CN212499059U - Adhesive tape processing equipment for bottom surface of foam base plate - Google Patents

Adhesive tape processing equipment for bottom surface of foam base plate Download PDF

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CN212499059U
CN212499059U CN202020713910.5U CN202020713910U CN212499059U CN 212499059 U CN212499059 U CN 212499059U CN 202020713910 U CN202020713910 U CN 202020713910U CN 212499059 U CN212499059 U CN 212499059U
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The utility model belongs to the technical field of the sticky tape is pasted to foam backing plate bottom surface, concretely relates to sticky tape processing equipment is pasted to foam backing plate bottom surface, including tape-stripping device, sticky tape hem device and shutdown mechanism, the tape-stripping device includes first support frame, conveyor one, conveyor two and pushes down the mechanism, the sticky tape hem device includes second support frame, conveyor three, conveyor four, upwards hem device and four corners hem device, has overcome prior art's not enough, pastes the sticky tape in foam backing plate bottom surface, utilizes tape-stripping device, sticky tape hem device and shutdown mechanism to accomplish full automatic processing, low in production cost, efficient.

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Adhesive tape processing equipment for bottom surface of foam base plate
Technical Field
The utility model belongs to the technical field of the sticky tape is pasted to foam backing plate bottom surface, concretely relates to sticky tape processing equipment is pasted to foam backing plate bottom surface.
Background
The foam backing plate is mainly used for supporting and damping the electric appliance in the carton, is mostly processed by foam plastics, is a high polymer material formed by dispersing a large number of gas micropores in solid plastics, has the characteristics of light weight, heat insulation, sound absorption, shock absorption and the like, has dielectric property superior to matrix resin, and is widely used. Almost all kinds of plastics can be made into foamed plastics, and foam molding has become an important field in plastic processing. However, the lower surface of the existing foam pad has poor abrasion resistance, and thus, alignment is required to be improved.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
An object of the utility model is to provide a sticky tape processing equipment is pasted to foam backing plate bottom surface has overcome the not enough of prior art, pastes the sticky tape in foam backing plate bottom surface, utilizes tape-stripping device, sticky tape hem device and shutdown mechanism to accomplish full automatic processing, low in production cost, efficient.
In order to solve the above problems, the utility model adopts the following technical proposal:
a processing device for sticking a rubber belt on the bottom surface of a foam base plate comprises a rubber belt sticking device, a rubber belt edge folding device and a cutting mechanism, wherein the rubber belt sticking device comprises a first support frame, a first conveying device, a second conveying device and a pressing mechanism, the rubber belt edge folding device comprises a second support frame, a third conveying device, a fourth conveying device, an upward edge folding device and four-corner edge folding devices, the conveying tail end of the first conveying device corresponds to the conveying starting end of the second conveying device, the two pressing mechanisms are arranged on two sides of the second conveying device respectively through supports, a rubber belt roll is arranged on the lower portion of the second conveying device, a rubber belt is arranged on the rubber belt roll, the rubber belt is inserted between the first conveying device and the second conveying device and then laid on the second conveying device, the side, provided with an adhesive, of the rubber belt roll faces upwards, the conveying tail end of the second conveying device corresponds to, the conveying end of the conveying device III corresponds to the conveying starting end of the conveying device III, the cutting mechanism is arranged between the conveying device II and the conveying device III and used for cutting off the adhesive tape, the conveying device III and the conveying device IV are formed by two thin belt type conveying devices which are parallel to each other, the upward folding device is arranged in the conveying device IV and moves upwards, the adhesive tape is wrapped on the foam base plate from bottom to top, the four corner folding devices are four and are respectively arranged at the positions of four vertex angles of the foam base plate and used for carrying out secondary folding on sharp corners after the upward folding device is folded, and the conveying device I, the conveying device II, the conveying device III and the conveying device IV are all provided with independent driving motors.
Further, the first conveying device and the second conveying device are both conveying belt mechanisms, and the upper surfaces of the first conveying device and the second conveying device are flush.
Further, the mechanism of pushing down includes support, chain conveyor, fly leaf, elastic buffer mechanism, adjusting screw, the support is gate-type structure, adjusting screw and elastic buffer mechanism are two, the fly leaf is the bar board, both ends are passed through adjusting screw and are fixed in the middle of the gate-type structure, chain conveyor both ends are passed through elastic buffer mechanism and are fixed at the fly leaf lower surface.
Furthermore, adjusting screw includes screw rod and a plurality of nut, the screw rod lower extreme is connected with the fly leaf through the nut that is located fly leaf upper and lower surface, and the upper end is connected with the support through the nut that is located support upper and lower surface.
Further, the elastic buffer mechanism is a hydraulic cylinder or a spring guide mechanism or a spring structure.
Further, chain conveyor includes bearing structure, drive wheel, follows driving wheel, chain, driving motor and a plurality of pinch roller, the drive wheel with follow the driving wheel setting at the bearing structure both ends, the chain passes through the drive wheel and winds on bearing structure from the driving wheel, driving motor is connected its rotation of drive with the drive wheel, the pinch roller equipartition is in the bearing structure below, the pinch roller lower extreme with be located the chain cooperation of bearing structure lower surface for prevent that the chain of lower surface from upwards moving.
Further, thin belt conveyor includes drive shaft, driven shaft, conveyer belt and driving motor, drive shaft and driven shaft both ends all are equipped with the belt pulley, the conveyer belt passes through the epaxial belt pulley of drive and fixes with the belt pulley on the driven shaft, the conveyer belt is two and is parallel to each other.
Further, the upward edge folding device comprises a square frame type support, four telescopic cylinders and four rolling shafts, the positions of four vertex angles on the lower surface of the square frame type support are fixed on the second support frame through the telescopic cylinders respectively and are controlled by the telescopic cylinders to move up and down, the four rolling shafts are arranged in a quadrilateral shape and are perpendicular to the corresponding connection position, the two ends of each rolling shaft are fixed on the square frame type support through two vertical connecting rods, and a plurality of rotating sleeves are uniformly distributed in the middle of each rolling shaft.
Furthermore, the four-corner edge folding device comprises a first telescopic cylinder, a first connecting plate, a second telescopic cylinder, a second connecting plate and a vertical roller. The first connecting plate is connected with the telescopic end of the first telescopic cylinder and is driven by the first telescopic cylinder to move back and forth, the second telescopic cylinder is fixed on the first connecting plate, the second connecting plate is connected with the telescopic end of the second telescopic cylinder and is driven by the second telescopic cylinder to move back and forth, the moving direction of the first connecting plate is perpendicular to that of the second connecting plate, the vertical rolling shaft is a metal rod, and the vertical rolling shaft is fixed on the second connecting plate and moves together with the second connecting plate.
Furthermore, a positioning mechanism is further arranged on the conveying device IV through a fixing frame, and the positioning mechanism is a telescopic cylinder which stretches vertically downwards.
Further, shutdown mechanism includes fixed plate, rotation axis, driving motor, electric heating module, direction connecting plate and heater, the rotation axis both ends are fixed with the fixed plate through the bearing respectively, the rotation axis starts one end and extends to the fixed plate and is connected with the drive through belt drive outward, electric heating module sets up on the rotation axis, the direction connecting plate is two and is equipped with respectively at the rotation axis both ends, the heater is fixed and parallel with the rotation axis through two direction connecting plates.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model, following beneficial effect has:
1. the tape-stripping device adopts a double-conveyor belt mechanism, the first conveyor belt mechanism is used for feeding and buffering, then the first conveyor belt mechanism conveys the foam base plate to the second conveyor belt mechanism, the first conveyor belt mechanism synchronously moves to complete tape-stripping on the lower surface of the foam base plate, and meanwhile, the lower pressing mechanism is arranged at the upper part of the first conveyor belt mechanism to press the foam base plate on the adhesive tape, so that the laminating effect of the adhesive tape is ensured.
2. The adhesive tape edge folding device also adopts a double-conveying mechanism, the conveying mechanism is a thin-belt type conveying device, the thin-belt type conveying device is utilized to provide installation and working space for a subsequent upward edge folding device, the conveying effect is guaranteed, the upward edge folding device can move upwards to complete edge folding, meanwhile, the four corners of the adhesive tape edge folding device adopt four-corner edge folding devices, and sharp corners of the upward edge folding device after edge folding are subjected to secondary edge folding.
3. The electric heating wire is adopted for cutting off, the cutting-off speed is high, and the cut is neat.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a processing device for sticking adhesive tapes on the bottom surface of a foam cushion plate.
Fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of the tape application device.
Fig. 3 is a schematic perspective view of the tape application device.
Fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of the pressing mechanism.
Fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of the tape hemming device.
Fig. 6 is a schematic top view of the tape hemming device.
Fig. 7 is a schematic perspective view of the tape hemming device.
Fig. 8 is a perspective partially enlarged structural view of the tape hemming device.
Fig. 9 is a schematic structural view of the cutting mechanism.
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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.
As shown in the figures, the utility model relates to a foam backing plate bottom surface adhesive tape processing equipment, which comprises an adhesive tape pasting device 1, an adhesive tape folding device 2 and a cutting mechanism 5, wherein the adhesive tape pasting device 1 comprises a first support frame 11, a first conveying device 12, a second conveying device 13 and a pressing mechanism 14, the adhesive tape folding device 2 comprises a second support frame 21, a third conveying device 22, a fourth conveying device 23, an upward folding device 3 and a four-corner folding device 4, the conveying end of the first conveying device corresponds to the conveying starting end of the second conveying device, the pressing mechanisms 14 are two and are respectively arranged on two sides of the second conveying device 13 through supports, an adhesive tape roll is arranged on the lower part of the second conveying device 13, an adhesive tape is arranged on the adhesive tape roll, the adhesive tape is inserted between the first conveying device and the second conveying device and then laid on the second conveying device, and the side of the adhesive tape roll is upward, the conveying end of the conveying device II corresponds to the conveying starting end of the conveying device III, the conveying end of the conveying device III corresponds to the conveying starting end of the conveying device IV, the cutting mechanism 5 is arranged between the conveying device II and the conveying device III and used for cutting off the adhesive tape, the conveying device III and the conveying device IV are formed by two thin belt type conveying devices which are parallel to each other, the upward flanging device 3 is arranged in the conveying device IV and moves upwards, the adhesive tape is wrapped on the foam base plate from bottom to top, the four corner flanging devices 4 are four and are respectively arranged at four vertex angle positions of the foam base plate 10 and used for carrying out secondary flanging on sharp corners after the upward flanging device is used for flanging, and the conveying device I, the conveying device II, the conveying device III and the conveying device IV are all provided with independent driving motors.
Further, the first conveying device and the second conveying device are both conveying belt mechanisms, and the upper surfaces of the first conveying device and the second conveying device are flush.
Further, the mechanism that pushes down includes support 141, chain conveyor 142, fly leaf 143, elastic buffer 145, adjusting screw 144, the support is the gate-type structure, adjusting screw and elastic buffer are two, the fly leaf is the bar board, both ends are fixed in the middle of the gate-type structure through adjusting screw, chain conveyor both ends are fixed at the fly leaf lower surface through elastic buffer.
Furthermore, adjusting screw includes screw rod and a plurality of nut, the screw rod lower extreme is connected with the fly leaf through the nut that is located fly leaf upper and lower surface, and the upper end is connected with the support through the nut that is located support upper and lower surface.
Further, the elastic buffer mechanism is a hydraulic cylinder or a spring guide mechanism or a spring structure.
Further, chain conveyor includes bearing structure, drive wheel, follows driving wheel, chain, driving motor and a plurality of pinch roller 1421, the drive wheel sets up at the bearing structure both ends with following the driving wheel, the chain passes through the drive wheel and winds on bearing structure from the driving wheel, driving motor is connected its rotation of drive with the drive wheel, the pinch roller equipartition is in the bearing structure below, the pinch roller lower extreme cooperates with the chain that is located the bearing structure lower surface for prevent that the chain of lower surface from upwards moving.
Further, thin belt conveyor includes drive shaft, driven shaft, conveyer belt and driving motor, drive shaft and driven shaft both ends all are equipped with the belt pulley, the conveyer belt passes through the epaxial belt pulley of drive and fixes with the belt pulley on the driven shaft, the conveyer belt is two and is parallel to each other.
Further, make progress hem device 3 includes square frame support 31, four telescopic cylinder 33 and four roll-in axles 32, four apex angle positions of square frame support lower surface are fixed on the second support frame through telescopic cylinder respectively, and are reciprocated by telescopic cylinder control, four roll-in axles are the quadrangle and put and the handing-over department that corresponds is perpendicular, roll-in axle both ends are fixed on square frame support through two vertical connecting rods, the equipartition has a plurality of swivel nut in the middle of the roll-in axle.
Furthermore, the four-corner edge folding device comprises a first telescopic cylinder 41, a first connecting plate, a second telescopic cylinder 42, a second connecting plate and a vertical roller 43, wherein the first connecting plate is connected with the telescopic end of the first telescopic cylinder and driven by the first telescopic cylinder to move back and forth, the second telescopic cylinder is fixed on the first connecting plate, the second connecting plate is connected with the telescopic end of the second telescopic cylinder and driven by the second telescopic cylinder to move back and forth, the moving direction of the first connecting plate is perpendicular to that of the second connecting plate, the vertical roller is a metal rod, and the vertical roller is fixed on the second connecting plate and moves along with the second connecting plate.
Further, the conveying device is further provided with a positioning mechanism 24 through a fixing frame, and the positioning mechanism is a telescopic cylinder which stretches vertically downwards.
Further, the cutting mechanism comprises a fixing plate 51, a rotating shaft 52, a driving motor 53, an electric heating module 54, a guide connecting plate 55 and a heating wire 56, wherein the fixing plate is fixed at two ends of the rotating shaft through bearings respectively, one end of the rotating shaft, which is started, extends to the outside of the fixing plate and is connected with the driving through belt transmission, the electric heating module is arranged on the rotating shaft, the two guide connecting plates are arranged at two ends of the rotating shaft respectively, and the heating wire is fixed through the two guide connecting plates and is parallel to the rotating shaft.
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 foam backing plate bottom surface adhesive tape processing equipment which characterized in that: the adhesive tape folding device comprises an adhesive tape pasting device, an adhesive tape folding device and a cutting mechanism, wherein the adhesive tape pasting device comprises a first support frame, a first conveying device, a second conveying device and a pressing mechanism, the adhesive tape folding device comprises a second support frame, a third conveying device, a fourth conveying device, an upward folding device and a four-corner folding device, the conveying tail end of the first conveying device corresponds to the conveying starting end of the second conveying device, the pressing mechanism comprises two pressing mechanisms which are respectively arranged at two sides of the second conveying device through supports, an adhesive tape roll is arranged at the lower part of the second conveying device, an adhesive tape is arranged on the adhesive tape roll, the adhesive tape is inserted between the first conveying device and the second conveying device and then laid on the second conveying device, the side, provided with adhesive, of the adhesive tape roll faces upwards, the conveying tail end of the second conveying device corresponds to the conveying starting end of the third conveying device, and the conveying tail end of the third, the cutting mechanism is arranged between the second conveying device and the third conveying device and used for cutting off the adhesive tape, the third conveying device and the fourth conveying device are composed of two thin belt type conveying devices which are parallel to each other, the upward folding device is arranged in the fourth conveying device and moves upwards, the adhesive tape is wrapped on the foam base plate from bottom to top, the four corner folding devices are four and are respectively arranged at four vertex angle positions of the foam base plate and used for carrying out secondary folding on sharp corners after the upward folding device folds, and the first conveying device, the second conveying device, the third conveying device and the fourth conveying device are all provided with independent driving motors.
2. The apparatus for processing adhesive tape on bottom surface of foam cushion plate according to claim 1, wherein: the first conveying device and the second conveying device are both conveying belt mechanisms, and the upper surfaces of the first conveying device and the second conveying device are parallel and level.
3. The apparatus for processing adhesive tape on bottom surface of foam cushion plate according to claim 1, wherein: the mechanism includes support, chain conveyor, fly leaf, elastic buffer mechanism, adjusting screw down, the support is door-type structure, adjusting screw and elastic buffer mechanism are two, the fly leaf is the bar board, both ends are passed through adjusting screw and are fixed in the middle of the door-type structure, chain conveyor both ends are passed through elastic buffer mechanism and are fixed at the fly leaf lower surface, elastic buffer mechanism is pneumatic cylinder or spring guiding mechanism or spring structure.
4. The apparatus for processing adhesive tape on bottom surface of foam cushion plate according to claim 3, wherein: the adjusting screw comprises a screw and a plurality of nuts, the lower end of the screw is connected with the movable plate through the nuts positioned on the upper surface and the lower surface of the movable plate, and the upper end of the screw is connected with the support through the nuts positioned on the upper surface and the lower surface of the support.
5. The apparatus for processing adhesive tape on bottom surface of foam cushion plate according to claim 3, wherein: chain conveyor includes bearing structure, drive wheel, follows driving wheel, chain, driving motor and a plurality of pinch roller, the drive wheel with from the driving wheel setting at the bearing structure both ends, the chain passes through the drive wheel and winds on bearing structure from the driving wheel, driving motor is connected its rotation of drive with the drive wheel, the pinch roller equipartition is in the bearing structure below, the pinch roller lower extreme cooperates with the chain that is located the bearing structure lower surface for prevent that the chain of lower surface from upwards moving.
6. The apparatus for processing adhesive tape on bottom surface of foam cushion plate according to claim 1, wherein: the thin belt type conveying device comprises a driving shaft, a driven shaft, a conveying belt and a driving motor, belt pulleys are arranged at two ends of the driving shaft and two ends of the driven shaft, the conveying belt is fixed through the belt pulleys on the driving shaft and the driven shaft, and the conveying belt is two and parallel to each other.
7. The apparatus for processing adhesive tape on bottom surface of foam cushion plate according to claim 1, wherein: the upward edge folding device comprises a square frame type support, four telescopic cylinders and four rolling shafts, the positions of four vertex angles on the lower surface of the square frame type support are fixed on a second support frame through the telescopic cylinders respectively and are controlled by the telescopic cylinders to move up and down, the four rolling shafts are arranged in a quadrilateral mode and are perpendicular to corresponding connection positions, the two ends of each rolling shaft are fixed on the square frame type support through two vertical connecting rods, and a plurality of rotating sleeves are evenly distributed in the middle of each rolling shaft.
8. The apparatus for processing adhesive tape on bottom surface of foam cushion plate according to claim 1, wherein: the four-corner edge folding device comprises a first telescopic cylinder, a first connecting plate, a second telescopic cylinder, a second connecting plate and a vertical roller, wherein the first connecting plate is connected with the telescopic end of the first telescopic cylinder and driven by the first telescopic cylinder to move back and forth, the second telescopic cylinder is fixed on the first connecting plate, the second connecting plate is connected with the telescopic end of the second telescopic cylinder and driven by the second telescopic cylinder to move back and forth, the moving direction of the first connecting plate is perpendicular to that of the second connecting plate, the vertical roller is a metal rod, and the vertical roller is fixed on the second connecting plate and moves together with the second connecting plate.
9. The apparatus for processing adhesive tape on bottom surface of foam cushion plate according to claim 1, wherein: and a positioning mechanism is further arranged on the conveying device IV through a fixing frame, and the positioning mechanism is a telescopic cylinder which is vertically stretched downwards.
10. The apparatus for processing adhesive tape on bottom surface of foam cushion plate according to claim 1, wherein: the cutting mechanism comprises a fixing plate, a rotating shaft, a driving motor, electric heating modules, guide connecting plates and heating wires, wherein the fixing plate is fixed at two ends of the rotating shaft through bearings respectively, one end of the rotating shaft, which is started, extends to the outside of the fixing plate and is connected with the driving through belt transmission, the electric heating modules are arranged on the rotating shaft, the two guide connecting plates are arranged at two ends of the rotating shaft respectively, and the heating wires are fixed through the two guide connecting plates and are parallel to the rotating shaft.
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