the process of taking out the cutter bar, and therefore the worker is injured due to improper force control in hidden taking out.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above, an object of the present invention is to provide a locking and unlocking structure for a tool bar of a machine tool, which has the advantages of improving the stability of the tool bar after being inserted and easily withdrawing the tool bar.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a locking and unlocking structure for a tool bar of a machine tool, which includes a tool sleeve, a tool locking unit and an unlocking unit. The cutter sleeve is provided with a cutter accommodating space, an axis is defined to pass through the cutter accommodating space, and the cutter bar enters and exits the cutter accommodating space along the axis; the cutter locking unit is used for providing an axial pulling force for the end part of the cutter bar inserted in the cutter accommodating space so as to limit the cutter bar to exit the cutter accommodating space, wherein the direction of the axial pulling force is parallel to the axis and deviates from the cutter bar; the unlocking unit provides a pushing force to offset the axial pulling force so as to release the limit of the cutter locking unit on the cutter bar, and the cutter bar can exit from the cutter accommodating space.

The invention has the effects that radial and axial acting force can be provided for the cutter bar, the aim of stably inserting the cutter bar into the cutter sleeve is realized, and the unlocking unit is arranged to facilitate the taking-out operation of the cutter bar.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a tool bar locking and unlocking structure of a machine tool according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 2-2 of FIG. 1, showing the locking knife element in the locking knife position;

FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the knife holder and knife locking unit of the structure shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing the combination of the knife holder and the knife locking unit;

FIGS. 5-7 are cross-sectional views showing the knife locking element in the knife release position and the knife bar removed incrementally;

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view showing the knife bar removed and the knife locking member returned to the knife locking position;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a tool bar locking and unlocking structure of a machine tool according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is an assembled and cross-sectional view of the structure shown in FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a tool bar locking and unlocking structure of a machine tool according to yet another preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is an exploded view of the knife holder and knife locking unit of the configuration shown in FIG. 11;

FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view taken in the direction 13-13 of FIG. 11, showing the locking knife element in the locking knife position; and

fig. 14 is a cross-sectional view showing the locking knife element in the knife release position.

[ notation ] to show

[ one preferred embodiment of the present invention ]

100 cutter bar locking and unlocking structure

10 knife sheath

Screw hole of cutter accommodating space 12b of 12a of front sleeve 12

14 rear sleeve 141 blocking wall 142 inner contact surface

14a shaft hole 14b through hole 14c blind hole

14d end hole 16 bolt

20 lock knife unit

22 lock-in blade 22a central hole 22b is perforated

22C ring groove 23C type buckle 24 retaining sheet

26 spring 28 bead

30 unlocking unit

32 ram 34 cylinder 36 piston

38 magnetic reed switch

200 cutter bar

201 shaft 202 neck 203 end

203a front pushing surface 203b rear inclined surface

[ Another preferred embodiment of the present invention ]

300 cutter arbor locking and unlocking structure

40 knife case

42 inner sleeve 42a shaft hole 42b blocking wall

42c bore 44 outer sleeve 46 bolt

50 lock sword unit

52 locking blade 52a head 52b abutment surface

54 baffle 56 spring 58 bead

60 unlocking unit

62 ejector rod

400 knife bar

401 inner hook surface of end 402a of annular wall 402

[ still another preferred embodiment of the present invention ]

500 cutter arbor locking and unlocking structure

70 knife sheath

72 outer sleeve 72a radial hole 74 inner sleeve

74a shaft hole

74b blocking wall 76 roller

80 lock knife unit

82 lock knife 82a head 82b abutment surface

83 convex rod 84 spring 86 catch

88 bead body

90 unlocking unit

92 ejector rod

Distance from hole wall of D-shaped shaft hole to peripheral surface of cutter locking piece

Radial pressing force of axial pulling force Fy of F pushing force Fx

P1, P3, P4 knife locking position P2, P5 knife releasing position

L-axis S-shaped cutter holding space

Detailed Description

In order to more clearly illustrate the present invention, preferred embodiments are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Fig. 1 to 4 show a locking and unlocking structure 100 of a tool bar of a machine tool according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, which is suitable for, but not limited to, a chain-type machine tool, the locking and unlocking structure 100 is used for stabilizing the tool bar 200 and has an effect of easily withdrawing the tool bar 200, the tool bar 200 is formed by connecting a bar body 201, a neck 202 and an end 203 in sequence, one end of the bar body 201 can be fixedly connected with a tool (not shown), the outer diameter of the end 203 is larger than that of the neck 202, and the end 203 has a forward pushing surface 203a and a backward inclined surface 203b which are obliquely and annularly arranged.

The knife bar locking and unlocking structure 100 includes a knife sleeve 10, a knife locking unit 20 and an unlocking unit 30. The cutter sleeve 10 is used for inserting the cutter bar 200, the cutter locking unit 20 is combined with the cutter sleeve 10 and used for limiting the cutter bar 200 to exit from the cutter sleeve 10, and the unlocking unit 30 is used for releasing the limitation of the cutter locking unit 20 on the cutter bar 200, so that the cutter bar 200 can exit from the cutter sleeve 10. The following description will be made of the holder 10, the cutter locking unit 20, and the unlocking unit 30, respectively.

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, the cutter sleeve 10 is a hollow cylinder with openings at two ends, and defines an axis L passing through the axis of the cutter sleeve 10, the cutter sleeve 10 of the present embodiment includes a front sleeve 12, a rear sleeve 14 and a plurality of bolts 16, wherein the front sleeve 12 has a cutter accommodating space 12a formed by a conical hole therein, and a side end surface is provided with a plurality of screw holes 12 b; the rear sleeve 14 has a shaft hole 14a therein, and a side end surface thereof is provided with a plurality of through holes 14b and blind holes 14c, the bolts 16 respectively pass through a corresponding through hole 14b and are locked into the screw holes 12b, so that the rear sleeve 14 is detachably abutted with the front sleeve 12, and the shaft hole 14a is communicated with the cutter accommodating space 12 a. In addition, the other end of the rear sleeve 14 opposite to the front sleeve 12 is provided with a blocking wall 141 protruding towards the axis L, an end edge of the blocking wall 141 is provided with an end hole 14d, the end hole 14d is communicated with the shaft hole 14a, and the diameter of the end hole is smaller than that of the shaft hole 14a, so that an obliquely arranged inner connecting surface 142 is formed at the connecting position of the end hole 14d and the wall of the shaft hole 14 a. The axis L passes through the cutter accommodating space 12a, the shaft hole 14a and the end hole 14d, and the cutter bar 200 enters and exits the cutter sleeve 10 along the axis L.

The knife locking unit 20 is coupled to the rear sleeve 14 and includes a knife locking member 22, a catch 24, a spring 26, and a biasing member. In the embodiment, the knife locking element 22 is a cylinder having a central hole 22a and is inserted into the end hole 14d of the knife sheath 10, the knife locking element 22 can move back and forth along the axis L between a knife locking position P1 shown in fig. 2 and a knife releasing position P2 shown in fig. 5, a portion of the knife locking element 22 is located in the shaft hole 14a and has a plurality of through holes 22b communicating with the central hole 22a in a peripheral wall thereof, and another portion of the knife locking element 22 is exposed outside the knife sheath 10 and connected to the blocking plate 24, in the embodiment, the peripheral wall of the knife locking element 22 is provided with an annular groove 22C, the blocking plate 24 is an annular sheet and is sleeved outside the knife locking element 22, and a C-shaped buckle 23 is inserted into the annular groove 22C to limit a path along which the blocking plate 24 falls. In addition, the springs 26 are plural and are respectively accommodated in the blind holes 14c of the rear sleeve 14, one end of the spring 26 abuts against the bottom surface of the blind hole 14c, and the other end abuts against the blocking piece 24, the spring 26 provides an acting force to the blocking piece 24 and indirectly urges the knife locking element 22 to maintain the knife locking position P1, and the direction of the acting force is parallel to the axis L and deviates from the knife sleeve 10; the packing member is a circular bead 28, one bead 28 is received in each through hole 22b of the cutter locking member 22, and the distance D between the hole wall of the shaft hole 14a of the cutter sleeve 10 and the outer peripheral surface of the cutter locking member 22 is smaller than the diameter of the bead 28.

Fig. 2 shows that the tool bar 200 is inserted into the tool holder 10, the end 203 of the tool bar 200 is located in the central hole 22a of the locking tool 22, the locking tool 22 is indirectly influenced by the force of the spring 26 and is kept at the locking position P1, the bead 28 in this state abuts against the inner contact surface 142 of the rear sleeve 14 and the rear inclined surface 203b of the end 203, and bears the pushing force of the locking tool 22 moving outward to generate an axial tensile force Fx on the end 203, and further bears the radial pressing force Fy on the end 203 due to the limitation of the inner contact surface 142 in the pushing process, so that the tool bar 200 is inserted into the tool holder 10 in a more stable manner without being unintentionally released from the tool-holding space 12 a.

The above description is about the structure of the cutter locking unit 20 for restricting the cutter bar 200 from being withdrawn from the cutter holder 10, and the following description is about the unlocking unit 30 for releasing the restriction of the cutter locking unit 20 on the cutter bar 200.

As shown in fig. 2, the unlocking unit 30 includes a push rod 32, and the push rod 32 is operated to move to generate a pushing force F (see fig. 5) to the knife locking member 22, and the pushing force F pushes the knife locking member 22 to move to the knife releasing position P2. The unlocking unit 30 of the present embodiment is a device for generating pushing force under the control of a pressure source, and is installed at the rear of a tool holder at a specific position of a machine tool, and specifically includes a cylinder 34 and a piston 36 sliding in the cylinder 34, one end of the push rod 32 is connected to the piston 36, and the other end of the push rod 32 penetrates through the cylinder 34 and aligns with the knife locking element 22 of the knife locking unit 20, and the push rod 32 is driven to protrude forward to push the knife locking element 22 to move to a knife releasing position P2 or to drive the push rod 32 to retract backward by the change of control air pressure or hydraulic pressure. In addition, in order to ensure the exact moving stroke of the jack 32, the unlocking unit 30 may optionally be equipped with a reed switch 38 outside the cylinder 34 to check the position of the piston 36. It should be noted that, in addition to the telescopic cylinder, the other arrangement is that a gear is used with a row of teeth, and one end of the row of teeth is connected to the ram, so that the same actuating effect of the telescopic cylinder can be achieved by controlling the forward and reverse rotation of the gear.

As shown in fig. 5, when the tool bar 200 is to be removed, the operator starts the pressure source to drive the piston 36 to move and cause the front end of the rod 32 to abut against the knife locking element 22, and the thrust force F generated by the continued movement of the piston 36 offsets the axial pulling force Fx applied to the end 203 of the tool bar 200 by the knife locking unit 20, so that the rod 32 pushes the knife locking element 22 to move toward the tool bar 200 to the knife releasing position P2, and at this time, the spring 26 is in a compressed state, and the bead 28 can freely move in the through hole 22b because it is no longer pushed by the knife locking element 22; as can be seen from fig. 6, since there is still a distance D between the outer peripheral surface of the knife locking element 22 and the hole wall of the shaft hole 14a of the knife sleeve 10, when the maximum diameter of the end 203 of the knife bar 200 passes through the bead 28, the bead 28 is pushed outwards so that the end 203 of the knife bar 200 can pass through the bead 28, and fig. 7 shows that the knife bar 200 can be easily removed without being limited by the knife locking unit 20; fig. 8 shows the tool holder 200 removed from the tool holder 10, the ram 32 is again operated to retract, and the spring 26 releases the stored energy to return the knife locking element 22 to the knife locking position P1.

As can be seen from the above description, the locking and unlocking structure 100 of the present invention not only can provide radial and axial forces to the tool bar 200, thereby improving the stability of the tool bar 200 inserted into the tool holder 10, but also the unlocking unit 30 can facilitate and ensure the removal of the tool bar 200.

Referring to fig. 9 and 10, another preferred embodiment of the present invention is a locking and unlocking structure 300 for a knife bar 400 suitable for use with different types of knife bars 400, wherein one side of the knife bar 400 has a ring wall 401, an end edge of the ring wall 401 protrudes toward the axis L to form an end portion 402, and an inner hook surface 402a is formed inside the end portion 402.

The tool sleeve 40 of the tool bar locking and unlocking structure 300 of the present embodiment is composed of an inner sleeve 42 and an outer sleeve 44, the inner sleeve 42 is locked inside the outer sleeve 44 through a plurality of bolts 46, a tool accommodating space S is formed between the outer circumferential surface of the inner sleeve 42 and the inner wall surface of the outer sleeve 44, the inner sleeve 42 has a shaft hole 42a, a blocking wall 42b is formed by extending the inner wall of the inner sleeve 42 close to the middle section towards the axis L, and a plurality of through holes 42c are formed around the circumferential wall of the inner sleeve 42 to communicate with the shaft hole 42 a.

The knife locking unit 50 of the knife locking and unlocking structure 300 includes a knife locking member 52, a stop piece 54, a spring 56 and a ball 58. Wherein, the knife locking piece 52 is a round bar body with a head 52a, the circular blocking sheet 54 is arranged on the body part of the knife locking piece 52 passing through the shaft hole 42a, and the head 52a has a contact surface 52 b; the spring 56 is sleeved on the body of the locking knife 52, one end of the spring abuts against the blocking wall 42b, and the other end of the spring abuts against the blocking piece 54 to provide an acting force to the locking knife 52, so that the locking knife 52 is kept moving to the locking knife position P3 shown in fig. 10; the bead 58 is received in the through hole 42c of the inner sleeve 42.

When the annular wall 401 of the tool holder 400 is inserted into the tool accommodating space S of the tool sleeve 40 and the cutter locking element 52 is located at the cutter locking position P3, the bead 58 abuts against the inner hooking surface 402a of the end 402 of the tool holder 400 and the abutting surface 52b of the cutter locking element 52 at the same time, and the above-mentioned structural relationship causes the bead 58 to simultaneously generate an axial tensile force and a radial pressing force on the end 402 of the tool holder 400, thereby ensuring the stability of the tool holder 400 after the tool holder 400 is inserted into the tool sleeve 40. The unlocking unit 60 of the knife bar locking and unlocking structure 300 is also installed at the rear of the knife sleeve at a specific position of the machine tool, and has the same structure as the unlocking unit 30 of the above-mentioned embodiment, and the unlocking unit 60 also applies a pushing force to the knife locking element 52 toward the knife bar 400 through the ejector rod 62 to release the restriction of the knife locking unit 50 on the end 402 of the knife bar 400, so that the knife bar 400 can be smoothly drawn out relative to the knife sleeve 40, and the specific linkage relationship and achieving efficacy are as described in the above-mentioned embodiment, and are not repeated herein.

Fig. 11 to 14 show a locking and unlocking structure 500 of a tool bar 400 according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention, in which a tool sleeve 70 of the locking and unlocking structure 500 is formed like the tool sleeve 40 of the other preferred embodiment and an inner sleeve 74 is fixed inside an outer sleeve 72, except that the outer sleeve 72 is formed in a shape suitable for a disk magazine, so that a roller 76 is provided at the rear end of the outer sleeve 72, and the outer sleeve 72 has a radial hole 72 a.

The knife locking unit 80 of the knife locking and unlocking structure 500 is similar to the knife locking unit 50 of the above-mentioned another preferred embodiment, and similarly, the round-bar-shaped knife locking element 82 passes through the axial hole 74a of the inner sleeve 74, and one end of the knife locking element 82 is connected with a protruding rod 83, one end of the spring 84 is abutted against a stop wall 74b inside the inner sleeve 74, the other end is abutted against a stop piece 86 and provides a force to the knife locking element 82 to make the knife locking element 82 move to the knife locking position P4 shown in fig. 13, the protruding rod 83 connected to one end of the knife locking element 82 in this state protrudes into the radial hole 72a, the ball body 88 is pushed by the knife locking element 82 in a direction away from the knife rod 400 to generate an axial pulling force to the end 402 of the knife rod 400, and is limited by the abutting surface 82b of the head 82a of the knife locking element 82a and simultaneously generates a radial pressing force to the end 402, thereby achieving the purpose of stabilizing the knife rod 400.

The unlocking unit 90 of the knife locking and unlocking structure 500 is installed at one side of the tool sleeve at a specific position of the disc magazine, and controls a push rod 92 to protrude outwards and extend into the radial hole 72a to push the knife locking element 82 to move to the knife releasing position P5 shown in fig. 14, so as to release the restriction of the knife locking unit 80 on the end 402 of the knife rod 400. The linkage relationship and the achievement effect of the knife locking unit 80 and the unlocking unit 90 are as shown in the above another embodiment, and are not described herein.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and all equivalent variations to the description and claims of the present invention should be considered to be included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A locking and unlocking structure of a tool bar of a machine tool, the tool bar having an end portion, the locking and unlocking structure comprising:

the cutter sleeve is provided with a cutter accommodating space, an axis is defined to pass through the cutter accommodating space, and the cutter bar enters and exits the cutter accommodating space along the axis;

a cutter locking unit for providing an axial pulling force to the end part of the cutter bar inserted in the cutter accommodating space to limit the cutter bar to exit the cutter accommodating space, wherein the direction of the axial pulling force is parallel to the axis and deviates from the cutter bar; and

and the unlocking unit is used for providing a pushing force to offset the axial pulling force so as to release the limit of the cutter locking unit on the cutter bar, so that the cutter bar can exit from the cutter accommodating space.

2. The structure of claim 1, wherein the cutter locking unit further comprises a radial pressing force for pressing an end of the cutter rod inserted into the cutter accommodating space.

3. The structure for locking and unlocking a tool bar of a machine tool according to claim 2, wherein the tool holder has a shaft hole located on the axis and communicating with the tool accommodating space; the cutter locking unit comprises a cutter locking piece and at least one urging piece, the cutter locking piece penetrates through the shaft hole of the cutter sleeve and can move between a cutter locking position and a cutter releasing position along the axis, and the cutter locking piece pushes the at least one urging piece to generate the axial tension and the radial pressing force on the end part of the cutter bar when being located at the cutter locking position; the unlocking unit comprises a push rod, the push rod is controlled to move so as to generate the thrust force on the cutter locking piece, and the thrust force pushes the cutter locking piece to move to the cutter releasing position.

4. The structure of claim 3, wherein one end of the blade-locking member protrudes from the sheath and is connected to a stop, the blade-locking unit comprises at least one spring, one end of the at least one spring abuts against the sheath, the other end of the at least one spring abuts against the stop, and the at least one spring provides a force on the stop to keep the blade-locking member moving to the blade-locking position.

5. The structure for locking and unlocking a blade bar of a machine tool of claim 4, wherein the blade sheath includes a front sleeve and a rear sleeve, the front sleeve has the blade receiving space, the rear sleeve has the shaft hole and is detachably coupled to the front sleeve, and one end of the at least one spring abuts against the rear sleeve and the other end abuts against the stopper.

6. The structure for locking and unlocking the arbor of a machine tool according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the locking blade member is a cylindrical body having a central aperture, the peripheral wall of the locking blade member being provided with at least one through hole communicating with the central aperture, the at least one urging member including a bead body received in the through hole; the distance between the hole wall of the shaft hole of the cutter sleeve and the peripheral surface of the cutter locking piece is smaller than the diameter of the bead body.

7. The locking and unlocking structure of claim 6 wherein said tool holder includes a shank having a neck portion connected to said end portion, said end portion having an outer diameter greater than an outer diameter of said neck portion and extending into said central bore of said cutter locking member when said tool holder is received in said cutter sleeve; the bead body is pushed by the end part to move in the through hole when the cutter rod enters and exits the cutter accommodating space.

8. The structure of claim 7, wherein the cutter sleeve has a stop wall protruding toward the axis, the stop wall has an inner contact surface, the end of the cutter rod has a front pushing surface and a rear inclined surface opposite to each other, and the ball abuts against the inner contact surface and the rear inclined surface when the cutter locking member is in the cutter locking position.

9. The structure for locking and unlocking a tool bar of a machine tool according to claim 3, wherein the locking member of the locking unit is a round bar and is inserted into the shaft hole, the locking unit includes a spring, the spring is sleeved on the locking member, one end of the spring abuts against the cutter sleeve, and the other end of the spring acts on the locking member.

10. The structure of claim 9, wherein the tool holder locking and unlocking mechanism comprises an inner sleeve disposed inside an outer sleeve, the inner sleeve and the outer sleeve forming the tool receiving space therebetween, the inner sleeve having the shaft hole, wherein a blocking wall is formed on an inner wall of the inner sleeve protruding toward the axis, a blocking piece is disposed on the blade locking member, and one end of the spring abuts against the blocking wall and the other end abuts against the blocking piece.

11. The locking and unlocking structure for a tool holder of claim 10 wherein said tool holder has a ring wall, said ring wall having an end edge protruding toward said axis to form said end portion, said end portion having an inner hook surface; the cutter locking piece is provided with a head part which is provided with a butting surface; the peripheral wall of the inner sleeve is provided with at least one through hole communicated with the shaft hole, and the at least one packing piece comprises a bead body which is accommodated in the through hole; wherein the bead body abuts against the inner hook surface and the abutting surface when the cutter locking element is located at the cutter locking position.

12. The structure for locking and unlocking a blade bar of a machine tool according to claim 10 or 11, wherein the outer sleeve has a radial hole, one end of the blade locking member protrudes into the radial hole when the blade locking member is in the blade locking position, and the ejector rod extends into the radial hole to push the blade locking member to move to the blade releasing position.