CN214418591U

CN214418591U - Positioning mechanism and positioning equipment

Info

Publication number: CN214418591U
Application number: CN202023194233.XU
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘兰; 于秀东; 肖曲; 王乾; 王文英; 刘昊; 高云松; 郭启军; 向小群; 高云峰
Original assignee: Han s Laser Technology Industry Group Co Ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Han's Lithium Battery Intelligent Equipment Co ltd
Priority date: 2020-12-25
Filing date: 2020-12-25
Publication date: 2021-10-19
Anticipated expiration: 2030-12-25

Abstract

The application provides a positioning mechanism, includes: a support frame; the clamping structure comprises a positioning block and clamping blocks arranged on two sides of the positioning block, the positioning block is arranged on the support frame, and the clamping blocks are movably arranged on the support frame and matched with the positioning block to clamp a workpiece between the positioning block and the clamping blocks; the transmission structure is connected with the clamping block and drives the clamping block to move; and the driving structure comprises a cam abutted to the transmission structure and a driving device, and the driving device is in driving connection with the cam so that the cam drives the transmission structure to act. This positioning mechanism can realize fixing a position cylindrical battery, and in addition, this positioning mechanism can also realize fixing a position a plurality of batteries through a drive arrangement, has improved the efficiency of processing and has reduced the production cost.

Description

Positioning mechanism and positioning equipment

Technical Field

The application belongs to the technical field of product positioning, and particularly relates to a positioning mechanism and positioning equipment.

Background

At present, the cylindrical battery is widely applied, and is installed in remote controllers of various electronic products, such as televisions, air conditioners, toys and the like. The cylindrical battery is often required to be positioned in the machining process, so that a positioning mechanism for positioning the cylindrical battery is required to be designed.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The present application provides a positioning mechanism and a positioning apparatus to solve the above mentioned technical problems.

The technical scheme adopted by the application is as follows: a positioning mechanism, comprising:

a support frame;

the clamping structure comprises a positioning block and clamping blocks arranged on two sides of the positioning block, the positioning block is arranged on the support frame, and the clamping blocks are movably arranged on the support frame and matched with the positioning block to clamp a workpiece between the positioning block and the clamping blocks;

the transmission structure is connected with the clamping block and drives the clamping block to move; and

the driving structure comprises a cam and a driving device, wherein the cam is abutted to the transmission structure, and the driving device is in driving connection with the cam so that the cam drives the transmission structure to act.

Furthermore, both sides of the positioning block are provided with at least one first accommodating groove, the clamping block is provided with a second accommodating groove matched with the first accommodating groove, and the first accommodating groove and the second accommodating groove form a contour groove for limiting the position of a workpiece.

Furthermore, an insulating block is arranged on the first accommodating groove.

Furthermore, an elastic structure is connected to the clamping block and used for driving the clamping block to move towards the direction close to the positioning block.

Furthermore, the elastic structure further comprises a supporting block, a guide shaft and an elastic piece, wherein the supporting block is arranged on the supporting frame, the guide shaft is arranged between the supporting block and the positioning block, and the clamping block is movably arranged on the guide shaft; and an elastic piece is arranged on the guide shaft between the clamping block and the supporting block so as to enable the clamping block to move towards the direction close to the positioning block.

Furthermore, the transmission structure comprises a pushing block connected with each clamping block and a follow-up bearing arranged on the pushing block, the pushing blocks are movably arranged on the supporting frame, and the follow-up bearing is used for being abutted to the cam.

Furthermore, the push block is arranged below the clamping block, the push block is connected with the clamping block through a driving block, and a space avoiding position convenient for the driving block to move is arranged on the supporting frame.

Further, the support frame includes first backup pad, second backup pad and with the curb plate that first backup pad and second backup pad are connected, press from both sides tight structure and set up on the first backup pad, transmission structure and drive structure set up on the accommodation region that first backup pad, second backup pad and curb plate formed.

Furthermore, the positioning mechanism further comprises detection devices, and the detection devices are respectively arranged on two sides of the clamping structure and used for detecting whether a workpiece is clamped in the clamping structure or not.

A positioning apparatus comprising a positioning mechanism as described in any of the above.

The beneficial effect of this application lies in: compared with the prior art, the positioning mechanism of this application can realize fixing a position cylindrical battery through set up clamping structure, transmission structure and drive structure on the support frame, and in addition, drive structure adopts rotary driving device drive cam to rotate to make the mode of cam drive transmission structure action, make positioning mechanism's structure simpler and compact, and can fix a position a plurality of batteries simultaneously, improved the efficiency of processing, and reduction in production cost.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments or the prior art descriptions will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without inventive exercise.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a positioning mechanism and a positioning apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 2 is a second schematic structural diagram of a positioning mechanism and a positioning apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a clamping structure in a positioning mechanism and a positioning apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an elastic structure in a positioning mechanism and a positioning apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a positioning mechanism and a transmission structure in a positioning apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a support frame in a positioning mechanism and a positioning apparatus provided in the present application.

Reference numerals:

10. a support frame; 11. avoiding vacant positions; 12. a first support plate; 13. a second support plate; 14. a side plate;

20. a clamping structure; 21. positioning blocks; 22. a clamping block; 23. an insulating block; 24. cushion blocks; 211. a first accommodating groove; 221. a second accommodating groove;

30. an elastic structure; 31. a support block; 32. a guide shaft; 33. an elastic member; 34. a linear shaft;

40. a transmission structure; 41. a push block; 42. a follower bearing; 43. a drive block; 44. connecting blocks; 45. a linear guide rail; 46. a slider;

50. a drive structure; 51. a cam; 52. a rotation driving device;

60. a detection device; 61. a first sensor; 62. a second sensor;

70. and (5) a workpiece.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical problems, technical solutions and advantageous effects to be solved by the present application clearer, the present application is further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the present application and are not intended to limit the present application.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" or "disposed on" another element, it can be directly on the other element or be indirectly on the other element. When an element is referred to as being "connected to" another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or be indirectly connected to the other element.

It will be understood that the terms "length," "width," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like, refer to an orientation or positional relationship illustrated in the drawings for convenience in describing the present application and to simplify description, and do not indicate or imply that the referenced device or element must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present application.

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 application, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.

The present application provides a positioning mechanism, which can be used to position a workpiece 70, where the workpiece 70 can be a cylindrical battery, and referring to fig. 1, the positioning mechanism includes a supporting frame 10, a clamping structure 20, a transmission structure 40, and a driving structure 50. The supporting frame 10 serves as a bearing element of the positioning mechanism for mounting the clamping structure 20, the transmission structure 40, the driving structure 50 and other related components, and the positioning mechanism can also be mounted on the processing equipment through the supporting frame 10.

The clamping structure 20 comprises a positioning block 21 and clamping blocks 22 arranged on two sides of the positioning block 21, the positioning block 21 is arranged on the support frame 10, and the clamping blocks 22 are movably arranged on the support frame 10 and can be matched with the positioning block 21 to clamp the cylindrical battery between the positioning block 21 and the clamping blocks 22. For example, the clamping blocks 22 on both sides can be moved toward the positioning block 21 to clamp the battery between the positioning block 21 and the clamping blocks 22, thereby completing the positioning of the battery.

Further, the clamping block 22 is connected with the transmission structure 40, and the transmission structure 40 drives the clamping block 22 to move, specifically, the transmission structure 40 can drive the clamping block 22 to move towards the direction far away from the positioning block 21, so that a battery can be conveniently placed between the clamping block 22 and the positioning block 21.

Referring to fig. 2, the driving structure 50 includes a cam 51 abutting against the transmission structure 40, and a rotation driving device 52, the rotation driving device 52 is connected to the cam 51, the driving cam 51 rotates, the cam 51 drives the transmission structure 40 to move in the rotating process, so that the transmission structure 40 drives the clamping block 22 to move in the direction away from the positioning block 21, wherein the rotation driving device 52 may adopt a rotation cylinder or other device capable of rotating the cam 51. Specifically, the cam 51 may be an elliptical structure having a major axis and a minor axis, and when the cam 51 rotates to the major axis to abut against the transmission structure 40, the clamping block 22 connected to the transmission structure 40 is far away from the positioning block 21; when the cam 51 rotates to the position of the short shaft to abut against the transmission structure 40, the clamping block 22 and the positioning block 21 clamp the battery.

Further, referring to fig. 3, at least one first receiving groove 211 is formed on both sides of the positioning block 21, a second receiving groove 221 matched with the first receiving groove 211 is formed on the clamping block 22, and during the process that the clamping block 22 moves toward the positioning block 21, the first receiving groove 211 and the second receiving groove 221 form a contour groove for defining the position of the battery, which may be a diamond structure, a cylindrical structure, or the like, matching the structure of the battery. In addition, the configuration of the contoured groove may match the shape of a corresponding workpiece 70 when other configurations of batteries, or other workpieces 70 than batteries, are positioned.

Further, an insulating block 23 is disposed in the first receiving groove 211 of the positioning block 21, and is used for preventing the batteries on both sides of the positioning block 21 from being electrically conducted through the positioning block 21 and damaging the batteries. In other ways, the positioning block 21 made of insulating materials can be used for preventing the conduction between the batteries.

Referring to fig. 4, the clamping block 22 is further connected with a resilient structure 30, and the resilient structure 30 is used for driving the clamping block 22 to move towards the positioning block 21. Specifically, the elastic structure 30 further includes a supporting block 31, a guiding shaft 32, and an elastic member 33, the supporting block 31 is disposed on both sides of the positioning block 21 and mounted on the supporting frame 10, the guiding shaft 32 is disposed between the supporting block 31 and the positioning block 21, the clamping block 22 is disposed on the guiding shaft 32 and can move linearly along the guiding shaft 32 in a direction approaching to or away from the positioning block 21, furthermore, the guiding shaft 32 can be disposed through the positioning block 21 and can be connected to the supporting blocks 31 disposed on both sides, so that the structure of the clamping structure 20 is simpler, further, the elastic member 33 is disposed on the guiding shaft 32 between the clamping block 22 and the supporting block 31 to drive the clamping block 22 to move in a direction approaching to the positioning block 21 by the elastic force of the elastic member 33, for example, when the cam 51 rotates to abut against the transmission structure 40 with its long axis, the transmission structure 40 can drive the clamping block 22 to move in a direction away from the positioning block 21, the elastic member 33 is in a compressed state; when the cam 51 rotates to the position where the short shaft thereof abuts against the transmission structure 40, the clamping block 22 moves towards the direction close to the positioning block 21 and clamps the battery under the elastic force of the elastic member 33, wherein the elastic member 33 can be a compression spring.

In other forms, the elastic structure 30 may also be disposed on the transmission structure 40, and the transmission structure 40 may drive the transmission structure 40 to move by the elastic force of the elastic structure 30, so as to drive the clamping block 22 to move toward the positioning block 21, and the specific connection manner is the same as that described above, and will not be described in detail herein.

Further, in order to facilitate the movement of the clamping block 22 on the guide shaft 32, a linear shaft 34 may be further provided on the clamping block 22, the clamping block 22 is movably provided on the guide shaft 32 through a linear bearing to move linearly along the guide shaft 32, and an elastic member 33 is provided on the guide shaft 32 between the clamping block 22 and the linear bearing.

Further, in order to better position the battery, a spacer block 24 for supporting the battery in a vertical direction is provided on the support frame 10, and the spacer block 24 is provided below the contour groove. In addition, in order to prevent the electric conduction between the batteries through the spacer 24, the spacer 24 may be made of an insulating material or provided with an insulating block 23.

Referring to fig. 5, the transmission structure 40 includes a pushing block 41 connected to each clamping block 22, and a follower bearing 42 disposed on each pushing block 41, that is, the pushing blocks 41 are disposed on the clamping blocks 22 on both sides of the positioning block 21, the pushing blocks 41 are movably disposed on the support frame 10, the follower bearings 42 disposed on each pushing block 41 are respectively abutted to the cams 51, and the follower bearings 42 are driven by the cams 51 to drive the pushing blocks 41 to slide on the support frame 10, so that the pushing blocks 41 drive the clamping blocks 22 to move.

Furthermore, the pushing block 41 can be arranged below the clamping block 22, the pushing block 41 and the clamping block 22 are connected through the driving block 43, the support frame 10 is provided with a clearance 11 convenient for the driving block 43 to move as shown in fig. 6, the cam 51 is arranged in the middle of the pushing block 41 connected with the clamping blocks 22 on the two sides and is abutted against the cam 51 connected with the pushing block 41 on the two sides, so that one cam 51 can drive the clamping blocks 22 on the two sides of the positioning block 21 to move towards the direction close to the positioning block 21, and the structure can realize the positioning of a plurality of batteries through one driving device.

Further, a connecting block 44 can be further arranged between the driving block 43 and the pushing block 41, the cam 51 is arranged on the connecting block 44, when the rotary driving device 52 drives the cam 51 to rotate, the cam 51 can drive the driving block 43 and the pushing block 41 connected to the upper end and the lower end of the connecting plate to move, compared with a mode that the pushing block 41 directly drives the clamping block 22 to move, the structure can enable the pushing block 41 to move on the support frame 10 better, and further enable the clamping block 22 to slide along the guide shaft 32 better.

Specifically, at least one linear guide rail 45 is arranged on the support, the direction of the linear guide rail 45 is consistent with the moving direction of the clamping block 22, and the pushing block 41 can be movably arranged on the linear guide rail 45 through a sliding block 46.

Referring to fig. 6, the supporting frame 10 includes a first supporting plate 12, a second supporting plate 13, and a side plate 14 connected to the first supporting plate 12 and the second supporting plate 13, a clamping structure 20 is disposed on an upper surface of the first supporting plate 12, a transmission structure 40 and a driving structure 50 may be disposed on a receiving area formed by the first supporting plate 12, the second supporting plate 13, and the side plate 14. referring to fig. 1, specifically, in order to make the structure of the positioning mechanism simpler and more compact, a linear guide 45 in the transmission structure 40 may be fixed on a lower surface of the first supporting plate 12, and a driving device may be mounted on the first supporting plate 12 or the second supporting plate 13 through a mounting plate (not shown). In other ways, the linear guide 45 in the transmission structure 40 may also be disposed on the upper surface of the first support plate 12, that is, the transmission structure 40 is disposed on the upper surface of the first support plate 12, and at this time, a clearance groove for accommodating the cam 51 is disposed on the first support plate 12, so that the cam 51 is abutted against the follower bearing 42 in the transmission structure 40.

Referring to fig. 2, the positioning mechanism may further include a detecting device 60, and the detecting device 60 may be respectively disposed at two sides of the clamping structure 20 for detecting whether the workpiece 70 (battery) is clamped in the clamping structure 20. Specifically, the detecting device 60 includes a first sensor 61 and a second sensor 62, which are engaged with each other, the first sensor 61 and the second sensor 62 can be respectively disposed on two sides of the clamping structure 20, for example, can be disposed on the supporting frame 10 or on the supporting block 31 of the clamping mechanism, furthermore, through holes can be disposed on the supporting block 31, the driving block 43, and the positioning block 21, so that the emitted light of the first sensor 61 can reach the second sensor 62, or the emitted light of the second sensor 62 can reach the first sensor 61, a battery is disposed on either side of the positioning block 21, and the detecting device 60 can achieve detection.

In addition, the application also discloses a positioning device, which comprises the positioning mechanism.

The present invention is not intended to be limited to the particular embodiments shown and described, but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features herein disclosed.

Claims

1. A positioning mechanism, comprising:

a support frame;

2. The positioning mechanism according to claim 1, wherein at least one first receiving groove is formed on both sides of the positioning block, and a second receiving groove is formed on the clamping block and is matched with the first receiving groove, and the first receiving groove and the second receiving groove form a contour groove for defining the position of the workpiece.

3. The positioning mechanism as set forth in claim 2, wherein an insulating block is disposed on said first receiving groove.

4. The positioning mechanism according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein an elastic structure is further connected to the clamping block, and the elastic structure is used for driving the clamping block to move towards the direction close to the positioning block.

5. The positioning mechanism according to claim 4, wherein the elastic structure further comprises a support block, a guide shaft, and an elastic member, the support block is disposed on the support frame, the guide shaft is disposed between the support block and the positioning block, and the clamping block is movably disposed on the guide shaft; and an elastic piece is arranged on the guide shaft between the clamping block and the supporting block so as to enable the clamping block to move towards the direction close to the positioning block.

6. The positioning mechanism according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the transmission structure comprises a push block connected with each clamping block and a follower bearing arranged on the push block, the push block is movably arranged on the support frame, and the follower bearing is used for abutting against the cam.

7. The positioning mechanism as set forth in claim 6, wherein said push block is disposed below said clamping block, said push block is connected with said clamping block through a driving block, and said supporting frame is provided with a space-avoiding portion for facilitating the movement of said driving block.

8. The positioning mechanism as set forth in claim 1, wherein the supporting frame comprises a first supporting plate, a second supporting plate, and a side plate connected to the first supporting plate and the second supporting plate, the clamping structure is disposed on the first supporting plate, and the transmission structure and the driving structure are disposed on the receiving area formed by the first supporting plate, the second supporting plate, and the side plate.

9. The positioning mechanism according to claim 1, further comprising a detecting device, wherein the detecting device is respectively disposed at two sides of the clamping structure for detecting whether the workpiece is clamped in the clamping structure.

10. A positioning apparatus comprising the positioning mechanism of any one of claims 1 to 9.