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CN215507353U
CN215507353U CN202122034130.5U CN202122034130U CN215507353U CN 215507353 U CN215507353 U CN 215507353U CN 202122034130 U CN202122034130 U CN 202122034130U CN 215507353 U CN215507353 U CN 215507353U
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汤汉良
郭逍遥
杨涛
夏吉军
汤海宇
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The utility model relates to the technical field of spraying, and discloses a vehicle paint coating device which comprises a spraying robot, a feeding device and a nozzle device, wherein the nozzle device is arranged on the spraying robot; the sprayer device comprises a spraying cavity, a partition plate, a connecting plate, a rotating shaft and a driving motor, wherein the partition plate is vertically arranged in the spraying cavity, two ends of the rotating shaft are respectively and rotatably connected with the cavity wall of the spraying cavity, the rotating shaft is positioned at the bottom of the partition plate, and the driving motor is electrically connected with the rotating shaft; one side of the connecting plate is fixed on the rotating shaft, the other side of the connecting plate is abutted against the wall of the spraying cavity, the connecting plate, the partition plate and the wall of the spraying cavity form a first cavity or a second cavity, a first feeding hole is formed in the top of the first cavity, a second feeding hole is formed in the top of the second cavity, and the first feeding hole and the second feeding hole are both connected with the feeding device; the bottom of the spray cavity is provided with a discharge hole which is communicated with the first cavity or the second cavity. When the car paint with different colors is sprayed, the sprayer device does not need to be replaced, and the operation efficiency is improved.

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Car paint coating device
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of spraying, in particular to a vehicle paint coating device.
Background
It is important to apply vehicle paint to vehicle bodies or vehicle parts during the manufacturing process of automobiles. According to different requirements on the appearance and the shape of the automobile, the sprayed automobile paint has different colors, and different parts of the automobile can be sprayed with the automobile paint with different colors. However, in the conventional spray heads installed in the vehicle paint coating device, one spray head can only spray vehicle paint of one color, and if the vehicle paint of different colors needs to be sprayed, the spray head needs to be replaced again, so that the operation efficiency is affected.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
In view of the above problems, the present invention provides a vehicle paint coating apparatus to solve the problem that only one color of vehicle paint can be coated by one spray head in the prior art.
In order to achieve the purpose, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme:
the vehicle paint coating device comprises a spraying robot, a feeding device and a nozzle device, wherein the nozzle device is arranged on the spraying robot; the sprayer device comprises a spraying cavity, a partition plate, a connecting plate, a rotating shaft and a driving motor, wherein the partition plate is vertically arranged in the spraying cavity, two ends of the rotating shaft are respectively and rotatably connected with the cavity wall of the spraying cavity, the rotating shaft is positioned at the bottom of the partition plate, and the driving motor is electrically connected with the rotating shaft; one side of the connecting plate is fixed on the rotating shaft, the other side of the connecting plate abuts against the wall of the spraying cavity, the connecting plate, the partition plate and the wall of the spraying cavity form a first cavity or a second cavity, a first feeding hole is formed in the top of the first cavity, a second feeding hole is formed in the top of the second cavity, and the first feeding hole and the second feeding hole are both connected with the feeding device; and a discharge port is arranged at the bottom of the spray cavity and communicated with the first cavity or the second cavity.
Preferably, the included angle between the connecting plate and the partition plate is greater than or equal to 90 °.
Preferably, flow guide cavities are formed in the first cavity and the second cavity respectively, each flow guide cavity comprises a first flow guide plate and a second flow guide plate which are arranged from top to bottom, and flow guide holes are formed in the first flow guide plate and the second flow guide plate respectively.
Preferably, the diversion cavity further includes a plurality of third diversion plates arranged at intervals, one side of each third diversion plate is fixed to the first diversion plate, and the other side of each third diversion plate is fixed to the second diversion plate.
Preferably, a plurality of the third deflectors are arranged in parallel.
Preferably, the bottom of the spraying cavity is further provided with a flushing port, the flushing port is located below the connecting plate, and the flushing port is located above the discharge port.
Preferably, the bottom of the spraying cavity is further provided with an air inlet used for being connected with an air supply device, the air inlet is located below the connecting plate, and the air inlet is located above the discharge port.
Preferably, a first control valve is arranged on a connecting pipeline between the feeding device and the first feeding hole, and a second control valve is arranged on a connecting pipeline between the feeding device and the second feeding hole.
Preferably, the connecting pipelines of the feeding device, the first feeding hole and the second feeding hole are hoses.
Compared with the prior art, the vehicle paint coating device provided by the embodiment of the utility model has the beneficial effects that:
according to the vehicle paint coating device provided by the embodiment of the utility model, the partition plate is arranged in the spray cavity to separate the whole spray cavity, the connecting plate and the partition plate are utilized to form the closed first cavity or second cavity, the connecting plate is switched between the first cavity and the second cavity through the rotatable arrangement of the connecting plate, and one of the first cavity and the second cavity is communicated with the discharge hole. But first feed inlet and second feed inlet feeding different colours's car lacquer coating, according to the user demand, the first cavity or the second cavity that can select to correspond are as car lacquer circulation passageway to be convenient for select different colours's car lacquer coating and flow out from the discharge gate. When the car lacquer of different colours of needs spraying, only need select different feed inlets to rotate the connecting plate so that corresponding first cavity or second cavity and discharge gate intercommunication can, and need not to change the shower nozzle device, improve the operating efficiency.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a vehicle paint coating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a showerhead apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
in the figure, 1, a spraying robot; 2. a nozzle device; 21. a chamber wall; 211. a first feed port; 212. a second feed port; 213. a discharge port; 214. flushing the opening; 215. an air inlet; 22. a partition plate; 23. a connecting plate; 24. a rotating shaft; 25. a first cavity; 26. a second cavity; 27. a first baffle; 28. a second baffle; 29. a third baffle; 3. a vehicle body.
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The following detailed description of embodiments of the present invention is provided in connection with the accompanying drawings and examples. The following examples are intended to illustrate the utility model but are not intended to limit the scope of the utility model.
As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the vehicle paint coating apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a spraying robot 1, a feeding device, and a nozzle device 2, where the nozzle device 2 is mounted on the spraying robot 1, and the spraying robot 1 drives the nozzle device 2 to move, so that the nozzle device 2 moves above a vehicle body 3 to change a paint spraying position; the feeding device is connected with the spray head device 2 and provides vehicle paint for the spray head device 2. The sprayer device 2 comprises a spraying cavity, a partition plate 22, a connecting plate 23, a rotating shaft 24 and a driving motor, wherein the partition plate 22 is vertically arranged in the spraying cavity, the top of the partition plate 22 is fixed with the top of the spraying cavity, and the bottom of the partition plate 22 is separated from the bottom of the spraying cavity by a certain distance so as to divide the whole spraying cavity into two parts; two ends of the rotating shaft 24 are respectively rotatably connected with the cavity wall 21 of the spraying cavity, the rotating shaft 24 is positioned at the bottom of the partition plate 22, and the length direction of the rotating shaft 24 is consistent with that of the partition plate 22; the driving motor is electrically connected with the rotating shaft 24 to drive the rotating shaft 24 to rotate, and the driving motor is arranged outside the spraying cavity; one side of the connecting plate 23 is fixed on the rotating shaft 24, so that the connecting plate 23 can rotate along with the rotating shaft 24; the other side of the connecting plate 23 abuts against the cavity wall 21 of the spraying cavity, the connecting plate 23, the partition plate 22 and the cavity wall 21 of the spraying cavity form a first cavity 25 or a second cavity 26, and the connecting plate 23 is switched between the first cavity 25 and the second cavity 26 through the rotation of the rotating shaft 24 and the connecting plate 23, as shown in fig. 2, the connecting plate 23 is located on the left side, and the connecting plate 23, the partition plate 22 and the cavity wall 21 of the spraying cavity form a closed first cavity 25; when the rotating shaft 24 drives the connecting plate 23 to rotate to the right, the connecting plate 23, the partition plate 22 and the chamber wall 21 of the spraying chamber form a closed second chamber 26. The top of the first cavity 25 is provided with a first feed port 211, the top of the second cavity 26 is provided with a second feed port 212, and the first feed port 211 and the second feed port 212 are respectively connected with the feeding device, so that the first feed port 211 is used for conveying vehicle paint coatings of one color into the first cavity 25, and the second feed port 212 is used for conveying vehicle paint coatings of another different color into the second cavity 26; the bottom of the spraying cavity is provided with a discharge hole 213, and the discharge hole 213 is communicated with the first cavity 25 or the second cavity 26. For example, when the connecting plate 23 is used to form the first cavity 25, the second cavity 26 is communicated with the discharge hole 213; when the connecting plate 23 is used for forming the second cavity 26, the first cavity 25 is communicated with the discharge hole 213. The first feed inlet 211 and the second feed inlet 212 can be used for feeding vehicle paint coatings with different colors, and the first feed inlet 211 or the second feed inlet 212 is determined to feed according to the color requirement of the part to be sprayed. When the first feeding hole 211 is used for feeding, the connecting plate 23 is positioned on the right side, the first cavity 25 is communicated with the discharging hole 213, and the vehicle paint enters from the first feeding hole 211, passes through the first cavity 25 and is sprayed out from the discharging hole 213; when the second feeding hole 212 feeds, the connecting plate 23 is located on the left side, the second cavity 26 is communicated with the discharging hole 213, and the vehicle paint enters from the second feeding hole 212, passes through the second cavity 26, and is sprayed out from the discharging hole 213.
According to the utility model, the spraying cavity is divided into the first cavity 25 and the second cavity 26, and the rotating connecting plate 23 is used for switching between the first cavity 25 and the second cavity 26, so that one of the first cavity 25 and the second cavity 26 is communicated with the discharge hole 213, the first cavity 25 and the second cavity 26 can be used for circulating vehicle paint coatings with different colors, when parts to be sprayed need to be coated with vehicle paints with different colors, only the connecting plate 23 needs to be rotated, the cavity communicated with the discharge hole 213 is selected, the spray head device 2 does not need to be replaced, and the operation efficiency is improved.
It should be noted that, in the present invention, the structure of the painting robot 1 is the prior art and will not be described in detail. In the utility model, the feeding device can be a storage box. A delivery pump can be arranged between the feeding device and the spray head device 2, and the delivery pump pumps the vehicle paint in the storage tank to the spray head device 2.
It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the first feeding hole 211 and the second feeding hole 212 do not feed simultaneously, so as to prevent the paint from being accumulated in the first cavity 25 or the second cavity 26, and the connecting plate 23 can be fixed with the partition 22 without other supporting force to form the closed first cavity 25 or the closed second cavity 26. In other embodiments, when the two vehicle paint colors are mixed and then sprayed out, the first feeding hole 211 and the second feeding hole 212 may be fed simultaneously, at this time, the connecting plate 23 rotates to a position right above the discharging hole 213, the central axes of the connecting plate 23 and the discharging hole 213 are coaxial, the first cavity 25 and the second cavity 26 are both communicated with the discharging hole 213, and the two vehicle paints colors are mixed above the discharging hole 213 and then sprayed out through the discharging hole 213.
In this embodiment, an included angle between the connecting plate 23 and the partition plate 22 is greater than or equal to 90 °. Preferably, the connection plate 23 is disposed perpendicular to the partition 22. Further, the wall thickness in the chamber that spouts above connecting plate 23 is greater than the wall thickness in the chamber that spouts below connecting plate 23 for spout the chamber and form the step in connecting plate 23 department, connecting plate 23 card is in the step department, is favorable to forming confined cavity in the top of connecting plate 23, avoids the car paint to leak. In other embodiments, the connecting plate 23 may also be in the same plane as the partition 22.
As shown in fig. 2, in this embodiment, flow guide cavities are disposed in the first cavity 25 and the second cavity 26, and the structure of the flow guide cavity in the first cavity 25 is the same as that of the flow guide cavity in the second cavity 26. Only the flow guiding cavity in the first cavity 25 will be described as an example. The flow guide cavity comprises a first flow guide plate 27 and a second flow guide plate 28 which are arranged up and down, and flow guide holes are formed in the first flow guide plate 27 and the second flow guide plate 28. The first guide plate 27 and the second guide plate 28 are arranged in parallel, and the guide holes of the first guide plate 27 and the guide holes of the second guide plate 28 are arranged in a staggered manner, so that the guide cavity can also play a role of a buffer cavity.
Further, the diversion chamber still includes a plurality of third guide plates 29 that the interval set up, every one side of third guide plate 29 with first guide plate 27 is fixed, every the opposite side of third guide plate 29 with second guide plate 28 is fixed, and third guide plate 29 separates the diversion chamber for a plurality of sub-cavitys, and first guide plate 27 and second guide plate 28 department that every sub-cavitys correspond all have corresponding diversion hole. Preferably, a plurality of third deflectors 29 are arranged in parallel.
As shown in fig. 2, a flushing port 214 is further disposed at the bottom of the spraying cavity, the flushing port 214 is located below the connecting plate 23, and the flushing port 214 is located above the discharging port 213. The flushing port 214 is used for conveying a vehicle paint flushing liquid into the spraying cavity so as to flush the parts outside the first cavity 25 and the second cavity 26 in the spraying cavity, and after the color of the vehicle paint is prevented from being switched, the vehicle paint is mixed with the vehicle paint with different colors remained on the wall surface of the discharge port 213 and the inner wall of the spraying cavity above the wall surface. The flushing port 214 is also used to deliver water into the spray chamber to flush the spray chamber outside the first and second chambers 25, 26 to clean the inner chamber wall 21 of the spray chamber.
Further, the bottom of the spraying cavity is also provided with an air inlet 215 connected with an air supply device, the air inlet 215 is located below the connecting plate 23, and the air inlet 215 is located above the discharge hole 213. The air inlet 215 is used for conveying cold air or hot air into the spray chamber to blow dry the inner chamber wall 21 of the spray chamber, so as to prevent the vehicle paint entering the spray chamber from mixing with impurities.
In this embodiment, a first control valve is disposed on a connection pipeline between the feeding device and the first feeding hole 211, and a second control valve is disposed on a connection pipeline between the feeding device and the second feeding hole 212. The communication between the first inlet 211 and the feeding means is controlled by a first control valve and the communication between the second inlet 212 and the feeding means is controlled by a second control valve. The communication among the first feeding hole 211, the second feeding hole 212 and the feeding device is respectively controlled by using different control valves, so that the control of conveying the vehicle paint coating into the spraying cavity by using one or two of the first feeding hole 211 and the second feeding hole 212 is facilitated. For example, when the first feeding hole 211 is fed with the car paint, the first cavity 25 is communicated with the discharging hole 213, the connecting plate 23 closes the second cavity 26, and the connecting pipe between the second feeding hole 212 and the feeding device is closed, so that the first feeding hole 211 and the second feeding hole 212 are prevented from being simultaneously fed with the car paint of two different colors, and the car paint is prevented from being accumulated in the second cavity 26. When the vehicle paint coatings of two colors need to be mixed and then sprayed out, the connecting plate 23 rotates to the position above the discharge port 213, the central axes of the connecting plate 23 and the discharge port 213 are coaxial, the first cavity 25 and the second cavity 26 are both communicated with the discharge port 213, connecting pipelines between the first feed port 211 and the second feed port 212 and between the feeding devices are all communicated, the vehicle paint of one color enters from the first feed port 211, the vehicle paint of the other color enters from the second feed port 212, and the vehicle paint is sprayed out through the discharge port 213 after being mixed above the discharge port 213.
Preferably, the feeding device and the connecting pipelines of the first feeding hole 211 and the second feeding hole 212 are hoses, so that the movement of the nozzle device 2 is more flexible, and the connecting pipelines between the first feeding hole 211 and the feeding device and the connecting pipelines between the second feeding hole 212 and the feeding device do not interfere with the nozzle device 2 to move along with the spraying robot 1.
The working process of the utility model is as follows:
according to the color of the selected vehicle paint, when the fact that the feeding hole of the vehicle paint entering the spraying cavity is the first feeding hole 211 is determined, the driving motor drives the rotating shaft 24 to rotate, the rotating shaft 24 drives the connecting plate 23 to rotate, the first cavity 25 is communicated with the discharging hole 213 at the bottom of the spraying cavity, the vehicle paint enters the spraying cavity from the first feeding hole 211, and is sprayed out through the discharging hole 213 after the flow guide effect of the flow guide cavity; when the color of the vehicle paint needs to be changed, the feed inlet of the vehicle paint entering the spraying cavity is switched from the first feed inlet 211 to the second feed inlet 212, the driving motor drives the rotating shaft 24 to rotate, the rotating shaft 24 drives the connecting plate 23 to rotate, so that the second cavity 26 is communicated with the discharge outlet 213 at the bottom of the spraying cavity, the vehicle paint enters the spraying cavity from the second feed inlet 212, and is sprayed out from the discharge outlet 213 after the diversion effect of the diversion cavity. In the process of painting the vehicle body 3 or the vehicle part, the position of the head device 2 is moved by the painting robot 1.
In summary, the embodiment of the present invention provides a vehicle paint coating apparatus, which separates an entire spray chamber by disposing a partition 22 in the spray chamber, and forms a first closed cavity 25 or a second closed cavity 26 by using a connecting plate 23 and the partition 22, and switches the connecting plate 23 between the first cavity 25 and the second cavity 26 by rotatably disposing the connecting plate 23, so that one of the first cavity 25 and the second cavity 26 communicates with a discharge port 213. The first feeding hole 211 and the second feeding hole 212 can feed vehicle paint coatings with different colors, and the corresponding first cavity 25 or second cavity 26 can be selected as a vehicle paint circulation channel according to use requirements, so that the vehicle paint coatings with different colors can be conveniently selected to flow out from the discharging hole 213. When the vehicle paint with different colors needs to be sprayed, only different feeding holes need to be selected, and the connecting plate 23 is rotated to enable the corresponding first cavity 25 or second cavity 26 to be communicated with the discharging hole 213, so that the nozzle device 2 does not need to be replaced, and the operation efficiency is improved.
The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and it should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, various modifications and substitutions can be made without departing from the technical principle of the present invention, and these modifications and substitutions should also be regarded as the protection scope of the present invention.

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1. The vehicle paint coating device is characterized by comprising a spraying robot, a feeding device and a spray head device, wherein the spray head device is arranged on the spraying robot;
the sprayer device comprises a spraying cavity, a partition plate, a connecting plate, a rotating shaft and a driving motor, wherein the partition plate is vertically arranged in the spraying cavity, two ends of the rotating shaft are respectively and rotatably connected with the cavity wall of the spraying cavity, the rotating shaft is positioned at the bottom of the partition plate, and the driving motor is electrically connected with the rotating shaft; one side of the connecting plate is fixed on the rotating shaft, the other side of the connecting plate abuts against the wall of the spraying cavity, the connecting plate, the partition plate and the wall of the spraying cavity form a first cavity or a second cavity, a first feeding hole is formed in the top of the first cavity, a second feeding hole is formed in the top of the second cavity, and the first feeding hole and the second feeding hole are both connected with the feeding device; and a discharge port is arranged at the bottom of the spray cavity and communicated with the first cavity or the second cavity.
2. The vehicle paint coating apparatus of claim 1 wherein an angle between the web and the divider is greater than or equal to 90 °.
3. The vehicle paint coating device according to claim 1, wherein a flow guide cavity is arranged in each of the first cavity and the second cavity, the flow guide cavity comprises a first flow guide plate and a second flow guide plate which are arranged up and down, and flow guide holes are arranged in each of the first flow guide plate and the second flow guide plate.
4. The vehicle paint coating apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the guide chamber further includes a plurality of third guide plates disposed at intervals, one side of each of the third guide plates is fixed to the first guide plate, and the other side of each of the third guide plates is fixed to the second guide plate.
5. The vehicle paint coating apparatus of claim 4 wherein a plurality of the third deflectors are arranged in parallel.
6. The vehicle paint coating device according to claim 1, wherein a flushing port is further arranged at the bottom of the spraying cavity, the flushing port is located below the connecting plate, and the flushing port is located above the discharging port.
7. The vehicle paint coating device according to claim 6, wherein an air inlet for connecting with an air supply device is further formed in the bottom of the spraying cavity, the air inlet is located below the connecting plate, and the air inlet is located above the discharge port.
8. The vehicle paint coating device according to claim 1, wherein a first control valve is arranged on a connecting pipeline between the feeding device and the first feeding hole, and a second control valve is arranged on a connecting pipeline between the feeding device and the second feeding hole.
9. The vehicle paint coating device according to claim 1, wherein the connecting pipes of the feeding device and the first and second feeding ports are hoses.
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