CN214980420U - Clamping mechanism - Google Patents

Abstract

The application provides a clamping mechanism, includes: a support; the clamping jaw structure at least comprises a group of clamping jaws which are oppositely arranged, and the clamping jaws are rotatably arranged on the bracket and used for clamping a workpiece; the rotating structure is connected with each clamping jaw and drives the clamping jaws to rotate; and the rotation driving structure is in driving connection with the rotation structure and drives the rotation structure to rotate. The clamping structure can realize clamping or loosening of workpieces, is simple and compact in structure, reduces occupied space, and can reduce cost.

Description

Clamping mechanism

Technical Field

The application belongs to the technical field of power batteries, and particularly relates to a clamping mechanism.

Background

In power battery production, need carry out the diolame to electric core surface, owing to after needing to guarantee the pad pasting at the diolame in-process, membrane and electric core laminating then need compress tightly electric core after the diolame, for manual operation usually, efficiency is very low, great restriction the production demand.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The present application is directed to a clamping mechanism to solve the above mentioned problems.

The technical scheme that this application adopted is a clamping mechanism, includes:

a support;

the clamping jaw structure at least comprises a group of clamping jaws which are oppositely arranged, and the clamping jaws are rotatably arranged on the bracket and used for clamping a workpiece;

the rotating structure is connected with each clamping jaw and drives the clamping jaws to rotate; and

and the rotation driving structure is in driving connection with the rotation structure and drives the rotation structure to rotate.

Furthermore, the clamping jaw structure further comprises a transmission connecting plate, the transmission connecting plate is connected with the rotating structure, and each clamping jaw is movably arranged on the corresponding transmission connecting plate respectively.

Furthermore, each clamping jaw still includes a plurality of clamp splice, and clamp splice mounting panel, a plurality of the clamp splice is in side by side the interval setting on the clamp splice mounting panel, the clamp splice mounting panel sets up movably on the transmission connecting plate.

Furthermore, the rotating structure comprises a rotating shaft and a transmission piece, wherein the rotating shaft is respectively connected with each transmission connecting plate, one end of the rotating shaft is rotatably arranged on the support, and the other end of the rotating shaft is connected with the rotating driving structure through the transmission piece.

Further, each transmission member comprises a gear and a rack which are meshed with each other; the gear is arranged on the rotating shaft so as to drive the rotating shaft to rotate; the rack is connected with the driving end of the rotary driving structure.

Furthermore, the rotary driving structure comprises a rotary driving device and a driving connecting block, and the rotary driving device is arranged on the bracket and is connected with the rack through the driving connecting block.

Further, the clamping mechanism further comprises a supporting plate used for supporting the workpiece, and the supporting plate is arranged on the support and located between the clamping jaws which are oppositely arranged.

Furthermore, the two sides of the supporting plate are also provided with pressing structures, and the pressing structures are used for pressing the two sides of the workpiece close to the supporting plate.

Furthermore, the pressing structure comprises pressing plates and a pressing driving device, wherein the pressing plates are oppositely arranged on two sides of the supporting plate, and the driving ends of the pressing driving device are respectively in driving connection with the pressing plates to drive the pressing plates to move.

Furthermore, revolution mechanic still includes the bolster, the bolster is fixed on the support, when the relative support of clamping jaw structure rotated, the clamping jaw structure can with the bolster butt.

The beneficial effect of this application lies in: through set up clamping jaw structure, revolution mechanic and rotation driving structure on the support to utilize rotation driving structure drive revolution mechanic to drive the motion of clamping jaw structure, and then realize that clamping jaw structure presss from both sides tightly or unclamps the work piece, this simple structure is compact, reduces occupation space, and can reduce cost.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments or the prior art descriptions will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without inventive exercise.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a state one in a clamping mechanism according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a second state in a clamping mechanism according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a jaw structure and a rotating structure in a clamping mechanism according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a rotary driving structure in a clamping mechanism according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a support plate and a pressing structure in a clamping mechanism according to an embodiment of the present application.

Reference numerals:

100. a support;

200. a jaw structure; 201. a clamping jaw; 202. a transmission connecting plate; 203. an insulating block; 2011. a clamping block; 2012. a clamp block mounting plate; 2013. an adjustment hole;

300. a rotating structure; 301. a rotating shaft; 302. a transmission member; 303. a bearing seat; 304. an adapter plate; 305. A buffer member; 3021. a gear; 3022. a rack; 3023. a keyway;

400. a rotation driving structure; 401. a rotation driving device; 402. a driving connecting block;

500. a support plate;

600. a compression structure; 601. a compression plate; 602. a compression drive device; 603. avoiding vacant positions; 604. compressing the connecting plate; 605. a drive device mounting plate; 606. cushion blocks;

700. and (5) a workpiece.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical problems, technical solutions and advantageous effects to be solved by the present application clearer, the present application is further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the present application and are not intended to limit the present application.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" or "disposed on" another element, it can be directly on the other element or be indirectly on the other element. When an element is referred to as being "connected to" another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or be indirectly connected to the other element.

It will be understood that the terms "length," "width," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like, refer to an orientation or positional relationship illustrated in the drawings for convenience in describing the present application and to simplify description, and do not indicate or imply that the referenced device or element must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present application.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of some applications, "plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.

The present application provides a clamping mechanism, which can be used to clamp a workpiece 700, where the workpiece 700 may be a power battery component such as a battery cell, the type of the workpiece 700 is not limited herein, and the workpiece 700 is clamped during a machining process to improve the machining efficiency. For example, after the surface of the battery cell is coated, the adhesion between the film and the battery cell needs to be ensured, and the coated battery cell can be clamped by using a clamping mechanism, so as to improve the processing efficiency.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the clamping mechanism includes a bracket 100, a clamping jaw structure 200, a rotating structure 300, and a rotation driving structure 400; the bracket 100 is used as a base element for providing a mounting base for the clamping jaw structure 200, the rotating structure 300 and the rotating driving structure 400, and besides, the clamping mechanism of the present application can be mounted on other processing equipment through the bracket 100; the jaw structure 200 is used to clamp a workpiece 700; the rotating structure 300 can drive the clamping jaw structure 200 to rotate relative to the bracket 100, so that the clamping jaw structure 200 can clamp the workpiece 700; the rotary drive mechanism 400 is capable of driving the rotary mechanism 300 to rotate relative to the support 100, thereby causing the jaw mechanism 200 to clamp or unclamp the workpiece 700.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the jaw structure 200 is mounted on the support 100 and is rotatable relative to the support 100 to clamp or unclamp a workpiece 700.

Specifically, referring to fig. 3, the clamping jaw structure 200 at least includes a set of clamping jaws 201 disposed opposite to each other, each clamping jaw 201 is connected to the rotating structure 300 and is rotatably disposed on the support 100 through the rotating structure 300, and the rotating structure 300 can drive the clamping jaws 201 disposed opposite to each other to rotate, so that the areas of the clamping jaws 201 for clamping the workpiece 700 are close to or far away from each other, thereby clamping or releasing the workpiece 700.

Further, in order to facilitate the installation of the clamping jaws 201, the clamping jaw structure 200 further includes a transmission connecting plate 202 connected to each clamping jaw 201, and the transmission connecting plate 202 is movably connected to the clamping jaw 201, so as to adjust the position of the clamping jaw 201 on the transmission connecting plate 202, thereby adjusting the distance between the clamping jaws 201 which are oppositely arranged, facilitating the clamping of workpieces 700 with different sizes, and expanding the application range of the clamping mechanism. In addition, the clamping jaw 201 is connected with the rotating structure 300 through the transmission connecting plate 202, and when the rotating structure 300 moves, the clamping jaw 201 is driven to rotate through the transmission connecting plate 202.

Specifically, referring to fig. 3, each clamping jaw 201 further includes a clamping block 2011 and a clamping block mounting plate 2012, and the clamping block 2011 is movably disposed on the transmission connecting plate 202 through the clamping block mounting plate 2012.

Further, in order to enhance the clamping effect and expand the application range, the number of the clamping blocks 2011 is plural, and the plural clamping blocks 2011 are arranged on the clamping block mounting plate 2012 side by side at intervals and extend in the vertical direction (i.e., the Z direction shown in fig. 3).

In some embodiments, the clamping blocks 2011 have a strip-shaped structure and extend along the Z-axis direction shown in fig. 3, the clamping blocks 2011 disposed opposite to each other are close to or away from each other along the X-axis direction shown in fig. 3, and the length of the clamping blocks 2011 is fixed. In other embodiments, the clamping block 2011 may also be configured to be a telescopic structure, so that the length of the clamping block 2011 may be adjusted, which is convenient for clamping workpieces 700 with different sizes, and the application range of the clamping mechanism is expanded.

In addition, an insulating block 203 can be further arranged on one side, close to the workpiece 700, of the clamping block 2011, so that the clamping block 2011 is prevented from being in direct contact with the workpiece 700 in the process of clamping the workpiece 700, an insulating effect is achieved, and electric leakage accidents are prevented, wherein the insulating block 203 can be made of rubber, plastics or fiber products.

In some embodiments, the clamp block mounting plate 2012 is provided with a plurality of adjusting holes 2013 and extends along an X-axis direction shown in fig. 3, the adjusting holes 2013 are connected with the transmission connection plate 202 through adjusting screws (not shown in the drawings), and the position of the clamp block mounting plate 2012 in the X-axis direction can be adjusted by adjusting the relative positions of the adjusting holes 2013 and the adjusting screws, so that the distance between the oppositely arranged clamp jaws 201 can be adjusted, and the application range of the clamping mechanism can be expanded. In other embodiments, a snap structure may be further disposed between the clamp block mounting plate 2012 and the transmission connecting plate 202 to facilitate replacement of different clamping jaws 201 according to the size of the workpiece 700, to expand the application range of the clamping mechanism, and to facilitate replacement when the clamping jaw 201 is damaged.

Referring to fig. 3 and 4, the rotating structure 300 is disposed on the support 100 and is respectively connected to each of the transmission connecting plates 202 in the clamping jaw structure 200, and the rotating structure 300 can rotate around a horizontal axis (i.e., an axis parallel to the Y direction shown in fig. 3) relative to the support 100 and drives the transmission connecting plates 202 to rotate around the horizontal axis, so that the transmission connecting plates 202 can drive the areas of the clamping jaws 201 for clamping the workpiece 700 to approach or move away from each other, thereby clamping or releasing the workpiece 700.

Specifically, the rotating structure 300 includes a rotating shaft 301 and a transmission member 302 respectively connected to the transmission connecting plate 202, one end of the rotating shaft 301 is rotatably disposed on the bracket 100 and can rotate around a horizontal axis (i.e., an axis parallel to the Y direction shown in fig. 3) with respect to the bracket 100, the other end of the rotating shaft 301 is connected to the transmission member 302, the transmission member 302 drives the rotating shaft 301 to rotate, so that the clamping jaw 201 can rotate with respect to the bracket 100, the rotating angle of the clamping jaw 201 can be controlled by controlling the transmission member 302, and the structure is simple and the occupied space is reduced.

Further, in some embodiments, a bearing seat 303 is further disposed between the rotating shaft 301 and the bracket 100, and the bearing seat 303 is fixed on the bracket 100, so that the rotating shaft 301 can better rotate around a horizontal shaft on the bracket 100. In other embodiments, the bearing seat 303 can be slidably disposed on the bracket 100 to facilitate adjusting the position of the bearing seat 303.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 2 to 4, each transmission member 302 includes a gear 3021 and a rack 3022, the gear 3021 is fixedly connected to the rotating shaft 301 to drive the rotating shaft 301 to rotate, the rack 3022 is connected to the driving end of the rotary driving structure 400 and extends in a horizontal direction (i.e., the X direction shown in fig. 4) relative to the support 100, a tooth space on the rack 3022 is engaged with a tooth space on the gear 3021, the rotary driving structure 400 can drive the rack 3022 to move horizontally relative to the support 100 to drive the gear 3021 to rotate around the horizontal axis, and further drive the rotating shaft 301 to rotate around the horizontal axis, the rotation angle of the rotating shaft 301 can be controlled by controlling the displacement of the rack 3022, and the structure is simple and reduces the occupied space. In other embodiments, each transmission member 302 may also be a rotating motor or a rotating cylinder, etc., and the driving end of each rotating motor or rotating cylinder is connected to the rotating shaft 301, so that the rotating shaft 301 is driven to rotate around the horizontal axis by the rotating motor or rotating cylinder, and the rotating angle of the rotating shaft 301 can be controlled by controlling the rotating motor or rotating cylinder.

Further, in some embodiments, a key groove 3023 is formed on an inner side of the gear 3021, a connection key (not shown) is formed on the rotating shaft 301, the gear 3021 is sleeved on the rotating shaft 301, the connection key is formed in the key groove 3023 to fix the gear 3021 to the rotating shaft 301, and a tooth groove is formed on an outer side of the gear 3021. In other embodiments, the gear 3021 and the rotating shaft 301 may also be integrally formed.

In addition, in some embodiments, the rotating structure 300 further includes an adapter plate 304, the transmission connecting plate 202 is fixed on the rotating shaft 301 through the adapter plate 304, wherein a mounting hole (not shown in the figure) is formed in the adapter plate 304, and is sleeved and fixed on the rotating shaft 301 through the mounting hole, and along with the rotation of the rotating shaft 301, the structure improves the stress area between the adapter plate 304 and the rotating shaft 301, so that the rotating shaft 301 can drive the rotating plate to rotate better, meanwhile, the bearing capacity of the transmission connecting plate 202 can be enhanced, and the transmission connecting plate 202 is prevented from being broken when the rotating structure 300 drives the clamping structure 200 to rotate. In other embodiments, the adaptor plate 304 may also be fixed to one side of the gear 3021, and the rotation of the adaptor plate 304 is driven by the rotation of the gear 3021.

Further, referring to fig. 3, the rotating structure 300 further includes a buffer 305, the buffer 305 is fixed on the connecting plate, and when the adapter plate 304 rotates relative to the bracket 100, the adapter plate 304 can abut against the buffer 305. Specifically, when the clamping jaw 201 moves away from the workpiece 700, the adapter plate 304 can abut against the buffer member 305.

In some embodiments, the buffer 305 is a spring and can be elastically deformed under compression, so as to prevent the first stopper from being damaged due to impact. In other embodiments, the dampener 305 may also be a hydraulic dampener 305.

Referring to fig. 4, the rotation driving structure 400 is disposed on the bracket 100 and connected to the rack 3022, so as to drive the rack 3022 to move in the horizontal direction, and further drive the gear 3021 to rotate.

Specifically, the rotation driving structure 400 includes a rotation driving device 401 and a driving connecting block 402, the rotation driving device 401 is disposed on the support 100 and connected to the rack 3022 through the driving connecting block, and the rack 3022 is driven to move in the horizontal direction.

In some embodiments, the rotary driving device 401 is a clamping jaw 201 cylinder, the driving ends of the clamping jaw 201 cylinder are respectively connected with a rack 3022 through a driving connecting block 402, and the rack 3022 is driven to perform opening and closing movement along the horizontal direction, so that the clamping jaw 201 clamps or releases the workpiece 700. In other embodiments, the rotary driving device 401 may also employ a driving motor, and each rack 3022 is connected to a driving motor, and drives the rack 3022 to move horizontally in opposite directions by the driving motor.

Referring to fig. 1, the clamping mechanism further includes a support plate 500 for supporting a workpiece 700, the support plate 500 being disposed on the support 100 between the oppositely disposed clamping jaws 201.

Specifically, referring to FIG. 5, the support plate 500 has a contoured slot on which the workpiece 700 may be placed, and the support plate 500 may be positioned on top of the support to facilitate the workpiece 700 to be better placed on the contoured slot while facilitating the clamping of the workpiece 700 by the jaws 201.

Further, referring to fig. 5, since the distance between the two sides of the end of the workpiece 700 close to the support plate 500 is smaller than the distance between the two sides of the workpiece 700, the two sides of the support plate 500 may further be provided with a pressing structure 600, and the pressing structure 600 is used for pressing the two sides of the workpiece 700 close to the support plate 500, so that the workpiece 700 can better complete the coating process.

Specifically, the pressing structure 600 includes two opposite pressing plates 601 and a pressing driving device 602, the pressing plates 601 are movably disposed on two sides of the supporting plate 500 and extend along a horizontal direction (i.e., a Y direction shown in fig. 5), driving ends of the pressing driving device 602 are respectively connected with the pressing plates 601 on the two sides, and the pressing plates 601 are driven to move close to or away from each other along the horizontal direction (i.e., an X direction shown in fig. 5), so as to clamp or release two sides of an end of the workpiece 700.

Further, in order to prevent the pressing plate 601 from interfering with the supporting plate 500 during the movement in the horizontal direction, a clearance 603 for facilitating the movement of the pressing plate 601 is further provided on the supporting plate 500.

Further, in order to facilitate the connection between the pressing plate 601 and the pressing driving device 602, the pressing structure 600 further includes a pressing connecting plate 604, one end of the pressing connecting plate 604 is connected to the pressing plate 601, and the other end of the pressing connecting plate 604 is connected to the driving end of the pressing driving device 602, and the pressing driving device 602 respectively drives the pressing connecting plate 604 to drive the pressing plate 601 to move close to or away from each other along the horizontal direction, so as to clamp or loosen both sides of the end of the workpiece 700.

In some embodiments, the pressing driving device 602 may be an opening and closing cylinder, a driving end of the opening and closing cylinder is connected to each pressing plate 601, and the pressing plates 601 are driven to approach or separate from each other along the horizontal direction, so that the structure is simple and the occupied space is reduced. In other embodiments, the pressing driving device 602 may also be a driving motor, and each pressing plate 601 is connected to a driving motor, and drives the pressing plate 601 to move horizontally in opposite directions through the driving motors.

Further, the pressing structure 600 further includes a driving device mounting plate 605, the driving device mounting plate 605 is fixed on the bracket 100, the pressing driving device 602 is mounted on the driving device mounting plate 605, and the driving device mounting plate 605 serves as a supporting element for the pressing driving device 602, so as to facilitate the mounting of the pressing driving device 602.

In some embodiments, the bottom of the supporting plate 500 is further connected with a spacer 606, and the spacer 606 is disposed on the body of the non-driving end of the pressing driving device 602, so that the pressing driving device 602 serves as a bearing element of the supporting plate 500, the structure is simple, the occupied space is reduced, and meanwhile, the spacer 606 can form an avoiding space between the supporting plate 500 and the driving end of the pressing driving device 602, thereby preventing the supporting plate 500 from interfering with the driving end of the pressing driving device 602. In other embodiments, the supporting plate 500 may also be disposed on the driving device mounting plate 605 through a spacer 606, and the spacer 606 forms an avoiding space between the supporting plate 500 and the pressing driving device 602 to prevent interference between the supporting plate 500 and the pressing driving device 602.

The present application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the invention using its general principles and without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof.

Claims (10)

1. A clamping mechanism, comprising:

a support;

the clamping jaw structure at least comprises a group of clamping jaws which are oppositely arranged, and the clamping jaws are rotatably arranged on the bracket and used for clamping a workpiece;

the rotating structure is connected with each clamping jaw and drives the clamping jaws to rotate; and

and the rotation driving structure is in driving connection with the rotation structure and drives the rotation structure to rotate.

2. The clamping mechanism as recited in claim 1, wherein said jaw structure further comprises a drive web, said drive web being connected to said rotary structure, each of said jaws being movably disposed on a respective drive web.

3. The clamping mechanism as recited in claim 2, wherein each of said jaws further comprises a plurality of clamping blocks and a clamping block mounting plate, a plurality of said clamping blocks being spaced side-by-side on said clamping block mounting plate, said clamping block mounting plate being movably disposed on said drive link plate.

4. The clamping mechanism as claimed in claim 2, wherein said rotary structure comprises a rotary shaft connected to each of said driving connection plates, and a transmission member, one end of said rotary shaft being rotatably disposed on said bracket, and the other end thereof being connected to said rotary driving structure through said transmission member.

5. The clamping mechanism as recited in claim 4, wherein each of said drive members comprises a gear and a rack, respectively, that are intermeshed; the gear is arranged on the rotating shaft so as to drive the rotating shaft to rotate; the rack is connected with the driving end of the rotary driving structure.

6. The clamping mechanism of claim 5 wherein the rotary drive mechanism includes a rotary drive and a drive connection block, the rotary drive being disposed on the bracket and connected to the rack via the drive connection block.

7. A clamping mechanism according to any one of claims 1 to 6 further comprising a support plate for supporting a workpiece, said support plate being disposed on said carriage between said opposed jaws.

8. The clamping mechanism of claim 7 wherein said support plate is further provided with compression structure on each side for compressing the workpiece adjacent each side of the support plate.

9. The clamping mechanism as claimed in claim 8, wherein the pressing structure comprises a pressing plate and a pressing driving device, the pressing plate is oppositely arranged on two sides of the supporting plate, and the driving ends of the pressing driving device are respectively in driving connection with the pressing plate to drive the pressing plate to move.

10. The clamping mechanism according to any one of claims 2 to 6 wherein the rotary structure further comprises a buffer member secured to the frame, the jaw structure being capable of abutting the buffer member when the jaw structure is rotated relative to the frame.

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