CN217891925U - Waste belt collecting mechanism - Google Patents
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The application discloses receive useless area mechanism, this receipts useless area mechanism drive have the useless area removal of welding mouth to make the welding mouth leave to weld and cut the position. This receipts useless tape unit structure need not carry out the secondary to the rubber band area and cuts and can take out the waste material fast from the position of surely welding, can avoid the welded junction in rubber band area to appear cutting excessively, realizes the quick cut of welding in rubber band area, improves production efficiency.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to a technical field in the aspect of the textile machinery especially relates to a receive useless tape unit and construct.
Background
When the rubber band machine is used for manufacturing a rubber band ring through a welding seam process, a welding opening generated on an original rubber band belt after each welding and cutting is generally directly cut off and processed each time when the rubber band ring is formed, and then the cut rubber band waste materials are directly collected into a waste material barrel. Although the waste collecting mode of this kind of system area can avoid the welding mouth to appear excessively eagerly, need carry out the secondary at that time and cut off, the machine accuse step is loaded down with trivial details, has increased production processes, reduction in production efficiency.
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Objects of the invention
The utility model aims at providing a receive useless tape unit constructs need not carry out the secondary to the rubber band area and cut and can take out the waste material fast from the position of surely welding, can avoid the welded junction in rubber band area to appear cutting, realizes the quick cut of surely welding in rubber band area, improves production efficiency.
(II) technical scheme
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides the following technical solutions:
a waste belt collecting mechanism drives a waste belt with a welding opening to move so that the welding opening is away from a welding and cutting position.
In order to achieve the purpose of a better utility model, the utility model discloses still have following technical characteristics:
in some embodiments, the waste tape collecting mechanism moves the waste tape with the welding opening to enable the welding opening to leave the welding and cutting position.
In some embodiments, the waste tape collection mechanism is capable of puncturing the waste tape, pulling the waste tape to move, and/or winding the waste tape into a roll in an output direction.
In some embodiments, the method comprises: the workbench is provided with a needling component, the needling component is arranged along the output direction of the waste tape in a moving mode, and the waste tape can be driven to move by pricking.
In some embodiments, the needling assembly includes: and the pricking pin can be lifted up and down to prick the waste tape.
In some embodiments, further comprising: the auxiliary stripping piece can prop against the waste tape at the puncture opening and is used for assisting the puncture needle to be separated from the waste tape.
In some embodiments, the method comprises: and the coiling assembly can fix one end of the waste tape and pull the waste tape along the output direction of the waste tape so as to wind the waste tape into a coil.
In some embodiments, the roll assembly comprises: the stand is rotatably arranged; and the positioning column is fixed on the machine base, and a clamping groove is formed in the positioning column and used for clamping one end of the waste belt.
In some embodiments, further comprising: and the pressing assembly is used for limiting the waste belt in the belt drawing direction of the waste belt collecting mechanism.
In some embodiments, the compression assembly comprises: the positioning piece is fixedly arranged on the front side of the waste belt collecting mechanism and is positioned on one side of the waste belt; the moving part is movably arranged up and down and is positioned at the other side of the waste belt and is opposite to the positioning part.
In some embodiments, the positioning member is integrally formed with the table.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model discloses possess following beneficial effect:
the utility model provides a pair of tape making equipment can take out the waste material in the rubber band area fast from the position of surely welding through receiving useless tape mechanism, can avoid the welded junction in rubber band area to appear cutting to the useless tape section after cutting welding can be linked into the strip and accomodate, realizes the quick cut of welding in rubber band area, improves production efficiency.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a belt manufacturing mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a waste tape removing mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 3 is a schematic view of a waste tape removing mechanism according to another embodiment of the present invention.
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1. an elastic band; 11. a belt feeding section; 12. a belt making section; 13. a waste section; 14. waste tape;
2. a tape making mechanism;
21. a tape feeding mechanism;
22. a belt cutting mechanism; 221. a cutter; 222. ultrasonic steel die;
23. a waste tape collecting mechanism;
24. a needling assembly; 240. a drive assembly; 241. a work table; 242. a slide rail; 243. a needling cylinder; 244. a needle; 245. an auxiliary stripping member;
25. a compression assembly; 251. positioning the air cylinder; 252. a movable member;
26. a coiling assembly; 260. a coiling motor; 261. a machine base; 262. a positioning column; 263. a card slot; 27. a belt lifting mechanism; 28. and an edge aligning mechanism.
Detailed Description
The technical solution and the advantages of the present invention will be made clearer and clearer by further describing the embodiments of the present invention with reference to the drawings of the specification.
Please refer to fig. 1-2, which illustrates a waste belt collecting mechanism of the present invention, which is suitable for a belt manufacturing device for manufacturing rubber band rings, the belt manufacturing device comprises a belt feeding mechanism 21, a belt cutting mechanism 22, and a waste belt collecting mechanism 23, wherein the belt feeding mechanism 21 is used for conveying rubber band belts, the belt cutting mechanism 22 is used for welding and cutting the rubber band belts into rings to form rubber band belts with welded joints, and the waste belt collecting mechanism 23 is used for driving the latest welded joints on the rubber band belts to leave the welding and cutting positions of the belt cutting mechanism. The rubber band is folded, welded and cut into a ring, and a latest welding opening is formed at a connecting position between a waste band section generated by welding and cutting and a band feeding section of the rubber band.
Specifically, the process of welding, cutting and strip-making by the strip-making mechanism 2 is as follows: the elastic band 1 is turned over and folded on the band making mechanism 2 to form a band feeding section 11, a band making section 12 and a waste material section 13 which are connected in sequence. The belt feeding mechanism 21 is used for conveying the belt feeding section 11, the belt feeding section 11 is located on a belt feeding side of a welding and cutting position of the belt cutting mechanism 22, the belt feeding section 11 conveys the belt making section 12 forming the middle position of the elastic belt 1 along the conveying direction, the belt making section 12 is turned over and looped on a belt outlet side of the belt cutting mechanism 22, the belt making section 12 is an annular rubber belt before welding and cutting, the tail end of the belt making section 12 is connected with the waste material section 13, and the waste material section 13 is located on a belt receiving side of the belt cutting mechanism 22, so that the waste material section 13 and the belt feeding section 12 are respectively located on a belt feeding side and a belt receiving side of the belt cutting mechanism 22, and the belt feeding side and the belt receiving side are located on different positions in the same side direction of the welding and cutting position of the belt cutting mechanism 22, and the elastic belt is turned over and cut on the welding and cutting position side of the belt cutting mechanism 22 to form an effect. Thus, when the band-making section 12 is welded into an annular rubber band, the band-feeding section 11 and the waste material section 13 are welded together, so that the rubber band fed is welded and cut into a ring to form a rubber band with a welding opening, and the rubber band with the welding opening forms a latest welding opening at a connecting position between the waste band section 13 generated by each welding and cutting and the band-feeding section 11 of the rubber band. Receive waste band mechanism 23 pulling this rubber band area that has the welding seam to make the newest welding seam on the rubber band area leave the welding position of cutting the mechanism, receive waste band mechanism 23 and pull a section length back with waste material section 13 promptly, can continue to weld and cut the system area after band section 11 forms system area section 12 of conveying once more, system area effect is fast, and can link together waste material section 13 that produces after welding cutting each time and form waste band 14, conveniently arrange in order the waste material, keep production clean.
It is noted that, as mentioned in the present application: the rubber band belt welded and cut into a ring, the rubber band belt formed into a ring, the annular belt, the annular rubber band belt and the rubber band ring belong to the rubber band belt formed into a ring, the description is convenient, whether the rubber band belt forms the ring or not is not influenced, the ring forming position is arranged on the rubber band belt formed into a ring, and the ring forming position is the welding connector.
As shown in fig. 1-2, the belt making mechanism 2 of the present embodiment includes: advance tape unit and construct 21, cut tape unit and construct 22, receive useless tape unit and construct 23, specifically:
the belt feeding mechanism 21 is used for conveying the elastic band 1 with the preset length according to the size of the elastic band ring to be manufactured. Specifically, the method comprises the following steps: the belt feeding mechanism 21 comprises a belt feeding roller wheel and a belt feeding motor, the rotating speed of the belt feeding roller wheel is controlled by setting the rotating speed of the belt feeding motor, the fixed-length conveying of the elastic belt 1 is realized, then the fixed-length elastic belt 1 is conveyed to the belt cutting mechanism 22, and the conveying of the belt feeding section 11 on the elastic belt 1 is realized.
The belt cutting mechanism 22 is used for welding and cutting the middle belt making section 12 after the elastic band 1 is turned up and folded into a ring, and the welded and cut belt feeding section 11 is connected with the waste belt section 13 again. The belt cutting mechanism 22 comprises a cutter 221, an ultrasonic steel die 222 and a driving assembly, wherein the cutter 221 and the ultrasonic steel die 222 are arranged in a butt joint mode, and the cutter 221 can move and press against the ultrasonic steel die 222 under the driving of the driving assembly so as to cut off the strip-shaped elastic belt 1 between the cutter 221 and the ultrasonic steel die 222 or turn over the overlapped elastic belt 1.
And the waste belt collecting mechanism 23 is arranged on one side of the belt feeding mechanism 21 and used for pulling the waste belt section 13 generated in the process of welding and cutting the elastic belt 1 into a ring so as to enable the latest welding opening between the waste belt section 13 and the belt feeding section 11 to leave the welding and cutting position of the belt cutting mechanism 22.
Before the welding seam belt manufacturing, the elastic band 1 sequentially passes through the belt feeding mechanism 21 and the belt cutting mechanism 22, then the elastic band 1 is turned over and passes through the waste belt collecting mechanism 23 along the belt cutting mechanism 22. Therefore, through the position relation of the belt feeding mechanism 21 and the waste belt collecting mechanism 23 and the action of the self gravity of the elastic belt 1, the belt feeding section 11 of the elastic belt 1 can automatically form a ring on the outer side of the belt outlet position of the belt manufacturing mechanism 2 in the conveying process of forming the belt manufacturing section 12, and the belt cutting mechanism 22 can weld and cut the elastic belt 1 which is turned over and formed into a ring on the belt manufacturing mechanism 2. And receive waste tape mechanism 23 and can be when the rubber band 1 welds for the rubber band circle, along the ejection of compact direction pulling waste material section 13 that produces after the welding of receiving waste tape mechanism 23, make the last welded junction on the rubber band 1 that has waste material section 13 after the welding cut leave the welding position of belt cutting mechanism 22, when guaranteeing that the rubber band 1 that has waste material section 13 carries out the welding next time, can not weld once more at same waste material section 13 incision department and cut once more, prevent that the overcut phenomenon from appearing in same welded junction when the rubber band area welds once more, guarantee the system area quality of rubber band circle. Therefore, each waste material section 13 can be connected together to form a waste belt 14 after each welding and cutting, the waste belt collecting mechanism 23 drives the waste belt 14 to move so that the latest welding opening on the waste belt (rubber band belt) leaves a welding and cutting position, the same welding opening is ensured not to be subjected to twice welding and cutting, and the over-cutting phenomenon is prevented.
In this embodiment, the waste tape collecting mechanism 23 can be inserted into the rubber band with the welding opening to pull the waste tape on the rubber band to move, so that the latest welding opening on the waste tape leaves the welding position of the tape cutting mechanism 22:
as shown in fig. 1 to 2, the waste tape collecting mechanism 23 of the present embodiment includes: a worktable 241, a needling assembly 24 and a driving assembly 240. Wherein the needling assembly 24 is arranged on the workbench 241, the driving assembly 240 drives the needling assembly 24 to move along the output direction of the waste tape, so that the needling assembly 24 can penetrate into the waste tape to pull the waste tape to move, and when the waste tape does not need to be pulled, the needling assembly 24 is drawn out/separated from the waste tape. The driving assembly 240 is provided with a slide rail 242 along the conveying direction of the waste tape, the slide rail is arranged along the conveying direction of the workbench 241, the slide rail 242 is arranged in a butt joint mode with the needling assembly 24, the driving assembly 240 drives the needling assembly 24 to move back and forth along the slide rail 242, and the needling assembly 24 can pierce into the waste tape 14 on the workbench 241 so as to pull the waste tape 14 to move along the output direction, so that the latest welding opening on the waste tape 14 leaves the welding position of the tape cutting mechanism 22.
Specifically, the needling assembly 24 includes a lancet 244 and a needling cylinder 243, one end of the needling cylinder 243 is connected to the lancet 244 to drive the lancet 244 to move up and down, the lancet 244 is located at one side of the waste tape 14 to be capable of penetrating into the waste tape 14, the needling cylinder 243 drives the lancet 244 to move so that the lancet 244 can be inserted into the waste tape 14 and separated from the waste tape 14, the needling cylinder 243 is disposed on the slide rail 242 and the needling cylinder 243 can move along the slide rail 242 under the driving of the driving assembly 240. Thus, the waste tape 14 on the lancet 244 can be moved along the welding position of the tape cutting mechanism 22 to the waste tape output direction under the driving of the driving assembly 240, so that the welding opening between the waste tape section 13 and the tape feeding section 11 is away from the welding position of the tape cutting mechanism 22. Also, when pulling of the waste tape is not required, the needlepunch 244 is withdrawn/disengaged from the waste tape. Therefore, the driving assembly 240 controls the movement distance of the pricking pin 244 driving the waste tape 14, so that the drawing length of the waste material section 13 can be accurately controlled, and the raw material is saved.
As shown in fig. 1 to 2, in the present embodiment, the waste tape collecting mechanism 23 further includes: and an auxiliary stripping member 245, wherein the auxiliary stripping member 245 is arranged on one side or two sides of the puncture needle 244, and can be used for resisting the waste tape at the puncture position of the puncture needle 244 to the waste tape so as to assist the puncture needle 244 to be separated from the waste tape 14, so that the quick stripping of the puncture needle 244 is improved. Wherein, a slotted hole matched with the pricker can be arranged on the auxiliary stripping piece 245, and an air blowing mechanism can be arranged at the auxiliary stripping piece 245 to improve the stripping speed of the waste belt from the pricker 244. The auxiliary stripping piece can be of a block-shaped or plate-shaped or strip-shaped structure.
Alternatively, it is understood that in other embodiments, the waste belt collecting mechanism 23 can pull the rubber band (waste belt) to be wound into a roll along the output direction, so that the latest welding opening on the rubber band 1 leaves the welding position of the belt cutting mechanism 22: as shown in fig. 3, in this embodiment, the present waste tape collecting mechanism 23 includes: the coiling assembly 26 and the driving assembly, the coiling assembly 26 can fix one end of the waste tape and pull the waste tape along the output direction of the waste tape to wind the waste tape into a coil, and the driving assembly is used for driving the coiling assembly 26 to rotate to coil the elastic band. Specifically, drive assembly can adopt lapping motor 260 or gear rotating assembly drive lapping subassembly 26 to rotate, and lapping subassembly 26 is equipped with frame 261, and frame 261 is rotatable the setting under drive assembly's drive, is fixed with reference column 262 on the frame 261, is equipped with draw-in groove 263 on the reference column 262, and draw-in groove 263 is used for the one end of fixed waste tape (rubber band area). When lapping motor 260 drives reference column 262 through frame 261 and rotates, the one end card of useless area (rubber band area) is in draw-in groove 263 to useless area (rubber band area) is followed reference column 262 and is rotated the lapping under lapping motor 260's drive, realizes spurring useless area (rubber band area), makes the newest weld bead on useless area (rubber band area) leave the seam position of cutting, ensures that same weld bead can not carry out twice seam cutting, prevents the overcut problem to appear.
As shown in fig. 1-2, in the present embodiment, the waste tape collecting mechanism 23 further includes: a pressing assembly 25, wherein the pressing assembly 25 is used for limiting the waste belt 14 (the elastic belt) in the drawing belt direction of the waste belt collecting mechanism 23, and preventing the waste belt (the elastic belt) from deviating the conveying track on the workbench 241. Further, the pressing member 25 includes: the positioning cylinder 251, the moving member 252, the positioning member is disposed opposite to the moving member 252, wherein the positioning member is fixedly disposed at the front side of the waste tape collecting mechanism and located at one side of the waste tape, the moving member 252 is disposed movably up and down, the moving member 252 can be disposed at the front side of the waste tape collecting mechanism in a lifting manner (in different embodiments, the moving member 252 can be disposed at the front side of the needling component 24 or disposed at the front side of the winding component 26), and the moving member 252 is disposed at the other side of the waste tape and is disposed opposite to the positioning member, therefore, under the driving of the positioning cylinder 251, the moving member 252 can be disposed along the direction of the waste tape to compress the waste tape on the workbench 241, thereby preventing the waste tape from shifting and affecting the tape making effect.
In various embodiments, the positioning member is integrally formed with the table, or the positioning member may be fixed above or to one side of the table.
As shown in fig. 1, in the present embodiment, the belt making mechanism 2 further includes: the belt lifting mechanism 27 is provided with a lifting rod which is movably arranged between two sides of the belt cutting mechanism 22, namely the lifting rod moves between the feeding side and the discharging side of a welding and cutting position, and is positioned at the outer side of the rubber belt conveyed by the belt feeding mechanism 21 at the welding and cutting position, the lifting rod is driven to pull the rubber belt, so that the rubber belt 1 conveyed by the belt feeding mechanism 21 is lifted to the discharging side of the belt cutting mechanism 22 from the feeding side of the belt cutting mechanism 22, the rubber belt conveyed by the belt feeding mechanism 21 can be folded into a ring at the welding and cutting position, the rubber belt 1 before welding and cutting can be smoothly folded into a ring, the rubber belt 1 is prevented from being clamped at the cutter 221 mechanism, and the smooth belt outlet is ensured. As shown in fig. 1, in the present embodiment, the belt making mechanism 2 further includes: and the edge aligning mechanism 28 is used for aligning two overlapped side edges of the rubber band belt folded before welding and cutting. Wherein, the mechanism 28 of the opposite side can move and set up in one side of weld cutting the position, and this mechanism 28 of the opposite side includes two at least baffles, and two baffles are located the same one side of weld cutting the position to these two baffles set up in the both sides limit of rubber band area relatively moving, wherein, can be a baffle fixed setting, and another baffle movable setting, also can be two baffles and remove the setting simultaneously. Two baffles are respectively positioned on two sides of the rubber band belt and can move to two side edges abutting against the rubber band belt 1, and two side edges overlapped on the rubber band belt 1 which is turned and folded into a ring can be aligned before welding, so that the alignment degree of the two side edges after the rubber band belt 1 is turned over is limited, the problem of misalignment welding of a welding port of an rubber band ring which is welded into a ring is avoided, and the welding precision of the rubber band ring is improved.
The tape manufacturing apparatus of this embodiment includes a controller, and the controller may be connected to the tape feeding mechanism 21, the tape cutting mechanism 22, and the waste tape collecting mechanism 23, respectively, and may be provided on the same frame.
It is to be understood that the above-described embodiments of the present invention are merely illustrative of or explaining the principles of the invention and are not to be construed as limiting the invention. Therefore, any modifications, equivalents, improvements and the like which are made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention should be considered within the protection scope of the present invention. Further, it is intended that the appended claims cover all such variations and modifications as fall within the scope and boundaries of the appended claims or the equivalents of such scope and boundaries.
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1. The utility model provides a receive useless area mechanism which characterized in that, receive useless area mechanism and drive the useless area removal that has the welding mouth to make the welding mouth leave and weld and cut the position, receive useless area mechanism and include: the workbench is provided with a needling component on the workbench, the needling component moves along the output direction of the waste tape and can penetrate into the waste tape to pull the waste tape to move, and the auxiliary stripping part can abut against the waste tape at a needling port and is used for assisting the needling component to separate from the waste tape.
2. The waste tape collection mechanism of claim 1, wherein the waste tape collection mechanism is capable of puncturing the waste tape to pull the waste tape into motion and/or winding the waste tape into a roll in an output direction.
3. The waste tape mechanism of claim 1 or 2, wherein the needling assembly comprises: and the pricking pin can be lifted up and down to prick the waste tape.
4. The waste tape mechanism of claim 2, comprising: and the coiling assembly can fix one end of the waste tape and pull the waste tape along the output direction of the waste tape so as to wind the waste tape into a coil.
5. The waste tape mechanism of claim 4, wherein the reel assembly comprises:
the stand is rotatably arranged;
and the positioning column is fixed on the machine base, and a clamping groove is formed in the positioning column and used for clamping one end of the waste belt.
6. The waste tape mechanism of claim 1, further comprising: and the pressing assembly is used for limiting the waste belt in the belt drawing direction of the waste belt collecting mechanism.
7. The waste tape mechanism of claim 6, wherein the hold-down assembly comprises:
the positioning piece is fixedly arranged on the front side of the waste belt collecting mechanism and is positioned on one side of the waste belt;
and the moving part is movably arranged up and down and is positioned on the other side of the waste belt and is opposite to the positioning part.
8. The scrap belt mechanism in accordance with claim 7 wherein the locating member is integrally formed with the table.
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