Disclosure of Invention
The purpose of the disclosure is to provide a substrate glass clamping device, which can effectively clamp substrate glass, prevent the substrate glass from shaking and further improve the quality of cutting the substrate glass by a transverse cutting machine.
In order to achieve the above object, the present disclosure provides a substrate glass clamping device including: the glass clamping device comprises a support, a rotating arm, a first adjusting mechanism and two guide wheel assemblies, wherein the two guide wheel assemblies are respectively arranged on two sides of the thickness direction of substrate glass to clamp the substrate glass together, each guide wheel assembly is provided with the rotating arm and the first adjusting mechanism corresponding to the guide wheel assembly, each guide wheel assembly is connected with the corresponding rotating arm through the corresponding first adjusting mechanism, each first adjusting mechanism is used for driving the corresponding guide wheel assembly to move along the thickness direction of the substrate glass, one end, far away from the corresponding guide wheel assembly, of each rotating arm is rotatably connected to the support, and the rotating axis of each rotating arm is parallel to the length direction of the substrate glass, so that the guide wheel assembly can approach or separate from the substrate glass under the driving of the rotating arm.
Optionally, the first adjusting mechanism includes a first mounting seat, a first lead screw and a first slider, the first mounting seat is disposed at one end of the rotating arm away from the support, the first lead screw is circumferentially rotatable and axially mounted on the first mounting seat along the thickness direction in a locking manner, a first threaded hole is formed in the first slider, the first lead screw is in threaded connection with the first threaded hole and forms a lead screw thread pair, and the first slider is connected to the guide wheel assembly.
Optionally, the first mounting seat is hollow inside to form a sliding groove extending in the thickness direction, the first slider is slidably disposed in the sliding groove in the thickness direction, the first mounting seat is provided with a long hole communicated with the inside of the sliding groove and extending in the thickness direction, the guide wheel assembly comprises a guide wheel support and a guide wheel body, the guide wheel body is disposed on the guide wheel support, the guide wheel support penetrates through the long hole to be connected with the first slider, and the guide wheel support moves in the long hole in the thickness direction.
Optionally, the substrate glass clamping device further comprises a second adjusting mechanism and a third adjusting mechanism, the third adjusting mechanism is connected with the support to drive the support to move along the thickness direction, and the second adjusting mechanism is connected with the third adjusting mechanism to drive the third adjusting mechanism and the support to move along the width direction of the substrate glass.
Optionally, the substrate glass clamping device further comprises a base, the second adjusting mechanism comprises a second mounting seat, a second lead screw and a second sliding block, the second mounting seat is fixed on the base, the second sliding block is arranged on the base in a sliding mode along the width direction, the second lead screw can rotate in the circumferential direction and is axially and lockingly mounted on the second mounting seat along the width direction, a second threaded hole is formed in the second sliding block, the second lead screw is in threaded connection with the second threaded hole to form a lead screw thread pair, and the third adjusting mechanism is connected to the second sliding block.
Optionally, the third adjusting mechanism includes a third lead screw, the second slider is configured as an L-shaped plate structure, the L-shaped plate structure includes a first plate extending along the width direction and a second plate extending along the thickness direction, the first plate is provided with the second threaded hole, the third lead screw is circumferentially rotatable and axially and lockingly mounted on the second plate along the thickness direction, the bracket is provided with a third threaded hole, and the third lead screw and the third threaded hole are connected to form a lead screw thread pair.
Optionally, the third adjustment mechanism further includes a limiting plate, the support includes a first support constructed as a plate-shaped structure and a second support arranged on the first support, the second support is provided with a third threaded hole, the first support is provided with an edge, a first guide groove extending in the thickness direction is formed on the first support, the fastener sequentially passes through the limiting plate, the first guide groove is connected with the second plate, the first support is slidably arranged between the limiting plate and the second plate, and an avoiding groove extending in the thickness direction is formed on the limiting plate for the second support to penetrate through.
Optionally, the second adjusting mechanism further includes a second guiding unit, the second guiding unit includes a sliding block and a guide rail, the guide rail is disposed on the base along the width direction, and the sliding block is slidably connected to the guide rail and connected to the second sliding block.
Optionally, the second adjusting mechanism further includes a second distance measuring unit, the second distance measuring unit includes a second scale and a second pointer, one of the second slider and the base is configured to set the second scale with scale marks along the width direction, and the other is configured to set the second pointer indicating the scale marks.
Optionally, the substrate glass clamping device further comprises a protective cover, the second lead screw comprises a second rod head which is configured as a control handle, the protective cover is arranged on the base and used for covering the second rod head, and an operation opening which is opposite to the second rod head is formed in a side plate of the protective cover along the length direction.
In the above technical solution, first, one end of each rotating arm, which is far away from the corresponding guide wheel assembly, is rotatably connected to the bracket, the other end of each rotating arm is connected to the corresponding guide wheel assembly through the first adjusting mechanism, and the rotating axis of the rotating arm is parallel to the length direction of the substrate glass, so that the first adjusting mechanism and the guide wheel assembly can be driven to approach or separate from the substrate glass in the thickness direction under the condition that the rotating arm is driven to rotate, thereby realizing coarse adjustment of clamping and releasing the substrate glass; secondly, every first adjustment mechanism can also drive alone rather than the leading wheel subassembly that corresponds and move along base plate glass's thickness direction to realize the fine setting to base plate glass centre gripping and release, avoid two leading wheel subassemblies apart from base plate glass 100 the distance inequality, cause one side leading wheel subassembly and base plate glass 100 contact, the condition that the leading wheel subassembly of one side does not contact with base plate glass 100 in addition. Through the mode of coarse adjustment and fine adjustment of this rocking arm and first adjustment mechanism to the leading wheel subassembly at base plate glass thickness direction motion, avoid the adjustment mode single and can't be accurate, realize the centre gripping and the release to base plate glass steadily, cause the centre gripping too tightly and the cracked condition appears or the centre gripping is too loose and can't realize the centre gripping to base plate glass effectively to avoid base plate glass to take place to rock effectively, improve the crosscut and to the quality of base plate glass cutting, improve the efficiency and the yields of base plate glass production.
Additional features and advantages of the disclosure will be set forth in the detailed description which follows.
Detailed Description
The following detailed description of specific embodiments of the present disclosure is provided in connection with the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating the present disclosure, are given by way of illustration and explanation only, not limitation.
In the present disclosure, unless otherwise stated, the use of the terms of orientation such as "longitudinal direction, width direction, and thickness direction" all refer to the fact that the longitudinal direction of the substrate glass 100 is equivalent to the flow direction of the substrate glass 100 up and down in the process of producing the substrate glass 100 by the overflow method; the width direction refers to the width direction of the substrate glass 100, the thickness direction refers to the thickness direction of the substrate glass 100, and the length direction is defined as L, the width direction is defined as W, and the thickness direction is defined as H, which can be specifically referred to as shown in fig. 1; in addition, terms such as "first, second, and third" are used merely to distinguish one element from another, and are not sequential or significant.
As shown in fig. 1 to 5, the present disclosure provides a substrate glass clamping device including: the glass substrate clamping device comprises a support 1, a rotating arm 2, a first adjusting mechanism and two guide wheel assemblies, wherein the two guide wheel assemblies are respectively arranged on two sides of the thickness direction of the substrate glass 100 to clamp the substrate glass 100 together, each guide wheel assembly is provided with the rotating arm 2 and the first adjusting mechanism corresponding to the guide wheel assembly, each guide wheel assembly is connected with the corresponding rotating arm 2 through the corresponding first adjusting mechanism, each first adjusting mechanism is used for driving the guide wheel assembly corresponding to the first adjusting mechanism to move along the thickness direction of the substrate glass 100, one end, far away from the corresponding guide wheel assembly, of each rotating arm 2 is rotatably connected to the support 1, and the rotating axis of each rotating arm 2 is parallel to the length direction of the substrate glass 100, so that the guide wheel assemblies can be close to or far away from the substrate glass 100 under the driving.
It should be noted that, referring to fig. 5, in a specific application, the substrate glass clamping device may be applied to a condition where the substrate glass 100 is produced by an overflow method, the support 1 of the substrate glass clamping device may be fixedly disposed on and above a cross cutting machine 1000 for cutting the substrate glass 100, and an operator may adjust the substrate glass clamping device at the side surface without affecting the breaking operation of the substrate glass 100 by the robot arm 1001 of the cross cutting machine 1000. Therefore, the substrate glass 100 is clamped by the substrate glass clamping device, and the stability of the substrate glass 100 is ensured.
In the above technical solution, first, one end of each rotating arm 2, which is far away from the corresponding guide wheel assembly, is rotatably connected to the bracket 1, the other end of each rotating arm 2 is connected to the corresponding guide wheel assembly through the first adjusting mechanism, and the rotation axis of the rotating arm 2 is parallel to the length direction of the substrate glass 100, so that the first adjusting mechanism and the guide wheel assembly can be driven to approach or separate from the substrate glass 100 in the thickness direction when the rotating arm 2 is driven to rotate, thereby realizing coarse adjustment of clamping and releasing the substrate glass 100; secondly, each first adjusting mechanism can also independently drive the corresponding guide wheel assembly to move along the thickness direction of the substrate glass 100, so that the fine adjustment of clamping and releasing the substrate glass 100 is realized. Through the mode of coarse adjustment and fine adjustment of the movement of the guide wheel component in the thickness direction of the substrate glass 100 by the rotating arm 2 and the first adjusting mechanism, the situation that the substrate glass 100 is clamped and released due to single adjusting mode and inaccurate and stable realization are avoided, the situation that the clamping is too tight and the breakage occurs or the clamping is too loose and the clamping of the substrate glass 100 cannot be effectively realized is avoided, the substrate glass 100 is effectively prevented from shaking, the quality of transverse cutting and cutting of the substrate glass 100 is improved, and the production efficiency and the yield of the substrate glass 100 are improved.
In addition, the boom 2 described above may include a drive source for driving the boom body to rotate and a boom body. The driving source may be constructed as a driving motor that can rotate a certain angle, by which the rotation of the rotor arm body is achieved. Alternatively, the swivel arm 2 may be configured as a gas claw, and the opening and closing of the gas claw may drive the guide wheel assembly to clamp and release the substrate glass 100, with a high degree of automation. Of course, the rotating arm 2 can be rotated by manual operation of an operator, which is not limited by the present disclosure.
In one embodiment, referring to fig. 4, the first adjusting mechanism includes a first mounting seat 31, a first lead screw 32, and a first slider, the first mounting seat 31 is disposed at an end of the rotating arm 2 away from the bracket 1, the first lead screw 32 is circumferentially rotatable and axially lockingly mounted on the first mounting seat 31 along the thickness direction, a first threaded hole is formed on the first slider, the first lead screw 32 is in threaded connection with the first threaded hole and forms a lead screw thread pair, and the first slider is connected to the guide wheel assembly.
The first lead screw 32 is driven to rotate, so that the first slide block connected with the first lead screw is driven to move along the thickness direction of the substrate glass 100, and the guide wheel assembly connected with the first slide block is driven to move along the thickness direction, so that the substrate glass 100 is clamped and released. The mode that adopts this kind of screw nut subassembly to adjust has following advantage: firstly, the adjustment mode is stable in driving, and the condition that the guide wheel assembly moves cannot occur; secondly, in this kind of adjustment mode, every time first lead screw 32 rotates a circle, first slider moves the distance of a pitch on first lead screw 32 along the direction that the thickness direction orientation is close to or keeps away from base plate glass 100, that is to say, every time first lead screw 32 rotates a circle, the distance that first slider drove guide wheel subassembly and moves along the thickness direction is very little to can realize the fine setting to this guide wheel subassembly along the motion of thickness direction, avoid too big and lead to the guide wheel subassembly to structural destruction or can't carry out centre gripping effectively to base plate glass 100 to the guide wheel subassembly along the range of thickness direction regulation.
Alternatively, the end of the first lead screw 32 may be configured as a first operating handle, which may be configured in a pie shape for easy gripping by an operator; when this leading wheel subassembly of drive moves along thickness direction, thereby operating personnel can through holding this first operating handle and rotate this first operating handle and realize the rotation operation to this first lead screw 32, and then drive the leading wheel subassembly and move along thickness direction, realize centre gripping and release to base plate glass 100. Of course, the shape of the first operating handle is not limited in the present disclosure, and may be designed to be a ball head shape, which is convenient for an operator to hold.
In another embodiment, the first lead screw 32 may be driven to rotate by a driving device (not shown), so that manual rotation is not required, and the degree of automation is high. For example, the driving device may include a servo motor (not shown), a first synchronizing wheel (not shown), a timing belt (not shown), and a second synchronizing wheel (not shown), wherein the servo motor is connected to the first synchronizing wheel, the second synchronizing wheel is connected to the first lead screw 32 through the timing belt, and the operator may control the servo motor to rotate through a controller (not shown), thereby driving the first lead screw 32 to rotate. However, the present disclosure is not limited to a specific type of structure of the driving device.
Referring to fig. 1, 2 and 4, the first mounting seat 31 is hollow to form a sliding groove extending along a thickness direction, the first slider is slidably disposed in the sliding groove along the thickness direction, the first mounting seat 31 is provided with a long hole 311 communicating with the inside of the sliding groove and extending along the thickness direction, the guide wheel assembly includes a guide wheel bracket 41 and a guide wheel body 42, the guide wheel body 42 is disposed on the guide wheel bracket 41, the guide wheel bracket 41 penetrates through the long hole 311 to be connected with the first slider, and the guide wheel bracket 41 moves in the long hole 311 along the thickness direction.
In this embodiment, first, providing the sliding groove extending in the thickness direction in the first mount base 31 can effectively guide the first slider to move in the thickness direction, and thus stably drive the guide wheel assembly to move in the thickness direction; secondly, the weight of the first mounting seat 31 can be effectively reduced due to the design of the sliding groove, so that the light weight design of the substrate glass clamping device is facilitated; in addition, set up on this first mount pad 31 with the inside intercommunication of sliding tray and along the slot hole 311 of thickness direction extension, this slot hole 311 is worn to establish by leading wheel support 41 and is connected with first slider, and leading wheel support 41 moves in slot hole 311 along the thickness direction, and this slot hole 311 can guide this leading wheel subassembly effectively and move along the thickness direction, avoids the leading wheel subassembly to take place to rock at the in-process of thickness direction motion, guarantees the stability of this leading wheel subassembly in the motion of thickness direction.
Specifically, referring to fig. 4, the guide wheel bracket 41 may include a plurality of guide wheel connecting rods 411 and a guide wheel bracket body 412, the guide wheel connecting rods 411 may be provided in plurality, the plurality of guide wheel bodies 42 may be rotatably installed on the plurality of guide wheel connecting rods 411, respectively, and the plurality of guide wheel connecting rods 411 may be provided on the guide wheel bracket body 412. Wherein, optionally, one of the guide wheel connecting rods 411 passes through the guide wheel bracket body 412 and the long hole 311 in sequence to be connected with the first slider, and the long hole 311 realizes the guiding function of the guide wheel connecting rod 411, thereby improving the stability of the movement of the guide wheel assembly in the thickness direction.
More specifically, referring to fig. 1 and 4, the guide wheel bracket body 412 is configured as an L-shaped plate structure including a first plate 4121 extending in a width direction and a second plate 4122 extending in a length direction. The first mounting seat 31 is provided with a second guide groove 310 extending in the thickness direction, and the first plate 4121 is slidably disposed in the second guide groove 310. In this embodiment, firstly, a guide engagement is formed between the guide wheel connecting rod 411 and the long hole 311, and secondly, a guide engagement is formed between the first plate body 4121 of the guide wheel bracket body 412 and the second guide groove 310, so that it can be ensured that the guide wheel assembly moves in the thickness direction more stably.
As shown in fig. 4, an end portion of the sliding groove of the first mounting seat 31 in the thickness direction may be provided with a mounting plate 312, and the first lead screw 32 may be mounted on the mounting plate 312 so as to be circumferentially rotatable and axially lockable and may be connected to a first slider provided in the sliding groove. The installation plate 312 is arranged to facilitate the installation of the first lead screw 32, and the structure is compact; in addition, the mounting plate 312 can effectively prevent the first slider disposed in the sliding groove from sliding out of the sliding groove.
In one embodiment, the substrate glass holding apparatus may further include a second adjustment mechanism connected to the support 1 to drive the support 1 to move in the thickness direction, and a third adjustment mechanism connected to the third adjustment mechanism to drive the third adjustment mechanism and the support 1 to move in the width direction of the substrate glass 100. In this embodiment, the third adjusting mechanism is connected to the bracket 1 to drive the two guide wheel assemblies to move integrally in the thickness direction, so as to adjust the two guide wheel assemblies to a position approximately parallel to the substrate glass 100, thereby facilitating the clamping of the substrate glass 100; and the second adjusting mechanism is connected with the third adjusting mechanism, and the second adjusting mechanism is used for driving the third adjusting mechanism and moves along the width direction together with the support 1 so as to drive the two guide wheel assemblies to move along the width direction until the two guide wheel assemblies are positioned at two sides of the clamping position of the substrate glass 100, so that the substrate glass 100 is clamped, and the adjustment of an operator is facilitated.
Optionally, referring to fig. 1 and 3, the substrate glass clamping device further includes a base 10, the second adjusting mechanism includes a second mounting seat 51, a second lead screw 52, and a second slider 53, the second mounting seat 51 is fixed to the base 10, the second slider 53 is configured to be slidably disposed on the base 10 along the width direction, the second lead screw 52 is circumferentially rotatable and axially lockingly mounted on the second mounting seat 51 along the width direction, a second threaded hole is disposed on the second slider 53, the second lead screw 52 and the second threaded hole are in threaded connection and form a lead screw thread pair, and the third adjusting mechanism is connected to the second slider 53. In this embodiment, the second adjustment mechanism is provided as a driving method of the screw nut assembly, so that the driving is stable and the structure is simple, thereby effectively reducing the manufacturing cost. Of course, the present disclosure does not limit the structural type of the third adjusting mechanism, and a driving structure such as a pneumatic cylinder, a hydraulic cylinder, and a linear motor may be used for driving.
Alternatively, referring to fig. 1 and 3, the third adjusting mechanism includes a third lead screw 61, the second slider 53 is configured as an L-shaped plate structure including a first plate 531 extending in the width direction and a second plate 532 extending in the thickness direction, a second threaded hole is provided on the first plate 531, the third lead screw 61 is circumferentially rotatably and axially lockingly mounted on the second plate 532 in the thickness direction, a third threaded hole is provided on the bracket 1, and the third lead screw 61 and the third threaded hole are connected and form a lead screw thread pair. In this embodiment, the first plate 531 is provided with a second threaded hole for connection with the second lead screw 52, the third lead screw 61 is mounted to the second plate 532 in a circumferentially rotatable and axially lockable manner, and the second slider 53 is provided in an L-shaped plate-like configuration for connection of the structures. The present disclosure does not limit the specific shape of the second slider 53.
In addition, referring to fig. 1, the second slider 53 is provided with a first connecting plate 533 and a second connecting plate 534, the first connecting plate 533 is provided at an end of the first plate 531, and the first connecting plate 533 is used for connecting with the second lead screw 52; the second connecting plate 534 is configured as an L-shaped plate structure including a third plate 5341 extending in the thickness direction and a fourth plate 5342 extending in the length direction, the third plate 5341 being connected to an end of the second plate 532, and the third lead screw 61 being circumferentially rotatably and axially lockingly mounted to the fourth plate 5342. Through setting up this first connecting plate 533 and second connecting plate 534, the threaded connection of second lead screw 52 and first connecting plate 533 takes place to become invalid, or when third lead screw 61 and fourth plate 5342 are connected inefficacy, only need to change corresponding connecting plate can, need not to change second slider 53, improve this second slider 53's life, reduce the maintenance cost.
Optionally, referring to fig. 1, the third adjusting mechanism further includes a limiting plate 62, the bracket 1 includes a first bracket 11 configured as a plate-shaped structure, and a second bracket 12 disposed on the first bracket 11, a third threaded hole is disposed on the second bracket 12, a first guide groove 110 extending in the thickness direction is formed on the first bracket 11, a fastener sequentially passes through the limiting plate 62 and the first guide groove 110 to be connected with the second plate 532, and the first bracket 11 is slidably disposed between the limiting plate 62 and the second plate 532, and an avoidance groove 621 extending in the thickness direction is formed on the limiting plate 62 to allow the second bracket 12 to pass through.
In this embodiment, through setting up limiting plate 62, utilize fastener 62 to be connected this limiting plate 62 and second plate 532 to can make first support 11 set up between limiting plate 62 and second plate 532 slidable, when guaranteeing that first support 11 can slide, this limiting plate 62 can also restrict first support 11 effectively and take place to rock or take place the condition that drops, firm in connection between the structure. By arranging the first guide groove 110 extending in the thickness direction on the first support 11, the fastener can be effectively avoided, and the support 1 can not effectively move in the thickness direction; by providing the avoiding groove 621 extending in the thickness direction on the limiting plate 62, the second support 12 can be effectively avoided, and the support 1 is prevented from effectively moving in the thickness direction.
Referring to fig. 1 and 3, the second adjustment mechanism may further include a second guide unit including a slide block 71 and a guide rail 72, the guide rail 72 being provided to the base 10 in the width direction, the slide block 71 being slidably coupled to the guide rail 72 and coupled to the second slide block 53. The second sliding block 53 can be smoothly guided to move along the width direction by arranging the guide structures which are constructed into the guide rail 72 and the sliding block 71, so that the second sliding block 53 is prevented from shaking in the moving process; the second guide unit may be configured as any suitable guide structure, for example, may be configured as a dovetail groove structure, a sliding rod structure, etc., which is not limited by the present disclosure.
Referring to fig. 1, the third adjusting mechanism may further include a third guide unit including a sliding protrusion and a sliding groove forming a sliding fit, one of the sliding protrusion and the sliding groove being disposed in the second plate 532 in the thickness direction, and the other being disposed in the first bracket 11 in the thickness direction. The situation that the support 1 shakes during the movement in the thickness direction is avoided. The third guide unit may also be configured as any suitable guide structure, which is not limited by the present disclosure.
Referring to fig. 1, the second adjustment mechanism may further include a second distance measurement unit including a second scale 81 and a second pointer 82, one of the second slider 53 and the base 10 being used to set the second scale 81 having scale marks in the width direction, and the other being used to set the second pointer 82 indicating the scale marks. The distance of the second sliding block 53 moving along the width direction can be effectively measured by the second distance measuring unit, that is, the distance of the guide wheel assembly moving along the width direction can be effectively measured, so that the operator can accurately control the distance between the guide wheel assembly and the substrate glass 100 in the width direction, and the accuracy of adjustment is facilitated.
In addition, the third adjustment mechanism may further include a third distance measurement unit including a third scale (not shown) and a third pointer (not shown), one of the second plate 532 and the first bracket 11 being configured to set the third scale having scale marks in the thickness direction, and the other being configured to set the third pointer indicating the scale marks. The distance of the support moving along the thickness direction can be effectively measured by the third distance measuring unit, the distance of the guide wheel assembly moving along the thickness direction can also be effectively measured, and the operator can accurately control the distance between the guide wheel assembly and the substrate glass 100 in the thickness direction, so that the accuracy is facilitated.
Alternatively, referring to fig. 1, the substrate glass holding apparatus further includes a shield 9, the second lead screw 52 includes a second rod head 521 configured as a manipulating handle, the shield 9 is provided to the base 10 and is used to cover the second rod head 521, and an operation opening 91 opposite to the second rod head 521 is formed on a side plate of the shield 9 in the length direction. In the process of overflow method production base plate glass 100, the clear condition of base plate glass 100 fracture can take place, if operating personnel rotates the operation through operation mouth 91 to second pole head 521 this moment, protection casing 9 can play the guard action to operating personnel's hand at the very first time, prevents that broken glass piece that has a high temperature from causing the injury to operating personnel's hand and second pole head 521, and factor of safety is higher.
The preferred embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, however, the present disclosure is not limited to the specific details of the above embodiments, and various simple modifications may be made to the technical solution of the present disclosure within the technical idea of the present disclosure, and these simple modifications all belong to the protection scope of the present disclosure.
It should be noted that, in the foregoing embodiments, various features described in the above embodiments may be combined in any suitable manner, and in order to avoid unnecessary repetition, various combinations that are possible in the present disclosure are not described again.
In addition, any combination of various embodiments of the present disclosure may be made, and the same should be considered as the disclosure of the present disclosure, as long as it does not depart from the spirit of the present disclosure.