KR20150049567A - Equipment for manufacturing support frame of fan cover - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus to manufacture a support frame of a fan cover of an outdoor unit to manufacture a support frame forming a fan cover of an outdoor unit. More specifically, an auxiliary frame forming a support frame enables a material of the auxiliary frame to automatically and continuously be supplied, welded, cut, and discharged to manufacture the support frame. Therefore, the apparatus significantly reduces unnecessary waste of human resources to improve productivity, and enables mass production to improve price-competitiveness of a product. According to the present invention, a manufacturing apparatus composed of a supply means, a welding means, and a cutting means enables a wire which is a material of the auxiliary frame to continuously and automatically be supplied, welded, cut, discharged, or bent to manufacture the support frame. Therefore, the apparatus significantly reduces the unnecessary waste of human resources to improve productivity, and enables mass production to improve price competitiveness of the product.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a fan frame for an outdoor fan,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to an apparatus for manufacturing a support frame of an outdoor fan cover for manufacturing a support frame constituting an outdoor fan cover, and more particularly, The present invention relates to an apparatus for manufacturing a support frame of an outdoor fan cover, which can improve productivity by reducing waste of manpower, and can further improve the cost-competitiveness of a product by mass production.

Generally, the outdoor fan cover is installed on the outdoor unit for covering the fan of the air conditioner outdoor unit. The outdoor unit fan cover is formed in a ring shape or a spiral shape on one side of the support frame and the support frame, And the support frame further comprises a center plate and an auxiliary frame welded radially to the center plate. At this time, as described in Korean Patent No. 1286562, the main frame is formed into a predetermined shape by a spiral device, and then the main frame and the support frame are welded to each other. As described above, an apparatus for manufacturing a main frame has already been proposed, but the following process is required to manufacture the support frame.

That is, a center plate having a circular or polygonal shape is formed, the auxiliary frame is cut one by one at a predetermined size from the wire, and the end of the cut auxiliary frame is bent according to the shape of the fan cover having a flat type or a stereoscopic type , And the thus cut auxiliary frames are welded while being arranged in a radial shape on the central plate again. At least two workers were required in each step of the wire cutting process, the bending process and the welding process, and the waste of the workforce was severely generated. Nevertheless, the productivity was greatly reduced and the product competitiveness was disadvantageous.

Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop a new technology for enhancing the product competitiveness by allowing the support frame to be manufactured by automation as well as the main frame.

Disclosure of Invention Technical Problem [8] Accordingly, the present invention has been made keeping in mind the above problems occurring in the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an auxiliary frame for a support frame, Which is capable of improving the productivity and productivity of the unit cost by mass production, and to provide a support frame manufacturing apparatus for an outdoor fan cover.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for manufacturing a support frame for an outdoor fan cover for manufacturing a support frame including a center plate and an auxiliary frame radially disposed on the center plate, the apparatus comprising: a frame; A feeding means installed at one side of the frame and composed of a plurality of vertical rollers and horizontal rollers and feeding the wire as a material to be the auxiliary frame to the other side by a set length while straightening the wire; Welding means installed on the other side of the frame for welding the end of the wire fed from the feeding means by welding to the edge portion of the center plate and rotatably operated at a set angle; And a wire which is provided between the feeding means and the welding means and is restrained by restraining the wire before the end of the wire is welded by the welding means, and when the welding is completed, And a cutting means for cutting off the cutting edge.

Preferably, the welding means includes a rotary motor installed in the frame, a rotary member installed on a rotary shaft of the rotary motor and configured to rotate by operating the center plate; A welder installed at the upper side of the rotary member for welding the end of the wire supplied to the edge of the center plate placed in the seat; And a tightening member installed on one side of the welding machine and closely fitting the center plate placed on the side plate to prevent shaking during welding or rotating operation.

Preferably, the cutting means is installed in the frame so as to be positioned between the feeding means and the welding means, and has an inlet through which wire is introduced into one side, and a discharge port through which the wire is discharged to the side of the welding means in the other side, A body having a forwardly open shape; A support plate for supporting the lower surface of the wire conveyed in the main body; A tightening plate for tightly restricting the upper surface of the wire conveyed by the lowering operation within the main body by the supporting plate; And a cutting knife for cutting the wire held by the lifting operation in the main body.

Preferably, the main body is coupled to a rail provided on the frame so as to be movable left and right so as to adjust the cutting length of the wire.

Preferably, a space corresponding to the wire diameter is formed between the contact plate and the cutter so that the cut wire is bent upward in the space due to the rise of the cutter.

According to the present invention, since the supporting frame is manufactured by continuously and automatically welding, cutting, or bending and discharging from the supply of the wire as the material of the auxiliary frame by the manufacturing apparatus comprising the feeding means, the welding means and the cutting means, It is possible to improve the productivity by increasing the production cost by greatly reducing the manufacturing cost and further increasing the cost competitiveness.

1 is a perspective view showing a support frame manufactured through a support frame manufacturing apparatus of an outdoor fan cover according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 (b) is a perspective view showing an outdoor fan cover.
2 is a perspective view showing a supporting frame manufacturing apparatus for an outdoor fan cover according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
3 is an enlarged perspective view showing a welding means according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
4 is a schematic front view showing the operating relationship of the welding means according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
5 is an enlarged perspective view showing a cutting means according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 5 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 7 showing the operating relationship of the cutting means according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a schematic front view showing an operating relationship of a support frame manufacturing apparatus of an outdoor fan cover according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a schematic plan view showing an operating relationship of a support frame manufacturing apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an apparatus for manufacturing a support frame of an outdoor fan cover according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Prior to this, terms and words used in the present specification and claims should not be construed as limited to ordinary or dictionary terms, and the inventor should appropriately interpret the concepts of terms in order to describe their invention in the best way. It should be interpreted in accordance with the meaning and concept consistent with the technical idea of the present invention based on the principle that it can be defined.

Therefore, the embodiments described in this specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the technical ideas of the present invention are described. Therefore, It should be understood that various equivalents and modifications may be present.

1 is a perspective view showing a support frame manufactured through a support frame manufacturing apparatus of an outdoor fan cover according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 (b) is a perspective view showing an outdoor fan cover.

First of all, with reference to the letter "A ", the support frame 1 is composed of a center plate 2 and an auxiliary frame 3 welded to the center plate 2 while being radially arranged, 3 are bent upward so that the shape of the fan cover is formed into a three-dimensional type, and may simply have a straight shape.

An apparatus for welding and discharging the auxiliary frame 3 in a radial shape to the thus constituted support frame 1, in particular the manufactured central plate 2, has been proposed in the present invention. In the following, .

On the other hand, in the above-described support frame 1, the main frame 4 is attached to the upper surface of the main frame 4 as shown in FIG. 2B, thereby forming the outdoor fan cover 5, Should be used.

2 is a perspective view showing a support frame manufacturing apparatus for an outdoor fan cover according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to the drawings, an apparatus 10 for manufacturing a support frame of an outdoor fan cover according to the present invention comprises a frame 100, a feeding means 200, a welding means 300 and a cutting means 400.

First, it is to be noted that the frame 100 is provided for each of the above means, and that it may have various structures and shapes depending on installation conditions, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

Next, the air-conditioning means 200 is installed at one side of the frame 100 and includes a plurality of vertical rollers 210 and a horizontal roller 220 to adjust the setting of the wire W, The feeder device is a kind of feeder device. Since the wire W is normally fed in a rolled state, the wire W is configured to be fed in a straight shape so as to be closely contacted to a plurality of the vertical rollers 210 and the horizontal rollers 220. [

The welding means 300 is installed on the other side of the frame 100 and supports the center plate 2 so that the end of the wire W supplied from the supplying means 200 is connected to the center plate 2, And the welding operation is performed at an angle. The detailed construction and operation of the welding means 300 will be described below.

Finally, the cutting means 400 is installed on the frame 100 so as to be positioned between the feeding means 200 and the welding means 300, and the end of the wire W When the supply of the wire W is completed by the length set by the supply means 200 before welding, the wire W is restrained at the same time to prevent the waviness, and the welding is completed by the welding means 300 The wire W is cut before the rotation operation is performed to form the auxiliary frame 3. The detailed configuration and operation of the cutting means 400 will be described below again.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view showing a welding means according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a schematic front view showing an operating relationship of a welding means according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

3, the welding means 300 of the present invention includes a rotary member 310, a welding machine 320, and a tightening member 330. As shown in FIG.

The rotary member 310 includes a rotary motor 312 and a center plate 2 installed on a rotary shaft of the rotary motor 312 to receive the center plate 2, (Not shown).

The welder 320 is operated downward by a first cylinder 322 disposed above the rotary member 310 via a support 324 and is mounted on the center plate 2 The arc welder, which is widely used, may be used for welding the end of the wire supplied to the edge portion of the welder.

Lastly, the contact member 330 is downwardly operated by the second cylinder 332 installed on one side of the welder 320, and the center plate 2 placed on the seat cushion 314 is closely contacted and welded or rotated It prevents shaking during operation. At this time, the contact surface of the contact member 330 can be closely contacted by using a material such as plastic rather than rubber that does not cause excessive friction with the center plate 2, but does not interfere with the rotation of the center plate 2 .

4, when the center plate 2 indicated by the broken line is laid on the inner mouth 314 of the rotary member 310, the welding member 300 having the above- Thereby bringing the center plate 2 downwardly in close contact. Here, when the wire W is supplied from one side, the welder 320 is operated downward, and the wire W is welded to the edge portion of the center plate 2. When the welding is completed, the welding machine 320 returns again, and the rotating motor 312 of the rotating member 310 is rotated clockwise by a predetermined angle. In this case, when the center plate 2 is rotated, the contact member 330 may not be brought into close contact with the contact member 330. However, the contact face of the contact member 330 may be rotated So that it is possible to prevent the swing of the center plate 2 due to the rotation operation.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged perspective view showing a cutting means according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 5 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, Is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 1 showing the operating relationship of the cutting means according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

5 and 6, the cutting means 400 of the present invention includes a main body 410, a support plate 420, a contact plate 430, and a cutting knife 440.

The main body 410 is installed in the frame 100 so as to be positioned between the supplying means 200 and the welding means 300 although not shown here. The main body 410 has a mounting chamber 411 formed therein, And a discharge port 414 through which the wire W is discharged toward the welding means 300 is formed on the other side of the discharge port 414, (414) has a shape opened frontward.

The main body 410 further includes a fixing member 418 which is coupled to the rail 416 installed on the frame 100 to be movable from side to side and restricts the movement of the main body 410 desirable.

The support plate 420 is provided inside the body 410 to support the lower surface of the wire W to be transferred from the inlet 412 to the outlet 414. [

The upper end of the wire W is downwardly brought into close contact with the support plate 420 while the lower end of the third end of the wire W is lowered by the third cylinder 432, .

The cutting knife 440 is installed on one side of the support plate 420 inside the main body 410 and is moved upward by the fourth cylinder 442 and is tightly fixed by the tightening plate 430. [ (W).

Meanwhile, it is preferable that a space D having a diameter of wire W is formed between the cutting knife 440 and the adhesive plate 430. That is, when the cutting knife 440 is lifted, the space portion D having a diameter of about the diameter of the wire W is lifted between the contact plates 430 so that the end portion of the cut wire W is raised As shown in Fig.

This can be selected differently depending on the shape of the fan cover. That is, when the fan cover is manufactured as a flat type, the cutting knife 440 cuts the wire W to form a straight type auxiliary frame. When the fan cover is manufactured as a three-dimensional type, Thereby forming the bent auxiliary frame.

The bottom surface of the discharge port 414 formed in the main body 410 is raised and lowered by the fifth cylinder 452 and further includes an installation plate 450 having an installation recess 451 formed therein, It is preferable to arrange the wire W in a space separated from the welding means 300 provided at one side of the wire W so as to prevent the wire W from shaking.

The cutting means of the present invention constructed as described above is operated as shown in Fig. 7, when the wire W is delivered by the set length while being discharged to the other outlet 414 through the inlet 412 formed on one side of the main body 410, the main body 410 The elevation plate 450 installed on the outer side of the discharge port of the elevating plate 450 is lifted and the elevation groove 451 accommodates the wire W. At the same time, the close plate 430 installed on the upper side of the main body 410 is operated downward to bring the wire W into close contact with the support plate 420. In this way, the wire W is firmly fixed in the main body 410 So that no shaking occurs in other operation processes, thereby enabling stable operation.

Subsequently, when the wire W is firmly fixed, the cutting knife 440 installed on the lower side of the main body 410 rises and intersects the inlet 412 to cut the wire W to form the auxiliary frame 3 . At this time, when the cutting knife 440 further ascends, the end of the cut wire W is accommodated in the space D formed by the contact plate 430 and the cutting knife 440, and is upwardly bent. When the cutting knife 440 is cut or cut and bent, the cutting knife 440 is returned while being downwardly operated, and the tightening plate 430 is moved upward, and the holding plate 450 is operated downward to release the restraint to the auxiliary frame 3 It will be done.

Since the main body 410 is installed via the rail 416, when the main body 410 is slid to the right, the length of the wire W to be cut, that is, the length of the auxiliary frame 3, The length of the auxiliary frame 3 can be easily adjusted.

Now, in the following, a description will be made of a continuous operation relationship of each means configured and operated as described above.

8 is a schematic front view showing an operating relationship of the apparatus for manufacturing a support frame of an outdoor fan cover according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 9 is a schematic front view showing a support structure according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 3 is a schematic plan view showing the operating relationship of the frame manufacturing apparatus.

Referring to Fig. 8A, a center plate 2 previously fabricated is placed in an inner opening 314 of the rotary member 310 of the welding means 300, So that the wire W is supplied from the feeding means 200 installed on one side of the frame 100. The wire W is then fed to the side of the frame 100, That is, the wire W to be transferred is discharged to the welding means 300 side through the inlet 412 and the discharge port 414 of the cutting means 400, and the end of the wire W is transferred to the side of the center plate 2 The feeding means 200 stops its operation when it is positioned at the edge portion. At this time, the supply length of the wire W may be sensed by sensing the end of the wire W positioned at the edge of the center plate 2 to stop the supply operation of the supply means 200, It is preferable to set the supply length of the wire W to the set distance so as to stop and supply it.

When the supply of the wire W is completed in this way, the contact plate 430 provided in the body of the cutting means 400 operates downward to closely contact and restrain the wire W. At the same time, The holding plate 450 receives the wire W and supports the wire W in a spaced space between the cutting means 400 and the welding means 300.

Subsequently, when the fixing to the wire W is completed, the welder 320 of the welding means 300 is downwardly operated as shown in "B" When the welding is completed, the cutting knife 440 provided inside the body 410 of the cutting means 400 rises and intersects with the inlet 412 to cut the wire W, So that the auxiliary frame 3 is formed. At this time, it is natural that the cutting knife 440 further rises according to the required shape of the auxiliary frame 3 so that the end of the cut wire W can be bent upward.

When welding of the wire W and the center plate 2 is completed and cutting or cutting / bending is completed and the auxiliary frame 3 is formed in this manner, the contact plate 430 is lifted and the seat plate 450 is lowered The wire W, that is, the auxiliary frame 3 is released.

9, due to the rotation motor 312 as the rotary member 310 of the welding means 300, the seat assembly 314 is rotated clockwise at a predetermined angle to rotate the welded auxiliary frame 3, To the outside of the cutting means (400). At this time, since the discharge port 414 formed in the main body 410 of the cutting means 400 is opened to the front, the auxiliary frame 3 is prevented from being moved to the outside due to the rotation operation of the seat cushion 314 .

When one auxiliary frame 3 is formed and attached to the center plate 2, the wire W is supplied again from the feeding means 200 as shown in Fig. 8, and the second and third auxiliary frames 3, The support frame 1 shown in Fig. 1 is completed.

When the manufactured central plate 2 is supplied, the auxiliary frame 3 is formed while welding, cutting or bending while supplying the wire W, which is the material of the auxiliary frame 3, It is possible to reduce the waste of manpower and further increase the productivity of the product because it is possible to mass-produce the product more than to rely on the manual operation.

The foregoing has outlined rather broadly the features and technical advantages of the present invention in order that the claims of the invention to be described below may be better understood. Additional features and advantages that constitute the claims of the present invention will be described in detail below. It should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the disclosed concepts and specific embodiments of the invention can be used immediately as a basis for designing or modifying other structures to accomplish the invention and similar purposes.

It is also to be understood that such modified or altered equivalent structures by those skilled in the art as a basis for modifying or designing the invention to the other structures for carrying out the same purpose of the invention disclosed in the present invention, It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes, substitutions and alterations can be made herein without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

1: support frame 2: center plate
3: Auxiliary frame 4: Main frame
5: outdoor fan cover 10: support frame manufacturing apparatus
100: frame 200: supply means
210: Vertical roller 220: Horizontal roller
300: welding means 310: rotating member
312: Rotary motor 314:
320: Welding machine 322: First cylinder
324: column 330: tight contact member
332: second cylinder 400: cutting means
410: main body 411: mounting room
412: Inlet 414: Outlet
416: rail part 418: fixing member
420: Support plate 430: Clamp plate
432: Third cylinder 440: Cutting knife
442: Fourth cylinder 450:
451: Anchor groove 452: Fifth cylinder
W: Wire

Claims (5)

An apparatus for manufacturing a support frame for an outdoor fan cover for manufacturing a support frame comprising a center plate and an auxiliary frame radially arranged on the center plate,
frame;
A feeding means installed at one side of the frame and composed of a plurality of vertical rollers and horizontal rollers and feeding the wire as a material to be the auxiliary frame to the other side by a set length while straightening the wire;
Welding means installed on the other side of the frame for welding the end of the wire fed from the feeding means by welding to the edge portion of the center plate and rotatably operated at a set angle; And
The wire is interposed between the feeding means and the welding means so that the wire is restrained before the end of the wire is welded by the welding means to prevent shaking. When the welding is completed, the wire is cut to form the auxiliary frame Cutting means;
Wherein the support frame includes a plurality of openings. The method according to claim 1,
The welding means
A rotation member installed on the frame, and a rotary member installed on a rotary shaft of the rotary motor, the rotary member being rotatably operated by facing the center plate;
A welder installed at the upper side of the rotary member for welding the end of the wire supplied to the edge of the center plate placed in the seat; And
A contact member installed on one side of the welder to downwardly close the center plate placed on the seat so as to prevent shaking during welding or rotating operation;
Wherein the support frame includes a plurality of openings. The method according to claim 1,
The cutting means
And a discharge port for discharging the wire to the welding means side is formed at the other side of the frame, and the discharge port is formed in a shape open to the front side A branch body;
A support plate for supporting the lower surface of the wire conveyed in the main body;
A tightening plate for tightly restricting the upper surface of the wire conveyed by the lowering operation within the main body by the supporting plate; And
A cutting knife for cutting a wire constrained by a lifting operation in the main body;
Wherein the support frame includes a plurality of openings. The method of claim 3,
Wherein the main body is coupled to a rail provided on the frame and is configured to be movable left and right so as to adjust the cutting length of the wire. The method of claim 3,
Wherein a space portion corresponding to a wire diameter size is formed between the contact plate and the cutter so that the cut wire is bent upward in the space due to the rise of the cutter knife. .

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