CN112230531A - Real water testing equipment for electronic product - Google Patents

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CN112230531A
CN112230531A CN202011070081.4A CN202011070081A CN112230531A CN 112230531 A CN112230531 A CN 112230531A CN 202011070081 A CN202011070081 A CN 202011070081A CN 112230531 A CN112230531 A CN 112230531A
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The invention discloses real water testing equipment for an electronic product, which comprises a product placing seat, a water delivery device and a horizontal driving device, wherein the product placing seat is provided with an air exhaust hole, one end of the air exhaust hole penetrates through a product supporting surface, the other end of the air exhaust hole is used for being communicated with an external vacuumizing device, and when the electronic product is placed on the product placing seat, the air exhaust hole is hermetically connected with a testing port of the electronic product; the water delivery device is provided with a water pipeline, a soft rubber sealing piece is connected to the water delivery device at a water outlet of the water pipeline in a sealing manner, a through hole communicated with the water outlet is formed in the soft rubber sealing piece, the soft rubber sealing piece is provided with an end face matched with the side wall of the electronic product, and the through hole penetrates through the end face; the horizontal driving device is used for driving the product placing seat to be close to so that the side wall of the electronic product positioned on the product placing seat is connected to the soft rubber sealing piece in a sealing mode and the opening on the electronic product is communicated to the through hole on the soft rubber sealing piece in a sealing mode, or is far away from the water delivery device so that the electronic product is separated from being in contact with the soft rubber sealing piece.

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Real water testing equipment for electronic product
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of real water testing, in particular to real water testing equipment for electronic products.
Background
At present, when real water testing equipment is used for carrying out real water testing on electronic products such as a smart watch, when the shapes of the electronic products or the positions of tested positions are special (for example, when the smart watch is shown in fig. 1, holes needing to be tested are formed in the side wall of the electronic products with special shapes, and testing openings are formed in the bottom of the electronic products), the testing is difficult to carry out, or complex structure matching is needed.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide real water testing equipment which can realize real water testing of electronic products by using a simpler structure.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides real water testing equipment for an electronic product, wherein the electronic product is provided with an opening penetrating through the side wall of the electronic product and a testing port positioned at the bottom of the electronic product, a waterproof breathable film is arranged at the opening, the real water testing equipment comprises a product placing seat, a water delivery device and a horizontal driving device, the product placing seat is used for placing the electronic product to be tested, the product placing seat is provided with an air exhaust hole, one end of the air exhaust hole penetrates through a product supporting surface of the product placing seat, the other end of the air exhaust hole is used for communicating with an external vacuum device, and when the electronic product is placed on the product placing seat, the air exhaust hole is hermetically connected with the testing port of the electronic product; a water pipeline is arranged on the water delivery device, a soft rubber sealing piece is connected to the water delivery device at a water outlet of the water pipeline in a sealing mode, a through hole communicated with the water outlet is formed in the soft rubber sealing piece, the soft rubber sealing piece is provided with an end face matched with the side wall of the electronic product, and the through hole penetrates through the end face; the horizontal driving device is used for driving the product placing seat to be close to enable the side wall of an electronic product positioned on the product placing seat to be connected to the soft rubber sealing piece in a sealing mode and an opening on the electronic product to be communicated to the through hole on the soft rubber sealing piece in a sealing mode, or the horizontal driving device is far away from the water delivery device to enable the electronic product to be separated from contact with the soft rubber sealing piece.
Optionally, the real water testing equipment further comprises a bottom plate, the water delivery device and the horizontal driving device are installed on the bottom plate, a water through hole penetrating up and down is formed in the bottom plate, and the water through hole is in sealing connection with the water pipeline.
Optionally, the water delivery device is a water delivery block, one end of the water pipeline penetrates through a bottom wall of the water delivery block to be connected with the water through hole in a sealing manner, and the other end of the water pipeline penetrates through a side wall of the water delivery block to form the water outlet.
Optionally, an installation groove is formed in the side wall of the water delivery block, and the soft rubber sealing piece is embedded and fixed in the installation groove.
Optionally, the output end of the horizontal driving device is connected with a horizontal mounting plate, the horizontal mounting plate is provided with a clamping cylinder and a product placing seat, two clamping jaws of the clamping cylinder are connected with two clamping pieces, and the clamping cylinder is used for driving the two clamping pieces to clamp and position the electronic product on the product placing seat or release the clamping of the electronic product.
Optionally, a limiting side wall for limiting the electronic product is formed on the product placing seat, and notches are formed on two opposite sides of the limiting side wall; the inner sides of the two clamping pieces are respectively provided with a flexible piece which is in contact with the electronic product, and when the clamping cylinder drives the two clamping pieces to clamp the electronic product, the flexible piece passes through the notch to clamp the electronic product.
Optionally, a sliding rail is arranged on the bottom plate, a sliding block is arranged on the sliding rail in a sliding mode, and the horizontal mounting plate is fixedly connected to the sliding block.
Optionally, the horizontal driving device is a horizontal pushing cylinder, an output end of the horizontal pushing cylinder is connected with a connecting plate, and one end of the horizontal mounting plate is fixedly connected to the connecting plate.
Optionally, the water delivery device is further provided with a water drainage pipeline communicated with the through hole of the soft rubber sealing piece, and the water drainage pipeline is connected with a water pumping device to perform water drainage operation after the test is completed.
Compared with the prior art, the real water testing equipment mainly comprises a product placing seat, a water delivery device and a horizontal driving device, the opening of an electronic product on the product placing seat can be butted to the water delivery device through the back-and-forth driving of the horizontal driving device so as to be convenient for carrying out waterproof testing, or the product placing seat and the electronic product are far away from the water delivery device so as to be convenient for replacing the electronic product to be tested, and the real water testing equipment is simple in integral structure, convenient to use and low in cost. Moreover, the soft rubber sealing piece is arranged, and the soft rubber sealing piece is provided with the end face matched with the side wall of the electronic product, so that a good sealing effect can be still realized when the side wall of the electronic product is special in shape; meanwhile, when the electronic product is positioned on the product placing seat, the direct sealing communication between the test port and the air suction hole can be directly realized, and the structure is simple and easy to realize.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an electronic product according to an embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 2 is a schematic perspective view of a real water testing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is an exploded view of a real water testing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is an exploded structural schematic view of the water delivery device and the soft rubber sealing member according to the embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional structure diagram of a water delivery device and a soft rubber sealing member according to an embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 6 is a schematic perspective view of a product placement seat according to an embodiment of the invention.
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In order to explain technical contents and structural features of the present invention in detail, the following description is made with reference to the embodiments and the accompanying drawings.
Referring to fig. 1, an electronic product 1 for testing by using the real water testing apparatus of the present invention is disclosed, the electronic product 1 is a semi-finished smart watch (without a bottom case), and has an opening 10 penetrating through a side wall thereof and a testing port 11 at a bottom thereof, and a waterproof and breathable film (not shown) is disposed at the opening 10. Of course, the present invention is not limited to use with a particular electronic product 1.
Referring to fig. 2 to 6, the invention discloses a real water testing device, which includes a product placing seat 2, a water delivery device 3 and a horizontal driving device 4, wherein the product placing seat 2 is used for placing an electronic product 1 to be tested, the product placing seat 2 is provided with an air exhaust hole 21, one end of the air exhaust hole 21 penetrates through a product supporting surface 22 of the product placing seat 2, the other end of the air exhaust hole 21 is used for communicating with an external vacuum pumping device (not shown), and when the electronic product 1 is placed on the product placing seat 2, the air exhaust hole 21 is hermetically connected with a testing port 11 of the electronic product 1; the water delivery device 3 is provided with a water pipeline 30, the water delivery device 3 is connected with a soft rubber sealing piece 9 at a water outlet 31 of the water pipeline 30 in a sealing way, a through hole 91 communicated with the water outlet 31 is formed on the soft rubber sealing piece 9, the soft rubber sealing piece 9 is provided with an end face 92 matched with the side wall of the electronic product 1, and the through hole 91 penetrates through the end face 92; the horizontal driving device 4 is used for driving the product placing seat 2 to be close to the water delivery device 3 so that the side wall of the electronic product 1 positioned on the product placing seat 2 is connected to the soft glue sealing piece 9 in a sealing manner and the open hole 10 on the electronic product 1 is communicated to the through hole 91 on the soft glue sealing piece 9 in a sealing manner, or is far away from the water delivery device 3 so that the electronic product 1 is separated from the contact with the soft glue sealing piece 9.
The real water testing equipment mainly comprises a product placing seat 2, a water delivery device 3 and a horizontal driving device 4, wherein the opening 10 of an electronic product 1 on the product placing seat 2 can be butted to the water delivery device 3 through the back-and-forth driving of the horizontal driving device 4 so as to be convenient for carrying out waterproof testing or the product placing seat 2 and the electronic product 1 are far away from the water delivery device 3 so as to be convenient for replacing the electronic product 1 to be tested, and the real water testing equipment has the advantages of simple integral structure, convenience in use and lower cost. Moreover, the soft glue sealing piece 9 is arranged, and the soft glue sealing piece 9 is provided with the end face 92 matched with the side wall of the electronic product 1, so that a good sealing effect can be still realized when the side wall of the electronic product 1 is special in shape; meanwhile, when the electronic product 1 is positioned on the product placing seat 2, the direct sealing communication between the test port 11 and the air exhaust hole 21 can be directly realized, and the structure is simple and easy to realize.
In some embodiments, the real water testing device further comprises a bottom plate 5, the water delivery device 3 and the horizontal driving device 4 are mounted on the bottom plate 5, a water through hole 51 penetrating up and down is formed on the bottom plate 5, and the water through hole 51 is connected with the water through pipeline 30 in a sealing mode. By mounting the water delivery means 3 and the horizontal drive means 4 together on the base plate 5, the overall movement of the water testing device of the present invention is facilitated.
In an alternative embodiment, the water delivery device 3 is a water delivery block, one end of the water passage 30 penetrates through the bottom wall of the water delivery block to be connected with the water passage hole 51 in a sealing manner, and the other end of the water passage 30 penetrates through one side wall of the water delivery block to form the water outlet 31.
Specifically, the side wall of the water delivery block is provided with an installation groove 32, and the soft rubber sealing piece 9 is embedded and fixed in the installation groove 32. By means of the technical means, the soft rubber sealing piece 9 can be reliably installed, and therefore reliable testing is guaranteed.
As an alternative embodiment, the output end of the horizontal driving device 4 is connected with a horizontal mounting plate 6, the horizontal mounting plate 6 is provided with a clamping cylinder 7 and a product placing seat 2, two clamping jaws 71 of the clamping cylinder 7 are connected with two clamping members 8, and the clamping cylinder 7 is used for driving the two clamping members 8 to clamp and position the electronic product 1 placed on the product placing seat 2 or release the clamping of the electronic product 1. Because the clamping cylinder 7 for clamping the electronic product 1 and the product placing seat 2 are simultaneously arranged on the horizontal mounting plate 6, the whole structure is compact.
Specifically, a limiting side wall 23 for limiting the electronic product 1 is formed on the product placing seat 2, and notches 24 are formed on two opposite sides of the limiting side wall 23; the flexible pieces 81 contacting with the electronic product 1 are respectively installed on the inner sides of the two clamping pieces 8, and when the clamping cylinder 7 drives the two clamping pieces 8 to clamp the electronic product 1, the flexible pieces 81 clamp the electronic product 1 through the notch 24. By means of the technical means, the electronic product 1 can be reliably clamped, and the electronic product 1 cannot be damaged.
Specifically, a slide rail 55 is arranged on the bottom plate 5, a slide block 56 is arranged on the slide rail 55 in a sliding manner, and the horizontal mounting plate 6 is fixedly connected to the slide block 56. By means of the technical means, reliable sliding of the horizontal mounting plate 6 can be guaranteed, and reliable execution of real water testing is further guaranteed.
Specifically, the horizontal driving device 4 is a horizontal pushing cylinder, an output end of the horizontal pushing cylinder is connected with a connecting plate 41, and one end of the horizontal mounting plate 6 is fixedly connected to the connecting plate 41.
In some embodiments, the water delivery device 3 is further provided with a drain line 33 communicated with the through hole 91 of the soft rubber seal 9, and the drain line 33 is connected with a water pumping device (not shown) to perform a draining operation after the test is completed. By means of the technical means, the influence of residual moisture in the corresponding pipeline on the test of the electronic product 1 to be tested can be avoided after the test is finished.
Specifically, the bottom plate 5 is formed with a drain hole 52 hermetically connected to the drain line 33.
When the real water testing equipment in the embodiment of the invention is used for testing, the testing can be carried out in the following way: firstly, a vacuumizing device is used for performing air extraction operation on the test port 11, so that the negative pressure value can be used for judging whether the waterproof breathable film is leaked and stuck or not, climbing a wall and the like; then, water is conveyed from the water pipeline 30, the through hole 91 and the open hole 10 to the waterproof breathable film by using external water supply equipment, and preset water pressure is applied; then, whether the waterproof breathable film leaks water or not can be judged according to the change of the water pressure within the preset time; and finally, completely discharging the test water in the pipeline by using the water pumping device after the test is finished.
The above disclosure is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and should not be taken as limiting the scope of the invention, so that the appended claims are intended to cover all such modifications and changes as fall within the true spirit of the invention.

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1. The utility model provides a true water test equipment for electronic product, electronic product have run through the trompil of its lateral wall and be located the test port of its bottom, and this trompil department is equipped with waterproof ventilated membrane, its characterized in that, true water test equipment includes:
the electronic product testing device comprises a product placing seat, a testing port and a vacuum device, wherein the product placing seat is used for placing an electronic product to be tested, an air exhaust hole is formed in the product placing seat, one end of the air exhaust hole penetrates through a product supporting surface of the product placing seat, the other end of the air exhaust hole is used for being communicated with an external vacuum device, and when the electronic product is placed on the product placing seat, the air exhaust hole is hermetically connected with the testing port of the electronic product;
the water delivery device is provided with a water pipeline, a soft rubber sealing piece is connected to the water delivery device at a water outlet of the water pipeline in a sealing mode, a through hole communicated with the water outlet is formed in the soft rubber sealing piece, the soft rubber sealing piece is provided with an end face matched with the side wall of the electronic product, and the through hole penetrates through the end face;
the horizontal driving device is used for driving the product placing seat to be close to the water delivery device so that the side wall of an electronic product positioned on the product placing seat is connected to the soft rubber sealing piece in a sealing mode and an opening on the electronic product is communicated to the through hole on the soft rubber sealing piece in a sealing mode, or the horizontal driving device is far away from the water delivery device so that the electronic product is separated from contact with the soft rubber sealing piece.
2. The real water testing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a base plate, wherein the water delivery device and the horizontal driving device are mounted on the base plate, a water through hole penetrating up and down is formed on the base plate, and the water through hole is hermetically connected with the water through pipeline.
3. The real water testing apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein said water delivery means is a water delivery block, one end of said water passage pipe penetrates a bottom wall of said water delivery block to be sealingly connected to said water passage hole, and the other end of said water passage pipe penetrates a side wall of said water delivery block to form said water outlet.
4. The real water testing device of claim 3, wherein an installation groove is formed in a side wall of the water delivery block, and the soft rubber sealing member is fixedly embedded in the installation groove.
5. The real water testing device according to claim 2, wherein a horizontal mounting plate is connected to an output end of the horizontal driving device, a clamping cylinder and the product placing seat are mounted on the horizontal mounting plate, two clamping members are connected to two clamping jaws of the clamping cylinder, and the clamping cylinder is used for driving the two clamping members to clamp and position the electronic product placed on the product placing seat or releasing clamping of the electronic product.
6. The real water testing device according to claim 5, wherein a limiting side wall for limiting the electronic product is formed on the product placing seat, and notches are formed on two opposite sides of the limiting side wall; the inner sides of the two clamping pieces are respectively provided with a flexible piece which is in contact with the electronic product, and when the clamping cylinder drives the two clamping pieces to clamp the electronic product, the flexible piece passes through the notch to clamp the electronic product.
7. The real water testing device according to claim 5, wherein the bottom plate is provided with a slide rail, the slide rail is provided with a slide block in a sliding manner, and the horizontal mounting plate is fixedly connected to the slide block.
8. The real water testing device according to claim 5, wherein the horizontal driving device is a horizontal pushing cylinder, an output end of the horizontal pushing cylinder is connected with a connecting plate, and one end of the horizontal mounting plate is fixedly connected with the connecting plate.
9. The real water testing device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a water drainage pipeline communicated with the through hole of the soft rubber sealing member is further arranged on the water delivery device, and the water drainage pipeline is connected with a water pumping device to perform water drainage operation after the test is completed.
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