CN112754088B - High-speed annular following mask machine - Google Patents

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CN112754088B
CN112754088B CN202110051651.3A CN202110051651A CN112754088B CN 112754088 B CN112754088 B CN 112754088B CN 202110051651 A CN202110051651 A CN 202110051651A CN 112754088 B CN112754088 B CN 112754088B
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29CSHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
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Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of mask machines and discloses a high-speed annular following mask machine which comprises a frame, wherein driving wheels are fixedly arranged at the left part and the right part of the frame, the driving wheels are connected through a transmission belt, support arms are vertically and upwards fixedly connected at the left part and the right part of the upper part of the frame, and the upper parts of the two support arms are fixedly connected with the bottom of a same bearing plate. According to the invention, the dust collector and the dust collection hose are arranged to match with the rubber scraping plate to scrape dirt and absorb dirt dust on the outer wall of the pressure cylinder, so that the outer wall of the pressure cylinder is always clean, and the quality of the mask is ensured.

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High-speed annular following mask machine
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of mask machines, in particular to a high-speed annular following mask machine.
Background
At present, the mask machine is to manufacture various masks with certain filtering capability through the procedures of hot pressing, folding forming, ultrasonic welding, scrap cutting, ear belt nose bridge strip welding and the like with multi-layer non-woven fabrics, the mask equipment is not a single machine, the cooperation of a plurality of machines is needed to complete various different procedures, and the mask equipment popular in the market comprises: cup-type mask machine, non-woven fabric plane mask machine, N95 mask machine, 3M9001/9002 folding mask machine, duck-bill type mask machine, three-dimensional dustproof mask machine, etc.
In the prior art, when the high-speed annular following mask machine is actually operated, the outer wall of the pressing cylinder works for a long time and is stained with dust and dirt, so that the quality of the mask is not affected due to timely cleaning.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a high-speed annular following mask machine, which solves the problems in the background technology.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the present invention provides the following technical solutions: the high-speed annular following mask machine comprises a frame, wherein driving wheels are fixedly arranged at the left part and the right part of the frame, the driving wheels are connected through a transmission belt, support arms are vertically and fixedly connected at the left part and the right part of the upper part of the frame, and the upper parts of the two support arms are fixedly connected with the bottom of the same bearing plate; the middle position on the rack is vertically and upwards fixedly connected with the organic case;
the middle position of the upper part of the case is vertically and downwards fixedly provided with a cylinder, and the lower end part of a piston rod of the cylinder is fixedly connected with an inverted concave plate frame; the left part and the right part of the machine case are distributed in a communicated mode, the upper parts of the left side and the right side of the machine case are respectively and movably hinged with a protective cover plate through a pin shaft, a dust collector is fixedly arranged at the left part of the upper surface of the machine case, a suction port of the dust collector is fixedly communicated with the head end of a suction pipe, the tail end of the suction pipe is fixedly communicated with the head end of a dust collection hose, and the tail end of the dust collection hose is fixedly connected with a rubber scraping plate;
the middle part of the front side of the inverted concave plate frame is fixedly connected with a servo motor, the driving end of the servo motor is fixedly connected with a pressing cylinder, a side plate is fixedly covered on the rear side of the pressing cylinder, a bearing is fixedly embedded in the middle part of the side plate, a shaft lever is horizontally and forwards fixedly arranged on the middle shaft of the bearing, and a resistance heating plate is fixedly connected to the lower side surface of the shaft lever.
As a preferable implementation mode of the invention, the left and right parts at the bottom of the frame are vertically and downwards fixedly provided with the supporting legs.
As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the upper surface of the bearing plate is attached to the inner surface of the conveyor belt.
As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the dust discharge port of the dust collector is fixedly connected with a dust collecting box.
As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the linear distance between the lower end surfaces of the two protective cover plates and the conveyor belt is 5cm.
As a preferable implementation mode of the invention, the tail end of the dust collection hose is fixedly and hermetically penetrated at the left side of the upper part of the inverted concave plate frame, the bottom surface of the rubber scraping plate is attached to the outer wall of the pressing cylinder, and the length of the pressing cylinder is equal to that of the rubber scraping plate.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the length of the pressing cylinder is equal to the width of the conveying belt, and the outer wall of the pressing cylinder is engraved with a pressing printing surface.
As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the press cylinder is an aluminum alloy cylinder.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects:
1. according to the mask manufacturing method, melt-blown cloth and protective layer cloth for manufacturing the mask are input into the inner cavity of the inverted machine box from the left side of the conveying belt, then the inverted concave plate frame is driven to descend by the piston rod to drive the pressing cylinder to descend and fit on the conveying belt through the cylinder rod, and the servo motor is driven to rotate to carry out high-speed annular follow pressing to manufacture the mask, and in the pressing process, the pressing cylinder can be preheated due to the fact that the resistor heating plate is arranged in the inner cavity of the pressing cylinder, so that the effect and efficiency of pressing the mask are improved.
2. According to the invention, the dust collector and the dust collection hose are arranged to match with the rubber scraping plate to scrape dirt and absorb dirt dust on the outer wall of the pressure cylinder, so that the outer wall of the pressure cylinder is always clean, and the quality of the mask is ensured.
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Other features, objects and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent upon reading of the detailed description of non-limiting embodiments, given with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of a high-speed annular following mask machine of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a side view of a connection between a rubber scraper and a pressure cylinder of the high-speed annular following mask machine;
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the connection structure of the pressing cylinder and the inverted concave plate frame of the high-speed annular following mask machine;
fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a side view of a connection between a pressing cylinder and a shaft rod of the high-speed annular following mask machine.
In the figure: 1. a frame; 2. a support arm; 3. a support leg; 4. a driving wheel; 5. a bearing plate; 6. a protective cover plate; 7. a chassis; 8. a dust collection hose; 9. a dust collector; 10. a dust collection box; 11. a suction tube; 12. a cylinder; 13. a pin shaft; 14. a piston rod; 15. inverted concave plate frame; 16. a servo motor; 17. pressing a cylinder; 18. a transmission belt; 19. a resistance heating plate; 20. a shaft lever; 21. a bearing; 22. a rubber scraper; 23. pressing the printing surface; 24. and a side plate.
The apparatus of the present invention is available both commercially and by private customization.
Detailed Description
The invention is further described in connection with the following detailed description, in order to make the technical means, the creation characteristics, the achievement of the purpose and the effect of the invention easy to understand.
In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience in describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention; in the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless explicitly stated and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "disposed" are to be construed broadly, and may be fixedly connected, disposed, or detachably connected, disposed, or integrally connected, disposed, for example. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention will be understood in specific cases by those of ordinary skill in the art.
Embodiment one:
referring to fig. 1-4, the present invention provides a technical solution: the high-speed annular following mask machine comprises a frame 1, wherein driving wheels 4 are fixedly arranged at the left part and the right part of the frame 1, the two driving wheels 4 are in transmission connection through a transmission belt 18, support arms 2 are vertically and upwards fixedly connected at the left part and the right part of the upper part of the frame 1, and the upper parts of the two support arms 2 are fixedly connected with the bottom of the same bearing plate 5; the middle position on the frame 1 is vertically and upwards fixedly connected with a case 7; an air cylinder 12 is vertically and downwards fixedly arranged in the middle of the upper part of the case 7, and the lower end part of a piston rod 14 of the air cylinder 12 is fixedly connected with an inverted concave plate frame 15; the left part and the right part of the machine case 7 are distributed in a communicated manner, the upper parts of the left side and the right side of the machine case 7 are movably hinged with a protective cover plate 6 through pin shafts 13, the left part of the upper surface of the machine case 7 is fixedly provided with a dust collector 9, a suction port of the dust collector 9 is fixedly communicated with the head end of a suction pipe 11, the tail end of the suction pipe 11 is fixedly communicated with the head end of a dust collection hose 8, and the tail end of the dust collection hose 8 is fixedly connected with a rubber scraper 22; the middle part of the front side of the inverted concave plate frame 15 is fixedly connected with a servo motor 16, the driving end of the servo motor 16 is fixedly connected with a pressing cylinder 17, a side plate 24 is fixedly covered on the rear side of the pressing cylinder 17, a bearing 21 is fixedly embedded in the middle part of the side plate 24, a shaft lever 20 is horizontally and forwards fixedly arranged in the middle of the bearing 21, and the lower side surface of the shaft lever 20 is fixedly connected with a resistance heating plate 19; specific: the melt-blown cloth and protective layer cloth for manufacturing the mask are input into the inner cavity of the inverted machine box 7 from the left side of the conveying belt 18, then the cylinder 12 works to drive the inverted concave plate frame 15 to descend through the piston rod 14 so as to drive the pressing cylinder 17 to descend and attach to the conveying belt 18, and the servo motor 16 works to drive the pressing cylinder 17 to rotate to carry out high-speed annular following pressing to manufacture the mask, in the pressing process, the pressing cylinder 17 can be preheated due to the fact that the resistor heating plate 19 is arranged in the inner cavity of the pressing cylinder 17, so that the effect and efficiency of mask pressing are improved, and the dust collector 9 and the dust collection hose 8 are arranged to match with the rubber scraping plate 22 to scrape dirt and absorb dirt dust on the outer wall of the pressing cylinder 17, so that the outer wall of the pressing cylinder 17 is always clean, and the quality of the mask is guaranteed.
Embodiment two:
referring to fig. 1-4, the present invention provides a technical solution, which is not used in the first embodiment:
the left and right parts at the bottom of the frame 1 are vertically and downwards fixedly provided with the supporting legs 3, the upper surface of the bearing plate 5 is attached to the inner surface of the transmission belt 18, the dust discharging port of the dust collector 9 is fixedly communicated with the dust collecting box 10, the linear distance between the lower end surfaces of the two protective cover plates 6 and the transmission belt 18 is 5cm, the cloth on the transmission belt 18 can be flexibly input into the inner cavity of the machine box 7, and in the later period, when the electric elements in the inner cavity of the machine box 7 are required to be overhauled, the protective cover plates 6 are opened, and the protective cover plates 6 can prevent dust and dirt from the pressing cylinder 17; the tail end of the dust collection hose 8 is fixedly and hermetically penetrated through the left side of the upper part of the inverted concave plate frame 15, the bottom surface of the rubber scraping plate 22 is attached to the outer wall of the pressing cylinder 17, and the length of the pressing cylinder 17 is equal to that of the rubber scraping plate 22; the length of the pressing cylinder 17 is equal to the width of the conveying belt 18, the integrity of the pressing is ensured, and a pressing printing surface 23 is carved on the outer wall of the pressing cylinder 17; the pressing cylinder 17 is an aluminum alloy cylinder piece, and the pressing cylinder 17 with an aluminum structure has good heat conduction effect.
When the high-speed annular following mask machine is used, the high-speed annular following mask machine is provided, all parts are universal standard parts or parts known by a person skilled in the art, and the structure and the principle of the high-speed annular following mask machine are known by the person skilled in the art through technical manuals or through a conventional experimental method.
When the mask manufacturing machine is used, melt-blown cloth and protective layer cloth for manufacturing the mask are input into the inner cavity of the inverted machine box 7 from the left side of the conveying belt 18, then the cylinder 12 works to drive the inverted concave plate frame 15 to descend through the piston rod 14 so as to drive the pressing cylinder 17 to descend and attach to the conveying belt 18, and the servo motor 16 works to drive the pressing cylinder 17 to rotate to carry out high-speed annular following pressing to manufacture the mask, in the pressing process, the pressing cylinder 17 can be preheated due to the fact that the resistor heating plate 19 is arranged in the inner cavity of the pressing cylinder 17, so that the effect and efficiency of mask pressing are improved, and the dust collector 9 and the dust collection hose 8 are arranged to match with the rubber scraping plate 22 to scrape dirt and absorb dirt dust on the outer wall of the pressing cylinder 17, so that the outer wall of the pressing cylinder 17 is always clean, and the quality of the mask is guaranteed.
While the fundamental and principal features of the invention and advantages of the invention have been shown and described, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the invention is not limited to the details of the foregoing exemplary embodiments, but may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. The present embodiments are, therefore, to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein. Any reference sign in a claim should not be construed as limiting the claim concerned.
Furthermore, it should be understood that although the present disclosure describes embodiments, not every embodiment is provided with a separate embodiment, and that this description is provided for clarity only, and that the disclosure is not limited to the embodiments described in detail below, and that the embodiments described in the examples may be combined as appropriate to form other embodiments that will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

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1. A high-speed annular following mask machine which is characterized in that: the device comprises a frame (1), wherein driving wheels (4) are fixedly arranged at the left part and the right part of the frame (1), the driving wheels (4) are in transmission connection through a transmission belt (18), support arms (2) are vertically and fixedly connected at the left part and the right part of the upper part of the frame (1), and the upper parts of the two support arms (2) are fixedly connected with the bottom of the same bearing plate (5); the middle position on the frame (1) is vertically and upwards fixedly connected with an organic case (7);
an air cylinder (12) is vertically and downwards fixedly arranged in the middle of the upper part of the chassis (7), and the lower end part of a piston rod (14) of the air cylinder (12) is fixedly connected with an inverted concave plate frame (15); the left part and the right part of the machine case (7) are distributed in a communicated mode, the upper parts of the left side and the right side of the machine case (7) are movably hinged with a protective cover plate (6) through pin shafts (13), a dust collector (9) is fixedly arranged on the left part above the machine case (7), a suction port of the dust collector (9) is fixedly communicated with the head end of a suction pipe (11), the tail end of the suction pipe (11) is fixedly communicated with the head end of a dust collection hose (8), and the tail end of the dust collection hose (8) is fixedly connected with a rubber scraper (22);
the utility model discloses a dust collector comprises a dust collector, a dust collection hose, a support frame (1), a dust collector (9), a dust collector (17), a support plate (19), a support leg (3), a dust collection box (10), a protection cover plate (6), a dust collector (18), a dust collector hose (8), a rubber scraper (22), a rubber scraper (17) and a conveyor belt (18), wherein the middle part of the front side of the inverted concave plate (15) is fixedly connected with a servo motor (16), the driving end of the servo motor (16) is fixedly connected with the support motor (16), the dust collection box (17) is fixedly connected with the dust collector (16), the side plate (24) is fixedly covered on the rear side of the dust collection box (17), the bearing (21) is fixedly embedded in the middle part of the side plate (24), the middle shaft of the bearing (21) is horizontally and forwards fixedly arranged, the lower side of the shaft is fixedly connected with a resistance heating plate (19), the support leg (3) is vertically and fixedly arranged on the lower side of the shaft (20), the upper surface of the support plate (5) is attached to the inner surface of the dust collector (18), the upper surface of the support plate is attached to the conveyor belt (18), the dust collector (17) is equal to the inner surface of the conveyor belt (18), and the dust collector (17) is equal to the outer surface of the dust collector (17) in length.
2. The high-speed annular following mask machine according to claim 1, wherein: the pressing cylinder (17) is an aluminum alloy cylinder piece.
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