The utility model content
The utility model provides a kind of air knife device, to solve gas outlet and the glass substrate keeping parallelism that prior art is difficult to guarantee air knife, can't dry up glass substrate, even can scratch glass substrate, thereby cause the glass baseplate surface pixel bad be problem.
The utility model provides a kind of air knife device, comprising: air knife and the support that is used for fixing the air knife two ends, and described air knife is prism, and the one end is provided with an air inlet, and a seamed edge is provided with a linear slot-shaped gas outlet; Described air knife device also comprises: control module and driver element;
Described control module is connected with described driver element, is used to control described driver element;
Described driver element is connected with described air knife two ends respectively, is used under the control of described control module, and the two ends that drive described air knife slide up and down along support simultaneously.
Aforesaid air knife device, described support comprises: base, slider track and moving slider;
The two ends of the corresponding air knife of described slider track are vertically set on described base top, described moving slider is arranged on the described slider track, described moving slider is connected with air knife one end on the support of place, be used for sliding up and down, move in vertical direction to drive described air knife one end that connects along described slider track.
Aforesaid air knife device, the also corresponding driving section of described air knife, described driving section is connected with described moving slider, be used under the drive of described driver element, promote described moving slider simultaneously and slide up and down along the place slider track simultaneously, move in the vertical direction to drive corresponding described air knife two ends.
Aforesaid air knife device, the corresponding air knife in described driving section is provided with:
Two connecting rods, a drive link, two oval drive blocks and two circular drives pieces;
The described moving slider that described air knife two ends connect connects a connecting rod in vertical direction respectively, and described connecting rod bottom is provided with a circular drives piece;
Described drive link is connected with described driver element, and its two ends are separately positioned on the base top of described support, and the two ends of described drive link are provided with an oval drive block respectively, and each described oval drive block and a described circular drives piece are tangent;
Described drive link rotates under the driving of described driver element, drive described oval drive block rotation, described oval drive block promotes tangent described circular drives piece rotation, described connecting rod is moved down in vertical direction, drive the described moving slider that connects and slide up and down along described slider track.
Aforesaid air knife device, described connecting rod is connected with described moving slider by an adjusting nut; Also be provided with a groove on the described connecting rod, described groove is set on the described adjusting nut, and the relative position of described connecting rod and described moving slider is determined in the position of described adjusting nut on described groove.
Aforesaid air knife device, two air knifes of upper and lower settings between the described support, the gas outlet of described two air knifes is parallel and be positioned at different horizontal planes.
Aforesaid air knife device, the corresponding slider track of the same end of described two air knifes, and the moving slider of two air knifes is provided with the both sides of corresponding slider track respectively.
Aforesaid air knife device, described moving slider also connect a graduation apparatus, and described graduation apparatus is used to show the level height of described moving slider.
Aforesaid air knife device, described driver element are servo motor, cylinder driver or belt drive.
Aforesaid air knife device, described control module are central processing unit CPU or programmable logic controller (PLC) PLC.
The air knife device that the utility model provides, under the control of control module, the two ends of drive unit drives air knife move up and down along the place support simultaneously, raising is to the degree of regulation of air knife, the air knife two ends can be remained on the same horizontal line, and then guarantee gas outlet and the glass substrate keeping parallelism of air knife, realize glass substrate is dried up, avoid scratching glass substrate and glass baseplate surface pixel bad be problem.
The specific embodiment
For the purpose, technical scheme and the advantage that make the utility model embodiment clearer, below in conjunction with the accompanying drawing among the utility model embodiment, technical scheme among the utility model embodiment is clearly and completely described, obviously, described embodiment is the utility model part embodiment, rather than whole embodiment.Based on the embodiment in the utility model, those of ordinary skills are not making the every other embodiment that is obtained under the creative work prerequisite, all belong to the scope of the utility model protection.
Embodiment one
The air knife device that the utility model first embodiment provides comprises: air knife and the support that is used for fixing the air knife two ends, and air knife is prism, and the one end is provided with an air inlet, and a seamed edge is provided with a linear slot-shaped gas outlet; This air knife device also comprises: control module and driver element;
Control module is connected with driver element, is used to control driver element;
Driver element is connected with the air knife two ends respectively, is used under the control of control module, and the two ends that drive air knife slide up and down along support simultaneously.
The air knife device that present embodiment provides, under the control of control module, the two ends of drive unit drives air knife move up and down along the place support simultaneously, raising is to the degree of regulation of air knife, the air knife two ends can be remained on the same horizontal line, and then guarantee gas outlet and the glass substrate keeping parallelism of air knife, realize glass substrate is dried up, avoid scratching glass substrate and glass baseplate surface pixel bad be problem.
Air knife number in this device can be according to the concrete application of this device, and actual needs is provided with.In the kinds of processes flow process that relates in the LCD manufacture process, need two air knifes simultaneously the upper surface and the lower surface of glass substrate to be dried up operation usually, therefore, two air knifes usually can be arranged in parallel up and down between support.
Be that example describes all below with two air knifes that be arranged in parallel on the support, but not with this as to restriction of the present utility model.Two air knifes are set in parallel in up and down between two supports, the two ends of each air knife are separately positioned on the support at two ends, and, the two ends of air knife can slide up and down along two end supports, realize that the concrete mode of sliding can be, inboard at two side stands is provided with a slide rail respectively, and the two ends of air knife are embedded respectively on the slide rail of two end supports; To slide up and down more smooth and easyly in order making, can also to fix a sliding axle respectively, sliding axle is embedded in the slide rail at the two ends of air knife.The two ends of realizing air knife have slided up and down multiple feasible pattern along two end supports, do not enumerate one by one at this.
Driver element is for driving the driving mechanism that the air knife two ends slide up and down along two end supports simultaneously, and this driving mechanism is controlled by control module.Concrete:
Control module specifically can be the hardware circuit with control function, also can be various chips or the equipment of realizing the control function by software programming.Because how many models glass substrate have, the glass substrate of various models, its thickness is inequality, thickness can be 0.5 millimeter, 0.63 millimeter or 0.7 millimeter etc.Therefore, glass substrate at different-thickness, when drying up operation, distance between two parallel up and down air knifes is different, if the thickness of glass substrate is thinner relatively, then up and down the distance between two air knifes needs smallerly relatively, so that the air that the air knife gas outlet blows out can arrive glass baseplate surface, thereby reaches the effect that dries up washmarking; If the thickness of glass substrate is thicker relatively, then up and down the distance between two air knifes needs big relatively, too near apart from glass substrate to avoid air knife, and scratch glass substrate.
In some technologies, glass substrate is the level of state from process between two air knifes, and two air knifes dry up operation to the upper surface and the lower surface of glass substrate simultaneously.Therefore, two air knifes also need be the level of state keeping parallel with glass substrate, and whether this height that depends on the air knife two ends is consistent, thereby height unanimity in air knife two ends could guarantee that whole air knife is parallel with glass substrate.
The level height of each air knife, promptly the distance between the height at air knife two ends and two air knifes need be according to the glass substrate of different model, and concrete condition when drying up operation is adjusted.The control strategy of these adjustment can be provided with in control module in advance, by control module driver element is assigned control instruction, driver element slides up and down along the place support according to the two ends that control instruction drives each air knife simultaneously, make air knife both ends horizontal height remain unanimity, and make two air knifes be in suitable level height.
In addition, driver element is as the driving executing agency that drives air knife, need be connected with the air knife two ends, multiple connected mode is specifically arranged, for example: driver element can be the driving arrangement of drive rod one class, then drive rod directly can be fixed on the air knife two ends, at this moment, can control drive rod by control module and move up and down, and then drive air knife two ends slide up and down along support.Driver element can also be driving arrangements such as drive block or driving shaft, by realizing the two ends of air knife are controlled simultaneously with each air knife two end in contact, makes the air knife two ends remain on same level height.Below only provide the feasible type of drive of driver element, but not with this as to restriction of the present utility model.
Before adopting this air knife device to dry up the operation of glass baseplate surface washmarking, can adjust the angle of gas port earlier, make the gas outlet can be towards the direction blow out air of glass substrate.Then can be according to the model of glass substrate to be dried up, control module is set in advance, thereby make control module control driver element, driving each air knife two ends slides up and down along support simultaneously, until arriving suitable level height, and make between two air knifes and have suitable distance.
Dry up in the operating process at this air knife device, conveyer is sent to glass substrate between two air knifes, each several part passes through between two air knifes successively on the glass substrate, in this process, the dry air of cleaning enters from the air inlet on the air knife, and the gas outlet from seamed edge of air knife blows out, and dries up the washmarking of glass baseplate surface.It is linear slot-shaped that the gas outlet of air knife becomes, and the gas outlet of the air knife of top is towards the upper surface of glass substrate, and the gas outlet of below air knife is towards the lower surface of glass substrate.Control module can be adjusted the height at each air knife two ends in the process that dries up in real time, dry up in the operation whole guaranteeing, the two ends of air knife are all the time a level height, thereby the washmarking on the assurance glass substrate is dried up fully, and avoids glass baseplate surface to be scratched by air knife.Be that example describes only below with two air knifes that be arranged in parallel up and down on the support, be understandable that, the air knife device that present embodiment provides, can control simultaneously the two ends of one or more air knifes of being provided with between the support, realize that the air knife two ends remain at same level height.
Embodiment two
Referring to Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, the air knife device that the utility model second embodiment provides, comprise: air knife 1 and the support 2 that is used for fixing air knife 1 two ends, air knife 1 is prism, the one end is provided with an air inlet 11, article one, seamed edge is provided with a linear slot-shaped gas outlet 12, and air knife 1 one ends can also be provided with an angle adjusting mechanism 4, are used to adjust the angle of gas port 12; This air knife device also comprises: control module (not shown) and driver element 5;
Wherein, control module is connected with driver element 5, is used to control driver element 5; Control module can be the hardware circuit with control function, also can be various chips or the equipment of realizing the control function by software programming.Preferably, control module can be CPU (Central Processing Unit; CPU) or programmable logic controller (PLC) (Programmable logic Controller; PLC) etc.
Driver element 5 is connected with air knife 1 two ends respectively, receives the control instruction that control module sends, and under the control of control module, the two ends that drive air knife 1 slide up and down along support 2 simultaneously.Preferably, this driver element 5 can be driving arrangements such as servo motor, cylinder driver or belt drive.
The two ends of realizing air knife 1 slide up and down on described support 2, the support 2 at air knife 1 and two ends can have multiple connected mode, as a kind of preferred implementation, support 2 can have following structure, comprising: base 21, slider track 22 and moving slider 23;
Wherein, slider track 22 corresponding air knifes 1 two ends are vertically set on the top of base 21, moving slider 23 is arranged on the slider track 22, moving slider 23 is connected with air knife 1 one ends on the place support 2, be used for sliding up and down, move in vertical direction to drive air knife 1 one ends that connect along slider track 22.
Because in the most technological processes that relate in the production process of LCD, need to adopt two air knifes 1 simultaneously the upper surface and the lower surface of glass substrate to be dried up operation, therefore, gas outlet that usually can 1, two air knife 1 of two air knifes of upper and lower settings between the support 2 is parallel and be positioned at different horizontal planes.Accordingly, the corresponding slider track 22 of the same end of two air knifes 1, and the moving slider 23 of two air knifes 1 is provided with the both sides of corresponding slider track 22 respectively.Because the situation of two air knifes 1 of upper and lower settings is most widely used in the production process of LCD between the support 2, therefore, be that example describes still below with the situation of two air knifes 1 between the support 2, but not with this as to restriction of the present utility model.
As preferred embodiment, the main part of slider track 22 can be that the cross section is rectangular cylinder, is respectively arranged with the track that slides up and down for moving slider 23 on two relative sides of cylinder.All be provided with a moving slider 23 on the track of each side of cylinder, the part that moving slider 23 is connected with track is complementary with the shape of raceway surface.Each moving slider 23 is connected with air knife 1 one ends on the place support 2, the two ends of each air knife 1 connect a moving slider 23 respectively, vertically move up and down simultaneously under the drive of both sides moving slider 23 with the two ends of realizing each air knife 1.
Further, compare and adopt driver element 5 directly to drive the embodiment of air knife 1, as another preferred embodiment, air knife 1 can corresponding driving section, the driving section is connected with moving slider 23, be used under the drive of driver element 5, promote moving slider 23 and slide up and down along place slider track 22 simultaneously, move in the vertical direction to drive corresponding air knife 1 two ends.Make control module more flexible, more accurate by the driving section to the control of air knife 1 horizontal level.
Concrete, the corresponding air knife 1 in driving section can comprise: two connecting rods 61, two circular drives pieces 62, drive link 63 and two oval drive blocks 64;
Wherein, the moving slider 23 that air knife 1 two ends connect connects a connecting rod 61 in vertical direction respectively, and connecting rod 61 bottoms are provided with a circular drives piece 62;
Drive link 63 is connected with driver element 5, and its two ends are separately positioned on base 21 tops of support 2, and the two ends of drive link 63 are provided with an oval drive block 64 respectively, and the described circular drives piece of each oval drive block 64 and 62 is tangent;
Drive link 63 rotates under the driving of driver element 5, drive oval drive block 64 rotations, oval drive block 64 promotes 62 rotations of tangent circular drives piece, and connecting rod 61 is moved down in vertical direction, drives the moving slider 23 that connects and slides up and down along slider track 22.
In each driving section, driver element 5 is driving drive link 63 rotations that are provided with between two bases 21 under the control of control module, the rotation of drive link 63 drives oval drive block 64 rotations of its both sides, because oval drive block 64 is tangent with the circular drives piece 62 of its top, and oval drive block 64 is irregular circles, when rotated, the edge that edge that radius is little and radius are big is alternately tangent with circular drives piece 62, thereby promote 62 rotations of circular drives piece, and circular drives piece 62 is in rotary course, the level height in its center of circle is along with the variation of the edge radius that contacts with oval drive block 64 changes, promptly when the little side edge of circular drives piece 62 and oval drive block 64 radiuses was touched, the level height at the place, the center of circle of circular drives piece 62 was relatively low; And when the big side edge of circular drives piece 62 and oval drive block 64 radiuses is touched, the level height at the place, the center of circle of circular drives piece 62 is higher relatively, therefore, promote in the process of circular drives piece 62 rotations at oval drive block 64, connecting rod 61 moves up and down under the drive of circular drives piece 62 in vertical direction, and connecting rod 61 is connected with moving slider 23, therefore, the rotation of the oval drive block 64 at drive link 63 two ends can drive moving slider 23 that air knife 1 two ends connect and slide up and down along the slider track 22 at place.
Further, owing to adopt oval drive block 64 to promote 62 rotations of circular drives piece, and then the mode of promotion moving slider 23, the sliding scale of moving slider 23 on slider track 22 is subjected to the restriction of oval drive block 64 and circular drives piece 62 diameters, therefore, the sliding scale of moving slider 23 on slider track 22 is limited.
Therefore, on this basis, connecting rod 61 can be connected with moving slider 23 by an adjustment screw 7; Also be provided with a groove 65 on the connecting rod 61, groove 65 is set on the adjustment screw 7, and the relative position of connecting rod 61 and moving slider 23 is determined in the position of adjustment screw 7 on groove 65.
Wherein, groove 65 can be shapes such as strip or waveform, its width can be slightly greater than the diameter of the screw portion of adjustment screw 7, make screw portion can pass groove 65 stubborn being located on the moving slider 23, and the nut section diameter of adjustment screw 7 needs the width greater than groove 65, when realizing that adjustment screw 7 is in any position in the groove 65, tightens adjustment screw 7, connecting rod 61 and mobile slip 23 can be fixed together, guarantee the relative position of connecting rod 61 and moving slider 23.And groove 65 has determined the level height of connecting rod 61 and moving slider 23 in the length of vertical direction, and the position of adjustment screw 7 in groove 65 can be considered as the altitude datum that moving slider 23 slides up and down.Concrete, when adjustment screw 7 when the lowermost end of groove 65 is tightened, connecting rod 61 and moving slider 23 have a minimum altitude comparatively speaking, on the benchmark of this height, oval drive block 64 promotes in the process of circular drives piece 62 rotations, change the level height of moving slider 23 further, and then changed the level height of air knife 1 one ends; Arrive the process of groove 65 tops when adjustment screw 7 moves up from the lowermost end of groove 65, on each altitude datum, oval drive block 64 promotes to have changed the level height of moving slider 23 further in the process of circular drives pieces 62 rotations.When adjustment screw 7 when groove 65 tops are tightened, connecting rod 61 and moving slider 23 have the highest altitude datum.Therefore, simultaneously groove 65 in the connecting rod 61 of air knife 1 two ends correspondence and adjustment screw 7 are regulated, can be satisfied in the different process demand air knife 1 level height.
By the transmission of above-mentioned driving section, can realize the two ends of air knife 1 are controlled simultaneously, thereby can improve control accuracy air knife 1, the two ends that keep air knife 1 are all the time in same level height.
Further, for more accurate and show the level height that air knife 1 is present intuitively, can also connect a graduation apparatus 8 on each moving slider 23, type to graduation apparatus 8 is not done concrete restriction, for example: can adopt the graduation apparatus 8 that shows reading by flexible probe, such graduation apparatus 8 can be arranged on the slider track 22, and the flexible probe of graduation apparatus 8 is connected with moving slider 23, be used for showing the level height of moving slider 23.When moving slider 23 when slider track 22 slides, the flexible probe of graduation apparatus 8 can deflect under the drive of moving slider 23, thereby the level height of moving slider 23 is presented on the graduation apparatus 8, and then can show the horizontal situation of change of the moving slider 23 that air knife 1 two ends connect intuitively, can realize more accurately and control intuitively air knife 1 both ends horizontal height.Can certainly select the graduation apparatus 8 of other types for use, not enumerate one by one at this.
Before adopting this air knife device to dry up the operation of glass baseplate surface washmarking, at first can adopt the angle adjusting mechanism 4 that is positioned at air knife 1 one ends, adjust the angle of gas port 12, make the gas outlet 12 can be towards the direction blow out air of glass substrate.And can control module be set in advance according to the model of glass substrate to be dried up, to guarantee the air knife level height that achieves the goal.
Dry up in the operating process at this air knife device, conveyer is sent to glass substrate between two air knifes 1, each several part passes through between two air knifes 1 successively on the glass substrate, in this process, control module can be controlled in real time to driver element 5, driver element 5 drives drive link 63 rotations of each air knife 1 correspondence, and the rotation of drive link 63 drives oval drive block 64 rotations at two ends, thereby promotes circular drives piece 62 rotations of top separately.Circular drives piece 52 is in rotary course, and the level height in its center of circle changes, and then the moving slider 23 that corresponding air knife 1 two ends of drive connect slides up and down along slider track 22 simultaneously.
By the real-time control of control module, dry up in the operation whole guaranteeing, the two ends of air knife 1 are all the time a level height, thereby guarantee that the washmarking on the glass substrate is dried up fully, and avoid glass baseplate surface to be scratched by air knife 1.
In the present embodiment air knife 1 can also be set between support 2, a plurality of air knifes 1 that perhaps be arranged in parallel up and down are so that the air knife device is widely used in the various technological processes.The air knife device that adopts present embodiment to provide can be realized the two ends of one or more air knifes 1 of setting between the support 2 are controlled simultaneously, realizes that air knife 1 two ends remain at same level height.
It should be noted that at last: above embodiment only in order to the explanation the technical solution of the utility model, is not intended to limit; Although the utility model is had been described in detail with reference to previous embodiment, those of ordinary skill in the art is to be understood that: it still can be made amendment to the technical scheme that aforementioned each embodiment put down in writing, and perhaps part technical characterictic wherein is equal to replacement; And these modifications or replacement do not make the essence of appropriate technical solution break away from the spirit and scope of each embodiment technical scheme of the utility model.