CN215999384U - Power line limiting assembly and support assembling equipment - Google Patents
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The utility model provides a power line limiting assembly and support assembling equipment. The power line limiting assembly comprises a frame body, a conveying mechanism and a plurality of limiting mechanisms, wherein the conveying mechanism is movably arranged on the frame body; a plurality of stop gear intervals set up in transport mechanism, and the power cord sets up on stop gear, and is just by spacing in the locating part, and stop gear includes first locating part and second locating part, and first locating part is used for connecting and the one end tip of spacing power cord, and the second locating part then is used for the line body part of spacing power cord, and first locating part and second locating part cooperate and form the secondary spacing for the spacing stability of power cord material loading promotes. The power line limiting assembly is provided with the limiting piece to fix the power line to be fed, and the plurality of limiting mechanisms are arranged on the transmission mechanism, so that simultaneous feeding of a plurality of groups of power lines can be realized, and the problem of slow assembly efficiency caused by difficulty in feeding of the power lines is effectively solved.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of assembly, in particular to a power line limiting assembly and support assembly equipment.
Background
In the prior art, in the process of assembling a product by using support assembling equipment, feeding is required to be carried out at the same station or different stations. For example, in the market, a rack assembly device for a T5 lamp tube is in great demand, a rack body of the T5 lamp tube is composed of a support shell, an electrode and a power line, when the existing T5 rack body is assembled, the power line needs to be assembled on the shell, the power line cannot adopt a vibration disc for batch feeding due to the wired body, manual single feeding is adopted to reduce the assembly efficiency, and the automatic assembly is not facilitated.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model mainly aims to provide a power line limiting assembly and support assembling equipment, and aims to solve the technical problem that the assembling efficiency of the lamp tube support assembling equipment is reduced due to independent feeding of a power line.
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a power line limiting assembly for assembling and feeding a power line, the power line limiting assembly comprising:
a frame body;
the conveying mechanism is movably arranged on the frame body; and
the limiting mechanism is detachably arranged on the conveying mechanism and comprises a first limiting part and a second limiting part, one end of the power line is connected with the first limiting part, and the peripheral wall of the line body of the power line is arranged on the second limiting part so as to limit the power line to the conveying mechanism.
Optionally, the limiting mechanism further includes a base, the base is disposed on the conveying mechanism, and the first limiting member and the second limiting member are disposed at an interval on a side of the base departing from the conveying mechanism.
Optionally, the first limiting member is configured as a protrusion, one end of the power line is configured as a circular ring, and the protrusion is disposed in the circular ring in a penetrating manner.
Optionally, the second limiting part includes two elastic pieces arranged at an interval, the two elastic pieces are arranged at the base at an interval, and one ends of the two elastic pieces far away from the base are elastically abutted.
Optionally, the limiting mechanism further comprises a positioning member movably arranged on the frame body, the positioning member is provided with at least one positioning column, the base faces towards one side of the positioning member and is provided with at least one positioning groove, and the positioning column is arranged in the positioning groove.
Optionally, the conveying mechanism is provided as a circulating conveying structure, the conveying mechanism comprising:
the two rollers are respectively and rotatably arranged at the two ends of the frame body;
the conveying belt is sleeved on the two rollers, and the frame body part is arranged in the conveying belt to support the conveying belt;
the output end of the driving structure is connected with the roller.
Optionally, the driving structure comprises:
the driving piece is arranged on the frame body;
the driving wheel of the synchronizing wheel is connected with the output end of the driving piece;
and one end of the rotating shaft is connected with the driven wheel of the synchronizing wheel, and the other end of the rotating shaft is connected with the roller.
Optionally, the transfer mechanism comprises:
the rotating disc is rotatably arranged on the frame body, and the plurality of limiting mechanisms are arranged on the rotating disc at intervals;
the rotating motor is arranged on the frame body, and the output end of the rotating motor is connected with and drives the turntable to rotate.
Optionally, the power line limiting assembly further comprises an operating mechanism, the operating mechanism is arranged on the frame body and comprises a plurality of operating buttons, and the operating buttons are electrically connected with the conveying mechanism.
The utility model also provides a bracket assembling device, which comprises the power line limiting assembly, and the bracket assembling device further comprises:
the workbench is provided with a guide rail and is used for conveying workpieces to be assembled;
the moving piece is movably arranged on the workbench and used for moving the power line to the workpiece to be assembled.
According to the technical scheme, the power line limiting assembly capable of realizing circular transmission is arranged, so that the technical problem that the assembly efficiency of the lamp tube bracket assembly equipment is reduced due to the fact that the power line is fed independently is solved. The power supply limiting assembly comprises a frame body, a conveying mechanism and a plurality of limiting mechanisms, wherein the conveying mechanism is movably arranged on the frame body; a plurality of stop gear intervals set up in transport mechanism, and the power cord sets up on stop gear, and is just by spacing in the locating part, and stop gear includes first locating part and second locating part, and first locating part is used for connecting and the one end tip of spacing power cord, and the second locating part then is used for the line body part of spacing power cord, and first locating part and second locating part cooperate and form the secondary spacing for the spacing stability of power cord material loading promotes. The power line limiting assembly is provided with the limiting piece to fix the power line to be fed, and the plurality of limiting mechanisms are arranged on the transmission mechanism, so that simultaneous feeding of a plurality of groups of power lines can be realized, and the problem of slow assembly efficiency caused by difficulty in feeding of the power lines is effectively solved.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the structures shown in the drawings without creative efforts.
Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a power line limiting assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a positioning element according to an embodiment of the power line limiting assembly of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a partial structure of a transmission mechanism according to an embodiment of the power line limiting assembly of the present invention;
fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a limiting structure and a power line connection structure of an embodiment of the power line limiting assembly of the utility model.
The reference numbers illustrate:
| reference numerals | Name (R) | Reference numerals | Name (R) |
| 100 | Power |
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| 30 | |
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| 31 | |
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| 32 | |
52 | First |
| 33 | |
53 | Second |
| 331 | |
54 | Locating |
| 332 | Synchronizing |
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542 | Positioning |
| 80 | |
55 | Detecting |
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| 82 | Line body | 71 | |
| 90 | Moving part |
The implementation, functional features and advantages of the objects of the present invention will be further explained with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Detailed Description
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.
It should be noted that all the directional indicators (such as up, down, left, right, front, and rear … …) in the embodiment of the present invention are only used to explain the relative position relationship between the components, the movement situation, etc. in a specific posture (as shown in the drawing), and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indicator is changed accordingly.
In addition, the descriptions related to "first", "second", etc. in the present invention are 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 a plurality of that feature. In addition, technical solutions between various embodiments may be combined with each other, but must be realized by a person skilled in the art, and when the technical solutions are contradictory or cannot be realized, such a combination should not be considered to exist, and is not within the protection scope of the present invention.
As shown in fig. 1 to 4, the present invention provides a power line limiting assembly 100 for assembling and feeding a power line 80, wherein the power line limiting assembly 100 includes: the rack body 10, and the conveying mechanism 30 and the limiting mechanism 50 which are arranged on the rack body 10. The transmission mechanism 30 is movably disposed on the frame body 10, the limiting mechanism 50 is detachably disposed on the transmission mechanism 30, the limiting mechanism 50 includes a first limiting member 52 and a second limiting member 53, one end of the power cord 80 is connected to the first limiting member 52, and the outer peripheral wall of the cord body 82 of the power cord 80 is disposed on the second limiting member 53 to limit the power cord 80 on the transmission mechanism 30.
In a possible embodiment, the power limiting assembly 100 includes a frame 10, a transmission mechanism 30 and a plurality of limiting mechanisms 50, wherein the transmission mechanism 30 is movably disposed on the frame 10; the plurality of limiting mechanisms 50 are arranged on the conveying mechanism 30 at intervals, the power line 80 is arranged on the limiting mechanisms 50 and limited in the limiting parts, each limiting mechanism 50 comprises a first limiting part 52 and a second limiting part 53, the first limiting part 52 is used for connecting and limiting one end part of the power line 80, the second limiting part 53 is used for limiting the line body 82 part of the power line 80, and the first limiting part 52 and the second limiting part 53 are matched to form secondary limiting, so that the loading limiting stability of the power line 80 is improved. The power cord limiting assembly 100 is provided with the limiting structures 50 to fix the power cords 80 to be fed, and the plurality of limiting structures 50 are arranged on the conveying mechanism 30, so that the plurality of groups of power cords 80 can be fed simultaneously, and the problem of slow assembly efficiency caused by difficulty in feeding the power cords 80 is effectively solved.
Optionally, the limiting mechanism 50 further includes a base 51, the base 51 is disposed on the conveying mechanism 30, and the first limiting member 52 and the second limiting member 53 are disposed at an interval on a side of the base 51 away from the conveying mechanism 30.
In a practical embodiment, the base 51 is detachably disposed on the transmission mechanism, in a first transmission, the base 51 and the transmission mechanism are fixedly disposed, the first limiting member 52 and the second limiting member 53 are disposed at intervals and move along with the movement of the transmission mechanism, one end of the power line 80 is disposed on the first limiting member 52, and the wire 82 is disposed in the second limiting member 53 to form a second limiting, which is beneficial to limiting the wire 82, and the plurality of power lines 80 are simultaneously loaded without winding the wire 82.
Optionally, the first limiting member 52 is configured as a protrusion, one end of the power line 80 is configured as a circular ring 81, and the protrusion is disposed in the circular ring 81.
In one possible embodiment, the actuator transfers the power cord 80 to a loading position for the power cord 80, where the power cord 80 is lost and the assembly of the power cord 80 is completed. The first limiting part 52 may be a protrusion, the protrusion is disposed on the base 51 and located on one side of the base 51 close to the feeding position of the power line 80, one end of the power line 80 is set to be a middle-hole ring, one end of the ring-shaped power line 80 is sleeved on the protrusion, the second limiting part 53 is disposed on the base 51 and located on one side of the protrusion departing from the feeding position of the power line 80, the wire 82 of the power line 80 is disposed on the second limiting part 53, and the second limiting part is matched with the first limiting part 52 to form secondary limiting. The arrangement of the second limiting member 53 enhances the connection stability between the power line 80 and the first limiting member 52, i.e., the protrusion, and simultaneously can prevent the wire body 82 from winding when the power lines 80 are transmitted, thereby improving the transmission efficiency.
Optionally, the second limiting member 53 includes two elastic pieces disposed at an interval, the two elastic pieces are disposed at the base 51 at an interval, and one ends of the two elastic pieces far away from the base 51 are elastically abutted.
In a practical embodiment, the second limiting member 53 and the first limiting member 52 are spaced apart from each other, the first limiting member 52 is configured as a protrusion for connecting with one end of the power line 80, the second limiting member 53 includes two elastic pieces spaced apart from each other, the wire 82 is disposed between the two elastic pieces, the two elastic pieces are configured as curved elastic pieces, the two elastic pieces are disposed at one end of the base 51 and spaced apart from each other, and the end far away from the base 51 is elastically abutted. An elastic channel is formed between the two contact elastic sheets, and can accommodate the wire body 82 of the power line 80, so that the wire body 82 is prevented from being wound, and meanwhile, the connection stability of the end part of the power line 80 and the protrusion is improved.
It can be understood that the ends of the two elastic sheets far from the base 51 are elastically abutted, and when the power cord 80 is picked up for assembly, the power cord 80 can be transmitted along the elastic channel until being separated from the second elastic member, or the power cord 80 is separated from the ends of the two elastic sheets elastically abutted by being pulled by external force.
Optionally, the limiting mechanism 50 further includes a positioning element 54, the positioning element 54 is movably disposed on the frame body 10, the positioning element 54 is provided with at least one positioning post 541, one side of the base 51 facing the positioning element 54 is provided with at least one positioning slot, and the positioning post 541 is disposed in the positioning slot.
In a practical embodiment, the limiting mechanism 50 further includes a positioning element 54, the positioning element 54 is movably disposed on the frame body 10 for positioning the base 51 transmitted to the upper position of the power line 80, at this time, the base 51 is disposed on the first limiting element 52 and the second limiting element 53 for limiting the power line 80, and the positioning element 54 drives the positioning post 541 to abut against and be disposed in the positioning slot to position the base 51. When the power cord 80 is picked up, the positioning element 54 returns to make the positioning post 541 separated from the positioning slot, and when the next power cord 80 is transmitted to the feeding position of the power cord 80, the positioning element 54 drives and positions the base 51 again to limit the power cord 80 for feeding and assembling the power cord 80.
It can be understood that the positioning element 54 can be configured as a positioning cylinder 542, and the positioning column 541 or a push rod is disposed at the output end of the positioning cylinder 542 and abuts against the base 51 transmitted to the power line feeding station to limit the power line 80.
It can be understood that the limiting mechanism 50 further comprises a positioning member 54 and a detecting member 55, the detecting member is disposed upstream of the positioning member 54, the detecting member 55 detects the limiting mechanism 50 transmitted to the power line feeding station and the power line 80 disposed on the limiting mechanism 50, and the positioning member 54 is driven to position the power line 80 to the power line feeding station.
It will be appreciated that the detection member 55 is configured to detect light electronically and may be configured as an optical fiber that is positioned upstream of the positioning member 54.
Alternatively, the conveying mechanism 30 is provided as an endless conveying structure, and the conveying mechanism 30 includes two rollers 31, a conveying belt 32, and a driving structure 33. The two rollers 31 are rotatably disposed at two ends of the frame 10, the conveyor belt 32 is disposed on the two rollers 31, the frame 10 is partially disposed in the conveyor belt 32 to support the conveyor belt 32, and an output end of the driving structure 33 is connected to one of the rollers 31.
In a practical embodiment, the conveying mechanism 30 is configured as a circular conveying structure, i.e. a plurality of position-limiting mechanisms 50 are simultaneously configured on a circular conveying transmission mechanism. The transmission mechanism can also be arranged as a gear transmission, a synchronous wheel 332 transmission or a chain transmission.
It will be appreciated that the drive mechanism 33 may be a motor that can be rotated in either a forward or reverse direction to transfer the power cord 80 disposed on the spacing mechanism 50 to the power cord feeding station. When the power cord 80 is transmitted to the power cord feeding station, the positioning member 54 positions the base 51, and the assembly line picks up the power cord 80 for assembly.
It can be understood that a plurality of limiting mechanisms 50 are arranged on the transmission mechanism at intervals, specifically, two adjacent bases 51 are arranged on the conveyor belt 32 at intervals, the power line 80 to be located at the power line feeding station is picked up, and the next power line 80 is transmitted to the power line feeding station along with the conveyor belt 32 to circularly feed.
It will be appreciated that the power cord 80 may be replenished at the end of the conveyor belt 32 remote from the power cord loading station, or that the power cord 80 may be replenished downstream of the loop count of the power cord loading station.
Optionally, the driving structure 33 comprises: a driving member 331, a synchronizing wheel 332 and a rotating shaft 333. The driving member 331 is disposed on the frame 10; the driving wheel of the synchronizing wheel 332 is connected with the output end of the driving element 331; one end of the rotating shaft 333 is connected to the driven wheel of the synchronizing wheel 332, and the other end is connected to the roller 31.
Alternatively, the transfer mechanism 30 includes a turntable (not shown in the drawings) and a rotary motor that drives the turntable. The turntable is rotatably arranged on the frame body 10, and the plurality of limiting mechanisms 50 are arranged on the turntable at intervals; the rotating motor is arranged on the frame body 10, and the output end of the rotating motor is connected with and drives the turntable to rotate.
Optionally, the power line limiting assembly 100 further includes an operating mechanism 70, the operating mechanism 70 is disposed on the rack body 10, the operating mechanism 70 includes a plurality of operating buttons 71, and the plurality of operating buttons 71 are electrically connected to the conveying mechanism 30.
In a possible embodiment, the operating mechanism 70 is electrically connected to the driving member 331, and an operator can control the feeding of the power cord 80 according to the operation of the corresponding button 71 on the operating mechanism 70.
It will be appreciated that the operating mechanism 70 may operate to speed, start, scram, etc. the conveyor belt 32. The operating mechanism 70 is further provided with an indicator light for indicating the operating state of the power cord limiting assembly 100.
The present invention further provides a rack assembly apparatus (not shown in the drawings), which includes the power line limiting assembly 100 as described above, and further includes a workbench and a moving member 90 disposed on the workbench. The workbench is provided with a guide rail for conveying the workpiece to be assembled; the moving member 90 is movably disposed on the workbench, and the moving member 90 is used for moving the power cord 80 to a workpiece to be assembled. The moving member 90 may be configured as a manipulator which is disposed on the frame body 10 and freely moves in three axial directions. The specific structure of the power line limiting assembly 100 included in the support assembly device refers to the above embodiments, and since the support assembly device adopts all technical solutions of all the above embodiments, at least all beneficial effects brought by the technical solutions of the above embodiments are achieved, and no further description is given here.
The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all modifications and equivalents of the present invention, which are made by the contents of the present specification and the accompanying drawings, or directly/indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are included in the scope of the present invention.
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1. The utility model provides a spacing subassembly of power cord which characterized in that for the equipment material loading of power cord, the spacing subassembly of power cord includes:
a frame body;
the conveying mechanism is movably arranged on the frame body; and
the limiting mechanism is detachably arranged on the conveying mechanism and comprises a first limiting part and a second limiting part, one end of the power line is connected with the first limiting part, and the peripheral wall of the line body of the power line is arranged on the second limiting part so as to limit the power line to the conveying mechanism.
2. The power cord limiting assembly according to claim 1, wherein the limiting mechanism further comprises a base, the base is disposed on the transmission mechanism, and the first limiting member and the second limiting member are disposed at an interval on a side of the base facing away from the transmission mechanism.
3. The power cord limiting assembly of claim 2, wherein the first limiting member is configured as a protrusion, one end of the power cord is configured as a ring, and the protrusion is disposed through the ring.
4. The power line limiting assembly according to claim 2, wherein the second limiting member comprises two elastic pieces spaced apart from each other, the two elastic pieces are spaced apart from each other and disposed on the base, and ends of the two elastic pieces, which are away from the base, are elastically abutted.
5. The power cord limiting assembly according to claim 2, wherein the limiting mechanism further comprises a positioning member movably disposed on the frame body, the positioning member is provided with at least one positioning post, one side of the base facing the positioning member is provided with at least one positioning groove, and the positioning post is disposed in the positioning groove.
6. The power cord retention assembly as in claim 1, wherein the transfer mechanism is configured as a cyclical transfer structure, the transfer mechanism comprising:
the two rollers are respectively and rotatably arranged at the two ends of the frame body;
the conveying belt is sleeved on the two rollers, and the frame body part is arranged in the conveying belt to support the conveying belt;
the output end of the driving structure is connected with the roller.
7. The power cord retention assembly as in claim 6, wherein said drive structure comprises:
the driving piece is arranged on the frame body;
the driving wheel of the synchronizing wheel is connected with the output end of the driving piece;
and one end of the rotating shaft is connected with the driven wheel of the synchronizing wheel, and the other end of the rotating shaft is connected with the roller.
8. The power cord retention assembly as in claim 1, wherein the transmission mechanism comprises:
the rotating disc is rotatably arranged on the frame body, and the plurality of limiting mechanisms are arranged on the rotating disc at intervals;
the rotating motor is arranged on the frame body, and the output end of the rotating motor is connected with and drives the turntable to rotate.
9. The power cord restraint assembly of claim 1 further comprising an operating mechanism disposed on the frame, the operating mechanism including a plurality of operating buttons, the plurality of operating buttons being electrically connected to the transport mechanism.
10. A rack assembly apparatus comprising the power cord retention assembly of any one of claims 1 to 9, the rack assembly apparatus further comprising:
the workbench is provided with a guide rail and is used for conveying workpieces to be assembled;
the moving piece is movably arranged on the workbench and used for moving the power line to the workpiece to be assembled.
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