CN219686840U - Water-based ink printing, dehumidifying and drying device for edge sealing strip - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses a water-based ink printing, dehumidifying and drying device for edge banding, which comprises a mounting frame, wherein an unreeling roller and a reeling roller are rotatably connected to the inner wall of the mounting frame, a group of linkage shafts are rotatably connected to the inner wall of one side of the mounting frame, printing rollers are arranged on the outer wall of the linkage shafts, one side of the linkage shafts penetrates through the outer wall of one side of the mounting frame, an ink conveying mechanism is arranged on the inner wall of the mounting frame, a transmission mechanism is arranged on the outer wall of one side of the mounting frame, a group of infrared heating plates are fixed on the inner walls of two sides of the mounting frame, a collecting frame is fixed on the outer wall of one side of the mounting frame, and an air exchange fan is arranged on the outer wall of one side of the collecting frame, and the transmission mechanism comprises a motor, a gear and a reeling shaft. According to the utility model, the edge banding after printing and dyeing can move downwards under the winding of the winding roller, and at the moment, a group of infrared heating plates arranged at the bottom of the printing roller can heat and dry the edge banding just printed and dyed by the printing roller, so that the ink printed on the edge banding can be quickly condensed on the edge banding.
Description
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of edge banding production, in particular to a water-based ink printing and dehumidifying and drying device for edge banding.
Background
The main function of the edge banding is to fixedly seal the section of the plate, so that the damage to the plate caused by adverse factors in the environment and the use process is avoided, the volatilization of formaldehyde in the plate is prevented, the effect of beautiful decoration is achieved, and the edge banding is in the production process, wherein the operation of printing ink is needed to improve the attractiveness and the protection performance.
Through retrieving, chinese patent application No. cn202120825595. X's patent discloses a banding strip water-based ink printing device, including the mount, the lower part is connected with initiative printing running roller and driven printing running roller respectively through the axis of rotation in the front end of mount, but above-mentioned technical scheme is because not set up corresponding mechanism that can carry out quick drying to the banding strip after the printing, directly carries out the rolling with the banding strip after the printing through the wind-up running roller, consequently still has the problem that the water-based ink of printing on the banding strip drops from the banding strip easily when being rolled up.
Disclosure of Invention
The utility model aims to solve the defects in the prior art, and provides a water-based ink printing, dehumidifying and drying device for edge banding.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the present utility model adopts the following technical scheme:
the utility model provides a banding strip water-based ink printing moisture removal drying device, includes the installing frame, installing frame inner wall rotates and is connected with unreeling cylinder and rolling cylinder, and installing frame one side inner wall rotates and is connected with a set of universal driving axle, and the universal driving axle outer wall is provided with the printing roller, and universal driving axle one side outer wall runs through in installing frame one side outer wall, and installing frame inner wall is provided with printing ink conveying mechanism, and installing frame one side outer wall is provided with drive mechanism, and installing frame both sides inner wall is fixed with a set of infrared hot plate.
As still further aspects of the utility model: the outer wall of one side of the installation frame is fixedly provided with a collection frame, and the outer wall of one side of the collection frame is provided with an air exchange fan.
As still further aspects of the utility model: the transmission mechanism comprises a motor, gears and a winding shaft, wherein the motor is fixed on one side outer wall of the mounting frame, the gears are arranged on the outer wall of the linkage shaft, a group of gears are connected with each other in a meshed mode, an output shaft of the motor is connected onto one side outer wall of the linkage shaft through a coupling, the winding shaft is fixed onto one side outer wall of the winding drum, the winding shaft penetrates through one side outer wall of the mounting frame, and the winding shaft is in transmission connection with an output shaft of the motor through a transmission belt.
As still further aspects of the utility model: the ink conveying mechanism comprises an electric control valve, a liquid adding pipe, a storage box and an ink brush, wherein the storage box is fixed on the inner walls of the two sides of the mounting frame, the liquid adding pipe is arranged on the outer wall of the top of the storage box, the electric control valve is arranged on the outer wall of the bottom of the storage box, and the ink brush is arranged on the outer wall of the bottom of the electric control valve.
As still further aspects of the utility model: the inner walls of the two sides of the mounting frame are fixedly provided with partition plates, and the outer walls of the tops of the partition plates are provided with communication grooves.
As still further aspects of the utility model: and a group of collecting boxes are arranged on the outer wall of the top of the partition plate.
As still further aspects of the utility model: the outer wall of one side of the mounting frame is connected with a sealing door through a hinge.
As still further aspects of the utility model: the storage box and the infrared heating plate are respectively fixed with an L-shaped plate, the outer wall of one side of the L-shaped plate is fixed with an elastic telescopic rod, and the outer wall of one side of the elastic telescopic rod is fixed with a limiting plate.
The beneficial effects of the utility model are as follows:
1. the edge banding after printing and dyeing through two relative pivoted printing rollers can be in the winding of rolling cylinder down-ward movement, a set of infrared hot plate that is located printing roller bottom this moment can heat the edge banding after just being printed and dyed by printing roller and dry, let printing ink of printing on the edge banding condense on the edge banding fast, the edge banding after infrared hot plate heating and drying can be rolled up on the rolling cylinder, the inside steam of installing frame can be taken out fast to the air exchange fan of installing frame one side simultaneously, thereby dispel the heat to the edge banding just dried on the rolling cylinder around rolling.
2. The staff control motor drives the universal driving shaft of one side and rotates, and the universal driving shaft can drive the gear of another meshing connection through the gear of outer wall and rotate relatively to let the motor drive two universal driving shafts and rotate relatively, thereby let two printing rollers of installing the frame inner wall rotate relatively and print the banding strip of passing through between, the motor also can drive the winding axle through the drive belt and rotate simultaneously, thereby drive the winding cylinder through the winding axle and rotate and carry out the rolling to the banding strip after the printing and dyeing.
3. When a transmission mechanism is started to operate, the staff simultaneously controls the electric control valve to open, ink stored in the storage box can flow into the ink brush through the electric control valve, and then the ink brush is uniformly brushed on the surface of the printing roller, so that the printing roller prints and prints on the edge sealing strip through the ink on the surface.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a front view structure of a water-based ink printing, dehumidifying and drying device for edge banding according to the present utility model;
fig. 2 is a schematic side view of a device for printing, dehumidifying and drying edge banding water-based ink;
fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of the internal structure of a water-based ink printing, dehumidifying and drying device for edge banding according to the present utility model;
fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a partition board structure of a water-based ink printing, dehumidifying and drying device for edge banding.
In the figure: 1-mounting frame, 2-linkage shaft, 3-motor, 4-gear, 5-winding shaft, 6-air exchange fan, 7-collection frame, 8-baffle, 9-storage box, 10-filling pipe, 11-unreeling roller, 12-communication groove, 13-printing roller, 14-collection box, 15-sealing door, 16-limiting plate, 17-ink brush, 18-winding roller, 19-infrared heating plate, 20-L template, 21-elastic telescopic rod and 22-electric control valve.
Detailed Description
The technical scheme of the patent is further described in detail below with reference to the specific embodiments.
Embodiments of the present patent are described in detail below, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein the same or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar functions throughout. The embodiments described below by referring to the drawings are exemplary only for explaining the present patent and are not to be construed as limiting the present patent.
Example 1
1-4, the water-based ink printing and dehumidifying and drying device for edge banding comprises a mounting frame 1, wherein an unreeling roller 11 and a reeling roller 18 are rotatably connected to the inner wall of the mounting frame 1, a group of linkage shafts 2 are rotatably connected to the inner wall of one side of the mounting frame 1, printing rollers 13 are arranged on the outer wall of the linkage shafts 2, one side of the outer wall of the linkage shafts 2 penetrates through one side of the outer wall of the mounting frame 1, an ink conveying mechanism is arranged on the inner wall of the mounting frame 1, a transmission mechanism is arranged on the outer wall of one side of the mounting frame 1, and a group of infrared heating plates 19 are fixed to the inner walls of two sides of the mounting frame 1 through screws; the outer wall of one side of the installation frame 1 is fixed with a collecting frame 7, and the outer wall of one side of the collecting frame 7 is provided with an air exchange fan 6.
The staff will roll up the unwinding cylinder 11 of full banding in the rotation spread groove that the inner wall was reserved of installing frame 1, then will be sealed one end of banding follow unwinding cylinder 11 and pull downwards, then will be pulled out one end of banding and fix on winding cylinder 18, then start the transmission mechanism of installing frame 1 one side outer wall and drive winding cylinder 18 and universal driving shaft 2 rotation, printing ink conveying mechanism will need the printing ink of printing and dyeing on printing cylinder 13, thereby let printing cylinder 13 in rotation print the outer wall of banding, the banding after printing and dyeing through two relative rotation printing cylinders 13 can be in winding of winding cylinder 18 down move, a set of infrared heating plate 19 that is located printing cylinder 13 bottom at this moment can heat the banding after just being printed and dyed by printing cylinder 13 and dry, let printing ink on the banding condense on the banding fast, the banding after infrared heating plate 19 heats and dries can be wound on winding cylinder 18, the air exchange fan 6 of installing frame 1 one side can take out the inside of installing frame 1 simultaneously, thereby just wind the banding on the winding cylinder 18 of drying fast.
As shown in fig. 1-4, the transmission mechanism comprises a motor 3, gears 4 and a winding shaft 5, wherein the motor 3 is fixed on one side outer wall of the installation frame 1 through screws, the gears 4 are arranged on the outer wall of the linkage shaft 2, a group of gears 4 are in meshed connection with each other, an output shaft of the motor 3 is connected on one side outer wall of the linkage shaft 2 through a coupling, the winding shaft 5 is fixed on one side outer wall of the winding drum 18, the winding shaft 5 penetrates through one side outer wall of the installation frame 1, and the winding shaft 5 is in transmission connection with an output shaft of the motor 3 through a transmission belt; the staff controls the motor 3 to drive the universal driving shaft 2 on one side to rotate, the universal driving shaft 2 can drive the gear 4 connected in a meshed mode to rotate relatively through the gear 4 on the outer wall, so that the motor 3 drives the two universal driving shafts 2 to rotate relatively, the two printing rollers 13 on the inner wall of the mounting frame 1 rotate relatively to print and dye edge banding passing between the printing rollers, meanwhile, the motor 3 can drive the rolling shaft 5 to rotate through a driving belt, and the rolling roller 18 is driven to rotate through the rolling shaft 5 to roll the printed edge banding.
As shown in fig. 1-3, the ink delivery mechanism comprises an electric control valve 22, a liquid adding pipe 10, a storage box 9 and an ink brush 17, wherein the storage box 9 is fixed on the inner walls of the two sides of the mounting frame 1 through screws, the liquid adding pipe 10 is arranged on the outer wall of the top of the storage box 9, the electric control valve 22 is arranged on the outer wall of the bottom of the storage box 9, and the ink brush 17 is arranged on the outer wall of the bottom of the electric control valve 22; when a transmission mechanism is started to operate, the worker simultaneously controls the electric control valve 22 to open, ink stored in the storage box 9 flows into the ink brush 17 through the electric control valve 22, and then the ink brush 17 is uniformly brushed on the surface of the printing roller 13, so that the printing roller 13 prints and prints the edge banding strips passing through the surface ink.
As shown in fig. 3-4, the inner walls of the two sides of the mounting frame 1 are fixed with a baffle plate 8, and the outer wall of the top of the baffle plate 8 is provided with a communication groove 12; a group of collecting boxes 14 are arranged on the outer wall of the top of the partition plate 8; the ink dropped from the printing roller 13 can drop into the collecting box 14 at the bottom for temporary storage, and after the printing and dyeing work is finished, a worker can take out the collecting box 14 to recycle the ink.
As shown in fig. 2, the outer wall of one side of the installation frame 1 is connected with a sealing door 15 through a hinge; the staff can carry out maintenance on the equipment inside the installation frame 1 by opening the sealing door 15.
Working principle: the staff will roll up the unwinding cylinder 11 of full banding in the rotation spread groove that the inner wall was reserved of installing frame 1, then will seal up the one end of banding and pull downwards from unwinding cylinder 11, then will pull out the one end of banding and fix on rolling cylinder 18, then start the drive mechanism of installing frame 1 one side outer wall and drive rolling cylinder 18 and universal driving shaft 2 rotation, printing ink conveying mechanism will print the printing ink that needs the printing and dyeing on printing cylinder 13, thereby let printing cylinder 13 in rotation print the outer wall of banding, the banding after printing through two relative rotation printing cylinders 13 can be under rolling up the reel of rolling cylinder 18 and move downwards, a set of infrared heating plate 19 that is located printing cylinder 13 bottom at this moment can heat the banding after just being printed and dyed by printing cylinder 13, let printing ink on the banding condense on the banding fast, the banding after infrared heating plate 19 heats the banding after drying can be rolled up on rolling cylinder 18.
The staff control motor 3 drives the universal driving shaft 2 rotation of one side, the universal driving shaft 2 can drive the gear 4 relative rotation of another meshing connection through the gear 4 of outer wall, thereby let motor 3 drive two universal driving shafts 2 relative rotation, thereby let the banding strip that passes between two printing rollers 13 relative rotation pairs of installing frame 1 inner wall print, motor 3 also can drive the rotation of take-up shaft 5 through the drive belt, the staff pours into water-based ink into inside storage box 9 through filling pipe 10, when starting drive mechanism operation, the staff simultaneously controls automatically controlled valve 22 to open, the printing ink of storage box 9 inside can flow into printing ink brush 17 through automatically controlled valve 22 this moment, then be evenly brushed at printing roller 13 surface through printing ink brush 17.
Example 2
As shown in fig. 3-4, the following improvements are made on the basis of example 1: the outer walls of one side of the storage box 9 and the infrared heating plate 19 are respectively fixed with an L-shaped plate 20 through screws, an elastic telescopic rod 21 is fixed on the outer wall of one side of the L-shaped plate 20, and a limiting plate 16 is fixed on the outer wall of one side of the elastic telescopic rod 21; the limiting plate 16 can clamp and limit the edge sealing strip moving in the installation frame 1, and meanwhile, the elastic telescopic rod 21 can buffer the limiting plate 16 clamping the edge sealing strip, so that the limiting plate 16 is prevented from excessively extruding the edge sealing strip.
Working principle: the limiting plate 16 can clamp, limit and guide the edge sealing strip moving inside the mounting frame 1.
The foregoing is only a preferred embodiment of the present utility model, but the scope of the present utility model is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art, who is within the scope of the present utility model, should make equivalent substitutions or modifications according to the technical scheme of the present utility model and the inventive concept thereof, and should be covered by the scope of the present utility model.
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1. The utility model provides a banding strip water-based ink printing moisture removal drying device, includes installing frame (1), its characterized in that, installing frame (1) inner wall rotates and is connected with unreels cylinder (11) and rolling cylinder (18), installing frame (1) one side inner wall rotates and is connected with a set of universal driving axle (2), universal driving axle (2) outer wall is provided with printing roller (13), universal driving axle (2) one side outer wall runs through in installing frame (1) one side outer wall, installing frame (1) inner wall is provided with printing ink conveying mechanism, installing frame (1) one side outer wall is provided with drive mechanism, installing frame (1) both sides inner wall is fixed with a set of infrared heating board (19).
2. The edge banding water-based ink printing and dehumidifying drying device according to claim 1, wherein a collecting frame (7) is fixed on the outer wall of one side of the mounting frame (1), and an air exchange fan (6) is arranged on the outer wall of one side of the collecting frame (7).
3. The edge banding water-based ink printing and dehumidifying drying device according to claim 1, wherein the transmission mechanism comprises a motor (3), a gear (4) and a winding shaft (5), the motor (3) is fixed on one side outer wall of the installation frame (1), the gear (4) is arranged on the outer wall of the linkage shaft (2), a group of gears (4) are meshed with each other and connected, an output shaft of the motor (3) is connected on one side outer wall of the linkage shaft (2) through a coupling, the winding shaft (5) is fixed on one side outer wall of the winding drum (18), the winding shaft (5) penetrates through one side outer wall of the installation frame (1), and the winding shaft (5) is in transmission connection with an output shaft of the motor (3) through a transmission belt.
4. The edge banding water-based ink printing and dehumidifying and drying device according to claim 1, wherein the ink conveying mechanism comprises an electric control valve (22), a liquid adding pipe (10), a storage box (9) and ink brushes (17), the storage box (9) is fixed on two side inner walls of the mounting frame (1), the liquid adding pipe (10) is arranged on the top outer wall of the storage box (9), the electric control valve (22) is arranged on the bottom outer wall of the storage box (9), and the ink brushes (17) are arranged on the bottom outer wall of the electric control valve (22).
5. The edge banding water-based ink printing and dehumidifying drying device according to claim 4, wherein partition plates (8) are fixed on inner walls of two sides of the installation frame (1), and communication grooves (12) are formed in the outer walls of the tops of the partition plates (8).
6. The edge banding water-based ink printing dehumidifying and drying device according to claim 5, wherein a group of collecting boxes (14) are arranged on the top outer wall of the partition plate (8).
7. The edge banding water-based ink printing and dehumidifying drying device according to claim 5, wherein the outer wall of one side of the mounting frame (1) is connected with a sealing door (15) through a hinge.
8. The edge banding water-based ink printing and dehumidifying drying device according to claim 4, wherein an L-shaped plate (20) is respectively fixed on one side outer wall of the storage box (9) and one side outer wall of the infrared heating plate (19), an elastic telescopic rod (21) is fixed on one side outer wall of the L-shaped plate (20), and a limiting plate (16) is fixed on one side outer wall of the elastic telescopic rod (21).
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