TWM543136U - Chain type tool magazine structure - Google Patents

Description

Chain magazine structure

This creation is related to the structure of the tool magazine, especially a chain type tool magazine structure.

Press, the tool of the processing machine is stored in the tool magazine, and the structure of the tool magazine has various types, one of which is a chain type as shown in Figures 6 and 7. The chain type magazine has an annular chain 5 which is arranged in a direction in which the plurality of columns 51 are parallel to each other in the axial direction, and is connected in series by a plurality of links 52 to form a continuous chain structure. A mounting surface 53 is defined on one side of the circumferential surface of each of the cylinders 51, and the mounting surface 53 is provided with a knife sleeve 54 arranged in order to receive the cutters, thereby constituting a storage of the cutter.

However, the arrangement of the knife sleeve 54 on the chain 5 will cause the side of the mounting surface 53 of the chain 5 (on the side provided with the knife sleeve 54) to be outward only due to the size factor of the knife sleeve 54. The protruding manner forms a curved arc, and the adjacent pockets 54 do not get stuck to each other when the chain 5 turns. Accordingly, the chain 5 will be surrounded on the inner side with an idle area 55, which is difficult to be used for other purposes except for providing some driving mechanism, which causes the overall occupation of the magazine to occupy a large volume, and the longer the chain 5 is (ie, In the case where the capacity of the accommodating tool is higher, the idle area 55 occupies more volume.

In view of this, how to improve the above problems is the primary issue that the creative office wants to solve.

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a chain type tool magazine structure, which is arranged on the side of the chain so that the chain can be arbitrarily bent and is not restricted by the mutual interference of the tool holders, thereby reducing the space occupied by the tool magazine.

For the purpose of the foregoing, the present invention provides a chain type tool magazine structure comprising: a chain forming a ring having a plurality of columns arranged in an axial parallel direction, and adjacent columns are respectively in plurality The chain is connected in series; the chain is connected to and driven by a driving device; each column is respectively provided with a connecting portion at the same end of the axial direction thereof, and a working space is defined outward from each connecting portion along the axial direction of each cylinder a plurality of knife sleeve devices disposed in the working space and respectively connected to at least one connecting portion of the chain; each knife sleeve device includes a fixing base connected to the connecting portion, and a pivot pivotally connected to the fixing seat The transposition, wherein the pivoting seat is provided with a knife sleeve, and the knife sleeve is pivotable relative to the fixing seat.

In an embodiment, each of the fixing bases is provided with a first fixing portion and a second fixing portion, and is respectively connected to the connecting portions of the adjacent cylinders. Further, the connecting portion of any of the cylinders is connected to the first fixing portion of one fixing seat and the second fixing portion of the other adjacent fixing seat.

In one embodiment, each pivoting seat has a first end, a second end, and a pivoting portion between the two ends, and each pivoting seat is pivotally connected to the corresponding fixing seat by the pivoting portion. And the first end is provided with a knife roller, the second end is provided with the knife sleeve, and the pivoting seat and the knife sleeve are pivoted by pushing against the knife roller.

In an embodiment, the device further includes a frame body surrounding the chain and each of the knife sleeve devices, wherein the outer frame body is provided with a knife change port and a displacement device corresponding to the tool change port, and the displacement device can generate the change in and out The displacement of the knife edge; the displacement device is provided with a control portion for controlling the knife roller of each knife sleeve device, thereby controlling each knife sleeve device to enter and exit the knife edge.

Further, the control portion has a first side panel and a second side panel, each of the reaming rollers has a first tread and a second tread. When each of the reaming rollers is controlled by the control portion, The control unit can push the knife sleeve device out of the knife-changing opening by the first side piece against the first wheel surface, and the control portion can be pressed by the second side piece against the second wheel surface. The knife sleeve device is pushed back into the knife change port.

The above objects and advantages of the present invention are not to be understood in detail from the detailed description and the accompanying drawings.

Please refer to FIG. 1 , which shows a chain type tool magazine structure provided by the present invention, which comprises a chain 1 and a plurality of tool holder devices 2 , wherein a part of the chain 1 is shown in FIG. 2 . The column 11 has a plurality of columns 11 arranged in parallel in the axial direction, and the adjacent columns 11 are respectively connected in series by a plurality of links 12, so that the chains 1 are connected to form a ring shape, and the connection is provided on the inner side of the ring. The drive 13 of the chain 1, for example a toothed disc, drives the chain 1.

One of the axial ends of each of the cylinders 11 is provided with a connecting portion 111, wherein each connecting portion 111 is located on the same side of the chain 1, and a working is defined outward from each connecting portion 111 along the axial direction of each of the columns 11. Space 14; further defined, the workspace 14 is located on the side of the chain 1.

As shown in Fig. 2, the plurality of tool holder devices 2 are provided in the working space 14; in other words, each of the tool holder devices 2 is located on the side of the chain 1. Each of the knife sleeve devices 2 includes a fixing base 21A and a pivoting seat 22 pivotally connected to the fixing base 21A. In the embodiment, the fixing seat 21A is provided with a first fixing portion 211A and a second fixing portion 212A extending toward the two sides, and is respectively connected to the connecting portion 111 of the adjacent column 11; further The connection portion 111 of any of the columns 11 is connected to the first fixing portion 211A of one fixing seat 21A and the second fixing portion 212B of the other adjacent fixing seat 21B. Accordingly, each of the knife sleeve devices 2 is arranged to be arranged in sequence along the side of the chain 1.

In the embodiment, the pivoting seat 22 has a first end 221 and a second end 222, and a pivoting portion 223 is disposed between the two ends, and the pivoting seat 22 is connected to the pivoting portion. The 223 is pivotally connected to the corresponding fixing base; wherein the first end 221 is provided with a barn roller 23, and the second end 222 is provided with a knife sleeve 24 for receiving the tool. By pushing the reaming roller 23, the pivoting seat 22 can be pivoted as shown in FIG. 3 with the pivoting portion 223 as an axis, thereby driving the knife sleeve 24 to change its position. The need to take the knife and change the knife.

By the arrangement between the above-mentioned members, since the respective knife sleeve devices 2 are located on the side of the chain 1, the chain 1 can be arranged in an arbitrary curved shape; in detail, as shown in Fig. 1, the chain is used The outer side surface of the ring formed by 1 can form an outwardly curved shape as shown in part A, and can also form a concave curved shape as shown in part B, whereby the configuration of the chain 1 can be optimized. The space allows some of the chains to be recessed toward the inner side of the ring to reduce the space occupied by the overall tool magazine. In contrast, before the space of the same size is taken up, the configuration of the present invention can make the chain cover 1 that can be accommodated by the chain 1 more.

In the embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1 , the outer casing 3 is further provided with an outer frame 3 on the outer circumference of the chain 1 and the respective sleeve device 2, and the outer frame 3 is provided with a knife-changing opening 31 corresponding to the knife-removing opening. A displacement device 4 is provided at a position of the displacement device 4, wherein the displacement device 4 is a piston cylinder, and a control portion 41 for controlling the barn roller 23 of each knife sleeve device 2 is extended, and can be generated close to or away from the knife edge The displacement of 31.

The control unit 41 is formed in a meander shape as shown in FIG. 5 and defines a first side piece 411 and a second side piece 412, and a space 413 is formed therebetween. The control unit 41 extends from the first side panel 411 and the second side panel 412 to the upper and lower sides of the knife roller 23 of the knife sleeve device 2, respectively, which are defined as a first wheel surface 231 and a The second wheel surface 232 allows each of the knife rollers 23 to pass through the space 413 as the chain 1 moves.

With the above configuration, when the displacement device 4 drives the control portion 41 to approach the knife change port 31, as shown in FIG. 4, the control portion 41 will abut the first wheel surface 231 with the first side piece 411. The knife wheel 23 is further pushed, whereby the tool holder device 2 is pivoted, and the tool holder device 2 is pushed out of the knife changing port 31 for performing subsequent tool taking and tool changing operations. Next, when the tool holder device 2 is to be reset, as shown in FIG. 5, the displacement device 4 drives and retracts the control portion 41 away from the knife change port 31. At this time, the control portion 41 is abutted by the second side piece 412. In the second wheel surface 232, and further pushing the barn roller 23, thereby pivoting the tool holder device 2, the tool holder device 2 can be pushed back into the knife changing port 31.

However, the above description of the embodiments is merely illustrative of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention. Therefore, the replacement of equivalent elements should still be within the scope of the present invention.

In summary, it can be made clear to the skilled person that the creation can achieve the aforementioned objectives, and it has already met the requirements of the Patent Law and submitted an application according to law.

1‧‧‧Chain 11‧‧‧Cylinder 111‧‧‧Connections 12‧‧‧ Links 13‧‧‧ Drives 14‧‧‧Workspace 2‧‧‧Knife Sets 21A, 21B‧‧‧ Fixtures 211A‧‧‧First fixed part 212A, 212B‧‧‧Second fixed part 22‧‧‧ pivoting seat 221‧‧‧ first end 222‧‧‧ second end 223‧‧‧ pivoting part 23‧‧‧ Reverse knife wheel 231‧‧‧ First wheel surface 232‧‧‧Second wheel surface 24‧‧‧Knife sleeve 3‧‧‧Outer frame 31‧‧‧Changer port 4‧‧‧Displacement device 41‧‧‧Control unit 411‧‧‧ First side piece 412‧‧‧Second side piece 413‧‧‧Interval space 5‧‧‧Chain 51‧‧‧Cylinder 52‧‧‧Chain 53‧‧‧ Mounting surface 54‧‧‧Knife Set of 55‧‧ id idle areas

The first picture is a schematic plan view of the creation; the second picture is a schematic diagram of a part of the unit of the creation chain and the knife sleeve device; the third figure is a schematic diagram of the operation of the creation knife holder device; the fourth and fifth figures are the picture C in the first figure A schematic cross-section of the -C direction, showing the state of action of the present creation; FIG. 6 is a schematic plan view of a conventional structure; and FIG. 7 is a partial schematic view of a conventional structure.

1‧‧‧Chain

11‧‧‧Cylinder

111‧‧‧Connecting Department

12‧‧‧ Links

14‧‧‧Work space

2‧‧‧Knife set

21A, 21B‧‧‧ fixed seat

211A‧‧‧First Fixed Department

212A, 212B‧‧‧Second fixed department

22‧‧‧ pivot seat

221‧‧‧ first end

222‧‧‧ second end

223‧‧‧ pivotal department

23‧‧‧Reducing knife wheel

24‧‧‧Knife sets

Claims (6)

A chain type tool magazine structure, comprising: a chain forming a ring having a plurality of columns arranged in an axial parallel direction, and adjacent columns are respectively connected in series by a plurality of links; the chain and a chain The driving device is connected and driven by the same; each column is respectively provided with a connecting portion at the same end of the axial direction thereof, and a working space is defined outward from each connecting portion along the axial direction of each cylinder; a plurality of knife sleeve devices are provided The working space is respectively connected to at least one connecting portion of the chain; each of the knife sleeve devices includes a fixing base connected to the connecting portion, and a pivoting seat pivotally connected to the fixing seat, wherein the pivoting seat is disposed There is a knife sleeve that can pivot with the pivot seat relative to the mount. The chain type magazine structure according to claim 1, wherein each of the fixing bases is provided with a first fixing portion and a second fixing portion, and is respectively connected to the connecting portion of the adjacent cylinder. The chain type magazine structure according to claim 2, wherein the connection portion of any of the cylinders is connected to the first fixing portion of one fixing seat and the second fixing portion of another adjacent fixing seat. The chain type magazine structure according to claim 1, wherein each pivoting seat has a first end, a second end and a pivoting portion between the two ends, and each pivoting seat is pivoted The portion is pivotally connected to the corresponding fixing seat, and the first end is provided with a barn roller, the second end is provided with the knife sleeve, and the pivoting seat and the knife sleeve are pivoted by pushing the reaming roller . The chain type magazine structure according to claim 4, further comprising a frame body surrounding the chain and each knife sleeve device, wherein the outer frame body is provided with a knife change port and a displacement device corresponding to the tool change port, And the displacement device can generate a displacement close to or away from the knife change port; the displacement device is provided with a control portion for controlling the barn rollers of each knife sleeve device, thereby controlling each knife sleeve device to enter and exit the knife change port. The chain type magazine structure according to claim 5, wherein the control portion has a first side panel and a second side panel, each of the reaming rollers has a first tread and a second tread. When the reaming roller is controlled by the control portion, the control portion can push the knife sleeve device out of the knife-changing opening with the first side panel against the first wheel surface, and the control portion uses the second side panel The knife sleeve device can be pushed back into the knife change port against the second wheel surface.