KR100760012B1 - Body electrode pad assembling apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

A bioelectrode pad assembling apparatus is provided to assemble bioelectrode pads used for a bioelectrode automatically in an easy manner. A bioelectrode pad assembling apparatus includes: a 1st feed roller(101) for feeding a non-woven fabric attached with a release paper; a 2nd feed roller(102) for feeding a carbon film; a 3rd feed roller(103) for feeding a polymer gel adhesive attached with a PET film and a release film on the both sides; a 1st cutting unit(120) between the 1st and 2nd feed rollers; a 1st collecting roller(111); a collecting guide board(130); a first pair of press rollers for adhering the carbon film to the adhesive of the non-woven fabric; a 2nd collecting roller(112); a second pair of press rollers for adhering the polymer gel adhesive to the carbon film; a 2nd cutting unit(160); a 3rd collecting roller(113); a 3rd cutting unit(180); and a 4th collecting roller(114).

Description

Body electrode pad assembling apparatus

1 is a perspective view of a pad manufactured by the pad manufacturing apparatus for a bioelectrode according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a II-II cross-sectional view of FIG. 1. FIG.

Figure 3 is a schematic assembly flow diagram of the pad manufacturing apparatus for a bioelectrode according to the present invention.

Figure 4 is a perspective view showing the assembly process of the first cutting unit and the pad constituting the present invention manufacturing apparatus.

Figure 5 is a perspective view showing the assembly process of the recovery guide plate and the pad constituting the present invention manufacturing apparatus.

Figure 6 is a perspective view showing the assembly process of the first pressure roller and the pad constituting the manufacturing apparatus of the present invention.

Figure 7 is a perspective view showing the assembly process of the second pressure roller and the pad constituting the manufacturing apparatus of the present invention.

Figure 8 is a perspective view showing the assembly process of the second cutting unit and the pad constituting the present invention manufacturing apparatus.

Figure 9 is a perspective view showing the assembly process of the pressing plate and pad constituting the present invention manufacturing apparatus.

Figure 10 is a perspective view showing the assembly process of the third cutting unit and the pad constituting the manufacturing apparatus of the present invention.

11 is a perspective view showing a brake unit constituting the present invention manufacturing apparatus.

* Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings *

1: Pad for bioelectrode 11: Nonwoven fabric

12: Release paper 13: Carbon film

14: polymer gel adhesive 15: PET film

16: Release film 2: Connecting member

101: first feed roller 102: second feed roller

103: 3rd supply roller 111: 1st recovery roller

114: fourth recovery roller 120: first cutting unit

124, 125: blade 130: recovery information board

140: first coupling unit 143, 145: first pressure roller

150: second bonding unit 152, 153: second pressure roller

160: second cutting unit 167: blade

170: pressing plate 180: the third cutting unit

187: blade 190: alignment alignment unit

200: brake unit

The present invention relates to an apparatus for assembling a pad for a bioelectrode, and in particular, comprising a nonwoven fabric, a release paper, a carbon film, and a polymer keel adhesive. It relates to a bioelectrode pad assembly for automatically assembling;

In the medical field, in order to measure the biopotential such as electrocardiogram, electrocardiogram, brain wave, etc. in order to appropriately treat the body, a signal for transmitting the internal signal to the external device is often diagnosed for proper treatment. In addition, the electrode for a living body as a medium interposed between a living body and an external device plays an important role in these measurement and treatment.

The bioelectrode is usually composed of a bioelectrode pad attached to a living body, one end of which is connected to the bioelectrode pad, and the other end of the wire is electrically connected to the external device.

Since the wire serves to transmit the electrical signal generated in the living body to the external device or to transmit the electrical signal generated from the external device to the living body, the coupling force and the contact performance between the pad for the electrode and the wire very important. Therefore, products for improving the bonding force and contact performance between the pad and the wire for the bioelectrode are being developed.

Since the demand for such a bioelectrode is rapidly increasing in mass production, the necessity of developing an assembly apparatus for automatically assembling a bioelectrode pad employed in the bioelectrode is raised.

The present invention has been made by the necessity as described above, an object of the present invention is to provide a pad assembly apparatus for a bioelectrode for automatically assembling the pad for the bioelectrode.

The apparatus for assembling a bioelectrode pad according to the present invention for achieving the above object is to automatically assemble a pad for a bioelectrode consisting of a non-woven fabric, a release paper, a carbon film, and a polymer gel adhesive coated on one surface thereof,

A first feed roller on which a nonwoven fabric having a release paper attached thereto is wound; A second feed roller on which the carbon film is wound; A third supply roller wound around PET film and a release film on both sides of the polymer gel adhesive; The first residue paper provided between the first supply roller and the second supply roller and having a cutting line formed on the release paper supplied from the first supply roller, the first residue paper remaining on the nonwoven fabric and the first resin separated from the nonwoven fabric. A first cutting unit to form; A first recovery roller for recovering and winding the first recovery resin separated from the nonwoven fabric; A recovery guide plate for guiding the first recovery paper passing through the first cutting unit to the first recovery roller side; A pair of first pressure rollers for attaching the carbon film supplied from the second supply roller to the pressure-sensitive adhesive of the nonwoven fabric from which the first recovery resin is collected; A second recovery roller for separating and winding a release film attached to one surface of the polymer gel adhesive supplied from the third supply roller; A pair of second press rollers provided between the second feed roller and the third feed roller, and for attaching the polymer gel adhesive supplied from the third feed roller to the carbon film via the first press roller; ; It is attached to each other via the second pressure roller and has a blade for cutting the non-woven fabric, release paper, carbon film and polymer gel adhesive except for the PET film into a predetermined shape, and the second residue paper and the second residue paper recovered A second cutting unit for forming a recovery paper; A third recovery roller for winding the second recovery resin; A third cutting unit for cutting the PET film to which the second residue paper is attached to a predetermined shape to form a third residue paper and a third recovery paper; And a fourth recovery roller for winding the third recovery resin.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings a preferred embodiment of the pad assembly for a bioelectrode according to the present invention will be described in detail.

First, referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the bioelectrode pad 1 assembled by the bioelectrode pad assembly device according to the present invention (hereinafter referred to as the 'assembly assembly device of the present invention') will be described. The pad 1 (hereinafter referred to as 'pad') is a non-woven fabric 11, a release paper 12, a carbon film 13, and a conductive polymer gel adhesive 14 (hereinafter referred to as 'polymer gel adhesive') having an adhesive coated on one surface thereof. It is attached to a living body and is electrically connected to an external device (not shown), and serves to transfer electrical signals generated from the living body and the external device to each other.

The nonwoven fabric 11 is made of an insulating material such as a vinyl chloride resin, and the like to insulate the pad 1, and the release paper 12 is formed by manually operating the wire 22 to be described below. It is to adhere to one side of the adhesive of the coating.

In addition, the carbon film 13 is made of a conductive material to smoothly transfer electrical signals generated from a living body and an external device to each other, and the polymer gel adhesive 14 is made of a conductive material and is attached to a living body. to be.

On the other hand, the product automatically assembled by the assembly device of the present invention is a product attached to the PET film 15 to the pad (1), the product is a connection member for electrical connection between the pad (1) and the external device ( 2) is combined by hand. Then, the PET film 15 is removed, the polymer gel adhesive 14 is attached to the living body, the pad 1 is bonded to the living body.

The connecting member 2 includes a support 21 having a coupling part 21a and a seating part 21b, a hollow fixing tube 23 and an electric wire 22. The coupling portion 21a is a portion attached to the polymer gel adhesive 14 and is disposed between the polymer gel adhesive 14 and the PET film 15. One end of the wire 22 is attached to the nonwoven fabric 11 through the fixing tube 23 and the other end is electrically connected to the external device. The fixing tube 23 is fitted to the seating portion 21b, and serves to fix the wire 22 to the support 21.

The connecting member 2 serves to improve the coupling force and the contact performance between the pad 1 and the wire 22.

Next, the configuration and operation of the assembly apparatus of the present invention will be described according to the process of assembling the pad 1 with reference to FIGS. 3 to 11.

When the first feed roller 101 on which the nonwoven fabric 11 to which the release paper 12 is attached is wound is rotated, the nonwoven fabric 11 is transferred to the first cutting unit 120 by the conveyor C. As illustrated in FIG. 4, the first cutting unit 120 includes a support block 121, first and second rollers 122 and 123 rotatably installed on the support block 121, and the first roller. It comprises a pair of blades (124, 125) installed on the outer peripheral surface of (122).

The nonwoven fabric 11 is drawn between the first and second rollers 122 and 123, and the pair of blades 124 and 125 are rotated together with the first roller 122 to attach the nonwoven fabric 11 to the nonwoven fabric 11. 12, a cutting line L is formed. Accordingly, the release paper 12 is divided into a first residual paper 12a remaining in the nonwoven fabric 11 and a first recovery paper 12b separable from the nonwoven fabric 11.

The first recovery paper 12b is guided by the recovery guide plate 130 illustrated in FIG. 5 and wound around the first recovery roller 111, and the non-woven fabric 11 in which the first residual paper 12a remains. Is transferred to the first coupling unit 140.

As illustrated in FIG. 6, the first coupling unit 140 includes a support block 141 and a pair of first press rollers 143 and 145 rotatably installed on the support block 141. . The pair of first pressure rollers 143 and 145 are for attaching the carbon film 13 to the pressure-sensitive adhesive of the nonwoven fabric 11 in which the first resin 12b is recovered. Here, the carbon film 13 is wound on the second supply roller 102, and is transferred to the pair of first press rollers 143 and 145 as the second supply roller 102 rotates.

The nonwoven fabric 11, the mold paper 12, and the carbon film 13 that are attached to each other via the pair of first pressure rollers 143 and 145 are connected to each other through the alignment unit 190. Is transported to the side.

The alignment unit 190 is a fixed bracket 191, a rotating bracket 192 is rotatably coupled to the left and right fixed bracket 191, and the non-woven fabric is rotatably coupled to the rotating bracket 192 And a guide roller 193 for guiding the movement of (11), and an adjusting screw 194 for rotating the rotary bracket 192.

The alignment unit 190 is to prevent the nonwoven fabric 11 from being inclined with the moving direction of the conveyor C, as shown in FIG. That is, when the rotating bracket 192 is rotated by adjusting the adjusting screw 194, the arrangement angle of the guide roller 193 supported by the rotating bracket 192 is changed, and the nonwoven fabric 11 is The placement angle is guided to the guide roller 193 is changed to be conveyed in the same direction as the moving direction of the conveyor (C).

In this embodiment, the position alignment unit 190 is provided between the first coupling unit 140 and the second coupling unit 150, the present invention is not necessarily limited thereto. That is, the positioning unit 190 may be provided at any position via the nonwoven fabric 11.

As illustrated in FIG. 7, the second coupling unit 150 includes a support block 151 and a pair of second press rollers 152 and 153 rotatably installed on the support block 151. .

The pair of second press rollers 152 and 153 are polymer gels supplied from the third feed roller 103 to the carbon film 13 via the first press rollers 143 and 145 and the alignment unit 190. It is for attaching the adhesive 14. Here, the third supply roller 103 is wound in a state in which the PET film 15 and the release film 16 are attached to both surfaces of the polymer gel adhesive 14. The release film 16 is separated from the polymer gel adhesive 14 and guided to the recovery guide plate 154, which is wound on the second recovery roller 112.

As such, the release film 16 is separated, and the polymer gel adhesive 14 having only the PET film 15 attached to one surface thereof is introduced between the pair of second pressure rollers 152 and 153 and the pair of The carbon film 13 is attached to the other surface of the polymer gel adhesive 14 as the second pressure rollers 152 and 153 rotate. Here, the release film 12 and the nonwoven fabric 11 are attached to the carbon film 13.

The non-woven fabric 11, the release paper 12, the carbon film 13, the polymer gel adhesive 14, and the PET film 15 are attached to each other via the second press rollers 152 and 153. Is transported to the side.

As illustrated in FIG. 8, the second cutting unit 160 includes a support block 161, third and fourth rollers 163 and 165 rotatably installed on the support block 161, and the third roller. It comprises a blade 167 is installed on the outer peripheral surface of (163).

Each blade 167 has a shape corresponding to the pad 1, and is rotated together with the third roller 163. The blade 167 cuts the nonwoven fabric 11, the release paper 12, the carbon film 13, and the polymer gel adhesive 14 into a predetermined shape, except for the PET film 15, thereby forming the second predetermined shape. The remaining paper 1a and the second recovery paper 1b to be recovered are formed. Here, the second remaining paper 1a is the same as the pad 1 (see FIG. 1), and is attached to the PET film 15.

As shown in FIG. 9, the second residual paper 1a via the second cutting unit 160 is pressed or released by the pressing plate 170 which is rotated by the rotating means. The rotation means includes a cam plate 172 reciprocally rotated by the cylinder 171, and one end eccentrically fixed to the cam plate 172, and an interlocking bar 173 to which the pressing plate 170 is fixed. As the pressing plate 170 presses or releases the second residual paper 1a according to the reciprocating rotation of the cam plate 172, only the second residual paper 1a except for the second recovery paper 1b is It may be left in the PET film (15).

The second recovery paper 1b separated from the PET film 15 by the pressing plate 170 is wound on the third recovery roller 113 and the second remaining paper 1a attached to the PET film 15 is attached. Is transferred to the third cutting unit 180 side.

As illustrated in FIG. 10, the third cutting unit 180 includes a support block 181, fifth and sixth rollers 183 and 185 rotatably installed on the support block 181, and the fifth cutting unit 180. It comprises a blade 187 coupled to the outer peripheral surface of the roller 183. The blade 187 is rotated together with the fifth roller 183 to cut the PET film 15 to which the second residue paper 1a is attached into a predetermined shape, thereby cutting the third residue paper 15a and the third roller. Three times the resin 15b is formed.

The third recovery resin 15b is wound around the fourth recovery roller 114. The third residue paper 15a is formed of a PET film 15 and a pair of second residue papers 1a attached to the PET film 15. Here, the PET film 15 is the same as the PET film 15 shown in FIG. 1, and the pair of second residual papers 1a are the same as the pad 1 shown in FIG. 1.

When the above-described process is performed by the assembly apparatus of the present invention, the pad 1 shown in FIG. 1 is made.

On the other hand, at least one of the supply rollers (101, 102, 103) and the recovery rollers (111, 112, 113, 114), the brake unit 200 for adjusting the rotational speed of the roller is preferably provided. Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation and understanding, the first supply roller 101 will be described as an example. As shown in FIG. 11, the brake unit 200 includes a pair of fasteners 201, a brake pad 202, a fastening lever 203, and a spring 204.

The pair of fasteners 201 are arranged to surround the first feed roller 101, and one end thereof is rotatably coupled. The brake pad 202 is disposed between the fastener 201 and the first supply roller 101, and is pressed or released from the first supply roller 101 according to the fastening degree of the fastener 201.

The fastening lever 203 fastens or unfastens the other ends of the fasteners 201, and the spring 204 is disposed between the other ends 201a and 201b of the fasteners 201. The pair of fasteners 201 are elastically biased in the direction of mutual separation.

The brake unit 200 having such a configuration compresses the brake pad 202 to the first supply roller 101 according to the degree of coupling between the tightening lever 203 and the other end 201a of the fastener 201. Or release the compression to adjust the rotational speed of the first feed roller 101.

In this case, it is possible to adjust the unwinding speed of the nonwoven fabric 11 wound on the first feed roller 101, so that the nonwoven fabric 11 can be wound tightly on the first feed roller 101. do.

The present invention as described above is not limited to the above embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the present application can be practiced with a number of modifications.

The following effects are expected in the pad assembly for a bioelectrode according to the present invention having the configuration as described above.

First, the present invention has an effect of mass-producing a bioelectrode pad in a short time by automatically assembling the bioelectrode pad.

Second, the present invention is provided with a brake unit, it is possible to adjust the rotational speed of the roller. Therefore, the present invention has the effect of smoothly assembling the pad for a biological electrode by keeping the wound state of the nonwoven fabric or the like wound on the roller taut.

Third, in the present invention, the pressing plate rotated by the rotation means is provided, so that only the second residue paper, that is, the pad for the bioelectrode remains in the PET film, thereby improving the mass productivity of the pad for the bioelectrode.

Fourth, by providing the alignment unit in the present invention, it is suppressed that the nonwoven fabric or the like is inclinedly transferred to the moving direction of the conveyor. Therefore, the present invention has the effect of improving the assembly efficiency of the pad for bioelectrodes.

Claims (4)

A non-woven fabric, a release paper, a carbon film, and a polymer gel adhesive coated on one surface thereof, wherein the bioelectrode pad is attached to a living body and electrically connected to an external device to transfer electrical signals generated from the living body and the external device to each other; In the pad assembly for biological electrodes for automatically assembling, A first feed roller 101 on which the nonwoven fabric 11 to which the release paper 12 is attached is wound; A second supply roller 102 on which the carbon film 13 is wound; Third feed rollers 103 wound on both sides of the polymer gel adhesive 14 and having a PET film 15 and a release film 16 attached thereto; The nonwoven fabric 11 is formed between the first supply roller 101 and the second supply roller 102, and a cutting line L is formed on the release paper 12 supplied from the first supply roller 101. A first cutting unit (120) for forming a first residual paper (12a) remaining in the sheet) and a first recovery paper (12b) detachable from the nonwoven fabric (11); A first recovery roller 111 for recovering and winding the first recovery resin 12b separated from the nonwoven fabric 11; A recovery guide plate 130 for guiding the first recovery resin 12b that has passed through the first cutting unit 120 toward the first recovery roller 111; A pair of first pressure rollers 143 for attaching the carbon film 13 supplied from the second supply roller 102 to the pressure-sensitive adhesive of the nonwoven fabric 11 from which the first resin 12b is recovered. 145; A second recovery roller (112) for separating and winding the release film (16) attached to one surface of the polymer gel adhesive (14) supplied from the third supply roller (103); The third supply roller 103 is provided between the second supply roller 102 and the third supply roller 103 to the carbon film 13 via the first press rollers 143 and 145. A pair of second press rollers 152 and 153 for attaching the polymer gel pressure sensitive adhesive 14 supplied from; The non-woven fabric 11, the release paper 12, the carbon film 13, and the polymer gel adhesive 14 except for the PET film 15 are attached to each other via the second pressing rollers 152 and 153. A second cutting unit (160) having a blade (167) for cutting into a shape and forming a second residual paper (1a) of the predetermined shape and a second recovery paper (1b) to be recovered; A third recovery roller (113) for winding the second recovery resin (1b); A third cutting unit 180 for cutting the PET film 15 to which the second residue paper 1a is attached to a predetermined shape to form a third residue paper 15a and a third recovery paper 15b; ; And a fourth recovery roller (114) for winding the third recovery resin (15b). The method of claim 1, At least one roller of the feed rollers 101, 102, 103 and the recovery rollers 111, 112, 113, 114 is provided with a brake unit 200 for adjusting the rotational speed of the rollers. The brake unit 200 is: A pair of fasteners 201 disposed to surround the rollers, each end of which is rotatably coupled; A brake pad 202 disposed between the fastener 201 and the roller; A tightening lever 203 for tightening or releasing the other ends 201a and 201b of the fastener 201; And a spring 204 disposed between the other ends 201a and 201b of the fasteners 201 and elastically biasing the pair of fasteners 201 in a mutually opening direction. Electrode pad assembly device. The method of claim 1, And a pressing plate 174 that is rotated by a rotating means to press or release the second residual paper 1b via the second cutting unit 160, The rotation means is: Cam plate 172 is reciprocally rotated in the cylinder 171, and one end is eccentrically fixed to the cam plate 172, the body is provided with an interlocking bar 173 to which the pressing plate 170 is fixed, The pressing plate 170 according to the reciprocating rotation of the cam plate 172, the pad assembly device for a bioelectrode, characterized in that the pressing or releasing the second residual paper (1a). The method of claim 1, A fixing bracket 191 fixed to an arbitrary position via the nonwoven fabric 11; A rotating bracket 192 coupled to the fixing bracket 191 rotatably from side to side with respect to the fixing bracket 191; A guide roller 193 rotatably coupled to the rotating bracket 192 and guiding the movement of the nonwoven fabric 11; Adjusting screw (194) for rotating the rotating bracket 192 relative to the fixing bracket (191); pad manufacturing apparatus for a biological electrode characterized in that it comprises a.

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