CN217803592U - Paper folder for carton processing - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses a paper folder for processing cartons, which relates to the technical field of paper folders and comprises a bottom plate and a folding unit; the upper side of the bottom plate is provided with a conveyor belt along the front-back direction, the front end of the upper side of the bottom plate is provided with a first support frame along the left-right direction, the upper side inside the first support frame is fixedly connected with an extrusion plate through an electric telescopic rod, the lower side of the extrusion plate is connected with the upper side of the conveyor belt in a matched mode, and the rear end of the upper side of the bottom plate is provided with a correction unit along the left-right direction; folding unit includes spout two, power component, fixing base, square plate and connecting rod, spout two has been seted up along left right direction to the upside front end of bottom plate, spout two are located the inside downside of support frame one, and the lower extreme that drives two connecting rods under power component's effect is along controlling the direction relative slip, and the outside end that drives two square plates through the inside slip of two connecting rod lower extremes realizes inside extrusion to the realization is to the effect of fixed cardboard left and right sides folding simultaneously.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to a paper folder technical field specifically is a paper folder is used in carton processing.
Background
Corrugated cartons are rigid paper containers made of corrugated boards, and because of excellent service performance and good processing performance, corrugated cartons gradually replace traditional transport packaging containers such as wooden boxes and become the leading force of transport packaging. The paper folder is one of necessary devices in the production process of the corrugated case;
the paper folder for processing the carton, which is provided with application publication number CN215203663U in the prior art, comprises a machine body, wherein a feeding plate and a discharging plate are arranged on the machine body, a finished product collecting device is arranged below the discharging plate, the finished product collecting device comprises a supporting frame, a sliding rail is arranged on the supporting frame, two finished product collecting plates are arranged on the sliding rail in a sliding manner, and a limiting assembly for limiting the positions of finished products is arranged on each finished product collecting plate;
a paper folder for carton production among the prior art, although fine realization is to the off-the-shelf collection effect of carton processing, its paper folder is to thicker corrugated paper, can't fine realization two-way folding's effect, influences work efficiency, for this reason, we provide a paper folder for carton processing.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The to-be-solved technical problem of the utility model is to overcome current defect, provide a paper folder for carton processing, the lower extreme that drives two connecting rods under power component's effect is along controlling direction relative slip, and the outer end that drives two square boards through the inside slip of two connecting rod lower extremes realizes inwards squeezing to the realization is to the effect of fixed cardboard left and right sides folding simultaneously, can effectively solve the problem in the background art.
In order to achieve the above object, the utility model provides a following technical scheme: a paper folder for processing cartons comprises a bottom plate and a folding unit;
a bottom plate: the upper side of the base plate is provided with a conveying belt along the front-back direction, the front end of the upper side of the base plate is provided with a first supporting frame along the left-right direction, the upper side inside the first supporting frame is fixedly connected with an extrusion plate through an electric telescopic rod, the lower side of the extrusion plate is connected with the upper side of the conveying belt in a matched mode, and the rear end of the upper side of the base plate is provided with a correction unit along the left-right direction;
a folding unit: include spout two, power component, fixing base, square plate and connecting rod, spout two has been seted up along left right direction to the upside front end of bottom plate, the spout is two in the inside downside of support frame one, both ends are provided with a power component respectively about the inside of spout two, and there is a connecting rod for two power component's upside difference swing joint, both sides are provided with two fixing bases side by side along the fore-and-aft direction respectively about the upside front end of bottom plate, and swing joint between two fixing bases that correspond around the same end respectively has a square plate, the other end of two connecting rods respectively with between the outside of two square plates swing joint.
Realize the corrective action to the cardboard position of conveying through the correction unit, the effect of forward conveying is realized to the cardboard after the correction under the effect of conveyer belt, under the supporting role of support frame one, it slides along upper and lower direction to drive the stripper plate through electric telescopic handle, realize the fixed action to the cardboard through the stripper plate extrusion downwards, the lower extreme that drives two connecting rods under power component's effect slides along left right direction relatively, make the effect that the activity was realized to the square plate under the effect of fixing base, under the other end of two connecting rods respectively with the swing joint effect between the outside of two square plates, the inside outer end that drives two square plates that slides through two connecting rod lower extreme realizes inside extrusion, thereby realize the effect of folding simultaneously to fixed cardboard left and right sides.
Further, power component includes slider two, axis of rotation two and screw thread two, both ends have a slider two along controlling the direction relative slip respectively about the inside of spout two, and the upside of two slider two swing joint has a connecting rod respectively, both ends side rotates between the inside left and right sides with spout two respectively about axis of rotation two to be connected, both ends are connected through screw thread two and the slider two that correspond between the opposite direction respectively about the outside of axis of rotation two.
Under the effect of threaded connection between the left end and the right end of the outer side of the second rotating shaft and the corresponding second sliding blocks through the second threads in opposite directions, the two sliding blocks are driven to relatively slide in the left end and the right end of the inner part of the second sliding groove in the left-right direction through rotation of the second rotating shaft, and the lower ends of the two connecting rods are driven to relatively slide in the left-right direction through sliding of the second sliding blocks.
Further, the power assembly further comprises an arc-shaped fixing block II and a motor II, the motor II is fixedly connected to the front end of the left side of the bottom plate through the arc-shaped fixing block II, the output shaft of the motor II is fixedly connected to the left end of the rotating shaft II, and the input end of the motor II is electrically connected to the output end of the external power supply through the external control switch group.
And the output shaft of the second motor is driven to rotate under the action of an external power supply, and the rotation of the output shaft of the second motor drives the rotation of the second rotating shaft.
Further, the correction unit includes spout one, slider one, support frame two, activity roller and power structure, spout one has been seted up along left right direction to the upside rear end of bottom plate, both ends have a slider one along left right direction sliding connection respectively about the inside of spout one, and the upside of two sliders one is provided with a support frame two respectively, evenly is provided with two activity rollers along the fore-and-aft direction respectively between the inside upper and lower both sides of two support frames two, rotate between the outside of activity roller and the left and right sides of cardboard and be connected, the inside of spout one be provided with the slider between the power structure that the cooperation is connected.
Under the action of the power structure, the two first sliding blocks slide oppositely along the left and right directions at the left and right ends in the first sliding groove, the two first supporting frames are driven to slide oppositely along the left and right directions through the sliding of the two first sliding blocks, the correcting effect on the conveyed paper board position is realized through the inward sliding of the two supporting frames, and the friction force between the inner side of the second supporting frame and the left and right sides of the paper board is reduced under the action of the movable roller.
Furthermore, the power structure comprises a first rotating shaft and a first screw thread, the side faces of the left end and the right end of the first rotating shaft are respectively connected with the left side and the right side of the inner portion of the first sliding groove in a rotating mode, and the left end and the right end of the outer side of the first rotating shaft are respectively connected with the corresponding first sliding block in a threaded mode through the first screw thread in the opposite direction.
Under the effect of threaded connection between the left end and the right end of the outer side of the first rotating shaft and the corresponding first sliding block respectively through a first screw thread in opposite directions, the left end and the right end of the rotating sliding block I in the sliding groove I slide relatively in the left-right direction through the rotating sliding block I of the first rotating shaft.
Further, the power structure still includes arc fixed block one and motor one, motor one is through arc fixed block one fixed connection in the left side rear end of bottom plate, fixed connection between the output shaft of motor one and the left end of axis of rotation one, the input of motor one is connected through the electricity between the output of external control switch group and external power source.
The output shaft of the first motor is driven to rotate under the action of an external power supply, and the rotation of the output shaft of the first motor drives the rotation of the first rotating shaft.
Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the utility model are that: this paper folder is used in carton processing has following benefit:
1. the paper folder for processing the cartons is provided with a correction unit, the two first sliding blocks slide relatively in the left and right directions at the left and right ends in the first sliding chute under the action of a power structure, the two first sliding blocks slide to drive the two second supporting frames to slide relatively in the left and right directions, and the correction effect on the conveyed paperboard position is realized through the inward sliding of the two second supporting frames;
2. the paper folder for processing the cartons is provided with a folding unit, two sliding blocks II are driven to relatively slide in the left and right directions at the left and right ends in a sliding groove II through the rotation of a rotating shaft II, and the lower ends of two connecting rods are driven to relatively slide in the left and right directions through the sliding of the sliding blocks II;
3. the lower ends of the two connecting rods are driven to relatively slide along the left and right directions under the action of the power assembly, the outer ends of the two square plates are driven to inwards extrude through the inward sliding of the lower ends of the two connecting rods, and therefore the left and right sides of the fixed paperboard can be folded simultaneously.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a schematic view of the rear view structure of the present invention.
In the figure: the device comprises a base plate 1, a conveyor belt 2, a first support frame 3, a first electric telescopic rod 4, a squeezing plate 5, a straightening unit 6, a first sliding groove 61, a first sliding block 62, a second support frame 63, a movable roller 64, a first rotating shaft 65, a first screw thread 66, a first arc-shaped fixed block 67, a first motor 68, a folding unit 7, a second sliding groove 71, a second sliding block 72, a fixed seat 73, a square plate 74, a connecting rod 75, a second rotating shaft 76, a second screw thread 77, a second arc-shaped fixed block 78 and a second motor 79.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative work belong to the protection scope of the present invention.
Referring to fig. 1-2, the present embodiment provides a technical solution: a paper folder for processing cartons comprises a bottom plate 1 and a folding unit 7;
bottom plate 1: the upper side of the conveying belt is provided with a conveying belt 2 along the front-back direction, the front end of the upper side of the bottom plate 1 is provided with a support frame I3 along the left-right direction, the upper side of the interior of the support frame I3 is fixedly connected with an extrusion plate 5 through an electric telescopic rod 4, the lower side of the extrusion plate 5 is connected with the upper side of the conveying belt 2 in a matched mode, and the rear end of the upper side of the bottom plate 1 is provided with a correcting unit 6 along the left-right direction;
Under the action of a power structure, the two first sliding blocks 62 slide oppositely along the left and right directions at the left and right ends in the sliding groove 61, the two second supporting frames 63 are driven to slide oppositely along the left and right directions by the sliding of the two first sliding blocks 62, the correction effect on the conveyed paper board position is realized by the inward sliding of the two second supporting frames 63, and the friction force between the inner sides of the two second supporting frames 63 and the left and right sides of the paper board is reduced under the action of the movable roller 64.
The power structure comprises a first rotating shaft 65 and a first screw thread 66, the side surfaces of the left end and the right end of the first rotating shaft 65 are respectively in rotating connection with the left side and the right side of the inner part of the first sliding groove 61, and the left end and the right end of the outer side of the first rotating shaft 65 are respectively in threaded connection with the corresponding first sliding block 62 through the first screw thread 66 in the opposite direction.
Under the effect of threaded connection between the outer left end and the outer right end of the rotating shaft I65 and the corresponding slide block I62 through threads I66 in opposite directions, the slide blocks I62 can slide in the left-right direction in the slide grooves I61 through the rotating shaft I65.
The power structure further comprises an arc-shaped fixing block I67 and a motor I68, the motor I68 is fixedly connected to the rear end of the left side of the bottom plate 1 through the arc-shaped fixing block I67, an output shaft of the motor I68 is fixedly connected with the left end of the rotating shaft I65, and an input end of the motor I68 is electrically connected with an output end of an external power supply through an external control switch group.
The output shaft of the first motor 68 is driven to rotate by the external power supply, and the rotation of the output shaft of the first motor 68 drives the rotation of the first rotating shaft 65.
The folding unit 7: include two 71 of spout, power component, fixing base 73, square plate 74 and connecting rod 75, two 71 of spout have been seted up along left right direction to the upside front end of bottom plate 1, two 71 of spout are located the inside downside of support frame 3, both ends are provided with a power component respectively about the inside of spout two 71, two power component's upside is swing joint respectively has a connecting rod 75, both sides are provided with two fixing base 73 along the fore-and-aft direction respectively side by side about the upside front end of bottom plate 1, there is a square plate 74 swing joint respectively between two fixing base 73 that correspond around the same end, two connecting rods 75's the other end respectively with swing joint between the outside of two square plate 74.
Realize the corrective action to the cardboard position of conveying through correction unit 6, the cardboard after the correction realizes the effect of forward conveying under the effect of conveyer belt 2, under the supporting role of support frame 3, it slides along upper and lower direction to drive stripper plate 5 through electric telescopic handle 4, realize the fixed action to the cardboard through stripper plate 5 extrusion downwards, the lower extreme that drives two connecting rods 75 under power component's effect slides along left and right sides direction relatively, make the effect that square plate 74 realized the activity under the effect of fixing base 73, under the other end of two connecting rods 75 respectively with the swing joint effect between the outside of two square plates 74, the inside outer end that drives two square plates 74 through the inside slip of two connecting rods 75 lower extreme realizes inwards squeezing, thereby realize the effect of folding simultaneously to the cardboard left and right sides of fixing.
The power assembly comprises a second sliding block 72, a second rotating shaft 76 and a second thread 77, the left end and the right end of the inside of the second sliding groove 71 respectively slide oppositely along the left direction and the right direction to form the second sliding block 72, the upper sides of the second sliding blocks 72 are respectively and movably connected with a connecting rod 75, the side faces of the left end and the right end of the second rotating shaft 76 are respectively and rotatably connected with the left side and the right side of the inside of the second sliding groove 71, and the left end and the right end of the outside of the second rotating shaft 76 are respectively in threaded connection with the corresponding second sliding blocks 72 through the second thread 77 with opposite directions.
Under the effect of threaded connection between the two outer left and right ends of the second rotating shaft 76 and the corresponding second sliding blocks 72 through the two opposite-direction threads 77, the two sliding blocks 72 are driven to relatively slide in the left and right directions in the sliding grooves 71 through rotation of the second rotating shaft 76, and the lower ends of the two connecting rods 75 are driven to relatively slide in the left and right directions through sliding of the second sliding blocks 72.
The power assembly further comprises a second arc-shaped fixing block 78 and a second motor 79, the second motor 79 is fixedly connected to the front end of the left side of the bottom plate 1 through the second arc-shaped fixing block 78, an output shaft of the second motor 79 is fixedly connected to the left end of the second rotating shaft 76, and an input end of the second motor 79 is electrically connected to an output end of an external power supply through an external control switch group.
The output shaft of the second motor 79 is driven to rotate under the action of an external power supply, and the rotation of the output shaft of the second motor 79 drives the rotation of the second rotating shaft 76.
The utility model provides a pair of paper folder for carton processing's theory of operation as follows:
the output shaft of the motor I68 is driven to rotate under the action of an external power supply, the rotation of the output shaft of the motor I68 drives the rotation shaft I65 to rotate, the left end and the right end of the outer side of the rotation shaft I65 respectively drive the left end and the right end of the outer side of the rotation shaft I65 to relatively slide along the left-right direction through the threaded connection between the screw threads I66 in opposite directions and the corresponding slide blocks I62, the left end and the right end of the inner side of the sliding chute I61 through the rotation of the rotation block I62 of the rotation shaft I65, the two support frames II 63 are driven to relatively slide along the left-right direction through the sliding of the two slide blocks I62, the correction effect on the position of the conveyed paperboard is realized through the inward sliding of the two support frames II 63, the friction force between the inner side of the support frames II 63 and the left side and the right side of the paperboard is reduced under the action of the movable roller 64, the forward conveying effect is realized under the action of the conveyor belt 2, under the supporting effect of the support frames I3, the extrusion plate 5 is driven by the electric telescopic rod 4 to slide along the up-down direction, the extrusion plate 5 is extruded downwards to realize the fixing effect on the paper board, the output shaft of the motor II 79 is driven to rotate under the action of an external power supply, the rotation of the output shaft of the motor II 79 drives the rotation of the rotation shaft II 76, the left end and the right end of the outer side of the rotation shaft II 76 are respectively driven by the screw thread II 77 with opposite directions and the corresponding slide block II 72 to be connected with each other by screw threads, the rotation of the rotation shaft II 76 drives the two slide blocks II 72 to relatively slide along the left-right direction at the left end and the right end in the sliding chute II 71, the sliding of the slide block II 72 drives the lower ends of the two connecting rods 75 to relatively slide along the left-right direction, the square plate 74 is enabled to realize the moving effect under the effect of the fixed seat 73, and the effect of movable connection between the other ends of the two connecting rods 75 and the outer sides of the two square plates 74 is realized, the outer ends of the two square plates 74 are driven to be pressed inwards by the inward sliding of the lower ends of the two connecting rods 75, so that the left side and the right side of the fixed paper board are folded simultaneously.
It should be noted that the first motor 68 and the second motor 79 disclosed in the above embodiments are both step motors, and the control switch set controls the first motor 68 and the second motor 79 to operate by a method commonly used in the prior art.
The above only is the embodiment of the present invention, not limiting the scope of the present invention, all the equivalent structures or equivalent processes of the present invention are used in the specification and the attached drawings, or directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields, and the same principle is included in the protection scope of the present invention.
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1. The utility model provides a paper folder for carton processing which characterized in that: comprises a bottom plate (1) and a folding unit (7);
base plate (1): the upper side of the base plate (1) is provided with a conveyor belt (2) along the front-back direction, the front end of the upper side of the base plate (1) is provided with a first support frame (3) along the left-right direction, the upper side of the interior of the first support frame (3) is fixedly connected with an extrusion plate (5) through an electric telescopic rod (4), the lower side of the extrusion plate (5) is connected with the upper side of the conveyor belt (2) in a matching manner, and the rear end of the upper side of the base plate (1) is provided with a correction unit (6) along the left-right direction;
folding unit (7): include spout two (71), power component, fixing base (73), square plate (74) and connecting rod (75), spout two (71) have been seted up along left right direction to the upside front end of bottom plate (1), spout two (71) are located the inside downside of support frame (3), both ends are provided with a power component respectively about the inside of spout two (71), and two power component's upside is swing joint respectively has a connecting rod (75), both sides are provided with two fixing base (73) along the fore-and-aft direction respectively about the upside front end of bottom plate (1), and swing joint respectively between two fixing base (73) that correspond around the same end has a square plate (74), swing joint between the other end of two connecting rods (75) respectively and the outside of two square plate (74).
2. The paper folder for carton processing according to claim 1, wherein: the power component comprises a second slider (72), a second rotating shaft (76) and a second thread (77), wherein the second slider (72) slides oppositely along the left and right directions at the left and right ends of the inside of the second sliding chute (71), the two sliders are respectively movably connected with a connecting rod (75) at the upper sides of the two sliders (72), the side faces of the left and right ends of the second rotating shaft (76) are respectively rotatably connected with the left and right sides of the inside of the second sliding chute (71), and the two ends of the second rotating shaft (76) are respectively connected with the two corresponding sliders (72) through the second thread (77) in the opposite direction in a threaded manner at the left and right sides of the outside.
3. The paper folder for processing cartons as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that: the power assembly further comprises a second arc-shaped fixing block (78) and a second motor (79), the second motor (79) is fixedly connected to the front end of the left side of the bottom plate (1) through the second arc-shaped fixing block (78), the output shaft of the second motor (79) is fixedly connected to the left end of the second rotating shaft (76), and the input end of the second motor (79) is electrically connected to the output end of the external power supply through the external control switch group.
4. The paper folder for carton processing according to claim 1, wherein: correction unit (6) include spout one (61), slider one (62), support frame two (63), activity roller (64) and power structure, spout one (61) have been seted up along left right direction to the upside rear end of bottom plate (1), both ends are respectively followed left right direction sliding connection and are had a slider one (62) about the inside of spout one (61), and the upside of two slider one (62) is provided with one support frame two (63) respectively, evenly is provided with two activity rollers (64) along the fore-and-aft direction respectively between the inside upper and lower both sides of two support frames two (63), rotate between the outside of activity roller (64) and the left and right sides of cardboard and be connected, the inside of spout one (61) is provided with the power structure of cooperation connection between the slider one (62).
5. The paper folder for processing cartons as claimed in claim 4, wherein: the power structure includes axis of rotation one (65) and screw thread one (66), both ends side rotates between the inside left and right sides with spout one (61) respectively about axis of rotation one (65), threaded connection between both ends respectively through screw thread one (66) of an opposite direction and the slider (62) that corresponds about the outside of axis of rotation one (65).
6. The paper folder for processing cartons as claimed in claim 5, characterized in that: the power structure still includes arc fixed block one (67) and motor one (68), motor one (68) are through arc fixed block one (67) fixed connection at the left side rear end of bottom plate (1), fixed connection between the output shaft of motor one (68) and the left end of axis of rotation one (65), the input of motor one (68) is connected through being connected between the output of external control switch group and external power source.
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