CN202716554U - Nozzle adjusting device - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses a nozzle adjusting device which comprises a nozzle soleplate used for fixing a nozzle and a mounting plate used for mounting the nozzle soleplate. A plurality of installing holes used for installation of the nozzle soleplate are parallelly arranged on the mounting plate; the nozzle soleplate is installed on the mounting plate; one end of nozzle soleplate is provided with an adjusting means used for positioning the nozzle soleplate and capable of realizing backward and forward translation and leftward and rightward swaying of nozzles so as to allow the first spray orifice of each nozzle on the same mounting plate to be in a same straight line, and the ranging line among the nozzles is perpendicular to a printing direction. With the nozzle adjusting device provided by the utility model, the positions of the nozzles are effectively and accurately adjusted, and positioning of the nozzles is more accurate.
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Technical field
The utility model relates to the digital-code printer field, relates in particular to a kind of shower nozzle adjusting device.
Background technology
Ink-jet printer is by shower nozzle ink droplet to be ejected on the print media, realizes the printing of image or literal.Because the nozzle printing module locational alignment error can occur on being installed on digital equipment the time, can cause first spray orifice between each shower nozzle not line up, or the spray orifice arranging line between the shower nozzle is not parallel, can make like this ink droplet deviation theory position of printing, and causes image deviations.Therefore, before printing beginning, need regulate printing head first, make first spray orifice between each shower nozzle on the same straight line, and the spray orifice arranging line between each shower nozzle is perpendicular to Print direction.But, in the prior art, be used for to adjust shower nozzle and make the apparatus structure of its alignment complicated and take up room greatly, the adjustment process trouble needs a large amount of time of waste, has reduced production efficiency.
Therefore, prior art has yet to be improved and developed.
The utility model content
In view of above-mentioned the deficiencies in the prior art, the purpose of this utility model is to provide a kind of shower nozzle adjusting device, a kind of simple in structure, can regulate effectively accurately the shower nozzle adjusting device of nozzle position, be intended to solve shower nozzle adjusting device complex structure in the prior art, problem large, operating difficulties takes up room.
The technical solution of the utility model is as follows:
A kind of shower nozzle adjusting device, wherein, described shower nozzle adjusting device comprises that a nozzle mounting seat and that is used for stationary nozzle is used for the mounting base of mounting spray head mount pad;
One end of described nozzle mounting seat is provided with an adjusting device that is used for locating described nozzle mounting seat, and described adjusting device comprises for the adjustment pin of regulating nozzle position, be used for pushing described adjustment pin can make its first adjusting slider that drives described shower nozzle and swing, be used for pushing described adjustment pin and can make its second adjusting slider that drives translation before and after the described shower nozzle, be used for fixing described the first adjusting slider and drive its vertical adjusting screw that pushes described adjustment pin and be used for fixing described the second adjusting slider and drive the Level tune screw that it pushes described adjustment pin; Described the first adjusting slider is arranged on the described vertical adjusting screw, described the second adjusting slider is arranged on the described Level tune screw, described adjustment pin is fixed on the described nozzle mounting seat, and described adjustment pin connects with described the first adjusting slider and the second adjusting slider respectively.
Described shower nozzle adjusting device wherein, is arranged with a plurality of installing holes be used to described nozzle mounting seat is installed in parallel on the described mounting base, described nozzle mounting seat is installed on the described mounting base by described installing hole.
Described shower nozzle adjusting device, wherein, described adjustment pin is a bullet adjustment pin, correspondingly is provided with respectively the inclined-plane for the squeeze adjustments pin on described the first adjusting slider and the second adjusting slider.
Described shower nozzle adjusting device, wherein, be provided with the first spring on the described vertical adjusting screw, described the first spring is arranged between described the first adjusting slider and the mounting base, be provided with the second spring on the described Level tune screw, described the second spring is arranged between described the second adjusting slider and the mounting base.
Described shower nozzle adjusting device, wherein, described adjusting device comprises that also one is used for installing the support of described the first adjusting slider and the second adjusting slider, be provided with on the described support be used to the groove that installs described the first adjusting slider and the second adjusting slider, described support is installed on the described mounting base by the mode that is spirally connected.
Described shower nozzle adjusting device, wherein, the other end of described mounting base is provided with one and is used for the auxiliary first wave pearl screw of fixing described nozzle mounting seat; One end of described first wave pearl screw is provided with steel ball, and steel ball and the described nozzle mounting seat of described first wave pearl screw offset.
Described shower nozzle adjusting device, wherein, the two ends of described nozzle mounting seat arrange respectively one and are used for auxiliary fixing Second Wave pearl screw and the 3rd ripple pearl screw, and described Second Wave pearl screw is vertical with first wave pearl screw with the 3rd ripple pearl screw.
Described shower nozzle adjusting device, wherein, described adjustment pin is fixed on the described nozzle mounting seat by the mode that is spirally connected.
Described shower nozzle adjusting device, wherein, be provided with a mounting blocks for fixing described first wave pearl screw on the described mounting base, be provided with a through hole for fixing described first wave pearl screw on the described mounting blocks, described mounting blocks is fixed on the described mounting base by the mode that is spirally connected.
Beneficial effect: adopt shower nozzle adjusting device provided by the utility model, can regulate effectively accurately nozzle position, make the location of shower nozzle more accurate.And described shower nozzle adjusting device is simple and compact for structure, easy and simple to handle, practical.
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Fig. 1 is the structural representation of printing head in the prior art.
Explosive view when Fig. 2 is equipped with shower nozzle for the nozzle mounting seat of this practical shower nozzle adjusting device.
Fig. 3 is the structural representation of this practical shower nozzle adjusting device.
The specific embodiment
The utility model provides a kind of shower nozzle adjusting device, and is clearer, clear and definite for making the purpose of this utility model, technical scheme and effect, below the utility model further described.Should be appreciated that specific embodiment described herein only in order to explaining the utility model, and be not used in restriction the utility model.
As shown in Figure 1, spray orifice 1 is arranged in a straight line on the shower nozzle, and a plurality of parallel aligned of described shower nozzle are arranged on the mounting base, and the arranging line of spray orifice 1 is vertical on the arranging line of described shower nozzle and the shower nozzle.A kind of shower nozzle adjusting device is provided in the utility model, be used for regulates the position of shower nozzle, make first spray orifice between each shower nozzle on the same mounting base on the same straight line, and the spray orifice arranging line between each shower nozzle is perpendicular to Print direction.
As shown in Figures 2 and 3, described shower nozzle adjusting device comprises that a nozzle mounting seat 200 and that is used for stationary nozzle is used for the mounting base 300 of mounting spray head mount pad 200, and described nozzle mounting seat 200 is installed on the described mounting base 300.Be provided be used to the installing hole that described shower nozzle 100 is installed on the described nozzle mounting seat 200, be arranged with a plurality of through holes be used to described nozzle mounting seat 200 is installed on the described mounting base 300 in parallel, a plurality of shower nozzles 100 that are installed on the described mounting base 300 are set in parallel on the same straight line.
One end of described nozzle mounting seat 200 is provided with one for the adjusting device of locating described nozzle mounting seat 200, and described adjusting device comprises for the adjustment pin 201 of regulating nozzle position, being used for pushing described adjustment pin 201 can make it drive the first adjusting slider 321 that described shower nozzle swings to the left or to the right, being used for pushing described adjustment pin 201 can make it drive the second adjusting slider 322 that described shower nozzle moves horizontally forward or backward, be used for fixing described the first adjusting slider 321 and drive its vertical adjusting screw 311 that pushes described adjustment pin 201 and be used for fixing described the second adjusting slider 322 and drive the Level tune screw 312 that it pushes described adjustment pin 201.Described the first adjusting slider 321 is arranged on the described vertical adjusting screw 311, described the second adjusting slider 322 is arranged on the described Level tune screw 312, described adjustment pin 201 is fixed on the described nozzle mounting seat 200, and described adjustment pin 201 connects with described the first adjusting slider 321 and the second adjusting slider 322 respectively.Particularly, described adjustment pin 201 is a up-narrow and down-wide bullet, and the bottom surface of a wider end contacts with described nozzle mounting seat 200.Described adjustment pin 201 is fixed on the described nozzle mounting seat 200 by the mode that is spirally connected.Correspondingly be provided with respectively the inclined-plane for squeeze adjustments pin 201 on described the first adjusting slider 321 and the second adjusting slider 322, the plane, place, inclined-plane of described the first adjusting slider 321 is parallel with the arranging line of spray orifice, and the plane, place, inclined-plane of described the second adjusting slider 322 is parallel with the arranging line of a plurality of shower nozzles 100.Like this, by rotation vertical adjusting screw 311 the first adjusting slider 321 is moved up and down, by the extruding to the taper seat of adjustment pin 201 of the inclined-plane of adjusting slider, make described nozzle mounting seat 200 can realize swinging, the track of its motion is vertical with the arranging line of spray orifice, by regulating vertical adjusting screw 311 the spray orifice arranging line to each shower nozzle 100 on the same mounting base 300 is arranged in parallel, and perpendicular to Print direction.Same, make the second adjusting slider 322 can realize forward or backward translational motion by rotation Level tune screw 312, its movement locus is parallel with described spray orifice arranging line, by the extruding to the taper seat of adjustment pin 201 of the inclined-plane of the second adjusting slider 322, make described nozzle mounting seat 200 can realize before and after translation, make on the same mounting base 300 the first spray orifice between the different shower nozzles on same straight line.
Be provided with the first spring 331 on the described vertical adjusting screw 311, described the first spring 331 is arranged between described the first adjusting slider 321 and the mounting base 300, make the first adjusting slider 321 be close to all the time vertical adjusting screw 311, be provided with the second spring 332 on the described Level tune screw 312, described the second spring 332 is arranged between described the second adjusting slider 322 and the mounting base 300, makes the second adjusting slider 322 be close to all the time Level tune screw 312; Like this, the help user realizes the adjusting to nozzle mounting seat 200 better.
Described adjusting device comprises that also one is used for installing the support 360 of described the first adjusting slider 321 and the second adjusting slider 322, be provided with on the described support 360 be used to the groove that installs described the first adjusting slider 321 and the second adjusting slider 322, described support 360 is installed on the described mounting base 300 by the mode that is spirally connected.
On the described mounting base 300, the other end of described adjusting device is installed, arranges one and be used for the auxiliary first wave pearl screw 301 of fixing described nozzle mounting seat 200.One end of described first wave pearl screw 301 is provided with steel ball, and the steel ball of described first wave pearl screw 301 pushes mutually with described nozzle mounting seat 200, makes nozzle mounting seat be in all the time direction away from first wave pearl screw 301.When described nozzle mounting seat 200 was subject to described adjusting device adjusting, the described first wave pearl screw 301 that is arranged on described nozzle mounting seat 200 other ends gave certain top power all the time, and the strength of adjustment of adjusting device is better controlled, and regulates more accurate.Be provided with a mounting blocks 340 for fixing described first wave pearl screw 301 on the described mounting base 300, be provided with a through hole for fixing described first wave pearl screw 301 on the described mounting blocks 340, described mounting blocks 340 is fixed on the described mounting base 300 by the mode that is spirally connected.
The two ends, the left and right sides of described nozzle mounting seat 200 also can arrange respectively one and be used for auxiliary fixing Second Wave pearl screw 202 and the 3rd ripple pearl screw 203, and described Second Wave pearl screw 202 is vertical with first wave pearl screw with the 3rd ripple pearl screw 203.Like this, when the described nozzle mounting seat 200 of described adjusting device left and right adjusting, described Second Wave pearl screw 202 and the 3rd ripple pearl screw 203 give a reciprocal active force, and the strength of adjustment of adjusting device is better controlled, and regulate more accurate.
Adopt shower nozzle adjusting device provided by the utility model, can regulate effectively accurately nozzle position, make the location of shower nozzle more accurate.And described shower nozzle adjusting device is simple in structure, easy and simple to handle, practical.
Should be understood that; application of the present utility model is not limited to above-mentioned giving an example; for those of ordinary skills, can be improved according to the above description or conversion, all these improvement and conversion all should belong to the protection domain of the utility model claims.
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1. a shower nozzle adjusting device is characterized in that, described shower nozzle adjusting device comprises that a nozzle mounting seat and that is used for stationary nozzle is used for the mounting base of mounting spray head mount pad;
One end of described nozzle mounting seat is provided with an adjusting device that is used for locating described nozzle mounting seat, and described adjusting device comprises for the adjustment pin of regulating nozzle position, be used for pushing described adjustment pin can make its first adjusting slider that drives described shower nozzle and swing, be used for pushing described adjustment pin and can make its second adjusting slider that drives translation before and after the described shower nozzle, be used for fixing described the first adjusting slider and drive its vertical adjusting screw that pushes described adjustment pin and be used for fixing described the second adjusting slider and drive the Level tune screw that it pushes described adjustment pin; Described the first adjusting slider is arranged on the described vertical adjusting screw, described the second adjusting slider is arranged on the described Level tune screw, described adjustment pin is fixed on the described nozzle mounting seat, and described adjustment pin connects with described the first adjusting slider and the second adjusting slider respectively.
2. shower nozzle adjusting device according to claim 1 is characterized in that, is arranged with a plurality of installing holes be used to described nozzle mounting seat is installed on the described mounting base in parallel, and described nozzle mounting seat is installed on the described mounting base by described installing hole.
3. shower nozzle adjusting device according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described adjustment pin is a bullet adjustment pin, correspondingly is provided with respectively the inclined-plane for the squeeze adjustments pin on described the first adjusting slider and the second adjusting slider.
4. shower nozzle adjusting device according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, be provided with the first spring on the described vertical adjusting screw, described the first spring is arranged between described the first adjusting slider and the mounting base, be provided with the second spring on the described Level tune screw, described the second spring is arranged between described the second adjusting slider and the mounting base.
5. shower nozzle adjusting device according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, described adjusting device comprises that also one is used for installing the support of described the first adjusting slider and the second adjusting slider, be provided with on the described support be used to the groove that installs described the first adjusting slider and the second adjusting slider, described support is installed on the described mounting base by the mode that is spirally connected.
6. shower nozzle adjusting device according to claim 1 is characterized in that, on the described mounting base, the other end of described adjusting device is installed, and is provided with one and is used for the auxiliary first wave pearl screw of fixing described nozzle mounting seat; One end of described first wave pearl screw is provided with steel ball, and steel ball and the described nozzle mounting seat of described first wave pearl screw offset.
7. shower nozzle adjusting device according to claim 6, it is characterized in that, the two ends of described nozzle mounting seat arrange respectively one and are used for auxiliary fixing Second Wave pearl screw and the 3rd ripple pearl screw, and described Second Wave pearl screw is vertical with first wave pearl screw with the 3rd ripple pearl screw.
8. shower nozzle adjusting device according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described adjustment pin is fixed on the described nozzle mounting seat by the mode that is spirally connected.
9. shower nozzle adjusting device according to claim 6, it is characterized in that, be provided with a mounting blocks for fixing described first wave pearl screw on the described mounting base, be provided with a through hole for fixing described first wave pearl screw on the described mounting blocks, described mounting blocks is fixed on the described mounting base by the mode that is spirally connected.
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