CN211036637U - Automatic brick paving machine - Google Patents

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CN211036637U
CN211036637U CN201920026255.3U CN201920026255U CN211036637U CN 211036637 U CN211036637 U CN 211036637U CN 201920026255 U CN201920026255 U CN 201920026255U CN 211036637 U CN211036637 U CN 211036637U
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李宗昊
刘世民
侯荣斌
崔盈利
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The utility model provides an automatic tile paving machine, include: the storage mechanism is used for storing and lifting bricks; the conveying mechanism is used for conveying the bricks in the storage mechanism; the brick paving mechanism is used for clamping the bricks conveyed by the conveying mechanism and driving the bricks to rotate to the ground for paving; and the tamping mechanism is used for compacting the bricks paved by the brick paving mechanism. The brick paving mechanism comprises a rotatable brick paving wheel, a clamping assembly for clamping bricks and a control assembly for controlling the clamping assembly to automatically clamp and loosen the bricks. The utility model discloses a control assembly control clamping unit self-holding fragment of brick, when the fragment of brick rotated the paving wheel bottom, control assembly control clamping unit loosened the fragment of brick, can realize the stable transport of fragment of brick, and can not cause the impact to the fragment of brick of laying, improved the paving brick quality.

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Automatic brick paving machine
Technical Field
The utility model discloses the construction machinery field, concretely relates to automatic tile paving machine.
Background
With the increasing construction of the infrastructure in China, the city construction is more and more vigorous, and in the town construction, floor tiles are often required to be laid on sidewalks in parks, gardens, squares, streets and other places. The floor tiles are paved in the conventional construction mode through manual operation, the concrete procedures comprise leveling the ground, paving lime and paving the floor tiles, so that the labor intensity of workers is high, the working efficiency is low, the daily pavement amount of people is less than 15 square meters, and therefore, the floor tiles are paved in an urgent need to realize mechanical operation. In view of the situation, in recent years, some brick paving machines are developed in China to assist workers in operation, but most of the existing brick paving machines have the problems of large volume and high cost, are not suitable for paving floor tiles in small-area and narrow places, and therefore the brick paving machine technology cannot be widely applied to paving floors in various different places.
In order to solve the above technical problems, the prior art (CN104652237A) discloses a simple brick paving machine, wherein when bricks are conveyed, the bricks are conveyed onto a slide way through a driving belt, and the bricks directly and freely slide on the slide way to the ground, so that the bricks are easy to turn during sliding, workers may be required to assist in placing the bricks when the bricks reach the ground, and in addition, the impact force of direct sliding is large, which impacts the paved bricks, resulting in low brick paving quality.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
In order to solve the technical problem, the utility model provides a can stabilize the automatic brick paving machine who carries the fragment of brick and improve the tiling quality.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the technical scheme of the utility model is as follows:
an automatic tile paving machine comprising: the storage mechanism is used for storing and lifting bricks; the conveying mechanism is used for conveying the bricks in the storage mechanism; the brick paving mechanism is used for clamping the bricks conveyed by the conveying mechanism and driving the bricks to rotate to the ground for paving; and the tamping mechanism is used for compacting the bricks paved by the brick paving mechanism.
The storage mechanism comprises a brick storage box and a lifting assembly used for lifting bricks in the brick storage box, and the lifting assembly is arranged at the bottom of the brick storage box.
In one embodiment, the lifting assembly comprises a brick placing plate for placing bricks and a lifting rod for driving the brick placing plate to lift.
Wherein, conveying mechanism including set gradually be used for will putting transporting to storing up the conveyer belt that brick case goes out the brick mouth of brick on the brick board, be used for transmitting the conveyer belt and transport the conveyer belt of the brick of transporting and transport the conveyer belt and transport the brick to the transmission board subassembly of spreading the brick mechanism of coming, the conveyer belt is located and puts the brick board top, the conveyer belt is close to store up brick case and goes out brick mouth one side and set up, the adjacent conveyer belt setting of transmission board subassembly.
In one embodiment, the transmission plate assembly comprises a transmission plate for placing bricks and an auxiliary wheel arranged above the transmission plate and used for driving the bricks to move along the transmission plate, and rollers for reducing friction between the bricks and the transmission plate are arranged on the transmission plate.
The brick paving mechanism comprises a rotatable brick paving wheel, a clamping assembly and a control assembly, wherein the clamping assembly is used for clamping bricks, the control assembly is used for controlling the clamping assembly to automatically clamp and loosen the bricks, the brick paving wheel is uniformly provided with placing grooves used for containing the bricks in the circumferential direction, and each placing groove is provided with the clamping assembly.
In one embodiment, the control assembly comprises a pressure sensor for sensing the brick entering the placing groove, a position sensor for sensing the placing groove with the brick moving to the lowest end of the brick laying wheel, and a controller for receiving signals of the pressure sensor and the position sensor and controlling the clamping assembly to clamp or unclamp, wherein the pressure sensor, the position sensor and the clamping assembly are all electrically connected with the controller.
Preferably, the clamping assembly comprises a first clamping plate and a second clamping plate which are oppositely arranged and connected with the side wall of the placing groove through elastic pieces, and cams for driving the respective clamping plates to move so as to clamp or loosen bricks are arranged on the opposite sides of the first clamping plate and the second clamping plate.
The automatic brick paving machine further comprises a frame, the storage mechanism is arranged on the frame, the conveying mechanism is arranged above the frame and supported by the supporting mechanism, the brick paving mechanism is arranged in front of the moving direction of the frame and connected with the frame, and the tamping mechanism is arranged behind the moving direction of the brick paving mechanism and connected with the frame.
Preferably, the rack comprises a frame and a connecting frame, the connecting frame is of a concave structure, and the brick paving mechanism can be rotatably arranged at an inwards concave opening of the connecting frame.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model discloses following effect has:
1. the utility model discloses a control assembly control clamping assembly self-holding fragment of brick, when the fragment of brick rotated to the paving wheel bottom, control assembly control clamping assembly loosened the fragment of brick, can realize the stable transport of fragment of brick, and can not cause the impact to the fragment of brick of laying, improved the paving brick quality; 2. the automatic brick paving machine of the utility model can be suitable for various paving places, and can save manpower when being used for paving in narrow areas; 3. the utility model discloses to pave brick, compaction etc. and combine together, reduced work cycle, avoided the secondary to do over again, improved work efficiency.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an automatic brick paving machine in an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the structure of the transmission plate of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the construction of the paving wheel of FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the clamping assembly clamps bricks;
fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of the clamping assembly in the embodiment of the present invention in the state of loosening bricks.
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The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
An automatic tile paving machine comprising: the storage mechanism is used for storing and lifting bricks; the conveying mechanism is used for conveying the bricks in the storage mechanism; the brick paving mechanism is used for clamping the bricks conveyed by the conveying mechanism and driving the bricks to rotate to the ground for paving; and the tamping mechanism is used for compacting the bricks paved by the brick paving mechanism.
The automatic brick paving machine further comprises a rack, the storage mechanism is arranged on the rack, the conveying mechanism is arranged above the rack and supported by the supporting mechanism, the brick paving mechanism is arranged in front of the moving direction of the rack and connected with the rack, and the tamping mechanism is arranged behind the moving direction of the brick paving mechanism and connected with the rack.
In an embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, the frame includes that frame 1 and rigid coupling are used for supporting the link 2 of tile work mechanism in the 1 the place ahead of frame, be equipped with 4 walking wheels 3 on the frame 1, frame 1 passes through the power equipment drive, power equipment can be fuel oil machine also can be the motor, in order to realize clean pollution-free purpose, and this embodiment adopts motor drive, the motor passes through the power supply of on-vehicle storage battery 101, the external charging plug 102 of on-vehicle storage battery 101 is used for charging, on-vehicle storage battery 101 inlays to establish on frame 1. The connecting frame 2 is of a concave structure, and the brick paving mechanism is arranged at an inwards concave opening of the connecting frame 2.
The storage mechanism comprises a brick storage box 4 and a lifting assembly for lifting bricks in the brick storage box 4, the lifting assembly is arranged at the bottom of the brick storage box 4, the lifting assembly comprises a brick placing plate 401 for placing bricks and two lifting rods 402 for driving the brick placing plate 401 to lift, the two lifting rods 402 are arranged, the bottom ends of the two lifting rods 402 are fixedly connected with the bottom wall of the brick storage box 4, and the top ends of the two lifting rods 402 are fixedly connected with the lower surface of the brick placing plate 401; the lifting rod 402 may be a hydraulic rod, a pneumatic rod, or an electric telescopic rod, but is not limited thereto, as long as the lifting assembly can move the brick placing plate up and down.
The conveying mechanism comprises a conveying belt 501, a conveying belt 502 and a conveying plate assembly, wherein the conveying belt 501 is used for conveying bricks on the brick placing plate 401 to one side of a rotary outlet of the brick storage box 4, the conveying belt 502 is used for conveying the bricks conveyed by the conveying belt 502 to the brick paving mechanism, the conveying belt 501 is arranged on the inner wall of an opening at the upper end of the brick storage box 4 and is positioned above the brick placing plate 401, two push plates 506 are arranged on the conveying belt 501, and the bricks are pushed to move forwards through the push plates 506; the transmission band 502 is close to and stores up brick case 4 and goes out brick mouth one side and set up, the transmission board subassembly is close to the transmission band 502 and sets up, explains with reference to fig. 1, and the transmission band 502 is established on the right side of storing up brick case 4 promptly, and the transmission board subassembly is established on the right side of transmission band 502, it has the breach that is used for the brick output to open on the right side wall of storing up brick case 4, in order to prevent the brick aversion, it has the indent to open along the direction of delivery on the transmission band 502, and the brick is located at the removal. The transmission plate assembly comprises a transmission plate 503 for placing bricks and three auxiliary wheels 504 arranged above the transmission plate 503 and used for driving the bricks to move along the transmission plate 503, a certain distance exists between the left end of the transmission plate 503 and the right end of the transmission belt 502, but the distance is smaller than the size of the bricks, a through groove is formed in the surface of the transmission plate 503, a plurality of rollers 505 are arranged in the through groove along the brick transmission direction, so that the friction between the bricks and the transmission plate 503 can be reduced, a ring groove is also formed in the surface of each roller 505, the bricks are prevented from turning, and the specific structure of the transmission plate assembly is shown in fig. 2; the transmission board 503 is a broken line structure, including the first horizontal segment that is close to the transmission band 502, the second horizontal segment that is close to the brick laying mechanism and the slope section of connecting first horizontal segment and second horizontal segment, it is three auxiliary wheel 504 is established respectively in first horizontal segment top, slope section top and second horizontal segment top, and is three auxiliary wheel 504 passes through the support frame to be fixed on link 2, auxiliary wheel 504 passes through the motor and drives the rotation, and surface contact on auxiliary wheel 504's the surface and the fragment of brick can drive the fragment of brick at the rotation in-process and remove along transmission board 503.
The tile paving mechanism comprises a rotatable tile paving wheel 6, a clamping assembly for clamping tiles and a control assembly for controlling the clamping assembly to automatically clamp and loosen the tiles, wherein the tile paving wheel 6 is rotatably connected onto the connecting frame 2, a first chain wheel 601 is arranged on one side of the tile paving wheel 6, a second chain wheel 201 is arranged on the connecting frame 2 and is connected with the first chain wheel 601 through a chain 202, and the second chain wheel 201 is driven by a motor so as to drive the tile paving wheel 6 to rotate through the chain 202.
As shown in fig. 3, the brick paving wheels 6 are uniformly provided with placing grooves 602 for accommodating bricks in the circumferential direction, and each placing groove 602 is provided with a clamping assembly. As shown in fig. 4 and 5, the clamping assembly includes a first clamping plate 603 and a second clamping plate 604 which are oppositely arranged and connected with the side wall of the placing groove 602 through a spring, a first cam 605 is arranged on one side of the first clamping plate 603, which is opposite to the second clamping plate 604, a second cam 606 is arranged on one side of the second clamping plate 604, which is opposite to the first clamping plate 603, the first cam 605 and the second cam 606 can be respectively driven by a motor, and can also be synchronously driven by the same motor through a chain drive or a belt drive, which can be selected according to specific situations. When bricks need to be clamped, the motors drive the first cam 605 and the second cam 606 to rotate 90 degrees to enable the long sides of the first cam 605 and the second cam 606 to be in contact with the respective clamping plates, and the first cam 605 and the second cam 606 squeeze the corresponding clamping plates to move oppositely in the rotating process, so that the bricks are clamped; when the bricks need to be unloaded, the motor drives the first cam 605 and the second cam 606 to rotate continuously by 90 degrees, the first cam 605 and the second cam 606 return to the initial state, the first clamping plate 603 and the second clamping plate 604 return under the resilience force of the spring, at the moment, the first clamping plate 603 and the second clamping plate 604 have no acting force on the bricks, and the bricks fall under the action of gravity.
The control assembly comprises a pressure sensor for sensing that bricks enter the placing groove 602, a position sensor for sensing that the placing groove 602 with the bricks moves to the lowest end of the brick laying wheel 6, a controller for receiving signals of the pressure sensor and controlling the clamping assembly to clamp and a controller for receiving signals of the position sensor and controlling the clamping assembly to loosen, and the pressure sensor, the position sensor and the clamping assembly are all electrically connected with the controller. Specifically, each of the placing grooves 602 is provided with a pressure sensor and a position sensor, the pressure sensor and the position sensor in each of the placing grooves 602 are independently electrically connected to the controller, and the pressure sensor is arranged on the bottom wall of the placing groove 602.
As shown in fig. 1, the tamper assembly includes a plurality of tamper wheels 7, the tamper wheels 7 being connected to the connecting frame 2 by a linkage to compact the bricks being laid.
The utility model discloses a theory of operation is: firstly, placing tiles to be laid on a tile placing plate 401 in a tile storage box 4, then driving the tile placing plate 401 to be lifted upwards by a lifting rod 402 until the upper surface of the tile placing plate 401 is flush with the surface of a conveying belt 502, then pushing the tiles to the concave parts on the conveying belt 502 by a pushing plate 506 on a conveying belt 501, and when the tiles move to the tail end of the conveying belt 502, an auxiliary wheel 504 on a first horizontal section provides power for the tiles to move along the conveying plate 503; when bricks are conveyed to the right end of the conveying plate 503, the bricks enter the placing grooves 602 on the brick paving wheels 6 under the driving of the auxiliary wheels 504 above the second horizontal section, and after pressure sensors in the placing grooves 602 detect pressure from the bricks, signals are transmitted to the controller, and the controller controls the motor to drive the first cam 605 and the second cam 606 to rotate 90 degrees, so that the first clamping plate 603 and the second clamping plate 604 are driven to move oppositely to clamp the bricks; the brick laying wheel 6 rotates under the transmission of the first chain wheel 601, the second chain wheel 201 and the chain 202, bricks are transferred to the lowest end of the brick laying wheel 6 from the uppermost end of the brick laying wheel 6, when the bricks reach the lowest end of the brick laying wheel 6, the position sensors on the brick laying wheel 6 detect that the bricks reach the lowest end and transmit signals to the controller, the controller controls the motor to drive the first cam 605 and the second cam 606 to continue to rotate 90 degrees, the first cam 605 and the second cam 606 return to the initial state, the first clamping plate 603 and the second clamping plate 604 return under the resilience of the spring, at the moment, the first clamping plate 603 and the second clamping plate 604 have no acting force on the bricks, and the bricks are laid on the ground under the action of self gravity. After the bricks are laid, the bricks are compacted by the compaction wheels 7, at the moment, the laying and subsequent compaction work of one brick is completed, and the subsequent brick laying is also completed in the process, so that the whole project is completed.
It should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, without departing from the inventive concept, several variations and modifications can be made, which are within the scope of the present invention.

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1. An automatic brick paving machine, characterized by comprising:
the storage mechanism is used for storing and lifting bricks;
the conveying mechanism is used for conveying the bricks in the storage mechanism;
the brick paving mechanism is used for clamping the bricks conveyed by the conveying mechanism and driving the bricks to rotate to the ground for paving;
and the tamping mechanism is used for compacting the bricks paved by the brick paving mechanism.
2. The automatic brick paving machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the storage mechanism comprises a brick storage box (4) and a lifting assembly for lifting bricks in the brick storage box (4), wherein the lifting assembly is arranged at the bottom of the brick storage box (4).
3. The automatic brick paving machine according to claim 2, characterized in that the lifting assembly comprises a brick placing plate (401) for placing bricks and a lifting rod (402) for driving the brick placing plate (401) to lift.
4. The automatic brick paving machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the conveying mechanism comprises a conveying belt (501) for conveying bricks on a brick placing plate (401) to a brick outlet of the brick storage box (4), a conveying belt (502) for conveying the bricks conveyed by the conveying belt (501), and a conveying plate assembly for conveying the bricks conveyed by the conveying belt (502) to the brick paving mechanism, wherein the conveying belt (501) is arranged above the brick placing plate (401), the conveying belt (502) is arranged adjacent to the brick outlet side of the brick storage box (4), and the conveying plate assembly is arranged adjacent to the conveying belt (502).
5. The automatic brick paving machine according to claim 4, characterized in that the transmission plate assembly comprises a transmission plate (503) for placing bricks and an auxiliary wheel (504) arranged above the transmission plate (503) for driving the bricks to move along the transmission plate (503), and rollers (505) for reducing friction between the bricks and the transmission plate (503) are arranged on the transmission plate (503).
6. The automatic brick paving machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the brick paving mechanism comprises a rotatable brick paving wheel (6), a clamping assembly for clamping bricks and a control assembly for controlling the clamping assembly to automatically clamp and loosen the bricks, the brick paving wheel (6) is uniformly provided with placing grooves (602) for accommodating the bricks in the circumferential direction, and each placing groove (602) is provided with the clamping assembly.
7. An automatic brick paving machine as claimed in claim 6, characterized in that said control assembly comprises a pressure sensor for sensing the entry of a brick into said placement groove (602), a position sensor for sensing the movement of the placement groove (602) with the brick to the lowermost end of the brick paving wheel (6), and a controller for receiving the signals from the pressure sensor and the position sensor and controlling the clamping assembly to clamp or unclamp, said pressure sensor, position sensor and clamping assembly being electrically connected to the controller.
8. An automatic brick laying machine according to claim 6 or 7, characterized in that said clamping assembly comprises a first clamping plate (603) and a second clamping plate (604) which are oppositely arranged and connected with the side wall of the placing groove (602) through elastic members, and the sides of the first clamping plate (603) and the second clamping plate (604) which are opposite to each other are provided with cams for driving the respective clamping plates to move so as to clamp or release the bricks.
9. The automatic brick paving machine according to claim 1, further comprising a frame, wherein the storage mechanism is arranged on the frame, the conveying mechanism is arranged above the frame and supported by the supporting mechanism, the brick paving mechanism is arranged in front of the moving direction of the frame and connected with the frame, and the tamping mechanism is arranged behind the moving direction of the brick paving mechanism and connected with the frame.
10. The automatic brick paving machine according to claim 9, characterized in that the machine frame comprises a vehicle frame (1) and a connecting frame (2), the connecting frame (2) is of a concave structure, and the brick paving mechanism is arranged at a concave opening of the connecting frame (2).
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