CN215210228U - Drying device is used in cardboard processing - Google Patents

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CN215210228U
CN215210228U CN202120867379.1U CN202120867379U CN215210228U CN 215210228 U CN215210228 U CN 215210228U CN 202120867379 U CN202120867379 U CN 202120867379U CN 215210228 U CN215210228 U CN 215210228U
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蒋孟有
李永鲁
方敬东
李温琦
李温儒
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The utility model discloses a drying device for processing paperboards, which comprises a box body, the utility model provides a carton, the carton is characterized in that is located the left feed inlet of box and is located the discharge gate on box right side, feed inlet and discharge gate outside all are equipped with the last press from both sides roller and the lower press from both sides roller that is used for driving the cardboard motion, the cardboard is got into the box by the feed inlet, the inside left and right sides wall of box all is equipped with the slide rail that is the semi-ring shape and sets up, equal sliding connection has the sliding seat on the slide rail of both sides, it is equipped with the heating rod to press from both sides between two sliding seats, the sliding seat of one side is connected with first motor, heating rod one side has the heating member that is used for heating the heating rod, a plurality of driven roller sets that are used for driving the cardboard to continue the motion have in the box, driven roller set is including the last running roller that is located the cardboard upper end and the lower running roller that is located the cardboard below, all have the bactericidal lamp between adjacent last running roller or the lower running roller, the inboard of feed inlet and discharge gate all has the dust collector of two relative settings.

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Drying device is used in cardboard processing
Technical Field
The utility model relates to a cardboard processing technology field, more specifically say, it relates to a drying device for cardboard processing.
Background
Cardboard can use the adhesive in the course of working, often contains certain moisture behind its finished product, leads to its compressive strength to reduce, consequently needs to carry out the stoving operation to the cardboard, but cardboard drying device on the existing market has following problem when using: 1. the paperboard drying device generally adopts single-side heating, namely only one side of the paperboard is heated, so that the problems of wrinkling, sinking deformation and the like caused by uneven drying of the surface and the bottom of the paperboard are easy to occur. 2. The paperboard drying device does not have the dust removal and sterilization functions, dust particles or bacteria are attached to the surface of the dried paperboard, the mildew resistance of the paperboard is reduced, and the storage life of the paperboard is influenced.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
Not enough to prior art exists, the utility model aims to provide a drying device is used in cardboard processing to solve above-mentioned problem.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model provides a following technical scheme: a drying device for paperboard processing comprises a box body, a feed inlet positioned on the left side of the box body and a discharge outlet positioned on the right side of the box body, wherein an upper clamping roller and a lower clamping roller for driving a paperboard to move are arranged on the outer sides of the feed inlet and the discharge outlet, the upper clamping roller and the lower clamping roller are oppositely arranged and are connected with the box body through a mounting frame, the paperboard enters the box body from the feed inlet, the left side wall and the right side wall in the box body are respectively provided with a semi-annular sliding rail, sliding seats are respectively and slidably connected with the sliding rails on the two sides, a heating rod is clamped between the two sliding seats, the sliding seat on one side is connected with a first motor, one side of the heating rod is provided with a heating element for heating the heating rod, a plurality of driven roller groups for driving the paperboard to continue to move are arranged in the box body, each driven roller group comprises an upper roller positioned on the upper end of the paperboard and a lower roller positioned below the paperboard, and sterilizing lamps are respectively arranged between the upper roller or the lower roller, the inner sides of the feed inlet and the discharge outlet are provided with two dust removing devices which are arranged oppositely.
The scheme has the advantages that: the heating rods are driven to reciprocate along the semi-annular slide rails by the slide seats on the two sides, the slide rails are designed in a semi-annular structure, so that the movement of the heating rods cannot collide with the driven roller set, the dust removal device and the germicidal lamps, the heating rods are driven to rotate around the paperboard, the two sides of the paperboard are uniformly heated, the wrinkling and the sinking deformation caused by the nonuniform heating of the surface and the bottom of the paperboard are avoided, and the paperboard is driven to continuously move by the driven roller set so that the paperboard can stably move in the box body; disappear through the bactericidal lamp and kill the bacterium on paperboard surface, both sides set up dust collector and clear up the dust granule in paperboard surface and the box about the cardboard, solved the problem that the cardboard stoving back surface attachment has dust granule or bacterium and then influences the cardboard shelf life, wherein the inboard of feed inlet and discharge gate all is equipped with dust collector and makes dust collector better to the clearance effect of cardboard.
The utility model discloses further set up to: the dust removal device comprises a dust removal part, the dust removal part is connected with the driving shaft, the other end of the driving shaft extends out of the box body and is connected with a second motor, and the dust removal part is in threaded connection with the driving shaft.
The scheme has the advantages that: the dust removal piece sets up both sides and relative setting about the cardboard, can carry out the granule dust of cardboard both sides simultaneously and clear up fully, removes dust simultaneously and for threaded connection between piece and the drive shaft, has made things convenient for the routine maintenance and the change of removing dust, and wherein remove dust between piece and the drive shaft threaded connection's the rotation direction and drive shaft operating condition rotation opposite direction down, the rotation of avoiding the drive shaft leads to removing dust not hard up of piece.
The utility model discloses further set up to: the dust removal piece includes the casing, is located the suction pump of casing, and the suction pump is including extending to the outer end of giving vent to anger of casing and the suction end of connecting the clean room, and the clean room is semi-circular structure and embeds there is a plurality of absorption pieces, and a plurality of dust removal holes have been seted up to the clean room, and the dust removal hole other end extends to outside the casing, and one side that the casing deviates from the dust removal hole still has the dust removal brush.
The scheme has the advantages that: the dust removal brush through dust removal piece one side is cleared up the comparatively stubborn dust granule in cardboard surface, then the piece that removes dust continues to rotate and makes dust removal hole one side be close to the cardboard and carry out the suction to the dust granule that the brush that removes dust brushed, the rotation through the piece that removes dust can carry out the abundant clearance to the dust granule in cardboard surface and the box, the end of giving vent to anger of suction pump is located dust removal brush one side, certain degree has promoted the dust collection efficiency of dust removal brush when making things convenient for the suction pump to give vent to anger.
The utility model discloses further set up to: a filter screen is arranged between the suction pump and the dust chamber.
The scheme has the advantages that: the filter screen is arranged to prevent dust in the dust removing chamber from entering the suction pump and further causing blockage or damage of the suction pump.
The utility model discloses further set up to: the upper and lower lateral wall of box is equipped with a plurality of fans, and the equal dislocation of both sides fan sets up.
The scheme has the advantages that: the fan blows hot air towards the direction of the paper board through the fan, the drying effect of the heating rod is improved, and the fans on the two sides are arranged in a staggered mode, so that the hot air of the fans on the two sides can be prevented from forming convection, and the working efficiency of the fans is further influenced.
The utility model discloses further set up to: the box front side is located that dust collector's corresponding position department articulates there is the chamber door of lockable, and the observation window has been seted up to the box front side in the corresponding position department of driven roller set.
The scheme has the advantages that: through the switching chamber door can be more convenient maintain dust collector or change dust removal spare, make the stoving condition that the workman can more audio-visual observation cardboard through the observation window.
The utility model discloses further set up to: the outer ring of the heating rod is also sleeved with a buffer net.
The scheme has the advantages that: the buffering net has the cushioning effect to the heat of heating rod, avoids heating because the heat direct contact cardboard surface of heating rod causes the cardboard surface to heat up in the twinkling of an eye and then influences the stoving effect of cardboard.
The utility model discloses further set up to: the outer rings of the upper clamping roller, the lower clamping roller, the upper roller and the lower roller are all sleeved with anti-static sleeves, and the anti-static sleeves are made by mixing latex and anti-static glue.
The scheme has the advantages that: static on the surface of the paperboard can be eliminated by arranging the anti-static sleeve, and the use safety of the device is improved.
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FIG. 1 is a front view of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of the dust removing member of the present invention;
fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of the dust removing device of the present invention.
Reference numerals: 1. a box body; 101. a feed inlet; 102. a discharge port; 103. a box door; 104. an observation window; 105. a paperboard; 2. a mounting frame; 201. an upper nip roll; 202. a lower nip roll; 203. a driven roller set; 204. an upper roller; 205. a lower roller; 206. an anti-static sleeve; 3. a slide rail; 301. a sliding seat; 302. a heating rod; 303. a heating member; 304. a germicidal lamp; 305. a buffer net; 306. a fan; 307. a first motor; 4. a dust removal device; 401. a drive shaft; 402. a second motor; 403. a dust removal member; 404. a housing; 405. a suction pump; 406. an air outlet end; 407. a suction end; 408. a dust chamber; 409. an adsorption block; 410. a dust removal hole; 411. a dust removal brush; 412. and (5) filtering by using a filter screen.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative work belong to the protection scope of the present invention.
Referring to fig. 1-4, a drying device for processing paperboard according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a box 1, a feeding port 101 located on the left side of the box 1, and a discharging port 102 located on the right side of the box 1, wherein an upper nip roller 201 and a lower nip roller 202 for driving a paperboard 105 to move are disposed outside the feeding port 101 and the discharging port 102, the upper nip roller 201 and the lower nip roller 202 are disposed opposite to each other and are connected to the box 1 through a mounting frame 2, the paperboard 105 enters the box 1 through the feeding port 101, a semi-annular slide rail 3 is disposed on each of the left and right side walls inside the box 1, a slide block 301 is slidably connected to each of the slide rails 3 on both sides, a heating rod 302 is disposed between the two slide blocks 301, the slide block 301 on one side is connected to a first motor 307, a heating element 303 for heating the heating rod 302 is disposed on one side of the heating rod 302, a plurality of driven roller sets 203 for driving the paperboard 105 to continue to move are disposed inside the box 1, the driven roller set 203 comprises an upper roller 204 positioned at the upper end of the paper board 105 and a lower roller 205 positioned below the paper board 105, a germicidal lamp 304 is arranged between the adjacent upper roller 204 or lower roller 205, and two opposite dust removing devices 4 are arranged on the inner sides of the feed inlet 101 and the discharge outlet 102. When the automatic paper feeding device is used, the upper clamping rollers 201 all rotate anticlockwise, the lower clamping rollers 202 all rotate clockwise to further draw the paper boards 105 to enter the box body 1 from the feeding hole 101 and drive towards the discharging hole 102, the sliding seats 301 on the two sides are connected to the sliding rails 3 in a sliding mode and are provided with the heating rods 302 in a clamping mode, the heating rods 302 are heated through the heating parts 303 on one side, the heating parts 303 are connected with an external power source, when the paper boards 105 enter the box body 1, the first motor 307 drives the sliding seats 301 on one side to move, the sliding seats 301 on the two sides drive the heating rods 302 to reciprocate along the semi-annular sliding rails 3, the sliding rails 3 are of a semi-annular structural design, the movement of the heating rods 302 cannot collide with the driven roller group 203, the dust removing device 4 and the sterilizing lamps 304, the heating rods 302 rotate around the paper boards 105 to enable the two sides of the paper boards 105 to be heated uniformly, and the occurrence of wrinkling, the two sides of the paper boards 105 due to uneven heating of the surfaces and the bottom surfaces of the paper boards 105 is avoided, The driven roller group 203 drives the paper board 105 to continue moving so that the paper board 105 can stably move in the box body 1; the bacteria on the surface of the paperboard 105 are killed through the sterilizing lamp 304, the particle dust on the surface of the paperboard 105 and in the box body 1 is cleaned through the dust removing device 4, and the problem that the storage life of the paperboard 105 is influenced due to the fact that dust particles or bacteria are attached to the surface of the dried paperboard 105 is solved.
The dust removing device 4 comprises a dust removing part 403, the dust removing part 403 is connected with the driving shaft 401, the other end of the driving shaft 401 extends out of the box body 1 and is connected with a second motor 402, and the dust removing part 403 is in threaded connection with the driving shaft 401. When the dust removing device is used, when the dust removing part 403 is required to be controlled to clean particle dust on the surface of the paperboard 105 and in the box body 1, the second motor 402 is started, the second motor 402 controls the driving shaft 401 to rotate, the driving shaft 401 drives the dust removing part 403 to rotate to clean dust particles, the dust removing part 403 is arranged on the upper side and the lower side of the paperboard 105 and is arranged oppositely, particle dust on the two sides of the paperboard 105 can be cleaned sufficiently, meanwhile, the dust removing part 403 is in threaded connection with the driving shaft 401, daily maintenance and replacement of the dust removing part 403 are facilitated, the rotating direction of the threaded connection between the dust removing part 403 and the driving shaft 401 is opposite to the rotating direction of the driving shaft 401 in the working state, and loosening of the dust removing part 403 caused by rotation of the driving shaft 401 is avoided.
The dust removing part 403 comprises a shell 404 and a suction pump 405 positioned in the shell 404, the suction pump 405 comprises an air outlet end 406 extending out of the shell 404 and a suction end 407 connected with a dust removing chamber 408, the dust removing chamber 408 is of a semicircular structure and is internally provided with a plurality of adsorption blocks 409, the dust removing chamber 408 is provided with a plurality of dust removing holes 410, the other end of each dust removing hole 410 extends out of the shell 404, and one side of the shell 404 departing from the dust removing holes 410 is further provided with a dust removing brush 411. When the dust removing device is used, the suction pump 405 sucks dust particles outside the dust removing piece 403 through the suction end 407, the dust particles enter the dust removing chamber 408 through the dust removing holes 410 and are adsorbed by the adsorption block 409 in the dust removing chamber 408, when the driving shaft 401 controls the dust removing piece 403 to rotate, the dust particles which are stubborn on the surface of the paper board 105 are cleaned through the dust removing brush 411 on one side of the dust removing piece 403, the rear dust removing piece 403 continues to rotate and enables one side of the dust removing holes 410 to be close to the paper board 105 and suck the dust particles brushed by the dust removing brush 411, the dust particles on the surface of the paper board 105 and in the box body 1 can be fully cleaned through the rotation of the dust removing piece 403, the air outlet end 406 of the suction pump 405 is located on one side of the dust removing brush 411, the air outlet of the suction pump 405 is convenient, and the dust removing efficiency of the dust removing brush 411 is improved to a certain extent, wherein the suction pump 405 is controlled through an external power supply.
A screen 412 is provided between the suction pump 405 and the dust chamber 408. In use, the filter 412 prevents dust in the dust chamber 408 from entering the suction pump 405 and causing blockage or damage to the suction pump 405.
The upper and lower lateral walls of the box body 1 are provided with a plurality of fans 306, and the fans 306 on the two sides are arranged in a staggered manner. When the heating rod 302 rotates to the position of the fans 306 on the two sides, the fans 306 blow hot air towards the direction of the paper board 105, so that the drying effect of the heating rod 302 is improved, and the fans 306 on the two sides are arranged in a staggered manner, so that the hot air of the fans 306 on the two sides can be prevented from forming convection to further influence the working efficiency of the fans 306.
The box 1 front side is articulated to have a lockable chamber door 103 in the corresponding position department of dust collector 4, and observation window 104 has been seted up in the corresponding position department of box 1 front side in driven roller set 203. When the drying device is used, when the dust removing device 4 needs to be maintained daily or the dust removing piece 403 needs to be replaced, the dust removing device 4 can be maintained or the dust removing piece 403 can be replaced by opening and closing the box door 103, and a worker can more visually observe the drying condition of the paper board 105 through the observation window 104.
The outer ring of the heating rod 302 is also sleeved with a buffer net 305. When the heating device is used, the buffer net 305 has a buffer effect on the heat of the heating rod 302, and the phenomenon that the surface of the paperboard 105 is heated instantly to further influence the drying effect of the paperboard 105 due to the fact that the heat of the heating rod directly contacts the surface of the paperboard 105 is avoided.
The outer rings of the upper pinch roll 201, the lower pinch roll 202, the upper roller 204 and the lower roller 205 are all sleeved with an anti-static sleeve 206, and the anti-static sleeve 206 is made by mixing latex and anti-static glue. When the paper board conveying device is used, static electricity is easily generated in the transmission process of the paper board 105 due to friction, certain potential safety hazards are generated, the static electricity on the surface of the paper board 105 can be eliminated through the anti-static sleeve 206, the use safety of the device is improved, and the upper clamping roller 201, the lower clamping roller 202, the upper roller 204 and the lower roller 205 are all connected with an external power supply.
It is above only the utility model discloses a preferred embodiment, the utility model discloses a scope of protection does not only confine above-mentioned embodiment, the all belongs to the utility model discloses a technical scheme under the thinking all belongs to the utility model discloses a scope of protection. It should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, various modifications and decorations can be made without departing from the principle of the present invention, and these modifications and decorations should also be regarded as the protection scope of the present invention.

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1. The utility model provides a drying device is used in cardboard processing, includes box (1), is located left feed inlet (101) of box (1) and is located discharge gate (102) on box (1) right side, feed inlet (101) and discharge gate (102) outside all are equipped with and are used for driving last double-layered roller (201) and lower double-layered roller (202) of cardboard (105) motion, go up double-layered roller (201) and lower double-layered roller (202) and set up relatively and all be connected with box (1) through mounting bracket (2), cardboard (105) are by feed inlet (101) entering box (1) in, its characterized in that: the left side wall and the right side wall in the box body (1) are respectively provided with a semi-annular slide rail (3), the slide rails (3) at the two sides are respectively connected with a slide seat (301) in a sliding way, a heating rod (302) is clamped between the two slide seats (301), the slide seat (301) at one side is connected with a first motor (307), one side of the heating rod (302) is provided with a heating element (303) for heating the heating rod (302), the box body (1) is internally provided with a plurality of driven roller sets (203) for driving the paper boards (105) to continue to move, the driven roller group (203) comprises an upper roller (204) positioned at the upper end of the paper board (105) and a lower roller (205) positioned below the paper board (105), sterilizing lamps (304) are arranged between the adjacent upper roller (204) or lower roller (205), the inner sides of the feed inlet (101) and the discharge outlet (102) are provided with two dust removing devices (4) which are arranged oppositely.
2. The drying apparatus for paperboard processing according to claim 1, wherein: the dust removing device (4) comprises a dust removing piece (403), the dust removing piece (403) is connected with the driving shaft (401), the other end of the driving shaft (401) extends out of the box body (1) and is connected with a second motor (402), and the dust removing piece (403) is in threaded connection with the driving shaft (401).
3. The drying apparatus for paperboard processing according to claim 2, wherein: dust removal piece (403) include casing (404), be located suction pump (405) of casing (404), suction pump (405) are including extending to the outer end (406) of giving vent to anger of casing (404) and connecting suction end (407) of clean room (408), clean room (408) are semi-circular structure and built-in a plurality of absorption pieces (409), a plurality of dust removal holes (410) have been seted up in clean room (408), the dust removal hole (410) other end extends to outside casing (404), one side that casing (404) deviate from dust removal hole (410) still has dust removal brush (411).
4. The drying apparatus for paperboard processing according to claim 3, wherein: a filter screen (412) is arranged between the suction pump (405) and the dust chamber (408).
5. The drying apparatus for paperboard processing according to claim 1, wherein: the upper side wall and the lower side wall of the box body (1) are provided with a plurality of fans (306), and the fans (306) on the two sides are arranged in a staggered mode.
6. The drying apparatus for paperboard processing according to claim 1, wherein: box (1) front side is located the corresponding position department of dust collector (4) and articulates there is lockable chamber door (103), observation window (104) have been seted up to box (1) front side position in the corresponding position department of driven roller set (203).
7. The drying apparatus for paperboard processing according to claim 1, wherein: the outer ring of the heating rod (302) is also sleeved with a buffer net (305).
8. The drying apparatus for paperboard processing according to claim 1, wherein: go up pinch rolls (201), lower pinch rolls (202), go up roller (204) and down the outer lane of running roller (205) all overlap and be equipped with and prevent static cover (206), prevent that static cover (206) adopt latex and prevent that static glue mixes and make.
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