CN212542494U - Battery cell tab aligning mechanism - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to an electrical core tab aligning mechanism, which comprises a frame, wherein a feeding component for conveying electrical cores is arranged on the frame, and the electrical core tab aligning mechanism also comprises a plurality of rotating components and a plurality of induction components, wherein the rotating components are arranged beside the feeding component and used for driving the electrical cores to rotate; the sensing assembly is arranged above the rotating assembly and used for sensing the position of the pole lug. The utility model discloses can realize button cell utmost point ear's automatic alignment, improve the production efficiency of battery.

Description

Battery cell tab aligning mechanism

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a button cell production automation equipment field particularly, relates to an electricity core utmost point ear aligning mechanism.

Background

The button cell is a sealed cell with all metal shell, its characteristics are small cell volume, strong sealing property, and it is widely used in computer, hearing aid, electronic watch, tablet computer and various small electronic products.

In the production process of the button cell, the tab needs to be bent, and the conventional equipment cannot finish the automatic alignment of the angle of the tab, so that the tab cannot be automatically bent. The conventional mode in the industry at present is that the tab is folded manually, and the mode has the following defects: 1. manual tab folding needs to be completed in the glove box, and operation can be completed only after gloves matched with the glove box are taken, so that operation convenience is poor. 2. The manual operation of folding utmost point ear can't realize automated production to sealing the notes liquid and establish ties, and the cost of labor is high, and is efficient. 3. The manual tab folding can not ensure the bending precision of the tab, and the bending positions of the tab are not uniform, so that the quality and consistency of products are affected.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the utility model is to provide an electricity core utmost point ear alignment mechanism can realize button cell utmost point ear's automatic alignment, improves the production efficiency of battery.

The battery cell lug aligning mechanism comprises a rack, wherein a feeding assembly for conveying a battery cell is arranged on the rack, and the battery cell lug aligning mechanism also comprises a plurality of rotating assemblies and a plurality of sensing assemblies, wherein the rotating assemblies are arranged beside the feeding assembly and used for driving the battery cell to rotate; the sensing assembly is arranged above the rotating assembly and used for sensing the position of the pole lug.

Furthermore, the rotating assembly comprises a rotating wheel, a driven wheel and a pressure unit, the rotating wheel and the driven wheel are oppositely arranged on two sides of the battery cell feeding path, the pressure unit is connected with the driven wheel, and the pressure unit is used for pushing the driven wheel to move towards the rotating wheel so as to clamp the battery cell between the rotating wheel and the driven wheel.

Furthermore, each rotating wheel is correspondingly provided with two driven wheels, the two driven wheels are arranged adjacently, and a connecting line between the center point between the two driven wheels and the center of the rotating wheel is perpendicular to a feeding path of the battery cell.

Furthermore, the pressure unit comprises a pressure cylinder, a guide block and a push block, the output end of the pressure cylinder is connected with the guide block, one end of the push block is connected with the guide block in a sliding mode, and the other end of the push block is connected with the driven wheel.

Furthermore, a spring is arranged in the guide block and connected with the push block.

Further, the rotating wheel is driven to rotate by a motor.

Further, the response subassembly includes inductor, motion cylinder and fixed plate, the output of motion cylinder with the fixed plate is connected, the inductor with the fixed plate is connected, the motion cylinder can drive the fixed plate is along vertical direction reciprocating motion, in order to drive the inductor goes up and down.

Furthermore, the inductor is a correlation optical fiber inductor, the correlation optical fiber inductor comprises a transmitting end and a receiving end which are arranged oppositely, and when the battery core rotates, the rotating path of the free end of the tab passes through the space between the transmitting end and the receiving end.

Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the utility model are that: the rotary assembly and the induction assembly are arranged, the electric core is driven by the rotary assembly to rotate by taking the center of the electric core as a shaft, and the induction assembly is used for inducing the rotating lug, so that the automatic alignment of the lug is realized, the subsequent manual operation is saved, and the production efficiency is improved. The pressure unit can firmly press from both sides electric core between the wheel and the follow driving wheel for electric core rotates steadily, improves the alignment precision. The induction component can be lifted, so that different battery cell lengths can be matched, and the use is more flexible and convenient.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is the utility model discloses a battery core utmost point ear aligning mechanism's structural schematic.

Fig. 2 is a partially enlarged schematic view of fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is the utility model discloses a cell utmost point ear alignment mechanism's pressure unit's schematic structure diagram.

Detailed Description

In order to facilitate understanding of the present invention, the present invention will be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings. The preferred embodiments of the present invention are shown in the drawings. The invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein.

As shown in fig. 1 to fig. 3, in a preferred embodiment, the battery cell tab alignment mechanism of the present invention mainly includes a frame 1, a feeding assembly 2 for conveying the battery cell is disposed on the frame 1, and a plurality of rotating assemblies 3 and a plurality of sensing assemblies 4 are disposed on a feeding path of the feeding assembly 2. The side of pay-off subassembly 2 is located to runner assembly 3 for drive electric core rotates, and response subassembly 4 sets up in runner assembly 3's top, is used for responding to the position of utmost point ear.

Specifically, the rotating assembly 3 includes a rotating wheel 31, a driven wheel 32, and a pressure unit 33, the rotating wheel 31 and the driven wheel 32 are oppositely disposed on two sides of the cell feeding path, and the axial directions of the rotating wheel 31 and the driven wheel 32 are parallel to the axial direction of the cell and both are vertical upward. The pressure unit 33 is connected to the driven wheel 32, and the pressure unit 33 can push the driven wheel 32 to move back and forth towards the rotating wheel 31, so as to clamp the battery cell between the rotating wheel 31 and the driven wheel 32. In this embodiment, each rotating wheel 31 is correspondingly provided with two driven wheels 32, the two driven wheels 32 are adjacently arranged, a connecting line between a midpoint between the two driven wheels 32 and the center of the rotating wheel 31 is perpendicular to a feeding path of the battery cell, and when the battery cell is clamped between the rotating wheel 31 and the driven wheels 32, the periphery of the battery cell is respectively tangent to the rotating wheel 31 and the two driven wheels 32, so that the battery cell rotates stably.

Referring to fig. 3, the pressure unit 33 includes a pressure cylinder 331, a guide block 332, and a push block 333, an output end of the pressure cylinder 331 is connected to the guide block 332, one end of the push block 333 is slidably connected to the guide block 332, and the other end of the push block 333 is connected to the driven wheel 32, the pressure cylinder 331 can drive the guide block 332 to reciprocate along the horizontal direction, and the guide block 332 drives the push block 333 to move, so as to drive the driven wheel 32 to move.

In order to buffer the pressure of the driven wheel 32 on the battery cell, a spring 334 is arranged in the guide block 332, the spring 334 is connected with the push block 333, and when the push block 333 drives the driven wheel 32 to abut against the battery cell, the pressure on the side surface of the battery cell can be buffered through the elastic force of the spring 334, so that the battery cell is prevented from being damaged.

In this embodiment, the rotating wheel 31 is driven by a motor not shown in the figure, and in specific implementation, an output end of the motor may be connected to the rotating wheel 31 through a transmission belt, so as to drive the rotating wheel 31 to rotate.

The sensing assembly 4 comprises a sensor 41, a moving cylinder 42 and a fixing plate 43, the output end of the moving cylinder 42 is connected with the fixing plate 43, the sensor 41 is connected with the fixing plate 43 and is located above the rotating assembly 3, the moving cylinder 42 can drive the fixing plate 43 to move in a reciprocating manner along the vertical direction, and the fixing plate 43 drives the sensor 41 to lift, so that tabs with different lengths are matched.

In this embodiment, the sensor 41 preferably adopts an opposite optical fiber sensor, the opposite optical fiber sensor includes a transmitting end and a receiving end which are arranged oppositely, when the electric core rotates, the rotation path of the free end of the tab passes through between the transmitting end and the receiving end, at this time, the opposite optical fiber sensor sends out a control signal, and the rotating assembly 3 is controlled to stop rotating by the control signal, so that the tab is automatically aligned.

The utility model discloses a concrete theory of operation does: after the electric core moves in place, pressure cylinder 331 starts, moves from driving wheel 32 towards rotating wheel 31 to press from both sides the electric core between rotating wheel 31 and from driving wheel 32, rotate wheel 31 this moment and rotate, drive the electric core and rotate, when the utmost point ear that is located on the electric core rotates to between the correlation fiber sensor, rotate wheel 31 stall, thereby accomplish the automatic alignment of utmost point ear.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms such as "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", and the like, indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.

While the invention has been described in conjunction with the specific embodiments set forth above, it is evident that many alternatives, modifications and variations will be apparent to those skilled in the art in light of the foregoing description. Accordingly, it is intended to embrace all such alternatives, modifications, and variations that fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Claims (8)

1. The battery cell lug aligning mechanism comprises a rack, wherein a feeding assembly for conveying a battery cell is arranged on the rack, and the battery cell lug aligning mechanism is characterized by further comprising a plurality of rotating assemblies and a plurality of sensing assemblies, wherein the rotating assemblies are arranged beside the feeding assembly and used for driving the battery cell to rotate; the sensing assembly is arranged above the rotating assembly and used for sensing the position of the pole lug.

2. The cell tab aligning mechanism of claim 1, wherein the rotating assembly includes a rotating wheel, a driven wheel, and a pressure unit, the rotating wheel and the driven wheel are disposed at two sides of a cell feeding path, the pressure unit is connected to the driven wheel, and the pressure unit is configured to push the driven wheel to move toward the rotating wheel, so as to clamp the cell between the rotating wheel and the driven wheel.

3. The battery cell tab aligning mechanism of claim 2, wherein each of the rotating wheels is provided with two driven wheels, the two driven wheels are disposed adjacent to each other, and a connecting line between a midpoint between the two driven wheels and a center of the rotating wheel is perpendicular to a feeding path of the battery cell.

4. The battery core tab aligning mechanism of claim 3, wherein the pressure unit comprises a pressure cylinder, a guide block and a push block, an output end of the pressure cylinder is connected with the guide block, one end of the push block is connected with the guide block in a sliding manner, and the other end of the push block is connected with the driven wheel.

5. The battery cell tab alignment mechanism of claim 4, wherein a spring is disposed in the guide block, and the spring is connected to the push block.

6. The cell tab alignment mechanism of claim 5, wherein the rotating wheel is driven to rotate by a motor.

7. The battery core tab alignment mechanism of claim 1, wherein the sensing assembly comprises a sensor, a moving cylinder and a fixing plate, an output end of the moving cylinder is connected with the fixing plate, the sensor is connected with the fixing plate, and the moving cylinder can drive the fixing plate to reciprocate in a vertical direction to drive the sensor to lift.

8. The cell tab alignment mechanism of claim 7, wherein the sensor is an opposed fiber optic sensor, the opposed fiber optic sensor includes a transmitting end and a receiving end, and a rotation path of the free end of the tab passes through the transmitting end and the receiving end when the cell rotates.

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