CN215321457U - Printing roller cleaning device for screen printing machine - Google Patents

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CN215321457U
CN215321457U CN202121441871.9U CN202121441871U CN215321457U CN 215321457 U CN215321457 U CN 215321457U CN 202121441871 U CN202121441871 U CN 202121441871U CN 215321457 U CN215321457 U CN 215321457U
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The utility model relates to the technical field of printing machines and discloses a printing roller cleaning device for a screen printing machine, which comprises a fixed box, wherein four corners of the lower surface of the fixed box are fixedly connected with fixed bases, the inner wall of the bottom of the fixed box is fixedly connected with a stable support, the right side of the inner wall of the bottom of the fixed box is fixedly connected with a driving motor, the output end of the driving motor is fixedly connected with a printing roller, and the outer surface of the printing roller is provided with a cleaning device. This a printing roller belt cleaning device for net silk printing machine, through electric putter drive L shape movable plate inward movement to laminating the surface of printing roller, the contact range of assurance cleaning brush and printing roller that can be better, be convenient for better to the printing roller wash the operation, have better cleaning performance to the printing roller, the clearance process is simple more convenient, has more efficient cleaning efficiency, is favorable to the improvement of convenience in use.

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Printing roller cleaning device for screen printing machine
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of printing machines, in particular to a printing roller cleaning device for a screen printing machine.
Background
Machines for printing text and images. Modern printing machines generally comprise mechanisms such as plate loading, inking, stamping, paper conveying (including folding) and the like, and the working principle of the modern printing machine is as follows: firstly, the characters and images to be printed are made into printing plates, and then the printing plates are arranged on a printing machine, the ink is then applied by hand or by a printing machine to the printing plate where the text and images are located, and is then transferred directly or indirectly to paper or other substrates (such as textiles, metal sheets, plastics, leather, wood, glass and ceramics) to reproduce the same print as the printing plate, the utility model and development of the printing machine, the printing roller is an important part of printing equipment, ink can remain on the printing roller after the printing roller is used, the printing roller can be reused after being cleaned, otherwise the printing quality is affected, and the printing roller is cleaned by a cleaning brush manually at present, so that the cleaning efficiency is low, and clothes of a cleaner are easily polluted.
For example, chinese patent application No. 201921547727.6 discloses a cleaning device for a printing roller of a printing machine, which is basically described as follows: including frame, cover, printing roller, sewage case, rotating device and belt cleaning device, its characterized in that: the cover is articulated connect in the frame upper end, be equipped with the fixing base in the frame, the printing roller is inserted and is located the fixing base, this belt cleaning device of printing machine printing roller drive the cleaning brush through the second motor and remove and clear up the printing roller, but this clearance mode operation is very troublesome and arduous when clearing up, and the clearance process is comparatively complicated, is unfavorable for better clearing up the printing roller, leads to cleaning efficiency lower, is unfavorable for the improvement of convenience in use.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
Technical problem to be solved
In order to overcome the defects in the prior art, the utility model provides a printing roller cleaning device for a screen printing machine, which solves the problems in the background art.
(II) technical scheme
In order to achieve the purpose, the utility model provides the following technical scheme: a printing roller cleaning device for a screen printing machine comprises a fixed box, wherein four corners of the lower surface of the fixed box are fixedly connected with fixed bases, the inner wall of the bottom of the fixed box is fixedly connected with a stable bracket, the right side of the inner wall of the bottom of the fixed box is fixedly connected with a driving motor, the output end of the driving motor is fixedly connected with a printing roller, the outer surface of the printing roller is provided with a cleaning device, the upper surface of the fixed box is fixedly connected with a hinge, the lower surface of the hinge is fixedly connected with a sealing cover plate, the upper surface of the sealing cover plate is fixedly connected with an operating handle, the rear side of the upper surface of the fixed box is fixedly connected with a cleaning liquid box, the upper surface of the cleaning liquid tank is fixedly connected with a water pump, the input end of the water pump is communicated with an input pipe, the output end of the water pump is communicated with an output pipe, and the bottom of the output pipe is communicated with a cleaning nozzle.
The cleaning device comprises an electric push rod, an L-shaped movable plate is fixedly connected at the output end of the electric push rod, a driving plate is fixedly connected at the bottom of the inner side surface of the L-shaped movable plate, extrusion spring plates are arranged on the upper surface and the lower surface of the L-shaped movable plate, a movable rod is fixedly connected on the outer side surface of the extrusion spring plate, a rotating shaft is rotatably connected on the outer side of the movable rod, a poking rod is rotatably connected on the outer surface of the rotating shaft, a rotating shaft is rotatably connected on the inner side of the poking rod, a pushing rod is rotatably connected on the outer surface of the rotating shaft, a connecting rod is rotatably connected on the inner side of the pushing rod, a movable frame is fixedly connected on the outer end of the connecting rod, a supporting rod is rotatably connected on the inner side of the movable frame, a fixed support is rotatably connected on the top of the first supporting rod, a stable support is rotatably connected on the bottom of the supporting rod, the inner side surface of the stabilizing support is fixedly connected with a cleaning arc plate, and the inner side surface of the cleaning arc plate is fixedly connected with a cleaning brush.
Preferably, the inner wall of the L-shaped moving plate is fixedly connected with a fixing shaft, the outer side surface of the poke rod is provided with a long-strip-shaped through hole, and the size of the fixing shaft is matched with that of the long-strip-shaped through hole.
Preferably, the outer surface of the operating handle is provided with an anti-slip layer, and anti-slip lines are uniformly arranged on the outer surface of the anti-slip layer.
Preferably, the fixed box and the sealing cover plate are both made of cast iron, and the outer surfaces of the fixed box and the sealing cover plate are uniformly coated with antirust coatings.
Preferably, the outer side surface of the moving frame is fixedly connected with a T-shaped sliding block, the inner side surface of the L-shaped moving plate is provided with a T-shaped sliding groove, and the T-shaped sliding block is in sliding connection with the T-shaped sliding groove.
Preferably, the lateral surface fixedly connected with of electric putter stabilizes the slider, and fixed incasement preceding lateral wall and interior back lateral wall have all been seted up and have been stabilized the spout, stabilize slider and stabilize spout sliding connection.
(III) advantageous effects
Compared with the prior art, the utility model provides a printing roller cleaning device for a screen printing machine, which has the following beneficial effects:
1. this a printing roller belt cleaning device for net silk printing machine, through electric putter drive L shape movable plate inward movement to laminating the surface of printing roller, the contact range of assurance cleaning brush and printing roller that can be better, be convenient for better to the printing roller wash the operation, have better cleaning performance to the printing roller, the clearance process is simple more convenient, has more efficient cleaning efficiency, is favorable to the improvement of convenience in use.
2. This a printing roller belt cleaning device for net silk printing machine drives cleaning device reciprocating motion through driving motor drive printing roller and carries out quick clearance to the surface of printing roller, makes the clearance operation simple more convenient when guaranteeing the clearance effect, is convenient for more even to the surface of printing roller clear up, has further improved the clearance effect to the printing roller, is convenient for better printing operation, has further improved the convenience of using.
3. This a printing roller belt cleaning device for net silk printing machine, through the water pump with the cleaning fluid suction of cleaning fluid incasement spout behind the output tube in the cleaning shower nozzle the surface of printing roller clear up, be convenient for more quick effectual with the printing roller surface remain printing ink clean up, have better cleaning effect to the printing roller, further guaranteed the cleaning quality to the printing roller, very big improvement the convenience of using.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a vertical cross-section of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of the cleaning apparatus of the present invention.
In the figure: 1. a fixed box; 2. a fixed base; 3. a stabilizing support; 4. a drive motor; 5. a printing roller; 6. a cleaning device; 601. an electric push rod; 602. an L-shaped moving plate; 603. a drive plate; 604. extruding the spring plate; 605. a travel bar; 606. a rotating shaft; 607. a poke rod; 608. a rotating shaft; 609. a push rod; 610. a connecting rod; 611. a movable frame; 612. a support bar; 613. fixing a bracket; 614. a stabilizing support; 615. cleaning the arc plate; 616. cleaning a brush; 7. a hinge; 8. sealing the cover plate; 9. an operating handle; 10. cleaning a liquid tank; 11. a water pump; 12. an input tube; 13. an output pipe; 14. and cleaning the spray head.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
Referring to fig. 1-3, the present invention provides a technical solution: a printing roller cleaning device for a mesh printing machine comprises a fixed box 1, four corners of the lower surface of the fixed box 1 are fixedly connected with a fixed base 2, the inner wall of the bottom of the fixed box 1 is fixedly connected with a stable support 3, the right side of the inner wall of the bottom of the fixed box 1 is fixedly connected with a driving motor 4, the specific model of the driving motor 4 is 5IK120GN-C, the output end of the driving motor 4 is fixedly connected with a printing roller 5, the driving motor 4 drives the printing roller 5 to drive a cleaning device 6 to reciprocate to clean the outer surface of the printing roller 5 quickly, the cleaning effect is ensured, meanwhile, the cleaning operation is simpler and more convenient, the cleaning operation is more uniform, the cleaning effect on the printing roller 5 is further improved, the printing operation is more convenient, the use convenience is further improved, the cleaning device 6 is arranged on the outer surface of the printing roller 5, the upper surface of the fixed box 1 is fixedly connected with a hinge 7, the lower surface of the hinge 7 is fixedly connected with a sealing cover plate 8, the upper surface of the sealing cover plate 8 is fixedly connected with an operating handle 9, the rear side of the upper surface of the fixed box 1 is fixedly connected with a cleaning liquid box 10, the upper surface of the cleaning liquid box 10 is fixedly connected with a water pump 11, the input end of the water pump 11 is communicated with an input pipe 12, the output end of the water pump 11 is communicated with an output pipe 13, the bottom of the output pipe 13 is communicated with a cleaning spray head 14, the cleaning liquid in the cleaning liquid tank 10 is sucked out by the water pump 11, passes through the output pipe 13 and is sprayed out to the outer surface of the printing roller 5 in the cleaning spray head 14 for cleaning, so that the residual printing ink on the outer surface of the printing roller 5 can be cleaned more quickly and effectively, the cleaning device has a better cleaning effect on the printing roller 5, further ensures the cleaning quality of the printing roller 5, and greatly improves the use convenience.
The cleaning device 6 comprises an electric push rod 601, the specific model of the electric push rod 601 is LAP22, an L-shaped moving plate 602 is fixedly connected to the output end of the electric push rod 601, the L-shaped moving plate 602 is driven by the electric push rod 601 to move inwards to adhere to the outer surface of the printing roller 5, the contact range of a cleaning brush 616 and the printing roller 5 can be better ensured, the printing roller 5 can be cleaned better, the cleaning effect on the printing roller 5 is better, the cleaning process is simpler and more convenient, the cleaning efficiency is higher, the use convenience is improved, a driving plate 603 is fixedly connected to the bottom of the inner side surface of the L-shaped moving plate 602, extrusion spring plates 604 are arranged on the upper surface and the lower surface of the L-shaped moving plate 602, a moving rod 605 is fixedly connected to the outer side of the extrusion spring plates 604, a rotating shaft 606 is rotatably connected to the outer side of the moving rod 605, a poking rod 607 is rotatably connected to the outer surface of the rotating shaft 606, the inner side of the poking rod 607 is rotatably connected with a rotating shaft 608, the outer surface of the rotating shaft 608 is rotatably connected with a push rod 609, the inner side of the push rod 609 is rotatably connected with a connecting rod 610, the outer end of the connecting rod 610 is fixedly connected with a moving frame 611, the inner side of the moving frame 611 is rotatably connected with a supporting rod 612, the top of the first supporting rod 612 is rotatably connected with a fixed support 613, the bottom of the supporting rod 612 is rotatably connected with a stabilizing support 614, the inner side of the stabilizing support 614 is fixedly connected with a cleaning arc plate 615, and the inner side of the cleaning arc plate 615 is fixedly connected with a cleaning brush 616.
In order to improve the convenience of use, a fixed shaft is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the L-shaped moving plate 602, a long-strip-shaped through hole is formed in the outer side surface of the poke rod 607, the size of the fixed shaft is matched with that of the long-strip-shaped through hole, and the long-strip-shaped through hole in the outer side surface of the poke rod 607 is matched with that of the fixed shaft in the inner wall of the L-shaped moving plate 602, so that the convenience of use is improved.
In order to improve the anti-skid effect, the outer surface of the operating handle 9 is provided with the anti-skid layer, anti-skid grains are uniformly arranged on the outer surface of the anti-skid layer, the anti-skid grains on the outer surface of the operating handle 9 increase the friction force, and the anti-skid effect is improved.
In order to prolong the service life of the sealing cover plate 8, the fixing box 1 and the sealing cover plate 8 are made of cast iron, the outer surfaces of the fixing box 1 and the sealing cover plate 8 are uniformly coated with antirust coatings, the antirust coatings on the outer surfaces of the fixing box 1 and the sealing cover plate 8 prevent corrosion, and the service life is prolonged.
In order to improve the moving stability, a T-shaped sliding block is fixedly connected to the outer side surface of the moving frame 611, a T-shaped sliding groove is formed in the inner side surface of the L-shaped moving plate 602, the T-shaped sliding block is in sliding connection with the T-shaped sliding groove, and the T-shaped sliding block on the outer side surface of the moving frame 611 is matched with the T-shaped sliding groove on the inner side surface of the L-shaped moving plate 602, so that the moving stability is improved.
In order to improve the sliding stability, the outer side surface of the electric push rod 601 is fixedly connected with a stable sliding block, the inner front side wall and the inner rear side wall of the fixed box 1 are both provided with a stable sliding groove, the stable sliding block is in sliding connection with the stable sliding groove, the stable sliding block on the outer side surface of the electric push rod 601 is matched with the stable sliding grooves on the inner front side wall and the inner rear side wall of the fixed box 1,
the electrical components presented in the document are all electrically connected with an external master controller and 220V mains, and the master controller can be a conventional known device controlled by a computer or the like.
When the printing roller cleaning machine is used, when the printing roller 5 needs to be cleaned, the water pump 11 is started, the cleaning liquid in the cleaning liquid tank 10 is sucked out by the water pump 11, conveyed by the output pipe 13 and sprayed onto the outer surface of the printing roller 5 through the cleaning spray head 14, then the electric push rod 601 is started, the output end of the electric push rod 601 drives the L-shaped moving plate 602 to move inwards, the L-shaped moving plate 602 drives the extrusion spring plate 604 to move, the extrusion spring plate 604 drives the moving rod 605 to move, the moving rod 605 drives the poking rod 607 to move, the poking rod 607 drives the pushing rod 609 to move, the pushing rod 609 drives the connecting rod 610 to move, the connecting rod 610 drives the moving frame 611 to move, the moving frame 611 drives the supporting rod 612 to move, the supporting rod 612 drives the fixed support 613 to move, the fixed support 613 drives the cleaning arc plate 615 and the cleaning brush 616 to move inwards to be attached to the outer surface of the printing roller 5, and then the driving motor 4 is started, the output end of the driving motor 4 drives the printing roller 5 to rotate, and the printing roller 5 drives the cleaning device 6 to reciprocate to clean the outer surface of the printing roller 5.
To sum up, this a printing roller belt cleaning device for net silk printing machine, through electric putter 601 drive L shape movable plate 602 inwardly moved to laminating printing roller 5's surface, assurance cleaning brush 616 that can be better and printing roller 5's contact range is convenient for better to the printing roller 5 operation of wasing, has better cleaning performance to printing roller 5, and the clearance process is simple more convenient, has more efficient cleaning efficiency, is favorable to using the improvement of convenience.
This a printing roller belt cleaning device for net silk printing machine drives printing roller 5 through driving motor 4 and drives cleaning device 6 reciprocating motion and clear up the surface of printing roller 5 fast, make the clearance operation simple more convenient when guaranteeing the clearance effect, be convenient for more even clear up the surface of printing roller 5, further improved the clearance effect to printing roller 5, be convenient for better printing operation, further improved the convenience of using.
This a printing roller belt cleaning device for net silk printing machine, through water pump 11 with the cleaning fluid suction in cleaning fluid tank 10 after output tube 13 spout the surface of printing roller 5 in cleaning shower nozzle 14 and clear up, be convenient for more quick effectual with the remaining printing ink clean up of printing roller 5 surface, have better cleaning effect to printing roller 5, further guaranteed the cleaning quality to printing roller 5, very big improvement the convenience of using.
Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made in these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the utility model, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.

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1. A printing roller belt cleaning device for a screen printing machine, comprising a fixing box (1), characterized in that: the four corners of the lower surface of the fixed box (1) are fixedly connected with fixed bases (2), the inner wall of the bottom of the fixed box (1) is fixedly connected with a stabilizing support (614), the right side of the inner wall of the bottom of the fixed box (1) is fixedly connected with a driving motor (4), the output end of the driving motor (4) is fixedly connected with a printing roller (5), the outer surface of the printing roller (5) is provided with a cleaning device (6), the upper surface of the fixed box (1) is fixedly connected with a hinge (7), the lower surface of the hinge (7) is fixedly connected with a sealing cover plate (8), the upper surface of the sealing cover plate (8) is fixedly connected with an operating handle (9), the rear side of the upper surface of the fixed box (1) is fixedly connected with a cleaning liquid box (10), the upper surface of the cleaning liquid box (10) is fixedly connected with a water pump (11), the input end of the water pump (11) is communicated with an input pipe (12), the output end of the water pump (11) is communicated with an output pipe (13), the bottom of the output pipe (13) is communicated with a cleaning spray head (14),
the cleaning device (6) comprises an electric push rod (601), an L-shaped moving plate (602) is fixedly connected to the output end of the electric push rod (601), a driving plate (603) is fixedly connected to the bottom of the inner side surface of the L-shaped moving plate (602), extrusion spring plates (604) are arranged on the upper surface and the lower surface of the L-shaped moving plate (602), a moving rod (605) is fixedly connected to the outer side surface of the extrusion spring plate (604), a rotating shaft (606) is rotatably connected to the outer side of the moving rod (605), a poking rod (607) is rotatably connected to the outer surface of the rotating shaft (606), a rotating shaft (608) is rotatably connected to the inner side of the poking rod (607), a pushing rod (609) is rotatably connected to the outer surface of the rotating shaft (608), a connecting rod (610) is rotatably connected to the inner side of the pushing rod (609), and a moving frame (611) is fixedly connected to the outer end of the connecting rod (610), the inboard of removing frame (611) is rotated and is connected with bracing piece (612), the top of bracing piece (612) is rotated and is connected with fixed bolster (613), the bottom of bracing piece (612) is rotated and is connected with stabilizing support (614), the medial surface fixedly connected with of stabilizing support (614) clears up arc board (615), the medial surface fixedly connected with of clearance arc board (615) clears up brush (616).
2. A printing roller cleaning device for a screen printing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: the inner wall of the L-shaped moving plate (602) is fixedly connected with a fixing shaft, a long strip-shaped through hole is formed in the outer side face of the poke rod (607), and the size of the fixing shaft is matched with that of the long strip-shaped through hole.
3. A printing roller cleaning device for a screen printing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: the outer surface of the operating handle (9) is provided with an anti-slip layer, and anti-slip lines are uniformly arranged on the outer surface of the anti-slip layer.
4. A printing roller cleaning device for a screen printing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: the fixed box (1) and the sealing cover plate (8) are both made of cast iron, and the outer surfaces of the fixed box (1) and the sealing cover plate (8) are uniformly coated with antirust coatings.
5. A printing roller cleaning device for a screen printing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: the outer side surface of the moving frame (611) is fixedly connected with a T-shaped sliding block, the inner side surface of the L-shaped moving plate (602) is provided with a T-shaped sliding groove, and the T-shaped sliding block is in sliding connection with the T-shaped sliding groove.
6. A printing roller cleaning device for a screen printing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: the lateral surface fixedly connected with of electric putter (601) stabilizes the slider, and fixed case (1) inside front side wall and inside rear side wall have all been seted up and have been stabilized the spout, stabilize slider and stabilize spout sliding connection.
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