CN214496775U - Energy-saving box type dyeing machine - Google Patents

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CN214496775U
CN214496775U CN202120311950.1U CN202120311950U CN214496775U CN 214496775 U CN214496775 U CN 214496775U CN 202120311950 U CN202120311950 U CN 202120311950U CN 214496775 U CN214496775 U CN 214496775U
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周艳娟
姜洪丽
姜玉颖
候洁
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The application relates to an energy-saving box dyeing machine, it includes the dyeing case, is provided with a plurality of backup pads, its characterized in that in the dyeing case: two opposite sides of the inner wall of the dyeing box are rotatably connected with two opposite shifting chains in an annular shape along the vertical direction, two ends of the supporting plate are movably connected with the end parts of the shifting chains at the same height, and the lower end of the dyeing box is provided with a recovery device. Dye the case during operation, the chain that shifts removes makes the backup pad drive the yarn and removes in the dye liquor, and then need not to fill up the dye liquor when carrying out the dyeing operation and dye the case and can carry out the dyeing operation to whole yarns, and after the dyeing, recovery unit will retrieve the dye liquor, and convenient to use person carries out cyclic utilization with the dye liquor, and this application has the extravagant effect of reduction dyeing in-process dye liquor.

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Energy-saving box type dyeing machine
Technical Field
The application relates to the field of dyeing machines, in particular to an energy-saving box type dyeing machine.
Background
The dyeing machine is used for the processes of dyeing, bleaching, scouring, washing and the like of ready-made clothes such as woolen sweaters, acrylic fibers, cotton sweaters and the like, can also be used for the bleaching and dyeing treatment of finished products such as gloves, socks, towels and the like, and is ideal bleaching and dyeing equipment for finished products with wide application range.
The current chinese patent that publication number is CN210506780U discloses a hank dyeing machine that dyeing effect is better, the power distribution box comprises a box body, it has two dyeing chambeies to separate in the box, be equipped with the mutual just right guide rail of multichannel on the inner wall in dyeing chamber from last to down, sliding connection has a plurality of dyeing sticks that are used for placing the yarn between the two just right guide rails, a plurality of standing grooves with dyeing stick one-to-one are seted up to the guide rail upper surface, the sliding chamber has been seted up in the guide rail, sliding connection has the control lever in the sliding chamber, fixedly connected with hides the pin that falls "L" shape that is used for opening and close the standing groove on the control lever.
In view of the above-mentioned related technologies, the inventor found that, when a dyeing machine performs a dyeing operation on a yarn, a user needs to fill a chamber of the dyeing machine with a dye solution to fully dip-dye the yarn, the dyed dye solution is discharged from the dyeing machine after dyeing, the user takes out the dyed yarn, and the dyeing machine has a defect that the dye solution is wasted seriously during a using process.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
In order to reduce the waste phenomenon of dye liquor in the dyeing process, the application provides an energy-saving box type dyeing machine.
The application provides an energy-saving box dyeing machine adopts following technical scheme:
the utility model provides an energy-saving box dyeing machine, is provided with a plurality of backup pads, its characterized in that including dyeing case, dyeing incasement: two opposite sides of the inner wall of the dyeing box are rotatably connected with two opposite shifting chains in an annular shape along the vertical direction, two ends of the supporting plate are movably connected with the end parts of the shifting chains at the same height, and the lower end of the dyeing box is provided with a recovery device.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, the backup pad supports the yarn, the dyeing case supports a plurality of backup pads simultaneously, and then dye the operation to the multiunit yarn simultaneously, the dyeing case during operation, the aversion chain removes and makes the backup pad drive the yarn and remove in the dye liquor, and then need not to fill up the dyeing case with the dye liquor and can dye operation to whole yarns when carrying out the dyeing operation, after dyeing, recovery unit will retrieve the dye liquor, convenient to use person carries out cyclic utilization with the dye liquor, reduce the extravagant phenomenon of dyeing process in-process dye liquor.
Optionally, the dyeing incasement wall is gone up fixedly connected with and shifts the guided way of the coaxial setting of chain, and the dyeing incasement is equipped with the connecting plate that is on a parallel with the backup pad, connecting plate and backup pad sliding connection, connecting plate and aversion chain fixed connection, connecting plate one end are equipped with the sliding block, sliding block and guided way swing joint.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, the connecting plate is connected backup pad and aversion chain, and the backup pad of being convenient for moves along with the yarn that shifts on it, and when the connecting plate was followed the aversion chain and is removed, sliding block and guided way relative slip, the guided way makes the removal orbit of sliding block more stable difficult skew, and then makes the removal process of connecting plate more stable difficult skew.
Optionally, the end part of the sliding block far away from the connecting plate is rotatably connected with a sliding roller, and the sliding roller is in rolling connection with the guide rail.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, when sliding block and guided way relative movement, the slip gyro wheel makes the frictional force between sliding block and the sliding tray reduce, and then makes the aversion process between sliding block and the guided way more smooth and easy.
Optionally, a limiting plate is fixedly arranged on the guide rail along the length direction of the guide rail, and the limiting plate is connected with the end part, close to the sliding block, of the sliding roller in a sliding manner.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, when slip gyro wheel and guided way relative movement, the limiting plate with the slip gyro wheel joint between the guided way, and then make the aversion process of slip gyro wheel more firm be difficult for following roll-off in the guided way.
Optionally, recovery unit includes the filter screen, the bottom fixed connection of filter screen and dyeing case, and the lower terminal surface of filter screen has set firmly along vertical direction and has collected the funnel, and filter screen intercommunication is collected funnel and dyeing case, and the lower tip of collecting the funnel has set firmly control flap.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, after the dyeing operation was accomplished, the user opened control flap, and the dye liquor flows out, and the filter screen filters out the solid impurity such as the lines that mix in with the dye liquor tentatively, collects the funnel and makes the dye liquor assemble the collection processing of being convenient for together better.
Optionally, the inner wall of the dyeing box is rotatably connected with an upper gear and a lower gear, rotating shafts of the upper gear and the lower gear are arranged on the same vertical surface, the upper gear and the lower gear are both meshed with a shifting chain, and the upper gear is coaxially and fixedly connected with a shifting motor fixedly connected with the dyeing box.
By adopting the technical scheme, the shifting motor provides power for the upper gear, the upper gear enables the shifting chain to move, and then the lower gear is driven to rotate, so that the automatic shifting function of the shifting chain is realized.
Optionally, the two ends of the supporting plate are fixedly provided with limiting blocks along the width direction, the connecting plate is provided with limiting grooves along the length direction of the connecting plate, and the limiting blocks are arranged in the limiting grooves and are in sliding connection with the limiting grooves.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, remove the backup pad and make stopper and spacing groove relative slip, after the backup pad removed to the required position, the spacing groove with the stopper joint on the required position, and then realize the detachable connection of backup pad and connecting plate.
Optionally, the width of the limiting block far away from the end of the supporting plate is larger than the width of the limiting block close to the end of the supporting plate, and the limiting block is matched with the limiting groove.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, the spacing groove with the stopper joint in the spacing inslot, and then make the relation of connection between backup pad and the connecting plate more firm.
In summary, the present application includes at least one of the following beneficial technical effects:
1. the yarn is supported by the supporting plates, the plurality of supporting plates are simultaneously supported by the dyeing box, so that dyeing operation can be simultaneously performed on a plurality of groups of yarns, when the dyeing box works, the shifting chain moves to enable the supporting plates to drive the yarns to move in the dye solution, so that dyeing operation can be performed on all the yarns without filling the dye solution into the dyeing box, and after dyeing is finished, the dye solution is recovered by the recovery device, so that a user can recycle the dye solution, and the waste phenomenon of the dye solution in the dyeing process is reduced;
2. the connecting plate connects the supporting plate with the shifting chain, so that the supporting plate and the yarns on the supporting plate can conveniently move along with the shifting chain;
3. recovery unit includes the filter screen, and the bottom fixed connection of filter screen and dyeing case, the lower terminal surface of filter screen has set firmly along vertical direction and has collected the funnel, and filter screen intercommunication is collected funnel and dyeing case, and the lower tip of collecting the funnel has set firmly control flap.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of the present application.
Fig. 2 is a sectional view of a position restriction plate and a shift motor in the embodiment of the present application.
Fig. 3 is a partially enlarged view of a in fig. 2.
Description of reference numerals: 1. a dyeing box; 2. a support plate; 3. a shifting chain; 4. a recovery device; 5. a guide rail; 6. a connecting plate; 7. a slider; 8. a sliding roller; 9. a limiting plate; 10. a filter screen; 11. a collection funnel; 12. a control valve; 13. an upper gear; 14. a lower gear; 15. a displacement motor; 16. a limiting block; 17. a limiting groove; 18. a revolving door; 19. and a collection box.
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The present application is described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
The embodiment of the application discloses energy-saving box dyeing machine, refer to fig. 1, including dyeing case 1, dyeing case 1 divide into two cavities that set up along vertical direction, and two cavities are mirror symmetry, are provided with a plurality of backup pads 2 that are the cuboid shape in the dyeing case 1. Outside the user supported the yarn winding backup pad 2, backup pad 2 supported the yarn, and the user placed backup pad 2 in dyeing case 1 respectively, and dyeing case 1 supported a plurality of backup pads 2 simultaneously, injected the dye liquor into dyeing case 1, and then made dyeing case 1 carry out the dyeing operation to the multiunit yarn simultaneously.
Referring to fig. 1, two identical revolving doors 18 are rotatably attached to the dyeing box 1 in the vertical direction. The user rotates to open the revolving door 18 and is convenient for place the supporting plate 2 in the dyeing box 1, and the user rotates to close the revolving door 18 to make the dyeing environment in the dyeing box 1 relatively airtight, the dyeing operation of being convenient for.
Referring to fig. 1, the bottom end of the dye box 1 is provided with a recovery device 4. After dyeing, the user retrieves the dye liquor through recovery unit 4, and convenient to use person carries out cyclic utilization with the dye liquor, reduces the extravagant phenomenon of dye liquor among the dyeing process.
Referring to fig. 1, the recycling device 4 includes a filter screen 10, and the filter screen 10 is disposed along a horizontal direction and fixedly connected to a bottom end of the dyeing box 1. When the dye liquor is discharged from the dyeing box 1 through the filter screen 10, solid impurities such as lines mixed in the dye liquor are preliminarily filtered out by the filter screen 10, and the preliminary treatment operation on the dye liquor is realized.
Referring to fig. 1, the lower terminal surface of filter screen 10 has set firmly collection funnel 11 along vertical direction, collect funnel 11's up end personally submit square form and with filter screen 10's lower terminal surface fixed connection, filter screen 10 intercommunication collection funnel 11 and dyeing case 1, the lower tip of collecting funnel 11 has set firmly control flap 12. After the dyeing operation is finished, the user opens the control valve 12, so that the dye liquor flows out from the dyeing box 1, and the collecting funnel 11 enables the dye liquor to be better gathered together, so that the user can conveniently collect and treat the dye liquor.
Referring to fig. 1, a collection box 19 having a square shape is disposed at a lower end of the collection funnel 11, and a liquid outlet of the collection funnel 11 is disposed above the collection box 19. After the collecting funnel 11 collects and discharges the filtered dye liquor, the collecting box 19 collects the dye liquor, so that the dye can be recycled conveniently.
Referring to fig. 1 and 2, two opposite annular shifting chains 3 are rotatably connected to two opposite sides of the inner wall of the dyeing box 1 along the vertical direction, and two ends of the supporting plate 2 are movably connected with the end parts of the shifting chains 3 at the same height respectively. When the dyeing box 1 works, the shifting chain 3 rotates to drive the supporting plate 2 to be arranged in the dyeing box 1 to move up and down, at the moment, the supporting plate 2 drives the yarns to move up and down in the dyeing solution, and then the dyeing box 1 is not required to be filled with the dyeing solution during dyeing operation, so that the dyeing operation can be carried out on all the yarns.
Referring to fig. 1 and 2, an upper gear 13 and a lower gear 14, the rotating shafts of which are arranged on the same vertical plane, are rotatably connected to the inner wall of the dyeing box 1 along the vertical direction, and both the upper gear 13 and the lower gear 14 are engaged with the inner edge of the shift chain 3. When the dyeing box 1 works, a user rotates the upper gear 13 to enable the shifting chain 3 to move, and then drives the lower gear 14 to rotate, and the upper gear 13 and the lower gear 14 are matched to better realize the automatic shifting function of the shifting chain 3.
Referring to fig. 1 and 2, a shift motor 15, which is fixedly connected to the outer wall of the dyeing box 1 and is disposed in a horizontal direction, is coaxially and fixedly connected to the upper gear 13. When the dyeing box 1 works, the shifting motor 15 rotates to drive the upper gear 13 to rotate, and the shifting motor 15 provides power for the upper gear 13 to realize the automatic rotation of the upper gear 13.
Referring to fig. 1 and 2, be equipped with the connecting plate 6 that is on a parallel with backup pad 2 in the dyeing case 1, connecting plate 6 comprises two diaphragms that are parallel to each other and the riser that sets up along the horizontal direction, the both ends of riser respectively with two perpendicular fixed connection of diaphragm, connecting plate 6 is "U" word shape, diaphragm and backup pad 2 are along diaphragm length direction sliding connection, the terminal surface and the 3 fixed connection of aversion chains of backup pad 2 are kept away from to the diaphragm, when dyeing case 1 during operation, riser and backup pad 2 terminal surface looks butt. When the dyeing machine works, the supporting plate 2 and the shifting chain 3 are connected through the connecting plate 6, and when the shifting chain 3 is driven to move by the connecting plate 6, the supporting plate 2 is driven by the connecting plate 6 to move together with the yarn on the supporting plate along with the shifting chain 3.
Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the two ends of the supporting plate 2 are fixedly provided with a strip-shaped limiting block 16 along the width direction of the supporting plate 2, a limiting groove 17 is formed in the transverse plate along the length direction of the transverse plate, and the limiting block 16 is arranged in the limiting groove 17 and is in sliding connection with the limiting groove 17. When the user placed backup pad 2 in dyeing case 1, the user made stopper 16 and spacing groove 17 relative slip through removing backup pad 2 along the diaphragm direction, after backup pad 2 removed to the required position, spacing groove 17 mutually supported stopper 16 joint on the required position with the riser, and then realized backup pad 2 and connecting plate 6's detachable connection.
Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the width of the limiting block 16 far away from the end of the supporting plate 2 is greater than the width of the limiting block 16 near the end of the supporting plate 2, the cross section of the limiting block 16 is in a shape of a T arranged along the horizontal direction, and the limiting block 16 is matched with the limiting groove 17. When backup pad 2 and connecting plate 6 when removing each other, spacing groove 17 with stopper 16 joint in spacing groove 17, make stopper 16 difficult follow spacing groove 17 skew at the slip in-process, and then make the relation of connection between backup pad 2 and the connecting plate 6 more firm
Referring to fig. 2 and 3, the inner wall of the dyeing box 1 is fixedly connected with a guide rail 5 which is coaxially arranged with the shift chain 3 and is in an annular shape, one end of a connecting plate 6 is provided with a sliding block 7, and the sliding block 7 is movably connected with the guide rail 5. Dyeing case 1 during operation, connecting plate 6 follows the chain 3 that shifts and removes, and sliding block 7 follows connecting plate 6 and removes this moment, sliding block 7 and 5 relative sliding of guided way, and the aversion process of 5 standard sliding blocks 7 of guided way makes sliding block 7's removal orbit more stable difficult skew, and then makes connecting plate 6's removal process more stable difficult skew.
Referring to fig. 2 and 3, the end of the sliding block 7 away from the connecting plate 6 is rotatably connected with a sliding roller 8 in the vertical direction, and the sliding roller 8 is in rolling connection with the inner side of the guide rail 5. When the user makes the sliding block 7 and the guide rail 5 move relatively, the sliding roller 8 is placed between the guide rails 5 to roll, and the sliding roller 8 reduces the friction force between the sliding block 7 and the sliding groove, so that the displacement process between the sliding block 7 and the guide rail 5 is smoother.
Referring to fig. 2 and 3, a limiting plate 9 is fixedly arranged on the guide rail 5 along the length direction of the guide rail 5, and the limiting plate 9 is connected with the end part of the sliding roller 8 close to the sliding block 7 in a sliding manner. When the sliding roller 8 and the guide rail 5 move relatively, the limiting plate 9 clamps the sliding roller 8 between the guide rail 5, so that the shifting process of the sliding roller 8 is more stable and is not easy to slide out of the guide rail 5.
The implementation principle of the energy-saving box type dyeing machine in the embodiment of the application is as follows: before the dyeing box 1 works, a user moves the supporting plates 2 along the transverse plate direction to enable the limiting blocks 16 and the limiting grooves 17 to slide relatively, and then the supporting plates 2 are respectively arranged in the dyeing box 1. When the dyeing box 1 works, the shifting motor 15 rotates to drive the upper gear 13 to rotate, the upper gear 13 is matched with the lower gear 14 to realize the automatic shifting function of the shifting chain 3, the shifting chain 3 moves to enable the supporting plate 2 to drive yarns to move in dye liquor, the sliding block 7 moves along with the connecting plate 6 when the connecting plate 6 moves, and the sliding roller 8 rolls relative to the guide rail 5. After dyeing, the user opens control valve 12, and filter screen 10 filters out the solid impurity that mixes in the dye liquor tentatively, and collection funnel 11 makes the dye liquor converge better together and is convenient for collecting box 19 to collect the dye liquor.
The above embodiments are preferred embodiments of the present application, and the protection scope of the present application is not limited by the above embodiments, so: all equivalent changes made according to the structure, shape and principle of the present application shall be covered by the protection scope of the present application.

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1. The utility model provides an energy-saving box dyeing machine, includes dyeing case (1), is provided with a plurality of backup pads (2) in dyeing case (1), its characterized in that: two opposite sides of the inner wall of the dyeing box (1) are rotatably connected with two opposite shifting chains (3) in an annular shape along the vertical direction, two ends of the supporting plate (2) are movably connected with the end parts of the shifting chains (3) at the same height, and the lower end of the dyeing box (1) is provided with a recovery device (4).
2. An energy saving box dyeing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: dye on the inner wall of case (1) fixedly connected with shift guide rail (5) of chain (3) coaxial setting, be equipped with connecting plate (6) that is on a parallel with backup pad (2) in dyeing case (1), connecting plate (6) and backup pad (2) sliding connection, connecting plate (6) and shift chain (3) fixed connection, connecting plate (6) one end is equipped with sliding block (7), sliding block (7) and guide rail (5) swing joint.
3. An energy saving box dyeing machine according to claim 2, characterized in that: the end part of the sliding block (7) far away from the connecting plate (6) is rotatably connected with a sliding roller (8), and the sliding roller (8) is in rolling connection with the guide rail (5).
4. An energy saving box dyeing machine according to claim 3, characterized in that: limiting plates (9) are fixedly arranged on the guide rail (5) along the length direction of the guide rail (5), and the limiting plates (9) are connected with the sliding rollers (8) in a sliding manner at the end parts close to the sliding blocks (7).
5. An energy saving box dyeing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: recovery unit (4) include filter screen (10), and the bottom fixed connection of filter screen (10) and dyeing case (1), the lower terminal surface of filter screen (10) has set firmly collection funnel (11) along vertical direction, and filter screen (10) intercommunication is collected funnel (11) and dyeing case (1), and the lower tip of collecting funnel (11) has set firmly control valve (12).
6. An energy saving box dyeing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: the dyeing box is characterized in that an upper gear (13) and a lower gear (14) with rotating shafts arranged on the same vertical surface are rotatably connected to the inner wall of the dyeing box (1), the upper gear (13) and the lower gear (14) are both meshed with the shifting chain (3) and are connected, and the shifting motor (15) fixedly connected with the dyeing box (1) is coaxially and fixedly connected to the upper gear (13).
7. An energy saving box dyeing machine according to claim 2, characterized in that: the supporting plate is characterized in that limiting blocks (16) are fixedly arranged at two ends of the supporting plate (2) along the width direction, limiting grooves (17) are formed in the connecting plate (6) along the length direction of the connecting plate (6), and the limiting blocks (16) are arranged in the limiting grooves (17) and are in sliding connection with the limiting grooves (17).
8. An energy saving box dyeing machine according to claim 7, characterized in that: the width of the end part, far away from the supporting plate (2), of the limiting block (16) is larger than the width of the end part, close to the supporting plate (2), of the limiting block (16), and the limiting block (16) is matched with the limiting groove (17).
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