CN204278622U - Duck-beak type bag bottom bracing opening mechanism and packing bag production line - Google Patents
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The utility model provides a kind of duck-beak type bag bottom bracing opening mechanism and packing bag production line.Duck-beak type bag bottom bracing opening mechanism comprises support, struts assembly and driving mechanism, strut assembly and comprise the first cam disc, rotating shaft, fagging assembly, fagging assembly comprises the first mount pad, second mount pad, first swing arm, linking arm, first connecting rod, second swing arm and two faggings, first mount pad is provided with the first connecting axle, second mount pad is provided with the second connecting axle and the 3rd connecting axle, first swing arm and linking arm are fixed on the first connecting axle, first swing arm is resisted against the edge of the first cam disc, linking arm and first connecting rod hinged, first connecting rod is provided with guide pillar, second swing arm is fixed on the second connecting axle, second swing arm offers deep-slotted chip breaker, guide pillar is slidably connected in deep-slotted chip breaker, fagging is connected with sector gear, two sector gears mesh together, one sector gear is fixed on the second connecting axle, another sector gear is fixed on the 3rd connecting axle.
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Technical field
The utility model relates to plant equipment, particularly relates to a kind of duck-beak type bag bottom bracing opening mechanism and packing bag production line.
Background technology
At present, packaging bag (such as: bag of cement or bag with fertilizer etc.) is widely used in packaging and the transport of material.In packing bag production line production process, the cloth of packaging bag is that double-decker entirety is wound in yardage roll, after yardage roll is led out, a bag place of bottom opening mechanism will be transported to after cloth being cut into setting size by cloth cutter sweep and carry out a bag bottom opening process, and then by fagging, opening be strutted.The usual horizontal air cylinder of bag bottom bracing opening mechanism of the prior art drives fagging first to move forward and backward, and after making fagging be inserted into opening, then is moved up and down by vertical air cylinder driven fagging and is strutted by opening.But in actual use, fagging adopts the mode moved up and down to complete and struts operation, whole to strut process consuming time longer, causes the operating efficiency of bag bottom bracing opening mechanism in prior art lower.
Utility model content
The utility model provides a kind of duck-beak type bag bottom bracing opening mechanism and packing bag production line, the defect that the operating efficiency in order to solve bag bottom bracing opening mechanism in prior art is lower, realizes the operating efficiency improving duck-beak type bag bottom bracing opening mechanism.
The utility model provides a kind of duck-beak type bag bottom bracing opening mechanism, comprises support, struts assembly and driving mechanism, the described assembly that struts comprises the first cam disc, rotating shaft, fagging assembly, described first cam disc is fixing on the bracket, the rotating connection of described rotating shaft on the bracket, described fagging assembly comprises the first mount pad, second mount pad, first swing arm, linking arm, first connecting rod, second swing arm and two faggings, described first mount pad and described second mount pad are fixed in described rotating shaft, described first mount pad is provided with rotating first connecting axle, described second mount pad is provided with rotating second connecting axle and the 3rd connecting axle, described first swing arm and described linking arm are fixed on described first connecting axle, the free end of described first swing arm is resisted against the edge of described first cam disc, the first extension spring is provided with between described first swing arm and described first mount pad, one end of described linking arm and described first connecting rod is hinged, the other end of described first connecting rod is provided with guide pillar, described second swing arm is fixed on described second connecting axle, described second swing arm offers deep-slotted chip breaker, described guide pillar is slidably connected in described deep-slotted chip breaker, the second extension spring is provided with between described first connecting rod and described second mount pad, two described faggings are oppositely arranged up and down, described fagging is connected with sector gear, two described sector gears mesh together, wherein sector gear described in is fixed on described second connecting axle, sector gear described in another is fixed on described 3rd connecting axle, described driving mechanism drives described rotating shaft relative to described holder pivots.
Further, strut assembly described in and comprise two symmetrically arranged described fagging assemblies.
Further, the free end of described first swing arm is provided with rotating first pulley, and described first pulley is resisted against the edge of described first cam disc.
Further, the outward flange of described fagging is arcuate structure, is provided with connecting rod between described fagging and described sector gear.
Further, described driving mechanism comprises power input shaft, second cam disc and differential assembly, the rotating connection of described power input shaft on the bracket, described second cam disc offers through hole, described power input shaft can be inserted in described through hole, described second cam disc is fixing on the bracket, described differential assembly comprises main turning arm, 3rd swing arm, second connecting rod and differential speed rotation arm, one end of described main turning arm is fixed on described power input shaft, the other end of described main turning arm and an end of described 3rd swing arm hinged, one end of described differential speed rotation arm is rotating to be connected on described power input shaft, described second connecting rod is hinged with between described differential speed rotation arm and described 3rd swing arm, described 3rd swing arm is provided with rotating second pulley, described second pulley is resisted against the edge of described second cam disc, be provided with the 3rd extension spring between the end that described 3rd swing arm is connected with described second connecting rod and described main turning arm, described rotating shaft to be fixed on described differential speed rotation arm and coaxially to arrange with described power input shaft.
Further, the end that described main turning arm is connected with described power input shaft is provided with installing rack, and described 3rd extension spring is connected with described installing rack.
Further, described second cam disc is also provided with bar hole, in described bar hole, is inserted with bolt, be bolted on described support described in described second cam disc passes through.
Further, described power input shaft is connected with power input gear.
Further, an end of described rotating shaft is fixed with Connection Block, and described Connection Block is fixed on described differential speed rotation arm, and described first cam disc offers locating hole, and the other end of described rotating shaft is inserted in described locating hole.
The utility model also provides a kind of packing bag production line, comprises above-mentioned duck-beak type bag bottom bracing opening mechanism.
The duck-beak type bag bottom bracing opening mechanism that the utility model provides and packing bag production line, rotated by driving mechanism drive shaft, in axis of rotation process, one side fagging is followed rotating shaft and is rotated, first cam disc coordinates with the first swing arm in fagging assembly on the other hand, move in the salient point process of the first cam disc in the first swing arm, two faggings are opened simultaneously, and during away from salient point, two faggings are closed simultaneously, to complete the action of duck-beak type folding, because fagging adopts the mode rotated to move, shorten the time required for the process of strutting, the operating efficiency of duck-beak type bag bottom bracing opening mechanism can be effectively raised.Meanwhile, fagging completes and struts action in rotary course, only needs drive shaft to rotate, and without the need to adopting two cover drives structure to complete feeding and strut action, effectively reducing the manufacturing cost of duck-beak type bag bottom bracing opening mechanism and controlling difficulty.
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In order to be illustrated more clearly in the utility model embodiment or technical scheme of the prior art, be briefly described to the accompanying drawing used required in embodiment or description of the prior art below, apparently, accompanying drawing in the following describes is embodiments more of the present utility model, for those of ordinary skill in the art, under the prerequisite not paying creative work, other accompanying drawing can also be obtained according to these accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is the schematic perspective view of the utility model duck-beak type bag bottom bracing opening mechanism embodiment;
Fig. 2 is the schematic perspective view strutting assembly in the utility model duck-beak type bag bottom bracing opening mechanism embodiment;
Fig. 3 is the stereogram of driving mechanism in the utility model duck-beak type bag bottom bracing opening mechanism embodiment;
Fig. 4 is the top view of driving mechanism in the utility model duck-beak type bag bottom bracing opening mechanism embodiment;
Fig. 5 is the upward view of driving mechanism in the utility model duck-beak type bag bottom bracing opening mechanism embodiment.
Detailed description of the invention
For making the object of the utility model embodiment, technical scheme and advantage clearly, below in conjunction with the accompanying drawing in the utility model embodiment, technical scheme in the utility model embodiment is clearly and completely described, obviously, described embodiment is the utility model part embodiment, instead of whole embodiments.Based on the embodiment in the utility model, those of ordinary skill in the art are not making the every other embodiment obtained under creative work prerequisite, all belong to the scope of the utility model protection.
As Figure 1-Figure 5, the present embodiment duck-beak type bag bottom bracing opening mechanism, comprises support 100, struts assembly 200 and driving mechanism 300, strut assembly 200 and comprise the first cam disc 21, rotating shaft 22, fagging assembly 23, first cam disc 21 is fixed on support 100, rotating shaft 22 is rotating to be connected on support 100, fagging assembly 23 comprises the first mount pad 231, second mount pad 232, first swing arm 233, linking arm 234, first connecting rod 235, second swing arm 236 and two faggings 237, first mount pad 231 and the second mount pad 232 are fixed in rotating shaft 22, first mount pad 231 is provided with rotating first connecting axle (not shown), second mount pad 232 is provided with rotating second connecting axle (not shown) and the 3rd connecting axle (not shown), first swing arm 233 and linking arm 234 are fixed on the first connecting axle, the free end of the first swing arm 233 is resisted against the edge of the first cam disc 21, the first extension spring 238 is provided with between first swing arm 233 and the first mount pad 231, linking arm 234 is hinged with an end of first connecting rod 235, the other end of first connecting rod 235 is provided with guide pillar 2351, second swing arm 236 is fixed on the second connecting axle, second swing arm 236 offers deep-slotted chip breaker 2361, guide pillar 2351 is slidably connected in deep-slotted chip breaker 2361, the second extension spring 239 is provided with between first connecting rod 235 and the second mount pad 232, two faggings about 237 are oppositely arranged, fagging 237 is connected with sector gear 2371, two sector gears 2371 mesh together, wherein a sector gear 2371 is fixed on the second connecting axle, another sector gear 2371 is fixed on the 3rd connecting axle, driving mechanism 300 drive shaft 22 is rotated relative to support 100.
Specifically, the present embodiment duck-beak type bag bottom bracing opening mechanism is rotated relative to support 100 by driving mechanism 300 drive shaft 22, and in rotating shaft 22 rotation process, fagging 237 will be followed rotating shaft 22 and together be rotated, meanwhile, the free end of the first swing arm 233 slides at the edge of the first cam disc 21, when the first swing arm 233 slides in salient point process by the concave point of the first cam disc 21, first swing arm 233, linking arm 234, driving two faggings 237 are opened by first connecting rod 235 and the second swing arm 236 relevant action, otherwise and, two faggings 237 will close, thus realize the opening and closing of duck-beak type, and in two fagging 237 opening procedures, rotating shaft 22 drives fagging 237 to be inserted in the opening of cloth thus completes and struts operation.Wherein, strut assembly 2 and comprise the both sides that two symmetrically arranged fagging assemblies, 23, two fagging assemblies 23 are symmetrically distributed in rotating shaft 22.And in order to reduce the frictional force of the first swing arm 233 and the first cam disc 21, the free end of the first swing arm 233 is provided with the edge that rotating first pulley 2331, the first pulley 2331 is resisted against the first cam disc 21.In addition, pass in and out the opening of cloth for the ease of fagging 237, the outward flange of fagging 237 is arcuate structure, is provided with connecting rod 2372 between fagging 237 and sector gear 2371.Concrete, outward flange is that arcuate structure can be convenient to fagging 237 and be inserted in the opening of cloth, and connecting rod 2372 further can increase the distraction angle of fagging 237.
Further, driving mechanism 300 in the present embodiment can adopt motor-driven rotatable shaft 22 to rotate, preferably, driving mechanism 300 comprises power input shaft 31, second cam disc 32 and differential assembly 33, power input shaft 31 is rotating to be connected on support 100, second cam disc 32 offers through hole (not shown), power input shaft 31 can be inserted in through-holes, second cam disc 32 is fixed on support 100, differential assembly 33 comprises main turning arm 331, 3rd swing arm 332, second connecting rod 333 and differential speed rotation arm 334, one end of main turning arm 331 is fixed on power input shaft 31, the other end of main turning arm 331 and an end of the 3rd swing arm 332 hinged, one end of differential speed rotation arm 334 is rotating to be connected on power input shaft 31, second connecting rod 333 is hinged with between differential speed rotation arm 334 and the 3rd swing arm 332, 3rd swing arm 332 is provided with rotating second pulley 3321, second pulley 3321 is resisted against the edge of the second cam disc 32, be provided with the 3rd extension spring 335 between the end that 3rd swing arm 332 is connected with second connecting rod 333 and main turning arm 331, rotating shaft 22 to be fixed on differential speed rotation arm 334 and coaxially to arrange with power input shaft 31.Concrete, external impetus is introduced by power input shaft 31, drive differential assembly 33 rotates relative to the second cam disc 32 by power input shaft 31, and in rotation process, the second pulley 3321 in 3rd swing arm 332 coordinates with the second cam disc 32, to realize forming speed difference between differential speed rotation arm 334 and main turning arm 331, thus make the opening that can enter into cloth at fagging 237 fast, and it is slower from the speed outside opening, process is strutted with what realize completing cloth opening fast, with the normal conveying avoiding fagging 237 to hinder cloth, further can improve again the transporting velocity of cloth, to improve working (machining) efficiency.Wherein, by reasonably designing the position of the second cam disc 32, rotary speed when fagging 237 struts can be controlled, and the second cam disc 32 is also provided with bar hole 321, be inserted with bolt (not shown) in bar hole 321, the second cam disc 32 is bolted on support 100, when needing the rotating speed regulating fagging 237, loose bolts can adjust the position of the second cam disc 32, regulate fagging 237 to enter rotating speed in opening to reach.In addition, the end that main turning arm 331 is connected with power input shaft 31 is provided with installing rack 3311, and the 3rd extension spring 335 is connected with installing rack 3311.Installing rack 3311 can increase the tensile elongation of the 3rd extension spring 335, to improve the reset pulling force that the 3rd extension spring 335 applies the 3rd swing arm 332.Power input shaft 31 is connected with power input gear 311, power input gear 311 is connected with external power supply.Preferably, one end of rotating shaft 22 is fixed with Connection Block 221, and Connection Block 221 is fixed on differential speed rotation arm 334, the first cam disc 21 offers locating hole (not shown), the other end of rotating shaft 22 is inserted in locating hole, to be supported by locating hole countershaft 22.
The utility model also provides a kind of packing bag production line, comprises above-mentioned duck-beak type bag bottom bracing opening mechanism.
The duck-beak type bag bottom bracing opening mechanism that the utility model provides and packing bag production line, rotated by driving mechanism drive shaft, in axis of rotation process, one side fagging is followed rotating shaft and is rotated, first cam disc coordinates with the first swing arm in fagging assembly on the other hand, move in the salient point process of the first cam disc in the first swing arm, two faggings are opened simultaneously, and during away from salient point, two faggings are closed simultaneously, to complete the action of duck-beak type folding, because fagging adopts the mode rotated to move, shorten the time required for the process of strutting, the operating efficiency of duck-beak type bag bottom bracing opening mechanism can be effectively raised.Meanwhile, fagging completes and struts action in rotary course, only needs drive shaft to rotate, and without the need to adopting two cover drives structure to complete feeding and strut action, effectively reducing the manufacturing cost of duck-beak type bag bottom bracing opening mechanism and controlling difficulty.
Last it is noted that above embodiment is only in order to illustrate the technical solution of the utility model, be not intended to limit; Although be described in detail the utility model with reference to previous embodiment, those of ordinary skill in the art is to be understood that: it still can be modified to the technical scheme described in foregoing embodiments, or carries out equivalent replacement to wherein portion of techniques feature; And these amendments or replacement, do not make the essence of appropriate technical solution depart from the spirit and scope of each embodiment technical scheme of the utility model.
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1. a duck-beak type bag bottom bracing opening mechanism, is characterized in that, comprises support, struts assembly and driving mechanism, the described assembly that struts comprises the first cam disc, rotating shaft, fagging assembly, described first cam disc is fixing on the bracket, the rotating connection of described rotating shaft on the bracket, described fagging assembly comprises the first mount pad, second mount pad, first swing arm, linking arm, first connecting rod, second swing arm and two faggings, described first mount pad and described second mount pad are fixed in described rotating shaft, described first mount pad is provided with rotating first connecting axle, described second mount pad is provided with rotating second connecting axle and the 3rd connecting axle, described first swing arm and described linking arm are fixed on described first connecting axle, the free end of described first swing arm is resisted against the edge of described first cam disc, the first extension spring is provided with between described first swing arm and described first mount pad, one end of described linking arm and described first connecting rod is hinged, the other end of described first connecting rod is provided with guide pillar, described second swing arm is fixed on described second connecting axle, described second swing arm offers deep-slotted chip breaker, described guide pillar is slidably connected in described deep-slotted chip breaker, the second extension spring is provided with between described first connecting rod and described second mount pad, two described faggings are oppositely arranged up and down, described fagging is connected with sector gear, two described sector gears mesh together, wherein sector gear described in is fixed on described second connecting axle, sector gear described in another is fixed on described 3rd connecting axle, described driving mechanism drives described rotating shaft relative to described holder pivots.
2. duck-beak type bag bottom bracing opening mechanism according to claim 1, is characterized in that, described in strut assembly and comprise two symmetrically arranged described fagging assemblies.
3. duck-beak type bag bottom bracing opening mechanism according to claim 1, is characterized in that, the free end of described first swing arm is provided with rotating first pulley, and described first pulley is resisted against the edge of described first cam disc.
4. duck-beak type bag bottom bracing opening mechanism according to claim 1, is characterized in that, the outward flange of described fagging is arcuate structure, is provided with connecting rod between described fagging and described sector gear.
5. according to the arbitrary described duck-beak type bag bottom bracing opening mechanism of claim 1-4, it is characterized in that, described driving mechanism comprises power input shaft, second cam disc and differential assembly, the rotating connection of described power input shaft on the bracket, described second cam disc offers through hole, described power input shaft can be inserted in described through hole, described second cam disc is fixing on the bracket, described differential assembly comprises main turning arm, 3rd swing arm, second connecting rod and differential speed rotation arm, one end of described main turning arm is fixed on described power input shaft, the other end of described main turning arm and an end of described 3rd swing arm hinged, one end of described differential speed rotation arm is rotating to be connected on described power input shaft, described second connecting rod is hinged with between described differential speed rotation arm and described 3rd swing arm, described 3rd swing arm is provided with rotating second pulley, described second pulley is resisted against the edge of described second cam disc, be provided with the 3rd extension spring between the end that described 3rd swing arm is connected with described second connecting rod and described main turning arm, described rotating shaft to be fixed on described differential speed rotation arm and coaxially to arrange with described power input shaft.
6. duck-beak type bag bottom bracing opening mechanism according to claim 5, it is characterized in that, the end that described main turning arm is connected with described power input shaft is provided with installing rack, and described 3rd extension spring is connected with described installing rack.
7. duck-beak type bag bottom bracing opening mechanism according to claim 5, is characterized in that, described second cam disc is also provided with bar hole, is inserted with bolt in described bar hole, be bolted on described support described in described second cam disc passes through.
8. duck-beak type bag bottom bracing opening mechanism according to claim 5, is characterized in that, described power input shaft is connected with power input gear.
9. duck-beak type bag bottom bracing opening mechanism according to claim 5, it is characterized in that, an end of described rotating shaft is fixed with Connection Block, and described Connection Block is fixed on described differential speed rotation arm, described first cam disc offers locating hole, and the other end of described rotating shaft is inserted in described locating hole.
10. a packing bag production line, is characterized in that, comprise as arbitrary in claim 1-9 as described in duck-beak type bag bottom bracing opening mechanism.
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