Air conditioner panel universal clamp and printing device

Abstract

The present application belongs to the technical field of panel printing, and solves the problem that the support fixing device used for the air conditioner panel in the prior art cannot match multiple models of panels for more stable support. Therefore, a universal clamp for air conditioner panels is provided, which comprises a bottom plate, a suction cup driving assembly, at least two hook positioning mechanisms and at least two support rod positioning mechanisms. Each hook positioning mechanism comprises a hook positioning block and a hook positioning block driving assembly, and the hook positioning block driving assembly drives the support rod positioning block to move in a single direction. Each support rod positioning mechanism comprises a support rod positioning block and a support rod positioning block driving assembly, and the support rod positioning block driving assembly drives the support rod positioning block to move in two directions. The air conditioner panel is more stably supported during printing, and the position of the air conditioner panel is accurately positioned by the positioning block, thereby ensuring the printing effect. The consistency of the air conditioner panel model and the printing coordinates of each platform can also be met.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application relates to the field of panel printing, in particular to a universal air conditioner panel clamp and printing equipment. BACKGROUND

[0002] Air conditioners are increasingly in demand in modern life. Due to the needs of manufacturers, trademarks or related information will be printed on air conditioner panels.

[0003] During the printing process of the air conditioner panel, the panel needs to be fixed by a fixing device, and the panel needs to be supported to ensure stability and accurate position during printing. The current support and fixing device for air conditioner panels is relatively simple and has poor support effect, and cannot match the panel for more stable support. Therefore, during printing, the air conditioner panel will shake due to instability, affecting the printing efficiency and quality. In addition, the hooks of air conditioner panels of different platforms are different, and the distances between the hooks and the support rods are different. If a special clamp is manufactured separately, the cost will increase a lot. Therefore, there is an urgent need for a support and fixing device that is stable, compatible with more platforms, and can support and fix air conditioner panels. SUMMARY

[0004] Therefore, the embodiments of the present application provide an air conditioner panel universal clamp and printing equipment to solve the technical problems of unstable support and non-universal clamp during printing of different models of air conditioner panels.

[0005] In a first aspect, the embodiments of the present application provide an air conditioner panel universal clamp, wherein the air conditioner panel is an arch-shaped panel and has a panel body, at least two hooks and at least two support rods; the clamp comprises:

[0006] a bottom plate;

[0007] a plurality of suction cup driving assemblies arranged on the bottom plate;

[0008] at least two hook positioning mechanisms, including a first hook positioning unit and a second hook positioning unit, the hook positioning mechanism is arranged on the bottom plate, and each hook positioning unit further comprises a movable hook positioning block corresponding to one hook and a hook positioning block driving assembly, the hook positioning block driving assembly drives the hook positioning block to move along the short side or / long side direction of the bottom plate;

[0009] At least two support rod positioning mechanisms, including a first support rod positioning unit and a second support rod positioning unit, the support rod positioning units are arranged on the bottom plate, and each of the support rod positioning units includes a support rod positioning block corresponding to one of the support rods and movable, and a support rod positioning block driving assembly, the support rod positioning block driving assembly drives the support rod positioning block to be movable along the short side or / and the long side of the bottom plate.

[0010] Preferably, the plurality of suction disc driving assemblies further include a plurality of lifting mechanisms corresponding thereto, the plurality of lifting mechanisms are arranged on the bottom plate in sequence along the long side direction of the bottom plate.

[0011] Preferably, the suction disc driving assembly includes a suction disc, a support block, a lifting slider and a guide rail, the lifting slider is movably connected with the guide rail, one end of the support block is fixedly connected with the lifting slider, and the suction disc is arranged at the other end of the support block.

[0012] Preferably, the hook positioning block driving assembly includes a first driving unit for driving the hook positioning block to move along the long side direction of the bottom plate, the first driving unit includes a displacement carrier, a carrier frame, a bearing, a rotating shaft and a support plate; the hook positioning block is arranged on the displacement carrier, the support plate is arranged at both ends of the carrier frame, a groove for mounting the bearing is formed in the support plate, a through hole is formed in the displacement carrier, and the rotating shaft passes through the through hole in the displacement carrier and is connected with the bearings arranged at both ends of the carrier frame.

[0013] Preferably, the support rod positioning block driving assembly includes a first driving unit and a second driving unit for driving the support rod positioning block to move along the short side and the long side direction of the bottom plate respectively, the second driving unit is arranged above the displacement carrier, the second driving unit includes a motor fixing plate, a mounting seat, a guide rail, a sliding block and a screw rod, the motor fixing plate is arranged at both ends of the carrier frame, the carrier frame is provided with a groove for mounting the guide rail, the sliding block is provided with a through thread hole matched with the outer shape of the screw rod, the sliding block is arranged on the screw rod through the thread hole, and the motor fixing plate is provided with a groove for mounting the screw rod.

[0014] Preferably, the first hook positioning unit and the second hook positioning unit are arranged on one side of the plurality of suction disc driving assemblies along the long side direction of the bottom plate; the first support rod positioning unit and the second support rod positioning unit are arranged on the other side of the plurality of suction disc driving assemblies along the long side direction of the bottom plate.

[0015] Preferably, the hook positioning block is provided with a first groove in the middle of the short side direction of the bottom plate, the first groove is matched with the shape of the hook, and the hook is fixed in the first groove; the first groove comprises an arc-shaped groove, one of the two surfaces forming the arc-shaped groove is an inclined surface inclined at a preset angle, and the other is an arc-shaped surface.

[0016] Preferably, the height of the inclined surface of the first groove is greater than the height of the arc-shaped surface, for assisting positioning of the hook fixing block.

[0017] Preferably, each of the support rod positioning block driving assembly, the hook positioning block driving assembly and the lifting mechanism comprises a motor, and the motor is used to control the movement of the hook positioning block and the support rod positioning block and the lifting of the lifting mechanism.

[0018] In the second aspect, the embodiment of the present application provides an air conditioner panel printing device. The device comprises a nozzle comprising any of the air conditioner panel universal clamps, and the nozzle of the nozzle sprays ink on the air conditioner panel fixed by the air conditioner panel universal clamp.

[0019] In summary, the beneficial effects of the present application are as follows:

[0020] The air conditioner panel universal clamp and the printing device provided by the embodiment of the present application are provided with a suction cup driving assembly, a support rod positioning block driving assembly and a hook positioning block driving assembly, so that the same clamp can be used to fix different models of air conditioner panels for printing; the driving assembly can move in two different directions, so that the positioning of the air conditioner panel is more accurate, and the printing precision is higher. The clamp adopts a plurality of lifting suction cup mechanisms, the suction cup can fix the air conditioner panel, the panel moves without shaking, and the suction cup can support the air conditioner panel to a fixed height, so as to ensure that the printing height of the panel is within a certain error. The height of each suction cup can be set when changing the type, and the suction cup can be reset by one key. The suction cup with interference is automatically lowered for standby, the hook positioning block and the support rod positioning block are automatically moved to the corresponding coordinates when changing the type, and the height of the suction cup is automatically adjusted. The type is changed quickly by one key, the position coordinates are recorded, and the type can be traced. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0021] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the drawings required to be used in the embodiments of the present application will be briefly introduced below. For those skilled in the art, other drawings can also be obtained on the premise of not creating labor, and these are within the protection scope of the present application.

[0022] Figure 1 It is a schematic view of the air conditioner panel and the universal clamp of the embodiment of the present application.

[0023] Figure 2The top view of the universal clamp for the air conditioner panel of the embodiment of the present application;

[0024] Figure 3 The right view of the universal clamp for the air conditioner panel of the embodiment of the present application;

[0025] Figure 4 The partial view of the universal clamp for the air conditioner panel of the embodiment of the present application;

[0026] Figure 5 The perspective view of the suction disc driving assembly of the universal clamp for the air conditioner panel of the embodiment of the present application;

[0027] Figure 6 The front view of the universal clamp for the air conditioner panel of the embodiment of the present application;

[0028] Parts and numbers in the figure: 1-air conditioner panel, 2-bottom plate, 21-hook positioning block driving assembly, 22-suction disc driving assembly, 23-supporting rod positioning block driving assembly, 210-first direction driving unit, 211-hook positioning block, 212-carriage, 213-rotation shaft, 214-displacement stage, 215-servo motor, 216-first recess, 221-suction disc, 222-supporting block, 223-lifting supporting sliding block, 224-suction disc guide rail, 230-second direction driving unit, 231-supporting rod positioning block, 232-screw rod, 233-motor fixing plate, 234-sliding block, 235-stepping motor. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0029] In order to make the purposes, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present application clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described clearly and completely below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. It should be noted that, in this document, the relationship terms such as first and second are only used to distinguish one entity or operation from another entity or operation, and do not necessarily require or imply that there is any such actual relationship or sequence between these entities or operations. In the description of the present application, it should be understood that the orientations or positional relationships indicated by the terms “center”, “upper”, “lower”, “front”, “back”, “left”, “right”, “vertical”, “horizontal”, “top”, “bottom”, “inner”, “outer” and the like are based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing the present application and simplifying the description, and therefore cannot be understood as indicating or implying that the devices or elements referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as a limitation on the present application. Moreover, the terms “include”, “contain” or any other variants thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, article or device that includes a series of elements not only includes those elements, but also includes other elements not explicitly listed or inherent to such a process, method, article or device. Without more limitations, the elements defined by the statement “include” do not exclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, article or device that includes the elements. If there is no conflict, the various features in the embodiments and examples of the present application can be combined with each other, and all within the scope of protection of the present application.

[0030] Embodiment 1

[0031] See Figures 1 to 6The embodiment of the present application provides a universal clamp and printing equipment for an air conditioner panel, the air conditioner panel 1 is an arc-shaped plate and has a panel body, at least two hooks and at least two support rods, the hook positioning block driving assembly 21 comprises a first direction driving unit 210 and a hook positioning block 211, the first direction driving unit 210 comprises a carrier 212, a rotating shaft 213, a support plate, a bearing, a displacement carrier 214 and a servo motor, the carrier 212 is arranged on the bottom plate 2 and is fixed to the bottom plate 2 through threaded holes on the carrier 212, both ends of the carrier 212 are provided with the support plates, the support plates are provided with bearing placing grooves, and each of the bearing placing grooves of the support plates at both ends is provided with a bearing, the rotating shaft 213 passes through the hole in the middle of the displacement carrier 214 and is connected with the bearings at both ends, a converter is further arranged in the displacement carrier, one end of the carrier 212 is provided with the servo motor, the servo motor is connected with the rotating shaft, the rotating shaft 213 is driven to rotate through the servo motor, the rotation of the rotating shaft 213 is converted into the displacement of the displacement carrier 214 on the rotating shaft through the converter, and the position adjustment of the hook positioning block 211 installed above the displacement carrier 214 is achieved. The rotating shaft 213 is arranged in the long edge direction of the bottom plate 2, and the hook positioning block 211 can only move in the position of the long edge direction of the bottom plate.

[0032] Embodiment 2

[0033] See Figures 1 to 6 The embodiment of the present application provides a universal clamp and printing equipment for an air conditioner panel, the air conditioner panel 1 is an arc-shaped plate and has a panel body, at least two hooks and at least two support rods, the hook positioning block driving assembly 21 comprises a first direction driving unit 210 and a hook positioning block 211, the first direction driving unit 210 comprises a first direction driving unit 210, a second direction driving unit 230 and a support rod positioning block 231, the second direction driving unit comprises a motor fixing plate 233, a mounting seat, a guide rail, a sliding block 234 and a lead screw 232, and the second direction driving unit 230 is arranged on the displacement carrier 214 of the first direction driving unit 210; the two ends of the mounting seat are provided with the motor fixing plates 233, one side of the motor fixing plate 233 is provided with a stepping motor, the stepping motor is connected with the lead screw 232, the lead screw 232 is arranged in the short edge direction of the bottom plate 2, the sliding block 234 is arranged on the lead screw 232, and the guide rail is arranged below the sliding block 234; when the stepping motor is started, the lead screw 232 is driven to rotate, the rotation of the lead screw 232 is converted into the linear motion of the sliding block 234 through the threaded holes matched with the shape of the lead screw 232 arranged on the sliding block, the sliding block 234 can displace on the guide rail, the support rod positioning block 231 is arranged on the sliding block 234, a plurality of holes are arranged on the sliding block and used for mounting the support rod positioning block 231; the second direction driving unit 230 is arranged on the first direction driving unit, so that the second direction driving unit 230 can move in the two directions of the long edge and the short edge of the bottom plate 2, the positioning of the support rod on the air conditioner panel 1 is more accurate and fast, and the positioning is convenient and accurate through the combination of the stepping motor and the servo motor.

[0034] Since the air conditioner panel 1 has at least two hooks and support rods, two support rod positioning block driving assemblies and hook positioning block driving assemblies corresponding to the at least two hooks and support rods are adopted, which are arranged on the bottom plate 2, and the at least two support rod positioning block driving assemblies 23 and the hook positioning block driving assemblies are arranged along the long side of the bottom plate 2, one side is the support rod positioning block driving assembly 23, the other side is the hook positioning block driving assembly 21, and the middle part is provided with the suction cup driving assembly 22 along the long side of the bottom plate 2.

[0035] Embodiment 3

[0036] Please see Figures 1 to 6 , the air conditioner panel 1 is an arc-shaped plate and has a panel body, at least two hooks and at least two support rods; the suction cup driving assembly includes a plurality of lifting mechanisms, and the plurality of lifting mechanisms are arranged in the middle of the support rod positioning block driving assembly 23 and the hook positioning block driving assembly 21; the lifting mechanism includes a suction cup 221, a bearing, a transmission shaft, a gear, a support block 222, a motor mounting seat, a servo motor, a lifting support sliding block 223 and a suction cup guide rail 224, the motor mounting seat is provided with a through hole at both ends, the hole at one end is provided with a bearing, the other end is used for mounting a servo motor, gears are arranged below the bearing and the servo motor respectively, the two gears are connected through a synchronous belt, the transmission shaft is mounted in the bearing hole, one end of the transmission shaft is connected with the gear, and the other end of the transmission shaft is connected with the lifting support sliding block 223, one end of the lifting support sliding block 223 is connected with the suction cup guide rail 224, the other end of the lifting support sliding block 223 is fixedly connected with one end of the support block, and the suction cup is arranged at the other end of the support block 222; when the servo motor is started, the gear is driven by the shaft of the servo motor, the synchronous belt is driven, the other gear is driven, and the transmission shaft is rotated, so that the lifting movement of the support block with the suction cup is controlled; by adjusting the lifting movement of the support block with the suction cup 221, the suction of the suction cup to the air conditioner panel 1 is more powerful, and the air conditioner panel 1 will not be easily moved during printing.

[0037] Embodiment 4

[0038] Please see Figures 1 to 6The embodiment of the present application provides a universal clamp for an air conditioner panel and a printing device, the air conditioner panel 1 is an arc-shaped plate and has a panel main body, at least two hooks and at least two supporting rods; the clamp positions the hooks and the supporting rods of the air conditioner panel through a hook positioning block 211 and a supporting rod positioning block 231, and is installed in grooves of the hook positioning block 211 and the supporting rod positioning block 231, both sides of the groove formed by the hook positioning block 211 are arc surfaces, one side is a higher inclined arc surface, when the hook enters the groove, the hook can slide along the arc surface to the groove due to the design of the inclined arc surface, so that the positioning is accurate; the groove of the supporting rod positioning block 231 is provided in the shape of a Y-shaped groove, the supporting rod positioning block 231 has a certain thickness, and the supporting rod cannot move after entering the groove of the supporting rod positioning block 231 through the limiting of the supporting block.

[0039] The lifting mechanism further comprises a photoelectric switch, the photoelectric switch is installed on one side of the supporting block 222 installation guide rail, and the one side of the supporting block 222 installation guide rail is further provided with a distance scale; the accurate control of the distance is generally detected by the photoelectric switch, the photoelectric switch is installed on this side, which is beneficial to the accuracy of detection, and the scale can be used to accurately judge the accurate height of the suction cup 221 at the lifting mechanism; and each lifting mechanism is provided with a servo motor with different power, a single servo motor controls a single lifting mechanism, so that each different suction cup can be at different positions, since the air conditioner panel 1 is arc-shaped, the heights of different sections are different, and multiple lifting mechanisms are adopted for adsorption, so that the adsorption is more accurate and powerful.

[0040] When different models of air conditioner panels need to be supported and adsorbed, the heights of different air conditioner panels are set, so that the lifting mechanism drives the suction cup to be at different heights, the suction cup needed is driven to the supporting height by the servo motor, the suction cup not needed is at the lowest position for standby, and when needed, the suction cup is supported, and when not needed, the suction cup is at the lowest position to avoid interfering with the supporting and adsorbing work of the air conditioner panel.

[0041] Through the setting of the hook positioning block 211 and the supporting rod positioning block 231, the clamp can accurately position the air conditioner panel, the lifting mechanism is used to adsorb the air conditioner panel, so that the different sections of the air conditioner panel have the same powerful adsorption force, and the adsorption height error can be controlled within ±0.5mm; when the printing device prints different positions of the air conditioner panel, the clamp moves to drive the air conditioner panel to print, but the relative position between the air conditioner panel and the clamp cannot change, the setting of the suction cup, the hook positioning block 211 and the supporting rod positioning block 231 can make the relative position between the air conditioner panel and the clamp not change during the movement of the clamp. The air conditioner panel is more stable in printing, and the positioning block accurately positions the position of the air conditioner panel, so as to ensure the printing effect.

[0042] Further, the clamp further comprises a plurality of motors, the motors comprising servo motors and step motors; through the setting of the servo motors and the step motors, the displacement of the hook positioning blocks 211, the support rod positioning blocks 231 and the suction cups 221 is more accurate; each hook fixing block adopts single-axis movement, realizing the digital control and one-key positioning of the spacing between the hooks; the support rod positioning blocks adopt double-axis driving, and the double-axis movement realizes the digital control and one-key positioning of the spacing between the positioning blocks. The consistency of the air conditioner panel types of each platform and the printing coordinates is met.

[0043] Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present application, but not to limit them; although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that: it can still modify the technical solutions recorded in the foregoing embodiments, or make equivalent replacement for part or all of the technical features; and these modifications or replacements do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions deviate from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application.

Claims

1. A universal fixture for air conditioning panels, characterized in that: The air conditioning panel is an arched plate and has a panel body, at least two hooks and at least two support rods; the clamp includes: base plate; A plurality of suction cup drive assemblies, wherein the suction cup drive assemblies are arranged on the bottom plate; At least two hook positioning mechanisms, each of which is arranged on the bottom plate, and each of which further includes a hook positioning block corresponding to one of the hooks and movable, and a hook positioning block driving assembly, wherein the hook positioning block driving assembly drives the hook positioning block to move along the long side direction of the bottom plate; At least two support rod positioning mechanisms are arranged on the base plate, and each support rod positioning mechanism includes a support rod positioning block corresponding to one of the support rods and movable, and a support rod positioning block driving assembly, and the support rod positioning block driving assembly drives the support rod positioning block to move along the short side and long side directions of the base plate.

2. The clamp according to claim 1, characterized in that The plurality of suction cup drive assemblies further include a corresponding plurality of lifting mechanisms, and the plurality of lifting mechanisms are sequentially placed on the bottom plate along a direction parallel to the long side of the bottom plate.

3. The clamp according to claim 1, characterized in that The suction cup drive assembly includes a suction cup, a support block, a lifting support slider and a suction cup guide rail. The lifting support slider is movably connected to the suction cup guide rail, one end of the support block is fixedly connected to the lifting support slider, and the suction cup is arranged at the other end of the support block.

4. The clamp according to claim 1, wherein: The hook positioning block driving assembly includes a first driving unit for driving the hook positioning block to move along the long side direction of the base plate, the first driving unit includes a displacement platform, a carrier, a bearing, a rotating shaft and a support plate; the hook positioning block is arranged on the displacement platform, the support plates are arranged at both ends of the carrier, a groove for installing the bearing is opened on the support plate, a through hole is opened on the displacement platform, and the rotating shaft passes through the through hole on the displacement platform and is connected to the bearings on the support plates arranged at both ends of the carrier.

5. The clamp according to claim 4, characterized in that The support rod positioning block driving assembly includes a third driving unit for driving the support rod positioning block to move along the long side direction of the base plate and a second driving unit for moving along the short side direction of the base plate, respectively. The second driving unit is arranged on the displacement carrier of the third driving unit of the support rod positioning block driving assembly. The structure of the third driving unit is the same as that of the first driving unit. The second driving unit includes a motor fixing plate, a mounting seat, a guide rail, a slider and a screw rod. The motor fixing plate is arranged at both ends of the mounting seat, the carrier is provided with a groove for installing the guide rail, the slider is provided with a through threaded hole that matches the shape of the screw, the slider is installed on the screw through the threaded hole, the motor fixing plate is provided with a groove for installing the screw, and the slider can be displaced on the guide rail.

6. The clamp according to claim 1, wherein: At least two of the hook positioning mechanisms are sequentially arranged on one side of the multiple suction cup drive assemblies along the long side of the base plate; at least two support rod positioning mechanisms are sequentially arranged on the other side of the multiple suction cup drive assemblies along the long side of the base plate.

7. The clamp according to claim 1, wherein: The hook positioning block is provided with a first groove in the middle along the short side direction of the base plate, the first groove matches the outer shape of the hook and fixes the hook in the first groove; the first groove includes an arc-shaped groove, one of the two sides forming the arc-shaped groove is an inclined surface inclined at a preset angle, and the other side is an arc-shaped surface.

8. The clamp according to claim 7, characterized in that The height of the inclined surface of the first groove is greater than the height of the arc-shaped surface, and is used for auxiliary positioning of the hook positioning block.

9. The clamp according to claim 2, characterized in that Each of the support rod positioning block driving assembly, the hook positioning block driving assembly and the lifting mechanism includes a motor, and the motor is used to control the movement of the hook positioning block and the support rod positioning block and the lifting and lowering of the lifting mechanism.

10. An air conditioner panel printing device, characterized in that: The device includes a nozzle and the universal fixture for air-conditioning panels according to any one of claims 1 to 9, and the nozzle of the nozzle performs inkjet printing on the air-conditioning panel fixed by the universal fixture for air-conditioning panels.

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