EP0491009A1 - Fluid dose feeder particularly for glueing workpieces. - Google Patents

Fluid dose feeder particularly for glueing workpieces.

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EP0491009A1
EP0491009A1 EP91901287A EP91901287A EP0491009A1 EP 0491009 A1 EP0491009 A1 EP 0491009A1 EP 91901287 A EP91901287 A EP 91901287A EP 91901287 A EP91901287 A EP 91901287A EP 0491009 A1 EP0491009 A1 EP 0491009A1
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reservoir
applicator
fluid
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Leon Reich
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05C—APPARATUS FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05C17/00—Hand tools or apparatus using hand held tools, for applying liquids or other fluent materials to, for spreading applied liquids or other fluent materials on, or for partially removing applied liquids or other fluent materials from, surfaces
    • B05C17/002—Hand tools or apparatus using hand held tools, for applying liquids or other fluent materials to, for spreading applied liquids or other fluent materials on, or for partially removing applied liquids or other fluent materials from, surfaces with feed system for supplying material from an external source; Supply controls therefor
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04F—PUMPING OF FLUID BY DIRECT CONTACT OF ANOTHER FLUID OR BY USING INERTIA OF FLUID TO BE PUMPED; SIPHONS
    • F04F1/00—Pumps using positively or negatively pressurised fluid medium acting directly on the liquid to be pumped
    • F04F1/06—Pumps using positively or negatively pressurised fluid medium acting directly on the liquid to be pumped the fluid medium acting on the surface of the liquid to be pumped

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  • Fluid dose dispenser especially for bonding parts
  • the object of the present invention is to provide an improvement to dispensers for doses of fluid, in particular for bonding parts, comprising a glue tank, an applicator connected to the tank by a flexible hose and a generator of pneumatic pulses causing on the free level of the fluid in the reservoir of momentary overpressures intended to eject the doses of fluid by the applicator.
  • the dispenser according to the invention is characterized in that the dispenser comprises, on a support, a receptacle for the applicator, means for holding the reservoir and a stabilizing arrangement, the latter ensuring that the free level remains at an approximately constant height relative to the applicator placed in its receptacle, during the operation of the dispenser.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic view illustrating the principle of this embodiment
  • FIG. 2 is an elevational view of the embodiment described
  • FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the dispenser of FIG. 2.
  • Fig. 1 shows the principle of the device, ie a reservoir 1, the degree of filling of which can vary during the use of the device between three stages designated by A, B and C in FIG. 1.
  • This reservoir is suspended by a spring, the characteristics of which for the instant need not be specified and which is designated by 2, on a fixed support 3.
  • a flexible pipe 4 Inside the tank 1 penetrates a flexible pipe 4, the lower end of which is located a short distance from the bottom of the tank 1 and, therefore, plunges into the liquid contained in this tank.
  • This flexible pipe 4 ends in an applicator 5 which is hooked to a receptacle. tackle 6 secured to the support.
  • the applicator comprises a needle 7 arranged vertically and the tip of which is at a level slightly below the level 8 of the liquid in the reservoir 1. In FIGS. 1 and 2, it is shown in the rest position. Periodically, an ou ⁇ worker takes it to perform a bonding operation, then replaces it in the position shown.
  • the letters A, B and C denote three different stages of emptying the tank 1.
  • the spring 2 contracts.
  • the displacement imposed on the reservoir by the spring is adjusted so that the level 8 of the liquid remains constantly at the same height.
  • the quantity of liquid which it contains, and which the pipe 4 contains is constantly the same, this which ensures constant preparation of the applicator for the next operation of dispensing a dose of fluid.
  • the action of a pneumatic pulse generator is shown in the form of a tube 9 opening into a su ⁇ Stainlesseur area of the tank 1, practically in contact with the fluid. This representation is here only intended to make the operation of the system understandable.
  • a pulse generator causing temporary overpressures in the upper cavity of the reservoir, forces a precalibrated dose of the liquid to pass through the flexible pipe 4 and, consequently, to extract a drop at the end of the needle 7.
  • the pneumatic pulse generator can operate according to an equivalent, albeit different, system and present, for example, an arrangement avoiding any direct contact between the air and the liquid. contained in the tank.
  • Figs. 2 and 3 represent an actual execution of the device.
  • the support 3 comprises a base plate 10, a rigid upright 11, fixed vertically on the base plate 10, a sheet metal stiffening wall 12 and a vertical rod 13 on which is fixed a height-adjustable console 14 intended to receive the 'applicator 5.
  • the attachment element 6 is here constituted by an opening in the console 14 adapted to the introduction of the body of the syringe 5 of which 1 • needle 7 is arranged vertically downwards.
  • Another orifice 16 also formed in the cover of the reservoir, allows the sending of pulses pneu ⁇ matician in the tank 1 through another flexible pipe which is shown at 17 in fig. 2.
  • the flexible pipe 17 starts from a connector 18 secured to the base plate 10, a connector which passes through a desiccator 19 com ⁇ municating itself, by a connector 20, with a supply tube 21 which leads the pneumatic pulses generated from an electronically controlled device, which is known per se and is therefore not part of the present invention.
  • the reservoir 1 is suspended by means of two diametrically opposite tenons 22, with two branches, parallel pa ⁇ 23 of a frame 24 having a crosspiece at its rear end and carrying two pivote ⁇ ment pins 26 which penetrate into the lugs 27 formed horizontally in the upright 11, near its upper end.
  • the frame 24 is articulated on the upright 11 and supports at the end of its arm, formed by the two parallel branches 23, 23, the entire tank 1.
  • Two springs 28 and 29 armed between different locations of the frame and the base 10 or the upright 11 coordinate their actions to balance the position of the frame 24 according to the degree of filling of the tank 1.
  • the spring 28 is constituted by a bent steel wire while the res ⁇ spell 29 is a coil spring, hooked, on the one hand, to the base of the upright 11 and, on the other hand, to an eccentric 30 which is fixed, by a screw and a spring 31, to one of the branches 23 of the frame 24, behind the mon ⁇ while it.
  • the eccentric 30 makes it easy to adjust the force of the spring 29 and, consequently, to adjust the height stroke of the reservoir 1 as a function of its degree of filling or emptying.
  • the frame 24 also comprises a transverse rod 32 extending between the two branches 23 near the location of the reservoir 1.
  • This locking cylinder which can be of the electromagnetic or pneumatic type for example, can be actuated at will and, when it is in the actuating state, blocks the rod 33.
  • the frame is then rigidly fixed relative to the support 10, 11 and therefore does not risk, for example in the event of displacement of the device, of causing untimely os ⁇ cillations of the reservoir 1.
  • This blocking means is particularly useful when the dispenser described is incorporated into an automatic apparatus, for example a device for mounting parts made up of elements which must be assembled and glued.
  • the dispenser of fluid doses it is advisable for the dispenser of fluid doses to be placed close to the parts at the time of the operation for dispensing the doses of fluid, but may be removed. during the time which elapses between these operations.
  • the device described Given its low weight and reduced footprint, the device described can be easily mounted on a vertical slide, a mobile table or a robot. It is possible to place a position sensor 35 on the upright 11. In fact, since the position of the frame 24 is constantly determined by the degree of filling of the tank 1, it takes a limit position when the tank is practically empty.
  • the sensor 35 can therefore be placed so as to detect the moment when the frame reaches this limited position and signal, for example, the need for filling the reservoir. This sensor can also transmit, in good time, an order tending to increase the duration of the pneumatic pulses when the reservoir approaches its complete emptying state.
  • the stabilizing arrangement described above could, in another embodiment, include a detector of the height of the free level relative to the reservoir and control means subject to the indications of the detector and acting so as to provide Periodically cut the tank from a container containing a reserve of fluid.
  • the control means subject to the indications of the detector could include, for example, a pump passing fluid from the container to the reservoir, or a clamp comprising a flexible hose which connects the container to the reservoir.
  • the free level in the tank would be reduced periodically to a fixed height.
  • the device described is suitable for cyano-acrylate types, as well as for the distribution of volatile or aggressive liquids.
  • the dispenser It also has the property that the volumes of air introduced into the reservoir always cause the same overpressure effect, which was not the case with old devices in which the level of the liquid varied during the emptying.

Abstract

PCT No. PCT/EP90/02261 Sec. 371 Date Mar. 3, 1992 Sec. 102(e) Date Mar. 3, 1992 PCT Filed Dec. 18, 1990 PCT Pub. No. WO92/00814 PCT Pub. Date Jan. 23, 1992.A reservoir is suspended from a support frame with two parallel arms which pivot on the transverse sides of the upright of the support frame. Two springs bent between different locations of the support frame impart to the latter different positions according to the weight of the reservoir and, therefore, according to the amount of liquid in the reservoir. The positions vary such that the level of liquid in the reservoir remains constantly at a predetermined height corresponding to a point slightly higher than the tip of the applicator needle when the applicator is placed on a bracket. The device is suitable for cyano-acrylate type adhesives and for dispensing volatile or aggressive liquids.

Description

Distributeur de doses de fluide, notamment pour le collage de pièces Fluid dose dispenser, especially for bonding parts
On connaît déjà différents dispositifs dis- tributeurs de doses de fluide conçus de façon à permet¬ tre une rationalisation aussi poussée que possible d'o¬ pérations telles que le collage en série de pièces des¬ tinées à être fixées les unes aux autres à demeure. Le brevet suisse CH-558 521, par exemple, décrit un cons- tituant important d'un dispositif de ce genre. Des do¬ ses de fluide calibrées peuvent ainsi être propulsées dans un ou des injecteurs ou seringues, à travers des conduits partant d'un logement qui constitue un réser¬ voir sans aucune vanne ou soupape intercalaire. Dans un développement ultérieur d'un appa¬ reil de ce genre, on a conçu, entre le réservoir qui contient la réserve de fluide et l'applicateur, une liaison formée par un tuyau souple, ce qui facilite 1 'exécution d'opérations manuelles. La présente invention a pour but de réaliser un perfectionnement à des distributeurs de doses de fluide, notamment pour le collage de pièces, comprenant un réservoir à colle, un applicateur relié au réservoir par un tuyau souple et un générateur d'impulsions pneu- matiques provoquant sur le niveau libre du fluide dans le réservoir des surpressions momentanées destinées à éjecter les doses de fluide par l'applicateur.Various devices are already known for distributing doses of fluid designed so as to allow as much rationalization as possible of operations such as the series bonding of parts intended to be fixed to each other permanently. . Swiss patent CH-558,521, for example, describes an important component of such a device. Doses of calibrated fluid can thus be propelled into one or more injectors or syringes, through conduits leaving a housing which constitutes a reser¬ see without any intermediate valve or valve. In a further development of an apparatus of this kind, a connection has been designed between the reservoir which contains the fluid reserve and the applicator, formed by a flexible hose, which facilitates the execution of manual operations. . The object of the present invention is to provide an improvement to dispensers for doses of fluid, in particular for bonding parts, comprising a glue tank, an applicator connected to the tank by a flexible hose and a generator of pneumatic pulses causing on the free level of the fluid in the reservoir of momentary overpressures intended to eject the doses of fluid by the applicator.
On a constaté en effet que, dans les distri¬ buteurs de ce genre, il était nécessaire, pour assurer la disponibilité constante de l'applicateur, de placer celui-ci, lors des périodes de repos, dans une position telle que la pointe de l'aiguille, dirigée vers le bas, se trouve très légèrement en dessous du niveau libre du fluide dans le réservoir. Cette disposition évite deux phénomènes qui peuvent se produire durant les périodes de repos si aucune mesure n'est prise pour les éviter: des gouttes de liquide peuvent tomber de la pointe de de l'aiguille, ou le contenu de la pointe de l'aiguille peut se polymériser. Or, le niveau libre dans le réser- voir varie au cours de l'utilisation du distributeur au fur et à mesure que le réservoir se vide.It has been found in fact that, in distributors of this kind, it was necessary, to ensure the constant availability of the applicator, to place the latter, during periods of rest, in a position such that the tip of the needle, directed downwards, is very slightly below the free level of the fluid in the reservoir. This arrangement avoids two phenomena that can occur during periods rest if no measures are taken to avoid them: drops of liquid may fall from the tip of the needle, or the contents of the tip of the needle may polymerize. However, the free level in the tank varies during the use of the dispenser as the tank becomes empty.
Dans le but de remédier à ce défaut, le dis¬ tributeur selon 1'invention est caractérisé en ce que le distributeur comporte, sur un support, un réceptacle pour l'applicateur, des moyens de maintien du réservoir et un agencement stabilisateur, ce dernier assurant que le niveau libre reste à une hauteur approximativement constante par rapport à 1'applicateur placé dans son réceptacle, au cours du fonctionnement du distributeur. On va décrire ci-après, à titre d'exemple, une forme d• xécution préférée de 1'objet de 1•inven¬ tion en se référant au dessin annexé dont la fig. 1 est une vue schématique illustrant le principe de cette forme d'exécution, la fig. 2 est une vue en élévation de la forme d'exécution décrite et la fig. 3 est une vue en plan de dessus du distributeur de la fig. 2.In order to remedy this defect, the dispenser according to the invention is characterized in that the dispenser comprises, on a support, a receptacle for the applicator, means for holding the reservoir and a stabilizing arrangement, the latter ensuring that the free level remains at an approximately constant height relative to the applicator placed in its receptacle, during the operation of the dispenser. We will describe below, by way of example, a preferred embodiment of the object of the invention with reference to the attached drawing, in which FIG. 1 is a schematic view illustrating the principle of this embodiment, FIG. 2 is an elevational view of the embodiment described and FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the dispenser of FIG. 2.
La fig. 1 montre le principe du dispositif, soit un réservoir 1 dont le degré de remplissage peut varier au cours de l'utilisation du dispositif entre trois stades désignés par A, B et C à la fig. 1. Ce ré¬ servoir est suspendu par un ressort, dont il n'est pas nécessaire de préciser les caractéristiques pour 1'ins- tant et qui est désigné par 2, à un support fixe 3. A 1'intérieur du réservoir 1 pénètre un tuyau souple 4, dont l'extrémité inférieure se trouve à peu de distance du fond du réservoir 1 et, par conséquent , plonge dans le liquide contenu dans ce réservoir. Ce tuyau souple 4 aboutit à un applicateur 5 qui est accroché à un récep- tacle 6 solidaire du support. L'applicateur comporte une aiguille 7 disposée verticalement et dont la pointe se trouve à un niveau légèrement inférieur au niveau 8 du liquide dans le réservoir 1. Aux fig. 1 et 2, il est représenté en position de repos. Périodiquement, un ou¬ vrier le prend pour effectuer une opération de collage, puis le replace dans la position représentée.Fig. 1 shows the principle of the device, ie a reservoir 1, the degree of filling of which can vary during the use of the device between three stages designated by A, B and C in FIG. 1. This reservoir is suspended by a spring, the characteristics of which for the instant need not be specified and which is designated by 2, on a fixed support 3. Inside the tank 1 penetrates a flexible pipe 4, the lower end of which is located a short distance from the bottom of the tank 1 and, therefore, plunges into the liquid contained in this tank. This flexible pipe 4 ends in an applicator 5 which is hooked to a receptacle. tackle 6 secured to the support. The applicator comprises a needle 7 arranged vertically and the tip of which is at a level slightly below the level 8 of the liquid in the reservoir 1. In FIGS. 1 and 2, it is shown in the rest position. Periodically, an ou¬ worker takes it to perform a bonding operation, then replaces it in the position shown.
Les lettres A, B et C désignent trois stades différents de vidange du réservoir 1. Au fur et à mesu- re que le réservoir se vide son poids diminue, de sorte que le ressort 2 se contracte. Le déplacement imposé au réservoir par le ressort est ajusté de telle manière que le niveau 8 du liquide reste constamment à la même hauteur. Ainsi, lorsque l'applicateur est placé dans sa position de repos, c'est-à-dire accroché à l'élément 6, la quantité de liquide qu'il contient, et que contient le tuyau 4, est constamment la même, ce qui assure une préparation constante de 1 •applicateur pour 1 'opération suivante de distribution d'une dose de fluide. A la figure schématique 1, on a représenté l'action d'un générateur d'impulsions pneumatiques sous la forme d'une tubulure 9 débouchant dans une zone su¬ périeure du réservoir 1, pratiquement en contact avec le fluide. Cette représentation est ici uniquement des- tinée à faire comprendre le fonctionnement du système.The letters A, B and C denote three different stages of emptying the tank 1. As the tank empties its weight decreases, so that the spring 2 contracts. The displacement imposed on the reservoir by the spring is adjusted so that the level 8 of the liquid remains constantly at the same height. Thus, when the applicator is placed in its rest position, that is to say attached to the element 6, the quantity of liquid which it contains, and which the pipe 4 contains, is constantly the same, this which ensures constant preparation of the applicator for the next operation of dispensing a dose of fluid. In schematic figure 1, the action of a pneumatic pulse generator is shown in the form of a tube 9 opening into a su¬ périeur area of the tank 1, practically in contact with the fluid. This representation is here only intended to make the operation of the system understandable.
On peut comprendre qu'un générateur d'impulsions, pro¬ voquant des surpressions momentanées dans la cavité su¬ périeure du réservoir, oblige une dose précalibrée du liquide à passer dans le tuyau souple 4 et, par consé- quent, à extraire une goutte à l'extrémité de l'aiguil¬ le 7. Toutefois en pratique, le générateur d'impulsions pneumatiques peut fonctionner selon un système équiva¬ lent, quoique différent et présenter par exemple une disposition évitant tout contact direct entre l'air et le liquide contenu dans le réservoir. Les fig. 2 et 3 représentent une exécution réelle du dispositif. Le support 3 comporte une plaque de base 10, un montant rigide 11, fixé verticalement sur la plaque de base 10, une paroi de raidissement en tôle 12 et une tige verticale 13 sur laquelle est fixée une console ajustable en hauteur 14 destinée à recevoir l'applicateur 5. L'élément d'accrochage 6 est ici cons¬ titué par une ouverture dans la console 14 adaptée à 1'introduction du corps de la seringe 5 dont 1•aiguille 7 est disposée verticalement vers le bas.It can be understood that a pulse generator, causing temporary overpressures in the upper cavity of the reservoir, forces a precalibrated dose of the liquid to pass through the flexible pipe 4 and, consequently, to extract a drop at the end of the needle 7. However, in practice, the pneumatic pulse generator can operate according to an equivalent, albeit different, system and present, for example, an arrangement avoiding any direct contact between the air and the liquid. contained in the tank. Figs. 2 and 3 represent an actual execution of the device. The support 3 comprises a base plate 10, a rigid upright 11, fixed vertically on the base plate 10, a sheet metal stiffening wall 12 and a vertical rod 13 on which is fixed a height-adjustable console 14 intended to receive the 'applicator 5. The attachment element 6 is here constituted by an opening in the console 14 adapted to the introduction of the body of the syringe 5 of which 1 • needle 7 is arranged vertically downwards.
On voit également aux fig. 2 et 3 le réser¬ voir 1 dont la structure de détail n'a pas besoin d'ê¬ tre décrite complètement ici. Sur le couvercle de ce réservoir est ménagé un raccord 15 pour le passage du tuyau souple 4 qui relie le réservoir à l'applicateur 5. Un autre orifice 16, également ménagé dans le cou¬ vercle du réservoir, permet l'envoi d'impulsions pneu¬ matiques dans le réservoir 1 à travers un autre tuyau souple qui est représenté en 17 à la fig. 2. Le tuyau souple 17 part d'un raccord 18 solidaire de la plaque de base 10, raccord qui traverse un dessicateur 19 com¬ muniquant lui-même, par un raccord 20, avec une tubulu¬ re d'amenée 21 qui conduit les impulsions pneumatiques générées à partir d'un dispositif à commande électroni- que, qui est connu en soi et ne fait donc pas partie de la présente invention.We also see in fig. 2 and 3 the réser¬ see 1 whose detailed structure does not need to be described completely here. On the cover of this reservoir is provided a connector 15 for the passage of the flexible pipe 4 which connects the reservoir to the applicator 5. Another orifice 16, also formed in the cover of the reservoir, allows the sending of pulses pneu¬ matiques in the tank 1 through another flexible pipe which is shown at 17 in fig. 2. The flexible pipe 17 starts from a connector 18 secured to the base plate 10, a connector which passes through a desiccator 19 com¬ municating itself, by a connector 20, with a supply tube 21 which leads the pneumatic pulses generated from an electronically controlled device, which is known per se and is therefore not part of the present invention.
Le réservoir 1 est suspendu au moyen de deux tenons diamétralement opposés 22, à deux branches, pa¬ rallèles 23 d'un cadre 24 comportant une traverse à son extrémité arrière et portant deux goupilles de pivote¬ ment 26 qui pénètrent dans des crapaudines 27 ménagées horizontalement dans le montant 11, au voisinage de son extrémité supérieure. Ainsi le cadre 24 est articulé sur le montant 11 et supporte à l'extrémité de son bras, constitué par les deux branches parallèles 23, 23, l'ensemble du réservoir 1. Deux ressorts 28 et 29 armés entre des emplacements différents du cadre et le socle 10 ou le montant 11 coordonnent leurs actions pour équilibrer la position du cadre 24 en fonction du degré de remplissage du réservoir 1. Le ressort 28 est constitué par un fil d'acier cintré tandis que le res¬ sort 29 est un ressort à boudin, accroché, d'une part, à la base du montant 11 et, d'autre part, à un excen¬ trique 30 qui est fixé, par une vis et un ressort 31, à l'une des branches 23 du cadre 24, en arrière du mon¬ tant il. L'excentrique 30 permet de régler facilement la force du ressort 29 et, par conséquent, d'ajuster la course en hauteur du réservoir 1 en fonction de son de¬ gré de remplissage ou de vidange. Dans la forme d'exécution représentée aux fig. 2 et 3, le cadre 24 comporte encore une tige transversale 32 s'étendant entre les deux branches 23 à proximité de 1'emplacement du réservoir 1. A cette tige transversale 32 est accrochée une tige verticale 33 qui pénètre dans un cylindre de blocage 34. Ce cylindre de blocage, qui peut être de type électromagnétique ou pneumatique par exemple, peut être actionné à volonté et, lorsqu'il est en état d'actionnement, bloque la ti¬ ge 33. Le cadre est alors rigidement fixé par rapport au support 10, 11 et ne risque donc pas, par exemple en cas de déplacement du dispositif, de provoquer des os¬ cillations intempestives du réservoir 1.The reservoir 1 is suspended by means of two diametrically opposite tenons 22, with two branches, parallel pa¬ 23 of a frame 24 having a crosspiece at its rear end and carrying two pivote¬ ment pins 26 which penetrate into the lugs 27 formed horizontally in the upright 11, near its upper end. Thus the frame 24 is articulated on the upright 11 and supports at the end of its arm, formed by the two parallel branches 23, 23, the entire tank 1. Two springs 28 and 29 armed between different locations of the frame and the base 10 or the upright 11 coordinate their actions to balance the position of the frame 24 according to the degree of filling of the tank 1. The spring 28 is constituted by a bent steel wire while the res¬ spell 29 is a coil spring, hooked, on the one hand, to the base of the upright 11 and, on the other hand, to an eccentric 30 which is fixed, by a screw and a spring 31, to one of the branches 23 of the frame 24, behind the mon¬ while it. The eccentric 30 makes it easy to adjust the force of the spring 29 and, consequently, to adjust the height stroke of the reservoir 1 as a function of its degree of filling or emptying. In the embodiment shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the frame 24 also comprises a transverse rod 32 extending between the two branches 23 near the location of the reservoir 1. To this transverse rod 32 is hung a vertical rod 33 which enters a locking cylinder 34 This locking cylinder, which can be of the electromagnetic or pneumatic type for example, can be actuated at will and, when it is in the actuating state, blocks the rod 33. The frame is then rigidly fixed relative to the support 10, 11 and therefore does not risk, for example in the event of displacement of the device, of causing untimely os¬ cillations of the reservoir 1.
Ce moyen de blocage est particulièrement utile lorsque le distributeur décrit est incorporé à un appareillage automatique, par exemple un appareil de montage de pièces composées d'éléments qui doivent être assemblées et collées. Dans ce cas, il est judicieux que le distributeur de doses de fluide vienne se placer à proximité des pièces au moment de l'opération de dis- tribution des doses de fluide, mais puisse être écarté durant les temps qui s'écoulent entre ces opéra¬ tions-là. Vu son faible poids et son encombrement ré¬ duit, l'appareil décrit peut être monté facilement sur une coulisse verticale, une table mobile ou un robot. II est possible de placer sur le montant 11 un capteur de position 35. En effet, puisque la posi¬ tion du cadre 24 est constamment déterminée par le de¬ gré de remplissage du réservoir 1, il prend une posi¬ tion limite au moment où le réservoir est pratiquement vide. Le capteur 35 peut donc être placé de façon à dé¬ tecter le moment où le cadre atteint cette position li¬ mite et signaler par exemple la nécessité d'un remplis¬ sage du réservoir. Ce capteur peut aussi transmettre, en temps utile, un ordre tendant à augmenter la durée des impulsions pneumatiques quand le réservoir s'appro¬ che de son état de vidange complet.This blocking means is particularly useful when the dispenser described is incorporated into an automatic apparatus, for example a device for mounting parts made up of elements which must be assembled and glued. In this case, it is advisable for the dispenser of fluid doses to be placed close to the parts at the time of the operation for dispensing the doses of fluid, but may be removed. during the time which elapses between these operations. Given its low weight and reduced footprint, the device described can be easily mounted on a vertical slide, a mobile table or a robot. It is possible to place a position sensor 35 on the upright 11. In fact, since the position of the frame 24 is constantly determined by the degree of filling of the tank 1, it takes a limit position when the tank is practically empty. The sensor 35 can therefore be placed so as to detect the moment when the frame reaches this limited position and signal, for example, the need for filling the reservoir. This sensor can also transmit, in good time, an order tending to increase the duration of the pneumatic pulses when the reservoir approaches its complete emptying state.
L'agencement stabilisateur décrit plus haut pourrait, dans une autre exécution, comporter un détec¬ teur de la hauteur du niveau libre par rapport au ré- servoir et des moyens de commande asservis aux indica¬ tions du détecteur et agissant de manière à approvi¬ sionner périodiquement le réservoir à partir d'un con¬ teneur contenant une réserve de fluide. Les moyens de commande asservis aux indications du détecteur pour- raient comporter par exemple une pompe faisant passer du fluide du conteneur au réservoir, ou une pince com¬ primant un tuyau souple qui relie le conteneur au réservoir. Ainsi, le niveau libre dans le réservoir se¬ rait ramené périodiquement à une hauteur fixe. Le dispositif décrit convient pour des col¬ les de types cyano-acrylates, de même que pour la dis¬ tribution de liquides volatiles ou agressifs.The stabilizing arrangement described above could, in another embodiment, include a detector of the height of the free level relative to the reservoir and control means subject to the indications of the detector and acting so as to provide Periodically cut the tank from a container containing a reserve of fluid. The control means subject to the indications of the detector could include, for example, a pump passing fluid from the container to the reservoir, or a clamp comprising a flexible hose which connects the container to the reservoir. Thus, the free level in the tank would be reduced periodically to a fixed height. The device described is suitable for cyano-acrylate types, as well as for the distribution of volatile or aggressive liquids.
Outre les avantages résultant du fait que l'aiguille est alimentée dans des conditions stables et constantes pendant les périodes de repos, le distribu- teur présente encore la propriété que les volumes d'air introduits dans le réservoir provoquent toujours le mê¬ me effet de surpression, ce qui n'était pas le cas avec les appareils anciens dans lesquels le niveau du liqui- de variait au cours de la vidange. In addition to the advantages resulting from the fact that the needle is supplied under stable and constant conditions during rest periods, the dispenser It also has the property that the volumes of air introduced into the reservoir always cause the same overpressure effect, which was not the case with old devices in which the level of the liquid varied during the emptying.

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REVENDICATIONS: CLAIMS:
1. Distributeur de doses de fluide, notam¬ ment pour le collage de pièces, comprenant un réservoir à fluide, un applicateur relié au réservoir par un tuyau souple et un générateur d'impulsions pneumatiques provoquant sur le niveau libre du fluide dans le réser¬ voir des surpressions momentanées destinées à éjecter les doses de fluide par l'applicateur, caractérisé en ce que le distributeur comporte, sur un support, un ré¬ ceptacle pour l'applicateur, des moyens de maintien du réservoir et un agencement stabilisateur, ce dernier assurant que le niveau libre reste à une hauteur appro¬ ximativement constante par rapport à l'applicateur placé dans son réceptacle, au cours du fonctionnement du distributeur.1. Dispenser for fluid doses, in particular for bonding parts, comprising a fluid reservoir, an applicator connected to the reservoir by a flexible hose and a pneumatic pulse generator causing on the free level of the fluid in the reser¬ see momentary overpressures intended to eject the doses of fluid by the applicator, characterized in that the dispenser comprises, on a support, a receptacle for the applicator, means for holding the reservoir and a stabilizing arrangement, the latter ensuring that the free level remains at an approximately constant height with respect to the applicator placed in its receptacle, during the operation of the dispenser.
2. Distributeur selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que l'agencement stabilisateur com- porte une suspension élastique telle que le réservoir occupe par rapport au réceptacle une position variable en hauteur en fonction de son degré de remplissage, le niveau du fluide dans le réservoir, mesuré par rapport au réceptacle restant sensiblement constant au cours de l'épuisement du contenu du réservoir.2. Distributor according to claim 1, characterized in that the stabilizing arrangement comprises an elastic suspension such that the reservoir occupies with respect to the receptacle a variable position in height as a function of its degree of filling, the level of the fluid in the tank, measured relative to the receptacle remaining substantially constant during the exhaustion of the contents of the tank.
3. Distributeur selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que le réservoir est relié par un axe d'articulation à une extrémité d'un bras rigide, pivo- tant autour d'un axe horizontal par rapport au support, et en ce que la suspension élastique comporte un ou plusieurs organes déformables disposés entre le bras pivotant et le support et dont l'élongation, fonction du poids du réservoir, détermine la dite position variable. 3. Dispenser according to claim 2, characterized in that the reservoir is connected by a hinge pin to one end of a rigid arm, pivoting about a horizontal axis relative to the support, and in that the elastic suspension comprises one or more deformable members arranged between the pivoting arm and the support and the elongation of which, depending on the weight of the reservoir, determines the said variable position.
4. Distributeur de doses de fluide selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que la suspension élastique comporte un ou plusieurs ressorts.4. Fluid dose dispenser according to claim 3, characterized in that the elastic suspension comprises one or more springs.
5. Distributeur selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le réceptacle est fixe par rap¬ port au support et conformé de manière que,l'applicateur étant en place, le niveau du fluide dans le réservoir se trouve légèrement en retrait vers le haut par rapport à l'extrémité inférieure de l'ai¬ guille de l'applicateur.5. Dispenser according to claim 1, characterized in that the receptacle is fixed relative to the support and shaped so that, with the applicator in place, the level of the fluid in the reservoir is slightly recessed upwards relative to the lower end of the needle of the applicator.
6. Distributeur selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le support est associé à un cou- lisseau et en ce que l'applicateur coopère avec un dis¬ positif manipulateur de telle sorte que le distributeur peut être incorporé à un système automatique de collage de pièces, dans lequel il est amené en position de tra¬ vail au moment de la distribution d'une ou plusieurs doses et retiré dans une position de repos durant des périodes intercalaires.6. Dispenser according to claim 1, characterized in that the support is associated with a ram and in that the applicator cooperates with a manipulator device so that the dispenser can be incorporated into an automatic bonding system parts, in which it is brought into the working position at the time of dispensing one or more doses and withdrawn in a rest position during intermediate periods.
7. Distributeur selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en outre par un dispositif de blocage ac- tionnable à volonté et placé entre un organe de main¬ tien du réservoir et le support.7. Dispenser according to claim 1, further characterized by a blocking device which can be actuated at will and placed between a member for holding the reservoir and the support.
8. Distributeur selon les revendications 6 et 7, caractérisé par une commande du dispositif de blocage associée au dit système automatique et bloquant la position du réservoir par rapport au support pendant que le coulisseau se déplace.8. Distributor according to claims 6 and 7, characterized by a control of the blocking device associated with said automatic system and blocking the position of the reservoir relative to the support while the slide is moving.
9. Distributeur selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que le bras pivotant a la forme d'un cadre allongé et en ce que la suspension élastique est formée par l'association de deux ressorts de caracté¬ ristiques différentes, accrochés l'un et l'autre au ca¬ dre et au support et cela en des emplacements différents.9. A dispenser according to claim 2, characterized in that the pivoting arm has the shape of a elongated frame and in that the elastic suspension is formed by the association of two springs of different characteristics, both attached to the frame and to the support and this in different locations.
10. Distributeur selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que l'agencement stabilisateur com¬ porte un détecteur du niveau libre dans le réservoir, un conteneur d'approvisionnement en fluide relié au ré¬ servoir et des moyens pour approvisionner périodique¬ ment le réservoir à partir du conteneur en fonction de l'abaissement du niveau libre. 10. Distributor according to claim 1, characterized in that the stabilizing arrangement com¬ carries a free level detector in the tank, a fluid supply container connected to the reservoir and means for periodically supplying the reservoir from the container depending on the lowering of the free level.
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