CN219544270U - Roller silk screen plate distance adjusting mechanism - Google Patents
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The utility model provides a roller silk screen plate distance adjusting mechanism, which comprises: the base is provided with an inner wallboard, a plate distance adjusting shaft penetrates through the inner wallboard, two ends of the plate distance adjusting shaft are arranged on an outer wallboard, and the outer wallboard is positioned outside the inner wallboard; the bottom roller assembly is arranged on the inner wallboard; the plate roller assembly is arranged on the external wall plate; when the printing plate distance is adjusted, the outer wall plate can rotate relative to the inner wall plate along the plate distance adjusting shaft, so that the plate roller assembly is driven to be far away from or close to the bottom roller assembly to adjust the printing plate distance. The utility model has the beneficial effects that the roller screen printing structure with the plate distance adjustment can be adapted, and all gears keep the original meshing gap unchanged during the plate distance adjustment, so that the overprinting precision is not affected during the adjustment, the vibration and the noise are not increased, and the problem of poor printing quality in the prior art is solved.
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Technical Field
The utility model belongs to the technical field of printing equipment and printing methods, and particularly relates to a roller silk screen plate distance adjusting mechanism.
Background
The printing is a technology of transferring ink onto the surfaces of materials such as paper, fabrics, leather and the like through procedures such as plate making, ink application, pressurization and the like on manuscripts such as characters, pictures, photos and the like, and copying manuscripts in batches.
Disclosure of Invention
The utility model aims to solve the problems that the plate distance of a roller silk screen is small during printing and the reduction of a fine pattern is poor, and the plate distance can be adjusted only through the meshing depth of two gears, so that the printing quality is affected.
In order to solve the above technical problems, an object of the present utility model is to provide a roller screen plate distance adjusting mechanism, comprising:
the base is provided with an inner wallboard, a plate distance adjusting shaft penetrates through the inner wallboard, two ends of the plate distance adjusting shaft are arranged on an outer wallboard, and the outer wallboard is positioned outside the inner wallboard;
the bottom roller assembly is arranged on the inner wallboard;
the plate roller assembly is arranged on the external wall plate;
when the printing plate distance is adjusted, the outer wall plate can rotate relative to the inner wall plate along the plate distance adjusting shaft, so that the plate roller assembly is driven to be far away from or close to the bottom roller assembly to adjust the printing plate distance.
Preferably, the bottom roller assembly comprises a bottom roller and a bottom roller gear arranged on one side of the bottom roller, two ends of the bottom roller are respectively arranged on the inner wall plates on two sides, and the bottom roller gear is arranged on one side, far away from the outer wall plates, of the inner wall plates.
Preferably, the bottom roller assembly further comprises a bottom roller power shaft and a bottom roller power gear arranged on one side of the bottom roller power shaft, the bottom roller power shaft is arranged on the inner wallboard, and the bottom roller power gear is arranged on one side of the inner wallboard away from the outer wallboard and meshed with the bottom roller gear.
Preferably, the plate roller assembly comprises a plate roller power shaft and a plate roller power gear arranged on one side of the plate roller power shaft, wherein the plate roller power shaft is arranged on the outer wallboard, and the plate roller power gear is arranged between the inner wallboard and the outer wallboard; the printing roller power gear can drive the printing roller gear to rotate.
Preferably, the plate roller device further comprises a fixed shaft, a first transmission gear and a second transmission gear, wherein the first transmission gear and the plate roller power gear are arranged on the fixed shaft, the second transmission gear is meshed with the plate roller gear, and when the plate roller power gear rotates, the first transmission gear and the second transmission gear rotate along with the plate roller power gear, so that the plate roller gear is driven to rotate.
Preferably, the printing plate distance adjusting device further comprises a plate distance adjusting piece, wherein the plate distance adjusting piece is arranged between the outer wallboard and the inner wallboard and used for controlling the printing plate distance between the plate roller assembly and the bottom roller assembly.
Preferably, the plate distance adjusting piece comprises a plate distance adjusting frame, a supporting lacing wire, a plate distance adjusting knob and a reverse spring device, wherein the plate distance adjusting frame is arranged on the inner wallboard and is positioned between the inner wallboard and the outer wallboard; one end of the supporting lacing wire is connected with the outer wallboard, and the other end of the supporting lacing wire penetrates through the plate distance adjusting frame and penetrates through the inner wallboard; the plate distance adjusting knob is arranged on one side of the plate distance adjusting frame, and one end of the plate distance adjusting knob stretches into the plate distance adjusting frame to be abutted against the supporting lacing wire; the reverse spring device is arranged on one side of the plate distance adjusting frame and is positioned on the opposite side of the plate distance adjusting knob, and one end of the reverse spring device stretches into the plate distance adjusting frame to be abutted against the supporting lacing wire.
Preferably, the plate distance adjusting frame is further provided with a through hole for the supporting lacing wire to pass through, and the through hole is larger than the cross section of the supporting lacing wire.
By adopting the technical scheme, the roller screen printing structure with the plate distance adjusting can be adapted, and when the plate distance is adjusted, all gears keep the original meshing gap unchanged, so that the overprinting precision is not affected during adjustment, the vibration and noise are not increased, and the problem of poor printing quality in the prior art is solved.
By adopting the technical scheme, the printing speed is high, the traditional printing speed is 40 m/min, the printing speed of the technical scheme can reach more than 80 m/min, the printing lines are finer, the width of the traditional printing lines is generally 0.2mm, and the width of the printing lines in the technical scheme is about 0.05 mm; meanwhile, the roller silk screen plate matched with the device has low manufacturing cost which is less than 1/10 of that of the traditional steel roller silk screen plate.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a roller screen plate distance adjusting mechanism according to an embodiment of the utility model
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a plate roller assembly and a bottom roller assembly of a plate distance adjusting mechanism for a screen printing cylinder according to an embodiment of the utility model
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504. reverse spring device 201, inner wall plate 301 and outer wall plate
400. Plate distance adjusting shaft 202, bottom roller power shaft 203 and bottom roller power gear
204. Bottom roller 205, bottom roller gear 302, and plate roller power shaft
303. Plate roller power gear 304, first transmission gear 305, second transmission gear
306. Plate roller gear 501, plate distance adjusting frame 502 and supporting lacing wire
503. Plate distance adjusting knob
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The utility model is further illustrated by the following examples and figures:
in the description of the embodiments of the present utility model, it should be understood that the orientation or positional relationship indicated by the terms "top", "bottom", etc. are based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience of description and to simplify the description, and are not indicative or implying that the apparatus or element in question must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the present utility model. In the description of the present utility model, it should be noted that, unless explicitly stated and limited otherwise, the terms "disposed," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can be communication between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present utility model can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art in a specific case.
As shown in a schematic structural diagram of a roller screen plate distance adjusting mechanism in fig. 1 and a schematic structural diagram of a roller assembly and a bottom roller assembly of the roller screen plate distance adjusting mechanism in fig. 2, a roller screen plate distance adjusting mechanism includes:
the base is provided with an inner wallboard 201, a plate distance adjusting shaft 400 penetrates through the inner wallboard 201, two ends of the plate distance adjusting shaft 400 are arranged on an outer wallboard 301, and the outer wallboard 301 is positioned outside the inner wallboard 201;
in some possible embodiments, the number of the inner wall panels 201 and the outer wall panels 301 is two, the inner wall panels 201 are symmetrically arranged on the base, and the outer wall panels 301 are symmetrically arranged on the outer side of the inner wall panels 201, that is, on one side of the inner wall panels 201 away from the other inner wall panels 201; the bottom of the inner wallboard 201 is connected with a base, one side of the inner wallboard 201 far away from the base is also provided with a plate distance adjusting shaft 400, the plate distance adjusting shaft 400 penetrates through the inner wallboard 201, and two ends of the plate distance adjusting shaft 400 are connected to the outer wallboard 301, so that the outer wallboard 301 can rotate relative to the inner wallboard 201 by taking the plate distance adjusting shaft 400 as a circle center;
a bottom roller assembly disposed on the inner wallboard 201; the bottom roller assembly is a structure for supporting a printed article, and is connected with the inner wallboard 201;
a plate roller assembly disposed on the outer wall plate 301; the plate roller assembly is a structure for supporting a roller screen, and is connected with the external wall plate 301;
when adjusting the printing plate distance, the outer wall plate 301 can rotate along the plate distance adjusting shaft 400 relative to the inner wall plate 201, so as to drive the plate roller assembly to move away from or close to the bottom roller assembly to adjust the printing plate distance.
Specifically, the bottom roller assembly includes a bottom roller 204 and a bottom roller gear 205 disposed on one side of the bottom roller 204, wherein two ends of the bottom roller 204 are respectively disposed on the inner wall plates 201 on two sides, and the bottom roller gear 205 is disposed on one side of the inner wall plates 201 far from the outer wall plates 301;
in some possible embodiments, two ends of the bottom roller 204 are connected to the inner wall plate 201 through flanges, and a bottom roller gear 205 is installed on one side of the bottom roller 204 and is located on the same side as the bottom roller power gear 203;
the bottom roller assembly further comprises a bottom roller power shaft 202 and a bottom roller power gear 203 arranged on one side of the bottom roller power shaft 202, wherein the bottom roller power shaft 202 is arranged on the inner wall plate 201, and the bottom roller power gear 203 is arranged on one side of the inner wall plate 201 far away from the outer wall plate 301 and is meshed with the bottom roller gear 203;
in some possible embodiments, the bottom roller power shaft 202 is connected to the inner wall plate 201 through a flange, and a power piece is installed on one side of the bottom roller power shaft 202 to provide rotary power for the bottom roller power shaft 202, and the bottom roller power gear 203 is installed on one side of the bottom roller power shaft 202 and meshed with the bottom roller gear 205, when the bottom roller power shaft 202 rotates, the bottom roller power gear 203 rotates together with the bottom roller power gear 203, and the bottom roller gear 205 is meshed with the bottom roller power gear 203, that is, drives the bottom roller gear 205 to rotate at the same time, so as to drive the bottom roller 204 to rotate.
In some possible embodiments, the power components that power the base roll power shaft 202 may be rotating motors, rotating cylinders, or the like.
The plate roller assembly comprises a plate roller power shaft 302 and a plate roller power gear 303 arranged on one side of the plate roller power shaft 302, wherein the plate roller power shaft 302 is arranged on the outer wall plate 301, and the plate roller power gear 303 is arranged between the inner wall plate 201 and the outer wall plate 301; the plate roller power shaft 302 is arranged on the external wall plate 301 through a flange, a power piece is arranged on one side of the plate roller power shaft 302 to provide rotary power for the plate roller power shaft 302, and plate roller power gears 303 are arranged on two sides of the plate roller power shaft 302, and are generally symmetrically arranged on two sides of the plate roller power shaft 302; also included is a plate roller gear 306, and plate roller power gear 303 is capable of driving plate roller gear 306 to rotate.
In some possible embodiments, the plate roller further comprises a fixed shaft, and a first transmission gear 304 and a second transmission gear 305 which are arranged on the fixed shaft, namely, the first transmission gear 304 and the second transmission gear 305 are coaxially arranged, the fixed shaft is connected with the external wall plate 301 through a flange, the first transmission gear 304 is closer to the external wall plate 301 than the second transmission gear 305, the first transmission gear 304 is meshed with the plate roller power gear 303, and the second transmission gear 305 is meshed with the plate roller gear 306;
the power piece drives the plate roller power shaft 302 to rotate and drives the plate roller power gear 303 to rotate, and as the first transmission gear 304 is meshed with the plate roller power gear 303, the first transmission gear 304 rotates along with the plate roller power gear, the first transmission gear 304 and the second transmission gear 305 are coaxially arranged, the second transmission gear 305 rotates along with the first transmission gear, and then the second transmission gear 305 drives the plate roller gear 306 to rotate.
In some possible embodiments, the power element that powers the plate roller power shaft 302 may be a rotating motor, a rotating cylinder, or the like.
In some possible embodiments, a plate distance adjusting member is further included, which is disposed between the outer wall plate 301 and the inner wall plate 201, to control the printing plate distance between the plate roller assembly and the base roller assembly.
Specifically, the plate distance adjusting member includes a plate distance adjusting frame 501, a supporting tie bar 502, a plate distance adjusting knob 503, and a reverse spring device 504; the plate distance adjusting frame 501 is arranged on the inner wall plate 201 and is positioned between the inner wall plate 201 and the outer wall plate 301; one end of the supporting lacing wire 502 is connected with the outer wallboard 301, and the other end penetrates through the plate distance adjusting frame 501 and penetrates through the inner wallboard 201; the plate distance adjusting knob 503 is arranged at one side of the plate distance adjusting frame 501 and is not at the same side with the extending direction of the supporting lacing wire 502, and one end of the plate distance adjusting knob extends into the plate distance adjusting frame 501 to be abutted against the supporting lacing wire 502; the reverse spring device 504 is disposed on one side of the plate distance adjusting frame 501, and is not on the same side as the extending direction of the supporting tie bar 502, and is located on the opposite side of the plate distance adjusting knob 503, and one end of the reverse spring device extends into the plate distance adjusting frame 501 to abut against the supporting tie bar 502.
In some possible embodiments, the plate distance adjusting knob 503 is screwed with the plate distance adjusting frame 501, and the plate distance adjusting knob 503 can be adjusted to extend into the plate distance adjusting frame 501 in a rotating manner; the opposite spring device 504 is that one end of the spring abuts against the supporting tie bar 502, and the other end of the spring is fixedly connected to the plate distance adjusting frame 501, so that a corresponding reaction force can be provided according to the force given to the supporting tie bar 502 by the plate distance adjusting knob 503, so as to control the supporting tie bar 502 to fix the supporting tie bar 502 from moving when the supporting tie bar 502 does not need to move.
A through hole for the supporting lacing wire 502 to pass through is arranged on the plate distance adjusting frame 501, and the through hole is larger than the cross section of the supporting lacing wire 502; in some possible embodiments, the side length of the through hole is 10-20mm greater than the side length of the supporting tie bar 502, which is the distance range in which the supporting tie bar 502 can move, that is, the distance range in which the outer wall plate 301 can move relative to the inner wall plate 201.
When the printing plate distance is adjusted, the outer wall plate 301 is controlled to rotate along the plate distance adjusting shaft 400 relative to the inner wall plate 201, so that the plate roller arranged on the outer wall plate 301 is far away from or near to the bottom roller 204 on the inner wall plate 201, and the printing plate distance is adjusted.
When the plate distance is required to be adjusted, the plate distance adjusting knob 503 is adjusted inwards, so that one end of the supporting lacing wire 502, which is close to the inner wallboard 201, moves inwards, the other end of the supporting lacing wire 502 drives the outer wallboard 301 to move outwards, the outer wallboard 301 is far away from the inner wallboard 201, and the reverse spring device 504 gives reverse acting force to the supporting lacing wire 502 to support the supporting lacing wire 502;
when the plate distance is required to be adjusted after the plate distance is adjusted, the plate distance adjusting knob 503 is rotated outwards to enable one end of the supporting lacing wire 502, which is close to the inner wall plate 201, to move outwards, the other end of the supporting lacing wire 502 drives the outer wall plate 301 to move towards the original position, the outer wall plate 301 is close to the inner wall plate 201, the reverse spring device 504 gives reverse acting force to the supporting lacing wire 502, the supporting lacing wire 502 is supported, and the position of the outer wall plate 301 relative to the inner wall plate 201 is fixed.
The utility model is suitable for the flexible roller silk screen plate, can adjust the plate distance between the flexible roller silk screen plate and the bottom roller, so that the printing lines are finer, and the printing quality and the printing precision can not be influenced in the plate distance changing process.
The foregoing describes the embodiments of the present utility model in detail, but the description is only a preferred embodiment of the present utility model and should not be construed as limiting the scope of the utility model. All equivalent changes and modifications within the scope of the present utility model are intended to be covered by the present utility model.
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1. A roller screen printing plate spacing adjustment mechanism, comprising:
the base is provided with an inner wallboard, a plate distance adjusting shaft penetrates through the inner wallboard, two ends of the plate distance adjusting shaft are arranged on an outer wallboard, and the outer wallboard is positioned outside the inner wallboard;
the bottom roller assembly is arranged on the inner wallboard;
the plate roller assembly is arranged on the external wall plate;
when the printing plate distance is adjusted, the outer wall plate can rotate relative to the inner wall plate along the plate distance adjusting shaft, so that the plate roller assembly is driven to be far away from or close to the bottom roller assembly to adjust the printing plate distance.
2. The roller screen printing plate spacing adjustment mechanism of claim 1, wherein: the bottom roller assembly comprises a bottom roller and a bottom roller gear arranged on one side of the bottom roller, two ends of the bottom roller are respectively arranged on the inner wall plates on two sides, and the bottom roller gear is arranged on one side, far away from the outer wall plates, of the inner wall plates.
3. A roller screen printing form pitch adjustment mechanism according to claim 2, wherein: the bottom roller assembly further comprises a bottom roller power shaft and a bottom roller power gear arranged on one side of the bottom roller power shaft, the bottom roller power shaft is arranged on the inner wallboard, and the bottom roller power gear is arranged on one side, far away from the outer wallboard, of the inner wallboard and meshed with the bottom roller gear.
4. The roller screen printing plate spacing adjustment mechanism of claim 1, wherein: the plate roller assembly comprises a plate roller power shaft and a plate roller power gear arranged on one side of the plate roller power shaft, the plate roller power shaft is arranged on the outer wallboard, and the plate roller power gear is arranged between the inner wallboard and the outer wallboard; the printing roller power gear can drive the printing roller gear to rotate.
5. The roller screen printing plate spacing adjustment mechanism of claim 4, wherein: the printing roller is characterized by further comprising a fixed shaft, a first transmission gear and a second transmission gear, wherein the first transmission gear and the printing roller power gear are arranged on the fixed shaft, the first transmission gear is meshed with the printing roller power gear, the second transmission gear is meshed with the printing roller gear, and when the printing roller power gear rotates, the first transmission gear and the second transmission gear rotate along with the printing roller power gear, so that the printing roller gear is driven to rotate.
6. A roller screen printing form pitch adjustment mechanism according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein: the printing plate distance adjusting device is arranged between the outer wallboard and the inner wallboard and used for controlling the printing plate distance between the plate roller assembly and the bottom roller assembly.
7. The roller screen printing plate spacing adjustment mechanism of claim 6, wherein: the plate distance adjusting piece comprises a plate distance adjusting frame, supporting lacing wires, a plate distance adjusting knob and a reverse spring device, wherein the plate distance adjusting frame is arranged on the inner wallboard and is positioned between the inner wallboard and the outer wallboard; one end of the supporting lacing wire is connected with the outer wallboard, and the other end of the supporting lacing wire penetrates through the plate distance adjusting frame and penetrates through the inner wallboard; the plate distance adjusting knob is arranged on one side of the plate distance adjusting frame, and one end of the plate distance adjusting knob stretches into the plate distance adjusting frame to be abutted against the supporting lacing wire; the reverse spring device is arranged on one side of the plate distance adjusting frame and is positioned on the opposite side of the plate distance adjusting knob, and one end of the reverse spring device stretches into the plate distance adjusting frame to be abutted against the supporting lacing wire.
8. The roller screen printing plate spacing adjustment mechanism of claim 7, wherein: the plate distance adjusting frame is also provided with a through hole for the supporting lacing wire to pass through, and the through hole is larger than the cross section of the supporting lacing wire.
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