CN213383284U - Bottom paper conveying mechanism of paperboard laminating machine - Google Patents

Bottom paper conveying mechanism of paperboard laminating machine Download PDF

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CN213383284U
CN213383284U CN202022142729.6U CN202022142729U CN213383284U CN 213383284 U CN213383284 U CN 213383284U CN 202022142729 U CN202022142729 U CN 202022142729U CN 213383284 U CN213383284 U CN 213383284U
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The utility model discloses a cardboard mounting machine body liner conveying mechanism, include: a frame; the paper feeding device is arranged on the frame and used for conveying the base paper; the supporting plate is arranged on the frame and is used for supporting the base paper on the paper feeding device in a matching manner; the scale is arranged on the frame and positioned at the conveying tail end of the paper feeding device, so that the alignment and conveying of the base paper can be conveniently checked; and the anti-jamming device comprises a mounting seat and adjusting blocks, wherein the mounting seat is mounted on the frame and located below the supporting plate, the adjusting blocks can be connected with the mounting seat in a sliding mode, the sliding direction is perpendicular to the base paper conveying direction, one end of each adjusting block stretches across the scale and is used for allowing two sides of the base paper to pass through the upper surface of the scale, and a visual window which is convenient for watching numerical values on the scale is arranged on each adjusting block. Adopt the utility model discloses, realize that the body paper carries to next process smoothly, effectively avoid appearing the condition of card paper to the assurance process of form advancing goes on smoothly.

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Bottom paper conveying mechanism of paperboard laminating machine
Technical Field
The utility model relates to a cardboard mounting equipment technical field especially relates to a cardboard mounting machine body liner conveying mechanism.
Background
The cardboard binding machine is a common device in the printing and packaging industry, and has the functions of gluing and binding cardboard (color printed face paper and base paper), performing strong pressing, and forcing glue to permeate into the internal tissue of the cardboard in the pressing process so as to integrate the two layers of cardboard. Wherein the surface paper is conveyed by the surface paper conveying mechanism, and the bottom paper is conveyed by the bottom paper conveying mechanism.
Present base stock conveying mechanism generally includes adsorption paper feeding device, backup pad and scale, adsorption paper feeding device is used for carrying the base stock, the backup pad is used for holding up the base stock and carries the base stock with supplementary adsorption paper feeding device, avoid the base stock edge flagging, the scale is placed at adsorption paper feeding device's transport end so that whether the operator watches the base stock and carries, however in the actual production process, because of there being the clearance between scale and the adsorption paper feeding device, its corner position is drooping because of can not obtaining the support at the base stock front side in moving to the scale in-process, thereby lead to blocking easily in the clearance, cause very big influence to the transport of base stock like this.
Disclosure of Invention
The utility model aims to solve the technical problem that a machine base stock conveying mechanism is mounted to cardboard is provided, realizes that the base stock carries to next process smoothly, effectively avoids appearing the condition of card paper to the assurance is form advanced the process and is gone on smoothly.
In order to solve the technical problem, the utility model provides a cardboard is mounted and is put quick-witted base stock conveying mechanism, include:
a frame;
the paper feeding device is arranged on the frame and used for conveying the base paper;
the supporting plate is arranged on the frame and is used for supporting the base paper on the paper feeding device in a matching manner;
the scale is arranged on the frame and positioned at the conveying tail end of the paper feeding device, so that the alignment and conveying of the base paper can be conveniently checked;
and the anti-jamming device comprises a mounting seat and adjusting blocks, wherein the mounting seat is mounted on the frame and located below the supporting plate, the adjusting blocks can be connected with the mounting seat in a sliding mode, the sliding direction is perpendicular to the base paper conveying direction, one end of each adjusting block stretches across the scale and is used for allowing two sides of the base paper to pass through the upper surface of the scale, and a visual window which is convenient for watching numerical values on the scale is arranged on each adjusting block.
The ball-and-socket type ball-and-socket joint is characterized in that the mounting seat is provided with a sliding groove, spherical grooves which are arranged at equal intervals are formed in the bottom of the sliding groove, a ball seat which is connected with the sliding groove in a sliding mode is arranged at the bottom of the adjusting block, and steel balls which can stretch into the spherical grooves are mounted on the ball seat.
The adjusting block comprises a transition plate and a support arranged at the bottom of the transition plate, the visual window is arranged on the transition plate, the support is a C-shaped support with an upward opening, the marble seat is fixed at the bottom of the support, the support plate comprises a first plate and a second plate which are arranged in parallel, and two through grooves for avoiding the movement of the support are formed in the first plate.
The transition plate is an arc-shaped plate with the middle part protruding upwards, one end of the transition plate stretches across the scale, and the other end of the transition plate extends to the gap between the first plate and the second plate in the oblique lower direction.
Wherein, be equipped with a plurality of protrudingly set up or sunken anti-skidding line that sets up on the cab apron upper surface.
The anti-slip patterns are linear or wavy and extend along the conveying direction of the base paper.
The paper feeding device comprises conveying rollers, a main conveying belt, auxiliary belts, an adsorption device, a driving rotation device and a paper pressing device, wherein the two conveying rollers are rotatably connected with the rack, the driving rotation device drives one of the conveying rollers to rotate, the main conveying belt and the auxiliary belts are both sleeved on the roller surfaces of the two conveying rollers, through holes arranged in a matrix are formed in the main conveying belt, the adsorption device is installed on the rack and located in the main conveying belt, the supporting plate is located in the auxiliary belts, and the paper pressing device is installed on the rack and matched with the main conveying belt and the auxiliary belts to convey base paper.
The paper pressing device comprises a door-shaped frame, a plurality of wheel frames and rollers, the wheel frames are installed on the rack and rotatably connected with the rollers, and the main conveying belt and the auxiliary belts are matched with the rollers respectively to convey base paper.
Implement the utility model has the advantages that: adopt anti-sticking paper device, anti-sticking paper device includes mount pad and two and mount pad sliding connection's regulating block, and the in-process of paper feeding device transport base stock, the corner position of base stock front side crosses the scale through the regulating block and gets into next process to realize the card paper and carry the function to next process smoothly from paper feeding device, can avoid the phenomenon of card paper to take place effectively.
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FIG. 1 is a top view of a bottom paper conveying mechanism of a cardboard pasting machine of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a view A-A of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is an enlarged view at E of FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is a top view of the liner paper conveying mechanism of the cardboard pasting machine of the present invention, wherein the anti-slip pattern is a linear structure;
FIG. 5 is a top view of the anti-slip pattern of the bottom paper conveying mechanism of the cardboard pasting machine of the present invention is a corrugated structure;
figure 6 is the utility model provides a partial top view of mount pad among cardboard laminating machine body liner conveying mechanism.
In the figure: 1. a frame; 21. a conveying roller; 22. a main conveyor belt; 221. a through hole; 23. an auxiliary belt; 24. an adsorption device; 25. a drive rotation device; 26. a paper pressing device; 261. a gantry frame; 262. a wheel carrier; 263. a roller; 3. a support plate; 31. a first plate; 311. a through groove; 32. a second plate; 4. a scale; 5. a paper jam prevention device; 51. a mounting seat; 511. a chute; 512. a spherical groove; 52. an adjusting block; 521. a transition plate; 5211. anti-skid lines; 522. a support; 53. a ball seat; 531. steel balls; 6. a visible window.
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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.
Referring to fig. 1-6, the utility model relates to a cardboard mounting machine body liner conveying mechanism, including frame 1, adsorption paper feeding device, backup pad 3, scale 4 and anti-sticking paper device 5.
The frame 1 is placed between a paper biting mechanism and a paper feeding mechanism of the cardboard pasting machine (the paper biting mechanism and the paper feeding mechanism are not shown in the attached drawings), the paper feeding device is installed on the frame 1, the paper feeding device realizes the conveying of the base paper of the paper feeding mechanism in the cardboard pasting machine in the paper biting mechanism direction, referring to the attached drawing 1, the cardboard is conveyed from the right to the left direction, the support plate 3 is installed on the frame 1, the support plate 3 plays a role of supporting the base paper, the edge of the base paper is prevented from falling due to self weight in the conveying process of the paper feeding device, so as to prevent the conveying quality of the base paper from being influenced, the scale 4 is installed on the frame 1 and is positioned at the conveying tail end of the paper feeding device, specifically, the numerical value of the middle part on the scale 4 is zero, the numerical value is gradually increased towards the two ends, when the base paper passes through the scale 4, an operator can conveniently check whether the base paper is conveyed, the paper is aligned, the paper, the mounting base 51 is mounted on the frame 1 and located below the supporting plate 3, the adjusting block 52 can be connected with the mounting base 51 in a sliding manner, the sliding direction is perpendicular to the conveying direction of the base paper, one end of the adjusting block 52 stretches across the scale 4 and is used for allowing two sides of the base paper to pass through the upper surface of the scale, the positions of the two adjusting blocks 52 on the mounting base 51 are adjusted, so that two sides of the base paper move to a paper biting mechanism in a paper jam laminating machine through the two adjusting blocks 52 respectively, one end of the adjusting block 52 is arranged to stretch across the scale 4, the purpose of covering a gap between the scale 4 and a paper feeding device is achieved, a front side corner of the base paper can smoothly stretch across the gap to avoid paper jam, the adjusting block 52 is provided with a visual window 6 convenient for watching the numerical value on the scale 4, an operator can watch the numerical value on the scale 4 conveniently, and particularly, the visual window 6 is made of transparent plastic, the viewing window 6 is fixedly connected to the adjustment block 52 by means of glue.
The utility model provides a theory of operation as follows: the operator adjusts the positions of the two adjusting blocks 52 on the mounting seat 51 according to the width of the base paper, so that the two sides of the base paper can respectively pass through the surfaces of the adjusting blocks 52, then the paper feeding device is started, the paper feeding device conveys the base paper of the paper feeding device in the paper clamping and pasting machine to the paper biting mechanism, in the process, the corner position of the front side of the base paper passes through the adjusting blocks 52 and goes over the scale 4 to enter the paper biting mechanism, and the operator can determine whether the base paper is conveyed in alignment through the visual window 6. Through setting up anti-card paper device 5, realize that the base stock carries to next process smoothly, effectively avoid appearing the condition of card paper to the process of form advancing goes on smoothly.
In order to facilitate the adjustment of the position of the adjusting block 52 on the mounting seat 51 by an operator, referring to fig. 1, 2, 3, and 6, the mounting seat 51 is provided with a sliding slot 511, spherical grooves 512 are formed at the bottom of the sliding slot 511 at equal intervals (only a part of the structure of the mounting seat 51 is shown in fig. 6, and the specific number of the spherical grooves 512 can be selected according to actual conditions), a ball seat 53 slidably connected with the sliding slot 511 is arranged at the bottom of the adjusting block 52, and a steel ball 531 capable of extending into the spherical groove 512 is mounted on the ball seat 53. The ball seat 53 is slidably connected with the sliding groove 511 to adjust the position of the adjusting block 52 on the mounting seat 51, and when the steel ball 531 on the ball seat 53 moves to the spherical groove 512, the steel ball 531 can extend into the spherical groove 512, so that the adjusting block 52 is locked on the mounting seat 51.
Specifically, the ball seat 53 is provided with a mounting hole, the steel ball 531 is rotatably connected with the mounting hole, and a spring is connected between the mounting hole and the steel ball 531, so that the steel ball 531 can extend into the spherical groove 512 under the action of the spring.
Further, in order to improve the installation stability of the adjusting block 52, referring to fig. 3, the adjusting block 52 includes a transition plate 521 and a bracket 522, the visible window 6 is installed on the transition plate 521, the bracket 522 is a C-shaped bracket with an upward opening, the bracket 522 is installed at the bottom of the transition plate 521 to form a stable frame structure, the ball seat 53 is fixed at the bottom of the bracket 522, the support plate 3 includes a first plate 31 and a second plate 32 that are arranged side by side, two through grooves 311 that are moved to avoid the bracket 522 are formed in the first plate 31, two sides of the bracket 522 can slide in the two through grooves 311, that is, a portion of the first plate 31 between the two through grooves 311 passes through an area surrounded by the transition plate 521 and the bracket 522, so that the first plate 31 plays a role of an auxiliary support when the transition plate 521 is pushed manually.
Further, referring to fig. 3, the transition plate 521 is an arc-shaped plate with a middle portion protruding upward, one end of the transition plate 521 spans over the scale 4, and the other end extends to the gap between the first plate 31 and the second plate 32 in an obliquely downward direction, so that the corner position of the front side of the paper can be smoothly moved from the second plate 32 to the transition plate 521, and smoothly move from the transition plate 521 to the next process after passing over the scale 4.
Further, referring to fig. 1, 4 and 5, in order to facilitate an operator to push the adjusting block 52 to adjust the position of the adjusting block, a plurality of anti-slip patterns 5211 are provided on the upper surface of the transition plate 521, the number of the anti-slip patterns 5211 is 3 to 5, the plurality of anti-slip patterns 5211 can increase the friction force between fingers and the surface of the transition plate 521, so as to facilitate pushing the adjusting block 52, in this example, the adjusting block is preferably recessed, and specifically, the anti-slip patterns 5211 recessed downward are punched on the transition plate 521 in a punching manner.
Further, the anti-slip patterns 5211 are linear or wavy and extend along the feeding direction of the base paper, i.e., the extending direction of the anti-slip patterns 5211 is the same as the feeding direction of the base paper, so that the anti-slip patterns 5211 can be prevented from obstructing the forward feeding of the base paper, and the adjusting block 52 can be conveniently pushed manually along the direction of the mounting seat 51, wherein the anti-slip patterns 5211 are linear as shown in fig. 4; as shown in fig. 5, the anti-slip pattern 5211 is wave-shaped.
In order to ensure that the paper feeding device stably conveys the base paper, referring to fig. 1 and 2, the paper feeding device includes conveying rollers 21, a main conveying belt 22, auxiliary belts 23, an adsorption device 24, two driving rotation devices 25 and a paper pressing device 26, two of the conveying rollers 21 are rotatably connected with the frame 1, one of the conveying rollers 21 is driven to rotate by the driving rotation device 25, the driving rotation device 25 can be a servo driving motor, the main conveying belt 22 and the auxiliary belts 23 are both sleeved on the roller surfaces of the two conveying rollers 21, specifically, the two auxiliary belts 23 are symmetrically arranged on both sides of the main conveying belt 22, the auxiliary belts 23 play a role of auxiliary conveying and are suitable for conveying the base paper with a larger width, through holes 221 arranged in a matrix are formed in the main conveying belt 22, the adsorption device 24 is installed on the frame 1 and is located in the main conveying belt 22, and the adsorption device 24 pumps air between the base paper and the main conveying belt 22 through the through holes 221, therefore, negative pressure is formed between the bottom paper and the main conveyor belt 22, the bottom paper is attached to the main conveyor belt 22 under external air pressure, so that the main conveyor belt 22 can convey the bottom paper forward (here, referring to fig. 2, since the main conveyor belt 22 is located behind the auxiliary belt 23, and the main conveyor belt 22 is completely shielded by the auxiliary belt 23 in fig. 2, the main conveyor belt 22 cannot be seen, but the adsorption device 24 is actually located in the main conveyor belt 22), the support plate 3 is located in the auxiliary belt 23, and the support plate 3 is a first plate 31 and a second plate 32 which are arranged in parallel, so that the first plate 31 can fill up the gap between the second plate 32 and the conveyor roller 21 under the condition that the adjustment block 52 is ensured to move smoothly and unimpededly, thereby playing a role of supporting the bottom paper and avoiding the bottom paper from falling down due to its own weight at the front side. The paper pressing device 26 is installed on the frame 1 and matched with the main conveying belt 22 and the auxiliary belt 23 to convey the base paper, and the situation that the base paper is lifted due to long-distance conveying is avoided when the paper pressing device 26 acts on the base paper.
The suction and depression device is designed in the prior art, and the suction and depression device can generate negative pressure to suck the paper.
Further, referring to fig. 1 and 2, the paper pressing device 26 includes a door-shaped frame 261, four wheel frames 262 and a roller 263, wherein a plurality of the wheel frames 262 are installed on the frame 1, in this embodiment, the number of the wheel frames 262 is four, one wheel frame 262 is respectively disposed above two auxiliary belts 23, the other two wheel frames 262 are disposed on the main conveyor belt 22, the wheel frames 262 are rotatably connected with the roller 263, the roller 263 presses the conveying surface of the main conveyor belt 22 or the auxiliary belts 23 under the action of the wheel frames 262, and when the backing paper passes between the roller 263 and the main conveyor belt 22 and the auxiliary belts 23, the main conveyor belt 22 and the auxiliary belts 23 respectively cooperate with the roller 263 to convey the backing paper.
The above, only be the concrete implementation of the preferred embodiment of the present invention, but the protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art is in the technical scope of the present invention, according to the technical solution of the present invention and the utility model, the concept of which is equivalent to replace or change, should be covered within the protection scope of the present invention.

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1. The utility model provides a cardboard mounting machine base stock conveying mechanism which characterized in that includes:
a frame (1);
the paper feeding device is arranged on the frame (1) and is used for conveying base paper;
the supporting plate (3) is arranged on the rack (1) and is used for supporting the base paper on the paper feeding device in a matching manner;
the scale (4) is arranged on the rack (1) and is positioned at the conveying tail end of the paper feeding device, so that the alignment and conveying of the base paper can be conveniently checked;
and anti-sticking paper device (5), including mount pad (51) and regulating block (52), mount pad (51) are installed in frame (1) and are located backup pad (3) below, two regulating block (52) can with mount pad (51) sliding connection to the slip direction is perpendicular with base stock direction of delivery, and regulating block (52) one end spanes on scale (4) and is used for supplying base stock both sides limit to pass through from its upper surface, be equipped with visual window (6) of numerical value on convenient to watch scale (4) on regulating block (52).
2. The backing paper conveying mechanism of the cardboard pasting machine as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the mounting seat (51) is provided with a chute (511), the bottom of the chute (511) is provided with spherical grooves (512) arranged at equal intervals, the bottom of the adjusting block (52) is provided with a ball seat (53) connected with the chute (511) in a sliding manner, and the ball seat (53) is provided with steel balls (531) capable of extending into the spherical grooves (512).
3. The backing paper conveying mechanism of the cardboard pasting machine as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that the adjusting block (52) comprises a transition plate (521) and a bracket (522) arranged at the bottom of the transition plate (521), the visible window (6) is arranged on the transition plate (521), the bracket (522) is a C-shaped bracket with an upward opening, the ball seat (53) is fixed at the bottom of the bracket (522), the supporting plate (3) comprises a first plate (31) and a second plate (32) which are arranged in parallel, and two through grooves (311) which are used for avoiding the movement of the bracket (522) are arranged on the first plate (31).
4. A base paper feeding mechanism of a cardboard pasting machine as claimed in claim 3, wherein the transition plate (521) is an arc-shaped plate with a middle part protruding upwards, one end of the transition plate (521) straddles over the scale (4), and the other end extends to the gap between the first plate (31) and the second plate (32) in an obliquely downward direction.
5. The backing paper conveying mechanism of a cardboard pasting machine as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that the transition plate (521) is provided with a plurality of raised or recessed anti-slip lines (5211) on its upper surface.
6. The liner feeding mechanism of claim 5, wherein the non-slip pattern (5211) is linear or wavy and extends in the direction of liner feeding.
7. The backing paper conveying mechanism of the cardboard pasting machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the paper feeding device comprises conveying rollers (21), a main conveying belt (22), an auxiliary belt (23), an adsorption device (24), a driving rotation device (25) and a paper pressing device (26), two of the conveying rollers (21) are rotatably connected with the frame (1), the driving rotation device (25) drives one of the conveying rollers (21) to rotate, the main conveying belt (22) and the auxiliary belt (23) are sleeved on the roller surfaces of the two conveying rollers (21), through holes (221) are arranged in a matrix on the main conveying belt (22), the adsorption device (24) is installed on the frame (1) and is located in the main conveying belt (22), the supporting plate (3) is located in the auxiliary belt (23), the paper pressing device (26) is installed on the frame (1) and is connected with the main conveying belt (22), The auxiliary belt (23) is matched with and used for conveying the base paper.
8. The backing paper conveying mechanism of the cardboard pasting machine as claimed in claim 7, characterized in that the paper pressing device (26) comprises a door-shaped frame (261), wheel frames (262) and rollers (263), wherein a plurality of the wheel frames (262) are installed on the machine frame (1), the wheel frames (262) are rotatably connected with the rollers (263), and the main conveying belt (22) and the auxiliary conveying belt (23) are respectively matched with the rollers (263) to convey the backing paper.
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