CN210299499U

CN210299499U - Electronic cigarette heating tube correcting mechanism and electronic cigarette assembling equipment

Info

Publication number: CN210299499U
Application number: CN201921149047.9U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 郑平华
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2019-07-18
Filing date: 2019-07-18
Publication date: 2020-04-14
Anticipated expiration: 2029-07-18

Abstract

The utility model provides an electronic cigarette heating tube correcting mechanism, which comprises a pressing element, a first clamping element, a second clamping element arranged opposite to the first clamping element, and a driving cylinder, the pressing element is used for fixing the body of the heating tube, the first clamping element is provided with a plurality of first accommodating parts, the second clamping element is provided with a plurality of second accommodating parts, the first clamping element can move relative to the second clamping element to enable the first accommodating parts and the corresponding second accommodating parts to form clamping openings, the leads of the heating tubes are respectively accommodated in the corresponding clamping openings, when the first accommodating part and the second accommodating part clamp the lead, the first clamping element and the second clamping element can move away from the heating tube body through the driving cylinder so as to straighten the lead. The utility model also provides an electron cigarette equipment. The utility model discloses can be automatic with the heating tube alignment.

Description

Electronic cigarette heating tube correcting mechanism and electronic cigarette assembling equipment

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an electron cigarette technical field especially relates to an electron cigarette heating tube aligning gear and electron cigarette equipment.

Background

Note that the contents described in this section do not represent all the related art.

Electronic cigarettes typically have a heat pipe. The heating tube is generally made by a heating wire, the heating tube is provided with at least two electrode leads, and the electrode leads are soft, so that the leads are not in an ideal linear shape, the leads need to be corrected manually during installation, and the manual correction is not only low in efficiency, but also difficult to ensure uniformity.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In view of the above, in order to solve one of the technical problems in the related art to a certain extent, it is necessary to provide an electronic cigarette heating tube straightening mechanism capable of automatically straightening a heating tube, and an electronic cigarette assembling apparatus capable of assembling the heating tube and an oil guide cotton with an atomizing tube.

The utility model provides an electronic cigarette heating tube correcting mechanism in a first aspect, which comprises a pressing element, a first clamping element, a second clamping element arranged opposite to the first clamping element, and a driving cylinder, the pressing element is used for fixing the body of the heating tube, the first clamping element is provided with a plurality of first accommodating parts, the second clamping element is provided with a plurality of second accommodating parts, the first clamping element can move relative to the second clamping element to enable the first accommodating parts and the corresponding second accommodating parts to form clamping openings, the leads of the heating tubes are respectively accommodated in the corresponding clamping openings, when the first accommodating part and the second accommodating part clamp the lead, the first clamping element and the second clamping element can move away from the heating tube body through the driving cylinder so as to straighten the lead.

When the first accommodating part and the second accommodating part move away from the heating tube body and clamp the lead, the rotating mechanism drives the first clamping element and the second clamping element to rotate in a direction perpendicular to the driving direction of the driving cylinder so as to wind the lead.

Further, drive actuating cylinder pass through the driving plate with first clamping element with second clamping element connects, the both sides of driving plate are equipped with the inclined plane respectively, first clamping element with second clamping element all include with the vertical sliding connection's of driving plate support, with support horizontal sliding connection's slider, the slider with be connected with first reset spring between the support, the portion of acceping is located on the slider, during the driving plate downstream, two the tip of slider can by inclined plane effect and relative movement and tensile first reset spring.

Furthermore, when the two sliding parts move relatively to a preset distance, the sliding parts and the support are positioned through the elastic pins, and when the driving cylinder drives the sliding parts to ascend to a preset height, the elastic pins are extruded through the ejecting parts.

Furthermore, a second return spring is arranged between the support and the transmission plate.

Further, the rotating mechanism comprises a rotating motor and a transmission gear, and the transmission gear and the transmission plate are relatively fixed.

The utility model discloses the second aspect provides an electron cigarette equipment, include: the heating tube straightening device comprises a first feeding plate, a second feeding plate, a heating tube straightening mechanism, a traction mechanism, a punching mechanism, a push rod mechanism and an assembling station, wherein the heating tube is fed into the heating tube straightening mechanism by the first feeding plate to straighten a lead of the heating tube, the straightened heating tube is fed into the assembling station, the atomizing tube is fed into the assembling station by the second feeding plate, an oil guide cotton sliver is drawn by the traction mechanism and punched into an oil guide cotton piece with a preset shape by the punching mechanism, and the heating tube is pushed by the push rod mechanism to extrude the oil guide cotton piece with the preset shape to enter the atomizing tube together.

Furthermore, the heating tube correction mechanism is the electronic cigarette heating tube correction mechanism.

Furthermore, the assembly station comprises a driver, a rotary table and a first accommodating groove located on one side of the rotary table and used for accommodating the heating tube, a plurality of second accommodating grooves used for accommodating the atomizing tube are annularly distributed on the rotary table, and the driver is used for driving the rotary table to rotate so as to switch the second accommodating grooves.

Furthermore, the oil cotton guide sheet in the preset shape is in a blade shape, and when the push rod mechanism pushes, the heating tube is opposite to the center of the oil cotton guide sheet.

The utility model has the advantages that: according to the scheme, the utility model discloses can be well, automatic with the heating tube alignment reliably.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of an electronic cigarette assembly apparatus according to this embodiment.

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an assembly position of the electronic cigarette assembly apparatus according to the embodiment.

Fig. 3 is an assembly diagram of the present embodiment.

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of the oil guide cotton sheet according to the present embodiment.

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of the heat tube straightening mechanism of the present embodiment.

Fig. 6 is a plan view of the clamping member of the present embodiment.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged motion diagram at a of fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a part of a front view of the heat pipe straightening mechanism of the present embodiment.

The following detailed description of the invention will be further described in conjunction with the above-identified drawings.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts belong to the protection scope of the present invention. It is to be understood that the drawings are designed solely for the purposes of illustration and description and not as a definition of the limits of the invention. The connection relationships shown in the drawings are for clarity of description only and do not limit the manner of connection.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present. Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. It should also be noted that, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly and can include, for example, fixed connections, removable connections, or integral connections; either mechanically or electrically, and may be internal to both elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art. The terminology used in the description of the invention herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention.

It should be further noted that in the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc. indicate the orientation or positional relationship based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, which is only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, but does not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

As shown in fig. 1-3, the utility model provides an electron cigarette equipment, include: a first feeding tray 10, a second feeding tray 20, a heating tube straightening mechanism 30, a traction mechanism 40, a punching mechanism 50, a pushing rod mechanism 60 and an assembling station 70, wherein the heating tube straightening mechanism 30 is arranged at a heating tube channel between the first feeding tray 10 and the assembling station 70, the first feeding tray 10 feeds a heating tube 100 into the heating tube straightening mechanism 30 to straighten a lead 110 (shown in fig. 8) of the heating tube 100, the straightened heating tube 100 is fed into the assembling station 70, the second feeding tray 20 feeds an atomizing tube 300 into the assembling station 70, a heating tube body faces the atomizing tube 300, an oil cotton strip 200 is drawn by the traction mechanism 40 and punched into an oil cotton strip 210 with a preset shape by the punching mechanism 50, the oil cotton strip 200 is positioned between the heating tube 100 and the atomizing tube 300 of the assembling station 70, the opening of the atomizing pipe 300 faces the heating pipe, and the push rod mechanism 60 pushes the heating pipe and extrudes the oil-guiding cotton with a predetermined shape to enter the atomizing pipe 300 together.

In this embodiment, the assembling station 70 includes a driver 71, a turntable 72, and a first receiving slot 73 located on one side of the turntable 72 and used for receiving the heat generating tube 100, a plurality of second receiving slots 721 used for receiving the atomizing tubes 300 are annularly distributed on the turntable 72, one atomizing tube 300 can be received in each second receiving slot 721 in advance, and the driver 71 is used for driving the turntable 72 to rotate to switch the second receiving slots 721, and further to switch the unassembled atomizing tubes 300 to the assembling position for assembling.

In the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 3, the oil guide cotton piece 210 with a predetermined shape is a blade shape, which may be a three-blade shape, a four-blade shape, a five-blade shape, etc., when the pushing rod mechanism 60 pushes, the heating tube 100 is opposite to the center position of the oil guide cotton piece 210, so that the oil guide cotton piece 210 is pushed into the atomizing tube 300, and when the oil guide cotton piece 210 is pushed into the atomizing tube 300, the blade can better and completely wrap the heating tube 100.

As shown in fig. 5 to 8, the heat pipe straightening mechanism 30 may include: the clamping device comprises a pressing element 31, a first clamping element 32, a second clamping element 33 arranged opposite to the first clamping element 32 and a driving air cylinder 34. The pressing element 31 is configured to fix the heating tube body 120, specifically, the pressing element 31 may include a pressing member and a driving device, the driving device drives the pressing member to move perpendicular to the moving direction of the heating tube, so that the pressing member presses the heating tube body onto the channel 11, and a stopper may be disposed on the pressing member, and when the pressing member presses the heating tube, the stopper may block a next heating tube from coming. The first feeding tray 10 can feed the heating tube 100 into the heating tube straightening mechanism 30 from the channel 11 in a vertical state through vibration, and after the straightening is finished, a side wall 111 of the channel 11 at the discharge end of the heating tube straightening mechanism 30 can be arranged to be bent inwards the channel 11, so that the vertical heating tube 100 is inclined to be in a horizontal state when passing through the position.

The first holding member 32 has a plurality of first receiving portions 321, the second holding member 33 has a plurality of second receiving portions 331, and the number of the first receiving portions 321 and the number of the second receiving portions 331 are preferably equal to the number of the leads of the heat generating tubes. The first clamping element 32 can move relative to the second clamping element 33, so that the first receiving portion 321 and the corresponding second receiving portion 331 form a clamping opening 323, the plurality of leads 110 of the heat generating tube 100 are respectively received in the corresponding clamping openings 323, the clamping opening 323 is in a closed state, so that the leads cannot be separated from the clamping opening 323, and the first clamping element 32 and/or the second clamping element 33 can be driven to move relative to each other by other separate driving mechanisms, or can be driven in a manner to be described below in this embodiment.

Initially, the first receiving portion 321 and the second receiving portion 331 move relatively to clamp the root of the lead 110, i.e. the end near the heat pipe body 120 (since the root of the lead 110 is near the heat pipe body 120, there is a gap between the leads 110 at the root for inserting the flange between the receiving portions 321 and 331), the first clamping element 32 and the second clamping element 33 can move away from the heat pipe body 120 by the driving cylinder 34, and since the lead 110 is limited in the clamping opening 323, the lead 110 is straightened as the first clamping element 32 and the second clamping element 33 rise.

In the present embodiment, the heat-generating tube straightening mechanism 30 further includes a rotating mechanism 35, when the first receiving portion 321 and the second receiving portion 331 move away from the heat-generating tube body 120 and clamp the lead 110, the rotating mechanism 35 drives the first clamping member 32 and the second clamping member 33 to rotate perpendicular to the driving direction (vertical direction shown in fig. 8) of the driving cylinder 34 to wind the lead 110, so that the lead 110 is in a linear winding shape, and the heat-generating tube 100 with the wound lead 110 can be better mounted later.

In this embodiment, the movement of the first clamping element 32 and the second clamping element 33 may also be achieved by a driving cylinder 34, specifically, the driving cylinder 34 is connected to the first clamping element 32 and the second clamping element 33 through a driving plate 341, both sides of the driving plate 341 are respectively provided with an inclined surface 3413, the driving plate 341 may include a connecting portion 3411 directly driven by the driving cylinder 34 and a driving portion 3412 provided at both ends of the connecting portion 3411, and the inclined surface 3413 may be provided at an end of the driving portion 3412. Each of the first clamping element 32 and the second clamping element 33 includes a bracket 301 vertically slidably connected to the driving plate 341, and a slider 302 horizontally slidably connected to the bracket 301, a first return spring 303 is connected between the slider 302 and the bracket 301, the receiving portion is disposed on the slider 302, and when the driving plate 341 moves downward, the end portions of the two sliders 302 can be acted on by the inclined surfaces 3413 to move toward each other.

The action principle is as follows, the driving cylinder 34 drives the driving plate 341 to move downwards, the driving plate 341 slides in the vertical direction relative to the bracket 301, the inclined surface 3413 moves downwards and simultaneously drives the sliding member 302 to move inwards gradually so as to make the first receiving portion 321 and the second receiving portion 331 approach each other, at this time, the first return spring 303 is stretched, and when the sliding member 302 moves to a predetermined position, the sliding member 302 and the bracket 301 are relatively fixed, preferably: the driving plate 341 and the bracket 301 may be fixed by a positioning mechanism, so that the inclined surface 3413 always keeps in a state of abutting against the sliding member 302 during the lifting process of the driving plate 341, the position of the sliding member 302 is kept, and the sliding member 302 and the bracket 301 are relatively fixed; or the slider 302 may be fixed relative to the bracket 301 in a manner that will be described below in this embodiment. When the heating tube rises to a preset height, the correction is finished, the positioning mechanism is released, the transmission plate 341 and the support 301 are not fixed any more, at this time, under the action of gravity, the support 301 moves downwards relative to the transmission plate, meanwhile, the sliding piece 302 also moves downwards, because the end part of the sliding piece 302 is not supported by the inclined surface 3413, the sliding piece 302 moves towards the side under the action of the elastic force of the first return spring 303, so that the first accommodating part 321 and the second accommodating part 331 are separated, the heating tube body is released by the pressing element 31, and the corrected heating tube enters the assembling station 70. And then continuously repeating the operation to correct the next heating tube to be corrected.

In order to facilitate the sliding of the bracket 301 when the bracket 301 is detached from the fixing with the driving plate 341 and to facilitate the stability of the inclined surface 3413 on the driving plate 341 against the pressing sliding member 302, a second return spring 304 may be provided between the bracket 301 and the driving plate 341, and the second return spring 304 is compressed when the distance between the bracket 301 and the driving plate 341 is reduced.

In this embodiment, the slider 302 may be fixed relative to the bracket 301 as follows: when the two sliding members 302 move relatively to each other to a predetermined distance, the sliding members 302 and the brackets 301 are positioned by the elastic pins 305 fixed to the brackets 301, and when the driving cylinder 34 drives the sliding members 302 to rise to a predetermined height (a corrected maximum height), the elastic pins 305 are pressed by an ejector 306 and are no longer engaged with the positioning holes of the sliding members 302, so that the sliding members 302 and the brackets 301 are no longer fixed relatively, and the two sliding members 302 slide relative to the brackets 301 and are separated from each other under the action of the first return spring 303.

In the present embodiment, the rotating mechanism 35 includes a rotating motor 351 and a transmission gear 352, the transmission gear 352 is fixed to the transmission plate 341, and the transmission gear 352 is rotatable with respect to the driving cylinder 34 by the rotating motor 351.

Throughout the description and claims of this application, the words "comprise/comprises" and the words "have/includes" and variations of these are used to specify the presence of stated features, values, steps or components but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, values, steps, components or groups thereof.

Some features of the invention, which are, for clarity, described in the context of separate embodiments, may also be provided in combination in a single embodiment. Conversely, certain features of the invention, which are, for brevity, described in the context of a single embodiment, may also be provided separately or in any suitable combination in different embodiments.

The above description is only exemplary of the present invention and should not be taken as limiting the scope of the present invention, as any modifications, equivalents, improvements and the like made within the spirit and principles of the present invention should be included in the present invention.

Claims

1. An electronic cigarette heating tube straightening mechanism is characterized by comprising a pressing element, a first clamping element, a second clamping element arranged opposite to the first clamping element, and a driving cylinder, the pressing element is used for fixing the body of the heating tube, the first clamping element is provided with a plurality of first accommodating parts, the second clamping element is provided with a plurality of second accommodating parts, the first clamping element can move relative to the second clamping element to enable the first accommodating parts and the corresponding second accommodating parts to form clamping openings, the leads of the heating tubes are respectively accommodated in the corresponding clamping openings, when the first accommodating part and the second accommodating part clamp the lead, the first clamping element and the second clamping element can move away from the heating tube body through the driving cylinder so as to straighten the lead.

2. The straightening mechanism for the heating tube of the electronic cigarette according to claim 1, further comprising a rotating mechanism, wherein when the first receiving portion and the second receiving portion move away from the heating tube body and clamp the lead, the rotating mechanism drives the first clamping element and the second clamping element to rotate perpendicular to the driving direction of the driving cylinder so as to wind the lead.

3. The electronic cigarette heating tube correcting mechanism according to claim 2, wherein the driving cylinder is connected to the first clamping element and the second clamping element through a transmission plate, inclined planes are respectively disposed on two sides of the transmission plate, each of the first clamping element and the second clamping element comprises a bracket vertically slidably connected to the transmission plate and a sliding member horizontally slidably connected to the bracket, a first return spring is connected between the sliding member and the bracket, the accommodating portion is disposed on the sliding member, and when the transmission plate moves downward, end portions of the two sliding members can be moved toward each other by the inclined planes and stretch the first return spring.

4. The straightening mechanism for the heating tube of the electronic cigarette according to claim 3, wherein when the two sliding members move relatively to each other to a predetermined distance, the sliding members and the bracket are positioned by elastic pins, and when the driving cylinder drives the sliding members to ascend to a predetermined height, the elastic pins are pressed by an ejector.

5. The electronic cigarette heating tube straightening mechanism according to claim 3 or 4, wherein a second return spring is arranged between the bracket and the transmission plate.

6. The electronic cigarette heating tube straightening mechanism according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the rotating mechanism comprises a rotating motor and a transmission gear, and the transmission gear and the transmission plate are relatively fixed.

7. An electronic cigarette assembly apparatus, comprising: the heating tube straightening device comprises a first feeding plate, a second feeding plate, a heating tube straightening mechanism, a traction mechanism, a punching mechanism, a push rod mechanism and an assembling station, wherein the heating tube is fed into the heating tube straightening mechanism by the first feeding plate to straighten a lead of the heating tube, the straightened heating tube is fed into the assembling station, the atomizing tube is fed into the assembling station by the second feeding plate, an oil guide cotton sliver is drawn by the traction mechanism and punched into an oil guide cotton piece with a preset shape by the punching mechanism, and the heating tube is pushed by the push rod mechanism to extrude the oil guide cotton piece with the preset shape to enter the atomizing tube together.

8. The electronic cigarette assembling apparatus of claim 7, wherein the heat-generating tube straightening mechanism is the electronic cigarette heat-generating tube straightening mechanism of any one of claims 1-6.

9. The electronic cigarette assembling device according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the assembling station comprises a driver, a turntable and a first accommodating groove located on one side of the turntable and used for accommodating the heating tube, a plurality of second accommodating grooves used for accommodating the atomizing tubes are distributed on the turntable in an annular manner, and the driver is used for driving the turntable to rotate so as to switch the second accommodating grooves.

10. The electronic cigarette assembling apparatus according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the oil guide cotton piece of a predetermined shape is blade-shaped, and the heat generating pipe is opposed to a center position of the oil guide cotton piece when the push lever mechanism pushes.