CN219575701U - Button cell packaging machine - Google Patents

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CN219575701U
CN219575701U CN202220852394.3U CN202220852394U CN219575701U CN 219575701 U CN219575701 U CN 219575701U CN 202220852394 U CN202220852394 U CN 202220852394U CN 219575701 U CN219575701 U CN 219575701U
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田汪陈
朱承利
曾贤华
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The utility model discloses a button cell packaging machine which comprises a shell, a rotating assembly, two heat sealing assemblies and a pressing assembly, wherein the rotating assembly is used for bearing a button cell and enabling the button cell to rotate, the two heat sealing assemblies are mutually matched to heat-seal the button cell, the pressing assembly is used for pressing the button cell, the button cell is packaged in a rotary heat sealing mode, the packaging effect is uniform, the packaging reject ratio is reduced, meanwhile, the appearance of the button cell is more exquisite and attractive, and the miniaturized development of the button cell is facilitated.

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Button cell packaging machine
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of button cell preparation, in particular to a button cell packaging machine.
Background
The traditional button cell adopts mechanical cooperation encapsulation generally, for example passes through screens groove fixed connection with positive and negative pole casing or is fixed along buckling the negative pole lid on turning over the positive pole casing, and still has one deck sealing washer layer between positive pole casing and the negative pole casing, therefore the packaging structure and the sealing washer layer of traditional button cell have all great compression button cell's inner space, the market demand of miniaturizing can not be adapted to again. Therefore, the novel soft-package steel-shell button cell is characterized by comprising a first shell and a second shell, wherein the second shell can be fixedly connected to the first shell by adopting heat sealing, so that the novel soft-package steel-shell button cell is not only not required to adopt mechanical cooperation for encapsulation, but also is not required to adopt a sealing layer between the two shells, and the internal space of the button cell is greatly increased.
Aiming at the novel soft-package steel-shell button cell, the research and development personnel in the field need to develop a packaging machine with simple structure and convenient use.
Disclosure of Invention
The utility model aims to overcome the defects in the prior art and provides a button cell packaging machine which packages a button cell in a heat sealing mode, so that the packaging reject ratio of the button cell is reduced.
The aim of the utility model is realized by the following technical scheme:
a button cell packaging machine comprising:
the shell body is provided with a plurality of grooves,
the rotary assembly is mounted on the shell and comprises a rotary driving device and a rotary base, the rotary driving device is used for driving the rotary base to rotate, a containing part is arranged on the rotary base, and the containing part is used for bearing button cells;
the two heat sealing assemblies are arranged on the shell, each heat sealing assembly comprises an end socket driving device and an electric heating end socket, the end socket driving devices are used for driving the electric heating end sockets to move towards the direction close to or far away from the accommodating part, and the two electric heating end sockets are matched with each other and used for heat sealing the button cells borne by the accommodating part;
the pressing component is arranged on the shell and is used for pressing the button cell borne by the accommodating part.
Further, the shell comprises an upper plate, a bottom plate and side walls, and the upper plate, the bottom plate and the side walls are surrounded to form a rectangular shell.
Further, the rotating base comprises a connecting disc and a bearing disc, the connecting disc is connected with the output end of the rotating driving device, and the bearing disc is detachably arranged on the connecting disc.
Further, the accommodating part is arranged at the gravity center position of one surface of the bearing disc, which is far away from the connecting disc, and is of a cylindrical structure, and the accommodating part is provided with a circular groove.
Further, the pressing component comprises a supporting seat, a supporting column, a connecting arm, a pressing arm and a pressing block, one end of the supporting column is connected with the supporting seat in a clamping mode, the other end of the supporting column is connected with one end of the connecting arm, the other end of the connecting arm is connected with one end of the pressing arm, the pressing block is rotatably connected with the other end of the pressing arm, and the pressing block is arranged above the accommodating area.
Further, the supporting seat is provided with a containing groove, the containing groove comprises a through groove and a clamping groove, the diameter of the clamping groove is larger than that of the through groove, the bottom of the supporting column is provided with a clamping part, the clamping part is contained in the clamping groove, one end, away from the clamping part, of the supporting column penetrates through the containing groove and then is connected with the connecting arm, and the clamping part moves up and down in the clamping groove.
Further, two heat seal assemblies are symmetrically arranged at two sides of the rotating assembly, each end socket of the electric heating end socket is of an arc-shaped structure, and when the two end socket driving devices respectively drive the corresponding electric heating end sockets to be close to the accommodating parts, the end socket parts of the two electric heating end sockets are mutually attached to encircle the accommodating parts in the middle.
Further, each heat seal assembly further comprises a switch, the switch is arranged on the shell, and the switch is electrically connected with the seal head driving device and the electric heating seal head.
Further, each heat seal assembly comprises a temperature controller, the temperature controller is arranged on the shell and is electrically connected with the electric heating sealing head, and the temperature controller is used for controlling the heating temperature of the electric heating sealing head.
Further, each seal head driving device comprises a seal head driving cylinder, a connecting plate, a bearing plate and two sliding rails, wherein the seal head driving cylinder is arranged inside the shell, the upper plate is provided with a strip-shaped through hole correspondingly in the moving direction of a telescopic rod of the seal head driving cylinder, the telescopic rod of the seal head driving cylinder is connected with one end of the connecting plate, the other end of the connecting plate penetrates through the strip-shaped through hole to be connected with the bearing plate, the two sliding rails are arranged on the upper plate and are respectively arranged on two sides of the strip-shaped through hole, the bearing plate is arranged on the two sliding rails in a sliding mode, and the electric heating seal head is arranged on the bearing plate.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the following advantages:
the utility model relates to a button cell packaging machine, which comprises a shell, a rotating assembly, two heat sealing assemblies and a pressing assembly, wherein the rotating assembly is used for bearing a button cell and enabling the button cell to rotate, the two heat sealing assemblies are mutually matched for heat sealing the button cell, the pressing assembly is used for pressing the button cell, the button cell is packaged in a rotary heat sealing mode, the packaging effect is uniform, the packaging reject ratio is reduced, the appearance of the button cell is more exquisite and attractive, and the miniaturized development of the button cell is facilitated.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a button cell packaging machine according to an embodiment of the present utility model;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a part of the button cell packaging machine shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a press-holding assembly of the button cell packaging machine shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a heat seal assembly of the button cell packaging machine of FIG. 1;
fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of a rotating assembly of the button cell packaging machine shown in fig. 1.
Detailed Description
In order that the utility model may be readily understood, a more complete description of the utility model will be rendered by reference to the appended drawings. The drawings illustrate preferred embodiments of the utility model. This utility model may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete.
It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "fixed to" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present. The terms "vertical," "horizontal," "left," "right," and the like are used herein for illustrative purposes only and are not meant to be the only embodiment.
Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this utility model belongs. The terminology used herein in the description of the utility model is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the utility model. The term "and/or" as used herein includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.
Referring to fig. 1 to 5, a button cell packaging machine 10 includes: the device comprises a shell 100, a rotating assembly 200, two heat sealing assemblies 300 and a pressing assembly 400, wherein the rotating assembly 200 is arranged on the shell 100, the rotating assembly 200 comprises a rotating driving device 210 and a rotating base 220, the rotating driving device 210 is used for driving the rotating base 220 to rotate, a containing part 221 is arranged on the rotating base 220, and the containing part 221 is used for bearing a button cell; the two heat seal assemblies 300 are mounted on the housing 100, each heat seal assembly 300 comprises a seal head driving device 310 and an electric heating seal head 320, the seal head driving device 310 is used for driving the electric heating seal heads 320 to move towards a direction close to or far away from the accommodating portion 221, and the two electric heating seal heads 320 are mutually matched for heat sealing the button cells borne by the accommodating portion 221; the pressing assembly 400 is mounted on the housing 100, and the pressing assembly 400 is used for pressing the button cell carried by the accommodating portion 221.
It should be noted that, the novel soft package steel shell button cell includes steel shell and packaging film, and the packaging film cover is established in the steel shell outside, can adopt the heat-seal mode to make packaging film and steel shell zonulae occludens, and the button cell packaging machine 10 that the utility model provided can carry out rotatory heat-seal to novel soft package button cell, and main steps are:
s1: placing the new soft pack button cell in the accommodation part 221;
s2: the pressing and holding assembly 400 presses and holds the novel soft-package button cell, so that the connection position of the packaging film and the steel shell is stable;
s3: the rotating assembly 200 is started, the rotating base 220 rotates and drives the novel soft-pack button cell to rotate;
s2: the two heat-sealing assemblies 300 are started, and the two electric heating sealing heads 320 are matched with each other to heat-seal the novel soft-package button cell in a rotating state.
The utility model adopts a mode of heat sealing the button cell while rotating, can improve the heat stability of the button cell, ensures that the heat sealing temperature of the packaging film is more uniform, improves the heat sealing effect of the packaging film on the surface of the steel shell, and has the characteristics of simple structure, simple and convenient operation and high packaging efficiency.
Referring to fig. 1, further, the housing 100 includes an upper plate 110, a bottom plate and a side wall 120, and the upper plate 110, the bottom plate and the side wall 120 are enclosed to form a rectangular housing 100, so that the structure of the rectangular housing 100 is more stable.
Referring to fig. 1 and 5, further, the rotating base 220 includes a connecting disc 222 and a carrying disc 223, the connecting disc 222 is connected with the output end of the rotation driving device 210, and the carrying disc 223 is detachably mounted on the connecting disc 222.
It should be noted that, the rotary driving device 210 adopts a rotary motor, the connecting disc 222 is connected with an output shaft of the motor, when the motor is started, the connecting disc 222 can be driven to rotate, the bearing disc 223 is driven to rotate, meanwhile, the bearing disc 223 is detachably mounted on the connecting disc 222, when button cells with different sizes are required to be packaged, only different bearing discs 223 are required to be replaced, the operation is simple, and the use efficiency of the packaging machine 10 is improved.
Referring to fig. 1, further, the accommodating portion 221 is disposed at a center of gravity of a surface of the carrier 223 away from the connecting pad 222, the accommodating portion 221 has a cylindrical structure, and the accommodating portion 221 is provided with a circular groove 2211.
It should be noted that, the accommodating portion 221 is of a cylindrical structure, and is provided with a circular groove 2211, and the button cell is placed in the circular groove 2211, and since the radius of the circle is fixed, the distance between the sidewall 120 of the button cell and the outer wall of the accommodating portion 221 is uniform, so that the temperature stability of the electric heating sealing head 320 to heat-seal the button cell can be further improved, and the heat-sealing effect is improved.
Referring to fig. 3, further, the pressing assembly 400 includes a supporting seat 410, a supporting column 420, a connecting arm 430, a pressing arm 440 and a pressing block 450, wherein one end of the supporting column 420 is clamped with the supporting seat 410, the other end of the supporting column 420 is connected with one end of the connecting arm 430, the other end of the connecting arm 430 is connected with one end of the pressing arm 440, the pressing block 450 is rotatably connected with the other end of the pressing arm 440, and the pressing block 450 is disposed above the accommodating area.
It should be noted that, when the heat seal has not reached a certain temperature yet, the connection between the packaging film and the steel shell is not tight, and when the rotating assembly 200 drives the packaging film to rotate this time, the connection position between the packaging film and the steel shell may move, and the pressing assembly 400 is used to press the packaged button cell, and when the rotating assembly 200 is started, the pressing block 450 pressed on the button cell may rotate along with the rotation of the button cell, so that the connection stability between the packaging film and the steel shell can be improved, and finally the defective rate of products is reduced.
Referring to fig. 3, further, the support base 410 is provided with a receiving slot 411, the receiving slot 411 includes a through slot 4111 and a clamping slot 4112, the diameter of the clamping slot 4112 is larger than that of the through slot 4111, a clamping portion 421 is disposed at the bottom of the support column 420, the clamping portion 421 is accommodated in the clamping slot 4112, one end of the support column 420 away from the clamping portion 421 is connected with the connecting arm 430 after penetrating through the receiving slot 411, and the clamping portion 421 moves up and down in the clamping slot 4112.
It should be noted that, the clamping portion 421 can move up and down in the clamping groove 4112, so that the distance between the holding block 450 and the accommodating area is adjustable, and thus, when the button cells with different sizes need to be packaged, the button cells do not need to be specially adjusted, and the button cells can be directly used, thereby improving the operation efficiency.
Referring to fig. 1 and 2, further, the two heat sealing assemblies 300 are symmetrically disposed at two sides of the rotating assembly 200, and the sealing head 321 of each electric heating sealing head 320 has an arc structure, and when the two sealing head driving devices 310 respectively drive the corresponding electric heating sealing heads 320 to approach the accommodating portion 221, the sealing head 321 of the two electric heating sealing heads 320 are mutually attached to surround the accommodating portion 221 in the middle.
It should be noted that, the accommodating portion 221 is of a cylindrical structure, the sealing portion 321 is designed into an arc structure, so that the electric heating sealing head 320 can heat-seal the button cell more uniformly, and meanwhile, the electric heating sealing head 320 and the button cell can be prevented from being too close to each other to cause too high heat sealing temperature and damage to the packaging film due to too high heating temperature due to too close distance between the electric heating sealing head 320 and the button cell.
Referring to fig. 4, further, each seal head driving device 310 includes a seal head driving cylinder 311, a connecting plate 312, a bearing plate 313, and two sliding rails 314, wherein the seal head driving cylinder 311 is disposed inside the housing 100, the upper plate 110 is correspondingly provided with a bar-shaped through hole in the moving direction of the telescopic rod of the seal head driving cylinder 311, the telescopic rod of the seal head driving cylinder 311 is connected with one end of the connecting plate 312, the other end of the connecting plate 312 penetrates through the bar-shaped through hole to be connected with the bearing plate 313, the two sliding rails 314 are disposed on the upper plate 110 and are respectively disposed at two sides of the bar-shaped through hole, the bearing plate 313 is slidably disposed on the two sliding rails 314, and the electrothermal seal head 320 is mounted on the bearing plate 313.
It should be noted that, the driving cylinder drives the connecting plate 312 to reciprocate, and meanwhile, the bearing plate 313 is slidably disposed on the two sliding rails 314, so that when the bearing plate 313 reciprocates along the sliding rails 314 during movement, the movement stability and the connection stability of the bearing plate 313 are improved, and finally, the electrothermal sealing head 320 can perform stable reciprocation.
Referring to fig. 1, further, each heat seal assembly 300 further includes a switch 330, the switch 330 is disposed on the housing 100, and the switch 330 is electrically connected to the seal head driving device 310 and the electric heating seal head 320, so as to control the start and stop of the heat seal assembly 300.
Referring to fig. 1, further, each heat seal assembly 300 includes a temperature controller 340, the temperature controller 340 is disposed on the housing 100, the temperature controller 340 is electrically connected to the electric heating head 320, and the temperature controller 340 is used for controlling the heating temperature of the electric heating head 320.
The above embodiments represent only a few embodiments of the present utility model, which are described in more detail and are not to be construed as limiting the scope of the present utility model. It should be noted that it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the utility model, which are all within the scope of the utility model. Accordingly, the scope of protection of the present utility model is to be determined by the appended claims.

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1. A button cell packaging machine, comprising:
the shell body is provided with a plurality of grooves,
the rotary assembly is mounted on the shell and comprises a rotary driving device and a rotary base, the rotary driving device is used for driving the rotary base to rotate, a containing part is arranged on the rotary base, and the containing part is used for bearing button cells;
the two heat sealing assemblies are arranged on the shell, each heat sealing assembly comprises an end socket driving device and an electric heating end socket, the end socket driving devices are used for driving the electric heating end sockets to move towards the direction close to or far away from the accommodating part, and the two electric heating end sockets are matched with each other and used for heat sealing the button cells borne by the accommodating part;
the pressing component is arranged on the shell and is used for pressing the button cell borne by the accommodating part.
2. The button cell packaging machine of claim 1, wherein the swivel base comprises a connecting disc connected to an output of the rotary drive device and a carrier disc detachably mounted on the connecting disc.
3. The button cell packaging machine according to claim 2, wherein the accommodating portion is disposed at a center of gravity position of a face of the carrier plate away from the connecting plate, the accommodating portion has a cylindrical structure, and the accommodating portion is provided with a circular groove.
4. The button cell packaging machine of claim 1, wherein the pressing assembly comprises a supporting seat, a supporting column, a connecting arm, a pressing arm and a pressing block, one end of the supporting column is clamped with the supporting seat, the other end of the supporting column is connected with one end of the connecting arm, the other end of the connecting arm is connected with one end of the pressing arm, the pressing block is rotatably connected with the other end of the pressing arm, and the pressing block is arranged above the accommodating portion.
5. The button cell packaging machine of claim 4, wherein the supporting seat is provided with a containing groove, the containing groove comprises a through groove and a clamping groove, the diameter of the clamping groove is larger than that of the through groove, the bottom of the supporting column is provided with a clamping part, the clamping part is contained in the clamping groove, one end, away from the clamping part, of the supporting column penetrates through the containing groove and then is connected with the connecting arm, and the clamping part moves up and down in the clamping groove.
6. The button cell packaging machine according to claim 1, wherein the two heat-sealing assemblies are symmetrically arranged at two sides of the rotating assembly, and each end socket of the electric heating end socket is of an arc structure, and when the two end socket driving devices respectively drive the corresponding electric heating end sockets to be close to the accommodating portion, the end socket portions of the two electric heating end sockets are mutually attached to surround the accommodating portion in the middle.
7. The button cell packaging machine of claim 1, wherein the housing comprises an upper plate, a bottom plate, and side walls, the upper plate, the bottom plate, and the side walls enclosing a rectangular housing.
8. The button cell packaging machine according to claim 7, wherein each end socket driving device comprises an end socket driving cylinder, a connecting plate, a bearing plate and two sliding rails, the end socket driving cylinder is arranged inside the shell, the upper plate is correspondingly provided with a strip-shaped through hole in the moving direction of a telescopic rod of the end socket driving cylinder, the telescopic rod of the end socket driving cylinder is connected with one end of the connecting plate, the other end of the connecting plate penetrates through the strip-shaped through hole to be connected with the bearing plate, the two sliding rails are arranged on the upper plate and are respectively arranged on two sides of the strip-shaped through hole, the bearing plate is arranged on the two sliding rails in a sliding mode, and the electric heating end socket is arranged on the bearing plate.
9. The button cell packaging machine of claim 6, wherein each heat seal assembly further comprises a switch disposed on the housing, the switch electrically connected to the head drive and the electrothermal head.
10. The button cell packaging machine of claim 9, wherein each heat seal assembly comprises a temperature controller disposed on the housing, the temperature controller electrically connected to the electrothermal enclosure, the temperature controller configured to control a heating temperature of the electrothermal enclosure.
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