CN218695922U - Automatic change selenium drum seal welding set - Google Patents

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CN218695922U
CN218695922U CN202221869741.XU CN202221869741U CN218695922U CN 218695922 U CN218695922 U CN 218695922U CN 202221869741 U CN202221869741 U CN 202221869741U CN 218695922 U CN218695922 U CN 218695922U
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仲鹏举
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The utility model discloses an automatic selenium drum seal welding device, which solves the problem that the seal is easy to break or break away in the technical field of selenium drum production, and comprises a frame, a seal feeding mechanism for transporting the seal, a seal detecting component for detecting whether the seal of the seal feeding mechanism is broken, a seal cutting mechanism for cutting the seal and a selenium drum welding mechanism; the seal detection assembly comprises a swing rod hinged with the rack, a sensing wheel installed on the swing rod and an alarm installed below a hinge joint of the swing rod, and the alarm gives an alarm and shuts down the machine when contacting with the sensing wheel. The seal feeding mechanism, the seal cutting mechanism and the toner cartridge welding mechanism are sequentially arranged on the rack.

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Automatic change selenium drum seal welding set
Technical Field
The utility model relates to a selenium drum production technical field especially relates to an automatic change selenium drum seal welding device.
Background
The existing toner cartridge is generally welded with a seal, the toner cartridge seal is used for separating a photosensitive drum and carbon powder, the carbon powder is leaked in the transportation process, and the toner cartridge can be distinguished whether the toner cartridge is used or not by the seal. The existing seal cutting equipment can break a seal or separate from a roller when in work, so that the work cannot be continued.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model provides an automatic change selenium drum seal welding set aims at solving one of the technical problem that exists among the prior art at least.
The technical scheme of the utility model be an automatic change selenium drum seal welding device, it includes: the sealing strip welding machine comprises a rack, a sealing strip feeding mechanism for conveying sealing strips, a sealing strip detection assembly for detecting whether the sealing strips of the sealing strip feeding mechanism are broken, a sealing strip cutting mechanism for cutting the sealing strips and a toner cartridge welding mechanism; the seal detection assembly comprises a swinging rod hinged with the rack, a sensing wheel installed on the swinging rod and an alarm installed below a hinged joint of the swinging rod, wherein the alarm gives an alarm and closes a machine when contacting with the sensing wheel. The seal feeding mechanism, the seal cutting mechanism and the toner cartridge welding mechanism are sequentially arranged on the rack.
Further, the seal feeding mechanism comprises a material wheel and a plurality of feeding wheels, the material wheel and the feeding wheels are both rotationally connected with the rack, and the plurality of feeding wheels drive the seals on the feeding wheels to move.
Further, strip of paper used for sealing cutting mechanism includes the knife rest, installs cutting die on the knife rest, sliding connection be in cutting knife on the knife rest and installation the second orientation track of the book input end of knife rest, the cutting knife can be close to or keep away from the cutting die.
Further, still include strip of paper used for sealing transport mechanism, including first orientation track, the support that slides, horizontal sliding plate, first clamping jaw and loose pulley assembly, first orientation track sets up the output of strip of paper used for sealing cutting mechanism, horizontal sliding plate follows the support horizontal slip that slides, horizontal sliding plate is last, and it is kept away from the first clamping jaw of one end installation of strip of paper used for sealing cutting mechanism is close to loose pulley assembly is installed to the one end of strip of paper used for sealing cutting mechanism, loose pulley assembly with first clamping jaw can slide along vertical direction simultaneously, loose pulley assembly includes two clamping wheels, two the clamping wheel with first clamping jaw all is used for pressing from both sides tightly the strip of paper used for sealing on the first orientation track.
Further, strip of paper used for sealing transport mechanism still includes first power spare and second power spare, first power spare drive horizontal sliding plate follows the support horizontal slip slides, second power spare drive loose pulley assembly with first clamping jaw slides along vertical direction simultaneously, first power spare with second power spare all sets up one side relative with first clamping jaw on the horizontal sliding plate.
Further, loose pulley assembly includes the clamping board, moves the clamping wheel and quiet clamping wheel, quiet clamping wheel rotates the connection the clamping board, it can be close to or keep away from to move the clamping wheel quiet clamping wheel, the clamping board with first clamping jaw fixed connection.
Further, loose pulley assembly still includes the elastic component, elastic component one end is connected move the clamping wheel, and the other end is connected the clamping board, the elastic component orders about move the clamping wheel and be close to quiet clamping wheel.
Furthermore, selenium drum welding mechanism includes welding power spare, welding pedestal and soldered connection, welding pedestal is used for fixed selenium drum, welding power spare drive the soldered connection is close to or is kept away from welding pedestal.
Further, a second clamping jaw is arranged on the welding base and used for fixing the selenium drum.
Further, selenium drum welding mechanism still includes conveyer belt and a plurality of welding base, and is a plurality of welding base follows conveyer belt direction of transportation sets gradually.
The utility model has the advantages as follows:
can be automatic tailor, transportation, welding to the strip of paper used for sealing, when the strip of paper used for sealing probably takes place the strip of paper used for sealing disconnection or breaks away from the gyro wheel at the during operation, can in time remind the user, guarantee equipment continuous operation.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure of an automatic selenium drum sealing and welding device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a schematic view of the overall structure of another view angle of the automatic toner cartridge sealing and welding device according to the embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a seal feeding mechanism, a seal cutting mechanism and a seal detecting assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of a seal transfer mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the seal transfer mechanism and the toner cartridge welding mechanism of the embodiment of the present invention before being ready for welding;
fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a rear view angle of a seal transfer mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a conveyor belt according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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a frame 100;
the sealing strip feeding mechanism 200, the material wheel 210, the feeding wheel 220 and the wire pressing wheel 230;
a seal detection assembly 300, a swing rod 310, a sensing wheel 320 and an alarm 330;
a seal cutting mechanism 400, a second orientation track 410;
the sealing strip transfer mechanism 500, the first orientation track 510, the sliding support 520, the horizontal sliding plate 530, the first clamping jaw 540, the pulley assembly 550, the clamping plate 551, the movable clamping wheel 552 and the static clamping wheel 553;
selenium drum welding mechanism 600, welding power member 610, welding base 620, second clamping jaw 621, guide way 622, welding head 630, conveyer belt 640, guide rod 641.
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The following description will describe several embodiments of the present invention, including the embodiments corresponding to the accompanying drawings, it being understood that the drawings are for assisting understanding of the technical features and aspects of the present invention, and should not be interpreted as limiting the scope of the present invention.
The conception, specific structure and technical effects of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments, so as to fully understand the objects, aspects and effects of the present invention. It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments in the present application may be combined with each other without conflict.
It should be noted that, unless otherwise specifically limited, when a feature is referred to as being "fixed," "connected," or "mounted" to another feature, it can be directly fixed or connected to the other feature, or indirectly fixed or connected to the other feature, and the terms "fixed," "connected," or "mounted" are used broadly, those skilled in the art can reasonably determine the specific meaning of the above-mentioned terms in the present disclosure in combination with the details of the technical solutions.
It should be noted that the description of the directions or positional relationships indicated by the upper, lower, left, right, top, bottom, front, back, inner, outer, etc. used in the present invention is the directions or positional relationships based on the drawings or the embodiments, and is only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, but does not indicate or imply that the indicated device or element must have a specific direction, be constructed and operated in a specific direction, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.
It should be noted that, as used herein, the term "and/or" includes any combination of one or more of the associated listed items, a plurality of which means one or more, a plurality of which means two or more, greater than, less than, more than, etc. are understood to exclude the present numbers, and greater than, less than, etc. are understood to include the present numbers.
It should be noted that the description of the first and second embodiments of the present invention is only for the purpose of distinguishing technical features, and is not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of indicated technical features or implicitly indicating the precedence of the indicated technical features.
It is to be understood that, unless otherwise specifically defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used in the description herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention.
Referring to fig. 1 to 7, the technical scheme of the utility model is an automatic change selenium drum seal welding device, it includes: the device comprises a rack 100, a seal feeding mechanism 200 for transporting seals, a seal detecting component 300 for detecting whether the seals of the seal feeding mechanism 200 are broken, a seal cutting mechanism 400 for cutting the seals and a toner cartridge welding mechanism 600; the seal detection assembly comprises a swing rod 310 hinged with the rack 100, a sensing wheel 320 installed on the swing rod 310, and an alarm 330 installed below the hinged opening of the swing rod 310, wherein the alarm 330 gives an alarm and closes the machine when contacting with the sensing wheel, and the seal feeding mechanism 200, the seal cutting mechanism 400 and the toner cartridge welding mechanism 600 are sequentially installed on the rack 100.
Specifically, when the cable is disconnected or separated from the machine, the swing rod 310 naturally swings downwards, when the induction wheel 320 is in contact with the alarm 330, the switch in the alarm 330 is triggered, the main power supply of the machine is disconnected, the machine stops running, and the standby power supply is switched on simultaneously so as to turn on the alarm bell to remind an operator to process, so that the waste of materials can be reduced, and even the damage of the machine caused by the winding of the cable can be avoided. Reduce staff's work load, as long as accomplish the preparation work of earlier stage and just can do other work, prevent behind the strip of paper used for sealing disconnection, machinery continues to work, leads to the unable welding of selenium drum.
In some embodiments, the seal feeding mechanism 200 includes a material wheel 210 and a plurality of feeding wheels 220, wherein the material wheel 210 and the feeding wheels 220 are both rotatably connected to the frame 100, and the plurality of feeding wheels 220 drive the seals on the feeding wheels 220 to move. The number of the feeding wheels 220 is even, the upper side and the lower side of the seal are averagely arranged to clamp the seal, and the directions of the feeding wheels 220 on the upper side and the lower side are opposite to keep the conveying direction of the seal.
Specifically, the seal feeding mechanism 200 further comprises more than four wire pressing wheels 230, the wire pressing wheels 230 are symmetrically arranged on the upper side and the lower side of the seal, and the seal is transported between the wire pressing wheels 230, so that the seal can be output straightly.
Specifically, the feeding wheel 220 is provided with friction grains, so that the friction force between the feeding wheel 220 and the seal strip is improved, and the seal strip is kept to run stably.
In some embodiments, the seal cutting mechanism 400 includes a knife holder, a knife block mounted on the knife holder, a cutter slidably attached to the knife holder, and a second orientation track 410 on which the book input end of the knife holder is mounted, the cutter being capable of moving toward and away from the knife block. The cutting knife is close to or far away from the cutting die and can cut the seal, a first orientation track 510 is arranged at the input end of the knife rest, a second orientation track 410 is arranged at the output end, and the orientation tracks are used for keeping the stability of the input or output of the seal; the width of the first and second guide tracks 510 and 410 is sized according to the predetermined size of the seal, and the input or output stability of the seal is maintained.
In some embodiments, the seal transfer mechanism 500 further comprises a first orientation rail 510, a sliding bracket 520, a horizontal sliding plate 530, a first clamping jaw 540, and a pulley assembly 550, wherein the first orientation rail 510 is disposed at an output end of the seal cutting mechanism 400, the horizontal sliding plate 530 slides horizontally along the sliding bracket 520, the horizontal sliding plate 530 is provided with the first clamping jaw 540 at an end thereof away from the seal cutting mechanism 400, the pulley assembly 550 is provided at an end thereof close to the seal cutting mechanism 400, the pulley assembly 550 and the first clamping jaw 540 can slide in a vertical direction at the same time, the pulley assembly 550 comprises two clamping wheels, and the two clamping wheels and the first clamping jaw 540 are used for clamping the seal on the first orientation rail 510.
Specifically, the pulley assembly 550 and the first clamping jaw 540 move to the position of the first orientation rail 510, the seal transportation mechanism transports the seal to the seal cutting mechanism 400 and then continues to slide towards the first orientation rail 510, the first clamping jaw 540 fixes one end of the seal, two clamping wheels on the pulley assembly 550 are respectively located on the upper side and the lower side of the first orientation rail 510, the two clamping wheels can be close to each other, the two clamping wheels fix the other end of the seal, the two ends of the seal are fixed, the stretching state of the seal is maintained, the seal is cut by the seal cutting mechanism 400, the horizontal sliding plate 530 moves to the upper side of the welding base 620 along the horizontal direction, the first clamping jaw 540 pulls the seal to be close to the cartridge welding mechanism 600, the clamping wheels can roll along the first orientation rail 510 and cannot abrade the seal, the pulley assembly 550 and the first clamping jaw 540 can simultaneously slide along the vertical direction, the seal is close to the cartridge of the welding base 620, the seal is covered on the cartridge, the welding power piece 610 drives the welding head 630 to be close to the welding base 620, the seal is fixed on the cartridge, the whole process does not need manual operation, labor intensity is reduced, and the production cost is effectively improved.
In some embodiments, the seal transfer mechanism 500 further includes a first power component driving the horizontal sliding plate 530 to horizontally slide along the sliding bracket 520, and a second power component driving the pulley assembly 550 to slide in the vertical direction simultaneously with the first clamping jaw 540, both of which are disposed on the opposite side of the horizontal sliding plate 530 from the first clamping jaw 540. The first clamping jaw 540 and the pulley assembly 550 are arranged on one side of the horizontal sliding plate 530, and the first power part and the second power part are arranged on the other side of the horizontal sliding plate 530, so that the first clamping jaw 540 and the pulley assembly 550 are prevented from being interfered by the first power part and the second power part during transportation, and the transportation of the peak seal is prevented from being influenced.
Specifically, the first power part and the second power part are both screw rods.
In some embodiments, the pulley assembly 550 includes a clamping plate 551, a moving clamping wheel 552, and a stationary clamping wheel 553, the stationary clamping wheel 553 being rotatably coupled to the clamping plate 551, the moving clamping wheel 552 being capable of moving toward or away from the stationary clamping wheel 553, and the clamping plate 551 being fixedly coupled to the first clamping jaw 540. Clamping wheels on the pulley assembly 550 need to clamp the upper side and the lower side of the first orientation rail 510 respectively, the first orientation rail 510 has a certain thickness, after the pulley assembly 550 moves out of the first orientation rail 510, a certain gap exists between the clamping wheels, and the movable clamping wheel 552 is close to the static clamping wheel 553, so that the two clamping wheels can clamp the seal, and the two ends of the seal can be kept in a clamping state.
In some embodiments, the pulley assembly 550 further comprises a resilient member connected at one end to the moving clamping wheel 552 and at the other end to the clamping plate 551, the resilient member urging the moving clamping wheel 552 towards the stationary clamping wheel 553. The resilient member urges the clamping wheel 552 towards the stationary clamping wheel 553, which holds the clamping wheels in a clamped condition.
In some embodiments, the cartridge welding mechanism 600 includes a welding power member 610, a welding base 620, and a welding head 630, the welding base 620 is used for fixing the cartridge, and the welding power member 610 drives the welding head 630 to be close to or far from the welding base 620.
In some embodiments, a second clamping jaw 621 is disposed on the welding base 620, and the second clamping jaw 621 is used for fixing the selenium drum. The second clamping jaw 621 is a three-head electric clamping jaw, and the jaw of the three-head electric clamping jaw can approach the middle part of the second clamping jaw 621 to clamp an object. One end on the selenium drum is provided with a triangular positioning block, and the second sharp claw is used for quickly positioning the selenium drum, so that the selenium drum is convenient to install.
Still be provided with the bearing piece on specific welding base 620, the bearing piece is used for bearing the selenium drum other end, keeps selenium drum installation stability.
In some embodiments, the cartridge welding mechanism 600 further includes a conveyor belt 640 and a plurality of welding bases 620, the plurality of welding bases 620 being sequentially disposed along the conveying direction of the conveyor belt 640.
In some embodiments, the conveyor belt 640 is provided with a guide rod 641, and the welding base 620 is provided with a guide groove 622, and the guide rod 641 is matched with the guide groove 622. The guide rod 641 is matched with the guide groove 622 to keep the stability of the movement of the welding base 620 in the horizontal direction, and the sealing strip can be accurately attached to the corresponding position of the toner cartridge.
In some embodiments, the welding base 620 is provided with a contact sensor, which is connected to a power point driving the first clamping jaw 540 to move up and down, and controls the first clamping jaw 540 to stop moving when the seal moves to a corresponding position.
It is noted that, in the description, terms such as "one embodiment", "some embodiments", "basic embodiment", "extended embodiment", etc., may be applied to describe several embodiments of the present invention, and specific features, structures, materials or characteristics of several embodiments may be combined in a manner consistent with the principles and spirit of the present invention.
Although the present invention has been illustrated and described with respect to some embodiments, the present invention should not be limited to the above-described embodiments, and the technical effects of the present invention can be achieved by the same or equivalent means.

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1. The utility model provides an automatic change selenium drum seal welding set which characterized in that includes:
a frame;
a seal feeding mechanism for transporting seals;
the seal detection assembly is used for detecting whether a seal of the seal feeding mechanism is broken or not, and comprises a swing rod hinged with the rack, a sensing wheel installed on the swing rod and an alarm installed below a hinge joint of the swing rod, wherein the alarm gives an alarm and closes a machine when contacting with the sensing wheel;
a seal cutting mechanism for cutting the seal;
a selenium drum welding mechanism;
the seal feeding mechanism, the seal cutting mechanism and the toner cartridge welding mechanism are sequentially arranged on the rack.
2. The automated cartridge seal welding device of claim 1, wherein the seal feeding mechanism comprises a material wheel and a plurality of feeding wheels, the material wheel and the feeding wheels are both rotatably connected with the frame, and the plurality of feeding wheels drive the seals on the feeding wheels to move.
3. The automated cartridge seal welding apparatus of claim 1, wherein the seal cutting mechanism comprises a knife carriage, a cutting die mounted on the knife carriage, a cutting knife slidably coupled to the knife carriage, and a second orientation track mounting a book input end of the knife carriage, the cutting knife being capable of moving toward or away from the cutting die.
4. The automatic selenium drum sealing and welding device according to claim 1, further comprising a seal transfer mechanism, including a first orientation rail, a sliding support, a horizontal sliding plate, a first clamping jaw and a pulley assembly, wherein the first orientation rail is disposed at an output end of the seal cutting mechanism, the horizontal sliding plate slides horizontally along the sliding support, the first clamping jaw is mounted at one end of the horizontal sliding plate away from the seal cutting mechanism, the pulley assembly is mounted at one end of the horizontal sliding plate close to the seal cutting mechanism, the pulley assembly and the first clamping jaw can slide in a vertical direction simultaneously, the pulley assembly includes two clamping wheels, and the two clamping wheels and the first clamping jaw are both used for clamping the seal on the first orientation rail.
5. The automated cartridge sealing and welding device of claim 4, wherein the seal transfer mechanism further comprises a first power member and a second power member, the first power member drives the horizontal sliding plate to horizontally slide along the sliding support, the second power member drives the pulley assembly to slide along the vertical direction simultaneously with the first clamping jaw, and the first power member and the second power member are both disposed on the horizontal sliding plate on the side opposite to the first clamping jaw.
6. The automatic selenium drum sealing and welding device according to claim 5, wherein the pulley assembly comprises a clamping plate, a movable clamping wheel and a stationary clamping wheel, the stationary clamping wheel is rotatably connected with the clamping plate, the movable clamping wheel can be close to or far away from the stationary clamping wheel, and the clamping plate is fixedly connected with the first clamping jaw.
7. The automated cartridge sealing and welding device of claim 6, wherein the pulley assembly further comprises an elastic member, one end of the elastic member is connected to the movable clamping wheel, the other end of the elastic member is connected to the clamping plate, and the elastic member drives the movable clamping wheel to be close to the stationary clamping wheel.
8. The automated cartridge seal welding device of claim 1, wherein the cartridge welding mechanism comprises a welding power member, a welding base and a welding head, the welding base is used for fixing the cartridge, and the welding power member drives the welding head to be close to or far away from the welding base.
9. The automated cartridge sealing and welding device of claim 8, wherein a second clamping jaw is arranged on the welding base and used for fixing the cartridge.
10. The automated cartridge sealing and welding device of claim 8, wherein the cartridge welding mechanism further comprises a conveyor belt and a plurality of welding bases, and the plurality of welding bases are arranged in sequence along the conveyor belt transport direction.
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