CN221021963U - Conveyer belt processing device - Google Patents
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The utility model relates to the technical field of conveying belts and discloses a conveying belt processing device which comprises a mounting frame, supporting legs fixedly arranged at the bottom of the mounting frame, a conveying mechanism fixedly arranged at the top of the mounting frame and a processing assembly arranged at the top of the mounting frame, wherein the processing assembly comprises a stirring mechanism fixedly arranged at the top of the mounting frame, the stirring mechanism is connected with a supporting mechanism, the stirring mechanism comprises an L-shaped vertical plate fixedly connected with the left side of the mounting frame, a motor is fixedly arranged in the L-shaped vertical plate, an output shaft is fixedly arranged at the output end of the motor, a cam is fixedly arranged at the bottom of the output shaft, the top of the conveying mechanism can be extruded through the stirring mechanism, so that the top of the conveying belt is stable, the conveying belt can be vulcanized conveniently, and the conveying belt can be supported through the supporting mechanism, so that the conveying belt can be vulcanized conveniently.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of conveyor belts, in particular to a conveyor belt processing device.
Background
In the production, a plurality of conveyer belts are needed, each conveyer belt has different length, if each model is purchased for standby, the stock quantity and the temporary fund are all problems which are difficult to overcome, and a roll of conveyer belt can be purchased for standby by adopting a vulcanizing joint mode, and the conveyer belt can be intercepted and jointed as required to avoid the occupation of a warehouse and the fund.
According to chinese patent CN218488873U, a conveyer belt processing device is proposed, during vulcanization, only need slide the both ends of layered conveyer belt from first restriction cardboard and second restriction cardboard department respectively on the clamp plate, make each separating layer of conveyer belt be located between the hot plate respectively, after accomplishing the placing of all separating layers, can put a plurality of extrusion stand again on the top of hot plate, exert pressure to the conveyer belt of hot plate and separating layer.
However, there may be some defects in this patent, when the surface of the conveyer belt is vulcanized, because the surface of the conveyer belt may cause a depression state on the surface of the conveyer belt when the surface of the conveyer belt bears a large volume of material in the process of conveying the material for a long time, so that the surface of the conveyer belt cannot be vulcanized well.
Disclosure of utility model
The utility model aims to provide a conveyor belt processing device which solves the problems in the background technology.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the present utility model provides the following technical solutions: a conveyer belt processing device comprises a mounting frame;
the support legs are fixedly arranged at the bottom of the mounting frame;
the conveying mechanism is fixedly arranged at the top of the mounting frame;
And the processing assembly is arranged at the top of the mounting frame and comprises a toggle mechanism fixedly arranged at the top of the mounting frame, and the toggle mechanism is connected with a supporting mechanism.
Preferably, the toggle mechanism comprises an L-shaped vertical plate fixedly connected with the left side of the mounting frame, a motor is fixedly arranged in the L-shaped vertical plate, an output shaft is fixedly arranged at the output end of the motor, a cam is fixedly arranged at the bottom of the output shaft, a first hinge pin is movably arranged at the bottom of the right side of the cam, a movable sleeve is movably arranged in the first hinge pin, a connecting spring is fixedly arranged at the top of the inner wall of the movable sleeve, a limiting block is fixedly arranged at the other end of the connecting spring, the outer wall of the limiting block is in sliding contact with the inner wall of the movable sleeve, a T-shaped toggle plate is fixedly arranged at the bottom of the limiting block, the bottom of the T-shaped toggle plate is in contact with the top of the conveying mechanism, and by arranging the toggle mechanism, when the conveying belt is required to be vulcanized, an operator can start the motor to rotate with the output shaft, the cam can be driven to rotate when the output shaft rotates, the movable sleeve can be driven to rotate, and the inner limiting block can move downwards when the movable sleeve rotates, so that the T-shaped toggle plate can be driven to move downwards, and the bottom of the T-shaped toggle plate can be used for extruding the conveying belt.
Preferably, the supporting mechanism comprises a rotating rod fixedly connected with the top of the right side of the cam, a bearing is fixedly arranged on the outer wall of the bottom of the rotating rod, a vertical plate is contacted with the bottom of the bearing, the bottom of the vertical plate is fixedly connected with the side surface of the top of the mounting frame, a transverse plate is fixedly arranged on the side surface of the vertical plate, a movable groove is formed in the vertical plate, a sliding plate is contacted with the bottom of the outer wall of the bearing, the outer wall of the sliding plate is contacted with the inner wall of a rectangular block, a limit groove is formed in the side surface of the rectangular block, a T-shaped extrusion rod is arranged in the limit groove in a sliding mode, the top of the T-shaped extrusion rod is fixedly connected with the bottom of the sliding plate, an extrusion spring is fixedly arranged at the bottom of the T-shaped extrusion rod, the bottom of the extrusion spring is fixedly connected with the bottom of the inner wall of the limit groove, the bottom of the T-shaped extrusion rod is contacted with a rocker, the side surface of the rocker is movably provided with a second hinge pin, the bottom of the second hinge pin is fixedly connected with the top of the transverse plate, one end bottom of the rocker is fixedly provided with a return spring, the other end of the return spring is fixedly connected with the top of the transverse plate, the top of the other end of the rocker is fixedly provided with a supporting block, the top of the supporting block is contacted with the top of the conveying mechanism, when the cam rotates, the rotating rod rotates and rotates with a bearing, the bearing extrudes the sliding plate, the sliding plate downwards extrudes the T-shaped extrusion rod when moving downwards, so that the bottom of the T-shaped extrusion rod extrudes the rocker, the other end of the rocker lifts up to jack up the bottom of the conveying belt, so as to facilitate the vulcanization treatment of the conveyor belt.
Preferably, the number of the T-shaped shifting plates is a plurality of, the T-shaped shifting plates are arranged at the bottom of the limiting block in a linear array, and through the arrangement, the conveyor belt can be extruded, so that the conveyor belt can be vulcanized conveniently.
Preferably, the outer wall of the bearing is contacted with the bottom of the sliding plate, the bottom of the sliding plate is fixedly connected with the top of the T-shaped extrusion rod, and the sliding plate is extruded when the bearing is arranged to move.
Preferably, the number of the supporting legs is four, the sizes of the four supporting legs are equal, and the four supporting legs are fixedly arranged at four corners of the bottom of the mounting frame at equal intervals. With this arrangement, the present utility model can be supported.
Preferably, the movable sleeve is movably arranged at the bottom of the side face of the cam, and is positioned at the left side of the rotating rod, so that the top of the conveyor belt can be extruded through the T-shaped shifting plate.
The utility model provides a conveyer belt processing device. The conveyer belt processing device has the following beneficial effects:
(1) According to the conveyer belt processing device, when the conveyer belt is required to be vulcanized, an operator can start the motor to enable the motor to rotate along with the output shaft, the cam can be driven to rotate when the output shaft rotates, the movable sleeve can be driven to rotate when the cam rotates, and the inner limiting block moves downwards when the movable sleeve rotates so as to drive the T-shaped shifting plate to move downwards, so that the bottom of the T-shaped shifting plate can squeeze the top of the conveyer belt, and the conveyer belt is convenient to be vulcanized;
(2) This conveyer belt processingequipment sets up supporting mechanism, when the cam rotates, can take the bull stick to rotate, can take the bearing to rotate when the bull stick rotates, and the bearing can extrude the sliding plate, can extrude T type extrusion stem downwardly when making the sliding plate move down to make the bottom of T type extrusion stem extrude the wane, make the other end perk of wane jack-up with this bottom to the conveyer belt, in order to conveniently carry out the vulcanization to the conveyer belt.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a conveyor belt processing apparatus according to the present utility model;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the internal processing assembly of a conveyor belt processing apparatus according to the present utility model;
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a toggle mechanism in a conveyor belt processing apparatus according to the present utility model;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the structure of the movable sleeve inside the conveyor belt processing device according to the present utility model;
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the internal support mechanism of a conveyor belt processing apparatus according to the present utility model;
FIG. 6 is a schematic side view of a supporting mechanism of a conveyor belt processing apparatus according to the present utility model;
FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of a portion of a conveyor belt processing apparatus A according to the present utility model;
fig. 8 is a partially enlarged view of a conveyor belt processing apparatus B according to the present utility model.
In the figure: 1. a mounting frame; 2. support legs; 3. a conveying mechanism; 4. processing the assembly; 41. a toggle mechanism; 411. an L-shaped vertical plate; 412. a motor; 413. an output shaft; 414. a cam; 415. a first hinge pin; 416. a movable sleeve; 417. a connecting spring; 418. a limiting block; 419. a T-shaped shifting plate; 42. a support mechanism; 421. a rotating rod; 422. a bearing; 423. a vertical plate; 424. a movable groove; 425. rectangular blocks; 426. a sliding plate; 427. a limit groove; 428. a T-shaped extrusion rod; 429. extruding a spring; 430. a second hinge pin; 431. a cross plate; 432. a return spring; 433. a support block; 434. a seesaw.
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For a clearer understanding of technical features, objects, and effects of the present utility model, a specific embodiment of the present utility model will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Example 1
The preferred embodiment of a conveyor belt processing device provided by the present utility model is shown in fig. 1 to 8: a conveyer belt processing device comprises a mounting frame 1;
the support legs 2 are fixedly arranged at the bottom of the mounting frame 1;
the conveying mechanism 3 is fixedly arranged at the top of the mounting frame 1;
and the processing component 4 is arranged at the top of the mounting frame 1, the processing component 4 comprises a toggle mechanism 41 fixedly arranged at the top of the mounting frame 1, the toggle mechanism 41 is connected with a supporting mechanism 42, the top of the conveying mechanism 3 can be extruded through the toggle mechanism 41, so that the top of the conveying belt is stable, the conveying belt can be vulcanized conveniently, and the conveying belt can be supported through the supporting mechanism 42, so that the conveying belt can be vulcanized conveniently.
The toggle mechanism 41 comprises an L-shaped vertical plate 411 fixedly connected with the left side of the installation frame 1, a motor 412 is fixedly arranged in the L-shaped vertical plate 411, an output shaft 413 is fixedly arranged at the output end of the motor 412, a cam 414 is fixedly arranged at the bottom of the output shaft 413, a first hinge pin 415 is movably arranged at the bottom of the right side of the cam 414, a movable sleeve 416 is movably arranged in the first hinge pin 415, a connecting spring 417 is fixedly arranged at the top of the inner wall of the movable sleeve 416, a limiting block 418 is fixedly arranged at the other end of the connecting spring 417, the outer wall of the limiting block 418 is in sliding contact with the inner wall of the movable sleeve 416, a T-shaped toggle plate 419 is fixedly arranged at the bottom of the limiting block 418, the bottom of the T-shaped toggle plate 419 is in contact with the top of the conveying mechanism 3, when the conveying belt is required to be vulcanized, an operator can start the motor 412 to rotate the output shaft 413, the output shaft 413 can rotate with the cam 414, the movable sleeve 416 can rotate when the cam 414 rotates, the inner limiting block 418 moves downwards to move downwards so as to take the T-shaped toggle plate 419 to move downwards, and the bottom of the T-shaped toggle plate 419 can be extruded to be convenient for vulcanizing the conveying belt.
In this embodiment, through setting up toggle mechanism 41, when needs carry out the vulcanization process to the conveyer belt, the operating personnel can turn on motor 412, makes motor 412 take output shaft 413 to rotate, can take cam 414 to rotate when making output shaft 413 rotate, can take movable sleeve 416 to rotate when cam 414 rotates, and when movable sleeve 416 rotates, inside stopper 418 moves down to take T type shifting board 419 to move down, make the bottom of T type shifting board 419 can extrude the top of conveyer belt, in order to conveniently carry out the vulcanization process to the conveyer belt.
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On the basis of embodiment 1, a preferred embodiment of a conveyor belt processing apparatus according to the present utility model is shown in fig. 1 to 8: the supporting mechanism 42 comprises a rotating rod 421 fixedly connected with the top of the right side of the cam 414, a bearing 422 is fixedly arranged on the outer wall of the bottom of the rotating rod 421, a vertical plate 423 is contacted with the bottom of the bearing 422, the bottom of the vertical plate 423 is fixedly connected with the side surface of the top of the mounting frame 1, a transverse plate 431 is fixedly arranged on the side surface of the vertical plate 423, a movable groove 424 is arranged in the vertical plate 423, a sliding plate 426 is contacted with the bottom of the outer wall of the bearing 422, the outer wall of the sliding plate 426 is contacted with the inside of a rectangular block 425, the side surface of the rectangular block 425 is fixedly connected with the inner wall of the vertical plate 423, a limiting groove 427 is arranged on the side surface of the rectangular block 425, a T-shaped extrusion rod 428 is slidably arranged in the limiting groove 427, the top of the T-shaped extrusion rod 428 is fixedly connected with the bottom of the sliding plate 426, an extrusion spring 429 is fixedly arranged at the bottom of the T-shaped extrusion rod 428, the bottom of the extrusion spring 429 is fixedly connected with the bottom of the inner wall of the limiting groove 427, the bottom of the T-shaped extrusion rod 428 is contacted with a rocker 434, the side surface of the rocker 434 is movably provided with a second hinge pin 430, the bottom of the second hinge pin 430 is fixedly connected with the top of the transverse plate 431, one end bottom of the rocker 434 is fixedly provided with a return spring 432, the other end of the return spring 432 is fixedly connected with the top of the transverse plate 431, the top of the other end of the rocker 434 is fixedly provided with a supporting block 433, the top of the supporting block 433 is contacted with the top of the conveying mechanism 3, by arranging the supporting mechanism 42, when the cam 414 rotates, the rotating rod 421 rotates with a bearing 422, when the rotating rod 421 rotates with a bearing 422, the bearing 422 extrudes a sliding plate 426, when the sliding plate 426 moves downwards, so that the bottom of the T-shaped extrusion rod 428 extrudes the plate 434, the other end of the rocker 434 lifts up to jack up the bottom of the conveying belt, so as to facilitate the vulcanization treatment of the conveyor belt.
In this embodiment, by providing the supporting mechanism 42, when the cam 414 rotates, the rotating rod 421 rotates, the bearing 422 rotates when the rotating rod 421 rotates, the bearing 422 extrudes the sliding plate 426, so that the sliding plate 426 extrudes the T-shaped extrusion rod 428 downwards when moving downwards, the bottom of the T-shaped extrusion rod 428 extrudes the rocker 434, and the other end of the rocker 434 is tilted to jack up the bottom of the conveyor belt, so as to facilitate vulcanization of the conveyor belt.
Further, the number of the T-shaped pulling plates 419 is several, and the T-shaped pulling plates 419 are in a linear array at the bottom of the limiting block 418, so that the conveyor belt can be extruded through the arrangement, and the vulcanizing treatment of the conveyor belt is facilitated.
Further, the outer wall of the bearing 422 contacts the bottom of the sliding plate 426, and the bottom of the sliding plate 426 is fixedly connected with the top of the T-shaped extrusion rod 428, so that the sliding plate 426 can be extruded when moving through the bearing 422.
In a further step, the number of the supporting legs 2 is four, the sizes of the four supporting legs 2 are equal, and the four supporting legs 2 are fixedly arranged at four corners of the bottom of the mounting frame 1 at equal intervals. With this arrangement, the present utility model can be supported.
In addition, a movable sleeve 416 is movably installed at the bottom of the side of the cam 414, and the movable sleeve 416 is positioned at the left side of the rotating rod 421, so that the top of the conveyor belt can be extruded through the T-shaped pulling plate 419.
The foregoing is illustrative of the present utility model and is not to be construed as limiting the scope of the utility model. Any equivalent changes and modifications can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and principles of this utility model, and are intended to be within the scope of this utility model. Moreover, it should be noted that the components of the present utility model are not limited to the above-mentioned overall application, and each technical feature described in the specification of the present utility model may be selected to be used alone or in combination of a plurality of options according to actual needs, so that other combinations and specific applications related to the present utility model are covered by the present utility model.
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1. A conveyer belt processing device comprises a mounting frame (1);
The supporting legs (2) are fixedly arranged at the bottom of the mounting frame (1);
The conveying mechanism (3) is fixedly arranged at the top of the mounting frame (1);
And set up processing subassembly (4) at mounting bracket (1) top, its characterized in that: the processing assembly (4) comprises a stirring mechanism (41) fixedly arranged at the top of the mounting frame (1), and the stirring mechanism (41) is connected with a supporting mechanism (42).
2. A conveyor belt processing apparatus as in claim 1 wherein: the stirring mechanism (41) comprises an L-shaped vertical plate (411) fixedly connected with the left side of the installation frame (1), a motor (412) is fixedly installed in the L-shaped vertical plate (411), an output shaft (413) is fixedly installed at the output end of the motor (412), a cam (414) is fixedly installed at the bottom of the output shaft (413), a first hinge pin (415) is movably installed at the bottom of the right side of the cam (414), a movable sleeve (416) is movably installed in the first hinge pin (415), a connecting spring (417) is fixedly installed at the top of the inner wall of the movable sleeve (416), a limiting block (418) is fixedly installed at the other end of the connecting spring (417), the outer wall of the limiting block (418) is in sliding contact with the inner wall of the movable sleeve (416), a T-shaped stirring plate (419) is fixedly installed at the bottom of the limiting block (418), and the bottom of the T-shaped stirring plate (419) is in contact with the top of the conveying mechanism (3).
3. A conveyor belt processing apparatus as in claim 1 wherein: the supporting mechanism (42) comprises a rotating rod (421) fixedly connected with the top of the right side of a cam (414), a bearing (422) is fixedly arranged on the outer wall of the bottom of the rotating rod (421), a vertical plate (423) is arranged on the bottom of the bearing (422) in a contact mode, the bottom of the vertical plate (423) is fixedly connected with the top side surface of a mounting frame (1), a transverse plate (431) is fixedly arranged on the side surface of the vertical plate (423), a movable groove (424) is formed in the vertical plate (423), a sliding plate (426) is arranged on the bottom of the outer wall of the bearing (422) in a contact mode, the outer wall of the sliding plate (426) is in contact with the inner wall of a rectangular block (425), a limiting groove (427) is formed in the side surface of the rectangular block (425) in a contact mode, a T-shaped extrusion rod (428) is arranged in a sliding mode in the inner portion of the limiting groove (427), the top of the T-shaped extrusion rod (428) is fixedly connected with the bottom of the sliding plate (426), a spring (428) is fixedly connected with the bottom of the side surface of the sliding plate (426), a second warping plate (434) is fixedly connected with the bottom of the sliding plate (434), the bottom of second hinge pin (430) is fixedly connected with the top of diaphragm (431), return spring (432) is fixedly installed to the one end bottom of wane (434), the other end of return spring (432) is fixedly connected with the top of diaphragm (431), the other end top fixed mounting of wane (434) has supporting shoe (433), the top of supporting shoe (433) is contacted with the top of transport mechanism (3).
4. A conveyor belt processing apparatus as in claim 2 wherein: the number of the T-shaped poking plates (419) is a plurality, and the T-shaped poking plates (419) are arranged at the bottom of the limiting block (418) in a linear array.
5. A conveyor belt processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein: the outer wall of the bearing (422) is in contact with the bottom of the sliding plate (426), and the bottom of the sliding plate (426) is fixedly connected with the top of the T-shaped extrusion rod (428).
6. A conveyor belt processing apparatus as in claim 1 wherein: the number of the supporting legs (2) is four, the sizes of the four supporting legs (2) are equal, and the four supporting legs (2) are fixedly arranged at four corners of the bottom of the mounting frame (1) at equal intervals.
7. A conveyor belt processing apparatus as in claim 2 wherein: the side bottom of the cam (414) is movably provided with a movable sleeve (416), and the movable sleeve (416) is positioned at the left side of the rotating rod (421).
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