CN221248196U - Polishing device for furniture manufacturing - Google Patents

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CN221248196U
CN221248196U CN202323117555.8U CN202323117555U CN221248196U CN 221248196 U CN221248196 U CN 221248196U CN 202323117555 U CN202323117555 U CN 202323117555U CN 221248196 U CN221248196 U CN 221248196U
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刘召昔
钱三巧
张忙
刘俊
周暖暖
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The utility model provides a polishing device for furniture manufacture, which comprises supporting legs, a driving mechanism, a clamping mechanism and a polishing mechanism, wherein the supporting legs are arranged on the supporting legs; the top of the supporting leg is fixedly connected with an operation box; one side of the connecting block is fixedly connected with one side of the first sliding block, and the outer side of the sliding rod is in sliding connection with the inner wall of the first sliding block; the inner wall of the first fixed block is fixedly connected with the outer side of the first toothed plate, and the first toothed plate is in meshed connection with the gear; one side of the fixed plate is fixedly connected with the inner wall of the operation box, and the output end of the second motor is fixedly connected with the top of the polishing disc. The polishing device for furniture manufacturing solves the problems that when the conventional polishing devices are used, the conventional polishing devices are inconvenient to clamp according to the thickness of different plates, the height of a polishing disc is inconvenient to adjust, an operator is required to manually adjust, the polishing efficiency is low, and the use is limited.

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Polishing device for furniture manufacturing
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of furniture production, in particular to a polishing device for furniture manufacturing.
Background
Furniture is a major class of appliances and facilities necessary for human life, production practice and social activities, wood furniture is generally used as high-grade decorations, and wood is treated by polishing carefully so that the grain of the wood can be fully revealed.
At present, when some polishing devices in existence are used, because the thickness of the plates to be polished is different, but the polishing devices are usually fixed, the clamping is inconvenient according to the thickness of the plates, the height of the polishing disc is inconvenient to adjust according to the thickness of the plates in the polishing process, operators are required to adjust the polishing positions of the plates, the polishing efficiency is low, the use limitation exists, and the use requirement in the current stage cannot be met.
Accordingly, there is a need to provide a new polishing device for furniture manufacturing that solves the above-mentioned problems.
Disclosure of utility model
In order to solve the technical problems, the utility model provides the polishing device for furniture manufacture, which is convenient to clamp according to the thickness of a plate and convenient to adjust the polishing position.
The utility model provides a polishing device for furniture manufacture, which comprises supporting legs, a driving mechanism, a clamping mechanism and a polishing mechanism; the top of the supporting leg is fixedly connected with an operation box; the driving mechanism is arranged on the inner wall of the operation box and comprises a connecting block, a sliding rod, a first sliding block and a second sliding block, one side of the connecting block is fixedly connected with one side of the first sliding block, the outer side of the sliding rod is in sliding connection with the inner wall of the first sliding block, and the inner wall of the second sliding block is in sliding connection with the outer side of the sliding rod; the clamping mechanism is arranged on one side of the driving mechanism and comprises a first clamping plate, a first fixing block, a first toothed plate and a gear, one side of the first sliding block is fixedly connected with one side of the first clamping plate, one side of the first clamping plate is fixedly connected with one side of the first fixing block, the inner wall of the first fixing block is fixedly connected with the outer side of the first toothed plate, and the first toothed plate is meshed with the gear; the polishing machine structure is arranged on the inner wall of the operation box, the polishing machine structure comprises a fixing plate, a supporting block, a second motor and a polishing disc, one side of the fixing plate is fixedly connected with the inner wall of the operation box, one side of the supporting block is fixedly connected with the top of the second motor, and the output end of the second motor is fixedly connected with the top of the polishing disc.
In order to achieve the effect that the first air cylinder drives the mounting block to move so as to drive the connecting block to move conveniently, the utility model provides the polishing device for furniture manufacturing, and preferably, the driving mechanism further comprises a fixing frame, the first air cylinder and the mounting block, one side of the fixing frame is fixedly connected with one side of the first air cylinder, a piston rod of the first air cylinder is fixedly connected with one side of the mounting block, and the inner wall of the mounting block is fixedly connected with the outer side of the connecting block.
In order to achieve the effect of conveniently driving the first sliding block to slide in the through groove through the connecting block, the utility model provides the polishing device for furniture manufacturing, preferably, the through groove is formed in the inner wall of the fixing frame, and the outer side of the connecting block is in sliding connection with the inner wall of the through groove.
In order to achieve the effect that the second toothed plate is conveniently driven to move through the gear, and then the second fixing block can be driven to move, the utility model provides a polishing device for furniture manufacturing, and preferably, the clamping mechanism further comprises the second toothed plate, the second fixing block, the third fixing block and the fourth fixing block, the gear is meshed with the second toothed plate and connected with the outer side of the second toothed plate and fixedly connected with the inner wall of the second fixing block, the outer side of the second toothed plate is slidably connected with the inner wall of the third fixing block, and one side of the third fixing block is fixedly connected with one side of the first clamping plate.
In order to achieve the effect of conveniently driving the second clamping plate to move through the movement of the second fixing block, the polishing device for furniture manufacturing is provided, preferably, the outer side of the first toothed plate is in sliding connection with the inner wall of the fourth fixing block, one side of the fourth fixing block is fixedly connected with the second clamping plate, and one side of the second clamping plate is fixedly connected with one side of the second fixing block.
In order to achieve the effect of conveniently driving the first threaded rod to rotate on the inner wall of the fixed plate through rotating the rotary table, the utility model provides a polishing device for furniture manufacturing, and preferably, the polishing device further comprises a rotary table, the first threaded rod, a lifting block and a second threaded rod, the inner wall of the fixed plate is in sliding connection with the outer side of the first threaded rod, and the top of the first threaded rod is fixedly connected with the bottom of the rotary table.
In order to achieve the effects of conveniently driving the lifting block to move up and down through the first threaded rod and driving the second threaded rod to rotate through the first motor, and driving the supporting block to move left and right through the second threaded rod, the utility model provides the polishing device for furniture manufacturing, preferably, the inner wall of the lifting block is in threaded connection with the outer side of the first threaded rod, the inner wall of the lifting block is in sliding connection with the outer side of the second threaded rod, one end of the second threaded rod is fixedly connected with the output end of the first motor, and the outer side of the second threaded rod is in threaded connection with the inner wall of the supporting block.
In order to achieve the effect of conveniently driving the fixing frame to slide in the sliding groove through the second air cylinder, the utility model provides the polishing device for furniture manufacturing, preferably, one side of the operation box is fixedly connected with the second air cylinder, a piston rod of the second air cylinder is fixedly connected with one side of the fixing frame, the sliding groove is formed in the inner wall of the operation box, and one side of the fixing frame is in sliding connection in the sliding groove.
In order to achieve the effect of conveniently placing the storage box through the bearing plate, the polishing device for furniture manufacturing is provided by the utility model, preferably, the bearing plate is fixedly connected to the outer side of the supporting leg, and the storage box is connected to the top of the bearing plate in a sliding manner.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the beneficial effects that:
This polishing device for furniture manufacture, through setting up actuating mechanism, can conveniently adjust the position of first slider, and through the installation piece that sets up, can conveniently promote the connecting block, through setting up clamping mechanism, can conveniently adjust the position of first splint and second splint, and through the gear that sets up, can adjust first splint and second splint to different directions, can enlarge and reduce the distance between first splint and the second splint, can conveniently centre gripping panel of different thickness, the flexibility of using has been improved, through setting up polishing mechanism, can conveniently polish panel, and through the first threaded rod and the second threaded rod of setting, can conveniently adjust the height and the position of polishing dish, the practicality of using has been improved, when having solved some current polishing device in use, because the panel thickness that needs to polish is different, but generally polishing device all is fixed setting, the inconvenient centre gripping according to panel thickness, and the inconvenient height of polishing according to panel thickness adjustment of polishing in the polishing process, need the operating personnel to adjust the panel polishing position, polishing efficiency is low, the problem of using limitation to panel that needs.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a polishing apparatus for furniture manufacturing according to a preferred embodiment of the present utility model;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the internal structure of the operation box shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the clamping mechanism and the drive mechanism of FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the interior of the clamping mechanism of FIG. 1;
Fig. 5 is a schematic view of the polishing mechanism shown in fig. 1.
Reference numerals in the drawings: 1. a support leg; 2. an operation box; 3. a driving mechanism; 31. a fixing frame; 32. a first cylinder; 33. a mounting block; 34. a connecting block; 35. a through groove; 36. a slide bar; 37. a first slider; 38. a second slider; 4. a clamping mechanism; 41. a first clamping plate; 42. a first fixed block; 43. a first toothed plate; 44. a gear; 45. a second toothed plate; 46. a second fixed block; 47. a third fixed block; 48. a fourth fixed block; 49. a second clamping plate; 5. a polishing mechanism; 51. a fixing plate; 52. a turntable; 53. a first threaded rod; 54. a lifting block; 55. a second threaded rod; 56. a first motor; 57. a support block; 58. a second motor; 59. polishing the grinding disc; 6. a second cylinder; 7. a chute; 8. a carrying plate; 9. and a storage box.
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The utility model will be further described with reference to the drawings and embodiments.
Referring to fig. 1, fig. 2, fig. 3, fig. 4, and fig. 5 in combination, fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a polishing device for furniture manufacturing according to a preferred embodiment of the present utility model; FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the internal structure of the operation box shown in FIG. 1; FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the clamping mechanism and the drive mechanism of FIG. 1; FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the interior of the clamping mechanism of FIG. 1; fig. 5 is a schematic view of the polishing mechanism shown in fig. 1. The utility model provides a furniture manufacturing is with grinding device, includes landing leg 1, and the top fixedly connected with operation box 2 of landing leg 1.
In the specific implementation process, as shown in fig. 1, 2, 3 and 4, the driving mechanism 3 is disposed on the inner wall of the operation box 2, the driving mechanism 3 includes a connection block 34, a slide bar 36, a first slide block 37 and a second slide block 38, one side of the connection block 34 is fixedly connected with one side of the first slide block 37, the outer side of the slide bar 36 is slidably connected with the inner wall of the first slide block 37, and the inner wall of the second slide block 38 is slidably connected with the outer side of the slide bar 36.
The driving mechanism 3 further comprises a fixing frame 31, a first air cylinder 32 and a mounting block 33, one side of the fixing frame 31 is fixedly connected with one side of the first air cylinder 32, a piston rod of the first air cylinder 32 is fixedly connected with one side of the mounting block 33, and the inner wall of the mounting block 33 is fixedly connected with the outer side of the connecting block 34.
The inner wall of the fixing frame 31 is provided with a through groove 35, and the outer side of the connecting block 34 is in sliding connection with the inner wall of the through groove 35.
It should be noted that: through setting up actuating mechanism 3, can conveniently adjust first slider 37's position, and through the installation piece 33 that sets up, can conveniently promote connecting block 34, through the logical groove 35 that sets up, can conveniently drive first slider 37 and reciprocate when connecting block 34 removes, and through the slide bar 36 that sets up, can conveniently first slider 37 and second slider 38 slide from top to bottom in the same position, improved actuating mechanism 3's stability.
Referring to fig. 1, 2, 3 and 4, the clamping mechanism 4 is disposed on one side of the driving mechanism 3, the clamping mechanism 4 includes a first clamping plate 41, a first fixing block 42, a first toothed plate 43 and a gear 44, one side of the first slider 37 is fixedly connected with one side of the first clamping plate 41, one side of the first clamping plate 41 is fixedly connected with one side of the first fixing block 42, an inner wall of the first fixing block 42 is fixedly connected with an outer side of the first toothed plate 43, and the first toothed plate 43 is meshed with the gear 44.
The clamping mechanism 4 further comprises a second toothed plate 45, a second fixing block 46, a third fixing block 47 and a fourth fixing block 48, the gear 44 is meshed with the second toothed plate 45, the outer side of the second toothed plate 45 is fixedly connected with the inner wall of the second fixing block 46, the outer side of the second toothed plate 45 is slidably connected with the inner wall of the third fixing block 47, and one side of the third fixing block 47 is fixedly connected with one side of the first clamping plate 41.
The outside of first pinion rack 43 and the inner wall sliding connection of fourth fixed block 48, one side fixedly connected with second splint 49 and one side fixedly connected with second fixed block 46.
It should be noted that: through setting up fixture 4, can conveniently adjust the position of first splint 41 and second splint 49, and through the gear 44 that sets up, can adjust first splint 41 and second splint 49 to the direction of difference, can enlarge and reduce the distance between first splint 41 and the second splint 49, can conveniently centre gripping panel of different thickness, through the first pinion rack 43 of setting, can conveniently drive gear 44 and rotate, and then can drive second pinion rack 45 and reciprocate, and through the second fixed block 46 of setting, can conveniently drive second splint 49 and reciprocate when gear 44 reciprocates, improved the flexibility of using.
Referring to fig. 1, 2 and 5, the polishing mechanism 5 is disposed on an inner wall of the operation box 2, the polishing mechanism 5 includes a fixing plate 51, a supporting block 57, a second motor 58 and a polishing disc 59, one side of the fixing plate 51 is fixedly connected with the inner wall of the operation box 2, one side of the supporting block 57 is fixedly connected with a top of the second motor 58, and an output end of the second motor 58 is fixedly connected with a top of the polishing disc 59.
The polishing mechanism 5 further comprises a rotary table 52, a first threaded rod 53, a lifting block 54 and a second threaded rod 55, the inner wall of the fixed plate 51 is in sliding connection with the outer side of the first threaded rod 53, and the top of the first threaded rod 53 is fixedly connected with the bottom of the rotary table 52.
The inner wall of lifting block 54 and the outside threaded connection of first threaded rod 53, the inner wall of lifting block 54 and the outside sliding connection of second threaded rod 55, the one end of second threaded rod 55 and the output fixed connection of first motor 56, the outside of second threaded rod 55 and the inner wall threaded connection of supporting shoe 57.
It should be noted that: through setting up grinding machanism 5, can conveniently polish panel, and through the first threaded rod 53 of setting, can conveniently drive elevating block 54 and reciprocate, and then can adjust the height of polishing dish 59, through the second threaded rod 55 of setting, can conveniently control the removal to supporting shoe 57, and then can adjust the position of polishing dish 59, improved the practicality of use.
Referring to fig. 1 and 2, a second cylinder 6 is fixedly connected to one side of the operation box 2, a piston rod of the second cylinder 6 is fixedly connected to one side of a fixing frame 31, a sliding groove 7 is formed in the inner wall of the operation box 2, and one side of the fixing frame 31 is in sliding connection with the sliding groove 7.
The outside fixedly connected with loading board 8 of landing leg 1, the top sliding connection of loading board 8 has receiver 9.
It should be noted that: through offer spout 7 at the inner wall of control box 2, can conveniently slide forward and backward in spout 7 to mount 31, and through set up receiver 9 at the top of loading board 8, can conveniently collect the induction to the part of needs.
The working principle of the polishing device for furniture manufacturing provided by the utility model is as follows:
when the polishing device is used, firstly, a plate to be polished is placed between the first clamping plate 41 and the second clamping plate 49, when the plate needs to be clamped, the first air cylinder 32 is started, the piston rod of the first air cylinder 32 drives the mounting block 33 to move upwards, the mounting block 33 drives the connecting block 34 to slide upwards in the through groove 35, the connecting block 34 drives the first sliding block 37 to slide upwards outside the sliding rod 36, the first sliding block 37 drives the first clamping plate 41 to move upwards, the first clamping plate 41 drives the first fixing block 42 to move upwards, the first toothed plate 43 can be driven to move upwards, the first toothed plate 43 drives the gear 44 to rotate when moving upwards, the gear 44 drives the second toothed plate 45 to move downwards, the second fixing block 46 can be driven to move downwards, the distance between the first clamping plate 41 and the second clamping plate 49 can be adjusted, when the position of the polishing disc 59 needs to be adjusted, the turntable 52 firstly rotates, the first threaded rod 53 is driven to rotate, the lifting block 54 can be driven to move upwards and downwards, namely, the motor can drive the first threaded rod 55 to rotate to move the first threaded rod 56, and the first threaded rod 55 can be driven to move the second threaded rod 55 to move to the left.
The foregoing description is only illustrative of the present utility model and is not intended to limit the scope of the utility model, and all equivalent structures or equivalent processes or direct or indirect application in other related technical fields are included in the scope of the present utility model.

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1. A polishing device for furniture manufacturing, characterized by comprising:
the support leg (1), the top of the support leg (1) is fixedly connected with an operation box (2);
The driving mechanism (3), the driving mechanism (3) is arranged on the inner wall of the operation box (2), the driving mechanism (3) comprises a connecting block (34), a sliding rod (36), a first sliding block (37) and a second sliding block (38), one side of the connecting block (34) is fixedly connected with one side of the first sliding block (37), the outer side of the sliding rod (36) is in sliding connection with the inner wall of the first sliding block (37), and the inner wall of the second sliding block (38) is in sliding connection with the outer side of the sliding rod (36);
The clamping mechanism (4), the clamping mechanism (4) is arranged on one side of the driving mechanism (3), the clamping mechanism (4) comprises a first clamping plate (41), a first fixing block (42), a first toothed plate (43) and a gear (44), one side of the first sliding block (37) is fixedly connected with one side of the first clamping plate (41), one side of the first clamping plate (41) is fixedly connected with one side of the first fixing block (42), the inner wall of the first fixing block (42) is fixedly connected with the outer side of the first toothed plate (43), and the first toothed plate (43) is meshed with the gear (44);
The polishing mechanism (5), the inner wall in operation box (2) is set up in polishing mechanism (5), polishing mechanism (5) are including fixed plate (51), supporting shoe (57), second motor (58) and polishing dish (59), one side of fixed plate (51) and the inner wall fixed connection of operation box (2), one side of supporting shoe (57) and the top fixed connection of second motor (58), the output of second motor (58) and the top fixed connection of polishing dish (59).
2. The polishing device for furniture manufacturing according to claim 1, wherein the driving mechanism (3) further comprises a fixing frame (31), a first air cylinder (32) and a mounting block (33), one side of the fixing frame (31) is fixedly connected with one side of the first air cylinder (32), a piston rod of the first air cylinder (32) is fixedly connected with one side of the mounting block (33), and an inner wall of the mounting block (33) is fixedly connected with the outer side of the connecting block (34).
3. The polishing device for furniture manufacturing according to claim 2, wherein the inner wall of the fixing frame (31) is provided with a through groove (35), and the outer side of the connecting block (34) is slidingly connected with the inner wall of the through groove (35).
4. The polishing device for furniture manufacturing according to claim 1, wherein the clamping mechanism (4) further comprises a second toothed plate (45), a second fixing block (46), a third fixing block (47) and a fourth fixing block (48), the gear (44) is meshed with the second toothed plate (45), the outer side of the second toothed plate (45) is fixedly connected with the inner wall of the second fixing block (46), the outer side of the second toothed plate (45) is slidably connected with the inner wall of the third fixing block (47), and one side of the third fixing block (47) is fixedly connected with one side of the first clamping plate (41).
5. The polishing device for furniture manufacturing according to claim 1, wherein the outer side of the first toothed plate (43) is slidably connected to the inner wall of a fourth fixed block (48), one side of the fourth fixed block (48) is fixedly connected to a second clamping plate (49), and one side of the second clamping plate (49) is fixedly connected to one side of the second fixed block (46).
6. The polishing device for furniture manufacturing according to claim 1, wherein the polishing mechanism (5) further comprises a turntable (52), a first threaded rod (53), a lifting block (54) and a second threaded rod (55), the inner wall of the fixing plate (51) is slidably connected with the outer side of the first threaded rod (53), and the top of the first threaded rod (53) is fixedly connected with the bottom of the turntable (52).
7. The polishing device for furniture manufacturing according to claim 6, wherein the inner wall of the lifting block (54) is in threaded connection with the outer side of the first threaded rod (53), the inner wall of the lifting block (54) is in sliding connection with the outer side of the second threaded rod (55), one end of the second threaded rod (55) is fixedly connected with the output end of the first motor (56), and the outer side of the second threaded rod (55) is in threaded connection with the inner wall of the supporting block (57).
8. The polishing device for furniture manufacturing according to claim 1, wherein a second cylinder (6) is fixedly connected to one side of the operation box (2), a piston rod of the second cylinder (6) is fixedly connected to one side of a fixing frame (31), a sliding groove (7) is formed in the inner wall of the operation box (2), and one side of the fixing frame (31) is slidably connected in the sliding groove (7).
9. The polishing device for furniture manufacturing according to claim 1, wherein the outer side of the supporting leg (1) is fixedly connected with a bearing plate (8), and the top of the bearing plate (8) is slidably connected with a storage box (9).
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