CN113351764B - Die change trolley with die deviation prevention mechanism - Google Patents
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The invention discloses a die change trolley with a die deviation prevention mechanism, which comprises a base, wherein the top end of the base is connected with a mobile station in a sliding manner, a first cross rod is arranged inside the base, the surface of the first cross rod is connected with a sliding rod in a sliding manner, the surface of the sliding rod is provided with a motor closing button, the surface of the sliding rod is fixedly connected with a vertical plate, the inside of the vertical plate is rotatably connected with a roller, and the top end of the base is inserted with a telescopic plate; through setting up the riser of a removal, can carry out the centre gripping to the mould, can let the retooling platform truck adapt to the mould of various width sizes like this, be provided with the gyro wheel on the riser moreover, the removal of the mould of just so can being convenient for, and still can avoid the mould to take place the skew, increased the function of device, reduced this link of correction, practiced thrift staff's operating time, increased work efficiency, the better demand that accords with current various works.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of die change trolleys, in particular to a die change trolley with a die deviation preventing mechanism.
Background
The mold changing trolley is a movable mold transmission system driven by hand or electricity, and plays a role of connecting and disconnecting, but the existing mold changing trolley still has certain defects and shortcomings. For example when changing the mould, because the mould size is great, at the in-process that shifts, hardly fix, the skew easily takes place for the mould, and then before follow-up fixed and production, need spend a large amount of operating time to go to correct, can not realize quick retooling, lead to productivity ratio low, current retooling platform truck all can only change the mould of same kind of width in addition, the mould of the different width of adaptation that can not be fine, lead to current mould platform truck to have certain limitation: in addition, when the mold is replaced, the mold needs to be moved by a traction device because the mold is large in size, and the mold may be damaged due to the fact that the mold is irregular in shape due to moving traction.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a die change trolley with a die deviation preventing mechanism, which aims to solve the problems that the prior art cannot adapt to dies with various width sizes and is inconvenient to change the dies.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides the following technical scheme: the die change trolley comprises a base, wherein the top end of the base is connected with a movable table in a sliding mode, a first cross rod is arranged inside the base, the surface of the first cross rod is connected with two groups of sliding rods in a sliding mode, the surface of the sliding rod on one side is provided with a motor closing button, the surfaces of the two groups of sliding rods are fixedly connected with vertical plates, the inner parts of the vertical plates are rotatably connected with idler wheels, the top end of the base is inserted with a telescopic plate, a motor opening button is arranged inside the base, the top end of the telescopic plate is arranged to be an inclined plane, the telescopic plate is fixedly connected with the inside of the base through a spring, the motor opening button is located on the movement track of the telescopic plate, and the telescopic plate penetrates through the movable table; the bottom end surface of the sliding rod is rotatably connected with a connecting rod, one end, far away from a first cross rod, of the connecting rod is rotatably connected with a first sliding block, a vertical rod is inserted into the first sliding block, the surface of the connecting rod is rotatably connected with a sector plate, a motor is arranged inside the base, an output shaft of the motor is fixedly connected with a gear, one side, close to the gear, of the sector plate is provided with teeth, the teeth and the gear are meshed with each other, the bottom end of the mobile platform is fixedly connected with a connecting piece, a second cross rod is arranged inside the base, the surface of the second cross rod is slidably connected with a second sliding block, the top end of the second sliding block is accommodated inside the bottom end of the connecting piece, the side face of the base is inserted with a moving handle, the moving handle penetrates through the connecting piece and the second telescopic rod simultaneously, one end, far away from the connecting piece, of the mobile platform is fixedly connected with an upright column, the inside of the base is provided with an electric telescopic rod, the top end of the electric telescopic rod is rotatably connected with a rotating plate, the inside of the rotating plate is inserted with an insertion rod, the top end surface of the rotating plate is provided with two L-shaped iron blocks, the upright column is positioned between the two L-shaped iron blocks, and the insertion rod penetrates through the upright column; and an electric telescopic rod control button is arranged on the surface of one side, close to the electric telescopic rod, of the base.
Preferably, in the die change trolley with the die deviation prevention mechanism, a circular notch is formed in one side, close to the inserted link, of the base, and the area of the notch is larger than the cross-sectional area of the inserted link.
Based on the technical characteristics, the inserted rod is convenient for workers to manually control.
Preferably, in the above described retooling platform truck that contains mould anti-migration mechanism, the intermediate position department of stand is provided with the extensible member, and the bottom surface of stand is provided with circular breach that runs through.
Based on the technical characteristics, the telescopic piece is convenient to play a role in buffering, and the penetrating notch is convenient to insert the inserted rod.
Preferably, in the mold changing trolley with the mold deviation preventing mechanism, a sliding sleeve is rotatably connected to the back surface of the sector plate, and the sliding sleeve slides on the surface of the connecting rod.
Based on above-mentioned technical characteristic, can let fan-shaped pinion rack drive the connecting rod through the slip cap when removing and remove.
Preferably, in the die change trolley with the die deviation prevention mechanism, the vertical rod is located on the inner wall of the bottom end of the base, and the vertical rod is fixedly connected with the base through a spring.
Based on above-mentioned technical characteristics, the spring carries out cushioning effect, slows down the injury of first sliding block to the base.
Preferably, in the above mold change trolley with the mold deviation prevention mechanism, the sliding rod is fixedly connected with the vertical plate through a spring, and the motor closing button is located between the sliding rod and the vertical plate.
Based on the technical characteristics, the spring is quick-frozen to slow down the movement of the vertical plate, drives the vertical plate to be attached to the mold, and automatically moves the closing button of the generator through the movement of the vertical plate.
Preferably, in the mold changing trolley with the mold deviation preventing mechanism, a baffle is arranged on the surface of the movable handle, and the baffle is fixedly connected with the base through a spring.
Based on the technical characteristics, the baffle plate can prevent the movable handle from being separated from the base when the movable handle is pulled.
Preferably, in the mold changing carriage including the mold deviation prevention mechanism, the top end of the movable table is provided with a ball, and the ball is located at a middle position of the movable table as a whole.
Based on the technical characteristics, the mould can be conveniently moved on the moving platform.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that:
the movable vertical plate is arranged, so that the mold can be clamped, the mold changing trolley can adapt to molds with various widths, and the vertical plate is provided with the roller wheels, so that the mold can be conveniently moved, the mold can be prevented from being deviated, the function of the device is increased, the correction link is reduced, the working time of workers is saved, the working efficiency is increased, and the requirements of various existing working are better met;
through setting up the mobile station that can rotate, can incline to it when changing the mould like this, can guarantee the slope of mould like this to under effects such as ball, drive the mould automatically and remove, can alleviate labourer's work load like this, need not use large-scale loop wheel machine to come step by step and transfer the mould and change the mould, increased the function of work efficiency and device, had stronger practicality.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of the structure of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a left side view of the moving handle and attachment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a front view of the first slider and the vertical rod of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a left side view of the structural connecting rod and sector plate of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic front view of the electric telescopic rod and the rotating plate according to the present invention;
in the figure: 1. a base; 2. a mobile station; 3. a first cross bar; 4. a slide bar; 5. a vertical plate; 6. a retractable plate; 7. a connecting rod; 8. a sector plate; 9. a vertical rod; 10. a first slider; 11. a gear; 12. a connecting member; 13. a second slider; 14. moving the handle; 15. a column; 16. an electric telescopic rod; 17. a rotating plate; 18. inserting a rod; 19. a roller; 20. a motor off button; 21. a motor start button; 22. an electric telescopic rod control button; 23. a motor; 24. a second cross bar.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
Referring to fig. 1-5, an embodiment of the present invention is shown: the die change trolley comprises a base 1, wherein the top end of the base 1 is connected with a mobile station 2 in a sliding mode, balls are arranged at the top end of the mobile station 2, the balls are generally located in the middle of the mobile station 2, so that a die can move on the mobile station 2 conveniently, a first cross rod 3 is arranged inside the base 1, two groups of sliding rods 4 are connected to the surface of the first cross rod 3 in a sliding mode, a motor closing button 20 is arranged on the surface of each sliding rod 4 on one side, vertical plates 5 are fixedly connected to the surfaces of the two groups of sliding rods 4, idler wheels 19 are rotatably connected inside the vertical plates 5, a telescopic plate 6 is inserted into the top end of the base 1, a motor opening button 21 is arranged inside the base 1, and the telescopic plate (6) penetrates through the mobile station 2; the bottom surface of slide bar 4 rotates and is connected with connecting rod 7, the one end that first horizontal pole 3 was kept away from to connecting rod 7 rotates and is connected with first sliding block 10, the inside of first sliding block 10 is pegged graft and is had montant 9, the surface of connecting rod 7 rotates and is connected with sector plate 8, the inside of base 1 is provided with motor 23, the output shaft fixedly connected with gear 11 of motor 23, sector plate 8 is close to one side of gear 11 and is provided with the tooth, and tooth and gear 11 intermeshing, the bottom fixedly connected with connecting piece 12 of mobile station 2, the inside of base 1 is provided with second horizontal pole 24, the surface sliding connection of second horizontal pole 24 has second sliding block 13, just second sliding block 13 top is acceptd in the bottom inboard of connecting piece 12, the side of base 1 is pegged graft and is had removal handle 14, removal handle 14 runs through connecting piece 12 and second sliding block 13 simultaneously, the one end fixedly connected with stand 15 that connecting piece 12 was kept away from to mobile station 2, the inside of base 1 is provided with electric telescopic handle 16, the top of electric telescopic handle 16 rotates and is connected with rotor 17, the inside of rotating plate 17 is pegged graft and is provided with inserted bar 18, one side surface that electric telescopic control button 22 is close to base 1 is provided with electric telescopic handle 16.
Please refer to fig. 5 in the drawings of the specification: a circular gap is formed in one side, close to the inserted link 18, of the base 1, and the area of the gap is larger than the cross-sectional area of the inserted link 18, so that a worker can conveniently control the inserted link 18 manually; the middle position of the upright post 15 is provided with a telescopic piece, the bottom end surface of the upright post 15 is provided with a circular through gap, the telescopic piece is convenient to play a role in buffering, and the through gap is convenient to insert the inserted rod 18; the top end surface of the rotating plate 17 is provided with two L-shaped iron blocks, the upright post 15 is positioned between the two L-shaped iron blocks, the inserted link 18 penetrates through the L-shaped iron blocks and the upright post 15, and the rotating plate 17 is controlled by the inserted link 18 to be connected with the upright post 15.
Please refer to fig. 3-4 in the drawings of the specification: the back of the sector plate 8 is rotatably connected with a sliding sleeve, and the sliding sleeve slides on the surface of the connecting rod 7, so that the sector toothed plate 8 can drive the connecting rod 7 to move through the sliding sleeve when moving; teeth are arranged on one side, close to the gear 11, of the sector plate 8, and the teeth are meshed with the gear 11, so that the gear 11 can drive the sector plate 8 to rotate when rotating; the vertical rod 9 is positioned on the inner wall of the bottom end of the base 1, the vertical rod 9 is fixedly connected with the base 1 through a spring, and the spring has a buffering effect and can slow down the damage of the first sliding block 10 to the base 1; there is spring fixed connection between slide bar 4 and the riser 5, and motor closing button 20 is located between slide bar 4 and the riser 5, and the spring slows down the quick-freeze that riser 5 removed, and drives riser and mould and laminate to the removal through riser 5 comes from moving contact generator closing button 20.
Please refer to fig. 2 in the drawings of the specification: the top end of the telescopic plate 6 is provided with an inclined surface, the telescopic plate 6 is fixedly connected with the inside of the base 1 through a spring, the motor starting button 21 is positioned on the motion track of the telescopic plate 6, and the inclined surface is designed to enable the mould to move downwards when the mould moves and then automatically trigger the motor starting button 21; the surface of the moving handle 14 is provided with a baffle, and the baffle and the base 1 are fixedly connected by a spring, and the baffle is used for preventing the moving handle 14 from being separated from the base 1 when the moving handle 14 is pulled.
The working principle is as follows: when changing the mold, the mold slides on the moving platform 2, thus pushing the expansion plate 6 to move downwards, thus the expansion plate 6 triggers the motor opening button 21, thus the motor opening button 21 controls the motor 23 to rotate, thus the motor 23 drives the gear 11 to rotate, then the gear 11 drives the sector 8 engaged with the gear to rotate, thus the sector 8 drives the sliding sleeve to move, thus the sliding sleeve slides up and down on the surface of the connecting rod 7, thus the sliding sleeve drives the inclined connecting rod 7 to rotate and move when sliding up and down, thus the two connecting rods 7 rotate and move towards each other, and the lower end of the connecting rod 7 pushes the first connecting rod 10 connected with the sliding rod to slide on the vertical rod 9 and extrude the spring, and the upper end of the connecting rod 7 pulls the sliding rod 4 to slide on the first cross rod 3, thus the sliding rod 4 drives the vertical plate 5 to move, thus the vertical plate 5 and the mold contact extrude the spring, thus the vertical plate 5 moves in reverse direction and triggers the motor closing button 20, thus the motor 23 stops rotating, and when the mold 5 moves along the second connecting rod 15, thus the expansion plate 15 drives the electric connecting rod 16 to move, thus the expansion rod 12 drives the vertical rod 16 to move when the mold 2 and the expansion rod 16 moves, then the electric connecting rod 17 drives the vertical rod 14 to move, the mobile station 2 is inclined, so that the mould can be moved conveniently and replaced conveniently.
In the description herein, references to the description of "one embodiment," "an example," "a specific example" or the like are intended to mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.
The preferred embodiments of the invention disclosed above are intended to be illustrative only. The preferred embodiments are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise form disclosed. Obviously, many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teaching. The embodiments were chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the invention and the practical application, to thereby enable others skilled in the art to best understand the invention for and utilize the invention. The invention is limited only by the claims and their full scope and equivalents.
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1. The retooling platform truck that contains mould anti-migration mechanism, including base (1), its characterized in that: the top end of the base (1) is connected with a mobile platform (2) in a sliding mode, a first cross rod (3) is arranged inside the base (1), the surface of the first cross rod (3) is connected with two groups of sliding rods (4) in a sliding mode, the surface of the sliding rod (4) on one side is provided with a motor closing button (20), the surfaces of the two groups of sliding rods (4) are fixedly connected with vertical plates (5), idler wheels (19) are rotatably connected inside the vertical plates (5), the top end of the base (1) is connected with a telescopic plate (6) in an inserting mode, a motor opening button (21) is arranged inside the base (1), the top end of the telescopic plate (6) is arranged to be an inclined plane, the telescopic plate (6) is fixedly connected with the inside of the base (1) through springs, the motor opening button (21) is located on the movement track of the telescopic plate (6), and the telescopic plate (6) penetrates through the mobile platform (2); the bottom end surface of the sliding rod (4) is rotatably connected with a connecting rod (7), one end, far away from the first cross rod (3), of the connecting rod (7) is rotatably connected with a first sliding block (10), a vertical rod (9) is inserted into the first sliding block (10), the surface of the connecting rod (7) is rotatably connected with a sector plate (8), a motor (23) is arranged inside the base (1), a gear (11) is fixedly connected with an output shaft of the motor (23), one side, close to the gear (11), of the sector plate (8) is provided with teeth, the teeth and the gear (11) are mutually meshed, the bottom end of the mobile platform (2) is fixedly connected with a connecting piece (12), a second cross rod (24) is arranged inside the base (1), the surface of the second cross rod (24) is slidably connected with a second sliding block (13), the top end of the second sliding block (13) is accommodated inside the bottom end of the connecting piece (12), the side surface of the base (1) is inserted with a mobile handle (14), the mobile handle (14) penetrates through the connecting piece (12) and the second sliding block (13) at the same time, one end of the mobile platform (2) is far away from a fixed piece (12), and an electric telescopic rod (16) is arranged inside the base (1), the top end of the electric telescopic rod (16) is rotatably connected with a rotating plate (17), an inserting rod (18) is inserted into the rotating plate (17), two L-shaped iron blocks are arranged on the surface of the top end of the rotating plate (17), the upright post (15) is positioned between the two L-shaped iron blocks, and the inserting rod (18) penetrates through the L-shaped iron blocks and the upright post (15); an electric telescopic rod control button (22) is arranged on the surface of one side, close to the electric telescopic rod (16), of the base (1).
2. The mold change trolley with the mold deviation prevention mechanism according to claim 1, wherein: a round notch is formed in one side, close to the inserted link (18), of the base (1), and the area of the notch is larger than the cross-sectional area of the inserted link (18).
3. The mold change trolley with the mold deviation prevention mechanism according to claim 1, wherein: the middle position department of stand (15) is provided with the extensible member, and the bottom surface of stand (15) is provided with circular breach that runs through.
4. The mold changing trolley with the mold deviation preventing mechanism according to claim 1, wherein: the back of the sector plate (8) is rotatably connected with a sliding sleeve, and the sliding sleeve slides on the surface of the connecting rod (7).
5. The mold changing trolley with the mold deviation preventing mechanism according to claim 1, wherein: the vertical rod (9) is positioned on the inner wall of the bottom end of the base (1), and the vertical rod (9) is fixedly connected with the base (1) through a spring.
6. The mold change trolley with the mold deviation prevention mechanism according to claim 1, wherein: there is spring fixed connection between slide bar (4) and riser (5), and motor off button (20) are located between slide bar (4) and riser (5).
7. The mold changing trolley with the mold deviation preventing mechanism according to claim 1, wherein: the surface of the movable handle (14) is provided with a baffle, and the baffle is fixedly connected with the base (1) through a spring.
8. The mold change trolley with the mold deviation prevention mechanism according to claim 1, wherein: the top end of the mobile station (2) is provided with a ball, and the ball is generally positioned in the middle of the mobile station (2).
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