CN210734639U - Conveying mechanism for packaging bags of packaging machine - Google Patents

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CN210734639U
CN210734639U CN201921856718.5U CN201921856718U CN210734639U CN 210734639 U CN210734639 U CN 210734639U CN 201921856718 U CN201921856718 U CN 201921856718U CN 210734639 U CN210734639 U CN 210734639U
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The utility model discloses a conveying mechanism of packagine machine wrapping bag, which comprises a fixing plate and i, the fixed welding of front end of fixed plate has the mount pad, and installs the pivot through the bearing on the mount pad, the fixed cover of the back end of pivot has first fixed block, the front end of pivot has cup jointed the second fixed block, and the fixed welding of inner wall of second fixed block has the stopper, the stopper inlays on the outer wall of pivot, insert through the bearing is fixed on the fixed plate and be equipped with first connecting axle, and the fixed welding of the end of first connecting axle puts at the back end central point of first commentaries on classics roller. The utility model discloses a set up lead screw and screw for when the knob rotated, the screw can with the lead screw cooperation, drive the lead screw and stretch out and draw back in the loop bar, thereby make the part that the lead screw right-hand member is connected remove right, and drive the second and change the roller and carry out level and smooth removal, thereby make the second change the roller and first change the interval between the roller and can adjust according to the thickness of wrapping bag.

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Conveying mechanism for packaging bags of packaging machine
Technical Field
The utility model relates to a packagine machine technical field specifically is a conveying mechanism of packagine machine wrapping bag.
Background
The packaging machine is a machine for automatically packaging products, the packaging machine is applied to the packaging production of various large-product products due to good performance and high efficiency, and the packaging bag conveying mechanism on the packaging machine conveys out packaging bags through rolling by oppositely rotating two roll shafts, but the distance between the roll shaft mechanisms of the conventional packaging machine conveying mechanism cannot be directly adjusted, and the adjustment operation is complex, so that the problem is solved by the conveying mechanism for packaging bags of the packaging machine.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
An object of the utility model is to provide a conveying mechanism of packagine machine wrapping bag to the interval between the roller that proposes in solving above-mentioned background art can't carry out quick adjustment, operates comparatively complicated problem.
In order to achieve the above object, the utility model provides a following technical scheme: a conveying mechanism of a packaging bag of a packaging machine comprises a fixed plate, wherein a mounting seat is fixedly welded at the front end of the fixed plate, a rotating shaft is installed on the mounting seat through a bearing, a first fixed block is fixedly sleeved at the back end of the rotating shaft, a second fixed block is sleeved at the front end of the rotating shaft, a limiting block is fixedly welded on the inner wall of the second fixed block, the limiting block is embedded on the outer wall of the rotating shaft, a first connecting shaft is fixedly inserted on the fixed plate through the bearing, the end of the first connecting shaft is fixedly welded at the center position of the back end of a first rotating roller, a first bevel gear is fixedly welded at the back end of the first connecting shaft, the center position of the back end of the first bevel gear is connected with the front end of the first connecting sleeve through the bearing, the first connecting sleeve is sleeved on a second connecting shaft through the bearing, and the left end of the second connecting shaft is installed on the fixed, the left end of the second connecting shaft is fixedly connected with the output end of the motor, the right end of the second connecting shaft is fixedly connected with the left end axle center of the second bevel gear, a sleeve rod is fixedly welded at the right end of the second bevel gear, a lead screw is inserted at the right end of the sleeve rod, a nut is sleeved on the lead screw and is installed at the opening of the right end of the sleeve rod through a bearing, a knob is fixedly welded at the outer side of the nut, a third bevel gear is fixedly welded at the right end of the lead screw and is meshed with a fourth bevel gear, the fourth bevel gear is fixedly welded at the back end of the third connecting shaft, the front end of the third connecting shaft is fixedly welded with the back end axle center of the second rotating roller, a sliding block is sleeved on the third connecting shaft through a bearing and is embedded in a fixing plate, and the back end of the fourth bevel gear is rotatably connected with the front end of the second connecting sleeve through a bearing, and the second connecting sleeve is sleeved on the fourth connecting shaft through a bearing, the left end of the fourth connecting shaft is fixedly connected with the right end of the third bevel gear, and the right end of the fourth connecting shaft is arranged at the back end of the fixed plate through the rotating sleeve and the supporting frame.
Preferably, the shape of first fixed block and second fixed block equals, first fixed block and second fixed block all set up to the toper, the rubber pad has all been pasted on the surface of first fixed block and second fixed block, the conical head of first fixed block and second fixed block is relative, the inboard size phase-match of the inboard size of pivot and stopper, the front end outer wall of pivot equidistance set up with the outside size assorted spout of stopper, the second fixed block passes through the stopper and sets up to sliding construction in the pivot.
Preferably, the second connecting shaft is parallel to the central point of the second rotating roller, the axes of the second connecting shaft, the second bevel gear, the loop bar, the screw rod, the third bevel gear and the fourth connecting shaft are on the same straight line, the axes of the first bevel gear, the first connecting shaft and the first rotating roller are on the same straight line, and the axes of the fourth bevel gear, the third connecting shaft and the second rotating roller are on the same straight line.
Preferably, the inner side of the loop bar is provided with a square sliding groove, the inner side size of the sliding groove is matched with the outer side size of the left end of the screw rod, the screw nut and the screw rod are matched with each other, and the screw rod is arranged to be of a telescopic structure through the screw nut and the loop bar.
Preferably, the fixed plate is internally provided with a slide rail matched with the outer side of the slide block in size, and the fixed plate is provided with an opening for the third connecting shaft to move.
Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the utility model are that: this conveying mechanism of packagine machine wrapping bag through setting up lead screw and screw for when the knob rotates, the screw can drive the lead screw with the lead screw cooperation, and stretch out and draw back in the loop bar, thereby make the part that the lead screw right-hand member is connected remove to the right, and drive the second and change the roller and carry out level and smooth removal, thereby make the second change the roller and first change the interval between the roller and can adjust according to the thickness of wrapping bag.
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in order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without creative efforts.
FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of the structure of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along line B-B of FIG. 1 in accordance with the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic sectional view of the structure of the present invention from the bottom;
fig. 4 is an enlarged schematic view of a in fig. 3 according to the present invention;
fig. 5 is an enlarged schematic view of the structure C in fig. 2 according to the present invention.
In the figure: 1. a fixing plate; 2. a mounting seat; 3. a rotating shaft; 4. a first fixed block; 5. a second fixed block; 6. a limiting block; 7. a first connecting shaft; 8. a first rotating roller; 9. a first bevel gear; 10. a first connecting sleeve; 11. a second connecting shaft; 12. a motor; 13. a second bevel gear; 14. a loop bar; 15. a screw rod; 16. a nut; 17. a knob; 18. a third bevel gear; 19. a fourth bevel gear; 20. a third connecting shaft; 21. a second rotating roller; 22. a slider; 23. a second connecting sleeve; 24. and a fourth connecting shaft.
The specific implementation mode is as follows:
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 in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative work belong to the protection scope of the present invention.
Referring to fig. 1-5, the present invention provides an embodiment: a conveying mechanism of a packaging bag of a packaging machine comprises a fixing plate 1, wherein a mounting seat 2 is fixedly welded at the front end of the fixing plate 1, a rotating shaft 3 is installed on the mounting seat 2 through a bearing, a first fixing block 4 is fixedly sleeved at the back end of the rotating shaft 3, a second fixing block 5 is sleeved at the front end of the rotating shaft 3, a limiting block 6 is fixedly welded on the inner wall of the second fixing block 5, the limiting block 6 is embedded on the outer wall of the rotating shaft 3, the first fixing block 4 and the second fixing block 5 are equal in shape, the first fixing block 4 and the second fixing block 5 are both conical, rubber pads are adhered to the surfaces of the first fixing block 4 and the second fixing block 5, the conical heads of the first fixing block 4 and the second fixing block 5 are opposite, the inner side size of the rotating shaft 3 is matched with the inner side size of the limiting block 6, sliding grooves matched with the outer side, the second fixed block 5 is arranged on the rotating shaft 3 through a limiting block 6 to form a sliding structure, the structure enables the first fixed block 4 to be fixedly inserted into paper winding cylinders with different sizes, the paper winding cylinders can be fixed through clamping of the first fixed block 4 and the second fixed block 5, the circle centers of the second fixed block 5 and the first fixed block 4 and the circle center of the rotating shaft 3 are located on the same straight line, when the paper winding cylinders are fixed by the first fixed block 4 and the second fixed block 5, the circle centers of the paper winding cylinders and the circle center of the rotating shaft 3 are located on the same straight line, and therefore paper winding can stably rotate on the rotating shaft 3 and cannot be eccentric;
a first connecting shaft 7 is fixedly inserted on the fixed plate 1 through a bearing, the end of the first connecting shaft 7 is fixedly welded at the center position of the back end of the first rotating roller 8, a first bevel gear 9 is fixedly welded at the back end of the first connecting shaft 7, the center position of the back end of the first bevel gear 9 is connected with the front end of a first connecting sleeve 10 through a bearing, the first connecting sleeve 10 is sleeved on a second connecting shaft 11 through a bearing, the first connecting sleeve 10 can not rotate and can not move, but the second connecting shaft 11 can rotate in the first connecting sleeve 10, the left end of the second connecting shaft 11 is installed on the fixed plate 1 through a bearing and a support frame, the left end of the second connecting shaft 11 is fixedly connected with the output end of a motor 12, the right end of the second connecting shaft 11 is fixedly connected with the left end shaft center of a second bevel gear 13, and a sleeve rod 14 is fixedly welded at the right end of the second bevel gear 13, a screw rod 15 is inserted at the right end of the sleeve rod 14, a nut 16 is sleeved on the screw rod 15, the nut 16 is installed at an opening at the right end of the sleeve rod 14 through a bearing, a square sliding groove is formed in the inner side of the sleeve rod 14, the size of the inner side of the sliding groove is matched with the size of the outer side of the left end of the screw rod 15, the nut 16 and the screw rod 15 are matched with each other, the screw rod 15 is arranged on the sleeve rod 14 through the nut 16 in a telescopic structure, the screw rod 15 cannot rotate in the sleeve rod 14 due to the structure, the sleeve rod 14 can drive the screw rod 15 to rotate when rotating, the screw rod 15 can stretch in the sleeve rod 14, and therefore other parts at the right end of the third conical gear 18 can displace, and the distance between the second rotating roller 21 and the first rotating roller 8 can be adjusted;
a knob 17 is fixedly welded on the outer side of a screw 16, a third bevel gear 18 is fixedly welded at the right end of a screw rod 15, the third bevel gear 18 is meshed with a fourth bevel gear 19, the fourth bevel gear 19 is fixedly welded at the back end of a third connecting shaft 20, the front end of the third connecting shaft 20 is fixedly welded with the axis of the back end of a second rotating roller 21, the second connecting shaft 11 is parallel to the central point of the second rotating roller 21, the axes of the second connecting shaft 11, the second bevel gear 13, a sleeve rod 14, the screw rod 15, the third bevel gear 18 and a fourth connecting shaft 24 are on the same straight line, the axes of the first bevel gear 9, the first connecting shaft 7 and the first rotating roller 8 are on the same straight line, the axes of the fourth bevel gear 19, the third connecting shaft 20 and the second rotating roller 21 are on the same straight line, and the structure ensures that other parts at the left end of the sleeve rod 14 and the right end of the screw rod 15 can be kept on the same straight line when the sleeve rod 14 and the screw rod 15 are extended, the second rotating roller 21 can also keep moving in parallel with the loop bar 14 and the screw rod 15, so that the device is reasonable, and the dislocation phenomenon cannot occur, the third connecting shaft 20 is sleeved with the sliding block 22 through a bearing, the sliding block 22 is embedded in the fixed plate 1, the fixed plate 1 is internally provided with a sliding rail matched with the outside size of the sliding block 22, the fixed plate 1 is provided with an opening for the movement of the third connecting shaft 20, the sliding block 22 can be used for sliding in the fixed plate 1 but cannot be separated, so that when the loop bar 14 and the screw rod 15 stretch, the fourth connecting shaft 24 can drive the fourth conical gear 19 to move through the second connecting sleeve 23, and the third connecting shaft 20 connected with the fourth conical gear 19 can slide in the fixed plate 1 through the sliding block 22, so that the distance between the second rotating roller 21 and the first rotating roller 8 can be changed;
the back end of the fourth bevel gear 19 is rotatably connected with the front end of the second connecting sleeve 23 through a bearing, the second connecting sleeve 23 is sleeved on the fourth connecting shaft 24 through a bearing, the second connecting sleeve 23 cannot move and rotate on the fourth connecting shaft 24, but the fourth connecting shaft 24 can rotate in the second connecting sleeve 23, the left end of the fourth connecting shaft 24 is fixedly connected with the right end of the third bevel gear 18, the right end of the fourth connecting shaft 24 is installed at the back end of the fixed plate 1 through a rotating sleeve and a supporting frame, and the fourth connecting shaft 24 can stretch out and draw back and rotate in the rotating sleeve.
The working principle is as follows: when the device is used, the second fixed block 5 slides out along the rotating shaft 3 through the limiting block 6, so that the second fixed block 5 is separated from the rotating shaft 3, then the paper winding cylinder is sleeved on the rotating shaft 3 and is pushed inwards, the conical head of the first fixed block 4 is inserted into the roll paper, then the limiting block 6 in the second fixed block 5 is aligned with the sliding groove on the rotating shaft 3, the second fixed block 5 is sleeved on the rotating shaft 3, the second fixed block 5 is pushed and inserted into the front end cylinder hole of the paper winding cylinder for fixing, so that the paper winding cylinder is fixed on the rotating shaft 3 and can not move, then the knob 17 is rotated, the screw 16 is driven by the knob 17 to rotate, so that the screw 16 is matched with the screw rod 15, the screw rod 15 is driven by the screw 16 to extend and retract with the sleeve rod 14, parts at the right end of the sleeve rod 14 are driven to move, and the fourth connecting shaft 24 is driven by the rotating sleeve to extend and retract, the second connecting sleeve 23 is driven by the fourth connecting shaft 24 to displace, the fourth bevel gear 19 drives the sliding block 22 to slide in the fixing plate 1 through the third connecting shaft 20, the second rotating roller 21 arranged at the front end of the third connecting shaft 20 changes the distance between the second rotating roller 21 and the first rotating roller 8 due to displacement, the distance between the first rotating roller 8 and the second rotating roller 21 is increased by rotating the knob 17, then the end of the roll paper is placed between the first rotating roller 8 and the second rotating roller 21, the knob 17 is rotated to reduce the distance between the first rotating roller 8 and the second rotating roller 21 and clamp two sides of the roll paper, then the motor 12 is controlled to be opened through a control panel on a packing machine during work, the motor 12 drives the second connecting shaft 11 to rotate, the second connecting shaft 11 is punched, the second bevel gear 13 rotates the second bevel gear 13 to drive the first bevel gear 9 to rotate, cause first conical gear 9 to drive first commentaries on classics roller 8 through first connecting axle 7 and rotate, and second conical gear 13 still can drive third conical gear 18 through loop bar 14 and lead screw 15 and rotate, can drive third connecting axle 20 through fourth conical gear 19 during third conical gear 18 rotates, second commentaries on classics roller 21 also can rotate when third connecting axle 20 rotates, through the subtend rotation of first commentaries on classics roller 8 and second commentaries on classics roller 21 for the stock form can be extrudeed downwards, thereby carries the stock form downwards through the extruded power, above does the utility model discloses a whole theory of operation.
It is obvious to a person skilled in the art that the invention is not restricted to details of the above-described exemplary embodiments, but that it can be implemented in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics of the invention. The present embodiments are therefore to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein. Any reference sign in a claim should not be construed as limiting the claim concerned.

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1. The utility model provides a conveying mechanism of packagine machine wrapping bag, includes fixed plate (1), its characterized in that: the front end fixed welding of fixed plate (1) has mount pad (2), and installs pivot (3) through the bearing on mount pad (2), the fixed cover of the back end of pivot (3) has first fixed block (4), the front end cover of pivot (3) has second fixed block (5), and the fixed welding of inner wall of second fixed block (5) has stopper (6), stopper (6) inlay on the outer wall of pivot (3), fixed plate (1) is gone up and is inserted through the bearing and is equipped with first connecting shaft (7), and the fixed welding of the end of first connecting shaft (7) is put at the back end central point of first commentaries on classics roller (8), the fixed welding of the back end of first connecting shaft (7) has first conical gear (9), and the back end central point of first conical gear (9) puts through the bearing and the front end connection of first connecting sleeve (10), the first connecting sleeve (10) is sleeved on the second connecting shaft (11) through a bearing, the left end of the second connecting shaft (11) is installed on the fixing plate (1) through a bearing and a supporting frame, the left end of the second connecting shaft (11) is fixedly connected with the output end of the motor (12), the right end of the second connecting shaft (11) is fixedly connected with the left end axis of the second conical gear (13), the right end of the second conical gear (13) is fixedly welded with a sleeve rod (14), the right end of the sleeve rod (14) is inserted with a screw rod (15), the screw rod (15) is sleeved with a screw nut (16), the screw nut (16) is installed at the opening of the right end of the sleeve rod (14) through a bearing, the outer side of the screw nut (16) is fixedly welded with a knob (17), the right end of the screw rod (15) is fixedly welded with a third conical gear (18), and the third conical gear (18) is meshed with a fourth conical gear (19), fourth conical gear (19) fixed welding is in the back end of third connecting axle (20), and the front end of third connecting axle (20) changes the back end axle center fixed welding of roller (21) with the second, slider (22) have been cup jointed through the bearing on third connecting axle (20), and slider (22) inlays in fixed plate (1), the back end of fourth conical gear (19) passes through the bearing and rotates with the front end of second adapter sleeve (23) to be connected, and second adapter sleeve (23) cup joints on fourth connecting axle (24) through the bearing, the left end of fourth connecting axle (24) and the right-hand member fixed connection of third conical gear (18), the back end at fixed plate (1) is installed through changeing cover and support frame to the right-hand member of fourth connecting axle (24).
2. The conveying mechanism for the packing bag of the packing machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the shape of first fixed block (4) and second fixed block (5) is equal, first fixed block (4) and second fixed block (5) all set up to the toper, the surface of first fixed block (4) and second fixed block (5) is all pasted and is had the rubber pad, the conical head of first fixed block (4) and second fixed block (5) is relative, the inboard size of pivot (3) and the inboard size phase-match of stopper (6), the outside size assorted spout with stopper (6) is seted up to the equidistance on the front end outer wall of pivot (3), second fixed block (5) set up to sliding construction through stopper (6) on pivot (3).
3. The conveying mechanism for the packing bag of the packing machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the second connecting shaft (11) is parallel to the central point of the second rotating roller (21), the axes of the second connecting shaft (11), the second bevel gear (13), the loop bar (14), the screw rod (15), the third bevel gear (18) and the fourth connecting shaft (24) are on the same straight line, the axes of the first bevel gear (9), the first connecting shaft (7) and the first rotating roller (8) are on the same straight line, and the axes of the fourth bevel gear (19), the third connecting shaft (20) and the second rotating roller (21) are on the same straight line.
4. The conveying mechanism for the packing bag of the packing machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the square sliding groove is formed in the inner side of the sleeve rod (14), the inner side size of the sliding groove is matched with the outer side size of the left end of the screw rod (15), the screw nut (16) and the screw rod (15) are matched with each other, and the screw rod (15) is arranged to be of a telescopic structure through the screw nut (16) and the sleeve rod (14).
5. The conveying mechanism for the packing bag of the packing machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the inner part of the fixed plate (1) is provided with a slide rail matched with the outside size of the slide block (22), and the fixed plate (1) is provided with an opening for the third connecting shaft (20) to move.
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