CN113811098B

CN113811098B - Feeding mechanism and plug-in machine with same

Info

Publication number: CN113811098B
Application number: CN202110938352.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 汪国雄; 吴光威; 吴光德; 汪国学; 王露; 彭福全
Original assignee: Zhuhai Yuteng Automatic Equipment Manufacture Co ltd
Current assignee: Zhuhai Yuteng Automatic Equipment Manufacture Co ltd
Priority date: 2021-08-16
Filing date: 2021-08-16
Publication date: 2023-06-27
Anticipated expiration: 2041-08-16
Also published as: CN113811098A

Abstract

The invention discloses a feeding mechanism, which comprises: the rack is provided with a feeding position; the feeding device is arranged on the frame, a discharge hole is formed in the front end of the feeding device, the feeding device can sequentially convey a plurality of components to the discharge hole, and the discharge hole is a clamping position; the base is arranged on the frame and can slide back and forth between the clamping position and the feeding position; the first clamping block and the second clamping block are arranged on the base in a sliding mode along the left-right direction, and can move oppositely or back to clamp or loosen the components. The invention also discloses a component inserter, which can realize automatic feeding and automatic component insertion of components and reduce production cost and labor cost.

Description

Feeding mechanism and plug-in machine with same

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of circuit board manufacturing, in particular to a feeding mechanism and a plug-in machine with the same.

Background

The circuit board is used as a basic element of electronic equipment, is a current and signal transmission carrier, plays a role in the electronic equipment, and along with the rapid development of the electronic information industry in China, the circuit board industry also obtains a wider development space, thereby becoming one of important development fields of the electronic information industry in China.

Components such as the inserting sheet can be inserted on the circuit board, the components are provided with a plurality of pins, and the components are inserted on the circuit board through the inserting procedure. In the existing circuit board manufacturing process, the component feeding and plug-in procedures are manually completed, so that the production efficiency is low and the labor cost is high.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention aims to solve at least one of the technical problems existing in the prior art. Therefore, the invention provides the feeding mechanism and the component inserter with the feeding mechanism, which can realize automatic feeding of components and reduce production cost and labor cost.

According to an embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention, a feeding mechanism includes: the rack is provided with a feeding position; the feeding device is arranged on the frame, a discharge hole is formed in the front end of the feeding device, the feeding device can sequentially convey a plurality of components to the discharge hole, and the discharge hole is a clamping position; the base is arranged on the frame and can slide back and forth between the clamping position and the feeding position; the first clamping block and the second clamping block are arranged on the base in a sliding mode along the left-right direction, and can move oppositely or back to clamp or loosen the components.

Has at least the following beneficial effects: the feeding device can sequentially convey a plurality of components to the discharge hole, the base can drive the first clamping block and the second clamping block to move to the clamping position, and after the first clamping block and the second clamping block are mutually close to each other and clamp the components, the base drives the first clamping block and the second clamping block which clamp the components to move to the upper material position, so that feeding is realized. The feeding mechanism can realize automatic feeding of components and parts, and can reduce production cost and labor cost.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the pressing block is rotatably disposed on the base, the first clamping block is fixedly provided with a push rod extending along a left-right direction, when the first clamping block slides in a direction approaching to the second clamping block, the push rod can push the lower end of the pressing block to rotate the pressing block, and the pressing block can push the second clamping block in a direction approaching to the first clamping block in a rotation process.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the base is fixedly provided with a first driving member, the first driving member can drive the first clamping block to slide along a left-right direction, a reset elastic member is arranged between the second clamping block and the base, and the reset elastic member can enable the second clamping block to slide along a direction far away from the first clamping block.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the first clamping block or the second clamping block is provided with a positioning protrusion, and the positioning protrusion can be inserted between any pair of adjacent pins of the component to fix the position of the component relative to the first clamping block and the second clamping block.

According to some embodiments of the invention, two positioning protrusions are provided, and two positioning protrusions can be respectively inserted between two pairs of adjacent pins, and the width of each positioning protrusion is equal to the gap between one pair of pins.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the outlet is provided with a shutter which is rotatable relative to the outlet and which is adapted to intermittently close the outlet by means of a torsion spring.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the insertion machine comprises the feeding mechanism according to the first aspect of the present invention, and further comprises an insertion head and a circuit board conveying device, wherein the insertion head is disposed at the feeding position of the rack, the circuit board conveying device is disposed on the rack and can sequentially convey a plurality of circuit boards to the lower side of the insertion head, and the insertion head can clamp the components between the first clamping block and the second clamping block and insert the components onto the circuit boards.

Has at least the following beneficial effects: the component is clamped between the first clamping block and the second clamping block which are positioned at the feeding position, the component can be clamped by the plug-in unit, and after the base drives the first clamping block and the second clamping block to return to the clamping position from the feeding position, the component can be inserted into the circuit board positioned below the plug-in unit by the plug-in unit, so that automatic plug-in unit is realized. The component inserter disclosed by the invention can realize automatic component insertion of components, can improve the production efficiency and reduce the labor cost.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the plug-in head comprises a plug-in head main body and a pressing rod, wherein the middle part of the pressing rod is hinged with the plug-in head main body, and the lower part of the pressing rod can be close to or far from the lower part of the plug-in head main body so as to clamp or unclamp the components.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the circuit board conveying device comprises a conveying component, a processing platform, a rotating rod and a first pressing plate, wherein the processing platform is arranged on the frame and is positioned below the plug-in unit head, the conveying component is arranged on the frame and is used for conveying the circuit board to the processing platform, the rotating rod is horizontally arranged on the side part of the processing platform, the first pressing plate is fixedly arranged on the rotating rod, and the rotating rod can rotate and drive the first pressing plate to press the edge of the circuit board so as to fix the circuit board.

According to some embodiments of the invention, a second pressing plate is further arranged on the rotating rod, the first pressing plate and the second pressing plate are respectively located on two sides of the axis of the rotating rod, a torsion spring is arranged between the rotating rod and the processing platform, the torsion spring can drive the rotating rod to rotate and enable the first pressing plate to press down the edge of the circuit board, and the conveying assembly is provided with a pressing cylinder which can press down the second pressing plate to enable the rotating rod to rotate and release the circuit board.

Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.

Drawings

The foregoing and/or additional aspects and advantages of the invention will become apparent and may be better understood from the following description of embodiments taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a partial enlarged structure at A in FIG. 1;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a first clamping block and a second clamping block in the embodiment of the invention when clamping components at a clamping position;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the structure of the first clamping block and the second clamping block when they just leave the clamping position according to the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a first clamping block and a second clamping block in a feeding position according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of the first clamping block and the second clamping block after the components are released at the loading position in the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a first clamping block according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a component holding state of a card connector according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a component of an embodiment of the present invention with the plug-in connector released;

fig. 10 is a schematic structural view of a circuit board conveying device according to an embodiment of the invention;

fig. 11 is a partially enlarged structural schematic diagram at B in fig. 10.

Reference numerals: the device comprises a frame 100, a feeding device 200, a discharge port 210, a baffle 220, a component 300, pins 310, a base 400, a first clamping block 410, a second clamping block 420, a pressing block 430, a push rod 440, a first driving member 450, a positioning boss 460, an insert head 500, an insert head main body 510, a press rod 520, a circuit board conveying device 600, a conveying assembly 610, a pressing cylinder 611, a processing platform 620, a rotating rod 630, a first pressing plate 640 and a second pressing plate 650.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to like or similar elements or elements having like or similar functions throughout. The embodiments described below by referring to the drawings are illustrative only and are not to be construed as limiting the invention.

In the description of the present invention, the component 300 of the present invention is not a structure of the present invention, and the component 300 is introduced for the purpose of illustrating the structure and/or function. It is to be understood that references to orientation descriptions such as upper, lower, front, rear, left, right, etc. are based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the apparatus or elements referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, the description of the first and second is only for the purpose of distinguishing technical features, and should not be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implying the number of technical features indicated or the precedence of the technical features indicated.

In the description of the present invention, unless explicitly defined otherwise, terms such as arrangement, installation, connection, etc. should be construed broadly and the specific meaning of the terms in the present invention can be reasonably determined by a person skilled in the art in combination with the specific contents of the technical scheme.

Referring to fig. 1 to 11, the present invention discloses a loading mechanism, which comprises a frame 100, a feeding device 200, a base 400, a first clamping block 410 and a second clamping block 420.

Wherein, the frame 100 has a loading position, the feeding device 200 is disposed on the frame 100, a discharge hole 210 is disposed at a front end of the feeding device 200, the feeding device 200 can sequentially convey a plurality of components 300 to the discharge hole 210, the discharge hole 210 is a clamping position, the base 400 is disposed on the frame 100, the base 400 can slide reciprocally between the clamping position and the loading position, the first clamping block 410 and the second clamping block 420 are disposed on the base 400 in a sliding manner along a left-right direction, and the first clamping block 410 and the second clamping block 420 can move in opposite directions or back to clamp or release the components 300.

It can be understood that the feeding device 200 can sequentially convey the components 300 to the discharge port 210, and then the base 400 can drive the first clamping block 410 and the second clamping block 420 to move to the clamping position, and after the first clamping block 410 and the second clamping block 420 are close to each other and clamp the components 300, the base 400 drives the first clamping block 410 and the second clamping block 420 clamping the components 300 to move to the upper material position, so as to realize feeding. The feeding mechanism can realize automatic feeding of the components 300, and can reduce production cost and labor cost.

It should be noted that the component 300 includes, but is not limited to, a tab.

Specifically, referring to fig. 3 to 6, in some embodiments of the present invention, the apparatus further includes a pressing block 430 rotatably disposed on the base 400, the first clamping block 410 is fixedly provided with a push rod 440 extending in a left-right direction, when the base 400 is at the clamping position, the first clamping block 410 may slide in a direction approaching the second clamping block 420, and at the same time, the push rod 440 on the first clamping block 410 may push the lower end of the pressing block 430 to rotate the pressing block 430, and the pressing block 430 may push the second clamping block 420 in a direction approaching the first clamping block 410 during rotation, thereby realizing that the first clamping block 410 and the second clamping block 420 approach each other and clamp the component 300. Further, referring to fig. 3 to 6, in some embodiments of the present invention, the base 400 is fixedly provided with a first driving member 450, and the first driving member 450 can drive the first clamping block 410 to slide along the left-right direction, that is, the clamping action of the first clamping block 410 and the second clamping block 420 can be achieved only by the first driving member 450.

In addition, a reset elastic member is disposed between the second clamping block 420 and the base 400, the reset elastic member can enable the second clamping block 420 to slide in a direction away from the first clamping block 410, when the base 400 reaches the feeding position, the first clamping block 410 and the second clamping block 420 are required to release the component 300, at this time, only the first driving member 450 is required to drive the first clamping block 410 to move in a direction away from the second clamping block 420, and the second clamping block 420 can also slide in a direction away from the first clamping block 410 under the action of an elastic restoring force of the reset elastic member, so that the separation of the first clamping block 410 and the second clamping block 420 is realized.

Referring to fig. 7, in some embodiments of the present invention, a positioning protrusion 460 is provided on the first clamping block 410 or the second clamping block 420, and the positioning protrusion 460 may be inserted between any pair of adjacent pins 310 of the component 300 to fix the position of the component 300 relative to the first clamping block 410 and the second clamping block 420, so that the position and the angle of the component 300 may be ensured to be constant when the component 300 is clamped by the subsequent card head 500 or the like, thereby improving the card precision of the card insertion process and preventing the component 300 from damaging the circuit board in the card insertion process due to misalignment. Further, in some embodiments of the present invention, two positioning protrusions 460 may be provided, and two positioning protrusions 460 may be respectively inserted between two pairs of adjacent pins 310, and the width of the positioning protrusions 460 is equal to the gap between the pair of pins 310.

Referring to fig. 3 to 6, in some embodiments of the present invention, the discharge port 210 is provided with a shutter 220, the shutter 220 can rotate relative to the discharge port 210 and intermittently block the discharge port 210 by a torsion spring, and the shutter 220 can prevent the rear component 300 from being separated from the discharge port 210 after the front component 300 is clamped and transferred. Specifically, after the first clamping block 410 and the second clamping block 420 clamp the component 300, the component 300 is clamped out from the discharge port 210, and at the same time, the baffle 220 can rotate a certain angle and gradually open the discharge port 210 under the driving of the component 300 until the component 300 is completely separated from the discharge port 210, and the baffle 220 can reversely rotate and block the discharge port 210 again, so that intermittent blocking of the discharge port 210 is realized in a cyclic and reciprocating manner. Specifically, the shutter 220 may be provided with a torsion spring, which may drive the shutter 220 opened by a certain angle to return to its original position. Of course, other devices such as a motor, a rack and pinion mechanism, etc. can also realize intermittent blocking of the discharge port 210 by the baffle 220.

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 2, and fig. 8 to fig. 11, the present invention further discloses an insertion machine, which includes the feeding mechanism as described above, and further includes an insertion head 500 and a circuit board conveying device 600, where the insertion head 500 is disposed at a feeding position of the rack 100, and the circuit board conveying device 600 is disposed on the rack 100 and can sequentially convey a plurality of circuit boards to a position below the insertion head 500, and the insertion head 500 can clamp the component 300 between the first clamping block 410 and the second clamping block 420 and insert the component 300 onto the circuit board.

It can be understood that the component 300 is clamped between the first clamping block 410 and the second clamping block 420 at the feeding position, and the component 300 can be clamped by the card head 500, and when the base 400 drives the first clamping block 410 and the second clamping block 420 to return to the clamping position from the feeding position, the component 300 can be inserted into a circuit board below the card head 500 by the card head 500, so as to realize automatic card insertion. The component inserter disclosed by the invention can realize automatic component insertion of the component 300, can improve the production efficiency and reduce the labor cost.

Specifically, referring to fig. 8 and 9, in some embodiments of the present invention, the card head 500 includes a card head body 510 and a pressing rod 520, wherein a middle portion of the pressing rod 520 is hinged to the card head body 510, a lower portion of the pressing rod 520 may be close to or far from a lower portion of the card head body 510 to clamp or unclamp the component 300, the pressing rod 520 may be rotated by a driving member such as a cylinder, a motor, or the like, and the pressing rod 520 may be provided with a return spring to perform a return.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the circuit board conveying device 600 includes a conveying component 610, a processing platform 620, a rotating rod 630 and a first pressing plate 640, the processing platform 620 is disposed on the frame 100 and is located below the card head 500, the conveying component 610 is disposed on the frame 100 and is used for conveying the circuit board to the processing platform 620, the rotating rod 630 is horizontally disposed on a side portion of the processing platform 620, the first pressing plate 640 is fixedly disposed on the rotating rod 630, and the rotating rod 630 can rotate and drives the first pressing plate 640 to press an edge of the circuit board so as to fix the circuit board. Specifically, the conveying assembly 610 may further move in a vertical direction, when the circuit board is placed on the conveying assembly 610, the conveying assembly 610 may be lowered to a position flush with the processing platform 620 until the circuit board is conveyed onto the processing platform by the conveying assembly 610, and the rotating rod 630 may rotate and press the edge of the circuit board to fix the circuit board, and then the processing platform may move in a horizontal plane until the position to be inserted on the circuit board is located directly under the plug 500.

Further, referring to fig. 10 and 11, in some embodiments of the present invention, a second pressing plate 650 is further provided on the rotating rod 630, the first pressing plate 640 and the second pressing plate 650 are located at both sides of the axis of the rotating rod 630, a torsion spring is provided between the rotating rod 630 and the processing platform 620, the torsion spring can drive the rotating rod 630 to rotate and make the first pressing plate 640 press down the edge of the circuit board, the conveying assembly 610 is provided with a pressing cylinder 611, and the pressing cylinder 611 can press down the second pressing plate 650 to make the rotating rod 630 rotate and release the circuit board. It will be appreciated that the hold down cylinder 611 may also be provided on the frame 100 or on the processing platform 620. Specifically, the pressing cylinder 611 presses the second pressing plate 650, so that the rotating rod 630 rotates and the first pressing plate 640 is tilted, the circuit board at this time can be conveyed onto the processing platform 620 by the conveying assembly 610, and after the circuit board is placed on the processing platform 620, the pressing cylinder 611 retracts and makes the rotating rod 630 press the edge of the circuit board under the action of the elastic restoring force of the torsion spring, so as to position the circuit board.

The embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various changes can be made within the knowledge of one of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

Claims

1. Feed mechanism, its characterized in that includes:

a frame (100) having a loading position;

the feeding device (200) is arranged on the rack (100), a discharge hole (210) is formed in the front end of the feeding device (200), the feeding device (200) can sequentially convey a plurality of components (300) to the discharge hole (210), and the discharge hole (210) is in a clamping position;

a base (400) arranged on the frame (100), wherein the base (400) can slide back and forth between the clamping position and the loading position;

the first clamping block (410) and the second clamping block (420) are arranged on the base (400) in a sliding mode along the left-right direction, the first clamping block (410) and the second clamping block (420) can move in opposite directions or back to clamp or loosen the component (300), the first clamping block (410) or the second clamping block (420) is provided with a positioning protrusion (460), and the positioning protrusion (460) can be inserted between any pair of adjacent pins (310) of the component (300) to fix the position of the component (300) relative to the first clamping block (410) and the second clamping block (420).

2. The feeding mechanism of claim 1, further comprising a pressing block (430) rotatably disposed on the base (400), wherein the first clamping block (410) is fixedly provided with a push rod (440) extending in a left-right direction, and when the first clamping block (410) slides in a direction approaching the second clamping block (420), the push rod (440) can push the lower end of the pressing block (430) to rotate the pressing block (430), and the pressing block (430) can push the second clamping block (420) in a direction approaching the first clamping block (410) in a rotating process.

3. The feeding mechanism according to claim 2, wherein the base (400) is fixedly provided with a first driving member (450), the first driving member (450) can drive the first clamping block (410) to slide along the left-right direction, a reset elastic member is arranged between the second clamping block (420) and the base (400), and the reset elastic member can enable the second clamping block (420) to slide in a direction away from the first clamping block (410).

4. The feeding mechanism according to claim 1, wherein two positioning protrusions (460) are provided, two positioning protrusions (460) can be respectively inserted between two pairs of adjacent pins (310), and the width of each positioning protrusion (460) is equal to the gap between a pair of pins (310).

5. The feeding mechanism according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the discharge opening (210) is provided with a baffle plate (220), and the baffle plate (220) can rotate relative to the discharge opening (210) and intermittently block the discharge opening (210) by a torsion spring.

6. The component inserter, characterized by comprising the feeding mechanism according to any one of claims 1 to 5, and further comprising a component insertion head (500) and a circuit board conveying device (600), wherein the component insertion head (500) is disposed at the feeding position of the frame (100), the circuit board conveying device (600) is disposed on the frame (100) and can sequentially convey a plurality of circuit boards to the lower part of the component insertion head (500), and the component insertion head (500) can clamp the component (300) between the first clamping block (410) and the second clamping block (420) and insert the component (300) onto the circuit board.

7. The card machine of claim 6, wherein the card head (500) includes a card head body (510) and a pressing lever (520), a middle portion of the pressing lever (520) being hinged to the card head body (510), a lower portion of the pressing lever (520) being movable toward and away from a lower portion of the card head body (510) to clamp or unclamp the component (300).

8. The card machine of claim 6, wherein the circuit board conveying device (600) comprises a conveying component (610), a processing platform (620), a rotating rod (630) and a first pressing plate (640), the processing platform (620) is arranged on the frame (100) and located below the card head (500), the conveying component (610) is arranged on the frame (100) and used for conveying the circuit board to the processing platform (620), the rotating rod (630) is horizontally arranged on the side part of the processing platform (620), the first pressing plate (640) is fixedly arranged on the rotating rod (630), and the rotating rod (630) can rotate and drive the first pressing plate (640) to press down the edge of the circuit board so as to fix the circuit board.

9. The insertion machine according to claim 8, wherein a second pressing plate (650) is further disposed on the rotating rod (630), the first pressing plate (640) and the second pressing plate (650) are located on two sides of an axis of the rotating rod (630), a torsion spring is disposed between the rotating rod (630) and the processing platform (620), the torsion spring can drive the rotating rod (630) to rotate and enable the first pressing plate (640) to press down on an edge of the circuit board, the conveying assembly (610) is provided with a pressing cylinder (611), and the pressing cylinder (611) can press down the second pressing plate (650) to enable the rotating rod (630) to rotate and release the circuit board.