CN117584606B - Nonwoven on-line printing device - Google Patents

Nonwoven on-line printing device Download PDF

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CN117584606B
CN117584606B CN202410071862.7A CN202410071862A CN117584606B CN 117584606 B CN117584606 B CN 117584606B CN 202410071862 A CN202410071862 A CN 202410071862A CN 117584606 B CN117584606 B CN 117584606B
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鹿凤涛
秦彪
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The invention relates to the related field of printing equipment, in particular to an online printing device for non-woven fabrics, which comprises a rubber roller, a rotary roller changing assembly and a rotary driving assembly, wherein the rotary roller changing assembly comprises a converting roller, four printing roller shafts and four clamping and placing sleeve members, each clamping and placing sleeve member comprises two annular taper sleeves, each printing roller shaft comprises a slurry feeding inner cylinder, a slurry sucking soft sleeve and an outer printing sleeve, a plurality of through holes are formed in the slurry feeding inner cylinder, annular cambered surfaces are formed at two ends of the slurry feeding inner cylinder, the rotary driving assembly comprises two rotary grouting cylinders, each rotary grouting cylinder comprises a rotary outer cylinder, a grouting inner cylinder and a driving mechanism, a plurality of abutting taper cones are formed at one end of each rotary outer cylinder, and a plurality of taper type sinking grooves are formed at two ends of each slurry feeding inner cylinder. According to the invention, by rotating the conversion roller and replacing the printing roller shafts with different characters between the two annular taper sleeves, different pattern characters are printed on the woven cloth.

Description

Nonwoven on-line printing device
Technical Field
The invention relates to the related field of printing equipment, in particular to an on-line printing device for non-woven fabrics.
Background
Printing is a technique of transferring ink onto surfaces of materials such as paper, textiles, plastics, leather, PVC, PC and the like by performing procedures such as plate making, ink application, pressurization and the like on originals such as characters, pictures, photos and anti-counterfeiting, and copying original contents in batches. The invention patent with publication number CN102152611B discloses a preparation device of a spunlaced nonwoven fabric, which comprises a dipping device, an extrusion device and a printing device, wherein the dipping device comprises a dipping tank and a guide roller, the extrusion device comprises an upper extrusion roller and a lower extrusion roller, the printing device comprises a rubber roller and a printing roller which are arranged up and down, the bottom of the rotating printing roller is soaked in slurry, the outer wall of the printing roller is fully coated with the slurry, and the fabric is pressed down on the printing roller through the rubber roller, so that the fabric is driven to advance while the printing roller rotates, and the bottom of the fabric is printed with patterns.
The preparation device has the following disadvantages: firstly, the embossing roller is soaked in the slurry, and then the embossing roller is rotated to enable the slurry to be attached to the embossing roller, so that the uniformity of the slurry on the embossing roller and the adsorption capacity of the slurry attached amount on the embossing roller are determined according to the full screen embossing roller material, and the sufficient and uniform slurry on the embossing roller is difficult to ensure; secondly, the pattern on the printing roller cannot be replaced, and when different patterns are required to be printed on the same fabric, the preparation equipment is difficult to realize.
Disclosure of Invention
Accordingly, it is necessary to provide an on-line nonwoven fabric printing device for solving the problems of the prior art.
In order to solve the problems in the prior art, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:
the utility model provides an on-line printing device of non-woven fabrics, includes can the free rotation and is used for the rubber roll that will cloth the pushes down, still includes rotatory roll changing subassembly and rotary driving subassembly, rotatory roll changing subassembly is including setting up just under the rubber roll and can directional single rotatory ninety degrees's transfer roll and four evenly setting up the stamp roller on the transfer roll along the circumferencial direction, is provided with the clamp slip casting piece that four one-to-one corresponds to four stamp roller on the transfer roll, every press from both sides the slip casting piece all includes two annular taper sleeves that can free rotation and set up along transfer roller to elasticity in opposite directions, every the stamp roller all includes by interior and outer coaxial slip casting inner tube, the soft cover of thick liquid suction and the outer stamp cover that links firmly in proper order, the shaping has a plurality of to be used for the through-hole of intercommunication thick liquid soft cover on the inner tube, and the both ends of thick liquid inner tube all form and be used for with the annular cambered surface of corresponding annular taper sleeve sliding fit, rotary driving subassembly includes that two symmetry set up the thick liquid rotary slip casting tube that corresponds on the transfer roll inner tube, every taper sleeve that the rotary driving piece is provided with the rotary slip casting roller is in the inner tube is just, and every taper sleeve can be close to the rotary cone roll that the tip slip casting piece is provided with a plurality of and the rotary cone that can be in the same axial direction and a plurality of the same axial direction and the tip slip casting device is located along the same axial direction and a plurality of the same axial direction and is in the same axial direction and is opposite to the end and is parallel to the rotary cone slip casting groove.
Preferably, each clamping sleeve piece further comprises two radial connecting plates which are symmetrically and fixedly connected to two ends of the conversion roller and respectively correspond to the two annular taper sleeves, an axial reinforcing plate used for reinforcing connection with the conversion roller is fixedly connected between the two radial connecting plates, a round hole used for avoiding the rotary outer cylinder is formed in one end of the radial connecting plate far away from the axis of the conversion roller, a plurality of first transverse shafts which are uniformly distributed along the circumferential direction of the round hole are slidingly connected to the radial connecting plates along the axial direction of the conversion roller, an outer annular sleeve which is in a coaxial state with the round hole is fixedly connected to one end of the first transverse shaft, a first spring is coaxially sleeved on each first transverse shaft, two ends of the first spring respectively abut against the outer annular sleeve and the radial connecting plates, two limit nuts used for limiting the axis are connected to one end of the other radial connecting plate far away from the first transverse shaft in a threaded manner, the axial limiting shaft connection of the annular taper sleeve is arranged at one end of the outer annular sleeve, and the inner ring and the outer ring at one end of the annular taper sleeve are formed with an inner ring surface which is in sliding fit with the annular cambered surface on slurry.
Preferably, the rotary driving assembly further comprises two translation mechanisms respectively corresponding to the two rotary grouting cylinders, each translation mechanism comprises a bearing transverse plate fixedly arranged beside the conversion roller in a horizontal state, two second transverse shafts fixedly arranged on the bearing transverse plates at intervals along the axial direction of the conversion roller, a sliding piece axially sliding along the second transverse shafts and arranged on the two second transverse shafts, and a translation cylinder with an output end fixedly connected with the sliding piece, the sliding piece comprises two translation rings axially arranged at intervals along the second transverse shafts, the two translation rings are axially slidably arranged on the second transverse shafts along the second transverse shafts, coaxial shafts axially limited by the two translation rings are arranged on the rotary outer cylinders, one translation ring is fixedly connected with the output end of the translation cylinder, and the driving mechanism is arranged on the translation rings.
Preferably, the driving mechanism comprises a gear motor fixedly connected with the corresponding translation ring, a first gear is coaxially and fixedly connected with the rotary outer cylinder, and a second gear meshed with the first gear is coaxially and fixedly connected with an output shaft of the gear motor.
Preferably, the rotary outer cylinder is internally provided with a cylindrical through groove for axially translating the grouting inner cylinder, a plurality of raised strips uniformly distributed along the circumferential direction are formed on the groove wall of the cylindrical through groove, the outer cylindrical wall of the grouting inner cylinder is provided with a plurality of axial sinking grooves corresponding to the raised strips one by one, opposite ends of the two grouting inner cylinders are provided with step structures, the grouting inner cylinder is also coaxially sleeved with a second spring for driving the grouting inner cylinder to elastically abut against the grouting inner cylinder, two ends of the second spring respectively abut against the step structures of the grouting inner cylinder and the rotary outer cylinder, grouting openings are formed at opposite ends of the two grouting inner cylinders, the grouting inner cylinder ends are also coaxially fixedly connected with a first circular ring for preventing the grouting inner cylinder from falling out of the rotary outer cylinder, and two ends of the grouting inner cylinder are also coaxially fixedly connected with a first sealing ring for sealing connection with the grouting inner cylinder.
Preferably, the slurry feeding inner cylinder comprises an inner cylinder and an outer cylinder which are coaxially and fixedly connected, two ends of the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder are fixedly connected through two symmetrical end circular rings, two ends of the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder are coaxially and fixedly connected with second sealing rings which are used for being in sealing connection with corresponding end circular rings, a plurality of through holes are respectively formed in the outer cylinder walls of the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder, the slurry sucking soft sleeve is coaxially and fixedly connected to the outer cylinder, two annular cambered surfaces are formed at two ends of the inner cylinder, and two ends of the inner cylinder protrude out of the two end circular rings.
Preferably, the two ends of the inner cylinder are coaxially provided with one-way valves for ensuring that printing paste is injected into the inner cylinder in one direction, the grouting inner cylinder is tightly pressed at the outer ends of the one-way valves after approaching to the paste feeding inner cylinder, and the grouting inner cylinder is coaxially fixedly connected with the outer ends of the one-way valves corresponding to the first sealing rings.
Preferably, each translational ring is internally and coaxially fixedly connected with an angular contact ball bearing, the two ends of each translational ring are coaxially and fixedly connected with a second circular ring for limiting the axial direction of the angular contact ball bearing, and the inner ring of each angular contact ball bearing is coaxially and fixedly connected with the outer cylindrical wall of the rotary outer cylinder.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects:
firstly, the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder which are designed in a double-layer way are coaxially arranged, and through holes with gradually decreasing apertures are formed in the outer walls of the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder, so that the slurry is uniformly attached to the outer printing sleeve on the outermost layer after being absorbed by the slurry absorbing soft sleeve after penetrating from the inner cylinder to the outer cylinder, and the sufficiency of the slurry on the outer printing sleeve is ensured by controlling the injection amount of the slurry, so that the sufficiency of the slurry on the outer printing sleeve is ensured;
secondly, according to the invention, through the rotation of the conversion roller and the replacement of the printing roller shafts with different characters between the two annular taper sleeves, different pattern characters are printed on the woven cloth;
thirdly, in the invention, the conical countersunk grooves are formed at the two ends of the printing roller shaft through the opposite ends of the two annular conical sleeves, and the two annular conical sleeves are oppositely and elastically clamped between the two corresponding radial connecting plates, so that the printing roller shaft can be easily disassembled and assembled between the two annular conical sleeves after being subjected to certain external force, and then the quick replacement of the printing roller shaft between the two annular conical sleeves is ensured.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an embodiment.
Fig. 2 is a schematic perspective view of a rotary roll changing assembly and a rotary drive assembly of an embodiment.
Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of a partial structure at a in fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of a partial structure at B1 in fig. 3.
Fig. 5 is an enlarged view of a partial structure at B2 in fig. 3.
Fig. 6 is a partial structural plan view of the roller shaft and rotary slip casting cylinder of the embodiment.
Fig. 7 is a cross-sectional view of fig. 6 taken along line C-C.
Fig. 8 is an enlarged view of a partial structure at D1 in fig. 7.
Fig. 9 is an enlarged view of a partial structure at D2 in fig. 7.
Fig. 10 is an enlarged view of a partial structure at D3 in fig. 7.
Fig. 11 is an exploded perspective view of the roller shaft and the rotary outer cylinder of the embodiment.
Fig. 12 is an enlarged view of a partial structure at E1 in fig. 11.
Fig. 13 is an enlarged view of a partial structure at E2 in fig. 11.
The reference numerals in the figures are: 1. weaving; 2. a rubber roller; 3. a switching roller; 4. a printing roll shaft; 5. clamping and placing the sleeve member; 6. an annular taper sleeve; 7. a slurry feeding inner cylinder; 8. a soft sleeve for absorbing slurry; 9. an outer printing sleeve; 10. a through hole; 11. rotating the grouting cylinder; 12. rotating the outer cylinder; 13. grouting an inner cylinder; 14. abutting against the pointed cone; 15. a conical sink; 16. a radial connecting plate; 17. an axial reinforcing plate; 18. a round hole; 19. a first transverse axis; 20. an outer annular sleeve; 21. a first spring; 22. a limit nut; 23. a bevel portion; 24. a bearing cross plate; 25. a second transverse axis; 26. a translation cylinder; 27. a translational ring; 28. a speed reducing motor; 29. a first gear; 30. a second gear; 31. an axial sinking groove; 32. a second spring; 33. a grouting port; 34. a first ring; 35. an inner cylinder; 36. an outer cylinder; 37. an end ring; 38. a second seal ring; 39. a one-way valve; 40. angular contact ball bearings; 41. a second ring; 42. a first seal ring.
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The invention will be further described in detail with reference to the drawings and the detailed description below, in order to further understand the features and technical means of the invention and the specific objects and functions achieved.
The non-woven fabric on-line printing device shown by referring to figures 1 to 13 comprises a rubber roller 2 capable of freely rotating and used for pressing down a woven fabric 1, a rotary roller changing assembly and a rotary driving assembly, wherein the rotary roller changing assembly comprises a conversion roller 3 which is arranged right below the rubber roller 2 and capable of rotating ninety degrees for one time in an oriented manner, and four printing roller shafts 4 which are uniformly arranged on the conversion roller 3 along the circumferential direction, four clamping sleeve pieces 5 which are in one-to-one correspondence with the four printing roller shafts 4 are arranged on the conversion roller 3, each clamping sleeve piece 5 comprises two annular taper sleeves 6 which can freely rotate and are elastically arranged along the axial direction of the conversion roller 3 in opposite directions, each printing roller shaft 4 comprises a pulp feeding inner cylinder 7, a pulp sucking soft sleeve 8 and an outer printing sleeve 9 which are coaxially and fixedly connected from inside to outside in sequence, a plurality of through holes 10 used for communicating the pulp sucking soft sleeve 8 are formed on the pulp feeding inner cylinder 7, the two ends of the inner slurry feeding cylinder 7 are respectively provided with an annular cambered surface which is used for sliding fit with the corresponding annular taper sleeve 6, the rotary driving assembly comprises two rotary slurry feeding cylinders 11 which are symmetrically arranged right above the conversion roller 3, each rotary slurry feeding cylinder 11 comprises a rotary outer cylinder 12 which can axially translate along the conversion roller 3 and abut against the corresponding inner slurry feeding cylinder 7, a slurry feeding cylinder 13 which is coaxially and elastically arranged in the rotary outer cylinder 12 in a sliding manner, and a driving mechanism for driving the rotary outer cylinder 12 to rotate, the inner slurry feeding cylinder 13 can elastically seal the corresponding end of the corresponding inner slurry feeding cylinder 7 along the axial direction of the rotary outer cylinder 12 and then inject printing slurry into the inner slurry feeding cylinder 7, one end of each rotary outer cylinder 12 close to the corresponding inner slurry feeding cylinder 7 is respectively provided with a plurality of abutting sharp cones 14 which are uniformly distributed along the circumferential direction, two ends of each inner slurry feeding cylinder 7 are respectively provided with a plurality of tapered sinking grooves 15, the plurality of abutting sharp cones 14 can be inserted into the plurality of conical countersunk grooves 15 on the corresponding side in a one-to-one correspondence.
When the conversion roller 3 is in the state shown in fig. 1, the rubber roller 2, the fabric 1 and the two rotary grouting drums 11 are all arranged right above the conversion roller 3, the two rotary grouting drums 11 are symmetrically arranged at two ends of the upper printing roller shaft 4, the three printing roller shafts 4 of the conversion roller 3 along the clockwise direction are respectively provided with a first manipulator, a second manipulator and an industrial camera (the first manipulator, the second manipulator and the industrial camera are not shown in the figure), the first manipulator is used for taking down the corresponding printing roller shaft 4, the second manipulator is used for placing the printing roller shaft 4 provided with specific characters between the corresponding two annular taper sleeves 6, the industrial camera is used for detecting whether the pattern on the corresponding printing roller shaft 4 is correct, the conversion roller 3 only rotates along the clockwise direction when rotating, the rubber roller 2 can press the fabric 1 onto the corresponding printing roller shaft 4, the printing paste in the paste feeding inner cylinder 7 is absorbed by the paste absorbing soft sleeve 8 through the through holes 10, the printing paste is fed to the outer printing sleeve 9 by the paste absorbing soft sleeve 8 and is printed on the woven cloth 1 through the pattern of the outer printing sleeve 9, so that the required typeface is printed on the woven cloth 1, if the pattern printed on the woven cloth 1 needs to be changed, the printing roller shaft 4 carved with the corresponding pattern can be fed between the corresponding two annular taper sleeves 6 through a second manipulator, then the rubber roller 2 is lifted and the two rotary paste injection cylinders 11 are removed, the conversion roller 3 is rotated ninety degrees clockwise, after the pattern on the outer printing sleeve 9 is reexamined by an industrial camera, the printing roller shaft 4 carved with the required pattern is fed to the position right above the conversion roller 3 (namely the position right below the rubber roller 2 and the woven cloth 1), the two rotary paste injection cylinders 11 are close to each other in the opposite direction, the two rotary outer cylinders 12 are abutted against two ends of the slurry feeding inner cylinder 7, the two slurry injecting inner cylinders 13 are abutted against two ends of the slurry feeding inner cylinder 7 in a sealing manner, so that printing slurry can be injected into the slurry feeding inner cylinder 7 from two ends of the two slurry injecting inner cylinders 13, the printing slurry gradually permeates onto the slurry sucking soft sleeve 8 and is printed on the woven cloth 1 through patterns of the outer printing sleeve 9, meanwhile, the two rotary outer cylinders 12 synchronously rotate in the same direction and drive the woven cloth 1 to move forwards in cooperation with the rubber roller 2, so that a character is continuously printed on the woven cloth 1, a rotating device for driving the conversion roller 3 to rotate in a unidirectional mode is further arranged in the printing device, the rotating device can drive the conversion roller 3 to rotate, and ninety degrees of rotation of the conversion roller 3 are guaranteed each time (the rotating device is a mature prior art and is not shown in the figure and is not repeated later).
In order to connect the conversion roller 3, the annular taper sleeve 6 and the pulp feeding inner cylinder 7, the following characteristics are specifically provided:
each clamping sleeve member 5 further comprises two radial connecting plates 16 which are symmetrically and fixedly connected to two ends of the conversion roller 3 and respectively correspond to the two annular taper sleeves 6, an axial reinforcing plate 17 used for reinforcing connection with the conversion roller 3 is fixedly connected between the two radial connecting plates 16, round holes 18 used for avoiding the rotary outer cylinder 12 are formed in one ends of the radial connecting plates 16 far away from the axis of the conversion roller 3, a plurality of first transverse shafts 19 uniformly distributed along the circumferential direction of the round holes 18 are axially and slidably connected to the radial connecting plates 16 along the conversion roller 3, one ends of the plurality of first transverse shafts 19 close to the other radial connecting plates 16 are fixedly connected with an outer annular sleeve 20 which is coaxial with the round holes 18, first springs 21 are coaxially sleeved on each first transverse shaft 19, two ends of each first spring 21 respectively abut against the outer annular sleeve 20 and the radial connecting plates 16, two limit nuts 22 used for limiting the axis are connected to one ends of each first transverse shaft 19 far away from the other radial connecting plates 16, the axial limit shaft joint of the annular taper sleeve 6 is arranged at one end of the outer annular sleeve 20 close to the other radial connecting plates 16, and the annular taper sleeve 6 is matched with an inner annular sleeve 23 on an inner ring 23 which is matched with an annular slurry feeding part 7.
Under the action of the first springs 21, the two outer circular sleeves 20 have a trend of approaching each other, so that the two circular sleeves 6 are driven to approach each other, when the slurry feeding inner cylinder 7 is not fed between the two circular sleeves 6, under the action of the first springs 21, the distance between the two circular sleeves 6 is smaller than the axial length of the slurry feeding inner cylinder 7, when the slurry feeding inner cylinder 7 is fed between the two circular sleeves 6, only the coincidence of the central surface of the slurry feeding inner cylinder 7 and the symmetrical central surface between the two radial connecting plates 16 is ensured, after the slurry is fed into the slurry feeding inner cylinder 7, the two ends of the slurry feeding inner cylinder 7 gradually approach and finally abut against the two circular sleeves 6, so that the two circular cambered surfaces are respectively in sliding fit with the inclined surface parts 23 on the outer circles of the two circular sleeves 6, and the two circular sleeves 6 are pushed to be away from each other, the two annular cambered surfaces are respectively matched with the inclined surface parts 23 on the inner circles of the two annular taper sleeves 6 in a sliding manner, the two annular taper sleeves 6 are mutually close under the action of a plurality of first springs 21, so that the pulp feeding inner cylinder 7 is gradually clamped, the pulp feeding inner cylinder 7 is completely fed between the two annular taper sleeves 6 (namely, the pulp feeding inner cylinder 7 and the two annular taper sleeves 6 are in a coaxial state), the pulp feeding inner cylinder 7 is clamped in the middle by the two annular taper sleeves 6, and the annular taper sleeves 6 are axially arranged on the outer annular sleeve 20, so that the pulp feeding inner cylinder 7 can still freely rotate between the two radial connecting plates 16, and the subsequent printing operation can be normally performed, and the round holes 18 on the radial connecting plates 16 right above the conversion roller 3 are in a coaxial state with the rotary outer cylinder 12.
In order to drive the rotary outer cylinder 12 to translate along the axial direction thereof, the following features are specifically provided:
the rotary driving assembly further comprises two translation mechanisms respectively corresponding to the two rotary grouting barrels 11, each translation mechanism comprises a bearing transverse plate 24 which is horizontally fixedly arranged beside the conversion roller 3, two second transverse shafts 25 which are axially and fixedly arranged on the bearing transverse plates 24 at intervals along the conversion roller 3, a sliding piece which is axially and slidingly arranged on the two second transverse shafts 25 along the second transverse shafts 25, and a translation cylinder 26 with an output end fixedly connected with the sliding piece, the sliding piece comprises two translation rings 27 which are axially and alternately arranged along the second transverse shafts 25, the two translation rings 27 are axially and slidingly arranged on the second transverse shafts 25 along the second transverse shafts 25, the two translation rings 27 are axially and axially limited and coaxially connected to the rotary outer barrel 12, one translation ring 27 is fixedly connected with the output end of the translation cylinder 26, and the driving mechanism is arranged on the translation ring 27.
The rotary outer cylinder 12 is provided with one end which abuts against the tip cone 14 and is fixedly connected with a film pressure sensor (not shown in the figure), a controller (not shown in the figure) which is electrically connected with the rotary device, the film pressure sensor, two driving mechanisms and two translation cylinders 26 is arranged in the printing device, the output end of the translation cylinder 26 stretches and contracts to drive the corresponding translation ring 27 to axially reciprocate along the second transverse shaft 25 so as to drive the rotary outer cylinder 12 to reciprocate and translate, the two translation rings 27 are used for limiting the rotary outer cylinder 12 in cooperation with the two second transverse shafts 25, the rotary outer cylinder 12 reciprocates and translates along with the expansion and contraction of the output end of the translation cylinder 26, the rotary outer cylinder 12 is also capable of guaranteeing free rotation of the subsequent rotary outer cylinder 12, when the output end of the translation cylinder 26 drives the tip cone 14 on the rotary outer cylinder 12 to abut against the conical countersink 15 on the pulp feeding inner cylinder 7, the film pressure sensor simultaneously detects corresponding pressure, then the controller sends a signal to the translation cylinder 26 after receiving the signal, thereby controlling the translation ring 26 to stop the translation, the translation ring 26 stops moving along with the expansion and contraction of the output end of the translation cylinder 26, the rotary outer cylinder 12 is enabled to enable the two tip cones 14 to abut against the conical countersink cone 14 in the clearance between the two adjacent tip cones 14 and the two tip cones 14, and the conical countersink 14 to gradually move along with the clearance between the two tip cone 14 and the two tip cone 14, the tip cone 14 is not matched with the adjacent to the conical cone 15, the tip cone 15 is enabled to gradually and the tip cone 15 is enabled to move, and the adjacent to be in a clearance between the two conical cone 15 and the tip cone 14 is not matched with the tip cone 15, thereby ensuring that the slurry feeding inner cylinder 7 is driven to synchronously rotate after the subsequent rotating outer cylinder 12 rotates.
In order to rotate the rotary outer cylinder 12 by the driving mechanism, the following features are specifically provided:
the driving mechanism comprises a gear motor 28 fixedly connected with the corresponding translation ring 27, a first gear 29 is coaxially and fixedly connected with the rotary outer cylinder 12, and a second gear 30 meshed with the first gear 29 is coaxially and fixedly connected with an output shaft of the gear motor 28.
The gear motor 28 is electrically connected with the controller, when the two rotating outer cylinders 12 clamp the slurry feeding inner cylinder 7, the controller controls the output shaft of the gear motor 28 to start rotating, and then the second gear 30 drives the first gear 29 to rotate, so that the two rotating outer cylinders 12 synchronously rotate in the same direction to drive the slurry feeding inner cylinder 7 to rotate.
In order to enable the grouting inner cylinder 13 to elastically seal against the grouting inner cylinder 7 in the rotary outer cylinder 12, the following characteristics are specifically provided:
the rotary outer cylinder 12 is internally provided with a cylindrical through groove for axially translating the grouting inner cylinder 13, the groove wall of the cylindrical through groove is also provided with a plurality of raised strips uniformly distributed along the circumferential direction, the outer cylindrical wall of the grouting inner cylinder 13 is provided with a plurality of axial sinking grooves 31 corresponding to the raised strips one by one, the opposite ends of the two grouting inner cylinders 13 are respectively provided with a step structure, the grouting inner cylinder 13 is also coaxially sleeved with a second spring 32 for driving the grouting inner cylinder 13 to elastically abut against the grouting inner cylinder 7, two ends of the second spring 32 respectively abut against the step structure of the grouting inner cylinder 13 and the rotary outer cylinder 12, the opposite ends of the two grouting inner cylinders 13 are respectively provided with grouting openings 33, the end of the grouting inner cylinder 13 is also coaxially fixedly connected with a first circular ring 34 for preventing the grouting inner cylinder 13 from falling out of the rotary outer cylinder 12, and two ends of the grouting inner cylinder 7 are also coaxially fixedly connected with a first sealing ring 42 for sealing connection with the grouting inner cylinder 13.
The first sealing rings 42 are not shown in the drawing, when the second springs 32 are not compressed by external force, the opposite ends of the two grouting inner cylinders 13 are located between the opposite ends of the two rotating outer cylinders 12, that is, when the two rotating outer cylinders 12 are close to each other, the opposite ends of the two grouting inner cylinders 13 firstly contact the two ends of the slurry feeding inner cylinder 7, and compress the two first sealing rings 42, so that the two grouting inner cylinders 7 are in sealing connection with the two ends of the slurry feeding inner cylinder 7, the second springs 32 can provide sufficient pressure to ensure the sealing connection between the two grouting inner cylinders 13 and the slurry feeding inner cylinder 7 after being compressed, and the plurality of raised strips and the plurality of axial sinking grooves 31 can enable the grouting inner cylinders 13 to synchronously rotate along with the rotating outer cylinders 12 after being matched.
In order to make the printing paste more uniform and be sent to the suction soft sleeve 8 by the paste sending inner cylinder 7, the following characteristics are specifically set:
the slurry feeding inner cylinder 7 comprises an inner cylinder 35 and an outer cylinder 36 which are coaxially and fixedly connected, two ends of the inner cylinder 35 and the outer cylinder 36 are in sealing connection through two symmetrically arranged end circular rings 37, two ends of the inner cylinder 35 and the outer cylinder 36 are coaxially and fixedly connected with second sealing rings 38 which are used for being in sealing connection with the corresponding end circular rings 37, a plurality of through holes 10 are respectively formed in the outer cylinder walls of the inner cylinder 35 and the outer cylinder 36, the slurry sucking soft sleeve 8 is coaxially and fixedly connected to the outer cylinder 36, two annular cambered surfaces are formed at two ends of the inner cylinder 35, and two ends of the inner cylinder 35 protrude out of the two end circular rings 37.
After the inner cylinder 7 for feeding the printing paste is divided into an inner cylinder 35 and an outer cylinder 36, and a plurality of through holes 10 are respectively formed on the outer cylinder walls of the inner cylinder 35 and the outer cylinder 36, the printing paste is fed into the inner cylinder 35 and flows between the inner cylinder 35 and the outer cylinder 36 through the plurality of through holes 10 on the inner cylinder 35, the apertures of the through holes 10 on the inner cylinder 35 and the outer cylinder 36 are smaller, the apertures of the through holes 10 on the outer cylinder 36 are smaller than the apertures of the through holes 10 on the inner cylinder 35, and the printing paste has a certain viscosity, so after the printing paste is filled into the inner cylinder 35, the printing paste flows between the inner cylinder 35 and the outer cylinder 36 through the corresponding plurality of through holes 10, similarly, after the printing paste is fully filled between the inner cylinder 35 and the outer cylinder 36, the printing paste permeates into the paste absorbing soft sleeve 8 through the through holes 10 on the outer cylinder 36, and the paste absorbing soft sleeve 8 has certain flexibility and water absorbability, so that the paste absorbing soft sleeve 8 can actively absorb the printing paste oozing out of the outer cylinder 36 and gradually overflows the printing paste onto the outer printing sleeve 9 after the printing paste is fully absorbed, so that the printing paste oozes out of the gaps of the patterns on the outer printing sleeve 9, the printing paste is finally printed on the woven cloth 1 to leave word patterns, the rubber roller 2 keeps certain force to press the woven cloth 1 on the printing roller shaft 4, and the printing paste is ensured to be uniformly printed on the woven cloth 1.
In order to ensure that the printing paste in the inner cylinder 35 does not actively flow out from both ends thereof, the following features are specifically provided:
the two ends of the inner cylinder 35 are coaxially provided with one-way valves 39 for ensuring that printing paste is injected into the inner cylinder 35 in one direction, the grouting inner cylinder 13 is tightly pressed at the outer ends of the one-way valves 39 after approaching the grouting inner cylinder 7, and the corresponding first sealing rings 42 are coaxially fixedly connected to the outer ends of the one-way valves 39.
The check valve 39 is used to ensure that the printing paste fed into the inner cylinder 35 from the inner cylinder 13 does not flow out, and further to ensure that the printing paste in the inner cylinder 35 does not flow out automatically after the subsequent separation of the inner cylinder 13 from the inner cylinder 35.
In order to connect the two translation rings 27 with the coaxial shaft axially limited by the rotary outer cylinder 12, the following features are specifically provided:
angular contact ball bearings 40 are coaxially and fixedly connected in each translation ring 27, second circular rings 41 for limiting the axial direction of the angular contact ball bearings 40 are coaxially and fixedly connected to the two ends of the translation rings 27, and the inner ring of each angular contact ball bearing 40 is coaxially and fixedly connected with the outer cylindrical wall of the rotary outer cylinder 12.
The angular ball bearings 40 can bring thrust force for axial translation of the grouting inner cylinder 13 after the translation ring 27 moves, and the grouting inner cylinder 13 is coaxially connected with two shaft check rings (not shown in the figure) for axial limiting for each angular ball bearing 40.
Working principle: in fig. 1, when the conversion roller 3 rotates, the rubber roller 2 can press the fabric 1 to the corresponding printing roller shaft 4, the outer printing sleeve 9 is carved with patterns required by printing, printing paste in the paste feeding inner cylinder 7 is absorbed by the paste sucking soft sleeve 8 through the through holes 10, the printing paste is sent to the outer printing sleeve 9 by the paste sucking soft sleeve 8 and is printed on the fabric 1 through the patterns of the outer printing sleeve 9, so that the required pattern is printed on the fabric 1, if the patterns printed on the fabric 1 need to be changed, the printing roller shaft 4 carved with the corresponding patterns can be sent between the corresponding two annular taper sleeves 6 through the second mechanical arm, then the rubber roller 2 is lifted, the two rotary paste injecting cylinders 11 are removed, the conversion roller 3 is rotated ninety degrees clockwise, after the patterns on the outer printing sleeve 9 are rechecked by the industrial camera, the printing roller shaft 4 carved with the required patterns is conveyed to the position right above the conversion roller 3 (namely, the position right below the rubber roller 2 and the woven cloth 1), and the two rotary grouting cylinders 11 are close to each other, so that the two rotary outer cylinders 12 are abutted against the two ends of the slurry feeding inner cylinder 7, the two grouting inner cylinders 13 are tightly abutted against the two ends of the slurry feeding inner cylinder 7, and the two grouting inner cylinders 13 can inject printing slurry into the slurry feeding inner cylinder 7 from the two ends, so that the printing slurry gradually permeates into the slurry absorbing soft sleeve 8, then the patterns on the woven cloth 1 are printed through the outer printing sleeve 9, and simultaneously, the two rotary outer cylinders 12 synchronously rotate in the same direction and drive the woven cloth 1 to move forwards in cooperation with the rubber roller 2, so that the word patterns are continuously printed on the woven cloth 1.
The foregoing examples merely illustrate one or more embodiments of the invention, which are described in greater detail and are not to be construed as limiting the scope of the invention. It should be noted that it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention, which are all within the scope of the invention. Accordingly, the scope of protection of the present invention is to be determined by the appended claims.

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1. The utility model provides an on-line printing device of non-woven fabric, includes can the free rotation and is used for pressing down rubber roll (2) of weaving (1), its characterized in that still includes rotatory roll change subassembly and rotary drive subassembly, rotatory roll change subassembly is including setting up in rubber roll (2) under just can directional single rotation ninety degrees conversion roll (3) and four print roller (4) of setting up on conversion roll (3) along the circumferencial direction evenly, is provided with on conversion roll (3) clamp put external member (5) of four one-to-one print roller (4), every clamp put external member (5) all include two can the free rotation and along conversion roll (3) annular taper sleeve (6) of axially opposite elasticity setting up, every print roller (4) all include by interior and outer coaxial quick-witted section of thick bamboo (7) that link firmly in proper order, inhale thick liquid soft cover (8) and outer print cover (9) of inhaling, form on quick-witted section thick bamboo (7) have a plurality of through-hole (10) that are used for intercommunication thick liquid soft cover (8), and annular taper sleeve (7) are used for the slip casting (7) of two and are used for the rotation of two and are equipped with on the conversion roll (3) and are equipped with the rotational drive of two and are used for the two and change the positive slip casting (11) of rotary drive subassembly, every rotatory slip casting section of thick bamboo (11) all include can follow conversion roller (3) axial translation and support tight rotatory urceolus (12) that corresponds thick liquid inner tube (7), coaxial elasticity slip set up slip casting inner tube (13) in rotatory urceolus (12) and be used for driving rotatory actuating mechanism of rotatory urceolus (12), slip casting inner tube (13) can support tight thick liquid inner tube (7) corresponding end backward and send thick liquid inner tube (7) in injection printing thick liquids along rotatory urceolus (12) axial elastic seal, and every rotatory urceolus (12) are close to the one end that corresponds thick liquid inner tube (7) and all are formed with a plurality of tight pointed cone (14) of support along circumferencial direction evenly distributed, and the both ends of every thick liquid inner tube (7) all are formed with a plurality of taper countersink (15), and a plurality of tight pointed cone (14) of support inserts in a plurality of taper countersink (15) of corresponding side one-to-one.
2. The on-line printing device for non-woven fabrics according to claim 1, wherein each clamping sleeve member (5) further comprises two radial connecting plates (16) which are symmetrically and fixedly connected to two ends of the conversion roller (3) and respectively correspond to the two annular taper sleeves (6), an axial reinforcing plate (17) which is used for reinforcing connection with the conversion roller (3) is fixedly connected between the two radial connecting plates (16), one end of each radial connecting plate (16) far away from the axis of the conversion roller (3) is provided with a round hole (18) which is used for avoiding the rotary outer cylinder (12), a plurality of first transverse shafts (19) which are uniformly distributed along the circumferential direction of the round hole (18) are axially and slidingly connected to the radial connecting plates (16), one end, close to the other radial connecting plate (16), of each first transverse shaft (19) is fixedly connected with an outer annular sleeve (20) which is coaxial with the round hole (18), two ends of each first transverse shaft (21) are respectively abutted against the outer annular sleeve (20) and the two ends of each first transverse shaft (19) are respectively, one end, far away from the other radial connecting plates (16) is further connected with two limit nuts (22), the axial limiting shaft connection of the annular taper sleeve (6) is arranged at one end, close to the other radial connecting plate (16), of the outer annular taper sleeve (20), and inclined surface parts (23) used for being in sliding fit with the annular cambered surface on the slurry feeding inner cylinder (7) are formed on the inner ring and the outer ring, close to one end of the other radial connecting plate (16), of the annular taper sleeve (6).
3. The on-line printing device for the non-woven fabric according to claim 1, wherein the rotary driving assembly further comprises two translation mechanisms respectively corresponding to the two rotary grouting barrels (11), each translation mechanism comprises a bearing transverse plate (24) fixedly arranged beside the conversion roller (3) in a horizontal state, two second transverse shafts (25) fixedly arranged on the bearing transverse plates (24) at intervals along the axial direction of the conversion roller (3), a sliding part axially sliding along the second transverse shafts (25) and arranged on the two second transverse shafts (25) and a translation cylinder (26) with an output end fixedly connected with the sliding part, the sliding part comprises two translation rings (27) axially and alternately arranged along the second transverse shafts (25), the two translation rings (27) are axially and slidably arranged on the second transverse shafts (25), the two translation rings (27) are axially limited and coaxially connected with the rotary outer cylinders (12), one translation ring (27) is fixedly connected with the output end of the translation cylinder (26), and the sliding part is fixedly arranged on the translation mechanism (27).
4. A nonwoven fabric on-line printing device according to claim 3, wherein the driving mechanism comprises a gear motor (28) fixedly connected with the corresponding translation ring (27), a first gear (29) is coaxially and fixedly connected with the rotary outer cylinder (12), and a second gear (30) meshed with the first gear (29) is coaxially and fixedly connected with an output shaft of the gear motor (28).
5. The on-line printing device for the non-woven fabric according to claim 1, wherein a cylindrical through groove for axially translating the grouting inner cylinder (13) is formed in the rotary outer cylinder (12), a plurality of convex strips uniformly distributed along the circumferential direction are formed on the groove wall of the cylindrical through groove, a plurality of axial sinking grooves (31) which are in one-to-one correspondence with the convex strips are formed on the outer cylindrical wall of the grouting inner cylinder (13), step structures are formed at opposite ends of the two grouting inner cylinders (13), a second spring (32) for driving the grouting inner cylinder (13) to elastically abut against the grouting inner cylinder (7) is further coaxially sleeved on the grouting inner cylinder (13), two ends of the second spring (32) respectively abut against the step structure of the grouting inner cylinder (13) and the rotary outer cylinder (12), grouting ports (33) are formed at opposite ends of the two grouting inner cylinders (13), a first ring (34) for preventing the rotary inner cylinder (12) from being separated from the grouting inner cylinder (13) is further coaxially and fixedly connected with two ends (42) of the grouting inner cylinder (13) in a sealing mode.
6. The on-line printing device for non-woven fabrics according to claim 5, wherein the pulp feeding inner cylinder (7) comprises an inner cylinder (35) and an outer cylinder (36) which are coaxially and fixedly connected, two ends of the inner cylinder (35) and the outer cylinder (36) are fixedly sealed by two symmetrically arranged end circular rings (37), two ends of the inner cylinder (35) and the outer cylinder (36) are coaxially and fixedly connected with second sealing rings (38) which are used for being in sealing connection with the corresponding end circular rings (37), a plurality of through holes (10) are respectively formed in the outer cylinder walls of the inner cylinder (35) and the outer cylinder (36), the pulp sucking soft sleeve (8) is coaxially and fixedly connected to the outer cylinder (36), two annular cambered surfaces are formed at two ends of the inner cylinder (35), and two ends of the inner cylinder (35) protrude out of the two end circular rings (37).
7. The on-line printing device for the non-woven fabric according to claim 6, wherein the two ends of the inner cylinder (35) are coaxially provided with one-way valves (39) for ensuring that printing paste is injected into the inner cylinder (35) in one direction, the grouting inner cylinder (13) is tightly pressed at the outer ends of the one-way valves (39) after approaching the grouting inner cylinder (7), and the corresponding first sealing rings (42) are coaxially fixedly connected to the outer ends of the one-way valves (39).
8. The nonwoven fabric on-line printing device according to claim 3, wherein each translation ring (27) is coaxially and fixedly connected with an angular contact ball bearing (40), two ends of the translation ring (27) are coaxially and fixedly connected with second circular rings (41) for limiting the axial direction of the angular contact ball bearing (40), and the inner ring of each angular contact ball bearing (40) is coaxially and fixedly connected with the outer cylinder wall of the rotary outer cylinder (12).
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