CN220681668U - Pearl cotton bonding device - Google Patents
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Abstract
The utility model belongs to the technical field of pearl cotton processing, and particularly relates to a pearl cotton bonding device, which comprises: the device comprises an adhesive device and two fixing shafts, wherein the two fixing shafts are fixedly connected to the adhesive device, a guide plate is rotationally connected to the fixing shafts, and a moving plate is rotationally connected to one side of the guide plate; the adjusting component is positioned on the bonding device and is used for driving the two moving plates to move; the first frame is fixedly connected to the bonding device and is rotationally connected with the cleaning roller; the utility model solves the problems that when the bonding machine is used, the bonding machine is easily influenced by external force to generate deflection in the transmission process due to softness and elasticity of pearl cotton, so that incomplete bonding is generated in the bonding process, and dust on the pearl cotton cannot be cleaned in the use process of the bonding machine, so that the effect of the bonding is reduced and the use is not facilitated.
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Technical Field
The utility model belongs to the technical field of pearl cotton processing, and particularly relates to a pearl cotton bonding device.
Background
Pearl wool, also known as foam or air bubble wool, is a lightweight, flexible material with good cushioning properties, made of white or transparent polyethylene material, with a range of unique physical properties.
For example, chinese patent with publication number CN217454978U discloses a bonding machine for pearl wool production line, including the device main part, the device main part includes the backup pad, backup pad front end one side is equipped with control panel, backup pad top surface is equipped with the conveyer belt, the conveyer belt top is equipped with pearl wool, the backup pad top is equipped with the processing case, processing case front end is equipped with the observation window, processing case inside top one side is equipped with the connecting pipe, the outside cover of connecting pipe is equipped with the pump body, the connecting pipe bottom is equipped with the integrated board, integrated board bottom is equipped with the shower nozzle, processing case inside top opposite side is equipped with hydraulic push rod, hydraulic push rod bottom is equipped with the holding down plate, processing case top is equipped with the agitator tank, the inside stirring structure that can supply the device to heat the stirring to prevent that the viscose from solidifying, through the stirring structure that sets up, when can make the device use, prevent that the viscose from solidifying phenomenon appears after long-time placing, improve machining efficiency.
The above patent has the following problems:
this patent suffers from several drawbacks in use, such as: when the bonding machine is used, the bonding machine can be easily influenced by external force to generate deflection in the transmission process because of softness and elasticity of pearl wool, so that the problem that the bonding machine is not completely glued in the gluing process is solved, and dust on the pearl wool cannot be cleaned in the use process of the bonding machine, so that the effect of gluing is reduced, and the bonding machine is unfavorable for use. In view of this, we propose a pearl wool bonding device.
Disclosure of Invention
The utility model aims to provide a pearl cotton bonding device which is used for solving the problems in the background technology.
In view of the above, the present utility model provides a pearl wool bonding device, comprising:
the device comprises an adhesive device and two fixing shafts, wherein the two fixing shafts are fixedly connected to the adhesive device, a guide plate is rotationally connected to the fixing shafts, and a moving plate is rotationally connected to one side of the guide plate;
the adjusting component is positioned on the bonding device and is used for driving the two moving plates to move;
the first frame is fixedly connected to the bonding device and is rotatably connected with the cleaning roller;
the transmission assembly is positioned on the bonding device and used for driving the cleaning roller to rotate.
Based on the structure, through fixed axle and the deflector that set up, let the deflector can rotate on corresponding fixed axle, through the movable version that sets up, let the movable version can rotate in one side of corresponding deflector, through the adjusting part who sets up, let the user drive two movable versions and be close to each other through adjusting part, ensure that the user can be according to the cotton size of pearl to the interval between two movable versions is adjusted, when two movable versions are close to each other, two movable versions can drive the one end of two deflectors respectively and be close to each other, make two deflectors form the inclination, let two deflectors can guide the cotton pearl that moves, prevent that the cotton skew that produces of pearl, through the first frame and the cleaning roller that set up, let the cleaning roller can rotate in first frame, through the drive assembly who sets up, when the conveyer belt on the bonding device starts, conveyer belt on the bonding device can drive the cleaning roller through drive the driving assembly and clean roller, when the cotton below of cleaning roller when the pearl, the cleaning roller can clear up cotton dust.
In the above technical solution, further, the adjusting assembly includes:
the two sliding grooves are respectively formed in one side of the two moving plates, and the sliding blocks are connected in a sliding manner;
the second frame, second frame fixed connection is on bonding device, set up the movable groove in the second frame, the movable inslot internal rotation is connected with the lead screw, the one end of lead screw runs through the movable groove and extends to the external world, the one end fixedly connected with handle of lead screw, threaded connection has two transfer lines on the lead screw, and the latter half of transfer line is fixed with the slider.
In this technical scheme, ensure that the user can be adjusted according to the size of pearl cotton to the interval between two movable plates to prevent that pearl cotton from producing the skew by external influence when moving on the transmission band.
In the above technical scheme, further, one end of the screw rod is rotatably connected with the second frame, and the handle is rotatably connected with the second frame.
In the technical scheme, one end of the screw rod can be guaranteed to normally rotate in the second frame, and the handle can be guaranteed to normally rotate on the second frame.
In the above technical scheme, further, two threads with opposite rotation directions are arranged on the screw rod, and the upper half parts of the two transmission rods are both positioned in the movable groove and are in sliding connection with the movable groove.
In this technical scheme, ensure when the lead screw rotates, two transfer lines can be close to each other, ensure that the first half of two transfer lines can normally slide in the movable groove.
In the above technical solution, further, the transmission assembly includes:
the first chain wheel is rotatably connected to the first frame, and one end of the first chain wheel penetrates through the first frame and extends into the first frame to be fixed with one end of the cleaning roller;
the second sprocket is rotationally connected to the bonding device, one end of the second sprocket is fixed with one roll shaft in the conveying belt on the bonding device, and a chain is meshed between the second sprocket and the first sprocket.
In this technical scheme, ensure that the cleaning roller can rotate in first frame, clear up the dust on the pearl cotton.
In the above technical solution, further, one end of the first sprocket is rotatably connected with the first frame.
In this technical scheme, ensure that one end of first sprocket can normally rotate on first frame.
The beneficial effects of the utility model are as follows:
1. this cotton bonding device of pearl lets the deflector can rotate on corresponding fixed axle through fixed axle and deflector that sets up, through the movable version that sets up, let the movable version can rotate in one side of corresponding deflector, through the adjusting part who sets up, let the user drive two movable versions and be close to each other through adjusting part, ensure that the user can be according to the cotton size of pearl to the interval between two movable versions and adjust, when two movable versions are close to each other, two movable versions can drive the one end of two deflectors respectively and be close to each other, make two deflectors form the inclination, let two deflectors can guide the cotton pearl of moving, prevent that the cotton production skew of pearl, when having solved the bonder, can be because the softness and the elasticity of cotton, make it receive the influence of external force easily in transmission process and produce the skew, lead to the bonder to take place the problem of incomplete viscose at the in-process of viscose.
2. This cotton bonding device of pearl, through the first frame that sets up and cleaning roller, let cleaning roller can rotate in first frame, through the drive assembly who sets up, when the transmission band on the bonding device starts, the transmission band on the bonding device can drive cleaning roller through drive assembly and rotate, when the cotton below from cleaning roller of pearl when, cleaning roller can clear up the dust on the cotton of pearl, has solved the bonder in the use, can't clean the dust on the cotton of pearl, leads to the effect reduction of viscose, unfavorable for the problem of using.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure of the present utility model;
FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a second frame of the present utility model;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the internal structure of the second frame of the present utility model;
fig. 4 is a schematic view of the area explosive structure of the present utility model.
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1. an adhesive device; 2. a fixed shaft; 3. a guide plate; 4. a moving plate; 5. a first frame; 6. a cleaning roller; 7. a chute; 8. a slide block; 9. a second frame; 10. a movable groove; 11. a screw rod; 12. a handle; 13. a transmission rod; 14. a first sprocket; 15. a second sprocket; 16. and (3) a chain.
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Technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are some of the embodiments of the present application, but not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments in the present application are within the scope of the protection of the present application.
In the description of the present application, it is to be understood that the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of example embodiments in accordance with the present application. For ease of description, the dimensions of the various features shown in the drawings are not drawn to actual scale. Techniques, methods, and apparatus known to one of ordinary skill in the relevant art may not be discussed in detail, but should be considered part of the specification where appropriate. In all examples shown and discussed herein, any specific values should be construed as merely illustrative, and not a limitation. Thus, other examples of the exemplary embodiments may have different values. It should be noted that: like reference numerals and letters denote like items in the following figures, and thus once an item is defined in one figure, no further discussion thereof is necessary in subsequent figures.
It should be noted that the terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and the claims of the present application are used for distinguishing between similar objects and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the data so used may be interchanged, as appropriate, such that embodiments of the present application may be implemented in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein, and that the objects identified by "first," "second," etc. are generally of a type and not limited to the number of objects, e.g., the first object may be one or more. Furthermore, in the description and claims, "and/or" means at least one of the connected objects, and the character "/", generally means that the associated object is an "or" relationship.
It should be noted that, in the description of the present application, the terms "front, rear, upper, lower, left, right", "horizontal, vertical, horizontal", and "top, bottom", etc. generally refer to an azimuth or a positional relationship based on the azimuth or the positional relationship shown in the drawings, and merely for convenience of description of the present application and simplification of the description, the azimuth terms do not indicate and imply that the apparatus or element referred to must have a specific azimuth or be constructed and operated in a specific azimuth, and thus should not be construed as limiting the scope of protection of the present application; the orientation word "inner and outer" refers to inner and outer relative to the contour of the respective component itself.
It should be noted that, in this application, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising one … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element. Furthermore, it should be noted that the scope of the methods and apparatus in the embodiments of the present application is not limited to performing the functions in the order shown or discussed, but may also include performing the functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in an opposite order depending on the functions involved, e.g., the described methods may be performed in an order different from that described, and various steps may also be added, omitted, or combined. Additionally, features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.
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Referring to fig. 1-4, the present embodiment provides a pearl wool bonding device, which includes:
the device comprises an adhesive device 1 and two fixed shafts 2, wherein the two fixed shafts 2 are fixedly connected to the adhesive device 1, a guide plate 3 is rotatably connected to the fixed shafts 2, and a movable plate 4 is rotatably connected to one side of the guide plate 3;
the adjusting component is positioned on the bonding device 1 and is used for driving the two moving plates 4 to move;
the first frame 5, the first frame 5 is fixedly connected to the bonding device 1, the first frame 5 is rotatably connected with the cleaning roller 6;
the transmission assembly is positioned on the bonding device 1 and is used for driving the cleaning roller 6 to rotate.
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The embodiment provides a cotton bonding device of pearl, in addition to including the technical scheme of above-mentioned embodiment, still has following technical feature, and the regulation subassembly includes:
the two sliding grooves 7 are respectively formed in one side of the two moving plates 4, and the sliding grooves 7 are connected with sliding blocks 8 in a sliding manner;
the second frame 9, second frame 9 fixed connection is on bonding device 1, has seted up movable groove 10 in the second frame 9, and movable groove 10 internal rotation is connected with lead screw 11, and the one end of lead screw 11 runs through movable groove 10 and extends to the external world, and the one end fixedly connected with handle 12 of lead screw 11, threaded connection has two transfer lines 13 on the lead screw 11, and the lower half of transfer line 13 is fixed with slider 8.
The handle 12 is rotated by a user's hand, the handle 12 drives the screw rod 11 to rotate in the movable groove 10, the two transmission rods 13 are enabled to be mutually close along the movable groove 10 under the action of the screw rod 11 threads, when the two transmission rods 13 are mutually close, the transmission rods 13 drive the movable plates 4 to move through the corresponding sliding blocks 8, the two movable plates 4 are mutually close, when the two movable plates 4 are mutually close, the two movable plates 4 respectively drive one ends of the two guide plates 3 to mutually close, the other ends of the two guide plates 3 rotate on the two fixed shafts 2, wherein when the two movable plates 4 are mutually close, the sliding blocks 8 slide in the corresponding sliding grooves 7, when the two movable plates 4 are moved to a proper position, the user stops rotating the handle 12, at the moment, the distance between the two movable plates 4 is matched with the size of pearl wool, meanwhile, the cotton is enabled to be obliquely acted between the two movable plates 4, the user can be ensured to adjust the distance between the two movable plates 4 according to the size of the cotton, and the cotton belt is prevented from being influenced by external deflection when the two movable plates 4 are moved.
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The present embodiment provides a pearl wool bonding device, which has the following technical features in addition to the technical scheme of the above embodiment, in which one end of a screw 11 is rotatably connected with a second frame 9, and a handle 12 is rotatably connected with the second frame 9.
Wherein, ensure that one end of lead screw 11 can normally rotate in second frame 9, ensure that handle 12 can normally rotate on second frame 9.
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The present embodiment provides a pearl wool bonding device, which has the following technical characteristics except the technical scheme of the above embodiment, and the screw rod 11 is provided with two threads with opposite rotation directions, and the upper half parts of the two transmission rods 13 are both positioned in the movable groove 10 and are slidably connected with the movable groove 10.
Wherein, when the screw rod 11 rotates, the two transmission rods 13 are ensured to be close to each other, and the upper half parts of the two transmission rods 13 can slide normally in the movable groove 10.
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The embodiment provides a cotton bonding device of pearl, in addition to including the technical scheme of above-mentioned embodiment, still has following technical feature, and the drive assembly includes:
a first sprocket 14, the first sprocket 14 is rotatably connected to the first frame 5, and one end of the first sprocket 14 penetrates through the first frame 5 and extends into the first frame 5 to be fixed with one end of the cleaning roller 6;
the second sprocket 15, the second sprocket 15 is rotatably connected to the bonding device 1, and one end of the second sprocket 15 is fixed with one of the rollers in the conveyor belt on the bonding device 1, and the chain 16 is meshed between the second sprocket 15 and the first sprocket 14.
When the bonding device 1 is used, a user starts the bonding device 1, when a conveying belt on the bonding device 1 moves, a roller shaft in the conveying belt on the bonding device 1 can drive a second chain wheel 15 to rotate, the second chain wheel 15 drives a first chain wheel 14 to rotate through a chain 16, the first chain wheel 14 drives a cleaning roller 6 to rotate in a first frame 5, the cleaning roller 6 can rotate in the first frame 5, and dust on pearl cotton is cleaned.
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The present embodiment provides a pearl wool bonding device having the following technical features in addition to the technical scheme of the above embodiment, one end of the first sprocket 14 is rotatably connected with the first frame 5.
Wherein it is ensured that one end of the first sprocket 14 can normally rotate on the first frame 5.
When the device is used, a user starts the bonding device 1, when a transmission belt on the bonding device 1 moves, a roller shaft in the transmission belt on the bonding device 1 can drive a second chain wheel 15 to rotate, the second chain wheel 15 drives a first chain wheel 14 to rotate through a chain 16, the first chain wheel 14 drives a cleaning roller 6 to rotate in a first frame 5, the cleaning roller 6 can rotate in the first frame 5, dust on pearl wool is cleaned, then the user rotates a handle 12 by hands, the handle 12 drives a screw rod 11 to rotate in a movable groove 10, two transmission rods 13 are enabled to be mutually close along the movable groove 10 under the action of threads of the screw rod 11, when the two transmission rods 13 are mutually close, the transmission rods 13 can drive a movable plate 4 through corresponding sliding blocks 8, the two movable plates 4 are mutually close, when the two movable plates 4 are mutually close, one ends of the two movable plates 4 can respectively drive one ends of the two guide plates 3 to mutually close, the other ends of the two guide plates 3 are enabled to rotate on the two guide plates 2, the two fixed shafts are mutually close to each other, the two movable plates 4 can mutually close, then the two movable plates 8 can mutually slide in the corresponding positions of the two guide plates 4, the two guide plates 4 can be mutually close to the two guide plates, the two guide plates can be mutually-moved pearl wool, the two guide plates can move, the two guide plates 4 can move the two guide plates 4, and the two guide plates can move plates can be mutually corresponding to the two guide plates 4, and the user plates can move respectively 4 can move.
The embodiments of the present application and the features of the embodiments may be combined without conflict, and the present application is not limited to the specific embodiments described above, which are merely illustrative, not restrictive, and many forms may be made by those of ordinary skill in the art, without departing from the spirit of the present application and the scope of the claims, which are also within the protection of the present application.
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1. A pearl wool bonding device, comprising:
the device comprises an adhesive device (1) and two fixed shafts (2), wherein the two fixed shafts (2) are fixedly connected to the adhesive device (1), a guide plate (3) is rotationally connected to the fixed shafts (2), and a movable plate (4) is rotationally connected to one side of the guide plate (3);
the adjusting component is positioned on the bonding device (1) and is used for driving the two moving plates (4) to move;
the cleaning device comprises a first frame (5), wherein the first frame (5) is fixedly connected to an adhesive device (1), and a cleaning roller (6) is rotationally connected to the first frame (5);
the transmission assembly is positioned on the bonding device (1) and used for driving the cleaning roller (6) to rotate.
2. The pearl wool bonding device according to claim 1, wherein said adjustment assembly comprises:
the two sliding grooves (7) are respectively formed in one side of the two moving plates (4), and the sliding blocks (8) are connected in the sliding grooves (7) in a sliding manner;
the second frame (9), second frame (9) fixed connection is on bonding device (1), set up movable groove (10) in second frame (9), movable groove (10) internal rotation is connected with lead screw (11), the one end of lead screw (11) runs through movable groove (10) and extends to the external world, the one end fixedly connected with handle (12) of lead screw (11), threaded connection has two transfer lines (13) on lead screw (11), and the latter half of transfer line (13) is fixed with slider (8).
3. A pearl wool bonding device according to claim 2, wherein one end of the screw (11) is rotatably connected to the second frame (9), and the handle (12) is rotatably connected to the second frame (9).
4. The bonding device for pearl wool according to claim 2, wherein the screw rod (11) is provided with two threads with opposite screwing directions, and the upper half parts of the two transmission rods (13) are both positioned in the movable groove (10) and are in sliding connection with the movable groove (10).
5. The pearl wool bonding device according to claim 1, wherein the transmission assembly comprises:
the first chain wheel (14) is rotatably connected to the first frame (5), and one end of the first chain wheel (14) penetrates through the first frame (5) and extends into the first frame (5) to be fixed with one end of the cleaning roller (6);
the second chain wheel (15), second chain wheel (15) rotate and connect on bonding device (1), and one end of second chain wheel (15) is fixed with one of them roller in the conveyer belt on bonding device (1), the meshing has chain (16) between second chain wheel (15) and first chain wheel (14).
6. The bonding device according to claim 5, wherein one end of the first sprocket (14) is rotatably connected to the first frame (5).
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