CN208567788U - More lens video measuring instruments - Google Patents

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CN208567788U
CN208567788U CN201821273588.8U CN201821273588U CN208567788U CN 208567788 U CN208567788 U CN 208567788U CN 201821273588 U CN201821273588 U CN 201821273588U CN 208567788 U CN208567788 U CN 208567788U
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The utility model discloses more lens video measuring instruments, including the testing agency being arranged on the upside of supporting leg, kinetic control system mechanism, pedestal and pedestal, the top of the supporting leg is provided with fixed mechanism, the fixed mechanism includes fixing groove, fixed column, rotation slot, semicircular indentations, the first limit plate, the second limit plate, loose slot, fixed lobe, groove, limit spring, card slot and handle, and supporting leg is fixed at the lower surface corner location of pedestal;The optical image measuring mechanism of the utility model is provided with two groups, the number of shots for increasing the utility model is equivalent to two or more common image instruments while measuring work, two or more workpiece can be measured simultaneously, substantially increase measurement efficiency, measuring instrument only needs a people to operate with simultaneously, reduces artificial use cost, reduces client cost expenditure, more lens video measuring instruments are because there is multiple groups optical combination, so that saving time of measuring improves working efficiency.

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More lens video measuring instruments
Technical field
The utility model belongs to image measurer technical field, and in particular to more lens video measuring instruments.
Background technique
It is more and more to product quality requirement with the continuous propulsion of industry, it is increasingly stringenter, many products require Precision measurement, yield efficiency is also in urgent need while improving product qualification rate, and more lens video measuring instruments are to meet Client improves measurement efficiency demand while high quality high-acruracy survey and designs.
The universal measurement efficiency that existing common measuring tool even image measurer is able to satisfy accurate measurement is not high, because Product measures size more, generally has a size more than 100 to need to detect, and all to have surveyed a product and at least need two points Clock is even more long, and time-consuming means cost with regard to high problem, thus it is proposed that more lens video measuring instruments long.
Utility model content
The purpose of this utility model is to provide more lens video measuring instruments, existing to solve to propose in above-mentioned background technique Common measuring tool even image measurer be able to satisfy accurate measurement universal measurement efficiency it is not high, because product measures size It is more, generally there is a size more than 100 to need to detect, and all to have surveyed a product and at least need two minutes even more long, it consumes When mean cost with regard to high problem long.
To achieve the above object, the utility model provides the following technical solutions:
More lens video measuring instruments, including the inspection being arranged on the upside of supporting leg, kinetic control system mechanism, pedestal and pedestal Mechanism is surveyed, the top of the supporting leg is provided with fixed mechanism, and the fixed mechanism includes fixing groove, fixed column, rotation slot, half Circumferential notch, the first limit plate, the second limit plate, loose slot, fixed lobe, groove, limit spring, card slot and handle, it is described Supporting leg is fixed at the lower surface corner location of pedestal, and the bottom end of the supporting leg is arranged with non-slip mat, the movement Control system mechanism is fixed on the inside of pedestal, and the fixing groove is symmetrically provided with the side of pedestal, the fixed column pair Claim to be fixed on the two sides of supporting leg and be placed on the inside of rotation slot, the rotation slot is symmetrically provided with the inner wall two of fixing groove Side, the loose slot are symmetrically provided with the inner wall two sides of fixing groove and are located at the side of rotation slot, the second limit plate installation It is placed on the inside of loose slot, the fixed lobe is symmetrically fixed on the two sides of the second limit plate and is placed on the inside of groove, The semicircular indentations are provided with one jiao of the top of the second limit plate, and first limit plate is identical as the shape of the second limit plate And it is placed on the inside of loose slot, one jiao of the top of first limit plate also offers semicircular indentations, and the card slot is symmetrical In the inner surface of loose slot, the limit spring installation is placed on the inside of card slot and connect with the side of the second limit plate, institute The lower surface that handle is fixed on the second limit plate is stated, the lower surface of the pedestal is provided with mobile mechanism.
Preferably, the mobile mechanism includes universal wheel, damping spring and locating slot, and the universal wheel is fixed on bottom The lower surface four corners of seat and the side for being located at supporting leg, damping spring installation be placed on the inside of locating slot and with it is universal The top of wheel connects, and the locating slot is symmetrically provided with the lower surface of pedestal.
Preferably, the testing agency includes Z-axis transmission mechanism, optical image measuring mechanism, surface illumination mechanism and X Shaft transmission, the Z-axis transmission mechanism are fixed on the surface of X-axis transmission mechanism, the optical image measuring mechanism peace Dress is fixed on the side of Z-axis transmission mechanism, and the surface illumination mechanism is fixed in the bottom end of optical image measuring mechanism, The X-axis transmission mechanism is fixed on the upside of pedestal, and the bottom end of the optical image measuring mechanism is provided with camera lens.
Preferably, the upper surface of the pedestal is provided with workbench, and the upper surface of the workbench is provided with work Table glass is provided with bottom source of parallel light group on the downside of the work table glass.
Preferably, the downside setting Y-axis transmission mechanism of the workbench and the upper surface positioned at pedestal.
Preferably, it is symmetrically arranged with column at the top surface edge position of the pedestal, the side of the column is provided with Bottom directional light control mechanism, the bottom end of the column are fixed with marble crossbeam, and marble crossbeam side is provided with X-axis Transmission mechanism.
Preferably, first limit plate is identical as the shape of the second limit plate and is individually positioned in the inside of loose slot, The side of first limit plate is provided with limit spring identical with the side of the second limit plate and card slot, first limit The lower surface of plate is also equipped with handle.
Compared with prior art, the utility model has the beneficial effects that
(1) the optical image measuring mechanism of the utility model is provided with two groups, increases the number of shots of the utility model just It is equivalent to two or more common image instruments while measuring work, two or more workpiece can be measured simultaneously, Measurement efficiency is substantially increased, while measuring instrument only needs a people to operate with, reduce artificial use cost, reduces client cost Expenditure, more lens video measuring instruments are because there is multiple groups optical combination, then to cooperate corresponding measuring software system that can measure simultaneously multiple Product, so that saving time of measuring improves working efficiency.
(2) supporting leg passes through fixed column in the inner rotation of rotation slot by top, drives supporting leg in fixing groove Portion's rotation, facilitates supporting leg to pack up and put, and facilitates pedestal to transport by universal wheel when supporting leg is packed up and moves, works as supporting leg When being placed in ground, prevent pedestal in ground moving, increase the stability of pedestal, two panels semicircular indentations be combined into full circle and with Supporting leg engaging, fixation prevents supporting leg from falling off when supporting leg being facilitated to pack up, convenient there are four card slot and limit spring are respectively provided with The second limit plate is set to be fixed with the first limit plate, and preventing supporting leg from packing up when being placed in ground causes pedestal on ground Activity increases supporting leg in the stability on ground.
(3) universal wheel top is connected with damping spring, prevents pedestal from acutely shaking when transporting mobile, prevents table on pedestal The precision component in face increases the stationarity of pedestal when moving because shaking causes dislocation to influence equipment normal use.
Detailed description of the invention
Fig. 1 is the structural schematic diagram of the utility model;
Fig. 2 is the pedestal local overlooking the schematic diagram of the section structure of the utility model;
Fig. 3 is the pedestal partial side the schematic diagram of the section structure of the utility model;
Fig. 4 is the structural schematic diagram of one jiao of side elevational cross-section of the utility model pedestal;
Fig. 5 is the communication schematic structural schematic diagram of the utility model;
In figure: 1, Z-axis transmission mechanism;2, optical image measuring mechanism;3, surface illumination mechanism;4, work table glass;5,Y Shaft transmission;6, universal wheel;7, supporting leg;8, kinetic control system mechanism;9, pedestal;10, workbench;11, column; 12, bottom directional light control mechanism;13, X-axis transmission mechanism;14, fixing groove;15, fixed column;16, rotation slot;17, semicircle Notch;18, the first limit plate;19, the second limit plate;20, loose slot;21, fixed lobe;22, groove;23, limit spring; 24, card slot;25, handle;26, damping spring;27, locating slot.
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The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, carries out the technical scheme in the embodiment of the utility model Clearly and completely describe, it is clear that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the utility model, rather than whole Embodiment.Based on the embodiments of the present invention, those of ordinary skill in the art are without making creative work Every other embodiment obtained, fall within the protection scope of the utility model.
Fig. 1, Fig. 2, Fig. 3, Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 are please referred to, the utility model provides a kind of technical solution: more lens video measurements Instrument, including the testing agency being arranged on the upside of supporting leg 7, kinetic control system mechanism 8, pedestal 9 and pedestal 9, the top of supporting leg 7 End is provided with fixed mechanism, and fixed mechanism includes fixing groove 14, fixed column 15, rotation slot 16, the limit of semicircular indentations 17, first Plate 18, the second limit plate 19, loose slot 20, fixed lobe 21, groove 22, limit spring 23, card slot 24 and handle 25, supporting leg 7 are fixed at the lower surface corner location of pedestal 9, and the bottom end of supporting leg 7 is arranged with non-slip mat, and supporting leg 7 is provided with four Item facilitates pedestal 9 to be stabilized in ground, prevents supporting leg 7 from sliding on ground, and kinetic control system mechanism 8 is fixed on pedestal 9 Inside, fixing groove 14 is symmetrically provided with the side of pedestal 9, and fixed column 15 is symmetrically fixed on the two sides of supporting leg 7 and is placed on The inside of rotation slot 16, rotation slot 16 are symmetrically provided with the inner wall two sides of fixing groove 14, and supporting leg 7 passes through fixed column by top 15 rotation slot 16 inner rotation, drive supporting leg 7 in the inner rotation of fixing groove 14, facilitate supporting leg 7 to pack up and put, Facilitate pedestal 9 by the transport movement of universal wheel 6 when supporting leg 7 is packed up, when supporting leg 7 is placed in ground, prevents pedestal 9 from existing Ground moving, increases the stability of pedestal 9, and loose slot 20 is symmetrically provided with the inner wall two sides of fixing groove 14 and is located at rotation slot 16 Side, the second limit plate 19, which is installed, is placed on the inside of loose slot 20, and fixed lobe 21 is symmetrically fixed on the second limit plate 19 Two sides and be placed on the inside of groove 22, the second limit plate 19 by fixed lobe 21 groove 22 inner rotation, it is convenient Second limit plate 19 facilitates supporting leg 7 to pack up and put down in the internal activity of loose slot 20, and semicircular indentations 17 are provided with second One jiao of the top of limit plate 19, the first limit plate 18 is identical as the shape of the second limit plate 19 and is placed on the interior of loose slot 20 Portion, one jiao of the top of the first limit plate 18 also offer semicircular indentations 17, two panels semicircular indentations 17 be combined into full circle and with Supporting leg 7 engages, and fixation prevents supporting leg 7 from falling off when supporting leg 7 being facilitated to pack up, and card slot 24 is symmetrically in the interior table of loose slot 20 Face, limit spring 23 are installed the inside for being placed on card slot 24 and are connect with the side of the second limit plate 19, card slot 24 and limit bullet There are four spring 23 is respectively provided with, the second limit plate 19 is conveniently set to be fixed with the first limit plate 18, and prevent supporting leg 7 from putting Packing up at ground causes pedestal 9 in land operations, increases supporting leg 7 in the stability on ground, handle 25 is fixed on the second limit The lower surface of position plate 19 is easy to use handle 25 to swing the second limit plate 19 in 20 internal slide of loose slot, supporting leg 7 is facilitated to receive Rising makes the transport movement of pedestal 9, and the lower surface of pedestal 9 is provided with mobile mechanism.
In order to increase the stationarity of pedestal 9 when moving, in the present embodiment, it is preferred that mobile mechanism include universal wheel 6, Damping spring 26 and locating slot 27, universal wheel 6 are fixed on the lower surface four corners of pedestal 9 and are located at the side of supporting leg 7, Damping spring 26 is installed the inside for being placed on locating slot 27 and is connect with the top of universal wheel 6, and locating slot 27 is symmetrically provided with bottom The lower surface of seat 9 prevents pedestal 9 from acutely shaking when transporting mobile, prevents the precision component of 9 upper surface of pedestal because shaking causes Dislocation influences equipment normal use, increases the stationarity of pedestal 9 when moving.
It is tested amount efficiency in order to increase workpiece, in the present embodiment, it is preferred that testing agency includes Z-axis transmission mechanism 1, light It learns radiographic measurement mechanism 2, surface illumination mechanism 3 and X-axis transmission mechanism 13, Z-axis transmission mechanism 1 and is fixed on X-axis driver The surface of structure 13, optical image measuring mechanism 2 are fixed on the side of Z-axis transmission mechanism 1, and the installation of surface illumination mechanism 3 is solid It is scheduled in the bottom end of optical image measuring mechanism 2, X-axis transmission mechanism 13 is fixed on the upside of pedestal 9, optical image measurement The bottom end of mechanism 2 is provided with camera lens, and optical image measuring mechanism 2 is provided with two groups, increases the number of shots of the utility model just It is equivalent to two or more common image instruments while measuring work, two or more workpiece can be measured simultaneously, Measurement efficiency is substantially increased, while measuring instrument only needs a people to operate with, reduce artificial use cost, reduces client cost Expenditure.
Putting when in order to facilitate workpiece calibration, in the present embodiment, it is preferred that it is flat that the upper surface of pedestal 9 is provided with work Platform 10, the upper surface of workbench 10 are provided with work table glass 4, and the downside of work table glass 4 is provided with bottom source of parallel light Group.
Y direction is detected in order to facilitate workpiece, in the present embodiment, it is preferred that the downside setting Y-axis of workbench 10 passes Motivation structure 5 and the upper surface for being located at pedestal 9.
In order to facilitate using bottom directional light control mechanism 12 to control bottom source of parallel light group, in the present embodiment, it is preferred that Column 11 is symmetrically arranged at the top surface edge position of pedestal 9, the side of column 11 is provided with bottom directional light control mechanism 12, facilitate control bottom source of parallel light group, the bottom end of column 11 is fixed with marble crossbeam, and marble crossbeam side is provided with X Shaft transmission 13.
The first limit plate 18 merges with the second limit plate 19 for convenience prevents 7 play of supporting leg, in the present embodiment, preferably , the first limit plate 18 is identical as the shape of the second limit plate 19 and is individually positioned in the inside of loose slot 20, the first limit plate 18 side is provided with limit spring 23 identical with the side of the second limit plate 19 and card slot 24, the following table of the first limit plate 18 Face is also equipped with handle 25.
The working principle and process for using of the utility model: pedestal 9 when in use, is first passed through universal wheel by the utility model 6 are moved to suitable position, and pedestal 9 is steady when mobile by the increase pedestal 9 of damping spring 26 that 6 top of universal wheel connects Property, then the supporting leg 7 for being received in 9 side of pedestal is pressed downwards, makes 7 top of supporting leg by fixed column 15 in rotation slot 16 Inner rotation, and be that 7 surface of supporting leg is moved down in the inside of semicircular indentations 17, it is limited by 7 surface of supporting leg to first Position plate 18 and 19 side of the second limit plate apply pressure, press limit spring 23 by the second limit plate 19 in the inside of card slot 24 Contracting, subsequent fixed lobe 21 makes the first limit plate 18 in the inner rotation of groove 22 and the second limit plate 19 separates and the notch that splits Supporting leg 7 is allowed to pass through, subsequent first limit plate 18 and the second limit plate 19 are fastened on one by the elastic force of limit spring 23 again It rises, the utility model can be used after being installed, workpiece for measurement two pieces or more than one piece are put down gently and are placed on work table glass 4 respectively On corresponding smelting tool, by Y-axis transmission mechanism 5 and X-axis transmission mechanism 13, by two groups of optical image measuring mechanisms 2, surface illuminations Mechanism 3 and bottom directional light control mechanism 12 move to the place that workpiece needs to measure, then the movement of Z-axis transmission mechanism 1 is made to make optics Radiographic measurement mechanism 2 and surface illumination mechanism 3 are focused, and are then analyzed by Survey Software and are completed measurement.
While there has been shown and described that the embodiments of the present invention, for the ordinary skill in the art, It is understood that these embodiments can be carried out with a variety of variations in the case where not departing from the principles of the present invention and spirit, repaired Change, replacement and variant, the scope of the utility model is defined by the appended claims and the equivalents thereof.

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  1. Lens video measuring instrument more than 1., including what is be arranged on the upside of supporting leg, kinetic control system mechanism, pedestal and pedestal (9) Testing agency, it is characterised in that: the top of the supporting leg is provided with fixed mechanism, and the fixed mechanism includes fixing groove, consolidates Fixed column, rotation slot, semicircular indentations, the first limit plate, the second limit plate, loose slot, fixed lobe, groove, limit spring, card Slot and handle, the supporting leg are fixed at the lower surface corner location of pedestal, and the bottom end of the supporting leg is arranged with anti- Skidding, the kinetic control system mechanism are fixed on the inside of pedestal, and the fixing groove is symmetrically provided with the side of pedestal, The fixed column symmetry is fixed on the two sides of supporting leg and is placed on the inside of rotation slot, and the rotation slot is symmetrically provided with fixation The inner wall two sides of slot, the loose slot are symmetrically provided with the inner wall two sides of fixing groove and are located at the side of rotation slot, and described second Limit plate installs the inside for being placed on loose slot, and the fixed lobe is symmetrically fixed on the two sides of the second limit plate and is placed on recessed The inside of slot, the semicircular indentations are provided with one jiao of the top of the second limit plate, first limit plate and the second limit plate Shape it is identical and be placed on the inside of loose slot, one jiao of the top of first limit plate also offers semicircular indentations, institute Card slot is stated symmetrically in the inner surface of loose slot, and the limit spring installation is placed on the inside of card slot and the side with the second limit plate Face connection, the handle are fixed on the lower surface of the second limit plate, and the lower surface of the pedestal is provided with mobile mechanism.
  2. 2. more lens video measuring instruments according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the mobile mechanism include universal wheel, Damping spring and locating slot, the universal wheel are fixed on the lower surface four corners of pedestal and are located at the side of supporting leg, institute It states damping spring installation to be placed on the inside of locating slot and connect with the top of universal wheel, the locating slot is symmetrically provided with pedestal Lower surface.
  3. 3. more lens video measuring instruments according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the testing agency includes Z-axis transmission Mechanism, optical image measuring mechanism, surface illumination mechanism and X-axis transmission mechanism, the Z-axis transmission mechanism are fixed on X-axis The surface of transmission mechanism, the optical image measuring mechanism are fixed on the side of Z-axis transmission mechanism, the surface illumination machine Structure is fixed in the bottom end of optical image measuring mechanism, and the X-axis transmission mechanism is fixed on the upside of pedestal, described The bottom end of optical image measuring mechanism is provided with camera lens.
  4. 4. more lens video measuring instruments according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the upper surface of the pedestal is provided with work Make platform, the upper surface of the workbench is provided with work table glass, and it is flat that bottom is provided on the downside of the work table glass Line light source group.
  5. 5. more lens video measuring instruments according to claim 4, it is characterised in that: Y is arranged in the downside of the workbench Shaft transmission and the upper surface for being located at pedestal.
  6. 6. more lens video measuring instruments according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the top surface edge position of the pedestal Place is symmetrically arranged with column, and the side of the column is provided with bottom directional light control mechanism, and the bottom end of the column is fixed with Marble crossbeam, marble crossbeam side are provided with X-axis transmission mechanism.
  7. 7. more lens video measuring instruments according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: first limit plate and the second limit The shape of plate is identical and is individually positioned in the inside of loose slot, and the side of first limit plate is provided with and the second limit plate The lower surface of the identical limit spring in side and card slot, first limit plate is also equipped with handle.
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