CN210753537U - Device for coating surface of plastering trowel - Google Patents

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CN210753537U
CN210753537U CN201921124066.6U CN201921124066U CN210753537U CN 210753537 U CN210753537 U CN 210753537U CN 201921124066 U CN201921124066 U CN 201921124066U CN 210753537 U CN210753537 U CN 210753537U
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李跃明
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The utility model provides a device for plastering trowel knife surface application belongs to cutter application field. The production line component comprises a plurality of binding wires used for binding the trowel, and the binding wires can extend into the cleaning table and the coating table. The utility model discloses the advantage lies in adopting automation equipment to wash, dry and the step of oiling to the plastering trowel among the device, replaces original use hand labor's mode processing plastering trowel, reduces workman's intensity of labour, has saved manufacturing cost, and the great degree prevents that volatile toxic gas harms workman's physical and mental health.

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Device for coating surface of plastering trowel
Technical Field
The utility model belongs to cutter application field especially relates to a device for plastering trowel knife surface application.
Background
The original process needs to wash off greasy dirt on the surface of the trowel in a manual mode, place the trowel with the greasy dirt removed into a drying oven to remove moisture, and finally smear protective oil on the surface of the clean trowel surface, the whole working steps are completed in a manual mode, so that the labor intensity of workers is enhanced, the manufacturing efficiency is low, in addition, the protective oil is used for corrosion prevention of the trowel cutter, the volatile gas has strong volatility, and the volatile gas has toxicity and can damage the body health of the workers.
For example, chinese patent document discloses a rotary automatic coating method and a coating apparatus [ patent application No.: [ CN200410069428.8] the object to be coated is coated by rotating the object to be coated at a small distance so as to cover the object to be coated located in front of the object to be coated on the object side where the object to be coated is coated in a large amount. The pitch of the work pieces on the adjacent flat plates is smaller than the pitch of the work pieces on the flat plates with respect to the object to be coated placed on the flat plates. As another method, a rotating device that linearly moves a region is provided in a spray coating region and rotated, so that the spraying angle is not affected. Therefore, the effect of rotary coating can be maintained, and the uniformity and the coating quality of the coating film can be improved. Before coating, the parts to be processed need to be cleaned manually.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model aims at the above-mentioned problem, provide a device that is used for plastering trowel knife face surface application.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model adopts the following technical proposal:
the utility model provides a device for coating of plastering trowel knife face surface, includes wash platform, oven and application platform in proper order, still including being annular and can circulation pivoted assembly line part, wash platform and application platform are located respectively assembly line part below, assembly line part penetrates in the oven, assembly line part include a plurality of roots be used for binding the binding wire of plastering trowel, the binding wire can extend into in wash platform and the application platform.
In foretell a device for plastering trowel knife surface coating, the assembly line part include assembly line support, assembly line support in swing joint have the assembly line area that can endless rotation, the assembly line area on set firmly a plurality of connecting plate, the connecting plate run through there is the connecting hole, all be connected with the bundle line in every connecting hole.
In the device for coating the surface of the knife face of the plastering trowel, the connecting plates are arranged at equal intervals along the water flow line belt, two parallel plates which are symmetrical to each other are arranged on the connecting plates, two connecting holes are formed in the parallel plates, and the connecting holes in one of the parallel plates correspond to the two connecting holes in the other parallel plate one to one.
In the device for coating the surface of the knife face of the plastering trowel, the end part of the cleaning table is connected with the oven, the oven is a tunnel oven, and the assembly line belt penetrates into the oven and penetrates through the oven, so that the assembly line belts at the two ends of the oven are respectively connected with the cleaning table and the coating table.
In the device for coating the surface of the knife face of the plastering trowel, an oil return plate which is obliquely arranged is arranged between the drying oven and the coating platform, and the oil return plate is fixed at the end part, far away from the cleaning platform, of the coating platform.
In foretell a device for plastering trowel knife face surface application, time oil board be the acute angle with the application platform, the horizontal height that the end of application platform was kept away from to time oil board is greater than the horizontal height of application platform, the assembly line support that is located time oil board top is placed along the inclined plane that returns oil board, and the assembly line support of this section is parallel to each other with time oil board, is equipped with a plurality of nozzle support above returning oil board, is equipped with a plurality of compressed air nozzles on the nozzle support, the compressed air nozzle orientation returns oil board.
In the above-described device for coating the surface of the blade surface of the trowel, a line located above the wash stand and the coating stand is provided with a curved path.
In the device for coating the surface of the knife face of the troweling knife, an oil storage groove which is arranged below the assembly line support is formed in one side, far away from the coating platform, of the oil return plate, and the oil storage groove is arranged along the assembly line support.
In the device for coating the surface of the knife face of the plastering trowel, the cleaning table is internally provided with an ultrasonic generator.
In foretell a device for plastering trowel knife face surface application, the clean bench in be equipped with and wash the chamber, the bottom in washing the chamber be equipped with vibrations chamber, vibrations chamber and wash and have the clearance between the chamber, a plurality of vibrations driver is fixed on the end wall that the vibrations chamber is close to and washs the chamber, the lateral wall in washing chamber on the intercommunication have a plurality of circulation inlet tube, the bottom intercommunication in washing chamber have the circulation outlet pipe, circulation inlet tube and circulation outlet pipe intercommunication and circulation inlet tube and circulation outlet pipe between be connected with the circulating pump.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the advantages of:
1. adopt automation equipment to wash, dry and the step of oiling to the trowel among the device, replace original mode processing trowel that uses hand labor power, reduce workman's intensity of labour, saved manufacturing cost, and the toxic gas that prevents to a great extent volatilizees harm workman's physical and mental health.
2. The oil return plate is obliquely arranged at the end part of the coating platform, so that the oil drops can be prevented from dropping on the ground to cause ground pollution and difficulty in cleaning, and the oil drops drop on the oblique oil return plate and slide into the coating platform along the inclined plane of the oil return plate under the action of gravity of the oil drops in order to prevent resource waste.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic view at a paint station;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view at a wash station and oven;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view at an oil sump;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the internal structure of the wash station.
In the figure: the device comprises a cleaning table 10, an oven 11, a coating table 12, a pipeline part 13, a binding line 14, a pipeline support 15, a U-shaped bend 15a, a pipeline belt 16, a connecting plate 17, a connecting hole 18, a parallel plate 19, an oil return plate 20, a nozzle support 20a, an air nozzle 20b, an oil storage groove 21, a cleaning cavity 22, a vibration driver 23, a vibration cavity 24, a circulating water inlet pipe 25 and a circulating water outlet pipe 26.
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The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.
Referring to fig. 1-2, the device for coating the surface of the knife surface of the troweling knife sequentially comprises a cleaning table 10, an oven 11, a coating table 12 and an annular assembly line component 13 capable of rotating circularly, wherein the cleaning table 10 and the coating table 12 are respectively positioned below the assembly line component 13, the assembly line component 13 penetrates into the oven 11, the assembly line component 13 comprises a plurality of binding wires 14 for binding the troweling knife, and the binding wires 14 can extend into the cleaning table 10 and the coating table 12. The assembly line part 13 can rotate circularly under the work of the driver, the rotation of the assembly line part 13 can drive the binding wires 14 to move, one end of each binding wire 14 is connected to the assembly line part 13, the other end of each binding wire 14 is connected with a plastering trowel, the binding connection of the binding wires 14 is realized, the plastering trowels are indirectly connected to the assembly line part 13, the plastering trowels move along with the circular rotation of the assembly line part 13, the assembly line part 13 rotates circularly to drive the plastering trowels to move into the cleaning table 10, the drying oven 11 and the coating table 12 sequentially to carry out cleaning, drying and oiling steps, all the steps adopt an automatic mode, the original mode of using manual labor force to process the plastering trowels is replaced, the labor intensity of workers is reduced, the production cost is saved, and the body and mind health of the workers are greatly prevented from being damaged by volatilized toxic gases.
The assembly line part 13 comprises an assembly line support 15, an assembly line belt 16 capable of rotating circularly is movably connected in the assembly line support 15, a plurality of connecting plates 17 are fixedly arranged on the assembly line belt 16, connecting holes 18 penetrate through the connecting plates 17, and a binding wire 14 is connected in each connecting hole 18. The assembly line component 13 is a chain type assembly line, the assembly line belt 16 is used for drawing and carrying materials, the assembly line belt 16 can adopt a common sleeve roller conveying chain and can also adopt other various special chains, an assembly line driver (not shown in the figure) drives the assembly line belt 16 to circularly rotate along the assembly line support 15, and drives the connecting plate 17 to circularly rotate along the assembly line support 15 to clean, dry and oil the trowel, one end of the binding wire 14 winds in the connecting hole 18, the other end of the binding wire 14 winds on the trowel, and the trowel can be conveniently taken off by workers through the mode.
The connecting plates 17 are arranged at equal intervals along the water flow line belt 16, two parallel plates 19 which are symmetrical to each other are arranged on the connecting plates 17, two connecting holes 18 are arranged on the parallel plates 19, and the connecting holes 18 on one parallel plate 19 correspond to the two connecting holes 18 on the other parallel plate 19 one by one. In this example, since the lengths of the wires 14 are different, in order to ensure that the trowel can extend into the cleaning table 10, the oven 11 and the coating table 12 during the moving process and does not contact and collide with the end walls of the cleaning table 10, the oven 11 and the coating table 12, the upper or lower connecting holes 18 are selected according to the actual length of the wires 14, and the wires 14 can simultaneously pass through the two corresponding connecting holes 18 when passing through the connecting holes 18, so that the stability is increased, and the trowel is prevented from swinging back and forth under the action of self gravity and inertia.
The end part of the cleaning table 10 is connected with the oven 11, the oven 11 is a tunnel oven, and the assembly line belt 16 penetrates into the oven 11 and penetrates through the oven 11, so that the assembly line belts 16 at two ends of the oven 11 are respectively connected with the cleaning table 10 and the coating table 12. A high-temperature dryer (not shown in the figure) is arranged in the end wall of the oven 11, the trowel flows through the cleaning table 10 under the transmission of a flow line belt 16 and cleans the surface of the trowel, water and oil cannot be mixed, the water left on the surface of the trowel after cleaning needs to be evaporated completely before the trowel is oiled, and the trowel after cleaning is sent into the oven 11 and is quickly evaporated under the action of high temperature.
An oil return plate 20 which is obliquely arranged is arranged between the oven 11 and the coating platform 12, and the oil return plate 20 is fixed at the end part of the coating platform 12 far away from the cleaning platform 10. The plastering trowel cutter is sent into the application platform 12 and is oiled the work, when the work of oiling is accomplished and makes the plastering trowel follow the assembly line area 16 and remove application platform 12, the oil on plastering trowel surface can drip under self gravity and leave the plastering trowel surface, oil drips and causes ground pollution and makes the difficulty of managing subaerial for preventing dripping, also for preventing the wasting of resources, oil drips and drips on the back oil board 20 of slope, slide into application platform 12 along the inclined plane of back oil board 20 under the action of oil self gravity.
The oil return plate 20 and the coating platform 12 form an acute angle, the horizontal height of the end part of the oil return plate 20 far away from the coating platform 12 is larger than that of the coating platform 12, the assembly line bracket 15 positioned above the oil return plate 20 is placed along the inclined plane of the oil return plate 20, the assembly line bracket 15 at the section is parallel to the oil return plate 20, a plurality of nozzle brackets 20a are arranged above the oil return plate 20, a plurality of compressed air nozzles 20b are arranged on the nozzle brackets 20a, and the compressed air nozzles 20b face the oil return plate 20. Because the oil return plate 20 is placed in an inclined manner, when the trowel is moved, it is ensured that the trowel does not contact and collide with the oil return plate 20, in this example, the pipeline support 15 above the oil return plate 20 is parallel to the oil return plate 20, and because the length of the oil return plate 20 is fixed, in order to ensure that the trowel moves out of the oil return plate 20, all the redundant oil drops on the surface of the trowel drop out of the trowel, a plurality of nozzle supports 20a are arranged above the oil return plate 20, and the nozzle supports 20a can spray gas at a certain speed, and the gas flows out of the trowel, so that the speed of the redundant oil running away from the surface of the trowel is increased, and all the redundant oil drops on the surface of the trowel are ensured to drop out of the trowel as much as possible.
The line bracket 15 located above the wash station 10 and the painting station 12 is provided with a U-turn 15 a. The U-shaped bend 15a can increase the time for the trowel to extend into the wash station 10 and the paint station 12, increasing the processing time.
As shown in fig. 3, an oil storage groove 21 is disposed below the line bracket 15 on a side of the oil return plate 20 away from the coating platform 12, and the oil storage groove 21 is disposed along the line bracket 15. Even under the effect of nozzle bracket 20a, unnecessary fluid is whole not necessarily all to drip out the trowel surface, consequently is equipped with the oil storage groove 21 of placing in assembly line support 15 below in the one side that returns oil board 20 and keep away from application platform 12, and when the in-process of the coating trowel along with the pipeline area 16 removal to the afterbody of assembly line support 15, unnecessary oil can fall in oil storage groove 21 convenient to the staff clearance oil stain.
An ultrasonic generator is arranged in the cleaning table 10. In this example, the cleaning equipment in the cleaning station 10 may be an ultrasonic generator, and the workpiece passes through the ultrasonic generator to convert the sound energy of the power ultrasonic frequency source into mechanical vibration, and the ultrasonic waves are radiated to the cleaning liquid in the tank through the cleaning tank wall. The micro bubbles in the liquid in the tank can keep vibrating under the action of sound wave due to the radiation of the ultrasonic wave, and the huge pressure generated by the cavitation of the ultrasonic wave can destroy insoluble dirt and lead the insoluble dirt to be differentiated into the solution, thereby achieving the aim of cleaning.
As shown in fig. 4, wash platform 10 in be equipped with and wash chamber 22, the bottom of washing chamber 22 be equipped with vibrations chamber 24, vibrations chamber 24 and wash chamber 22 between have a clearance, a plurality of vibrations driver 23 is fixed on vibrations chamber 24 is close to the end wall of washing chamber 22, the lateral wall of washing chamber 22 on the intercommunication have a plurality of circulation inlet tube 25, the bottom intercommunication of washing chamber 22 have circulation outlet pipe 26, circulation inlet tube 25 and circulation outlet pipe 26 intercommunication and circulation inlet tube 25 and circulation outlet pipe 26 between be connected with the circulating pump. The circulating pump can be a centrifugal pump, a reciprocating pump or a mixed flow pump, etc., the vibration driver 23 works to transmit vibration to the cleaning cavity 22 through the end wall of the cleaning cavity 22 to vibrate water so as to clean the plastering trowel, and in the cleaning process, the circulating water inlet pipe 25 and the circulating water outlet pipe 26 discharge dirty water and continuously input clean water under the working of the circulating pump.
The principle of the utility model is that: the workman twines the trowel of treating processing with a plurality of wires 14 in proper order to assembly line area 16 is as drawing and supporting body transported substance material, assembly line driver drive assembly line area 16 rotates along assembly line support 15 circulation, and drive connecting plate 17 and follow assembly line support 15 circulation and rotate, thereby drive the trowel and move in proper order and advance to move and wash platform 10, oven 11 and application platform 12 and wash, dry and the step of oiling, these steps all adopt automatic mode, replace original mode processing trowel that uses hand labor power.
The specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the spirit of the invention. Various modifications, additions and substitutions for the specific embodiments described herein may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the invention or exceeding the scope of the invention as defined in the accompanying claims.
Although the terms of the washing station 10, the oven 11, the painting station 12, the line part 13, the wire harness 14, the line bracket 15, the U-shaped bend 15a, the line belt 16, the connecting plate 17, the connecting hole 18, the parallel plate 19, the oil return plate 20, the nozzle bracket 20a, the air nozzle 20b, the oil reservoir 21, the washing chamber 22, the vibration actuator 23, the vibration chamber 24, the circulation water inlet pipe 25, the circulation water outlet pipe 26, etc., are used more frequently herein, the possibility of using other terms is not excluded. These terms are used merely to more conveniently describe and explain the nature of the present invention; they are to be construed in a manner that is inconsistent with the spirit of the invention.

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1. The utility model provides a device for coating of plastering trowel knife face surface, includes wash platform (10), oven (11) and application platform (12) in proper order, its characterized in that still including being annular and ability circulation pivoted assembly line part (13), wash platform (10) and application platform (12) are located respectively assembly line part (13) below, assembly line part (13) penetrate in oven (11), assembly line part (13) including a plurality of bundle lines (14) that are used for binding the plastering trowel, bundle lines (14) can extend into in wash platform (10) and application platform (12).
2. The device for coating the surface of the knife face of the trowel knife according to claim 1, wherein the assembly line component (13) comprises an assembly line support (15), an assembly line belt (16) capable of rotating circularly is movably connected in the assembly line support (15), a plurality of connecting plates (17) are fixedly arranged on the assembly line belt (16), connecting holes (18) are formed in the connecting plates (17) in a penetrating manner, and a binding wire (14) is connected in each connecting hole (18).
3. The device for coating the surface of the knife face of the plastering knife according to claim 2, wherein the connecting plates (17) are arranged at equal intervals along a water flow line belt (16), two parallel plates (19) which are symmetrical to each other are arranged on the connecting plates (17), two connecting holes (18) are arranged on the parallel plates (19), and the connecting holes (18) on one parallel plate (19) correspond to the two connecting holes (18) on the other parallel plate (19) in a one-to-one manner.
4. The device for coating the knife surface of the trowel knife according to claim 3, characterized in that the end of the cleaning table (10) is connected with an oven (11), the oven (11) is a tunnel oven, and the water flowing line belt (16) penetrates into the oven (11) and penetrates through the oven (11) so that the water flowing line belts (16) at two ends of the oven (11) are respectively connected with the cleaning table (10) and the coating table (12).
5. The device for coating the knife surface of the troweling knife according to claim 4, characterized in that an oil return plate (20) which is arranged obliquely is arranged between the oven (11) and the coating platform (12), and the oil return plate (20) is fixed at the end part, far away from the cleaning platform (10), of the coating platform (12).
6. The device for coating the knife surface of the troweling knife according to claim 5, wherein the oil return plate (20) forms an acute angle with the coating platform (12), the horizontal height of the end part of the oil return plate (20) far away from the coating platform (12) is greater than the horizontal height of the coating platform (12), the assembly line bracket (15) above the oil return plate (20) is placed along the inclined plane of the oil return plate (20), the assembly line bracket (15) of the section is parallel to the oil return plate (20), a plurality of nozzle brackets (20a) are arranged above the oil return plate (20), a plurality of compressed air nozzles (20b) are arranged on the nozzle brackets (20a), and the compressed air nozzles (20b) face the oil return plate (20).
7. The device for coating the surface of the knife face of the trowel knife according to claim 6, characterized in that a line support (15) positioned above the washing table (10) and the coating table (12) is provided with a U-shaped bend (15 a).
8. The device for coating the knife surface of the trowel knife according to claim 7, characterized in that one side of the oil return plate (20) away from the coating table (12) is provided with an oil storage groove (21) which is placed below the production line bracket (15), and the oil storage groove (21) is placed along the production line bracket (15).
9. The device for coating the surface of the knife face of the plastering knife as claimed in claim 1, wherein an ultrasonic generator is arranged in the cleaning table (10).
10. The device for coating the surface of the knife face of the trowel knife according to claim 1, wherein a cleaning cavity (22) is arranged in the cleaning table (10), a vibration cavity (24) is arranged at the bottom of the cleaning cavity (22), a gap is formed between the vibration cavity (24) and the cleaning cavity (22), a plurality of vibration drivers (23) are fixed on the end wall of the vibration cavity (24) close to the cleaning cavity (22), a plurality of circulation water inlet pipes (25) are communicated with the side wall of the cleaning cavity (22), a circulation water outlet pipe (26) is communicated with the bottom of the cleaning cavity (22), and a circulation pump is connected between the circulation water inlet pipe (25) and the circulation water outlet pipe (26).
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