CN114310664A - Magnetic suction cup - Google Patents

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CN114310664A
CN114310664A CN202210022037.9A CN202210022037A CN114310664A CN 114310664 A CN114310664 A CN 114310664A CN 202210022037 A CN202210022037 A CN 202210022037A CN 114310664 A CN114310664 A CN 114310664A
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丁雨泽
陈宏迪
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The invention relates to a magnetic device and discloses a magnetic sucker.A baffle is arranged around the side edge of a sucker body, and a mounting strip is arranged at the edge of the sucker body; the upper side surface of the mounting bar is provided with a slot along the length direction thereof, and the lower edge of the baffle extends to form a plug board which is inserted into the slot; the magnetic sucker can form a blocking space through the baffle plates arranged around the sucker body, so that sand grains generated in the polishing process of a workpiece sucked on the magnetic sucker are prevented from being sputtered on a working ground, the probability of accidental slipping of workers is reduced, and the safety of a working environment is improved; the inserting and matching between the inserting plate and the inserting groove can realize the detachable connection between the baffle plate and the mounting strip, so that the baffle plate can be conveniently disassembled and assembled, and the operation convenience is improved; the clamping cooperation between joint piece and the clamping groove can fix a position fast the baffle of installing on the mounting bar.

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Magnetic suction cup
Technical Field
The present invention relates to magnetic devices, and more particularly to magnetic chucks.
Background
The magnetic chuck is also called a permanent magnetic chuck, is a magnetic clamp widely applied in the machining field of machinery factories, die factories and the like, and can greatly improve the clamping efficiency of magnetic conductive steel materials. The magnetic sucker takes high-performance rare earth material neodymium iron boron (N is more than 40) as an inner core, and a sucker handle is pulled by hand to rotate, so that a magnetic force system of the neodymium iron boron in the sucker is changed, and the machined workpiece is sucked or released.
The existing magnetic sucker only has the function of sucking and holding a workpiece at a grinding machine, sand can be randomly splashed to a working ground when the workpiece is ground, the condition that workers slip accidentally is easily caused, and great potential safety hazards exist, so that the improvement is needed.
Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the defects of the prior art, the invention provides the magnetic sucker, which has a shielding function and can prevent sand grains generated in the polishing process of a workpiece sucked on the magnetic sucker from being sputtered to a working ground.
In order to solve the technical problem, the invention is solved by the following technical scheme:
a magnetic sucker comprises a sucker body, wherein a baffle is arranged on the side edge of the sucker body in a surrounding manner, and a mounting strip is arranged on the edge of the sucker body and is as long as the corresponding edge on the sucker body; the upper side surface of the mounting bar is provided with a slot along the length direction thereof, and the lower edge of the baffle extends to form a plug board which is inserted into the slot; the slot is internally provided with a clamping block, and the lower edge of the inserting plate is provided with a clamping groove for clamping the clamping block.
By adopting the scheme, the baffle plates arranged around the sucker body can form the baffle space, so that sand grains generated in the polishing process of a workpiece sucked on the magnetic sucker are prevented from being sputtered on the working ground, the probability of accidental slipping of workers is reduced, and the safety of the working environment is improved; the inserting and matching between the inserting plate and the inserting groove can realize the detachable connection between the baffle plate and the mounting strip, so that the baffle plate can be conveniently disassembled and assembled, and the operation convenience is improved; the joint cooperation between joint piece and the joint groove can fix a position fast the baffle of installing on the mounting bar to increase the convenience in the baffle installation, make the baffle of installing on the mounting bar can not take place the displacement, and is more firm.
Preferably, the baffle has extension plates extending from both side edges thereof, and the opposite side edges of the adjacent extension plates abut against each other.
By adopting the scheme, the gaps between the adjacent baffles can be filled by matching the extension plates, so that the blocking performance of the baffles is improved.
Preferably, the extension plate has an inclined contact surface at a side thereof.
Adopt above-mentioned scheme, the contact surface and the stability when the butt face can increase adjacent extension plate mutual butt further promote and separate the fender performance.
Preferably, the inner plate surface of the baffle is provided with a positioning plate, the plate surface of the positioning plate is attached to the adsorption surface of the sucker body, the positioning plate is made of magnetic conductivity steel materials, and the positioning plate is connected to the corresponding baffle through a connecting piece.
By adopting the scheme, when the magnetic sucker enters the working state, the adsorption surface of the magnetic sucker can magnetically adsorb and lock the positioning plate attached to the sucker body so as to firmly lock the baffle in the mounting bar, prevent the baffle from being separated in the working process of the magnetic sucker and further improve the safety; on the contrary, after the magnetic chuck demagnetization, its absorption face loses magnetic force to the locating plate, also removes the locking to the baffle simultaneously, and the user of being convenient for dismantles the baffle from the mounting bar, further promotes the operation convenience.
Preferably, the connecting piece comprises a connecting plate which is fixed on the surface of the positioning plate far away from the sucker body and extends towards the direction of the corresponding baffle, and one end, far away from the positioning plate, of the connecting plate extends upwards to form a connecting plate which is detachably connected with the corresponding baffle.
By adopting the scheme, the positioning plate can be taken down from the corresponding baffle, so that the positioning plate is convenient to replace and maintain and is more humanized.
Preferably, the inner plate surface of the baffle is fixed with a mounting seat, the upper side surface of the mounting seat penetrates through a mounting groove, one end, far away from the connecting plate, of the connecting plate is bent downwards to form a mounting plate inserted in the mounting groove, and an interval is kept between the mounting plate and the plate surface of the connecting plate.
By adopting the scheme, the inserting and connecting cooperation between the mounting plate and the mounting groove can realize the quick assembly and disassembly of the positioning plate on the baffle plate and can also ensure the connection stability between the positioning plate and the baffle plate.
Preferably, the surface of the connecting plate far away from the mounting plate is provided with a projection.
By adopting the scheme, the lug can increase the friction between the hand of the user and the connecting plate, so that the convenience of the user in the process of detaching the positioning plate is improved.
Preferably, the connecting plates, the mounting plates and the mounting seats are made of the same materials as the positioning plates.
By adopting the scheme, when the magnetic sucker enters the working state, the magnetic sucker can generate magnetic force on the positioning plate, so that the positioning plate is locked; meanwhile, the magnetic force can be transmitted to the connecting plate, the mounting plate and the mounting seat in sequence, so that the four parts can be connected together through the magnetic force, and the stability and firmness of the connecting position plate and the baffle plate are further improved; after the magnetic chuck demagnetization, the locating plate loses magnetic force to lead to linkage plate, connecting plate, mounting panel and mount pad all to lose magnetic force, make above-mentioned four no longer connect through magnetic force, the locating plate of being convenient for is dismantled, has promoted the operation convenience.
Due to the adoption of the technical scheme, the invention has the remarkable technical effects that: the baffle plates surrounding the sucker body can form a baffle space, so that sand particles generated in the polishing process of a workpiece sucked on the magnetic sucker are prevented from being sputtered on a working ground, the probability of accidental slipping of workers is reduced, and the safety of a working environment is improved; the inserting and matching between the inserting plate and the inserting groove can realize the detachable connection between the baffle plate and the mounting strip, so that the baffle plate can be conveniently disassembled and assembled, and the operation convenience is improved; the joint cooperation between joint piece and the joint groove can fix a position fast the baffle of installing on the mounting bar to increase the convenience in the baffle installation, make the baffle of installing on the mounting bar can not take place the displacement, and is more firm.
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FIG. 1 is an exploded view of the present embodiment;
FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of the chuck body in this embodiment;
FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of portion A of FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is an exploded view of the baffle in this embodiment;
fig. 5 is an enlarged schematic view of the portion B shown in fig. 4.
The names of the parts indicated by the numerical references in the above figures are as follows: 1. a suction cup body; 2. a baffle plate; 3. mounting a bar; 4. a slot; 5. inserting plates; 6. a clamping block; 7. a clamping groove; 8. an extension plate; 9. an abutting surface; 10. positioning a plate; 11. a joining member; 12. a connector tile; 13. a connecting plate; 14. a mounting seat; 15. mounting grooves; 16. mounting a plate; 17. a bump; 18. avoiding the hole.
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The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples.
As shown in fig. 1 to 5, the magnetic chuck disclosed in this embodiment includes a chuck body 1, and the chuck body 1 is preferably a flat rectangular parallelepiped. The side of sucking disc body 1 encloses and is equipped with baffle 2, and in this embodiment, baffle 2 preferred have four, correspond four sides of sucking disc body 1 respectively, and every baffle 2 is the same width in the border that corresponds on the sucking disc body 1. More specifically, the edge of the sucker body 1 is provided with a mounting strip 3, the length of the mounting strip 3 is equal to the corresponding edge of the sucker body 1, the upper side surface of the mounting strip 3 is provided with a slot 4 along the length direction, and the slot 4 is equal to the mounting strip 3; an inserting plate 5 inserted into the slot 4 extends from the lower edge of the baffle plate 2, and the inserting plate 5 is arranged along the lower edge of the baffle plate 2, and the length of the inserting plate 5 is equal to that of the lower edge of the baffle plate 2. Be provided with joint piece 6 in the slot 4, joint piece 6 is located the intermediate position of slot 4, and the lower border of picture peg 5 sets up the joint groove 7 that supplies joint piece 6 joint, and joint groove 7 is located the intermediate position of picture peg 5 lower border to the position of adaptation joint piece 6. The face of baffle 2 has seted up dodges the hole 18, and the user operation magnetic chuck of being convenient for opens and stops.
Furthermore, extension plates 8 extend from both side edges of the baffle 2, and opposite side edges of adjacent extension plates 8 are mutually abutted. For promoting the leakproofness when the border of adjacent extension plate 8 splices, set up the butt face 9 of slope in the side of extension plate 8, this butt face 9 is 45 chamfers and sets up.
Furthermore, the positioning plate 10 is disposed on the inner surface of the baffle 2, the surface of the positioning plate 10 is attached to the adsorption surface of the suction cup body 1, and the positioning plate 10 is made of a magnetic conductive steel material, in this embodiment, the positioning plate 10 is preferably made of stainless steel. The positioning plate 10 is connected to the corresponding baffle plate 2 through a connecting piece 11, the connecting piece 11 comprises a connecting plate 12 which is fixed on the surface of the positioning plate 10 far away from the suction cup body 1 and extends towards the direction of the corresponding baffle plate 2, the connecting plate 12 is preferably arranged at the middle position of the positioning plate 10, and one end of the connecting plate 12 far away from the positioning plate 10 extends upwards to form a connecting plate 13 which is detachably connected to the corresponding baffle plate 2. Furthermore, the interior face of baffle 2 is fixed with mount pad 14, and the side of going up of mount pad 14 runs through there is mounting groove 15, and the direction that runs through of this mounting groove 15 is vertical setting, and connecting plate 13 keeps away from the one end of linking board 12 and buckles downwards in order to form the mounting panel 16 of pegging graft in mounting groove 15, keeps having the interval between the face of mounting panel 16 and connecting plate 13 to realize the dismantlement between locating plate 10 and the baffle 2 and be connected. The surface of the connecting plate 13 away from the mounting plate 16 is provided with a projection 17, which is convenient for a user to detach the positioning plate 10 from the baffle plate 2. The manufacturing materials of the connecting plate 12, the connecting plate 13, the mounting plate 16 and the mounting seat 14 are all consistent with those of the positioning plate 10, and when the magnetic chuck is in a working state, the magnetic chuck can generate magnetic force on the positioning plate 10 so as to lock the positioning plate 10; meanwhile, the magnetic force can be transmitted to the connecting plate 12, the connecting plate 13, the mounting plate 16 and the mounting seat 14 in sequence, so that the four can be connected together through the magnetic force, and the stability and firmness of the positioning plate 10 and the baffle plate 2 in connection are further improved; after the magnetic chuck demagnetizes, locating plate 10 loses magnetic force to lead to linking up fishplate bar 12, connecting plate 13, mounting panel 16 and mount pad 14 all to lose magnetic force, make above-mentioned four no longer through the magnetic connection, the locating plate 10 of being convenient for is dismantled, has promoted the operation convenience.
The specific using process is as follows:
before the magnetic sucker is used, the four positioning plates 10 are respectively installed on the four baffle plates 2 through the corresponding connecting pieces 11, namely, the installation plates 16 on the connecting pieces 11 are inserted into the installation grooves 15 of the installation seats 14 of the baffle plates 2; then peg graft respectively the picture peg 5 of four baffles 2 bottoms in the slot 4 of the 1 four border of sucking disc body side mounting bar 3 separately to make 6 joint of joint piece in the 5 bottoms of picture peg 7 of joint of 4 bottoms of slot, in order to accomplish the preliminary location of baffle 2 on mounting bar 3, make baffle 2 can't carry out the position in slot 4 and slide. After the four baffles 2 are completely installed, the extension plates 8 on two adjacent baffles 2 are mutually abutted to complete the splicing of the adjacent baffles 2. At this time, the plate surface of the positioning plate 10 is attached to the adsorption surface of the sucker body 1; when the magnetic sucker enters a working state, the magnetic sucker can generate magnetic force on the positioning plate 10, so that the positioning plate 10 can be firmly adsorbed on the adsorption surface of the sucker body 1, and the baffle 2 is locked on the mounting strip 3 and cannot be separated; meanwhile, the magnetic force can be transmitted to the connecting plate 12, the connecting plate 13, the mounting plate 16 and the mounting seat 14 in sequence, so that the four parts can be connected together through the magnetic force, and the stability and the firmness of the positioning plate 10 when being connected with the baffle plate 2 are further improved. At the moment, the workpiece sucked on the magnetic chuck can be polished through the machine tool, and in the machining process, the baffle 2 can effectively separate sand grains generated by polishing, so that the danger caused by the fact that the sand grains are sputtered on the working ground is avoided.
After the processing is finished, firstly, the magnetic chuck is demagnetized, and after the magnetic chuck is demagnetized successfully, the positioning plate 10 loses magnetic force, so that the magnetic force of the connecting plate 12, the connecting plate 13, the mounting plate 16 and the mounting seat 14 is lost, the four parts are not connected through the magnetic force any more, and meanwhile, the locking of the baffle 2 is also released. At this moment, the user can lift the baffle 2 off the mounting bar 3, so that the adsorption surface of the sucker body 1 is exposed outside, and the user can conveniently take and place workpieces. Meanwhile, the user can pull out the mounting plate 16 on the connecting piece 11 from the mounting groove 15 of the mounting seat 14, so that the positioning plate 10 is detached from the corresponding baffle plate 2, and the replacement and maintenance are convenient and more humanized.

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1. A magnetic chuck comprising a chuck body (1), characterized in that: the side edge of the sucker body (1) is surrounded by a baffle (2), the edge of the sucker body (1) is provided with a mounting strip (3), and the length of the mounting strip (3) is equal to the corresponding edge of the sucker body (1); the upper side surface of the mounting bar (3) is provided with a slot (4) along the length direction thereof, and the lower edge of the baffle plate (2) extends to form an inserting plate (5) inserted into the slot (4); a clamping block (6) is arranged in the slot (4), and a clamping groove (7) for clamping the clamping block (6) is formed in the lower edge of the inserting plate (5).
2. The magnetic chuck of claim 1, wherein: both sides border of baffle (2) all extends and has extension board (8), and relative side butt each other on adjacent extension board (8).
3. The magnetic chuck of claim 2, wherein: the side edge of the extension plate (8) is provided with an inclined abutting surface (9).
4. A magnetic chuck according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein: the inner plate surface of the baffle (2) is provided with a positioning plate (10), the plate surface of the positioning plate (10) is attached to the adsorption surface of the sucker body (1), the positioning plate (10) is made of magnetic conductive steel materials, and the positioning plate (10) is connected to the corresponding baffle (2) through a connecting piece (11).
5. The magnetic chuck of claim 4, wherein: the connecting piece (11) comprises a connecting plate (12) which is fixed on the positioning plate (10) and is far away from the surface of the sucker body (1) and extends towards the direction of the corresponding baffle (2), and one end, far away from the positioning plate (10), of the connecting plate (12) extends upwards to form a connecting plate (13) which is detachably connected with the corresponding baffle (2).
6. The magnetic chuck of claim 5, wherein: the inner plate surface of the baffle (2) is fixed with a mounting seat (14), the upper side surface of the mounting seat (14) penetrates through a mounting groove (15), one end, far away from the connecting plate (12), of the connecting plate (13) is bent downwards to form a mounting plate (16) inserted in the mounting groove (15), and an interval is kept between the mounting plate (16) and the plate surface of the connecting plate (13).
7. The magnetic chuck of claim 6, wherein: the surface of the connecting plate (13) far away from the mounting plate (16) is provided with a convex block (17).
8. The magnetic chuck of claim 6, wherein: the connection plate (12), the connection plate (13), the mounting plate (16) and the mounting seat (14) are made of the same material as the positioning plate (10).
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