CN220991846U - Automatic screening assembly for lithium battery cap after production - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses an automatic screening assembly for lithium battery caps after production, and relates to the technical field of battery production. The utility model comprises a mounting vehicle, wherein the mounting vehicle comprises a mounting plate, universal wheels are fixed at the front end and the rear end of the left side of the lower wall of the mounting plate, motors are arranged at the front end and the rear end of the right side of the lower wall of the mounting plate, idler wheels are fixed on power output shafts of the motors, screw rods are connected with the left side and the right side of the front of the mounting plate and the left side and the right side of the rear of the mounting plate in a threaded manner, and circular plates are fixed at the lower ends of the screw rods. According to the utility model, the caps with larger specification and smaller specification and qualified specifications are screened through the matching of the rectangular groove and the screening groove, the contact area between the caps and the ground is increased through the circular plate, the stability is improved, and the caps are moved through motor operation without manpower and effort.
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Technical Field
The utility model belongs to the technical field of battery production, and particularly relates to an automatic screening assembly for lithium battery caps after production.
Background
The lithium battery is a rechargeable battery for storing electric energy by utilizing lithium metal or lithium compounds, and has wide application in the fields of mobile equipment, electric tools, electric vehicles and the like due to the characteristics of high energy density, long cycle life and light weight, wherein the lithium battery cap is used as one of accessories of the lithium battery, is an extraction end of an anode or a cathode, and has a sealing function so as to achieve the effects of preventing water and gas invasion and preventing electrolyte from evaporating.
Through retrieving, the authority bulletin number CN211275537U, the authority bulletin day 2020.08.18 discloses a lithium cell cap defective goods autofilter machine, which comprises a base, the top of base is fixed with vibrations dish material loading machine, the one end of vibrations dish material loading machine is fixed with flat conveying pipe, the top of base is fixed with the wedge, the top of wedge is fixed with U type mounting panel, the top of U type mounting panel is fixed with first cylinder, the output of first cylinder runs through the top of U type mounting panel and is fixed with first dog, first dog is inserted and is established in flat conveying pipe, the top of wedge is fixed with the riser, a side wall of riser is fixed with the second cylinder. According to the utility model, the wedge-shaped block, the U-shaped support plate, the first air cylinder, the first stop block, the vertical plate, the second air cylinder, the flat connecting pipe, the L-shaped plate, the industrial camera, the third air cylinder, the second stop block and the processor are arranged, so that defective products can be conveniently and rapidly screened out, time and labor are saved, and the efficiency is high.
The prior art detects battery cap through industrial camera, qualified cap can fall to the yields collection box under the effect of third cylinder, and the defective products falls to defective products collection box under the effect of second cylinder, thereby realize the screening of yields and defective products, the specification is great in the defective products and the minor mix together, be inconvenient for reprocessing the great defective products of specification, and the prior art is convenient for remove under the effect of universal auto-lock wheel, however only have universal auto-lock wheel and ground contact when using, result in the stability of being connected with ground relatively poor, simultaneously, the prior art needs the manpower to promote to remove, remove inconveniently, for this reason, we provide an automatic screening subassembly after the lithium battery cap production, in order to solve above-mentioned problem.
Disclosure of utility model
The utility model aims to provide an automatic screening assembly for lithium battery caps after production, which screens caps with larger specification and smaller specification through matching of a rectangular groove and a screening groove, increases the contact area with the ground through a circular plate, improves the stability, and also moves through motor operation without manpower and effort, so that the problems that the larger and smaller specifications in defective products in the prior art are mixed together, the defective products with larger specification are inconvenient to reprocess, and in the prior art, only universal self-locking wheels are in contact with the ground when in use, so that the stability of connection with the ground is poor, and meanwhile, the prior art needs manpower to push to move and is inconvenient to move are solved.
In order to solve the technical problems, the utility model is realized by the following technical scheme:
The utility model relates to an automatic screening assembly after lithium battery cap production, which comprises a mounting vehicle, wherein the mounting vehicle comprises a mounting plate, universal wheels are fixed at the front end and the rear end of the left side of the lower wall of the mounting plate, motors are arranged at the front end and the rear end of the right side of the lower wall of the mounting plate, idler wheels are fixed on power output shafts of the motors, screw rods are connected with the left side and the right side in front of the mounting plate and the left side and the right side behind the mounting plate in a threaded manner, and circular plates are fixed at the lower ends of the screw rods;
The top of installing the car is provided with screening subassembly body, screening subassembly body includes vibrations dish material loading machine, the discharge end of vibrations dish material loading machine is fixed with the deflector, rectangular channel and screening groove have been seted up from left to right in proper order to the lower wall of deflector, rectangular channel's below the below screening groove with all be provided with the collecting box under the deflector right-hand member.
The utility model is further arranged that an anti-skid pad is fixed on the lower wall of the circular plate, a rocking wheel is fixed on the upper end of the screw rod, a side plate is fixed on the inner side wall of the motor, and the side plate is fixedly connected with the mounting plate.
The utility model is further characterized in that a storage battery is arranged on the front side of the upper wall of the mounting plate, a limiting boss is arranged outside the storage battery, and the limiting boss is fixedly connected with the mounting plate.
The utility model is further characterized in that a handle is fixed at the left edge of the upper wall of the mounting plate, and an anti-skid sleeve is fixed outside the handle.
The utility model is further arranged in such a way that the width of the rectangular groove is smaller than that of the screening groove, the cross section of the guide plate is U-shaped, and the left end of the guide plate is higher than the right end of the guide plate.
The utility model is further characterized in that the inclined plates are arranged right below the rectangular grooves and the screening grooves, the cross sections of the inclined plates are U-shaped, the rectangular grooves and the lower walls of the screening grooves are fixedly provided with fixing plates, the lower walls of the fixing plates are fixedly provided with stand columns, and the stand columns are fixedly connected with the mounting plate.
The utility model further provides that the outer side wall of the collecting box is symmetrically fixed with the handles, the rubber sleeves are fixed outside the handles, the limiting frame is arranged outside the collecting box, and the limiting frame is fixedly connected with the mounting plate.
The utility model has the following beneficial effects:
1. According to the utility model, the motor, the screw and the circular plate are arranged, the roller is enabled to rotate by utilizing the motor, the automatic screening assembly after the lithium battery cap is produced is enabled to move under the condition of not needing manual pushing under the cooperation of the universal wheels, so that the labor intensity during movement is reduced, the use is more convenient, meanwhile, the circular plate is enabled to move until the anti-skid pad contacts with the ground after being driven to rotate by utilizing the rotation of the screw, the contact area with the ground can be increased, the friction force with the ground is improved, the stability of connection with the ground is better, and the problems that only the universal self-locking wheel contacts with the ground when the lithium battery cap is used, the stability of connection with the ground is poor, and meanwhile, the manual pushing is needed to move and the movement is inconvenient in the prior art are solved.
2. According to the utility model, the guide plate, the rectangular groove and the screening groove are arranged, when the caps to be screened pass through the guide plate, the caps with smaller specifications pass through the rectangular groove and fall into the collecting boxes below the rectangular groove, the qualified caps pass through the rectangular groove and move towards the screening groove and pass through the screening groove and move into the corresponding collecting boxes below the screening groove, the caps with larger specifications pass through the guide plate and fall into the collecting boxes below one end of the guide plate far away from the vibrating disc feeding machine, so that the caps with larger, qualified and smaller specifications are screened and collected, the caps with larger specifications can be continuously used after being collected and processed into the qualified caps, and the problem that the caps with larger specifications and smaller specifications in defective products in the prior art are mixed together and are inconvenient to reprocess the defective products with larger specifications is solved.
Of course, it is not necessary for any one product to practice the utility model to achieve all of the advantages set forth above at the same time.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present utility model, the drawings that are needed for the description of the embodiments will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present utility model, and that other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.
Fig. 1 is an overall structure diagram of an automatic screening assembly after the production of lithium battery caps.
Fig. 2 is a rear view of a structure of an automatic screening assembly after the lithium battery cap is produced.
Fig. 3 is a top view of an automated screening assembly after lithium battery cap production.
Fig. 4 is a structural view of the guide plate.
In the drawings, the list of components represented by the various numbers is as follows:
the device comprises a 1-mounting vehicle, 101-motors, 1011-rollers, 102-screws, 1021-shaking wheels, 103-mounting plates, 1031-side plates, 1032-limiting bosses, 1033-universal wheels, 104-handles, 1041-anti-skid sleeves, 105-storage batteries, 106-circular plates, 1061-anti-skid pads, 2-screening component bodies, 201-shaking plate feeding machines, 202-guide plates, 2021-rectangular grooves, 2022-screening grooves, 203-inclined plates, 204-upright posts, 2041-fixing plates, 205-collecting boxes, 2051-limiting frames, 206-handles and 2061-rubber sleeves.
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The following description of the embodiments of the present utility model will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is apparent that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the present utility model, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the utility model without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the utility model.
Detailed description of the preferred embodiments
Referring to fig. 1-2, the utility model discloses an automatic screening assembly after lithium battery cap production, which comprises a mounting vehicle 1, wherein the mounting vehicle 1 comprises a mounting plate 103, universal wheels 1033 are fixed at the front end and the rear end of the left side of the lower wall of the mounting plate 103, a motor 101 is arranged at the front end and the rear end of the right side of the lower wall of the mounting plate 103, a roller 1011 is fixed on a power output shaft of the motor 101, screws 102 are connected with the left side and the right side in front of the mounting plate 103 and the left side and the right side behind the mounting plate 103 in a threaded manner, a circular plate 106 is fixed at the lower end of the screw 102, the roller 1011 is driven to rotate by the motor 101, manual operation pushing is not needed to move under the cooperation of the universal wheels 1033, meanwhile, friction force with the ground is increased by utilizing the circular plate 106 to contact with the ground, and the connection stability between the automatic screening assembly after lithium battery cap production and the ground is improved.
Specifically, the lower wall of the circular plate 106 is fixed with an anti-slip pad 1061, the anti-slip pad 1061 contacts with the ground in the screening state, the upper end of the screw 102 is fixed with a shaking wheel 1021, the shaking wheel 1021 is operated to rotate to enable the screw 102 to rotate, the circular plate 106 and the anti-slip pad 1061 are driven to rotate and correspondingly move up and down to enable the anti-slip pad 1061 to contact with or separate from the ground, the inner side wall of the motor 101 is fixed with a side plate 1031, and the side plate 1031 is fixedly connected with the mounting plate 103.
The front side of mounting panel 103 upper wall is provided with battery 105, provides the electric energy for motor 101, and the outside of battery 105 is provided with spacing boss 1032, avoids battery 105 and mounting panel 103 relative movement, and spacing boss 1032 and mounting panel 103 fixed connection.
A handle 104 is fixed at the left edge of the upper wall of the mounting plate 103, an anti-slip sleeve 1041 is fixed outside the handle 104, and friction force between the handle 104 and the hand is increased when the handle 104 is operated.
The operation process of the embodiment is as follows: when the lithium battery cap is moved, the roller 1011 is driven to rotate by controlling the motor 101 to work, the installation vehicle 1 is driven to move under the action of the universal wheel 1033, the screening assembly body 2 is driven to move, the purpose that the screening assembly can move without manual pushing is achieved, after the automatic screening assembly after the lithium battery cap is produced is moved to a use position, the screw 102 is driven to rotate by operating the shaking wheel 1021, the circular plate 106 and the anti-skid pad 1061 move towards the ground, and the screening operation can be carried out until the anti-skid pad 1061 contacts with the ground.
Second embodiment
Referring to fig. 1, 3 and 4, a second embodiment of the present utility model is based on the previous embodiment, but is different from the first embodiment in that: the screening component body 2 is arranged above the mounting vehicle 1, the screening component body 2 comprises a vibration disc feeding machine 201, a guide plate 202 is fixed at the discharge end of the vibration disc feeding machine 201, rectangular grooves 2021 and screening grooves 2022 are sequentially formed in the lower wall of the guide plate 202 from left to right, collecting boxes 205 are arranged below the rectangular grooves 2021, below the screening grooves 2022 and right-hand sides of the guide plate 202, the upper sides of the collecting boxes 205 are open, the lower ends of the collecting boxes are closed, caps with smaller specifications fall into the collecting boxes 205 below the collecting boxes by the rectangular grooves 2021, qualified caps fall into the collecting boxes 205 below the collecting boxes by the screening grooves 2022, caps with larger specifications pass through the guide plate 202 and fall into the collecting boxes 205 below the collecting boxes, and the caps with larger specifications are respectively collected, so that the caps with larger specifications are cut and processed into the caps with the smaller specifications conveniently.
Specifically, the width of the rectangular groove 2021 is smaller than that of the screening groove 2022, the width of the rectangular groove 2021 is slightly smaller than the diameter of the qualified cap, the cross section of the guide plate 202 is in a U-shaped structure, the cap can be guided, the cap can be moved along the guide plate 202, the left end of the guide plate 202 is higher than the right end of the guide plate 202, and the cap can be moved rightwards conveniently.
The inclined plates 203 are arranged right below the rectangular grooves 2021 and the screening grooves 2022, the cross sections of the inclined plates 203 are U-shaped, the inclined plates 203 guide caps with larger and smaller corresponding specifications into the corresponding collecting boxes 205, the fixed plates 2041 are fixed on the lower walls of the rectangular grooves 2021 and the screening grooves 2022, the upright posts 204 are fixed on the lower walls of the fixed plates 2041, and the upright posts 204 are fixedly connected with the mounting plates 103 through the cooperation of the upright posts 204 and the fixed plates 2041 so that the positions of the two inclined plates 203 are fixed.
The outside lateral wall symmetry of collecting box 205 is fixed with handle 206, and the outside of handle 206 is fixed with rubber sleeve 2061, promotes the comfort level when operating handle 206, and the outside of collecting box 205 is provided with spacing frame 2051, avoids collecting box 205 and mounting panel 103 relative movement when using, and spacing frame 2051 and mounting panel 103 fixed connection.
The rest of the structure is the same as in the first embodiment.
The operation process of the embodiment is as follows: placing caps to be screened on a feeding platform of the vibration disc feeding machine 201, starting the vibration disc feeding machine 201, enabling the vibration disc feeding machine 201 to work so that the guide plates 202 vibrate simultaneously, enabling the caps to move onto the guide plates 202 along a discharging path of the vibration disc feeding machine 201 and to move to one side of the guide plates 202 far away from the vibration disc feeding machine 201, enabling smaller caps to pass through the rectangular grooves 2021, enabling the smaller caps to move into corresponding collecting boxes 205 under the guidance of the inclined plates 203 below the rectangular grooves 2021, enabling the qualified caps to pass through the screening grooves 2022, enabling the larger caps to move into the corresponding collecting boxes 205 under the guidance of the inclined plates 203 below the screening grooves 2022, enabling the larger caps to move to one end of the guide plates 202 far away from the vibration disc feeding machine 201 and fall into the collecting boxes 205 below the same, and achieving classified screening and collecting.
In addition, the motor 101 in the automatic screening assembly after the lithium battery cap is produced is electrically connected with an external power supply through a conductive wire, the vibration disc feeding machine 201 is electrically connected with a commercial power through a conductive wire, and the vibration disc feeding machine 201 and the motor 101 are both in the prior art, and the model is not limited herein.
In the description of the present specification, the descriptions of the terms "one embodiment," "example," "specific example," and the like, mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the present utility model. In this specification, schematic representations of the above terms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiments or examples. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.
The preferred embodiments of the utility model disclosed above are intended only to assist in the explanation of the utility model. The preferred embodiments are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the utility model to the precise form disclosed. Obviously, many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teaching. The embodiments were chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the utility model and the practical application, to thereby enable others skilled in the art to best understand and utilize the utility model. The utility model is limited only by the claims and the full scope and equivalents thereof.
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1. The utility model provides an autofilter subassembly after lithium cell hood is produced, includes installation car (1), its characterized in that: the mounting vehicle (1) comprises a mounting plate (103), universal wheels (1033) are fixed at the front end and the rear end of the left side of the lower wall of the mounting plate (103), motors (101) are arranged at the front end and the rear end of the right side of the lower wall of the mounting plate (103), idler wheels (1011) are fixed on a power output shaft of each motor (101), screw rods (102) are connected with the left side and the right side of the front of the mounting plate (103) and the left side and the right side of the rear of the mounting plate (103) in a threaded mode, and circular plates (106) are fixed at the lower ends of the screw rods (102);
The top of installing car (1) is provided with screening subassembly body (2), screening subassembly body (2) are including vibrations dish material loading machine (201), the discharge end of vibrations dish material loading machine (201) is fixed with deflector (202), rectangular channel (2021) and screening groove (2022) have been seted up in proper order from left to right to the lower wall of deflector (202), the below of rectangular channel (2021) the below of screening groove (2022) with all be provided with under deflector (202) right-hand member and collect box (205).
2. The post-production autofilter assembly of lithium battery caps of claim 1, wherein: the anti-slip device is characterized in that an anti-slip pad (1061) is fixed on the lower wall of the circular plate (106), a rocking wheel (1021) is fixed at the upper end of the screw (102), a side plate (1031) is fixed on the inner side wall of the motor (101), and the side plate (1031) is fixedly connected with the mounting plate (103).
3. The post-production autofilter assembly of lithium battery caps of claim 2, wherein: the front side of mounting panel (103) upper wall is provided with battery (105), the outside of battery (105) is provided with spacing boss (1032), just spacing boss (1032) with mounting panel (103) fixed connection.
4. The post-production autofilter assembly of claim 3, wherein: a handle (104) is fixed at the left edge of the upper wall of the mounting plate (103), and an anti-skid sleeve (1041) is fixed outside the handle (104).
5. The post-production autofilter assembly of lithium battery caps of claim 1, wherein: the width of rectangular groove (2021) is less than the width of screening groove (2022), the cross section of deflector (202) is the U-shaped setting, the left end of deflector (202) is higher than the right-hand member of deflector (202).
6. The post-production autofilter assembly of claim 5 wherein: the screening device comprises a screening groove (2022), and is characterized in that an inclined plate (203) is arranged right below the rectangular groove (2021) and the screening groove (2022), the cross section of the inclined plate (203) is U-shaped, a fixing plate (2041) is fixed on the lower wall of the rectangular groove (2021) and the lower wall of the screening groove (2022), a stand column (204) is fixed on the lower wall of the fixing plate (2041), and the stand column (204) is fixedly connected with the mounting plate (103).
7. The post-production autofilter assembly of lithium battery caps of claim 1, wherein: the outside lateral wall symmetry of collecting box (205) is fixed with handle (206), the outside of handle (206) is fixed with rubber sleeve (2061), the outside of collecting box (205) is provided with spacing frame (2051), just spacing frame (2051) with mounting panel (103) fixed connection.
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