WO2015172389A1

WO2015172389A1 - Assembly apparatus and assembly method for electronic cigarette electrode connector

Info

Publication number: WO2015172389A1
Application number: PCT/CN2014/077691
Authority: WO
Inventors: 刘秋明
Original assignee: 吉瑞高新科技股份有限公司
Priority date: 2014-05-16
Filing date: 2014-05-16
Publication date: 2015-11-19
Also published as: CN106455688A; CN106455688B

Abstract

Disclosed are an assembly apparatus and an assembly method for an electronic cigarette electrode connector. The assembly apparatus comprises: an assembly platform, a material fixing base (202), a first material sensing area, a sensor, a material pickup arm (21), a controller, and a pressing arm (301). While working, the controller controls the material pickup arm to automatically pick up a material and to place the material onto the material fixing base, thus implementing automated assembly of the electronic cigarette electrode connector. The controller controls the pressing arm to press tight the material arranged on the material fixing base, thus increasing the degree of stability during assembly.

Description

Assembly device and assembly method of electronic cigarette electrode connector

The present invention relates to the field of electronic cigarette technology, and in particular to an assembly apparatus and an assembly method for improving the stability of an electronic cigarette electrode connector.

Background technique

Referring to FIG. 1, the prior art electronic cigarette includes: an atomizer 110 for atomizing the smoke oil to form a smoke for the user to smoke, and a battery rod assembly 120 for supplying power to the atomizer 110, The atomizer 110 has an atomizer electrode connector, the atomizer electrode connector is provided with an atomizer electrode, the battery rod assembly has a battery rod electrode connector, and the battery rod electrode connector is provided with a battery rod electrode, wherein the atomizer electrode connector is connected to the battery rod electrode connector to electrically connect the atomizer electrode and the battery rod electrode, that is, the atomizer 110 and the The battery rod assembly 120 is respectively connected to the atomizer electrode connector as the electronic cigarette electrode connector and the battery rod electrode connector to realize mechanical connection and electrical connection therebetween.

The atomizer electrode connector includes an outer electrode 111, an inner electrode 112 interposed in the outer electrode 111, and an insulating ring 113 between the outer electrode 111 and the inner electrode 112. The battery rod electrode connector includes an outer electrode 121, an inner electrode 122 interposed in the outer electrode 121, and an insulating ring 123 between the outer electrode 121 and the inner electrode 122.

In the prior art, the electronic cigarette electrode connector is generally assembled by manually assembling it on an assembly line, and the assembly line of the entire electronic cigarette electrode connector needs to be completed by about three to four workers.

The existing manual assembly technology works relatively slowly, the assembly efficiency is low, too much manpower is wasted, the production cost of the factory is consumed, and there is a certain risk to the hygiene of the finished product. And if the electronic cigarette electrode connector is contaminated, it will affect the normal power supply of the battery rod assembly 120 to the atomizer 110. Moreover, the existing assembly precision is low, and it is easy to cause material damage during the assembly process, thereby wasting materials and high production cost. Moreover, the assembled materials of the electronic cigarette electrode connector are relatively loose between materials, thereby affecting the service life and user experience of the electronic cigarette.

Summary of the invention

The invention provides an assembly device and an assembly method for improving the stability of an electronic cigarette electrode connector. An assembly apparatus for assembling an electronic cigarette electrode connector, comprising: an assembly platform, a material holder, a first material sensing area, an inductor, a material picking arm, a controller, and a pressing arm; Fixedly disposed on the assembly platform;

The first material sensing area is provided with the inductor, so that the sensor senses materials located in the first material sensing area and generates a trigger signal correspondingly;

Electrically connecting the sensor and the material picking arm respectively to the controller, so that the controller controls the material picking arm to pick up the material according to the trigger signal and place the material in the Material holder;

The controller is also electrically coupled to the compression arm such that the controller controls the compression arm to compress the material on the material mount.

The assembly device, wherein the pressing arm comprises:

a pressure bar for pressing the material that has been placed on the material holder;

A cylinder is disposed in connection with the pressure bar, and the cylinder is further electrically coupled to the controller to cause the controller to control the pressure bar to move toward or away from the material holder by the cylinder.

The assembly device, wherein the material comprises: an outer electrode, an inner electrode for inserting into the outer electrode, and an insulating ring for interposing between the outer electrode and the inner electrode;

The material picking arm includes: an insulating ring picking arm, a first grabbing arm for gripping the outer electrode, and a second grabbing arm for gripping the inner electrode.

The assembly device, wherein

The assembly platform is a conveyor belt, and the material fixing seats are arranged in sequence on the conveyor belt; or

The assembly platform is a rotatable turntable, and the material fixing seat is disposed on the turntable. The assembly device, wherein the material holder comprises:

Base

a positioning groove for receiving and positioning the insulating ring is disposed at a top end of the base, and an inner circumferential surface of the positioning groove is matched with an outer circumferential surface of the insulating ring;

A positioning post is fixedly disposed on the base, and one end of the positioning post passes through the positioning slot to pass through the base, and the positioning slot is coaxially disposed with the positioning post, and the positioning post is away from the base The end surface of one end face is higher than the horizontal plane where the positioning groove is located; the diameter of the positioning post is 'J, The diameter of the hollow portion of the insulating ring is such that the insulating ring sleeved on the positioning post is in clearance with the positioning post and is received in the positioning groove.

The assembly device, wherein

If the assembly platform is a conveyor belt, the insulating ring picking arm, the first grabbing arm, the pressing arm and the second grabbing arm are sequentially disposed along a conveying direction of the conveyor belt;

Or,

If the assembly platform is a turntable, the insulating ring picking arm, the first grabbing arm, the pressing arm and the second grabbing arm are sequentially disposed along a rotating direction of the turntable;

Having the controller sequentially control the insulating ring pick-up arm to sleeve the insulating ring on the positioning post and control the first grabbing arm to sleeve the outer electrode on the insulating ring, and The controller controls the pressing rod of the pressing arm to move in a direction toward the positioning post until the outer electrode on the material fixing seat is relatively fixed to the insulating ring.

The assembly device, wherein

If the assembly platform is a conveyor belt, the first grabbing arm, the insulating ring picking arm, the pressing arm and the second grabbing arm are sequentially disposed along a conveying direction of the conveyor belt;

Or,

If the assembly platform is a turntable, the first grabbing arm, the insulating ring picking arm, the pressing arm and the second grabbing arm are sequentially disposed along a rotating direction of the turntable.

The assembly device is located inside the base, and is respectively provided with a first elastic mechanism connected to the positioning post and the bottom of the base, so that the controller sequentially controls the first grabbing arm The outer electrode is sleeved on the positioning post and the insulating ring picking arm is controlled to insert the insulating ring on the positioning post, so that when the pressing bar presses the positioning post, the positioning The column moves toward the base until the insulating ring inserted in the outer electrode and the outer electrode are fixed to each other.

The assembly apparatus, wherein the assembly apparatus further includes a balancing device;

The balancing device is located below the assembly platform, and the balancing device is disposed corresponding to the pressing arm along an axial direction of the material fixing seat.

The assembly device, wherein the assembly device further comprises:

For lifting the outer electrode and the insulating ring which are located on the material fixing base and fixed to each other, a third grabbing arm for moving the outer electrode and the insulating ring to a preset position, and the third grabbing arm is further configured to move the outer electrode and the moved to the preset position The insulating ring is sleeved on the material fixing seat on which the inner electrode is sleeved to form the electronic cigarette electrode connecting head;

Wherein the insulating ring picking arm, the first grabbing arm, the pressing arm, the third grabbing arm and the second grabbing arm are sequentially disposed along or along the conveying direction of the conveyor belt The rotation direction of the turntable is sequentially set;

Or,

The first grabbing arm, the insulating ring picking arm, the pressing arm, the third grabbing arm, and the second grabbing arm are sequentially disposed along the conveying direction of the conveyor belt or along the The rotation direction of the turntable is set in order.

The assembly device, further comprising: a material vibrating plate for placing the material and a material guide rail; to the material guide rail, the preset state is an axis of each hollow portion of the material and The material vibrating plate is vertically vertical; wherein the material vibrating plate comprises: an outer electrode material vibrating plate for placing the outer electrode, an insulating ring material vibrating plate for placing the insulating ring, and a placing chamber The inner electrode material vibrating plate of the inner electrode;

The material guide rail is disposed between the material vibrating plate and the assembly platform, and the material sent by the material vibration plate is continuously conveyed along the assembly platform; wherein the material guide rail comprises: The outer electrode material vibrating plate cooperates with the outer electrode material guide rail, the insulating ring material guide rail disposed in cooperation with the insulating ring material vibrating plate, and the inner electrode material guide rail disposed in cooperation with the inner electrode material vibrating plate;

The first material sensing area is located at an end of the material rail near the assembly platform; the material rail is provided with a material valve, and the material valve is used for fixing the material to the first material sensing Area.

The assembly device, wherein the top of the insulating ring picking arm is provided with a resisting sleeve and a thimble that is movably connected to the resisting sleeve and is made of an elastic material, and the diameter of the thimble is larger than the insulating The diameter of the hollow portion of the ring is such that the thimble is pressed into the hollow portion of the insulating ring when the insulating ring picking arm picks up the insulating ring, so that the thimble is interference fit with the hollow portion of the insulating ring; Provided inside the resisting sleeve, respectively connected with the abutting sleeve and the thimble is provided with a second elastic mechanism; so that when the thimble is abutted on the material fixing seat, the thimble is oriented toward the The second elastic mechanism moves until the thimble is disengaged from the insulating ring. Clipping arm;

Provided at the end of the grasping arm, and respectively connected with a plurality of the gripping sub-arms, a gripping driving mechanism is provided, and the gripping driving mechanism is connected with the controller to make the gripping drive The mechanism controls, under the control of the controller, a plurality of the gripping sub-arms to move relative to each other or to move away from each other, so that the gripping sub-arms that are facing away from each other grip the outer electrode or the inner electrode.

The assembly device, wherein the assembly device further includes:

For grasping the electronic cigarette electrode connector located on the material holder, and placing the electronic cigarette electrode connector on the fourth grabbing arm of the discharge rail;

The discharge rail is provided with a second material sensing area, and the second material sensing area is located under the soldering arm for soldering the electronic cigarette electrode connector;

The second material sensing area is provided with a sensor, so that the sensor generates a trigger signal according to the electronic cigarette electrode connector of the second material sensing area that is sensed by the sensor;

The controller is further electrically connected to the soldering arm and the inductor, respectively, to enable the controller to control the soldering arm to solder the electronic cigarette electrode connector according to the trigger signal.

An assembly method for assembling an electronic cigarette electrode connector, wherein an insulating ring picking arm for picking up an insulating ring, a first grabbing arm for gripping an outer electrode, for pressing the outer electrode and a relatively fixed pressing arm of the insulating ring, a third gripping arm for lifting the outer electrode and the insulating ring, and a second gripping arm for gripping the inner electrode along a conveying direction of the conveyor belt or a turntable The direction of rotation is set in sequence; the assembly method includes:

If the inductor senses that the insulating ring is located in the first material sensing area, the sensor generates a trigger signal correspondingly;

The controller controls the insulating ring picking arm to pick up the insulating ring according to the trigger signal, and sleeves the insulating ring on a positioning post of the material fixing seat;

If the sensor senses that the outer electrode is located in the first material sensing area, the sensor generates a trigger signal correspondingly; The controller controls the first grabbing arm to grasp the outer electrode according to the trigger signal, and sleeves the outer electrode on the positioning post of the material fixing seat to make the outer The electrode and the insulating ring are sequentially sleeved on the positioning post, and the outer electrode and the insulating ring are coaxially disposed; if the material fixing seat is driven by the assembly platform to the pressing Under the arm, the controller controls the pressing rod of the pressing arm to move in a direction toward the material fixing seat through the cylinder of the pressing arm until the outer electrode is relatively fixed to the insulating ring;

The controller controls the third grabbing arm to lift the outer electrode and the insulating ring fixed on the material fixing base and fixed to each other to move the outer electrode and the insulating ring to a preset position ;

If the inductor senses that the inner electrode is located in the first material sensing area, the sensor correspondingly generates a trigger signal;

The controller controls the second grabbing arm to pick up the inner electrode according to the trigger signal, and places the inner electrode on the material fixing seat;

And if the material fixing seat on which the inner electrode is placed is moved to the preset position, the controller controls the third grasping arm to sleeve the outer electrode and the insulating ring fixed to each other The material holder of the inner electrode has been sleeved to form the electronic cigarette electrode connector.

The assembly method, wherein the assembly method further includes:

Controlling, by the controller, the fourth grasping arm to grasp the e-cigarette electrode connector if the material holder that has been placed with the e-cigarette electrode connector moves under the fourth gripping arm Place the electronic cigarette electrode connector on the discharge rail;

If the sensor on the discharge rail determines that the electronic cigarette electrode connector is located in the second material sensing area, the sensor generates a trigger signal correspondingly; the second material sensing area is located below the soldering arm;

The controller controls the soldering arm to solder the electronic cigarette electrode connector according to the trigger signal.

An assembly method for assembling an electronic cigarette electrode connector, wherein a first grabbing arm for gripping an outer electrode, an insulating ring picking arm for picking up an insulating ring, for pressing the outer electrode and a relatively fixed pressing arm of the insulating ring, a third gripping arm for lifting the outer electrode and the insulating ring, and a second gripping arm for gripping the inner electrode along a conveying direction of the conveyor belt or a turntable Rotation The directions are set in sequence; the assembly method includes:

If the sensor senses that the external electrode is located in the first material sensing area, the sensor generates a trigger signal correspondingly;

The controller controls the first grabbing arm to grasp the outer electrode according to the trigger signal, and the outer electrode is sleeved on the positioning post of the material fixing seat;

The controller controls the insulating ring picking arm to pick up the insulating ring according to the trigger signal, and sleeves the insulating ring on the positioning post of the material fixing seat to insert the insulating ring Provided in a hollow portion of the outer electrode, and the outer electrode and the insulating ring are coaxially disposed;

If the material holder moves under the pressing arm, the controller controls the pressing rod of the pressing arm to move in a direction toward the material fixing seat through the cylinder of the pressing arm until the The outer electrode is relatively fixed to the insulating ring;

The assembly method, wherein the assembly method further includes:

If the sensor on the discharge rail determines that the electronic cigarette electrode connector is located in the second material sensing area, the sensor generates a trigger signal correspondingly; the second material sensing area is located in the welding Below the tin arm;

The present invention provides an assembly apparatus and an assembly method, the assembly apparatus comprising: an assembly platform, a material holder, a first material sensing area, an inductor, a material picking arm, a controller, and a pressing arm; Controlling the material picking arm to automatically pick up the material, and placing the material on the material fixing seat to realize automation of assembling the electronic cigarette electrode connector, thereby greatly reducing manual participation and saving production cost And the controller further controls the pressing arm to press the material located on the material fixing seat, so that the materials of the electronic cigarette electrode connector are stabilized, the stability of the product is improved, and the electronic cigarette electrode is improved. The life of the connector. DRAWINGS

1 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the overall structure of an electronic cigarette in the prior art;

2 is a schematic plan view showing a preferred embodiment of an assembly apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a partial side elevational view showing a preferred embodiment of an assembly apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a partial side elevational view showing another preferred embodiment of an assembly apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a partial side elevational view showing another preferred embodiment of the assembly apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

6 is a top plan view showing another preferred embodiment of an assembly apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

7 is a side view showing a structure of a preferred embodiment of an insulating ring pick-up arm according to an embodiment of the present invention;

8 is a side view showing a partial structure of another preferred embodiment of the assembly apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a side view of a preferred embodiment of a first grasping arm according to an embodiment of the present invention 10 is a top view of another preferred embodiment of the assembly apparatus provided by the embodiment of the present invention.

11 is a schematic overall structural view of a material fixing base provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a partially enlarged schematic view of a preferred embodiment of an assembly apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

13 is a top view of another preferred embodiment of the assembly apparatus provided by the embodiment of the present invention.

14 is a schematic cross-sectional view of another preferred embodiment of the material holder provided by the embodiment of the present invention

15 is a flow chart of a preferred embodiment of an assembly method according to an embodiment of the present invention; 16 is a flow chart of a preferred embodiment of another assembly method provided by an embodiment of the present invention.

17 is a flow chart of a preferred embodiment of an assembly method according to an embodiment of the present invention; 18 is a flow chart of a preferred embodiment of another assembly method provided by an embodiment of the present invention.

detailed description

Embodiment 1,

Referring to FIG. 2, the assembly device provided in this embodiment specifically includes:

The rack 200 can be closed in the embodiment, and the pollution in the process of assembling the e-cigarette electrode connector can be further avoided. The rack 200 can also be non-closed, which is convenient. The user can view it at any time to ensure the smooth progress of the assembly process.

An assembly platform located inside the frame 200;

In this embodiment, the rotating platform of the mounting platform is taken as an example. It should be clarified that the assembly platform can also be a conveying line, and the specific setting manner of the assembly platform is not performed in this embodiment. Narration.

In this embodiment, the specific position of the turntable 201 is not limited. In the embodiment, the turntable 201 is preferably disposed at the center of the frame 200. A turntable driving device is disposed in the driving connection with the turntable 201 to rotate the turntable 201 under the driving of the turntable driving device. The specific position of the turntable driving device in this embodiment is not limited as long as it can drive the turntable 201 to rotate.

Fixed a material holder 202 disposed on the turntable 201;

In this embodiment, the specific arrangement of the material fixing base 202 is not limited, as long as the material fixing base 202 is rotated by the turntable 201. Preferably, the material holder 202 is disposed around the turntable 201, and the spacing between adjacent material holders 202 is equal.

Wherein, if the assembly platform is a conveyor line, the material holders 202 may be arranged and equally spaced on the conveyor line.

The assembly apparatus further includes a material picking arm 21, wherein the material picking arm 21 is adapted to pick up the material under the control of the controller for placement to the material holder 202 to complete the assembly.

That is, the material picking arm 21 in the embodiment may be distributed at an appropriate position around the turntable 201.

The assembly device further includes a first material sensing area for sensing the material, so that the material picking arm 21 can accurately pick up the material, the first material sensing area is provided with the sensor, so that The sensor senses materials located in the first material sensing area and generates a trigger signal correspondingly;

That is, the material moving to the first material sensing area is sensed by the inductor, and the sensor generates a trigger signal correspondingly, so that the controller controls the material picking arm 21 according to the trigger signal. The material is picked up and placed on the material holder 202.

In order to ensure the stability of the e-cigarette electrode connector, the assembly device further includes a pressing arm 301, and the specific mechanism of the pressing arm 301 is shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 3, the pressing arm 301 is electrically connected to the controller, so that the controller controls the pressing arm 301 to press the material located on the material fixing base 202; The materials on the material holder 202 are fixed to each other.

In this embodiment, the material picking arm 21 is automatically controlled by the controller to pick up the material, and the material is placed on the material fixing base 202 to realize automatic assembly of the electronic cigarette electrode connector. The utility model greatly reduces the labor participation, saves the production cost, and the controller also controls the pressing arm to press the material located on the material fixing base 202, thereby making the materials of the electronic cigarette electrode connector The stability between the products improves the stability of the product and improves the service life of the electronic cigarette electrode connector.

Embodiment 2 This embodiment describes the specific structure of the pressing arm 301 in detail: As shown in FIG. 3, it can be seen that:

Electrically connected to the controller is provided with a cylinder 305;

A pressure bar 306 is disposed in connection with the cylinder 305 such that the pressure bar moves under the control of the cylinder 305 such that the pressure bar 306 moves toward or away from the material holder 202.

That is, the controller determines that it is necessary to compress the material located on the material holder 202, and the controller controls the pressure rod 306 to move downward in the direction toward the material holder 202 by the cylinder 305. The material located on the material holder 202 is compressed.

With the pressing arm 301 provided in this embodiment, the assembled electronic cigarette electrode connector structure is more stable, and the pressing arm 301 is used to press the material on the material fixing base 202 to make the material The assembled electronic cigarette electrode connector has a more stable structure and improved service life.

When the pressing arm 301 presses the material on the material holder 202, the turntable 201 is given a downward force, thereby causing the rotation of the turntable 201, so that the turntable 201 is subjected to The force is unbalanced, which easily damages the turntable 201, and also causes the position of the material holder 202 on the turntable 201 to be offset, which may cause the material picking arm 21 to accurately place the material during assembly. On the material holder 202, the assembly device will be further described with reference to FIG. 4:

As shown in FIG. 4, a balance device 302 for maintaining the balance of the turntable 201 is disposed under the turntable 201 and corresponding to the pressing arm 301, so that the pressing arm 301 is pressed against the material. At the time of the seat 202, the balancing device 302 gives the turntable an upward force, so that the turntable 201 is subjected to the downward force of the pressing arm 301 and the upward force of the balancing device 302. The turntable 201 maintains the balance, effectively preventing the turntable 201 from being subjected to the eccentric force and tilting, resulting in the occurrence of inaccurate positioning.

The balancing device 302 specifically includes:

Electrically connected to the controller is provided with a first driving device 303; A support column 304 is disposed in connection with the first driving device 303, so that the support column 304 moves upward in a direction toward the material fixing base 202 under the control of the first driving device 303 to support the turntable. 201.

In this embodiment, the first driving device 303 can be a slider cylinder. It should be clarified that the specific structure of the first driving device 303 is not limited as long as it can control the support column 304 to jack up. The turntable 201 can be used.

The balancing device 302 can further include:

As shown in FIG. 5, the balancing device 301 includes:

Rotary shaft 401 ;

a cylinder that is sleeved on the rotating shaft 401 and can be automatically rotated by the turntable 201

402, and the cylinder 402 is in rolling contact with the turntable 201 to support the turntable 201.

Because the cylinder 402 abuts the turntable 201 and is disposed corresponding to the pressing arm 301 in the up and down direction, the cylinder 402 rotates under the rotation of the turntable 201 during the rotation of the turntable 201. And give the turntable 201 an upward force to avoid tilting of the turntable 201, facilitating accurate assembly.

Wherein, the cylinder may be a bearing. It is to be understood that the specific structure of the cylinder is not limited as long as it can rotate and give the turntable 201 an upward force to balance the turntable 201.

When the pressing device 301 is pressed against the material fixing base 202 by the balancing device 301 shown in this embodiment, the balancing device 302 gives the rotating table an upward force, so that the rotating table 201 is simultaneously The downward force of the pressing arm 301 and the upward force of the balancing device 302 maintain the balance of the turntable 201, effectively preventing the turntable 201 from being subjected to the eccentric force and tilting to cause the occurrence of inaccurate positioning. In order to enable the controller to control the material picking arm 21 to pick up the material for placement in the material holder 202, the assembly apparatus includes:

As shown in Figure 2, on the basis of the first embodiment, the assembly apparatus further includes a material vibrating plate 22 for placing the material and a material guide 23;

Connected to the material vibrating plate 22, a vibration driving device is provided, and the vibration driving device can vibrate the material located on the material vibrating plate 22 to facilitate the conveying of the material, and In the process of the material, in order to facilitate the material picking arm 21 to grasp the material, the material is moved to the material guide 23 in a preset state.

The material guide rail 23 is disposed between the material vibrating plate 22 and the turntable 201, and the material guide rail 23 is configured to continue to transport the material sent from the material vibrating plate 22 along the turntable 201 or along the transport. The direction of the belt is transported.

In this embodiment, the assembly platform is used as the turntable 201 as an example for description:

Specifically, the material guide rail 23 can be disposed on the vibrating feeding device, and the material guide rail 23 can vibrate under the control of the vibrating feeding device to smoothly convey the materials located on the material guide rail 23 to avoid various materials. Collisions occur, reducing unnecessary losses.

In this embodiment, the preset state is an axis of each hollow portion of the material and the material vibrating plate

22 The state of the plane is vertical.

Of course, the preset state may be different depending on the assembly method, as long as the automatic assembly can be realized, and the specific setting manner is not limited.

Preferably, in order to make the material on the first material sensing area more stable, a stopper valve may be disposed at an end of the material guide rail 23, so that the material is in the material valve. Under the blocking action, the fixing is stopped in the first material sensing area to be sensed by the inductor.

More preferably, in order to make the material conveyed to the first material sensing area more smoothly, the horizontal direction of the material guide 23 away from the end of the turntable 201 is higher than the material guide 23 is close to the turntable 201. - the level at which the end is located. In turn, the time taken to transfer the material is effectively reduced, and the efficiency of automatic assembly is further improved.

In this embodiment, if the sensor senses that the material is located in the first material sensing area, a trigger signal is generated correspondingly, the controller acquires the trigger signal, and generates a control element according to the trigger signal. The picking arm 21 picks up the control signal of the material, so that the material picking arm 21 picks up the material according to the control signal and places the material on the material fixing base 202 at the preset position to complete the automatic The electronic cigarette electrode connector is assembled, and no manual participation is required in the assembly process, thereby saving manpower, thereby saving cost and improving efficiency. And controlled by the controller The material picking arm 21 is assembled, thereby improving the precision in the assembly process, thereby avoiding the occurrence of material loss, and further avoiding unnecessary waste.

Specifically, the assembly equipment is split and described:

Specifically, the electronic cigarette electrode connector includes an atomizer electrode connector and a battery rod electrode connector, that is, materials required for assembling the battery rod electrode connector and the atomizer electrode connector respectively An inner electrode for interposing in the outer electrode and an insulating ring for interposing between the outer electrode and the inner electrode;

Specifically, the assembly apparatus provided in this embodiment includes three devices, namely, an insulating ring assembly device, an external electrode assembly device, and an internal electrode assembly device;

The insulating ring assembling device is configured to automatically assemble the insulating ring to the material fixing base 202, and the external electrode assembling device is configured to automatically assemble the outer electrode to the material fixing base 202, An inner electrode assembly device is used to automatically assemble the inner electrode to the material holder 202.

As shown in FIG. 6, the insulating ring assembly device specifically includes:

An insulating ring material vibrating plate for placing the insulating ring 221;

Connecting the insulating ring material vibrating plate 221 is provided with a vibration driving device for driving the insulating ring material vibrating plate 221 to vibrate by the vibration driving device to transport the insulating ring;

An insulating ring material guide 231 disposed in cooperation with the insulating ring material vibrating plate 221;

The insulating ring material vibrating plate 221 is configured to vibrate and transport the insulating ring to move the insulating ring to the insulating ring material guide 231 in a preset state;

The preset state is a state in which an axis of each hollow portion of the insulating ring is perpendicular to a plane of the vibration ring of the insulating ring material;

The insulating ring material guide 231 is disposed on the vibrating feeding device to transport the insulating ring material rail 231 to the insulating ring;

In this embodiment, the insulating ring material guide rail 231 is disposed between the insulating ring material vibrating plate 221 and the mounting platform for placing the material fixing base 202, that is, the insulating ring material guide rail 231 is used for The insulating ring sent out by the insulating ring material vibrating plate 221 continues to be transported in the direction of the assembly platform.

The insulating material material guide rail 231 is provided with a first material sensing near an end of the assembly platform And the first material sensing area is provided with a sensor, and if the sensor senses the insulating ring located in the first material sensing area, a trigger signal may be generated correspondingly.

An insulating ring picking arm 211 for picking up the insulating ring; wherein the specific structure of the insulating ring picking arm 211 is shown in FIG. 7;

The end of the insulating ring picking arm 211 is provided with a resisting sleeve 701 and a thimble 702 which is movably connected to the resisting sleeve 701 and is made of an elastic material.

In order for the insulating ring pick-up arm 211 to pick up the insulating ring and avoid deformation of the insulating ring during picking up, the diameter of the thimble 702 is larger than the diameter of the hollow portion of the insulating ring.

The arm 211 is picked up by the insulating ring provided by the embodiment, so that when the insulating ring is automatically picked up, the insulating ring picking arm 211 controls the thimble 702 to be pressed into the hollow portion of the insulating ring, because the thimble The diameter of the 702 is larger than the diameter of the hollow portion of the insulating ring, and the thimble 702 is interference fit with the hollow portion of the insulating ring. Because the thimble 702 is interference fit with the hollow portion of the insulating ring, a certain external pressure of expansion is generated to relatively fix the insulating ring and the thimble 702.

In the present embodiment, the insulating ring pick-up arm 211 places the picked-up insulating ring onto the material holder 202 to complete the automatic assembly of the insulating ring.

In order to disengage the insulating ring picking arm 211 from the insulating ring that has been placed on the material fixing base 202, it is located inside the 4 holding sleeve 701, and respectively with the 4 holding sleeve 701 and the The thimble 702 is connected to the second elastic mechanism.

When the insulating ring picking arm 211 abuts the ejector pin 702 against the material fixing base 202 for placing the insulating ring, the thimble 702 gives the second elastic mechanism a distance away from the material fixing seat 202. The force causes the second resilient mechanism to retract, thereby causing the thimble 702 to move toward the second resilient mechanism until the thimble 702 is disengaged from the insulating ring.

In this embodiment, the second elastic mechanism is a spring. Of course, the second elastic mechanism can also adopt other arrangements, as long as it can be retracted when the force is applied. The specific arrangement manner is in this embodiment. Not limited.

That is, in the embodiment, the insulating ring on the vibration ring 221 of the insulating ring material moves to the insulating ring material guide 231 in the predetermined state, so that the sensor located on the insulating ring material guide 231 senses The insulating ring correspondingly generates a trigger signal, and the controller controls the insulating ring picking arm 211 to pick up the insulating ring according to the trigger signal, and causes the insulating ring to pick up the arm 211. The insulating ring is sleeved on the material fixing base 202.

A detailed description will be made on how to move the insulating ring picking arm 211 as shown in Fig. 7:

When the insulating ring picking arm 211 picks up the insulating ring and the insulating ring picking arm 211 places the insulating ring onto the material holder 202, the resisting sleeve 701 is required to be along The insulating ring moves up and down in the axial direction.

Specifically, a fixed connection with the resisting sleeve 701 is provided with a third fixing plate 703;

a third driving device 704 is movably connected to the third fixing plate 703;

In the embodiment, the third driving device 704 is preferably a sliding cylinder.

In order to cause the third driving device 704 to control the movement of the 4th sleeve 701, the third driving device 704 is disposed on a side of the third fixing plate 703 with a third rail 705; The guiding of the three guide rails 705 is parallel to the axial direction of the hollow portion of the insulating ring.

A third slider is disposed on a side of the third fixing plate 703 adjacent to the third driving device 704, and the third slider is slidably disposed on the third rail 705.

That is, the third slider can slide in the direction of the third rail 705, which in turn causes the resisting sleeve

The 701 slides in the direction of the third rail 705.

Electrically connecting with the third driving device 704 is provided with a controller, so that the controller controls the third push rod of the third driving device 704 to push the third fixing plate 703 to make the third sliding The block slides on the third rail 705 such that the resisting sleeve 701 moves up and down in the axial direction of the insulating ring.

The thimble 702 connected to the resisting sleeve 701 can be inserted into the hollow portion of the insulating ring to pick up the insulating ring, because the resisting sleeve 701 can move in the direction of the insulating ring;

The resisting sleeve 701 can be separated from the insulating ring by placing the insulating ring on the material fixing base 202. To complete the automatic assembly of the insulating ring.

The following describes how the four-piece holder 701 moves left and right in the direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the insulating ring. The third driving device 704 is fixedly connected to the side of the third fixing plate 703 and is fixedly connected with a fourth fixing plate 706;

A fourth rail 707 is disposed in the movable connection with the fourth fixing plate 706, and the fourth rail 707 The guiding direction is perpendicular to the axial direction of the hollow portion of the insulating ring;

A fourth sliding block is disposed on a side of the fourth fixing plate 706 away from the third driving device 704, and the fourth sliding block is slidably disposed on the fourth guiding rail 707.

That is, the fourth slider can freely slide on the fourth rail 707 and along the guide of the fourth rail 707, so that the resisting sleeve 701 can move left and right in the direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the insulating ring. .

A fourth driving device 708 is disposed in connection with the fourth rail 707.

In the present embodiment, the fourth driving device 708 is a sliding cylinder.

The fourth driving device 708 is electrically connected to the controller to cause the controller to control the fourth push rod 709 of the fourth driving device 708 to push the fourth fixing plate 706 to make the fourth The slider slides on the fourth rail 707 such that the resisting sleeve 701 moves left and right in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the insulating ring.

The insulating ring picking arm 211 can be made to move the resisting sleeve 701 to the left and right in the direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the insulating ring and the upper and lower sleeves 701 are moved up and down along the axial direction of the insulating ring. Moving, the insulating ring pick-up arm 211 can automatically pick up the insulating ring, and place the picked-up insulating ring on the material holder 202 to achieve automatic assembly of the insulating ring.

The specific structure of the external electrode assembly device and the internal electrode assembly device shown in this embodiment is the same. The structure of the external electrode assembly device in this embodiment is described in detail. For the specific structure of the internal electrode assembly device, please refer to the external electrode assembly device. Structure, details are not repeated here;

The structure of the external electrode assembly device will be described in detail in conjunction with FIG. 8:

The outer electrode assembly device includes an outer electrode material vibrating plate 222 for placing the outer electrode; the outer electrode material vibrating plate 222 is connected with a vibration driving device for driving the outer electrode material by the vibration driving device The vibration plate 222 vibrates to transport the outer electrode;

An outer electrode material guide 232 disposed in cooperation with the outer electrode material vibrating plate 222;

The outer electrode material guide rail 232 is disposed on the vibrating feeding device to allow the outer electrode material rail 232 to transport the outer electrode;

a first grabbing arm 212 for grasping the outer electrode;

In this embodiment, the first grabbing arm 212 can grab the outer electrode of the first material sensing area on the outer electrode material rail 232, and place the outer electrode on the turntable 201 near the The material fixing seat 202 of the first material sensing area.

The specific structure of the first grasping arm 212 that can extract the outer electrode is described in detail below with reference to FIG. 9. It is to be understood that the specific structure of the second grasping arm for grasping the inner electrode is as follows. Please refer to the specific structure of the first grabbing arm 212, which will not be described in detail in this embodiment.

The top end of the first grabbing arm 212 is extended to form at least two mutually cooperating gripping arms

2121;

The first gripping arm 212 is disposed at an end of the first gripping arm 212, and is respectively connected to the plurality of gripping sub-arms 2121 to be provided with a gripping driving mechanism 2122;

The gripping drive mechanism 2122 is connected to the controller, so that the gripping drive mechanism 2122 controls a plurality of the gripping sub-arms 2121 to move or deviate from each other under the control of the controller;

When the first grasping arm automatically grasps the outer electrode, the controller controls the clamping sub-arm 2121 to be inserted into the hollow portion of the outer electrode through the first grasping arm, so that the The clamping sub-arm 2121 is in clearance fit with the hollow portion of the outer electrode;

The controller controls a plurality of the clamping sub-arms 2121 to move away from each other, so that the plurality of the clamping sub-arms 2121 and the outer electrode hollow portion abut each other, so that the clamping sub-arms 2121 and The outer electrode is relatively fixed to grasp the outer electrode;

The first grasping arm provided by the embodiment enables the controller to grasp the outer side of the gripping arm 2121 by the first grasping arm when the outer electrode is automatically assembled. The electrode, and during the grasping process, does not contaminate the outer electrode, and the gripper arm 2121 is controlled by the controller, so that the gripping force is controllable to prevent damage to the outer electrode.

When the first grabbing arm grasps the outer electrode and the first grabbing arm places the electrode onto the material holder 202, the gripping arm 2121 is required to be The electrode moves up and down in the axial direction.

The fifth fixing plate 2123 is fixedly connected to the clamping drive mechanism 2122;

a fifth driving device 2124 is movably connected to the fifth fixing plate 2123;

In this embodiment, the fifth driving device 2124 is preferably a sliding cylinder.

In order to make the fifth driving device 2124 control the clamping sub-arm 2121 to move up and down, the fifth driving device 2124 is disposed on the side of the fifth fixing plate 2123 is provided with a fifth rail 2125; And the guiding of the fifth guide rail 2125 is parallel to the axial direction of the hollow portion of the outer electrode.

A fifth slider is disposed on a side of the fifth fixing plate 2123 adjacent to the fifth driving device 2124, and the fifth slider is slidably disposed on the fifth rail 2125.

That is, the fifth slider is slidable in the direction of the fifth rail 2125, which in turn causes the gripper arm 2121 to slide in the direction of the fifth rail 2125.

Electrically connecting with the fifth driving device 2124 is provided with a controller, so that the controller controls the fifth push rod of the fifth driving device 2124 to push the fifth fixing plate 2123 to make the fifth sliding The block slides on the fifth rail 2125 such that the gripper arm 2121 moves up and down in the axial direction of the outer electrode.

Since the clamping sub-arm 2121 is movable in the direction toward the outer electrode, the clamping sub-arm 2121 can be inserted into the hollow portion of the outer electrode to grasp the outer electrode;

Because the clamping sub-arm 2121 can move away from the outer electrode, the clamping sub-arm 2121 can be placed on the material fixing base 202 to be connected to the outer electrode. Disengaged to complete the automated assembly of the outer electrode.

The following describes how the gripping sub-arm 2121 moves in the direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the outer electrode. The fifth driving device 2124 is fixedly connected to the side of the fifth fixing plate 2123 and is fixedly connected with a sixth fixing plate 2126;

A sixth rail 2127 is movably connected to the sixth fixing plate 2126, and the guiding of the sixth rail 2127 is perpendicular to an axial direction of the hollow portion of the outer electrode;

A sixth slider is disposed on a side of the sixth fixing plate 2126 away from the fifth driving device 2124, and the sixth slider is slidably disposed on the sixth rail 2127.

That is, the sixth slider is slidable on the sixth rail 2127 and along the guide of the sixth rail 2127, so that the gripper arm 2121 can move in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the outer electrode. .

A sixth driving device 2128 is provided in connection with the sixth rail 2127.

In the present embodiment, the sixth driving device 2128 is a sliding cylinder.

The sixth driving device 2128 is electrically connected to the controller, so that the controller controls the sixth push rod 2129 of the sixth driving device 2128 to push the sixth fixing plate 2126 to make the sixth The slider slides on the sixth rail 2127 such that the gripper arm 2121 moves in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the outer electrode. By the embodiment, the first grasping arm can move the gripping arm 2121 in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the outer electrode and cause the gripping arm 2121 to move up and down along the axial direction of the outer electrode. Moving, the first grasping arm can automatically grasp the outer electrode, and the grasped outer electrode is placed on the material fixing base 202 to realize automatic assembly of the outer electrode.

Embodiment 4 This embodiment describes in detail how the assembly device automatically assembles the structure of the atomizer electrode connector and the battery rod electrode connector.

The assembly equipment shown in this embodiment has two structures:

First, as shown in Fig. 10, as shown in Fig. 10, the insulating ring assembling device, the outer electrode assembling device, and the inner electrode assembling device are sequentially disposed along the rotational direction of the turntable 201.

That is, the insulating ring material vibrating plate 221, the outer electrode material vibrating plate 222 and the inner electrode material vibrating plate 223 are sequentially disposed along the rotating direction of the turntable 201;

And the insulating ring picking arm 211, the first grabbing arm 212, and the second grabbing arm 213 for grasping the inner electrode are sequentially disposed in the rotating direction of the turntable 201.

Wherein, if the assembly platform is a conveyor belt, the insulating ring picking arm 211, the first grabbing arm 212 and the second grabbing arm 213 are sequentially disposed along the conveying direction of the conveyor belt.

The specific structure of the insulating ring assembly device, the outer electrode assembly device, and the inner electrode assembly device is shown in the third embodiment, and is not described in this embodiment.

In this embodiment, in order to realize the automatic assembly of the atomizer electrode connector or the battery rod electrode connector, the specific structure of the material holder 202 is shown in FIG. Includes:

Base 1101;

The top end of the base 1101 is provided with a positioning groove 1102 for accommodating and positioning the insulating ring; the positioning groove 1102 shown in this embodiment is for placing an insulating ring when assembling the electronic cigarette electrode connector. The inner circumferential surface of the positioning groove 1102 is matched with the outer circumferential surface of the insulating ring to place the insulating ring in the positioning groove 1102.

The insulating ring located in the positioning groove 1102 cannot be displaced when the electronic cigarette electrode connector is automatically assembled. Otherwise, the automatic assembly cannot be accurately and efficiently performed. In this embodiment, the insulating ring is prevented. A positional offset occurs, and a positioning post 1103 is fixedly disposed inside the base. One end of the positioning post 1103 passes through the positioning slot 1102 to pass through the base 1101. In order to make the insulating ring disposed inside the positioning groove 1102 more stable and no sloshing occurs, the positioning groove 1102 is disposed coaxially with the positioning post 1103.

Further, in order to facilitate the detachment of the insulating ring from the material fixing seat, in order to remove the insulating ring, the horizontal plane of the positioning post 1103 away from the end surface of the base 1101 is higher than the horizontal plane of the positioning slot 1102, and The diameter of the positioning post 1103 is smaller than the diameter of the hollow portion of the insulating ring.

The diameter of the positioning post 1103 is smaller than the diameter of the hollow portion of the insulating ring, that is, the positioning post 1103 and the hollow portion of the insulating ring are gap-fitted, thereby effectively preventing the hollow portion of the insulating ring from cooperating with the positioning post 1103. When it is too tight, when the insulating ring is taken out, it cannot be taken out due to the assembly being too tight.

The material fixing seat provided by the embodiment is such that the insulating ring can be sleeved on the positioning post 1103 and received in the positioning groove 1102 to prevent the insulation ring from being displaced, thereby affecting The precision of assembling the electronic cigarette electrode connector, and the hollow portion of the insulating ring is matched with the positioning post 1103, so that the insulating ring can be detached from the material fixing seat efficiently and conveniently, thereby improving assembly efficiency and avoiding assembly. The insulating ring causes damage to the insulating ring.

The specific assembly process for the assembly equipment that implements the first setup method is:

As shown in FIG. 10, the inductor of the first material sensing area on the insulating ring material guide 231 senses the insulating ring to generate a trigger signal.

The controller generates a control signal according to the trigger signal to control the insulating ring picking arm 211 to pick up the insulating ring; for the specific picking process, see Embodiment 3;

The controller controls the insulating ring picking arm 211 to move the insulating ring directly above the material fixing seat 202 of the first material sensing area;

The controller controls the insulating ring picking arm 211 to sleeve the insulating ring on the positioning post 1103, so that the insulating ring is located in the positioning slot 1102. For the specific setting process, see the third embodiment. ;

The controller controls the insulation ring picking arm 211 to be reset to facilitate picking up the insulating ring;

The controller presets a moving angle, so that the controller controls the rotation of the turntable 201 according to the preset moving angle, so that the material fixing seat 202 inserted with the insulating ring is rotated to the first grabbing arm Below 212

Of course, the moving angle is not limited as long as the first grasping arm 212 is convenient to grasp the outer electrode. Yes;

The controller controls the first grabbing arm 212 to grasp the outer electrode, and the captured outer electrode is sleeved on the positioning post 1103, so that the insulating ring is inserted in the The inside of the outer electrode; the specific grasping process of the first grabbing arm 212 can be seen in the third embodiment;

The controller controls the first grab arm 212 to be reset to facilitate re-grabbing the outer electrode;

The controller controls the rotation of the turntable 201 according to the preset moving angle, so that the material fixing seat 202 inserted with the external electrode is rotated under the pressing arm 301;

The pressing arm 301 is configured to press the outer electrode and the insulating ring on the material fixing base 202 to fix the outer electrode and the insulating ring relatively;

Specifically, the pressing arm 301 is disposed downstream of the first grabbing arm 212 along the rotating direction of the turntable;

In this embodiment, in order to prevent the pressing arm 301 from pressing the outer electrode and the insulating ring on the material fixing base 202, the turntable 201 is inclined by the force of the pressing arm 301. Preferably, the balance device 302 is disposed under the turntable 201; the specific structure of the balance device 302 is shown in the second embodiment;

After the predetermined length of time, the controller determines that the outer electrode and the insulating ring are relatively fixed, the controller controls the balancing device 302 and the pressing arm 301 to be reset;

The controller controls the rotation of the turntable 201 according to the preset moving angle, so that the material fixing seat 202 with the external electrode inserted is moved under the third grasping arm 1001 (as shown in FIG. 10); The third grabbing arm 1001 is located at a starting position, that is, the third grabbing arm 1001 is located downstream of the pressing arm 301 in the rotating direction of the turntable, and is located upstream of the second grabbing arm 213. ;

The controller controls the third grabbing arm 1001 to lift the outer electrode and the insulating ring that are fixed on the material fixing base and are fixed to each other; the specific structure and the first grasping of the third grabbing arm 1001 The structure of the arm 212 is the same and will not be described again;

As shown in FIG. 10, a sliding rail 808 is disposed in connection with the third grabbing arm 1001, that is, the third grabbing arm 1001 can freely move along the guiding of the sliding rail 808, wherein the sliding rail The orientation of the 808 is in the direction of the line. The third grabbing arm 1001 extracts the outer electrode and the insulating ring and moves along the sliding rail 808 to a preset position.

The preset position is located downstream of the second grabbing arm 213;

The controller controls the rotation of the turntable 201 according to the preset moving angle to rotate the fixing base 202 below the second grabbing arm 213;

The second grabbing arm 213 grabs the inner electrode and sleeves the inner electrode on the material fixing base 202;

The controller controls the second grabbing arm 213 to reset;

The controller controls the rotation of the turntable 201 according to the preset movement angle until the fixed seat 202 is rotated to the preset position and then is stationary. At this time, the fixed seat 202 and the third grabbing arm 1001 Both are located at the preset position, and the third grabbing arm 1001 is located directly above the fixing base 202.

The controller controls the third grabbing arm 1001 to sleeve the outer electrode and the insulating ring on the material fixing seat that has been sleeved with the inner electrode to form the electronic cigarette electrode connector The controller controls the third grab arm 1001 to reset to facilitate the third grab arm

1001 re-grabbing the insulating ring and the outer electrode;

The controller controls the rotation of the turntable 201 according to the preset moving angle, so that the material fixing base 202 provided with the electronic cigarette electrode connector is rotated under the finished pressing arm 809; wherein, the finished product The specific structure of the pressing arm 809 is the same as that of the pressing arm 301, and will not be described again.

The finished pressing arm 809 is used for pressing the electronic cigarette electrode connector to make the finished atomizer electrode connector or the battery rod electrode connector structure more reliable, and effectively prolonging the service life of the electronic cigarette;

Preferably, in order to prevent the finished pressing arm 809 from pressing the electronic cigarette electrode connector located on the material holder 202, the turntable 201 is inclined, and the occurrence of the situation of the turntable 201 is damaged. Preferably, the balancing device 302 is also disposed below the turntable 201 corresponding to the position of the finished pressing arm 809.

In this embodiment, the insulating ring picking arm 211, the first grabbing arm 212, the pressing arm 301, the third grabbing arm 1001, the second grabbing arm 213, and the Finished product The pressing arms 809 are sequentially disposed in the rotation direction of the turntable.

The controller controls the rotation of the turntable 201 according to the preset moving angle to rotate the pressed electronic cigarette electrode connector under the fourth grabbing arm 805;

The controller controls the fourth grasping arm 805 to grasp the pressed electronic cigarette electrode connector located on the material fixing base 202, and place the electronic cigarette electrode connector on the discharging guide 24;

For better explanation of the discharge rail 24, reference is made to Fig. 12, wherein Fig. 12 is an enlarged schematic view of a circle portion indicated by reference numeral 25 in Fig. 10.

As shown in Fig. 12, a second material sensing region 251 is disposed at an end of the discharge rail 24 away from the turntable 201.

The second material sensing area 251 is provided with the second inductor, so that the second sensor senses the electronic cigarette electrode connector located in the second material sensing area 251 and generates a trigger signal correspondingly;

In order to enable the electronic cigarette electrode connector to be positioned in the second material sensing region 251 so that the sensor can generate a trigger signal correspondingly, as shown in FIG. 12, the discharge rail 24 is away from the assembly. A positioning component 252 is provided at the end of the platform.

In the present embodiment, the positioning guide member 252 is disposed at an end of the discharge rail 24 away from the turntable 201.

The electronic cigarette electrode connector is positioned on the discharge rail 24 by the positioning component 252;

The assembly apparatus further includes a soldering arm 253, the soldering arm being located above the discharge rail 24;

In this embodiment, the electronic cigarette electrode connector includes an atomizer electrode connector and a battery rod electrode connector. If the assembly device shown in this embodiment is assembled with an atomizer electrode connector, the external electrode is required. And soldering the inner electrode so that the two ends of the heating wire for atomizing the smoke oil in the atomizer to form the smoke for the user to suck are electrically connected to the outer electrode and the inner electrode, respectively; The assembly equipment is assembled with the battery rod electrode connector, and the outer electrode and the inner electrode are also required to be soldered so that the outer electrode in the battery rod assembly is electrically connected to the outer electrode of the atomizer, and the inside of the battery rod assembly is The electrode is electrically connected to the inner electrode of the atomizer, and it can be seen that the assembly device is assembled by the assembly device shown in this embodiment. After the sub-smoke electrode connector, it is necessary to solder the outer electrode and the inner electrode separately.

In this embodiment, the controller controls the soldering arm 253 to solder the electronic cigarette electrode connector on the discharge rail 24 according to a trigger signal generated by an inductor located on the discharge rail 24. .

The second type is shown in Fig. 13. As shown in Fig. 13, the outer electrode assembly device, the insulating ring assembling device, and the inner electrode assembly device are sequentially disposed in the rotation direction of the turntable 201.

That is, the outer electrode material vibrating plate 222, the insulating ring material vibrating plate 221, and the inner electrode material vibrating plate 223 are sequentially disposed along the rotating direction of the turntable 201;

And the first grabbing arm 212, the insulating ring picking arm 211, and the second grabbing arm 213 for grasping the inner electrode are sequentially disposed along the rotating direction of the turntable 201.

Wherein, if the assembly platform is a conveyor belt, the first grabbing arm 212, the insulating ring picking arm 211 and the second grabbing arm 213 are sequentially disposed along the conveying direction of the conveyor belt.

In this embodiment, in order to realize the automatic assembly of the atomizer electrode connector or the battery rod electrode connector, the specific configuration of the material holder 202 is shown in FIG. Includes:

Base 1101;

The insulating ring located in the positioning groove 1102 cannot be displaced when the electronic cigarette electrode connector is automatically assembled. Otherwise, the automatic assembly cannot be accurately and efficiently performed. In this embodiment, the insulating ring is prevented. A positional offset occurs, and a positioning post 1103 is fixedly disposed inside the base.

In order to make the insulating ring disposed inside the positioning groove 1102 more stable and not sway, the positioning groove 1102 is coaxially disposed with the positioning post 1103;

And located inside the base 1101, and respectively with the positioning post 1103 and the base 1101 The bottom connection is provided with a first elastic mechanism 1104 that can be elastically deformed;

That is, when the pressing arm 301 presses the material fixing base 202, the pressing rod 306 of the pressing arm 301 presses the positioning post 1103 to make the first elastic state. The mechanism 1104 is in a compressed state;

That is, in the embodiment, the first grabbing arm 212 is disposed on the insulating ring to pick up the arm.

Upstream of 211, in the specific assembly process, the first grabbing arm 212 first sleeves the outer electrode 1105 on the positioning post 1103, and then the insulating ring 1106 is set by the insulating ring picking arm 211. On the positioning post 1103, and the insulating ring 1106 is inserted in the hollow portion of the outer electrode 1105;

In order to fix the outer electrode 1105 and the insulating ring 1106 to each other, the pressing arm

The pressing rod 306 of the 301 presses the positioning post 1103 such that the first elastic mechanism 1104 is in a compressed state, that is, the pressing rod 306 moves downward relative to the material fixing base 202 at a voltage of 4 Å. Ring 1106 until the outer electrode 1105 and the insulating ring 1106 are fixed to each other.

Further, in order to facilitate the detachment of the insulating ring from the material fixing base, so as to remove the relatively fixed insulating ring and the outer electrode, the horizontal plane of the positioning post 1103 away from the end surface of the base 1101 is higher than the positioning slot. The horizontal plane where 1102 is located, and the diameter of the positioning post 1103 is smaller than the diameter of the hollow portion of the insulating ring.

The insulating ring 1106 and the outer electrode 1105 can be sleeved on the positioning post 1103, and the insulating ring 1106 can be received in the positioning slot 1102 by using the material fixing base 202 provided in this embodiment. The positional deviation of the insulating ring 1106 and the outer electrode 1105 is prevented, thereby affecting the precision when the electronic cigarette electrode connector is assembled, and the hollow portion of the insulating ring 1106 is gap-fitted with the positioning post 1103, so that the The insulating ring 1106 and the outer electrode 1105 fixed to each other are detached from the material fixing base 202, thereby improving assembly efficiency and avoiding damage to the insulating ring 1106 and the outer electrode 1105 during assembly.

The specific assembly process of the assembly equipment that implements the second setting method is:

As shown in FIG. 13, the inductor senses that the outer electrode is located in the first material sensing area, and then A trigger signal should be generated;

The controller controls the first grabbing arm 212 to grasp the outer electrode according to the trigger signal, and the captured outer electrode is sleeved on the positioning post 1103;

For the specific grasping process of the first grabbing arm 212, see Embodiment 3;

The controller controls the rotation of the turntable 201 according to the preset moving angle, so that the material fixing seat 202 inserted with the external electrode is rotated under the insulating ring picking arm 211;

An inductor of the first material sensing area located on the insulating ring material guide 231 senses the insulating ring to generate a trigger signal;

The controller generates a control signal according to the trigger signal to control the insulating ring picking arm

211 picking up the insulating ring; the specific picking process is shown in the third embodiment;

The controller controls the insulating ring picking arm 211 to sleeve the insulating ring on the positioning post 1103. For the specific setting process, see Embodiment 3;

The controller presets a moving angle, so that the controller controls the rotation of the turntable 201 according to the preset moving angle, so that the material fixing seat 202 of the outer electrode and the inner electrode is sleeved. Moving to the underside of the compression arm 301;

The pressing arm 301 is configured to press the outer electrode and the insulating ring on the material fixing base 202. The first elastic mechanism is connected to the positioning post 1103 in the material fixing base 202. 1104, the pressing rod 306 of the pressing arm 301 presses the positioning post 1103, so that the first elastic mechanism 1104 is in a compressed state, that is, the pressing rod 306 is downward with respect to the material fixing base 202. The movement of the insulating ring 1106 is performed at a pressure of 4 until the outer electrode 1105 and the insulating ring 1106 are fixed to each other;

In this embodiment, in order to prevent the pressing arm 301 from pressing the outer electrode and the insulating ring on the material fixing base 202, the turntable 201 is inclined by the force of the pressing arm 301. , Preferably, the balance device 302 is disposed under the turntable 201; the specific structure of the balance device 302 is shown in the second embodiment;

As shown in FIG. 10, a sliding rail 808 is disposed in connection with the third grabbing arm 1001, that is, the third grabbing arm 1001 can freely move along the guiding of the sliding rail 808, wherein the sliding rail The orientation of the 808 is in the direction of the line.

The third grabbing arm 1001 extracts the outer electrode and the insulating ring and moves along the slide rail 808 to a preset position.

The preset position is located downstream of the second grabbing arm 213;

The controller controls the second grabbing arm 213 to reset;

The controller controls the third grabbing arm 1001 to sleeve the outer electrode and the insulating ring on the material fixing seat that has been sleeved with the inner electrode to form the electronic cigarette electrode connector ; The controller controls the third grab arm 1001 to be reset, so that the third grab arm 1001 recaptures the insulating ring and the outer electrode;

In the setting mode, the first grabbing arm 212, the insulating ring picking arm 211, the pressing arm 301, the third grabbing arm 1001, the second grabbing arm 213, and the The finished pressing arms 809 are sequentially disposed in the rotation direction of the turntable.

As shown in FIG. 12, a second material sensing area 251 is disposed at an end of the discharge rail 24 away from the turntable 201;

And positioning the electronic cigarette electrode connector on the discharge rail 24 through the positioning component 252;

The controller is controlled according to a trigger signal generated by an inductor located on the discharge rail 24 The soldering arm 253 is soldered to the electronic cigarette electrode connector on the discharge rail 24. Embodiment 5 This embodiment describes the assembly method for assembling the electronic cigarette electrode connector in detail:

In this embodiment, an insulating ring pick-up arm for picking up an insulating ring, a first grabbing arm for gripping the outer electrode, a pressing arm for pressing the outer electrode and the insulating ring relatively fixed, a third gripping arm for lifting the outer electrode and the insulating ring and a second gripping arm for gripping the inner electrode are sequentially disposed along a conveying direction of the conveying belt or a rotating direction of the turntable;

Referring to FIG. 15, the assembly method includes:

1501. If the inductor senses that the insulating ring is located in the first material sensing area, the sensor generates a trigger signal correspondingly;

1502: The controller controls the insulating ring picking arm to pick up the insulating ring according to the trigger signal, and sleeve the insulating ring on the positioning post of the material fixing seat;

1503. If the sensor senses that the outer electrode is located in the first material sensing area, the sensor generates a trigger signal correspondingly;

1504. The controller controls the first grabbing arm to grasp the outer electrode according to the trigger signal, and sleeves the outer electrode on the positioning post of the material fixing seat, so as to The outer electrode and the insulating ring are sequentially sleeved on the positioning post, and the outer electrode and the insulating ring are coaxially disposed;

1505. If the material holder moves under the driving platform to the underside of the pressing arm, the controller controls the pressing rod of the pressing arm along the cylinder of the pressing arm along the orientation The direction of movement of the material holder until the outer electrode is relatively fixed to the insulating ring;

1506. The controller controls the third grabbing arm to lift the outer electrode and the insulating ring that are located on the material fixing base and are fixed to each other, so that the outer electrode and the insulating ring move to a pre-prevention Set position

1507. If the sensor senses that the inner electrode is located in the first material sensing area, the sensor generates a trigger signal correspondingly;

1508, the controller controls the second grabbing arm to pick up the inner electrode according to the trigger signal, and places the inner electrode on the material fixing seat;

1509. If the material fixing seat on which the inner electrode is placed is moved to the preset position, The controller controls the third grabbing arm to sleeve the outer electrode and the insulating ring fixed to each other on the material fixing seat on which the inner electrode is sleeved to form the electronic cigarette electrode connection head.

The material picking arm shown in this embodiment and the specific assembly process can be referred to the above embodiment.

Embodiment 6 This embodiment describes in detail how the assembly method implements soldering on the electronic cigarette electrode connector:

Referring to FIG. 16, the assembly method includes:

1601. If the inductor senses that the insulating ring is located in the first material sensing area, the sensor generates a trigger signal correspondingly;

1602, the controller controls the insulating ring picking arm to pick up the insulating ring according to the trigger signal, and sleeve the insulating ring on the positioning post of the material fixing seat;

1603. If the sensor senses that the external electrode is located in the first material sensing area, the sensor generates a trigger signal correspondingly;

1604. The controller controls the first grabbing arm to grasp the outer electrode according to the trigger signal, and the outer electrode is sleeved on the positioning post of the material fixing seat, so as to The outer electrode and the insulating ring are sequentially sleeved on the positioning post, and the outer electrode and the insulating ring are coaxially disposed;

1605. If the material holder moves under the driving platform to the underside of the pressing arm, the controller controls the pressing rod of the pressing arm along the cylinder of the pressing arm. The direction of movement of the material holder until the outer electrode is relatively fixed to the insulating ring;

1606. The controller controls the third grabbing arm to lift the outer electrode and the insulating ring that are located on the material fixing base and are fixed to each other, so that the outer electrode and the insulating ring move to a pre-prevention Set position

1607. If the sensor senses that the inner electrode is located in the first material sensing area, the sensor generates a trigger signal correspondingly;

1608, the controller controls the second grabbing arm to pick up the inner electrode according to the trigger signal, and places the inner electrode on the material fixing seat;

1609. If the material fixing seat on which the inner electrode is placed is moved to the preset position, the controller controls the outer electrode and the insulating ring sleeve that the third grasping arm will fix each other. Assume Forming the electronic cigarette electrode connector on the material holder on which the inner electrode has been sleeved;

1610. If the material fixing seat on which the electronic cigarette electrode connector has been placed is moved under the fourth grabbing arm, the controller controls the fourth grabbing arm to grasp the electronic cigarette electrode connector. And placing the electronic cigarette electrode connector on the discharge rail;

1611. If the sensor located on the discharge rail determines that the electronic cigarette electrode connector is located in the second material sensing area, the sensor generates a trigger signal correspondingly; the second material sensing area is located in the soldering arm. Below

1612. The controller controls the soldering arm to solder the electronic cigarette electrode connector according to the trigger signal.

Embodiment 7 This embodiment describes the assembly method for assembling the electronic cigarette electrode connector in detail:

In this embodiment, a first grabbing arm for gripping the outer electrode, an insulating ring picking arm for picking up the insulating ring, a pressing arm for pressing the outer electrode and the insulating ring relatively fixed, a third gripping arm for lifting the outer electrode and the insulating ring and a second gripping arm for gripping the inner electrode are sequentially disposed along a conveying direction of the conveying belt or a rotating direction of the turntable;

As shown in FIG. 17, the assembly method includes:

1701. If the sensor senses that the outer electrode is located in the first material sensing area, the sensor generates a trigger signal correspondingly;

1702, the controller controls the first grabbing arm to grasp the outer electrode according to the trigger signal, and sleeves the outer electrode on a positioning post of the material fixing seat;

1703. If the inductor senses that the insulating ring is located in the first material sensing area, the sensor generates a trigger signal correspondingly;

1704. The controller controls the insulating ring picking arm to pick up the insulating ring according to the trigger signal, and sleeves the insulating ring on the positioning post of the material fixing seat to make the insulating a ring is inserted in the hollow portion of the outer electrode, and the outer electrode and the insulating ring are coaxially disposed;

1705. If the material fixing base moves under the pressing arm, the controller controls the pressing rod of the pressing arm to move toward the material fixing seat through the cylinder of the pressing arm. Moving until the outer electrode is relatively fixed to the insulating ring;

1706. The controller controls the third grabbing arm to lift the outer electrode and the insulating ring that are located on the material fixing base and are fixed to each other, so that the outer electrode and the insulating ring move to a pre-prevention Set position

1707. If the sensor senses that the inner electrode is located in the first material sensing area, the sensor generates a trigger signal correspondingly;

1708, the controller controls the second grabbing arm to pick up the inner electrode according to the trigger signal, and places the inner electrode on the material fixing seat;

1709. If the material fixing seat on which the inner electrode is placed is moved to the preset position, the controller controls the outer electrode and the insulating ring sleeve that the third grasping arm will fix each other. The material holder is disposed on the material holder on which the inner electrode is sleeved to form the electronic cigarette electrode connector.

Embodiment 8 This embodiment describes in detail how the assembly method implements soldering on the electronic cigarette electrode connector:

Referring to FIG. 18, the assembly method includes:

1801. If the sensor senses that the external electrode is located in the first material sensing area, the sensor generates a trigger signal correspondingly;

1802, the controller controls the first grabbing arm to grasp the outer electrode according to the trigger signal, and sleeves the outer electrode on a positioning post of the material fixing seat;

1803. If the inductor senses that the insulating ring is located in the first material sensing area, the sensor generates a trigger signal correspondingly;

1804. The controller controls the insulating ring picking arm to pick up the insulating ring according to the trigger signal, and sleeves the insulating ring on the positioning post of the material fixing seat to make the insulating a ring is inserted in the hollow portion of the outer electrode, and the outer electrode and the insulating ring are coaxially disposed;

1805. If the material fixing base moves under the pressing arm, the controller controls the pressing rod of the pressing arm to move in a direction toward the material fixing seat by the cylinder of the pressing arm. Until the outer electrode is relatively fixed to the insulating ring;

1806. The controller controls the third grabbing arm to lift the outer electrode and the insulating ring fixed on the material fixing base and fixed to each other, so that the outer electrode and the insulating ring move to a pre-prevention Set position 1807. If the sensor senses that the internal electrode is located in the first material sensing area, the sensor generates a trigger signal correspondingly;

1808, the controller controls the second grabbing arm to pick up the inner electrode according to the trigger signal, and places the inner electrode on the material fixing seat;

1809. If the material fixing seat on which the inner electrode is placed is moved to the preset position, the controller controls the outer electrode and the insulating ring sleeve that the third grasping arm will fix each other. Provided on the material fixing base on which the inner electrode is sleeved to form the electronic cigarette electrode connector;

1810. If the material fixing seat on which the electronic cigarette electrode connector has been placed is moved under the fourth grabbing arm, the controller controls the fourth grabbing arm to grasp the electronic cigarette electrode connector. And placing the electronic cigarette electrode connector on the discharge rail;

1811. If the sensor located on the discharge rail determines that the electronic cigarette electrode connector is located in the second material sensing area, the sensor generates a trigger signal correspondingly; the second material sensing area is located in the soldering arm Below

1812. The controller controls the soldering arm to solder the electronic cigarette electrode connector according to the trigger signal.

Claims

Rights request

What is claimed is: 1. An assembly apparatus for assembling an electronic cigarette electrode connector, comprising: an assembly platform, a material holder, a first material sensing area, a sensor, a material picking arm, a controller, and a pressing arm;

The material fixing seat is fixedly disposed on the assembly platform;

2. The assembly apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the pressing arm comprises: a pressing rod for pressing the material that has been placed on the material fixing seat;

3. The assembly apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the material comprises: an outer electrode, an inner electrode for interposing in the outer electrode, and an outer electrode for interposing in the outer electrode An insulating ring between the inner electrodes;

4. The assembly apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

The assembly platform is a rotatable turntable, and the material fixing seat is disposed on the turntable.

The assembly apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the material fixing base comprises: a base;

a positioning groove for receiving and positioning the insulating ring is disposed at a top end of the base, and an inner circumferential surface of the positioning groove is matched with an outer circumferential surface of the insulating ring; A positioning post is fixedly disposed on the base, and one end of the positioning post passes through the positioning slot to pass through the base, and the positioning slot is coaxially disposed with the positioning post, and the positioning post is away from the base The end surface of the one end end is higher than the horizontal plane where the positioning groove is located; the diameter of the positioning post 'J, the diameter of the hollow portion of the insulating ring, so that the insulating ring sleeved on the positioning post Interspersed with the positioning post and received in the positioning groove.

6. Assembly apparatus according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that

Or,

7. The assembly apparatus according to claim 4, wherein

Or,

The assembly apparatus according to claim 5 or 7, wherein a positioning mechanism is disposed inside the base, and a first elastic mechanism is disposed to be connected to the positioning post and the bottom of the base respectively, so that the controller And sequentially controlling the first grabbing arm to sleeve the outer electrode on the positioning post and controlling the insulating ring picking arm to insert the insulating ring on the positioning post, so that the pressing rod is under When the positioning post is pressed, the positioning post moves toward the base until the insulating ring inserted in the outer electrode and the outer electrode are fixed to each other.

9. The assembly apparatus according to claim 6 or 8, wherein the assembly apparatus further comprises a balancing device; The balancing device is located below the assembly platform, and the balancing device is disposed corresponding to the pressing arm along an axial direction of the material fixing seat.

10. The assembly apparatus according to claim 6 or 8, wherein the assembling device further comprises:

a third grasping arm for lifting the outer electrode and the insulating ring which are located on the material fixing base and fixed to each other to move the outer electrode and the insulating ring to a preset position, and The third grabbing arm is further configured to sleeve the outer electrode and the insulating ring that have moved to the preset position on the material fixing seat that has been sleeved with the inner electrode to form the electron Smoke electrode connector;

Or,

The assembly apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the assembly apparatus further comprises: a material vibration disk for placing the material, and a material guide; to the material guide, the preset state is each The axis of the hollow portion of the material is perpendicular to the plane of the material vibrating plate; wherein the material vibrating plate comprises: an outer electrode material vibrating plate for placing the outer electrode, and an insulating ring for placing the insulating ring a material vibrating plate and an inner electrode material vibrating plate for placing the inner electrode;

The first material sensing area is located at an end of the material rail adjacent to the assembly platform; the material rail is provided with a material valve, and the material valve is used for fixing the material to the first Material sensing area.

The assembly device according to claim 3, wherein the top end of the insulating ring picking arm is provided with a resisting sleeve and a thimble which is movably connected to the resisting sleeve and is made of an elastic material, and The diameter of the thimble is larger than the diameter of the hollow portion of the insulating ring, so that the thimble is pressed into the hollow portion of the insulating ring when the insulating ring picking arm picks up the insulating ring, so that the thimble and the insulating ring are hollow Partial interference fit;

Provided inside the resisting sleeve, respectively connected with the abutting sleeve and the thimble is provided with a second elastic mechanism; so that when the thimble is abutted on the material fixing seat, the thimble is oriented toward the The second elastic mechanism moves until the thimble is disengaged from the insulating ring.

13. The assembly apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the grasping arm tip extends to form at least two mutually cooperating gripper arms;

14. The assembly apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the assembly apparatus further comprises:

15. An assembly method for assembling an electronic cigarette electrode connector, characterized in that an insulating ring pick-up arm for picking up an insulating ring, a first grabbing arm for grasping an outer electrode, for pressing a pressing arm with a relatively fixed outer electrode and the insulating ring, a third gripping arm for lifting the outer electrode and the insulating ring, and a second gripping arm for gripping the inner electrode along the conveyor belt Conveying direction or The rotation direction of the turntable is sequentially set; the assembly method includes:

If the inductor senses that the outer electrode is located in the first material sensing area, the sensor correspondingly generates a trigger signal;

The controller controls the first grabbing arm to grasp the outer electrode according to the trigger signal, and sleeves the outer electrode on the positioning post of the material fixing seat to make the outer The electrode and the insulating ring are sequentially sleeved on the positioning post, and the outer electrode and the insulating ring are coaxially disposed; if the material fixing seat is driven by the assembly platform to the pressing Under the arm, the controller controls the pressing rod of the pressing arm to move in a direction toward the material fixing seat through the cylinder of the pressing arm until the outer electrode is relatively fixed to the insulating ring;

The assembling method according to claim 15, wherein the assembling method further comprises:

If the sensor located on the discharge rail determines that the electronic cigarette electrode connector is located at In the second material sensing area, the sensor correspondingly generates a trigger signal; the second material sensing area is located below the soldering arm;

17. An assembly method for assembling an electronic cigarette electrode connector, characterized in that: a first grabbing arm for gripping an outer electrode, an insulating ring for picking up an insulating ring, and an arm for pressing a pressing arm with a relatively fixed outer electrode and the insulating ring, a third gripping arm for lifting the outer electrode and the insulating ring, and a second gripping arm for gripping the inner electrode along the conveyor belt The conveying direction or the rotation direction of the turntable is sequentially set; the assembly method includes:

The control is performed if the material holder on which the inner electrode is placed is moved to the preset position The third grabbing arm controls the outer electrode and the insulating ring fixed to each other to be sleeved on the material fixing seat on which the inner electrode is sleeved to form the electronic cigarette electrode connector.

18. The assembly method according to claim 17, wherein the assembling method further comprises: