KR200489869Y1 - Oil tank structure and a linear module with the oil tank structure - Google Patents

Abstract

Since the oil tank structure and the linear module having the oil tank structure have an oil tank in one-piece structure, the structure is simplified, the number of parts is further reduced, and the assembly and maintenance costs are reduced. Concentrated oil passages and split oil passages are formed inside each tank body without further leakage protection. The concentrated oil passages have two ends each connected to an oil nipple to provide the function of temporarily storing oil pressure during oil filling. The split oil passage is provided with two first oil outlet holes and one second oil outlet hole so that the oil injection pressure can be released equally to the first oil outlet hole and the second oil outlet hole, and the oil can be lubricated. It can be evenly distributed in the area, so that a uniform lubricating effect can be achieved.

Description

OIL TANK STRUCTURE AND A LINEAR MODULE WITH THE OIL TANK STRUCTURE}

The present invention relates to a linear module, in particular a linear module having an oil tank structure and an oil tank structure.

Reference is made to FIG. 1A, which shows one of the drawings of the “linear drive module with lubrication device” of Taiwan Patent Application No. 0098157 1, wherein the linear drive module with lubrication device is U-shaped and receives the receiving groove 11. Rail seat 10 provided; A transmission member 12 fixed in the receiving groove 11 and having a slide table 13; A guide member 14 fixed on one side of the transfer member 12 and connected to the slide 13 to assist in movement of the slide 13; And a cover plate 16 and a lubrication device 15 fixed to the slide 13 and formed by a main body (not shown). The main body is provided with a nipple fixing hole (not shown), an oil nipple 17 having an oil passage 171 is fixed to one end of the nipple fixing hole, and a main oil passage (not shown) at the other end of the nipple fixing hole. H) is provided. One end of the main oil passage is connected to the oil passage 171 and the other end of the main oil passage is divided into at least two branch oil passages (not shown). The cover plate 16 is provided with a number of oil outlet holes 161 corresponding to the branch oil passages. Each oil outlet hole 161 is connected at one end to a branch oil passage and the other end to a delivery member 12 or guide member 14 for use in oiling and lubrication through the oil nipple 17. .

However, the main body and cover plate 16 are coupled to the lubrication device 15. Since the lubrication device 15 is a two piece structure, it is necessary to take into account the problem of the tolerance size of two pieces, and the complicated structure leads to an increase in the number of accessories, thereby highlighting a defect of the subsequent increase in assembly and maintenance costs. In addition, the two-piece structure also needs to be treated with a leak proof treatment, which results in a time consuming and labor intensive problem. In addition, when grease is injected from the oil gun into the oil nipple 17 and the grease is distributed to the rail seat 10 through the above-described oil passage arrangement of the main body, the oil injection pressure is uneven due to the different oil injection direction. , Grease distribution is not uniform and lubrication unevenness occurs. In addition, since the amount of lubricating oil required at the two ends of the slide 13 is different, the lubrication device 15 of the same type cannot be used at the two ends of the slide 13, so as to satisfy different lubrication conditions. It is necessary to prepare further.

Reference is made to FIG. 1B showing one of the drawings of “linear slide rail with lubrication structure” of Taiwan Patent Application No. 103120957, wherein the lubrication rail with lubrication structure is provided with an oil distribution member 18, and oil The oil passage 181 in the distribution member 18 can guide the sprayed grease to the portion to be lubricated. However, the lubrication dispensing member 18 can be limited by the configuration of the end cap 19, so that the oil nipple can only be located on the axis, which adversely affects the direction of the oil ring.

The present invention seeks to obviate and / or mitigate the above mentioned disadvantages.

One object of the present invention is to provide a linear module having an oil tank structure and an oil tank structure, which achieves the purpose of simplifying the main structure and reducing the number of parts to reduce the assembly and maintenance costs.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an oil tank structure and an oil tank structure in which, when a mold of the oil tank structure is manufactured, an oil passage is formed directly inside the oil tank without further leakage prevention treatment, and time-consuming and difficult problems are solved. It is to provide a linear module having.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a linear module having an oil tank structure and an oil tank structure along the two ends of the slide and which need not be further manufactured.

To achieve the above object, the present invention is an oil tank structure suitable for use in a linear module, the linear module includes a slide and a nut, the slide has two opposing end faces, and each of the end faces has two slide oils A filling hole is provided and the nut comprises a nut head filling hole provided in the nut head and a nut head disposed on one of the end faces of the slide and abutting against one of the end faces, and the oil tank structure is placed on two end faces. It has two tank bodies, each of which has:

A concentrated oil passage extending laterally through two ends of each of the tank bodies;

A split oil passage penetrating the two ends of each of the tank bodies laterally and positioned at a distance from the concentrated oil passage;

A tank end face having two first oil outlet holes that are in contact with a corresponding one of the end faces and are aligned with the two slide oil filling holes and in communication with the split oil passageway;

A tank bottom surface connected to the tank end surface, wherein the tank bottom surface of one of the tank bodies has a second oil outlet hole which abuts against the nut head and is aligned with the nut oil filling hole and in communication with the split oil passage. Bottom surface; And

An oil tank structure, comprising a tank top surface connected to the tank end surface and positioned opposite the tank bottom surface, the tank end surface being provided with a communication groove in communication with the concentrated oil passage and the split oil passage. To provide.

Preferably, two oil nipples are each locked at two ends of the concentrated oil passage, two of the sealing screws are sealed at the two ends of the split oil passage, and another one of the sealing screws seals the interconnecting groove. To form an oil passage.

Preferably, the concentrated oil passage and the split oil passage are independent and parallel to each other, and the concentrated oil passage is inclined above the split oil passage.

The present invention further provides a linear module having an oil tank structure, the linear module having an oil tank structure,

A base unit extending along the axial direction and including a receiving space;

A slide that is reciprocating along the axial direction within the receiving space and includes two opposing end faces, each slide being provided with two slide table oil filling holes in each end face;

A nut disposed on one of the end faces of the slide and including a nut head locked to the end face and a nut oil filling hole formed in the nut head;

Two tank bodies each disposed on two end faces of the slide, each tank body having a concentrated oil passage extending laterally through the two ends of each of the tank bodies, the two ends of each of the tank bodies laterally passing through A split oil passage located at a distance from the concentrated oil passage, a tank end face abutting against a corresponding end face of the end face, a tank bottom face connected to the tank end face, and a tank bottom face connected to the tank end face. Comprising two tank bodies, including a tank top surface located toward the tank end surface having two first oil outlet holes aligned with two slide oil filling holes and in communication with the split oil passage, The groove communicates with the concentrated oil passage and the split oil passage, the tank bottom surface of one of the tank bodies abuts against the nut head, and the nut oil filling hole Ordered, and a second oil outlet hole communicating with the oil passage split.

Preferably, two oil nipples are each locked at two ends of the concentrated oil passage, two of the sealing screws are sealed at the two ends of the split oil passage, and another one of the sealing screws seals the interconnecting groove. To form an oil passage.

Preferably, the concentrated oil passage and the split oil passage are independent and parallel to each other, and the concentrated oil passage is inclined above the split oil passage.

By this arrangement, the present invention provides a linear module having an oil tank structure which can simplify the structure and further reduce the number of parts, since the oil tank is an integral structure, which can reduce the assembly and maintenance costs. Two oil passages are formed inside each tank body without further leakage protection. One of the oil passages is a concentrated oil passage, each of which is connected to an oil nipple to provide mainly the effect of the two ends temporarily storing oil pressure during oil filling, and the other oil passage is two first oil outlet holes and one A split oil passage provided with a second oil outlet hole, whereby the oil injection pressure can be equally released to the first oil outlet hole and the second oil outlet hole, and the oil can be evenly distributed to the area to be lubricated The uniform lubrication effect can be achieved.

These will be particularly pointed out in the claims which follow, along with other objects of the present invention, along with various novel features that characterize the invention, which form a part thereof. For a better understanding of the present invention, its operational advantages and the specific purposes achieved by its use, reference should be made to the accompanying drawings and detailed description of the preferred embodiments of the present invention.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a linear module having an oil tank structure and an oil tank structure, which achieves the purpose of simplifying the main structure and reducing the number of parts to reduce the assembly and maintenance costs. In addition, according to the present invention, when the mold of the oil tank structure is manufactured, the oil tank structure and the oil tank structure, which is formed directly in the oil tank without additional leakage prevention treatment, and solves the time-consuming and difficult problem, A linear module can be provided. In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a linear module having an oil tank structure and an oil tank structure that follow two ends of the slide and need not be further manufactured.

FIG. 1A shows one of the drawings of a “linear drive module with lubrication device” of Taiwan patent application No. 108121571; FIG.
FIG. 1B shows one of the views of a “linear slide rail with a lubrication structure” of Taiwan Patent Application No. 103120957. FIG.
2 is a perspective view of a linear module having an oil tank structure and an oil tank structure according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
3 is an exploded view of an oil tank structure and a linear module having an oil tank structure according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a perspective view of the tank body of the linear module having an oil tank structure according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 4.
6 is a sectional view taken along line 6-6 of FIG.

The invention will become more apparent from the following description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which preferred embodiments of the invention are shown for purposes of illustration only.

2 to 6, a linear module having an oil tank structure according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a base unit 20, a screw 30, a slide table 40, a nut 50, and two The tank body 60 is included. After that, only the structure for fixing one tank main body 60 to the slide 40 will be described.

The base unit 20 is a rigid body in the form of a rectangular strip extending along the axial direction X, and extends in parallel with the base 21, the receiving space 22 indented in the base 21, and the axial direction X. In one way two slide rails 23 fixed in the receiving space 22.

A screw 30 extending along the axial direction X is fixed in the receiving space 22 and between the two slide rails 23. The screw 30 can be rotated by a drive source.

The slide 40 is sleeve coupled onto the screw 30 and slidably disposed on the two slide rails 23. The slide 40 is driven by a screw 30 to reciprocate along the axial direction X in the receiving space 22 and includes two opposing end faces 41. Each end face 41 is provided with two slide oil filling holes 411.

The nut 50 includes a nut head 51 that is sleeve coupled onto the screw 30, disposed on one of the end faces 41 of the slide 40, and locked to the end face 41. Nut oil filling holes 52 are provided in the upper surface of the nut head 51.

The two tank bodies 60 are each arranged on two end faces 41 of the slide 40. Each tank body 60 has a concentrated oil passage 61 extending laterally through two ends, a split oil passage located laterally through the two ends and spaced from the concentrated oil passage 61. 62), a tank end face 63 abutting against a corresponding one of the end faces 41, a tank bottom face 64 abutting against the nut head 51 and connected to the tank end face 63, and a tank end. A tank top surface 65 connected to the bottom surface 63 and positioned opposite the tank bottom surface 64. The tank end face 63 is provided with two first oil outlet holes 631 aligned with the two slide oil filling holes 411 and in communication with the split oil passage 62. An interconnecting groove 651 is formed in the center of the tank upper surface 65 to communicate with the concentrated oil passage 61 and the split oil passage 62. The tank bottom face 64 of one of the tank bodies 60 abuts against the nut head 51 and is arranged with a second oil outlet hole aligned with the nut oil filling hole 52 and in communication with the split oil passage 62. 641. In this embodiment, each tank body 60 is a unitary structure. Compared to the two-piece oil tank of the prior art, which is expensive to assemble and takes a long time to assemble, the present invention does not have a tolerance problem of tolerance dimension, the structure of the present invention is simplified, and the number of parts is further reduced. Reduce assembly and maintenance costs, which can facilitate modular mass production. In addition, the tank body 60 may conform to the arrangement of the end faces 41 of the slide 40 and need not be additionally manufactured to achieve cost savings: the split oil passage 62 and the concentrated oil passage ( Since 61 is disposed in the tank body 60, there is no need to perform additional leak prevention treatment to solve the time consuming and labor intensive problem.

The invention further includes two oil nipples 70 and three sealing screws 80. Two oil nipples 70 are each locked at two ends of the concentrated oil passage 61. Two of the sealing screws are sealed at two ends of the split oil passage 62, and the other sealing screw 80 seals the interconnect groove 651 to form the oil passage A.

In this embodiment, a closed oil passage A is formed through this configuration, forming a uniformly lubricated tank body 60. The concentrated oil passage 61 and the split oil passage 62 are independent and parallel to each other so that the tank body 60 can be manufactured in one piece instead of being made of different parts.

The concentrated oil passage 61 is inclined above the split oil passage 62. When the user fills the oil into the oil nipple 70, the oil pressure is first concentrated in the concentrated oil passage 61, and then placed between and in communication with the concentrated oil passage 61 and the split oil passage 62. Due to the fact that the oil is released evenly from the concentrated oil passage 61 and the split oil passage 62, the oil achieves the purpose of uniformly dispensing the oil at different positions, and the conventional lubrication device has different oil injection directions and It is possible to solve the phenomenon with uneven oil injection pressure.

It should be noted that the present invention can achieve at least the following advantages:

First, the structure is simplified, and the number of parts is reduced. The tank body 60 is an integral structure, so that compared to the prior art, the number of parts of the present invention is effectively reduced in the manufacturing process, which simplifies the structure, improves the overall manufacturing speed, shortens the manufacturing process and facilitates assembly. Become. Thus, the present invention has a strength sufficient to ensure overall stability, while helping to increase production efficiency and reduce production costs while avoiding the problem of dimensional tolerances that lead to oil leakage.

Second, because of the high versatility, the tank body 60 is consistent with the arrangement of the end faces 41 of the slide 40, there is no need to additionally manufacture different types of lubrication devices, and the tank body adjacent to the nut 50 ( Only one of the 60) is processed to form a second oil outlet hole 641 to achieve cost savings.

Third, no additional leak protection is required. The split oil passage 62 and the concentrated work passage 61 are disposed in the tank body 60, and no additional leak prevention treatment is required to solve the conventional time consuming and labor intensive problem.

Fourth, uniform lubrication, the oil injection pressure is transmitted from the original single side to the center, so that the oil can be evenly distributed to achieve uniform lubrication.

While various embodiments in accordance with the present invention have been shown and described, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that there may be additional embodiments within the scope of the present invention.

20: base unit 30: screw
40: slide 50: nut
60: tank body 61: concentrated oil passage
62: split oil passage 63: tank end face
64: tank lower surface 65: tank upper surface

Claims (3)

An oil tank structure suitable for use in a linear module, the linear module comprising a slide 40 and a nut 50, the slide 40 having two opposing end faces 41, the end faces ( 41) each of which is provided with two slide oil filling holes 411, the nut 50 being disposed in one of the end faces 41 of the slide 40 and against one of the end faces 41. An abutment nut head 51 and a nut oil filling hole 52 provided in the nut head 51, the oil tank structure being two tank bodies 60 disposed on the two end faces 41. And each of the tank bodies 60 is:
A concentrated oil passage (61) extending laterally through two ends of each of said tank bodies (60);
A divided oil passage 62 penetrating the two ends of each of the tank bodies 60 laterally and positioned at a distance from the concentrated oil passage 61;
Two first oil outlet holes 631 abutting against a corresponding one of the end faces 41 and aligned with the two slide oil filling holes 411 and in communication with the split oil passage 62. A tank end surface 63 to make;
A tank bottom surface 64 connected to the tank end surface 63, wherein the tank bottom surface 64 of one of the tank bodies 60 abuts against the nut head 51 and fills the nut oil 51. A tank bottom surface (64) having a second oil outlet hole (641) aligned with the hole (52) and in communication with the split oil passage (62); And
A tank upper surface 65 connected to the tank end surface 3 and positioned opposite the tank lower surface 64, wherein the tank end surface 63 includes the concentrated oil passage 61 and the split oil passage. An oil tank structure comprising a tank top surface (65) provided with an interconnecting groove (651) in communication with (62). 2. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising two oil nipples 70 and three sealing screws 80, wherein the two oil nipples 70 are each locked at two ends of the concentrated oil passage 61. , Two of the sealing screws (80) are sealed at two ends of the split oil passage (62), and another one of the sealing screws (80) seals the interconnection groove (651) so that the oil passage ( A), forming an oil tank structure. The oil of claim 1, wherein the concentrated oil passage (61) and the split oil passage (62) are independent and parallel to each other, and the concentrated oil passage (61) is inclined above the divided oil passage (62). Tank structures.

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