CN208666607U - A kind of diagnosis test paper strip feeding-distribution device - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses a kind of diagnosis test paper strip feeding-distribution device, including rack, frame top is equipped with a slide unit, slide unit drives opposite rack to move forward and backward by the first driving part, slide unit is equipped with a lifting platform, lifting platform drives opposite slide unit to move up and down by the second driving part, the feeding distribution mechanism that lifting platform is equipped with adsorbable diagnosis test paper and equidistantly opens diagnosis test paper, feeding distribution mechanism includes the vacuum chuck mounting bases being distributed side by side by the equidistant opening component that the driving of third driving part can equidistantly open with several, the vacuum chuck of absorption diagnosis test paper is equipped in vacuum chuck mounting base, third driving part driving equidistant open can drive each vacuum chuck mounting base equidistantly opened on component that is connected to equidistantly to open and then drive diagnosis test paper equidistantly to open by vacuum chuck when component opens；The utility model structure is simple, manufacturing cost is low, high degree of automation, and production efficiency can be improved, and reduces worker's work intensity, reduces production cost.
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Technical field
The utility model relates to diagnose test paper manufacturing technology field, and in particular to a kind of diagnosis test paper strip feeding-distribution device.
Background technique
In existing production process, diagnosis test paper strip sub-material is carried out using artificial sub-material mode mostly, and artificial
Sub-material causes production efficiency low, and worker works, and intensity is big, this leverages manufacturing schedule, time-consuming, increases and is produced into
This.And structure is complicated mostly for the existing automation equipment for being suitable for diagnosing test paper strip sub-material process, cost is higher, and maintenance is not
Just.
Utility model content
In view of the deficiencies of the prior art, the utility model provides a kind of diagnosis test paper strip feeding-distribution device, structure letter
List, manufacturing cost is lower, the degree of automation is higher, and production efficiency can be improved, and reduces worker's work intensity, reduces production cost.
In order to achieve the above objectives, the utility model is achieved through the following technical solutions:
A kind of diagnosis test paper strip feeding-distribution device, including rack, frame top are equipped with a slide unit, and slide unit passes through the first driving
Component drives and opposite rack moves forward and backward, and slide unit is equipped with a lifting platform, and lifting platform passes through the second driving part and drives phase
It moves up and down to slide unit, the feeding distribution mechanism that lifting platform is equipped with adsorbable diagnosis test paper and equidistantly opens diagnosis test paper, sub-material
Mechanism includes the vacuum being distributed side by side by the equidistant opening component that the driving of third driving part can equidistantly open with several
Sucker mounting base is equipped with the vacuum chuck of absorption diagnosis test paper, each vacuum chuck mounting base in vacuum chuck mounting base
It is connected with equidistant opening component, third driving part driving equidistant open can drive each be connected to equidistantly when component opens
The vacuum chuck mounting base on component is opened equidistantly to open and then drive diagnosis test paper equidistantly to open by vacuum chuck.
Further, the equidistant opening component includes the shrinking connecting-rod hingedly formed two-by-two by several X-type hinge bars.
Further, the X-type hinge bar includes two hinge bars, and the midpoint of two hinge bars is hinged simultaneously by hinged shaft
In X-type, the head and the tail both ends of several X-type hinge bars pass through the hinged formation shrinking connecting-rod of hinge pin, the tail end of shrinking connecting-rod
Fixed, the head end of shrinking connecting-rod connect with the driving end of third driving part and is stretched by the driving of third driving part and made
Obtaining each hinged shaft can equidistantly open.
Further, the lifting platform bottom is equipped with slide bar, and vacuum chuck mounting base can be slidingly slidably installed on slide bar,
And each vacuum chuck mounting base opens the hinged shaft on component and is connected with equidistant, and equidistantly opens with hinged shaft, by
Slide bar is arranged in lifting platform bottom, support force can be provided for vacuum chuck mounting base, and can enhance vacuum chuck mounting base with hinged shaft
Stability when equidistant opening.
Further, the shrinking connecting-rod is located between the bottom of lifting platform and vacuum chuck mounting base, shrinking connecting-rod tail end
On hinged shaft upwardly extend and be fixedly connected on slide unit and keep the tail end of shrinking connecting-rod fixed.
Further, the lifting platform is equipped with a resigning through slot, and push-and-pull seat is equipped in resigning through slot, seat one end is pushed and pulled and stretches
Hinged shaft on contracting connecting rod head end is connected, and the other end is connected with the driving end of third driving part.
Further, the third driving part is mounted on lifting platform by mounting base, and mounting base is equipped with long hole, peace
Dress seat cooperates fastening bolt to be adjustably connected on lifting platform by long hole, for the diagnosis test paper of different size, can pass through
Long hole is adjusted to change the position of mounting base to change the equidistant equidistant opening spacing for opening component and be suitable for plurality of specifications
It diagnoses test paper and carries out sub-material.
Further, the diagnosis test paper strip feeding-distribution device further includes loading bay and conveyer belt, and loading bay is located under slide unit
Square front, conveyer belt are located at slide unit lower rear, the diagnosis test paper on loading bay by feeding distribution mechanism adsorb and equidistantly opening after again
It is transferred on conveyer belt backward by the movement of slide unit.
Further, first driving part, the second driving part and third driving part are cylinder.
Further, first driving part is rodless cylinder to save space reduction rack size.
Diagnosis test paper strip feeding-distribution device described in the utility model, has the advantages that
1, third driving part driving equidistant open can drive each be connected to equidistantly to open on component when component opens
Vacuum chuck mounting base, which equidistantly opens and then diagnosis test paper is driven equidistantly to open, carries out sub-material, then is matched by the up and down motion of lifting platform
It closes slide unit and moves back and transfer to diagnosis test paper on the conveyer belt at rear to carry out subsequent processing.
2, by the way that slide bar is arranged in lifting platform bottom, support force can be provided for vacuum chuck mounting base, and vacuum can be enhanced
Stability when sucker mounting base is equidistantly opened with hinged shaft.
3, for the diagnosis test paper of different size, the position of mounting base can be changed to change equidistant opening by adjusting long hole
The equidistant opening spacing of component and be suitable for carrying out sub-material to the diagnosis test paper of plurality of specifications.
4, the utility model structure is simple, manufacturing cost is lower, the degree of automation is higher, and production efficiency can be improved, and reduces
Worker's work intensity, reduces production cost.
Detailed description of the invention
Fig. 1 is the partial structural diagram of the utility model embodiment one.
Fig. 2 is another angle partial structural diagram of the utility model embodiment one.
Fig. 3 is the structural schematic diagram of the feeding distribution mechanism of the utility model embodiment one.
Fig. 4 is the structure when slide unit of the utility model embodiment one drives the feeding distribution mechanism equidistantly opened to move to rear
Schematic diagram.
Fig. 5 is another when the slide unit of the utility model embodiment one drives the feeding distribution mechanism equidistantly opened to move to rear
Angled arrangement schematic diagram.
Fig. 6 is the partial structural diagram of the utility model embodiment two.
Label declaration:
1, rack；
2, slide unit, the 21, first driving part；
3, lifting platform, the 31, second driving part, 32, slide bar, 33, resigning through slot, 34, fixed link；
4, feeding distribution mechanism, 41, third driving part, 42, equidistantly open component, 421, X-type hinge bar, 4211 hinge bars,
4212 hinged shafts, 422, hinge pin, 43, vacuum chuck mounting base, 44, push-and-pull seat, 45, mounting base, 451, long hole；
5, loading bay, 6, conveyer belt.
Specific embodiment
The utility model is further described with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments.
Embodiment one
Attached drawing 1 is please referred to attached drawing 5, in the utility model embodiment, a kind of diagnosis test paper strip feeding-distribution device, including machine
Frame 1 is equipped with a slide unit 2 at the top of rack 1, and slide unit 2 drives opposite rack 1 to move forward and backward by the first driving part 21, slide unit 2
It is equipped with a lifting platform 3, lifting platform 3 drives opposite slide unit 2 to move up and down, sets on lifting platform 3 by the second driving part 31
The feeding distribution mechanism 4 for having adsorbable diagnosis test paper and equidistantly opening diagnosis test paper, feeding distribution mechanism 4 include one by third driving portion
Part 41 drives the equidistant opening component 42 that can equidistantly open and several vacuum chuck mounting bases 43 being distributed side by side, vacuum chuck
The vacuum chuck of absorption diagnosis test paper is equipped in mounting base 43, each vacuum chuck mounting base 43 opens component with equidistant
42 are connected, and third driving part 41 drives equidistant open that each be connected to can be driven equidistantly to open component 42 when component 42 opens
On vacuum chuck mounting base 43 equidistantly open so that by vacuum chuck drive diagnosis test paper equidistantly open.
Attached drawing 1 is please referred to attached drawing 3, in the present embodiment, the equidistant component 42 that opens includes by 421 liang of several X-type hinge bars
Two shrinking connecting-rods hingedly formed.In the present embodiment, it is preferable that X-type hinge bar 421 includes two hinge bars 4211, and two is hinged
The midpoint of bar 4211 is hinged by hinged shaft 4212 and is in X-type, and the head and the tail both ends of several X-type hinge bars 421 pass through hinge
The hinged formation shrinking connecting-rod of pin 422, the tail end of shrinking connecting-rod is fixed, the head end and third driving portion of shrinking connecting-rod
The driving end of part 41 connects and is stretched by the driving of third driving part 41 and each hinged shaft 4212 can equidistantly be opened.
Attached drawing 1 is please referred to attached drawing 3, in the present embodiment, vacuum chuck mounting base 43 can OQ t platform 3 slidingly
It is slidably installed on lifting platform 3, in the present embodiment, it is preferable that 3 bottom of lifting platform is equipped with lateral slide bar 32, and slide bar 32 is through each
Vacuum chuck mounting base 43 be slidably installed in vacuum chuck mounting base 43 can slidingly on slide bar 32, and each vacuum chuck
Mounting base 43 is connected with the hinged shaft 4212 on equidistant opening component 42, and equidistantly opens with hinged shaft 4212, by rising
Drop 3 bottom of platform and slide bar 32 be set, support force can be provided for vacuum chuck mounting base 43, and can enhance vacuum chuck mounting base 43 with
Stability when hinged shaft 4212 equidistantly opens.It will be understood by those skilled in the art that make vacuum chuck mounting base 43 opposite
Lifting platform 3 is slidingly slidably installed on lifting platform 3, and there are also other modes can realize same effect, for example, can go up and down
Lateral sliding rail is arranged in the bottom of platform 3, the sliding slot matched with sliding rail is equipped in each vacuum chuck mounting base 43, so that very
Suction disk mounting base 43 can be slidingly slidably installed on sliding rail.
Attached drawing 1 is please referred to attached drawing 3, in the present embodiment, shrinking connecting-rod is located at the bottom of lifting platform 3 and vacuum chuck is installed
Between seat 43, the hinged shaft 4212 on shrinking connecting-rod tail end upwardly extends and is fixedly connected on slide unit 2 and makes the tail of shrinking connecting-rod
Hold fixed, and the vacuum chuck mounting base 43 for being connected to 4212 lower end of hinged shaft on shrinking connecting-rod tail end can also fix therewith
It is motionless.
Attached drawing 1 is please referred to attached drawing 3, in the present embodiment, lifting platform 3 is equipped with a resigning through slot 33, in resigning through slot 33
Equipped with push-and-pull seat 44, push-and-pull 44 one end of seat is connected with the hinged shaft 4212 on shrinking connecting-rod head end, the other end and third driving portion
The driving end of part 41 is connected.
Attached drawing 1 is please referred to attached drawing 3, in the present embodiment, third driving part 41 is mounted on lifting platform 3 by mounting base 45
On, and mounting base 45 is equipped with long hole 451, mounting base 45 cooperates fastening bolt to be adjustably connected to lifting by long hole 451
On platform 3.For the diagnosis test paper of different size, the position of mounting base 45 can be changed to change equidistant by adjusting long hole 451
It opens the equidistant opening spacing of component 42 and is suitable for carrying out sub-material to the diagnosis test paper of plurality of specifications.
Attached drawing 1 is please referred to attached drawing 3, in the present embodiment, the first driving part 21, the second driving part 31 and third driving
Component 41 is cylinder but not limited to this, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that can also be replaced with oil cylinder.In the present embodiment,
Preferably, the first driving part 21 is rodless cylinder to save space reduction 1 size of rack, and the cylinder body of rodless cylinder is along vertical
To 1 top of rack is fixed on, the sliding block of rodless cylinder is connected with slide unit 2, and when rodless cylinder movement, sliding block is moved forward and backward
Slide unit 2 is driven to move forward and backward with respect to rack 1.In the present embodiment, it is preferable that 1 top two sides of rack are respectively provided with guiding and support is slided
The slide unit optical axis of platform 2, the two sides of slide unit 2 are respectively provided with the bearing block matched with slide unit optical axis, are matched by slide unit optical axis
Closing bearing block can make moving forward and backward for slide unit 2 more stable.
Attached drawing 1 is please referred to attached drawing 3, it is more stable in order to make lifting platform 3 move up and down in the present embodiment, it can be in lifting platform 3
The lifting platform optical axis of guiding is set between slide unit 2, makes lifting platform 3 that can smoothly move up and down with respect to slide unit 2.
Attached drawing 4 is please referred to attached drawing 5, in the present embodiment, the diagnosis test paper strip feeding-distribution device further includes 5 He of loading bay
Conveyer belt 6, loading bay 5 are located at 2 lower front portion of slide unit, and conveyer belt 6 is located at 2 lower rear of slide unit, the diagnosis test paper on loading bay 5
It is adsorbed by feeding distribution mechanism 4 and is transferred on conveyer belt 6 backward by the movement of slide unit 2 again after equidistantly opening, it is excellent in the present embodiment
Selection of land, conveyer belt 6 are equipped with several locating pieces for equidistantly arranging, locating piece can with 6 synchronizing moving of conveyer belt, conveyer belt 6
Fibre optical sensor can be also equipped on end.
The working principle of the utility model are as follows: examining on the vacuum chuck absorption loading bay 5 in vacuum chuck mounting base 43
Disconnected test paper, then the second driving part 31 driving lifting platform 2 moves and feeding distribution mechanism 4 is driven to be raised above, then feeding distribution mechanism 4
The movement of third driving part 41 make equidistantly to open component 42 and drive and diagnose test paper and equidistantly open, then at the top of rack 1 without bar
Cylinder movement, the sliding block of rodless cylinder drive slide unit 2 to move back to 6 top of conveyer belt, and then the second driving part movement makes to go up and down
Platform 3 declines, then vacuum chuck release diagnosis test paper, and diagnosis test paper is fallen between the locating piece equidistantly arranged on conveyer belt 6
Then subsequent processing can be carried out, feeding distribution mechanism 4, lifting platform 3 and the playback of slide unit 2 are returned to after vacuum chuck release diagnosis test paper
Under original state, subsequent cycle work is then carried out again.
Embodiment two
Attached drawing 6 is please referred to, the difference between this embodiment and the first embodiment lies in, the fixed form of the tail end of shrinking connecting-rod is not
Together, the hinged shaft 4212 on shrinking connecting-rod tail end is without upwardly extending and being fixedly connected on slide unit 2, in the present embodiment, lifting platform 3
Bottom be equipped with fixed link 34, vacuum chuck mounting base 43 can OQ t platform 3 be slidingly slidably installed on lifting platform 3, and
Each vacuum chuck mounting base 43 is connected with the hinged shaft 4212 on equidistant opening component 42, and equidistantly opens with hinged shaft 4212
It opens, 34 one end of fixed link is fixedly connected on lifting platform 3, and the other end is fixed on and 4212 lower end of hinged shaft on shrinking connecting-rod tail end
In the vacuum chuck mounting base 43 being connected, remaining vacuum chuck mounting base 43 still can be horizontally slipped with OQ t platform 3
, when the vacuum chuck mounting base 43, which is fixed the fixation of bar 34, is allowed to motionless, the tail end for also allowing for shrinking connecting-rod is fixed not
It moves.However it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the fixed of the tail end of shrinking connecting-rod can also have other implementations, not office
It is limited to mode described in the utility model, only needs that shrinking connecting-rod tail end OQ t platform 3 can be made fixed.
The above, embodiment are only to illustrate the technical solution of the utility model, rather than its limitations；Although referring to before
Embodiment is stated the utility model is described in detail, those skilled in the art should understand that: it still can be with
It modifies to technical solution documented by previous embodiment, or some technical characteristics therein is equivalently replaced；And
These modifications or substitutions do not make corresponding technical solution be detached from the spirit and scope of the utility model embodiment technical solution, because
This every other embodiment obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without making creative efforts belongs to this
The protection scope of utility model.
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1. a kind of diagnosis test paper strip feeding-distribution device, it is characterised in that: including rack (1), be equipped with a slide unit at the top of rack (1)
(2), slide unit (2) drives opposite rack (1) to move forward and backward by the first driving part (21), and slide unit (2) is equipped with a lifting
Platform (3), lifting platform (3) drive opposite slide unit (2) to move up and down by the second driving part (31), and lifting platform (3) is equipped with
Adsorbable diagnosis test paper and the feeding distribution mechanism (4) for equidistantly opening diagnosis test paper, feeding distribution mechanism (4) include one and are driven by third
The equidistant opening component (42) and several vacuum chuck mounting bases (43) being distributed side by side that component (41) driving can equidistantly open,
Be equipped in vacuum chuck mounting base (43) absorption diagnosis test paper vacuum chuck, each vacuum chuck mounting base (43) with
Equidistant open component (42) are connected, and equidistant open when component (42) are opened of third driving part (41) driving can drive each company
It connects and is equidistantly opening the equidistant opening of the vacuum chuck mounting base (43) on component (42) and then diagnosis test paper is driven equidistantly to open.
2. diagnosis test paper strip feeding-distribution device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the equidistant opening component (42)
Including the shrinking connecting-rod hingedly formed two-by-two by several X-type hinge bars (421).
3. diagnosis test paper strip feeding-distribution device according to claim 2, it is characterised in that: X-type hinge bar (421) packet
Two hinge bars (4211) are included, the midpoint of two hinge bars (4211) is hinged by hinged shaft (4212) and is in X-type, several
By hinge pin (422) hinged formation shrinking connecting-rod, the tail end of shrinking connecting-rod is solid at the head and the tail both ends of X-type hinge bar (421)
Fixed motionless, the head end of shrinking connecting-rod connect with the driving end of third driving part (41) and is stretched by third driving part (41) driving
It contracts and each hinged shaft (4212) can equidistantly be opened.
4. diagnosis test paper strip feeding-distribution device according to claim 3, it is characterised in that: lifting platform (3) bottom is set
Have slide bar (32), vacuum chuck mounting base (43) can be slidingly slidably installed on slide bar (32), and each vacuum chuck is installed
Seat (43) is connected with the hinged shaft (4212) on equidistant opening component (42), and equidistantly opens with hinged shaft (4212).
5. diagnosis test paper strip feeding-distribution device according to claim 3, it is characterised in that: the shrinking connecting-rod is located at lifting
Between the bottom and vacuum chuck mounting base (43) of platform (3), the hinged shaft (4212) on shrinking connecting-rod tail end is upwardly extended and is fixed
It is connected on slide unit (2) and keeps the tail end of shrinking connecting-rod fixed.
6. diagnosis test paper strip feeding-distribution device according to claim 5, it is characterised in that: the lifting platform (3) is equipped with
One resigning through slot (33), is equipped with push-and-pull seat (44) in resigning through slot (33), on push-and-pull seat (44) one end and shrinking connecting-rod head end
Hinged shaft (4212) is connected, and the other end is connected with the driving end of third driving part (41).
7. diagnosis test paper strip feeding-distribution device according to claim 6, it is characterised in that: the third driving part (41)
It is mounted on lifting platform (3) by mounting base (45), and mounting base (45) is equipped with long hole (451), mounting base (45) passes through length
Hole (451) cooperation fastening bolt is adjustably connected on lifting platform (3).
8. diagnosis test paper strip feeding-distribution device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, it is characterised in that: the diagnosis test paper
Strip feeding-distribution device further includes loading bay (5) and conveyer belt (6), and loading bay (5) is located at slide unit (2) lower front portion, conveyer belt (6)
It is located at slide unit (2) lower rear, the diagnosis test paper on loading bay (5) is adsorbed by feeding distribution mechanism (4) and passed through again after equidistantly opening
The movement of slide unit (2) is transferred to backward on conveyer belt (6).
9. diagnosis test paper strip feeding-distribution device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, it is characterised in that: first driving
Component (21), the second driving part (31) and third driving part (41) are cylinder.
10. diagnosis test paper strip feeding-distribution device according to claim 9, it is characterised in that: first driving part
(21) reduce rack (1) size for rodless cylinder to save space.
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