CN222512655U - Traction mechanism for automobile carpet production - Google Patents

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CN222512655U
CN222512655U CN202421058470.9U CN202421058470U CN222512655U CN 222512655 U CN222512655 U CN 222512655U CN 202421058470 U CN202421058470 U CN 202421058470U CN 222512655 U CN222512655 U CN 222512655U
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本实用新型属于地毯生产设备领域,尤其是一种汽车地毯生产用牵引机构,针对现有牵引机构适配能力较弱,无法对不同尺寸的汽车地毯进行牵引,且牵引机构所能提供的牵引位置较为单一,范围较小,无法灵活调节牵引位置的问题,现提出如下方案,其包括牵引架,所述牵引架上滑动安装有调节横板,所述调节横板的顶部滑动安装有两个牵引控制座,两个牵引控制座上均设有牵引组件,所述牵引控制座包括传动带一、传动带二、两个转动辊一和两个转动辊二,所述牵引控制座的一侧转动安装有两个转动辊一。本实用新型的牵引机构适配能力较强,不仅能对不同尺寸的汽车地毯进行牵引,且牵引机构所能提供的牵引位置较为全面,还可灵活调节牵引位置。

The utility model belongs to the field of carpet production equipment, especially a traction mechanism for automobile carpet production. Aiming at the problem that the existing traction mechanism has weak adaptability, cannot traction automobile carpets of different sizes, and the traction position that the traction mechanism can provide is relatively single, the range is small, and the traction position cannot be flexibly adjusted, the following scheme is proposed, which includes a traction frame, an adjustment cross plate is slidably installed on the traction frame, two traction control seats are slidably installed on the top of the adjustment cross plate, and traction components are provided on the two traction control seats, and the traction control seats include a transmission belt 1, a transmission belt 2, two rotating rollers 1 and two rotating rollers 2, and two rotating rollers 1 are rotatably installed on one side of the traction control seat. The traction mechanism of the utility model has strong adaptability, not only can it traction automobile carpets of different sizes, but also the traction position that the traction mechanism can provide is relatively comprehensive, and the traction position can also be flexibly adjusted.

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Traction mechanism for automobile carpet production
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of carpet production equipment, in particular to a traction mechanism for automobile carpet production.
Background
The traction mechanism in the production of automotive carpets is a key part which is responsible for traction and movement of carpet material during the production process, ensuring that carpets can be produced according to a predetermined path and speed, the design and performance of the traction mechanism directly affecting the quality and efficiency of carpet production;
The traditional conveying tool is inconvenient to convey the automobile carpet raw materials into the oven for heating, in the prior art, the thimble pieces are utilized to grab two sides of the automobile carpet raw materials positioned on the bearing table, and the automobile carpet raw materials are conveyed into the oven through the conveying assembly, so that the oven is convenient for simultaneously heating the upper surface and the lower surface of the automobile carpet raw materials, and the effect of conveniently conveying the automobile carpet raw materials into the oven for heating is achieved;
The existing traction mechanism is weak in adaptive capacity, can not traction automobile carpets with different sizes, and can provide a single traction position, is small in range and can not flexibly adjust the traction position.
Disclosure of utility model
In order to achieve the above purpose, the present utility model adopts the following technical scheme:
The traction mechanism for producing the automobile carpet comprises a traction frame, wherein an adjusting transverse plate is slidably arranged on the traction frame, two traction control seats are slidably arranged at the top of the adjusting transverse plate, traction components are arranged on the two traction control seats, each traction control seat comprises a first driving belt, a second driving belt, two first rotating rollers and two second rotating rollers, one side of each traction control seat is rotatably provided with the first rotating rollers, the first rotating rollers are in transmission connection with the same first driving belt, one side of each traction control seat is rotatably provided with the second rotating rollers, the second driving rollers are in transmission connection with the same second driving belt, the second driving belt is arranged at the bottom of the first driving belt, a plurality of anti-slip particles are arranged on the second driving belt and the first driving belt, the traction control seat is characterized in that a control groove is formed in the top of the traction control seat, two connecting rods are rotatably mounted on the inner wall of one side of the control groove, one ends of the two connecting rods are fixedly mounted at one ends of a first rotating roller and a second rotating roller respectively, the other ends of the two connecting rods are fixedly connected with a first bevel gear, a rotating rod is rotatably mounted on the inner wall of the control groove, two second bevel gears are fixedly mounted on the rotating rod and meshed with the corresponding first bevel gears, a servo motor is fixedly mounted on the top of the traction control seat, an output shaft of the servo motor is fixedly connected with one end of the rotating rod, the adaptive capacity of a traction mechanism is high, the traction mechanism can not only traction automobile carpets with different sizes, but also flexibly adjust the traction position.
Specifically, the sliding tray has all been seted up to the both sides of traction frame, the equal fixed mounting in both ends of regulation diaphragm has the sliding seat, and sliding seat slidable mounting is in corresponding sliding tray, and screw hole one has all been seted up at the top of two sliding seats, all rotates on the bottom inner wall of two sliding trays to be connected with screw rod one, screw rod one threaded connection is in corresponding screw hole one, has all seted up the spread groove on the top inner wall of two sliding trays, the top of screw rod one rotates and installs on the inner wall of corresponding spread groove, two on the screw rod one all fixed mounting have worm wheel one, rotate on the traction frame and be connected with the rotary rod, the both ends of rotary rod are fixed mounting respectively worm one, worm one meshes with corresponding worm wheel one, rotates the rotatable rotary rod steerable two worm one, and worm one drives worm wheel one and rotates, and screw rod one drives corresponding screw rod one and drives the sliding block that corresponds and remove, and the sliding block slides in corresponding sliding tray, and the sliding block drives the regulation diaphragm and removes.
Specifically, adjusting part includes two removal seats and two lead screw II, and the equal fixed mounting in bottom of two traction control seats has the removal seat, two removal grooves have been seted up at the top of regulating diaphragm, remove seat slidable mounting in corresponding removal inslot, screw hole II has all been seted up to the one end of two removal seats, has seted up same through-hole on the inner wall of one side of two removal grooves, be equipped with two lead screw II in the through-hole, the one end of two lead screw II is rotated respectively and is installed on the inner wall of one side of two removal grooves, and the one end that two lead screw II is close to each other is all fixed mounting has the drive wheel, and two drive wheels mesh, and the fixed mounting has the worm wheel II on the axle center of one of two drive wheels, rotate on the regulating diaphragm and install the control lever, the both ends of control lever are fixed mounting respectively worm II and adjust knob, worm II meshes with the worm wheel II, adjust knob setting in the bottom of regulating diaphragm, and the adjusting can drive worm II and drive the drive wheel rotation, and drive wheel drive another drive wheel rotation, and the drive wheel and correspond two and drive the lead screw, drive the corresponding two and move the lead screw seat, and make two traction control seats to move.
Specifically, two bottom plates are fixedly arranged at the bottoms of the traction frame, two universal wheels are fixedly arranged at the bottoms of the two bottom plates, and the universal wheels can drive the traction frame to flexibly move.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the beneficial effects that:
(1) According to the traction mechanism for automobile carpet production, the first worm can be controlled to rotate by rotating the rotating rod, the sliding block drives the adjusting transverse plate to move, the adjusting transverse plate drives the two traction control seats to move, and the traction height can be adjusted.
(2) According to the traction mechanism for automobile carpet production, the second worm is driven to rotate by rotating the adjusting knob, the movable seat drives the traction control seats to move, and the use distance between the two traction control seats can be adjusted, so that automobile carpets with different sizes are adapted;
(3) According to the traction mechanism for the production of the automobile carpet, the automobile carpet is fed between the first driving belt and the second driving belt, the servo motor drives the two bevel gears on the rotating rod to rotate, and the first driving belt and the second driving belt can clamp and convey two sides of the carpet and provide continuous traction.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a traction mechanism for automotive carpet production according to the present utility model;
fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a front view structure of a traction mechanism for automotive carpet production according to the present utility model;
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a traction assembly of a traction mechanism for automotive carpet production according to the present utility model;
FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of FIG. 2 at A;
fig. 5 is an enlarged view at B in fig. 2.
The device comprises a traction frame 1, an adjusting transverse plate 2, a traction control seat 3, a bottom plate 4, a universal wheel 5, a rotary roller 6, a rotary roller 7, a driving belt 8, a rotary roller II, a driving belt 9, a driving belt II, a driving belt 10, anti-slip particles 11, a bevel gear I, a control groove 13, a rotary rod 14, a bevel gear II, a servo motor 15, a sliding block 16, a sliding block 17, a sliding groove 18, a connecting groove 19, a screw rod I, a screw rod 20, a worm wheel I, a worm 21, a worm I, a rotary rod 22, a moving seat 23, a screw rod II, a driving wheel 25, a driving wheel 26, a worm wheel II, a worm 27, a worm II, a worm 28 and an adjusting knob.
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Hereinafter, embodiments of the present utility model will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that the description is only illustrative and is not intended to limit the scope of the utility model. In the following detailed description, for purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the embodiments of the utility model. It may be evident, however, that one or more embodiments may be practiced without these specific details. In addition, in the following description, descriptions of well-known structures and techniques are omitted so as not to unnecessarily obscure the present utility model.
Referring to fig. 1-5, a traction mechanism for producing automobile carpets comprises a traction frame 1, wherein an adjusting transverse plate 2 is slidably arranged on the traction frame 1, two traction control seats 3 are slidably arranged at the top of the adjusting transverse plate 2, two bottom plates 4 are fixedly arranged at the bottom of the traction frame 1, two universal wheels 5 are fixedly arranged at the bottoms of the two bottom plates 4, and the universal wheels 5 can enable the traction frame 1 to flexibly move traction positions and carry out traction on the automobile carpets in different ranges;
One side of the traction control seat 3 is rotatably provided with two first rotating rollers 6, one driving belt 7 is connected to the two first rotating rollers 6 in a driving way, one side of the traction control seat 3 is rotatably provided with two second rotating rollers 8, the two second rotating rollers 8 are connected with one driving belt 9 in a driving way, the driving belt 9 is arranged at the bottom of the driving belt 7, a plurality of anti-slip particles 10 are arranged on the driving belt 9 and the driving belt 7, and the anti-slip particles 10 can promote the anti-slip property of the driving belt 7 and the driving belt 9;
The top of traction control seat 3 has seted up control groove 12, rotate on the inner wall of one side of control groove 12 and install two connecting rods, the one end of two connecting rods is fixed mounting respectively in the one end of rotor first 6 and rotor second 8, and the other end of two connecting rods is all fixedly connected with bevel gear first 11, rotate on the inner wall of control groove 12 and install dwang 13, fixed mounting has two bevel gears second 14 on dwang 13, bevel gear second 14 meshes with corresponding bevel gear first 11, the top fixed mounting of traction control seat 3 has servo motor 15, servo motor 15's output shaft fixed connection is in the one end of dwang 13, and servo motor 15 drives two bevel gears second 14 on the dwang 13 and rotates, and bevel gear second 14 drives corresponding bevel gear first 11 and rotate rotor second 8, and bevel gear first 11 drives corresponding rotor first 6 and rotor second 8 and rotate, and rotor first 6 drive belt first 7 motion, and rotor second 8 drive belt second 9 motion, and drive belt first 7 and second 9 can carry out centre gripping to the carpet both sides to provide and last traction.
In this embodiment, sliding grooves 17 are all seted up on both sides of traction frame 1, the both ends of adjusting diaphragm 2 are all fixed mounting and are had the sliding seat, and sliding seat slidable mounting is in corresponding sliding groove 17, and screw hole one has all been seted up at the top of two sliding seats, and all rotate on the bottom inner wall of two sliding grooves 17 and be connected with screw rod one 19, screw rod one 19 threaded connection is in corresponding screw hole one, and connecting groove 18 has all been seted up on the top inner wall of two sliding grooves 17, the top rotation of screw rod one 19 is installed on the inner wall of corresponding connecting groove 18, two on screw rod one 19 all fixed mounting have worm wheel one 20, the last rotation of traction frame 1 is connected with rotary rod 22, the both ends of rotary rod 22 are respectively fixed mounting and are worm one 21, worm one 21 meshes with corresponding worm wheel one 20, and rotary rod 22 can control two worm one 21 rotations, and one worm 21 drives one 20 and drive corresponding screw rod one 19 rotation, and one screw rod 19 drives corresponding sliding block 16 and removes, and two worm wheel one 16 drive the sliding block 16 in corresponding worm wheel 17, and two worm wheel one 16 drive the sliding plate 2 and drive the height adjustment diaphragm 2, and the height is adjusted.
In the embodiment, the adjusting component comprises two movable seats 23 and two screw rods II 24, the bottom parts of the two traction control seats 3 are fixedly provided with the movable seats 23, the top parts of the adjusting transverse plates 2 are provided with two movable grooves, the movable seats 23 are slidably arranged in the corresponding movable grooves, one end of each of the two movable seats 23 is provided with a threaded hole II, one side inner wall of each of the two movable grooves is provided with the same through hole, two screw rods II 24 are arranged in the through hole, one end of each of the two screw rods II 24 is rotatably arranged on one side inner wall of each of the two movable grooves, the screw rods II 24 are in threaded connection with the corresponding threaded holes II, one end of each of the two screw rods II 24, which is close to each other, is fixedly provided with a driving wheel 25, the two driving wheels 25 are meshed, the axle center of one driving wheel 25 of the two driving wheels 25 is fixedly provided with a worm wheel II 26, the adjusting transverse plate 2 is rotatably provided with a control rod, two ends of the control rod are respectively fixedly provided with a worm II 27 and an adjusting knob 28, the worm II 27 is meshed with the worm wheel II 26, the adjusting knob 28 is arranged at the bottom of the adjusting transverse plate 2, the rotating adjusting knob 28 can drive the worm II 27 to rotate, the worm II 27 drives the worm wheel II 26 and the driving wheel 25 to rotate, the driving wheel 25 drives the other driving wheel 25 to rotate, the driving wheel 25 drives the corresponding screw II 24 to rotate, the screw II 24 drives the corresponding movable seat 23 to move, the movable seat 23 drives the traction control seat 3 to move, and the using distance of the two traction control seats 3 can be adjusted.
In this embodiment, the rotating rod 22 can control two first worms 21 to rotate, the first worms 21 drive the first worm gears 20 to rotate, the first worm gears 20 drive the corresponding first lead screws 19 to rotate, the first lead screws 19 drive the corresponding sliding blocks 16 to move, the sliding blocks 16 slide in the corresponding sliding grooves 17, the sliding blocks 16 drive the adjusting transverse plates 2 to move, the adjusting transverse plates 2 drive the two traction control seats 3 to move, the traction height can be adjusted, the rotating adjusting knob 28 can drive the second worms 27 to rotate, the second worms 27 drive the second worm gears 26 and the driving wheels 25 to rotate, the driving wheels 25 drive the other driving wheels 25 to rotate, the driving wheels 25 drive the corresponding second lead screws 24 to rotate, the second lead screws 24 drive the corresponding moving seats 23 to move, the moving seats 23 drive the traction control seats 3 to move, the service intervals of the two traction control seats 3 can be adjusted, and accordingly, car carpets with different sizes are fed between the first driving belt 7 and the second driving belt 9, the servo motor 15 drives the two second bevel gears 14 on the rotating rod 13 to rotate, the first bevel gears 11 drive the corresponding bevel gears 11 to rotate, the first bevel gears 11 to drive the corresponding rotating rollers 6 and the second bevel gears 8 to rotate, the first driving rollers 8 and the second driving rollers 8 to continuously drive the second driving belt 9 to rotate, and the first driving rollers 8 and the second driving belt 9 to continuously clamp the first driving belt and the second driving belt 9 to move.
Compared with the prior art, the traction mechanism has the advantages that the traction mechanism has strong adapting capability, not only can be used for traction of automobile carpets with different sizes, but also can provide comprehensive traction positions, and the traction positions can be flexibly adjusted.

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1. Traction mechanism for automotive carpet production, characterized by comprising:
The traction frame (1), the traction frame (1) is provided with an adjusting transverse plate (2) in a sliding manner;
The two traction control seats (3) are respectively and slidably arranged at the top of the adjusting transverse plate (2);
the two traction components are respectively arranged on the two traction control seats (3);
The adjusting assembly is arranged on the adjusting transverse plate and is connected with the two traction control seats (3);
The traction assembly comprises two first rotating rollers (6), a first driving belt (7), two second rotating rollers (8) and a second driving belt (9), wherein one side of the traction control seat (3) is rotatably provided with the two first rotating rollers (6), the two first rotating rollers (6) are connected with the same first driving belt (7) in a transmission mode, one side of the traction control seat (3) is rotatably provided with the two second rotating rollers (8), the two second driving belt (9) are connected with the same second driving belt (9) in a transmission mode, and the second driving belt (9) is arranged at the bottom of the first driving belt (7).
2. The traction mechanism for automotive carpet production according to claim 1, wherein the top of the traction control seat (3) is provided with a control groove (12), one side inner wall of the control groove (12) is rotatably provided with two connecting rods, one ends of the two connecting rods are fixedly arranged at one ends of a first rotating roller (6) and a second rotating roller (8) respectively, the other ends of the two connecting rods are fixedly connected with a first bevel gear (11), the inner wall of the control groove (12) is rotatably provided with a rotating rod (13), the rotating rod (13) is fixedly provided with two second bevel gears (14), the second bevel gears (14) are meshed with the corresponding first bevel gears (11), the top of the traction control seat (3) is fixedly provided with a servo motor (15), and an output shaft of the servo motor (15) is fixedly connected with one end of the rotating rod (13).
3. The traction mechanism for automotive carpet production according to claim 1, wherein the adjusting assembly comprises two movable seats (23) and two screw rods (24), the bottoms of the two traction control seats (3) are fixedly provided with the movable seats (23), the tops of the adjusting transverse plates (2) are provided with two movable grooves, the movable seats (23) are slidably mounted in the corresponding movable grooves, one ends of the two movable seats (23) are provided with threaded holes (two), one inner wall of one side of each movable groove is provided with the same through hole, two screw rods (24) are arranged in the through hole, one ends of the two screw rods (24) are respectively rotatably mounted on one inner wall of each movable groove, the screw rods (24) are in threaded connection with the corresponding threaded holes (two), one ends of the two screw rods (24) close to each other are fixedly provided with driving wheels (25), and the two driving wheels (25) are meshed.
4. A traction mechanism for automotive carpet production according to claim 3, characterized in that a worm wheel two (26) is fixedly arranged on the axle center of one driving wheel (25) of the two driving wheels (25), a control rod is rotatably arranged on the adjusting transverse plate (2), a worm two (27) and an adjusting knob (28) are respectively fixedly arranged at two ends of the control rod, the worm two (27) is meshed with the worm wheel two (26), and the adjusting knob (28) is arranged at the bottom of the adjusting transverse plate (2).
5. The traction mechanism for automotive carpet production according to claim 1, wherein sliding grooves (17) are formed in two sides of the traction frame (1), sliding seats are fixedly arranged at two ends of the adjusting transverse plate (2), and the sliding seats are slidably arranged in the corresponding sliding grooves (17).
6. The traction mechanism for automotive carpet production according to claim 5, wherein screw holes I are formed in the tops of the two sliding seats, screw rods I (19) are rotatably connected to the inner walls of the bottoms of the two sliding grooves (17), the screw rods I (19) are in threaded connection with the corresponding screw holes I, connecting grooves (18) are formed in the inner walls of the tops of the two sliding grooves (17), the top ends of the screw rods I (19) are rotatably mounted on the inner walls of the corresponding connecting grooves (18), worm wheels I (20) are fixedly mounted on the screw rods I (19), rotary rods (22) are rotatably connected to the traction frame (1), worm rods I (21) are fixedly mounted at two ends of each rotary rod (22), and the worm rods I (21) are meshed with the corresponding worm wheels I (20).
7. The traction mechanism for automotive carpet production according to claim 1, wherein two bottom plates (4) are fixedly arranged at the bottom of the traction frame (1), and two universal wheels (5) are fixedly arranged at the bottoms of the two bottom plates (4).
8. Traction mechanism for automotive carpet production according to claim 1, characterized in that the surfaces of the belt two (9) and the belt one (7) are provided with a number of anti-slip particles (10).
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