minute hand inserting mechanism
By designing a minute pin insertion mechanism and utilizing the coordination of the minute pin disk and the blanking channel, efficient automatic pin division and pin insertion operations are achieved, solving the problem of low efficiency of the minute pin in the existing technology and meeting the miniaturization and precision requirements of electronic connectors.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202411011851.6
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Patents(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-07-26
- Publication Date
- 2025-10-17
- Estimated Expiration
- 2044-07-26
AI Technical Summary
The existing automatic pin insertion machine's pin separation mechanism has low efficiency and cannot meet the needs of miniaturization and precision of electronic connectors. In addition, manual operation poses safety risks.
A minute hand insertion mechanism is designed, which uses the rotation of the minute hand disk to send the pins one by one into the placement cavity, and then enter the storage cavity through the feeding channel. The pins are then inserted by the pin insertion head. Combined with the monitoring unit and guide ramp structures, the stable delivery and stacking control of the pins are ensured.
The invention improves the minute hand efficiency, reduces the operation time, improves the product production efficiency, meets the user needs, has a wide range of applications, and avoids the safety hazards of manual operation.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present application relates to the field of pin inserting, in particular to a pin separating and inserting mechanism. BACKGROUND
[0002] In electronic products, the pin inserting device is also called PIN inserting machine, which is used for pin inserting operation of various coil frames, connectors and other plastic parts requiring pin inserting, and has the advantages of simple operation and high work efficiency, and is a very practical mechanical production device for the electronic industry; at present, the pin inserting device needs to separate the pins before inserting them into the pin seat, so that the disordered pins become orderly, and then the orderly pins are sent into the pin inserting device, and the separated pins are sequentially inserted into the corresponding positions of the pin seat, so that the pin inserting operation is realized; the pin separating and inserting operation of the existing pin inserting device needs to rely on manual operation, the manual operation is slow and cannot realize automation, and manual operation is prone to mechanical injury.
[0003] Later, an automatic pin inserting machine appeared on the market, which separates multiple pins through a pin separating mechanism, and then sends the separated pins into the pin inserting mechanism, so as to realize automatic pin separating and inserting; however, since the automatic pin inserting machine replaces the traditional manual pin separating and inserting, it has developed rapidly, and with the development of electronic connectors towards miniaturization and precision, higher requirements are put forward for the automatic pin inserting machine, and high-speed pin separating and inserting operation is the development trend of future automatic pin inserting machines; the pin separating mechanism of the existing automatic pin inserting machine has low pin separating efficiency, increases the production operation time of products, cannot meet the use requirements of users, has poor practicality, and has small application range.
[0004] Therefore, it is necessary to research a new technical scheme to solve the above problems. SUMMARY
[0005] Therefore, the present application aims at the defects of the prior art, and the main purpose is to provide a pin separating and inserting mechanism, which uses the rotation of a pin separating disc to sequentially send the pins conveyed by a feeding device into corresponding placement cavities, and makes the lowermost placement cavity communicate with a discharging channel to make the pins enter a storage cavity through the discharging channel, and then performs pin inserting operation on the pin seat through a pin inserting head, so that the pin separating efficiency is high, the production efficiency of products is improved, the use requirements of users are met, and the application range is wide.
[0006] To achieve the above purpose, the technical scheme is as follows:
[0007] A pin separating and inserting mechanism, comprising a rack, a pin separating device, a feeding device, a pin inserting device and a pin seat, wherein the pin separating device and the feeding device are arranged on the rack, the feeding device is located beside the pin separating device, and the feeding device is used to convey pins to the pin separating device;
[0008] The needle separating device comprises a first seat body, a needle separating disc and a rotating device, the needle separating disc is rotatably arranged on the first seat body, the periphery of the needle separating disc is provided with a plurality of placing cavities arranged at intervals along the axial direction of the needle separating disc and used for placing the needle feet, and the rotating device is drivingly connected to the needle separating disc and arranged on the first seat body, so that the needle separating disc is rotated to allow the needle feet to be sequentially conveyed by the feeding device to the corresponding placing cavities.
[0009] The needle inserting device comprises a second seat body, a needle inserting head, a driving device, a lifting device and a displacement device, the second seat body is located below the first seat body, the needle inserting head is arranged on the second seat body, the upper end of the needle inserting head is provided with a storage cavity used for stacking and storing the needle feet upward and downward, the first seat body is provided with a discharging channel extending upward and downward and penetrating through the first seat body, the discharging channel is located at the lower end of the needle separating disc, the storage cavity is located at the lower end of the discharging channel, the needle separating disc is controlled by the rotating device to rotate the placing cavity to the upper end of the discharging channel and communicate with the discharging channel, so that the needle feet in the placing cavity enter the discharging channel and fall into the storage cavity of the needle inserting head through the discharging channel, the needle seat is located on one side of the second seat body, the needle inserting head is arranged towards the needle seat, the driving device is connected to the needle inserting head to control the needle inserting head to perform the needle inserting operation on the needle seat, the displacement device is connected to the needle inserting head to control the needle inserting head to reciprocatingly displace along the horizontal direction, and the lifting device is drivingly connected to the needle inserting head to control the needle inserting head to lift and displace to the lower end of the first seat body or the upper end of the needle seat.
[0010] As a preferred scheme, the upper end of the needle inserting head is provided with a storage rack extending upward and downward, and the storage cavity is arranged on the storage rack.
[0011] As a preferred scheme, the upper end of the storage cavity is provided with a needle foot feeding port gradually increasing from bottom to top.
[0012] As a preferred scheme, the first seat body is provided with a discharging plate extending downward and arranged towards the storage cavity, the lower end of the discharging channel penetrates through the discharging plate, the upper end of the discharging plate is provided with connecting portions on both sides, the connecting portions and the discharging plate are in T shape, and the connecting portions are detachably arranged on the lower end of the first seat body through connecting members.
[0013] As a preferred scheme, the inner wall of the upper end of the discharging channel is provided with a guide slope used for guiding the needle feet to enter the discharging channel, and the guide slope extends outward and upward from bottom to top.
[0014] As a preferred scheme, the needle separating disc is provided with observation windows communicating with the placing cavities, so that the user can observe whether the needle feet are placed in the placing cavities, and the observation windows are arranged at intervals corresponding to the placing cavities on the surface of the needle separating disc.
[0015] As a preferred scheme, the first seat body is provided with a baffle, the baffle is located at the lower end of the division disc, the baffle is provided with an arc surface matched with the outer periphery of the division disc, when the placement cavity of the division disc rotates to the arc surface of the baffle, the placement cavity is closed, and the discharging channel is arranged on the baffle.
[0016] As a preferred scheme, the first seat body is provided with a baffle, the baffle is located at the lower end of the division disc, the baffle is provided with an arc surface matched with the outer periphery of the division disc, when the placement cavity of the division disc rotates to the arc surface of the baffle, the placement cavity is closed, and the discharging channel is arranged on the baffle.
[0017] As a preferred scheme, the first seat body is provided with a baffle, the baffle is located at the lower end of the division disc, the baffle is provided with an arc surface matched with the outer periphery of the division disc, when the placement cavity of the division disc rotates to the arc surface of the baffle, the placement cavity is closed, and the discharging channel is arranged on the baffle.
[0018] The present application has obvious advantages and beneficial effects compared with the prior art, specifically, from the above technical scheme, it mainly uses the design of various devices to send the pins conveyed by the feeding device one by one into the corresponding placement cavity through the rotation of the division disc, and the lowermost placement cavity is communicated with the discharging channel to make the pins enter the storage cavity through the discharging channel, and then the needle head is used to perform the needle insertion operation on the needle seat, the structure design is ingenious and reasonable, the pinning efficiency is high, the operation time is reduced, the production efficiency of the product is improved, the use requirements of the user are met, the practicality is strong, and the application range is wide.
[0019] Secondly, the setting of the pin feeding port is beneficial to the efficiency and stability of the pins entering the storage cavity, at the same time, the setting of the guide inclined surface is beneficial to the guiding of the pins from the placement cavity into the discharging channel, ensures the stability of the pin discharging, and the setting of the observation window enables the user to observe whether the pins are in the placement cavity on the division disc through the observation window, and ensures the pinning use of the pins on the division disc.
[0020] In addition, the setting of the monitoring unit is beneficial to the control of the number of pins stacked on the storage cavity, avoids the number of pins in the storage cavity from exceeding the number that can be accommodated by the storage cavity, thereby ensuring the stacking use of the pins in the storage cavity, and the usability is good.
[0021] In order to more clearly illustrate the structural features and effects of the present application, the present application will be described in detail below in combination with the drawings and specific embodiments. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0022] Fig. 1 is a first perspective schematic diagram of an embodiment of the present invention;
[0023] Fig. 2 is a second perspective schematic diagram of an embodiment of the present invention;
[0024] Fig. 3 is a first cross-sectional view of an embodiment of the present invention;
[0025] Fig. 4 It is a second cross-sectional view of the embodiment of the present invention.
[0026] Description of the accompanying drawings:
[0027] 10. Frame 11. Minute hand device
[0028] 111. First seat 112. Minute hand plate
[0029] 113. Rotating device 114. Placement cavity
[0030] 115. Observation window 116. Feeding channel
[0031] 117, guide slope 12, loading device
[0032] 13. Pin insertion device 131, second seat
[0033] 132. Pin head 133. Driving device
[0034] 134. Lifting device 135. Displacement device
[0035] 136. Storage rack 137. Storage cavity
[0036] 138, pin feed port 14, blanking plate
[0037] 141, connecting portion 15, baffle
[0038] 16. Storage frame 17. Monitoring unit. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0039] Please refer to Figs. 1 to 4 As shown, it shows the specific structure of an embodiment of the present invention.
[0040] A minute hand insertion mechanism includes a frame 10, a minute hand device 11, a feeding device 12, a needle insertion device 13, and a needle seat (not shown). The minute hand device 11 and the feeding device 12 are both arranged on the frame 10. The feeding device 12 is located next to the minute hand device 11 and is used to transport needles to the minute hand device 11.
[0041] The needle separating device 11 comprises a first seat body 111, a needle separating disc 112 and a rotating device 113, the needle separating disc 112 is rotatably arranged on the first seat body 111, the periphery of the needle separating disc 112 is provided with a plurality of placement cavities 114 arranged along the axial direction of the needle separating disc and used for placing the needle pins, and the rotating device 113 is drivingly connected to the needle separating disc 112 and arranged on the first seat body 111, so as to rotate the needle separating disc to allow the needle pins to be sequentially conveyed by the feeding device to the corresponding placement cavities.
[0042] The needle inserting device 13 comprises a second seat body 131, a needle inserting head 132, a driving device 133, a lifting device 134 and a displacement device 135, the second seat body 131 is located below the first seat body 111, the needle inserting head 132 is arranged on the second seat body 131, the upper end of the needle inserting head 132 is provided with a storage cavity 137 used for stacking and storing the needle pins, the first seat body 111 is provided with a discharging channel 116 extending upward and penetrating through the first seat body, the discharging channel 116 is located at the lower end of the needle separating disc 112, the storage cavity 137 is located at the lower end of the discharging channel 116, the needle separating disc 112 is controlled by the rotating device 113 to rotate the placement cavities 114 to the upper end of the discharging channel 116 and communicate with the discharging channel 116, so that the needle pins in the placement cavities 114 enter the discharging channel and fall into the storage cavity 137 of the needle inserting head through the discharging channel, the needle holder is located on one side of the second seat body 131, the needle inserting head 132 is arranged towards the needle holder, the driving device 133 is connected to the needle inserting head 132 to control the needle inserting head 132 to perform the needle inserting operation on the needle holder, the displacement device 135 is connected to the needle inserting head 132 to control the needle inserting head 132 to reciprocally displace along the horizontal direction, and the lifting device 134 is drivingly connected to the needle inserting head 132 to control the needle inserting head 132 to lift and move to the lower end of the first seat body 111 or the upper end of the needle holder; in this way, the needle pins conveyed by the feeding device are sequentially sent into the corresponding placement cavities by rotating the needle separating disc, the lowermost placement cavity is communicated with the discharging channel to allow the needle pins to enter the storage cavity through the discharging channel, and the needle inserting head performs the needle inserting operation on the needle holder, the structure design is ingenious and reasonable, the needle separating efficiency is high, the operation time is reduced, the production efficiency of the product is improved, the use requirement of the user is met, the practicality is high, and the application range is wide.
[0043] The upper end of the pin head 132 is provided with a storage rack 136 extending upward and downward, and the storage cavity 137 is arranged on the storage rack 136. The upper end of the storage cavity 137 is provided with a needle foot feeding port 138 arranged from bottom to top in an increasing manner. Preferably, the storage rack 136 is provided with a monitoring unit 17. An opening communicating with the storage cavity is formed in the outer side of the storage rack 136, and the opening is located at the upper segment position of the storage cavity 137. The monitoring unit 17 is arranged at the opening and faces the storage cavity 137. When the uppermost needle foot is located at the position of the opening, the monitoring unit feeds the information that the needle foot exists at the opening to the feeding device and the rotating device, so that the feeding device stops conveying the needle foot and the rotating device stops rotating the needle separating disc. In this way, the arrangement of the needle foot feeding port is beneficial to the efficiency and stability of the needle foot entering the storage cavity. Meanwhile, the arrangement of the monitoring unit is beneficial to the control of the number of needle feet stacked on the storage cavity, so as to avoid the number of needle feet in the storage cavity exceeding the number that can be accommodated by the storage cavity, thereby ensuring the stacking use of the needle feet in the storage cavity and good usability.
[0044] In addition, the first seat body 111 has a discharging plate 14 extending downward and facing the storage cavity. The lower end of the discharging channel 116 penetrates the discharging plate 14. The upper end of the discharging plate 14 is provided with a connecting portion 141 on both sides. The connecting portion 141 and the discharging plate 14 are in T shape. The connecting portion 141 is detachably arranged at the lower end of the first seat body 111 by a connecting piece. Specifically, the inner wall of the upper end of the discharging channel 116 is provided with a guide slope 117 for guiding the needle foot into the discharging channel. The guide slope 117 extends outward from bottom to top. In this way, the arrangement of the guide slope is beneficial to guiding the needle foot from the placing cavity into the discharging channel and ensuring the stability of the needle foot discharging.
[0045] The needle separating disc 112 is provided with an observation window 115 communicating with the placing cavity, so that the user can observe whether the needle foot is placed in the placing cavity. The observation window 115 is arranged at the surface of the needle separating disc 112 in a manner corresponding to the interval of the plurality of placing cavities 114. In this way, the arrangement of the observation window enables the user to observe whether the needle foot is in the placing cavity on the needle separating disc through the observation window, thereby ensuring the use of the needle separating disc.
[0046] In addition, the first seat body 111 is provided with a baffle 15 located at the lower end of the needle separating disc 112. The baffle 15 is provided with an arc surface matching the outer periphery of the needle separating disc. When the placing cavity of the needle separating disc rotates to the arc surface of the baffle, the placing cavity is closed. The discharging channel 116 is arranged on the baffle 15.
[0047] The first seat body 111 is provided with a receiving frame 16 located below the discharge end of the feeding device 12 and beside the pin separating disc 112. When the pin on the placing cavity does not fall into the discharging channel, the pin separating disc moves the placing cavity with the pin to above the side of the receiving frame under the control of the rotating device, and sets the pin obliquely downward to the receiving frame, so that the user takes out the pin from the placing cavity and falls into the receiving frame, or stores the rework or non-standard pin on the receiving frame, so as to facilitate subsequent processing and ensure the neatness of the mechanism.
[0048] The design of the present application focuses on that the pin fed by the feeding device is sent to the corresponding placing cavity one by one by the rotation of the pin separating disc, the lowermost placing cavity is communicated with the discharging channel to make the pin enter the storage cavity through the discharging channel, and the needle head is inserted into the needle seat for needle insertion operation. The structure design is ingenious and reasonable, the pin separating efficiency is high, the operation time is reduced, the production efficiency of the product is improved, the use requirement of the user is met, the practicality is strong, and the application range is wide.
[0049] Secondly, the setting of the pin feeding port is beneficial to the efficiency and stability of the pin entering the storage cavity. At the same time, the setting of the guide inclined surface is beneficial to the guiding of the pin from the placing cavity into the discharging channel, ensures the stability of the pin discharging, and the setting of the observation window enables the user to observe whether the pin is in the placing cavity on the pin separating disc through the observation window, and ensures the pin separating use of the pin on the pin separating disc.
[0050] In addition, the setting of the monitoring unit is beneficial to the control of the number of pins stacked on the storage cavity, avoids the number of pins in the storage cavity exceeding the number that can be accommodated by the storage cavity, and thus ensures the stacking use of the pins in the storage cavity, and the usability is good.
[0051] The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present application, and does not limit the technical scope of the present application. Therefore, any slight modification, equivalent change and modification of the above embodiment according to the technical essence of the present application still belongs to the scope of the technical solution of the present application.
Claims
1. A minute hand insertion mechanism, characterized in that: It includes a frame, a minute hand device, a feeding device, a needle insertion device and a needle seat. The minute hand device and the feeding device are both arranged on the frame. The feeding device is located beside the minute hand device. The feeding device is used to transport the needle pins to the minute hand device. The minute hand device includes a first base, a minute hand disc, and a rotating device. The minute hand disc is rotatably mounted on the first base. The periphery of the minute hand disc is provided with a plurality of placement cavities arranged at intervals along the axial direction of the minute hand disc for placing pins. The rotating device is drivably connected to the minute hand disc and is mounted on the first base, so that the minute hand disc rotates to allow the loading device to transport the pins one by one to the corresponding placement cavities. The pin insertion device includes a second base body, a pin insertion head, a driving device, a lifting device and a displacement device, wherein the second base body is located below the first base body, the pin insertion head is arranged on the second base body, the upper end of the pin insertion head has a storage cavity for stacking and storing pins up and down, and the first base body is provided with a discharge channel extending up and down and passing through the first base body, the discharge channel is located at the lower end of the minute needle disk, and the storage cavity is located at the lower end of the discharge channel, and the minute needle disk is controlled by the rotating device to rotate the placement cavity to the upper end of the discharge channel and communicate with the discharge channel, so that the pins of the placement cavity enter the discharge channel and fall into the storage cavity of the pin insertion head through the discharge channel, and the needle seat is located on one side of the second base body, and the pin insertion head is arranged towards the needle seat, the driving device is connected to the pin insertion head to control the pin insertion head to perform a pin insertion operation on the needle seat, the displacement device is connected to the pin insertion head to control the pin insertion head to move back and forth in the horizontal direction, and the lifting device is driven and connected to the pin insertion head to control the pin insertion head to move up and down to the lower end of the first base body or the upper end of the needle seat.
2. The minute hand insertion mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that: The upper end of the pin head is provided with a material storage rack extending up and down, and the storage cavity is provided on the material storage rack.
3. The minute hand insertion mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that: The upper end of the storage cavity is provided with a pin feeding port which is gradually larger from bottom to top.
4. The minute hand insertion mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that: The first base body has a blanking plate extending downward and arranged toward the storage cavity. The lower end of the blanking channel passes through the blanking plate. Connecting parts are provided on both sides of the upper end of the blanking plate. The connecting part and the blanking plate are T-shaped. The connecting part is detachably arranged at the lower end of the first base body through a connecting piece.
5. The minute hand insertion mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that: The inner wall of the upper end of the blanking channel is provided with a guiding slope for guiding the needle pins into the blanking channel, and the guiding slope is extended obliquely outward from bottom to top.
6. The minute hand insertion mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that: The minute hand disc is provided with an observation window communicating with the placement cavity, so that the user can observe whether there is a pin placed in the placement cavity. The observation windows are provided with a plurality of spacings corresponding to the plurality of placement cavities and are arranged on the surface of the minute hand disc.
7. The minute hand insertion mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that: A baffle is provided on the first seat body, and the baffle is located at the lower end of the minute hand disc. The baffle is provided with an arc surface matching the outer periphery of the minute hand disc. When the placement cavity of the minute hand disc rotates to the arc surface of the baffle, the placement cavity is closed, and the discharge channel is provided on the baffle.
8. The minute hand insertion mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that: A storage frame is provided on the first base body, and the storage frame is located below the discharge end of the loading device and on the side of the minute hand dial. When the pins on the placement cavity do not fall into the discharge channel, the minute hand dial moves the placement cavity with the pins to the side and above the storage frame under the control of the rotating device, and sets the pins obliquely downward toward the storage frame, so that the user can take the pins out of the placement cavity and drop them onto the storage frame.
9. The minute hand insertion mechanism according to claim 2, characterized in that: A monitoring unit is provided on the material storage rack, and an opening connected to the storage cavity is provided on the outer side of the material storage rack. The opening is located at the upper part of the storage cavity. The monitoring unit is provided at the opening and is arranged toward the storage cavity. When the uppermost pin is located at the opening, the monitoring unit feeds back the information that there is a pin at the opening to the loading device and the rotating device, so that the loading device stops conveying the pins and the rotating device stops rotating the minute hand plate.
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