CN217411303U - Gluing device for automatic coating equipment of overhead bare conductor - Google Patents

Gluing device for automatic coating equipment of overhead bare conductor Download PDF

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CN217411303U
CN217411303U CN202222121449.6U CN202222121449U CN217411303U CN 217411303 U CN217411303 U CN 217411303U CN 202222121449 U CN202222121449 U CN 202222121449U CN 217411303 U CN217411303 U CN 217411303U
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The utility model relates to a gluing device for automatic coating equipment of an overhead bare conductor, which comprises a lifting component, an upper pressing line component and a lower pressing line component, wherein one end of the upper pressing line component is provided with an upper nozzle component, the upper pressing line component is provided with a first adjusting component, one end of the lower pressing line component is provided with a lower nozzle component, and the lower pressing line component is provided with a second adjusting component; the upper nozzle assembly comprises an upper nozzle, the upper nozzle is of a rectangular shell structure with a cavity, an upper glue inlet is formed in the upper nozzle, first notches are formed in two side walls of the upper nozzle, and an upper glue outlet and an upper glue baffle are respectively formed in the two first notches; lower nozzle assembly includes nozzle down, and lower nozzle is also for having the rectangle shell structure of cavity, has seted up down on the lower nozzle and has advanced gluey mouth, and has all seted up the second breach on two lateral walls of nozzle down, is provided with down out gluey mouth and lower fender offset plate on two second breachs respectively, the utility model discloses can be convenient for spray coating on the bare conductor in different line footpaths.

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Gluing device for automatic coating equipment of overhead bare conductor
Technical Field
The utility model belongs to the technical field of the rubber coating device, especially, relate to an automatic rubber coating device for equipment that coats of built on stilts bare conductor.
Background
The utility model with the publication number of CN 216879967U in the prior patent discloses a spraying device and a coating robot thereof, which comprises a lifting frame, an upper spray head mechanism, a lower spray head mechanism and an anti-blocking mechanism, wherein the lifting frame is detachably connected with the lower spray head mechanism through the anti-blocking mechanism, the lower spray head mechanism is positioned at the bottom of the lifting frame, and the upper spray head mechanism is arranged on the lifting frame in a lifting way and is positioned above the lower spray head mechanism; if go up shower nozzle mechanism with when taking place the problem of locking between the shower nozzle mechanism down, through anti-lock mechanism will the crane is followed fast dismantle down on the shower nozzle mechanism, thereby make go up shower nozzle mechanism can with shower nozzle mechanism separates down, has reduced go up shower nozzle mechanism with the dismouting degree of difficulty after the shower nozzle mechanism locks down.
When the utility model is used, the upper roller in the clamping groove of the upper spray head mechanism is abutted against the bare conductor for sliding guide, the upper part of the coating of the bare conductor is sprayed by the upper nozzle, the coating is insulating coating, the lower roller on the medium pressure wire frame of the lower spray head mechanism is matched with the upper roller for sliding guide, and the lower part of the coating of the bare conductor is sprayed by the lower nozzle, namely, when the utility model is used for spraying the coating on the bare conductor, the upper spray head mechanism and the lower spray head mechanism need to respectively abut against the bare conductor, and the upper nozzle and the lower nozzle need to abut against each other to form a nozzle matched with the wire diameter of the bare conductor, but because the wire diameters of the existing bare conductors are different, when the coating is sprayed on the bare conductors with different wire diameters, when the upper spray head mechanism and the lower spray head mechanism abut against the bare conductor, the distance between the upper spray head mechanism and the lower spray head mechanism can also be changed or increased or reduced, in order to ensure that the upper nozzle and the lower nozzle can be mutually abutted, the current adopted mode is to replace a whole set of upper nozzle and lower nozzle with different specifications and adaptations, but the mode not only needs to carry a whole set of upper nozzle and a whole set of lower nozzle with different specifications, but also is troublesome when the upper nozzle and the lower nozzle are assembled in a dismounting way, wastes time and labor, and generally speaking, the existing gluing device is not convenient for spraying coating on bare wires with different wire diameters, so the defects and shortcomings in the prior art still exist.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model aims at providing an automatic equipment of coating of built on stilts bare conductor is with rubber coating device solves the problem that current rubber coating device is not convenient for spray coating on the bare conductor in different line footpaths.
In order to solve the problem, the utility model discloses the technical scheme who takes:
a gluing device for automatic coating equipment of an overhead bare conductor comprises a vertically arranged lifting assembly, wherein an upper pressing line assembly and a lower pressing line assembly which can be close to or far away from each other along the lifting assembly are arranged on the lifting assembly, the upper pressing line assembly is horizontally arranged, an upper nozzle assembly is arranged at one end of the upper pressing line assembly, a first adjusting assembly used for adjusting the upper position and the lower position of the upper nozzle assembly is detachably and fixedly connected to the upper pressing line assembly, the lower pressing line assembly and the upper pressing line assembly are oppositely arranged, a lower nozzle assembly opposite to the upper nozzle assembly is arranged at one end of the lower pressing line assembly, and a second adjusting assembly used for adjusting the upper position and the lower position of the lower nozzle assembly is detachably and fixedly connected to the lower pressing line assembly;
the upper nozzle assembly comprises an upper nozzle which is horizontally arranged, the upper nozzle is of a rectangular shell structure with a cavity, the upper nozzle is detachably and fixedly connected with the first adjusting assembly, an upper glue inlet is formed in the upper nozzle, the bottom surface of the upper nozzle is open, semicircular first notches are formed in two side walls of the bottom surface opening of the upper nozzle, the two first notches are oppositely arranged, the central lines of the two first notches are parallel to the axial line of the upper pressing line assembly, the first notch positioned on one side, close to the upper pressing line assembly, of the upper nozzle is an upper glue blocking port, the other first notch is an upper glue outlet, the upper glue outlet is detachably and fixedly connected with an upper glue outlet which is coaxially arranged with the upper glue outlet and is semicircular, the inner diameter of the upper glue outlet is larger than the diameter of a bare conductor, the upper glue outlet is detachably and fixedly connected with an upper glue blocking plate which is coaxially arranged with the upper glue blocking port and is semicircular, the inner diameter of the upper rubber baffle is equal to the wire diameter of the bare conductor;
the lower nozzle component comprises a lower nozzle which is arranged opposite to the upper nozzle and is also of a rectangular shell structure with a cavity, the lower nozzle is detachably and fixedly connected with the second adjusting component, a lower glue inlet is arranged on the lower nozzle, the top surface of the lower nozzle is opened, and two side walls of the opening on the top surface of the lower nozzle are both provided with semicircular second notches opposite to the first notches, the second notch positioned at one side of the lower nozzle close to the lower line pressing component is a lower glue blocking port, the other second notch is a lower glue outlet, the lower glue outlet is detachably and fixedly connected with a lower glue outlet nozzle which is coaxially arranged with the lower glue outlet and is in a semicircular ring shape, lower play jiao zui internal diameter equals with last play jiao zui internal diameter, keep off down to glue mouthful to go up to dismantle fixedly connected with and keep off gluey mouthful coaxial line setting and be semicircle annular lower fender offset plate down, keep off the offset plate internal diameter down and equal with bare conductor line footpath.
Furthermore, the first adjusting component comprises a first fixing plate which is positioned at the top of the upper pressing line component and is vertical to the upper pressing line component, the first fixing plate is detachably and fixedly connected with the upper pressing line component, the top of the first fixing plate is outwards turned to form a first supporting plate which is positioned above the upper nozzle and is horizontally distributed, two first guide pins which are vertically and oppositely distributed are detachably and fixedly connected between the first supporting plate and the upper pressing line component, a first nozzle fixing seat which is horizontally distributed is sleeved and slidably connected between the two first guide pins, one side of the first nozzle fixing seat, far away from the first fixing plate, extends to the upper nozzle, the extending side of the first nozzle fixing seat is detachably and fixedly connected with the upper nozzle, two first adjusting bolts which are vertically and oppositely distributed are arranged between the side of the first nozzle fixing seat and the first supporting plate, and the first adjusting bolts are in threaded connection with the first supporting plate, and the head of the first adjusting bolt is positioned above the first supporting plate, and the screw end of the first adjusting bolt penetrates through the first supporting plate and then is in threaded connection with the first nozzle fixing seat.
Furthermore, a first fastening bolt which is vertically distributed is arranged between the two first guide pins, the head of the first fastening bolt is located above the first supporting plate and is abutted to the first supporting plate, the screw end of the first fastening bolt sequentially penetrates through the first supporting plate and the first nozzle fixing seat and then is abutted to the upper pressing line assembly, and the first fastening bolt is in threaded connection with the first supporting plate and the first nozzle fixing seat.
Furthermore, the second adjusting component comprises a second fixing plate which is positioned at the bottom of the lower wire pressing component and is vertical to the lower wire pressing component, the second fixing plate is detachably and fixedly connected with the lower wire pressing component, the bottom of the second fixing plate is outwards turned to form a second supporting plate which is positioned below the lower nozzle and is horizontally distributed, two second guide pins which are vertically and oppositely distributed are detachably and fixedly connected between the second supporting plate and the lower wire pressing component, a second nozzle fixing seat which is horizontally distributed is sleeved and slidably connected between the two second guide pins, one side of the second nozzle fixing seat, which is far away from the second fixing plate, extends to the position below the lower nozzle, the extending side of the second nozzle fixing seat is detachably and fixedly connected with the lower nozzle, two second adjusting bolts which are vertically and oppositely distributed are arranged between the side of the second nozzle fixing seat and the second supporting plate, and the second adjusting bolts are in threaded connection with the second supporting plate, and the head of the second adjusting bolt is positioned below the second supporting plate, and the screw end of the second adjusting bolt penetrates through the second supporting plate and then is in threaded connection with the second nozzle fixing seat.
Furthermore, a second fastening bolt which is vertically distributed is arranged between the two second guide pins, the head of the second fastening bolt is located below the second support plate and is abutted to the second support plate, the screw end of the second fastening bolt sequentially penetrates through the second support plate and the second nozzle fixing seat and then is abutted to the lower wire pressing assembly, and the second fastening bolt is in threaded connection with the second support plate and the second nozzle fixing seat.
Further, the lifting assembly comprises an upper supporting seat and a lower supporting seat which are horizontally arranged relatively, guide rods which are fixedly connected with two vertical relative distributions can be disassembled between the upper supporting seat and the lower supporting seat, a lead screw parallel to the guide rods is arranged between the two guide rods, the top end of the lead screw is connected with the upper supporting seat in a rotating mode, the bottom end of the lead screw is connected with the lower supporting seat in a rotating mode, the bottom end of the lead screw penetrates through the lower supporting seat and then is connected with a speed reduction motor which is installed on the lower supporting seat and is a forward and reverse motor, the thread turning directions of the top of the lead screw and the bottom end of the lead screw are opposite, the top end of the lead screw is connected with the upper pressing wire assembly, the bottom end of the lead screw is connected with the lower pressing wire assembly, and the two sides of the lower pressing wire assembly and the two sides of the upper pressing wire assembly are respectively sleeved on the guide rods and are connected with the guide rods in a sliding mode.
Furthermore, go up the line ball subassembly and include the last line ball seat of horizontal distribution, go up line ball seat and lead screw top threaded connection, and the both sides of going up the line ball seat overlap respectively and establish on the guide bar and with guide bar sliding connection, the front side outside horizontal extension of going up the line ball seat, and the extension side bottom level of going up the line ball seat sets up the type of falling V guide way that runs through the line ball seat, the axial line of the type of falling V guide way is parallel with the central line of two first breachs, and has all seted up first recess on two cell walls of the type of falling V guide way, the both ends of first recess flush with the both ends of the type of falling V guide way, all rotate in every first recess and be connected with a plurality of groups of equidistance first gyro wheels that distribute, first adjusting part is located the top surface of line ball seat.
Further, the lower wire pressing component comprises a lower wire pressing seat which is horizontally distributed and is arranged opposite to the upper wire pressing seat, the lower wire pressing seat is in threaded connection with the bottom of the lead screw, two sides of the lower wire pressing seat are respectively sleeved on the guide rod and are in sliding connection with the guide rod, a horizontally distributed fixed block is fixedly connected to the top surface of the lower wire pressing seat, a second groove which penetrates through the fixed block horizontally is formed in the fixed block, the second groove is parallel to the inverted V-shaped guide groove and is located under the inverted V-shaped guide groove, and a plurality of groups of second idler wheels which are distributed equidistantly are rotationally connected in the second groove.
Furthermore, threaded connection has the mounting bracket of horizontal distribution on the lead screw between last supporting seat and the last line ball seat, the mounting bracket both sides overlap respectively and establish on the guide bar and with guide bar sliding connection, the outside level of one end that the nozzle was kept away from to the mounting bracket extends, and the extension end of mounting bracket is pegged graft and is had connecting pin axle.
Adopt above-mentioned technical scheme, the beneficial effects of the utility model are that:
the utility model can adjust the upper and lower positions of the upper nozzle component by arranging the first adjusting component on the upper line pressing component and adjust the upper and lower positions of the lower nozzle component by arranging the second adjusting component on the lower line pressing component on the basis of the existing lifting component, the upper line pressing component and the lower line pressing component, thus when coating is sprayed on bare wires with different wire diameters, the upper and lower positions of the upper nozzle component and the upper and lower positions of the lower nozzle component can be adjusted, simultaneously, the mutual butt between the upper nozzle and the lower nozzle can be still ensured after the positions of the upper nozzle component and the lower nozzle component are adjusted by changing the structures of the upper nozzle component and the lower nozzle component, and the coating can be sprayed on the bare wires by the glue outlet formed between the upper glue outlet nozzle and the lower glue outlet nozzle after the butt, and in order to prevent the coating from overflowing outwards through the positions of the upper glue outlet and the lower glue outlet, only the upper rubber baffle plate and the lower rubber baffle plate with the inner diameter equal to the diameter of the bare conductor need to be replaced, and the upper rubber baffle plate and the upper nozzle are detachably and fixedly connected, and the lower rubber baffle plate and the lower nozzle are detachably and fixedly connected, so that the upper rubber baffle plate and the lower rubber baffle plate with different specifications can be conveniently replaced; secondly, if want the coating thickness of spraying on the bare conductor of different line footpaths of adjustment, also can change the last jiao zui and the lower jiao zui of different specifications, change the last jiao zui and the lower jiao zui of different internal diameters promptly, in addition, because go up jiao zui and last nozzle can dismantle fixed connection, it can dismantle fixed connection with lower nozzle to go out jiao zui down, also can be convenient for change the last jiao zui and the lower jiao zui of different specifications, compared with the prior art, need not change whole set of nozzle assembly and whole set of nozzle assembly down again, and can also be convenient for the dismouting go up jiao zui and lower jiao zui and be convenient for the fender and lower fender of dismouting, it is more laborsaving, generally speaking, the utility model discloses it is more laborsaving, can be convenient for spray coating on the bare conductor of different line footpaths.
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Fig. 1 is one of the schematic structural diagrams of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a second schematic view of the present invention;
fig. 3 is a third schematic structural diagram of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the upper pressing assembly, the first adjusting assembly and the upper nozzle assembly;
FIG. 5 is a second schematic view of the upper pressing line assembly, the first adjusting assembly and the upper nozzle assembly;
FIG. 6 is one of the schematic structural views of the lower wire pressing assembly, the second adjusting assembly and the lower nozzle assembly;
FIG. 7 is a second schematic structural view of the lower wire pressing assembly, the second adjusting assembly and the lower nozzle assembly;
fig. 8 is a schematic structural view of the present invention installed on an automatic coating apparatus.
Reference numerals: 1. an upper nozzle assembly; 11. an upper nozzle; 12. an upper glue inlet; 13. a glue blocking opening is arranged; 14. an upper glue outlet nozzle; 2. a lower nozzle assembly; 21. a lower nozzle; 22. a lower glue inlet; 23. a glue blocking opening is arranged; 24. a lower glue outlet nozzle; 3. an upper line pressing assembly; 31. an upper wire pressing base; 32. an inverted V-shaped guide groove; 33. a first groove; 34. a first roller; 4. a lower crimping assembly; 41. pressing a wire seat; 42. a fixed block; 43. a second groove; 44. a second roller; 5. a lifting assembly; 51. an upper support base; 52. a lower support seat; 53. a guide bar; 54. a lead screw; 55. a reduction motor; 6. a first adjustment assembly; 61. a first fixing plate; 62. a first support plate; 63. a first guide pin; 64. a first nozzle holder; 65. a first adjusting bolt; 66. a first fastening bolt; 7. a second adjustment assembly; 71. a second fixing plate; 72. a second support plate; 73. a second guide pin; 74. a second nozzle fixing seat; 75. a second adjusting bolt; 76. a second fastening bolt; 8. a mounting frame; 81. and connecting a pin shaft.
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In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention clearer, the following describes the embodiments of the present invention in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
As shown in figures 1 to 8, the utility model provides a gluing device for an automatic coating device of an overhead bare conductor, which comprises a vertically arranged lifting component 5, wherein the lifting component 5 is provided with an upper pressing component 3 and a lower pressing component 4 which can be close to or far away from each other along the lifting component 5, the upper pressing component 3 is horizontally arranged, one end of the upper pressing component 3 is provided with an upper nozzle component 1, the upper pressing component 3 is detachably and fixedly connected with a first adjusting component 6 for adjusting the upper and lower positions of the upper nozzle component 1, the lower pressing component 4 is arranged opposite to the upper pressing component 3, one end of the lower pressing component 4 is provided with a lower nozzle component 2 opposite to the upper nozzle component 1, the lower pressing component 4 is detachably and fixedly connected with a second adjusting component 7 for adjusting the upper and lower positions of the lower nozzle component 2, when in use, the upper pressing component 3 is firstly abutted against the top of the bare conductor, and then the lifting component 5 is utilized to lift the position of the lower wire pressing component 4 to enable the lower wire pressing component 4 to be abutted against the bottom of the bare conductor, and the upper wire pressing component 3 and the lower wire pressing component 4 are matched together to conduct guide sliding on the bare conductor.
The upper nozzle assembly 1 has the following specific structure: the upper nozzle assembly 1 comprises an upper nozzle 11 which is horizontally arranged, the upper nozzle 11 is a rectangular shell structure with a cavity, the upper nozzle 11 is detachably and fixedly connected with a first adjusting assembly 6, an upper glue inlet 12 is arranged on the upper nozzle 11, the upper nozzle 11 is communicated with a coating barrel for storing insulating coating through the upper glue inlet 12, the coating in the coating barrel is extruded into the upper nozzle 11 through an extruding device, the extruding device is the prior art, the bottom surface of the upper nozzle 11 is opened, two side walls of the bottom surface opening of the upper nozzle 11 are respectively provided with a semicircular first gap, the two first gaps are oppositely arranged, the central lines of the two first gaps are parallel to the axial line of the upper line pressing assembly 3, the first gap on one side of the upper nozzle 11 close to the upper line pressing assembly 3 is an upper glue blocking port 13, the other first gap is an upper glue outlet, the upper glue outlet is detachably and fixedly connected with an upper glue outlet 14 which is coaxially arranged with the upper glue outlet through a bolt and is in a semicircular ring shape, the inner diameter of the upper glue outlet nozzle 14 is larger than the diameter of the bare conductor, an upper glue blocking plate which is coaxially arranged with the upper glue blocking opening 13 and is in a semicircular ring shape is detachably and fixedly connected to the upper glue blocking opening 13 through a bolt, the inner diameter of the upper glue blocking plate is equal to the diameter of the bare conductor, the upper glue blocking plate is made of plastic materials, and the upper glue blocking plate is not shown in the figure; the specific structure of the lower nozzle assembly 2 is as follows: the lower nozzle assembly 2 comprises a lower nozzle 21 opposite to the upper nozzle 11, the lower nozzle 21 is also a rectangular shell structure with a cavity, the lower nozzle 21 is detachably and fixedly connected with the second adjusting assembly 7, a lower glue inlet 22 is formed on the lower nozzle 21, the lower nozzle 21 is communicated with a coating barrel for storing insulating coating through the lower glue inlet 22, the coating in the coating barrel is extruded into the lower nozzle 21 by an extruding device, the extruding device is the prior art, the top surface of the lower nozzle 21 is open, two side walls of the top surface opening of the lower nozzle 21 are respectively provided with a semicircular second gap opposite to the first gap, the second gap on one side of the lower nozzle 21 close to the lower line pressing assembly 4 is a lower glue blocking port 23, the other second gap is a lower glue outlet, the lower glue outlet is detachably and fixedly connected with a semicircular lower glue outlet 24 which is coaxially arranged with the lower glue outlet through a bolt, the inner diameter of the lower glue outlet nozzle 24 is equal to that of the upper glue outlet nozzle 14, a semicircular lower glue blocking plate which is coaxial with the lower glue blocking nozzle 23 is detachably and fixedly connected to the lower glue blocking nozzle 23 through a bolt, the inner diameter of the lower glue blocking plate is equal to that of the bare conductor, the upper glue blocking plate is made of plastic materials, and the upper glue blocking plate is not shown in the figure; specifically, when the upper wire pressing assembly 3 and the lower wire pressing assembly 4 respectively press bare wires, the bottom surface of the upper nozzle 11 is abutted against the top surface of the lower nozzle 21 to form a nozzle with a cavity structure, a glue outlet nozzle matched with the wire diameter of the bare wires can be formed between the lower glue outlet nozzle 24 and the upper glue outlet nozzle 14, the distance between the inner wall of the glue outlet nozzle and the bare wires is the thickness of the sprayed coating, a glue blocking plate with the inner diameter equal to the wire diameter of the bare wires can be formed between the upper glue blocking plate and the lower glue blocking plate, when spraying bare wires with different wire diameters, taking the wire diameter of the sprayed bare wires larger than the wire diameter of the last bare wire as an example, after the bare wires are respectively pressed by the upper wire pressing assembly 3 and the lower wire pressing assembly 4, a gap will exist between the bottom surface of the upper nozzle 11 and the top surface of the lower nozzle 21, at this time, the position of the upper nozzle 11 can be adjusted downwards by the first adjusting assembly 6, and the position of the lower nozzle 21 can be adjusted upwards by the second adjusting assembly 7, thereby, the upper nozzle 11 is abutted against the lower nozzle 21, at this time, a glue outlet nozzle can also be formed between the lower glue outlet nozzle 24 and the upper glue outlet nozzle 14, then the upper glue blocking plate and the lower glue blocking plate which are equal to the diameter of the bare conductor can be replaced, at this time, a glue blocking plate which is equal to the diameter of the bare conductor can also be formed between the upper glue blocking plate and the lower glue blocking plate; in addition, if the distance between the inner wall of the glue nozzle and the bare conductor is short and the thickness of the coating cannot be ensured, the lower glue nozzle 24 and the upper glue nozzle 14 can be replaced.
On the basis of the existing lifting assembly 5, an upper line pressing assembly 3 and a lower line pressing assembly 4, the upper and lower positions of an upper nozzle assembly 1 can be adjusted by arranging a first adjusting assembly 6 on the upper line pressing assembly 3, and the upper and lower positions of a lower nozzle assembly 2 can be adjusted by arranging a second adjusting assembly 7 on the lower line pressing assembly 4, so that when coating is sprayed on bare wires with different line diameters, the upper and lower positions of the upper nozzle assembly 1 and the lower nozzle assembly 2 can be adjusted, meanwhile, by changing the structures of the upper nozzle assembly 1 and the lower nozzle assembly 2, after the positions of the upper nozzle assembly 1 and the lower nozzle assembly 2 are adjusted, the mutual butt joint between an upper nozzle 11 and a lower nozzle 21 can still be ensured, and a glue outlet nozzle formed between an upper glue outlet nozzle 14 and a lower glue outlet nozzle 24 after the butt joint can spray coating on the bare wires, and in order to prevent the coating from overflowing outwards through the positions of an upper glue blocking port 13 and a lower glue blocking port 23, only the upper rubber baffle plate and the lower rubber baffle plate with the inner diameter equal to the wire diameter of the bare conductor need to be replaced, and the upper rubber baffle plate is detachably and fixedly connected with the upper nozzle 11, and the lower rubber baffle plate is detachably and fixedly connected with the lower nozzle 21, so that the upper rubber baffle plate and the lower rubber baffle plate with different specifications can be conveniently replaced; secondly, if want the coating thickness of spraying on the bare conductor of different wire footpaths of adjustment, also can change the last jiao zui 14 and the lower jiao zui 24 of different specifications, change the last jiao zui 14 and the lower jiao zui 24 of different internal diameters promptly, in addition, because last jiao zui 14 and last nozzle 11 can dismantle fixed connection, lower jiao zui 24 can dismantle fixed connection with lower nozzle 21, also can be convenient for change the last jiao zui 14 and the lower jiao zui 24 of different specifications, compare with prior art, need not change a whole set of nozzle assembly 1 and a whole set of nozzle assembly 2 down again, and can also be convenient for dismantle and adorn go zui 14 and lower jiao zui 24 and be convenient for dismantle and keep off offset plate and lower offset plate, it is more laborsaving, generally speaking, the utility model discloses labour saving, can be convenient for spray coating on the bare conductor of different wire footpaths.
The first adjusting assembly 6 has the following specific structure: as shown in fig. 1 to 5, the first adjusting assembly 6 includes a first fixing plate 61 which is located at the top of the upper pressing line assembly 3 and is perpendicular to the upper pressing line assembly 3, the first fixing plate 61 is detachably and fixedly connected with the upper pressing line assembly 3 through a bolt, the top of the first fixing plate 61 is turned outwards to form a first supporting plate 62 which is located above the upper nozzle 11 and horizontally distributed, two first guide pins 63 which are vertically and oppositely distributed are detachably and fixedly connected between the first supporting plate 62 and the upper pressing line assembly 3, a first nozzle fixing seat 64 which is horizontally distributed is sleeved and slidably connected between the two first guide pins 63, one side of the first nozzle fixing seat 64 which is far away from the first fixing plate 61 extends above the upper nozzle 11, the extending side of the first nozzle fixing seat 64 is detachably and fixedly connected with the upper nozzle 11 through a bolt, and two first adjusting bolts 65 which are vertically and oppositely distributed are arranged between the side of the first nozzle fixing seat 64 and the first supporting plate 62, first adjusting bolt 65 and first backup pad 62 threaded connection, and the head of first adjusting bolt 65 is located first backup pad 62 top, and the screw end of first adjusting bolt 65 passes behind first backup pad 62 and first nozzle fixing base 64 threaded connection, specifically, when the position of nozzle assembly 1 needs to be adjusted, rotate first adjusting bolt 65 and make first adjusting bolt 65 break away from first nozzle fixing base 64, then slide or rise or fall first nozzle fixing base 64 along first uide pin 63, after the position of first nozzle fixing base 64 has been adjusted, again the reverse rotation first adjusting bolt 65 makes first adjusting bolt 65 and first nozzle fixing base 64 threaded connection in order to fix the position of nozzle assembly 1.
Further, as shown in fig. 1 to 5, a first fastening bolt 66 is vertically disposed between the two first guide pins 63, a head of the first fastening bolt 66 is located above the first support plate 62 and abuts against the first support plate 62, a screw end of the first fastening bolt 66 sequentially penetrates through the first support plate 62 and the first nozzle fixing seat 64 and then abuts against the upper pressing line assembly 3, and the first fastening bolt 66 is in threaded connection with the first support plate 62 and the first nozzle fixing seat 64, specifically, before the position of the upper nozzle assembly 1 is adjusted, the first fastening bolt 66 is firstly separated from the first nozzle fixing seat 64 and the first support plate 62, after the position of the first nozzle fixing seat 64 is adjusted, and after the position of the upper nozzle assembly 1 is fixed by the first adjusting bolt 65, the first fastening bolt 66 can be rotated in a reverse direction, so that the screw end of the first fastening bolt 66 sequentially penetrates through the first support plate 62, The first nozzle fixing seat 64 is abutted with the upper wire pressing assembly 3, so that the position of the upper nozzle assembly 1 can be doubly fixed.
The second adjusting assembly 7 has the following specific structure: as shown in fig. 1 to 3, 6 and 7, the second adjusting assembly 7 includes a second fixing plate 71 located at the bottom of the lower wire pressing assembly 4 and perpendicular to the lower wire pressing assembly 4, the second fixing plate 71 is detachably and fixedly connected to the lower wire pressing assembly 4 through bolts, the bottom of the second fixing plate 71 is outwardly turned to form a second supporting plate 72 located below the lower nozzle 21 and horizontally distributed, two second guide pins 73 vertically and oppositely distributed are detachably and fixedly connected between the second supporting plate 72 and the lower wire pressing assembly 4, a second nozzle fixing seat 74 horizontally distributed is sleeved and slidably connected between the two second guide pins 73, one side of the second nozzle fixing seat 74 far away from the second fixing plate 71 extends to below the lower nozzle 21, the extending side of the second nozzle fixing seat 74 is detachably and fixedly connected to the lower nozzle 21 through bolts, and two second adjusting bolts 75 vertically and oppositely distributed are disposed between the side of the second nozzle fixing seat 74 and the second supporting plate 72, the second adjusting bolt 75 is in threaded connection with the second support plate 72, the head of the second adjusting bolt 75 is located below the second support plate 72, and the screw end of the second adjusting bolt 75 passes through the second support plate 72 and then is in threaded connection with the second nozzle fixing seat 74, specifically, when the position of the lower nozzle assembly 2 needs to be adjusted, the second adjusting bolt 75 is rotated to enable the second adjusting bolt 75 to be separated from the second nozzle fixing seat 74, then the second nozzle fixing seat 74 slides or ascends or descends along the second guide pin 73, and after the position of the second nozzle fixing seat 74 is adjusted, the second adjusting bolt 75 is rotated reversely to enable the second adjusting bolt 75 and the second nozzle fixing seat 74 to be in threaded connection so as to fix the position of the lower nozzle assembly 2.
Further, as shown in fig. 1 to 3, 6 and 7, a second fastening bolt 76 is vertically disposed between the two second guide pins 73, a head of the second fastening bolt 76 is located below the second support plate 72 and abuts against the second support plate 72, a screw end of the second fastening bolt 76 sequentially passes through the second support plate 72 and the second nozzle fixing seat 74 and then abuts against the lower wire pressing assembly 4, and the second fastening bolt 76 is in threaded connection with the second support plate 72 and the second nozzle fixing seat 74, specifically, before adjusting the position of the lower nozzle assembly 2, the second fastening bolt 76 is separated from the second nozzle fixing seat 74 and the second support plate 72, after adjusting the position of the second nozzle fixing seat 74 and fixing the position of the lower nozzle assembly 2 by using the second adjusting bolt 75, the second fastening bolt 76 can be rotated reversely, so that the screw end of the second fastening bolt 76 sequentially passes through the second support plate 72 and the second nozzle fixing seat 74 and then abuts against the lower wire pressing assembly 4, thereby enabling a double fixing of the position of the lower nozzle assembly 2.
The specific structure of the lifting assembly 5 is as follows: as shown in fig. 1 to 3, the lifting assembly 5 includes an upper supporting base 51 and a lower supporting base 52 which are horizontally arranged oppositely, two guide rods 53 which are vertically arranged oppositely are detachably and fixedly connected between the upper supporting base 51 and the lower supporting base 52, a lead screw 54 which is parallel to the guide rods 53 is arranged between the two guide rods 53, the top end of the lead screw 54 is rotatably connected with the upper supporting base 51, the bottom end of the lead screw 54 is rotatably connected with the lower supporting base 52, the bottom end of the lead screw 54 passes through the lower supporting base 52 and is in transmission connection with a speed reducing motor 55 which is installed on the lower supporting base 52 and is a forward and reverse rotation motor, the speed reducing motor 55 is provided with a power supply and a start and stop switch, the speed reducing motor 55 is a speed reducing motor integrated machine, the structure is compact, the screw rotation directions of the top of the lead screw 54 and the bottom of the lead screw 54 are opposite, the top of the lead screw 54 is in threaded connection with the upper pressing line assembly 3, and the bottom of the lead screw 54 is in threaded connection with the lower pressing line assembly 4, the both sides of push-down wire subassembly 4 and the both sides of last line ball subassembly 3 overlap respectively and establish on guide bar 53 and with guide bar 53 sliding connection, it is concrete, when using, after the top of going up line ball subassembly 3 butt bare conductor, be equivalent to fix line ball subassembly 3 on bare conductor, then restart gear motor 55 drives lead screw 54 and rotates, at this moment, push-down wire subassembly 4 will follow guide bar 53 rebound, and because the rigidity of going up line ball subassembly 3, and the screw thread handedness of lead screw 54 top and lead screw 54 bottom is opposite, so lifting unit 5's top also can rebound simultaneously, can accelerate the time of push-down wire subassembly 4 butt bare conductor bottom.
The specific structure of the upper wire pressing assembly 3 is as follows: as shown in fig. 1 to 5, the upper wire pressing assembly 3 includes an upper wire pressing base 31 horizontally distributed, the upper wire pressing base 31 is in threaded connection with the top of a lead screw 54, two sides of the upper wire pressing base 31 are respectively sleeved on a guide rod 53 and slidably connected with the guide rod 53, the front side of the upper wire pressing base 31 extends horizontally outwards, the bottom of the extending side of the upper wire pressing base 31 is horizontally provided with an inverted V-shaped guide groove 32 penetrating through the upper wire pressing base 31, the axial line of the inverted V-shaped guide groove 32 is parallel to the central lines of two first gaps, two groove walls of the inverted V-shaped guide groove 32 are respectively provided with a first groove 33, two ends of the first groove 33 are flush with two ends of the inverted V-shaped guide groove 32, each first groove 33 is rotatably connected with a plurality of sets of first rollers 34 equidistantly distributed, the first adjusting assembly 6 is located on the top surface of the upper wire pressing base 31, specifically, when the upper wire pressing assembly 3 abuts against the top of a bare wire, the upper wire pressing seat 31 is clamped on the bare conductor through the inverted V-shaped guide groove 32 and enables the first roller 34 to abut against the bare conductor for guiding and sliding.
The specific structure of the lower wire pressing component 4 is as follows: as shown in fig. 1 to 3, 6 and 7, the lower wire pressing assembly 4 includes a lower wire pressing base 41 which is horizontally distributed and is disposed opposite to the upper wire pressing base 31, the lower wire pressing base 41 is in threaded connection with the bottom of the lead screw 54, two sides of the lower wire pressing base 41 are respectively sleeved on the guide rod 53 and are in sliding connection with the guide rod 53, the top surface of the lower wire pressing base 41 is fixedly connected with a horizontally distributed fixing block 42, the fixing block 42 is provided with a second groove 43 which horizontally penetrates through the fixing block, the second groove 43 is parallel to the inverted V-shaped guide groove 32 and is located right below the inverted V-shaped guide groove 32, and the second groove 43 is rotatably connected with a plurality of groups of second rollers 44 which are equidistantly distributed, specifically, when the lower wire pressing assembly 4 abuts against the bottom of the bare conductor, the second rollers 44 abut against the bottom of the bare conductor and cooperate with the first rollers 34 to guide sliding.
Further, as shown in fig. 1 to fig. 3 and fig. 8, there is mounting bracket 8 of horizontal distribution on the lead screw 54 between upper supporting seat 51 and the upper wire pressing seat 31, the both sides of mounting bracket 8 are respectively overlapped and are established on guide bar 53 and with guide bar 53 sliding connection, the outside level of one end that nozzle 11 was kept away from to mounting bracket 8 extends, and the extension end of mounting bracket 8 is pegged graft and is had connecting pin axle 81, and is concrete, the same with prior art, will through setting up mounting bracket 8 and connecting pin axle 81 the utility model discloses articulate on automatic coating equipment.
The foregoing shows and describes the basic principles, essential features, and advantages of the invention. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, but rather is described in the embodiments and descriptions herein to illustrate the principles of the invention and that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, all of which fall within the scope of the claimed invention. The scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims and equivalents.

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1. The utility model provides an automatic rubber coating device for equipment that coats of built on stilts bare conductor, includes the lifting unit of vertical setting, last line ball subassembly and the line ball subassembly down that can follow lifting unit and be close to each other or keep away from each other are provided with on the lifting unit, its characterized in that: the upper line pressing assembly is horizontally arranged, an upper nozzle assembly is arranged at one end of the upper line pressing assembly, a first adjusting assembly used for adjusting the upper position and the lower position of the upper nozzle assembly is detachably and fixedly connected onto the upper line pressing assembly, the lower line pressing assembly is arranged opposite to the upper line pressing assembly, a lower nozzle assembly opposite to the upper nozzle assembly is arranged at one end of the lower line pressing assembly, and a second adjusting assembly used for adjusting the upper position and the lower position of the lower nozzle assembly is detachably and fixedly connected onto the lower line pressing assembly;
the upper nozzle assembly comprises an upper nozzle which is horizontally arranged, the upper nozzle is of a rectangular shell structure with a cavity, the upper nozzle is detachably and fixedly connected with the first adjusting assembly, an upper glue inlet is formed in the upper nozzle, the bottom surface of the upper nozzle is opened, semicircular first notches are formed in two side walls of the bottom surface opening of the upper nozzle, the two first notches are oppositely arranged, the central lines of the two first notches are parallel to the axial line of the upper pressing line assembly, the first notch positioned on one side of the upper nozzle close to the upper pressing line assembly is an upper glue blocking opening, the other first notch is an upper glue outlet, an upper glue outlet which is coaxially arranged with the upper glue outlet and is in a semicircular shape is detachably and fixedly connected to the upper glue outlet, the inner diameter of the upper glue outlet is larger than the diameter of a bare conductor, an upper glue blocking plate which is coaxially arranged with the upper glue blocking opening and is in a semicircular shape is detachably and fixedly connected to the upper glue blocking opening, the inner diameter of the upper rubber baffle is equal to the wire diameter of the bare conductor;
the lower nozzle component comprises a lower nozzle which is arranged opposite to the upper nozzle and is also of a rectangular shell structure with a cavity, the lower nozzle is detachably and fixedly connected with the second adjusting component, a lower glue inlet is arranged on the lower nozzle, the top surface of the lower nozzle is opened, and two side walls of the opening on the top surface of the lower nozzle are both provided with second notches which are opposite to the first notches and are semicircular, the second notch positioned at one side of the lower nozzle close to the lower line pressing component is a lower glue blocking port, the other second notch is a lower glue outlet, the lower glue outlet is detachably and fixedly connected with a lower glue outlet nozzle which is coaxially arranged with the lower glue outlet and is in a semicircular ring shape, the lower glue outlet inner diameter is equal to the upper glue outlet inner diameter, the lower glue retaining opening is provided with a lower glue retaining plate which is coaxially arranged with the lower glue retaining opening and is in a semicircular ring shape, and the inner diameter of the lower glue retaining plate is equal to the diameter of the bare conductor.
2. The gluing device for the automatic coating equipment of the overhead bare conductor according to claim 1, characterized in that: the first adjusting component comprises a first fixing plate which is positioned at the top of the upper pressing line component and is vertical to the upper pressing line component, the first fixing plate is detachably and fixedly connected with the upper pressing line component, the top of the first fixing plate is turned outwards to form a first supporting plate which is positioned above the upper nozzle and is horizontally distributed, two first guide pins which are vertically and oppositely distributed are detachably and fixedly connected between the first supporting plate and the upper pressing line component, a horizontally distributed first nozzle fixing seat is sleeved and slidably connected between the two first guide pins, one side of the first nozzle fixing seat, far away from the first fixing plate, extends to the upper nozzle, the extending side of the first nozzle fixing seat is detachably and fixedly connected with the upper nozzle, two first adjusting bolts which are vertically and oppositely distributed are arranged between the side of the first nozzle fixing seat and the first supporting plate, and the first adjusting bolts are in threaded connection with the first supporting plate, and the head of the first adjusting bolt is positioned above the first supporting plate, and the screw end of the first adjusting bolt penetrates through the first supporting plate and then is in threaded connection with the first nozzle fixing seat.
3. The gluing device for the automatic coating equipment of the overhead bare conductor according to claim 2, characterized in that: be provided with the first fastening bolt of vertical distribution between two first uide pins, first fastening bolt's head is located first backup pad top and with first backup pad butt, first fastening bolt's screw rod end pass first backup pad and first nozzle fixing base back in proper order with last line ball subassembly butt, and first fastening bolt and first backup pad, first nozzle fixing base threaded connection.
4. The gluing device for the automatic coating equipment of the overhead bare conductor according to claim 2, characterized in that: the second adjusting component comprises a second fixing plate which is positioned at the bottom of the lower wire pressing component and is vertical to the lower wire pressing component, the second fixing plate is detachably and fixedly connected with the lower wire pressing component, the bottom of the second fixing plate is outwards turned to form a second supporting plate which is positioned below the lower nozzle and is horizontally distributed, two second guide pins which are vertically and oppositely distributed are detachably and fixedly connected between the second supporting plate and the lower wire pressing component, a second nozzle fixing seat which is horizontally distributed is sleeved and slidably connected between the two second guide pins, one side of the second nozzle fixing seat, far away from the second fixing plate, extends to the position below the lower nozzle, the extending side of the second nozzle fixing seat is detachably and fixedly connected with the lower nozzle, two second adjusting bolts which are vertically and oppositely distributed are arranged between the side of the second nozzle fixing seat and the second supporting plate, and the second adjusting bolts are in threaded connection with the second supporting plate, and the head of the second adjusting bolt is positioned below the second supporting plate, and the screw end of the second adjusting bolt penetrates through the second supporting plate and then is in threaded connection with the second nozzle fixing seat.
5. The gluing device for the automatic coating equipment of the overhead bare conductor according to claim 4, characterized in that: and second fastening bolts which are vertically distributed are arranged between the two second guide pins, the heads of the second fastening bolts are positioned below the second support plate and are abutted against the second support plate, the screw ends of the second fastening bolts sequentially penetrate through the second support plate and the second nozzle fixing seat and are abutted against the lower wire pressing assembly, and the second fastening bolts are in threaded connection with the second support plate and the second nozzle fixing seat.
6. The gluing device for the automatic coating equipment of the overhead bare conductor according to claim 4, wherein: the lifting assembly comprises an upper supporting seat and a lower supporting seat which are horizontally arranged relatively, guide rods which are fixedly connected with two vertical relative distributions can be disassembled between the upper supporting seat and the lower supporting seat, a lead screw parallel to the guide rods is arranged between the two guide rods, the top end of the lead screw is connected with the upper supporting seat in a rotating manner, the bottom end of the lead screw is connected with the lower supporting seat in a rotating manner, the bottom end of the lead screw penetrates through the lower supporting seat and then is connected with a speed reduction motor which is arranged on the lower supporting seat and is a forward and reverse motor, the thread turning direction of the top end of the lead screw is opposite to that of the bottom end of the lead screw, the thread of the top end of the lead screw is connected with the upper pressing line assembly, the thread of the bottom end of the lead screw is connected with the lower pressing line assembly, and the two sides of the lower pressing line assembly and the two sides of the upper pressing line assembly are respectively sleeved on the guide rods and are connected with the guide rods in a sliding manner.
7. The gluing device for the automatic coating equipment of the overhead bare conductor according to claim 6, characterized in that: go up the line ball subassembly and include the last line ball seat of horizontal distribution, go up line ball seat and lead screw top threaded connection, and go up the both sides cover of line ball seat respectively establish on the guide bar and with guide bar sliding connection, go up the outside horizontal extension of the front side direction of line ball seat, and go up the extension side bottom level of line ball seat and set up the type of falling V guide way that runs through the line ball seat, the axial line of the type of falling V guide way is parallel with the central line of two first breachs, and has all seted up first recess on two cell walls of the type of falling V guide way, the both ends of first recess flush with the both ends of the type of falling V guide way, all rotate in every first recess and be connected with the first gyro wheel of a plurality of groups equidistance distribution, first adjusting part is located the top surface of line ball seat.
8. The gluing device for the automatic coating equipment of the overhead bare conductor according to claim 7, wherein: the lower wire pressing component comprises a lower wire pressing seat which is horizontally distributed and is arranged opposite to the upper wire pressing seat, the lower wire pressing seat is in threaded connection with the bottom of the lead screw, two sides of the lower wire pressing seat are respectively sleeved on the guide rod and are in sliding connection with the guide rod, a horizontally distributed fixing block is fixedly connected to the top surface of the lower wire pressing seat, a second groove which penetrates through the fixing block horizontally is formed in the fixing block, the second groove is parallel to the inverted V-shaped guide groove and is located under the inverted V-shaped guide groove, and a plurality of groups of second idler wheels which are distributed equidistantly are rotatably connected in the second groove.
9. The gluing device for the automatic coating equipment of the overhead bare conductor according to claim 7, wherein: the lead screw between the upper supporting seat and the upper wire pressing seat is connected with a mounting rack in a horizontal distribution mode through threads, the two sides of the mounting rack are respectively sleeved on the guide rod and are in sliding connection with the guide rod, one end, far away from the upper nozzle, of the mounting rack extends horizontally outwards, and the extending end of the mounting rack is connected with the connecting pin shaft in an inserting mode.
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