Feather stem cutting mechanism

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of feather trimming, in particular to a feather handle cutting mechanism which comprises a placing frame used for placing feathers, a base arranged below the placing frame, a plurality of feather handle inserting holes formed in the base and feather handles used for fixing the feathers, and vibration motors arranged on the two sides of the base and used for enabling the feather handles to automatically fall into the feather handle inserting holes. A laser cutting machine is further arranged on one side of the lower portion of the base and used for cutting the feather handle, and a flame retardant mechanism is arranged in the base and used for retarding flame when the feather handle is cut. The fixed placing frame is arranged to place the feathers, the placing grooves are formed in the placing frame, and the cambered surface supporting plate is arranged below the limiting grooves to support the feathers. The mode of holding the feathers is adopted to replace the mode of pressing the feathers for fixation, and damage to the feather framework caused by pressing is avoided. The laser cutting machine is adopted to cut the feather handle, so that the feather handle cutting device is efficient and rapid, and the problem that the feather handle is pressed and damaged due to passivation of a cutting edge is solved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The invention relates to the technical field of feather trimming, in particular to a feather handle trimming mechanism. Background Art

[0002] When making badminton, the feathers used have very high standards, and are generally standard feathers. That is, the tail of the feathers must be the same size and shape (or have very little difference), and the length of the feather handle must also be the same (or have very little difference).

[0003] Generally speaking, when processing badminton feathers, the feathers are first collected and cleaned, and then the appropriate feathers are selected, the feather tails are trimmed, and finally the feather handles are cut.

[0004] On the one hand, some manufacturers use manual methods to trim the feather shafts when processing feathers. This method is time-consuming, labor-intensive, and inefficient. The most important thing is that it is difficult to cut the feather shafts of all feathers into the same length by manual cutting.

[0005] On the other hand, some existing mechanical cutting mechanisms have some disadvantages. First, when cutting the feather shaft, the feather needs to be pressed and fixed, which can easily damage the feather skeleton and damage the feather. Instead, high-precision sensing equipment is needed to determine the length of the feather shaft and the length that needs to be cut, which leads to high equipment costs, maintenance and use costs, which are difficult for small manufacturers to bear. Third, the cutting edge will become blunt after long-term use. If it is not replaced in time, it will easily cause the feather shaft to be cut not smooth enough, and the blunt edge will easily generate unnecessary pressure when cutting the feather shaft, resulting in the risk of the feather shaft being crushed. Summary of the invention

[0006] In view of this, an object of the present invention is to provide a feather handle cutting mechanism to solve the problems in the prior art.

[0007] Based on the above purpose, the present invention provides a feather handle cutting mechanism, comprising a placement rack for placing feathers and a fixing seat for fixing the placement rack, and the feather handle cutting mechanism also includes:

[0008] A base is located below the placement rack, the base is suspended in the air and movably connected to the fixing seat, and a plurality of feather handle insertion holes are provided on the base for fixing the feather handles of the feathers;

[0009] The vibration motors installed on both sides of the base are used to automatically drop the feather handle into the feather handle socket;

[0010] A laser cutting machine located on one side below the base is used to cut the feather handle;

[0011] The flame retardant mechanism is arranged in the base and is connected with an external air source and is used for flame retardancy when the feather handle is cut.

[0012] Furthermore, the placement rack includes a plurality of limiting plates, and a plurality of partition blocks are equidistantly fixedly connected between two adjacent limiting plates. The limiting plates cooperate with the partition blocks to separate a plurality of placement slots of the same size and shape in the placement rack.

[0013] Furthermore, the placement rack also includes an arc-surface supporting plate, which is located below the limiting plate, and there is a pair of arc-surface supporting plates below each placement slot for holding the feather tail.

[0014] Furthermore, the inner side surfaces of a pair of arc-surface supporting plates below the placement groove are arc-surfaces, and the arc-surfaces have the same curvature as that of the feather tail.

[0015] Furthermore, all the arc-surface supporting plates are fixedly connected to the connecting plate through the side plates at both ends, the limiting plates are also fixedly connected to the connecting plate, and the connecting plate is fixedly connected to the fixing seat.

[0016] Furthermore, a plurality of limiting grooves are separated by partitions on the base, and a strip-shaped gap formed by two adjacent limiting plates corresponds to one limiting groove, the feather handle insertion hole in each limiting groove corresponds one-to-one to the placement groove in the corresponding strip-shaped gap, and the feather handle insertion hole is located at the center position directly below the corresponding placement groove.

[0017] Furthermore, connecting seats are fixedly connected to both sides of the base, the vibration motor is fixedly connected to the connecting seats, the connecting seats are connected to the fixed seats via a movable rod, and a buffer reset mechanism is also provided between the movable rod and the fixed seat.

[0018] Furthermore, the buffer reset mechanism includes a movable groove arranged on a fixed seat, a sleeve is also sleeved on a movable rod in the movable groove, the movable rod is slidably connected to the sleeve, and a plurality of telescopic rods are fixedly connected to the side wall of the sleeve, a telescopic groove is also provided in the fixed seat, the other end of the telescopic rod is located in the telescopic groove and slidably connected thereto, and a telescopic spring is also provided in the telescopic groove, and both ends of the telescopic spring are connected to the inner end of the telescopic groove and the telescopic rod.

[0019] Furthermore, the top end of the movable rod passes through the fixed seat, and a stopper is fixedly connected to the top end of the movable rod. A return spring is sleeved on the movable rod above the fixed seat, and both ends of the return spring are connected to the fixed seat and the stopper.

[0020] Furthermore, the flame retardant mechanism includes an air flow channel arranged in the base, and an air pipe is fixedly connected to the base, the inner end of the air pipe is connected to the air flow channel, and the outer end of the air pipe is connected to an external air source, and a plurality of nozzles are provided on the side wall of the feather handle socket, the nozzles are connected to the air flow channel, and the nozzles are arranged to be tilted downward.

[0021] Beneficial effects of the present invention: 1. Feathers are placed on a fixed placement rack, and a plurality of placement slots are provided in the placement rack, so that a plurality of feathers can be placed at the same time for batch cutting. The limiting slot is in the shape of a slit so that the feathers can be placed neatly horizontally. An arc support plate is provided below the limiting slot. Since the feathers are placed horizontally, and the inner arc surface of the arc support plate has the same arc as the tail of the feather. Therefore, the arc support plate can support the tail of the feather and then support the feather. The method of supporting the feather instead of pressing the feather to fix it avoids damage to the feather skeleton caused by compression.

[0022] 2. Since all the curved support plates have the same height, the upper ends of the feather handles of all the placed feathers are aligned. Therefore, it is only necessary to cut the feather handles at the same height below to ensure that the length of the feather handles after cutting is the same. This eliminates the need for high-precision sensing equipment and greatly reduces costs.

[0023] 3. Using a laser cutting machine to cut the feather handle is not only efficient and fast, but also solves the problem of compressing the feather handle due to blunt blades, which in turn damages the feather handle. In addition, by setting the height difference between the laser and the curved support plate, the desired feather handle length can be set in advance to ensure that the feather handle reaches the required standard length after cutting.

[0024] 4. In order to prevent the feather handle from being ignited due to laser cutting, a flame retardant mechanism is set up. Gas is supplied to the nozzle through the gas pipe and the air flow channel. The nozzle sprays low-temperature gas or gas with high water content at the laser cutting position to prevent the feather handle from being ignited during laser cutting.

[0025] 5. The vibration motor is used to vibrate the base, so that the feather handle can automatically fall into the feather handle socket. Therefore, workers do not need to align the feather handle socket to place the feather. Workers only need to put the feather into the placement slot. Since the placement slot is slit-shaped, the feathers will automatically be placed horizontally and neatly. Combined with the vibration motor, the feathers can be quickly and automatically positioned, which greatly reduces the operator's operating difficulty and placement time, and greatly improves efficiency. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0026] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the present invention or the prior art, the drawings required for use in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only for the present invention. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without paying creative work.

[0027] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the overall structural principle of the device of the present invention.

[0028] Figure 2 It is a schematic structural diagram of the placement rack part in the device of the present invention.

[0029] Figure 3 It is a schematic structural diagram of the base part in the device of the present invention.

[0030] Figure 4 Schematic diagram of the internal structure of the device of the present invention.

[0031] Figure 5 for Figure 4 Enlarged view of part A.

[0032] Figure 6 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the buffer reset mechanism in the device of the present invention.

[0033] Figure 7 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the feathers after trimming in the device of the present invention.

[0034] The markings in the figure are:

[0035] 01. Feather, 02. Feather tail, 03. Feather handle, 10. Placement rack, 11. Laser cutting machine, 12. Laser transmitter head, 101. Limit plate, 102. Separator, 103. Placement slot, 104. Arc support plate, 105. Side plate, 106. Connecting plate, 107. Fixed seat, 108. Base, 109. Partition, 110. Limit slot, 111. Feather handle jack, 112. Connecting seat, 113. Vibration motor, 114. Movable rod, 115. Block, 116. Reset spring, 117. Movable slot, 118. Sleeve, 119. Telescopic rod, 120. Telescopic slot, 121. Telescopic spring, 122. Air pipe, 123. Air flow channel, 124. Jet head. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0036] In order to make the objectives, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more clearly understood, the present invention is further described in detail below in conjunction with specific embodiments.

[0037] It should be noted that, unless otherwise defined, the technical terms or scientific terms used in the present invention should be understood by people with ordinary skills in the field to which the present invention belongs. The "first", "second" and similar words used in the present invention do not indicate any order, quantity or importance, but are only used to distinguish different components. "Include" or "comprise" and similar words mean that the elements or objects appearing before the word include the elements or objects listed after the word and their equivalents, without excluding other elements or objects. "Connect" or "connected" and similar words are not limited to physical or mechanical connections, but may include electrical connections, whether direct or indirect. "Up", "down", "left", "right" and the like are only used to indicate relative positional relationships. When the absolute position of the described object changes, the relative positional relationship may also change accordingly.

[0038] A first aspect of the present invention, as Figure 1 , Figure 2 and Figure 3 As shown, in order to solve the problem of low efficiency caused by manual trimming of feather shanks, the present invention adopts a semi-automatic method, by setting a placement rack 10 to place feathers 01, and then using a laser cutting machine 11 to cut the shanks 03, thereby improving processing efficiency.

[0039] Specifically, a base 108 is provided below the placement rack 10, the base 108 is suspended and movably connected to the fixing seat 107, and a plurality of feather handle insertion holes 111 are provided on the base 108 for fixing the feather handles 03 of the feathers 01. The placement rack 10 includes a plurality of limiting plates 101, and a plurality of partition blocks 102 are fixedly connected and equidistantly between two adjacent limiting plates 101, and the limiting plates 101 cooperate with the partition blocks 102 to separate a plurality of placement slots 103 of the same size and shape in the placement rack 10.

[0040] In addition, the placement rack 10 also includes a curved support plate 104, which is located below the limiting plate 101, and there is a pair of curved support plates 104 below each placement slot 103, which are used to hold the feather tail 02 of the feather 01. The inner side surface of the pair of curved support plates 104 below the placement slot 103 is a curved surface, and the curvature of the curved surface is the same as that of the feather tail 02.

[0041] All the arc-surface supporting plates 104 are fixedly connected to the connecting plate 106 via the side plates at both ends, the limiting plates 101 are also fixedly connected to the connecting plate 106 , and the connecting plate 106 is fixedly connected to the fixing seat 107 .

[0042] Preferably, a plurality of limiting grooves 110 are separated by partitions 109 on the base 108, and a strip-shaped gap formed by two adjacent limiting plates 101 corresponds to one limiting groove 110, and a feather handle insertion hole 111 in each limiting groove 110 corresponds one-to-one to a placement groove 103 in the corresponding strip-shaped gap, and the feather handle insertion hole 111 is located at the center position directly below the corresponding placement groove 103.

[0043] A fixed placement rack 10 is provided to place feathers 01. A plurality of placement slots 103 are provided in the placement rack 10, so that a plurality of feathers 01 can be placed at the same time for batch cutting. The limiting slot 110 is in the shape of a slit so that the feathers 01 can be neatly placed horizontally. An arc support plate 104 is provided below the limiting slot 110. Since the feathers 01 are placed horizontally, and the inner arc surface of the arc support plate 104 has the same arc as the feather tail 02. Therefore, the arc support plate 104 can support the feather tail 02 of the feather 01, and then support the feather 01. The method of supporting the feather 01 instead of pressing the feather to fix it avoids damage to the feather skeleton caused by compression.

[0044] The use of the laser cutting machine 11 to cut the feather handle 03 is not only efficient and fast, but also solves the problem of compressing the feather handle 03 due to blunt cutting edge, thereby damaging the feather handle 03. In addition, by setting the height difference between the laser and the curved support plate 104, the desired length of the feather handle 03 can be set in advance, ensuring that the feather handle 03 after cutting reaches the required standard length.

[0045] A second aspect of the present invention, as Figure 1 , Figure 3 and Figure 6 As shown, since placing feathers 01 still requires manual operation by workers, the efficiency is low. In order to solve this problem, the present invention not only sets the placement slot 103 into a slit shape, but also sets vibration motors 113 on both sides of the base 108 to allow the feather handle 03 to automatically fall into the feather handle insertion hole 111.

[0046] Specifically, connecting seats 112 are fixedly connected to both sides of the base 108 , and the vibration motor 113 is fixedly connected to the connecting seat 112 . The connecting seat 112 is connected to the fixed seat 107 via a movable rod 114 , and a buffer reset mechanism is also provided between the movable rod 114 and the fixed seat 107 .

[0047] The buffer reset mechanism includes a movable groove 117 arranged on the fixed seat 107, and a sleeve 118 is also sleeved on the movable rod 114 in the movable groove 117. The movable rod 114 is slidably connected to the sleeve 118, and a plurality of telescopic rods 119 are fixedly connected to the side wall of the sleeve 118. A telescopic groove 120 is also provided in the fixed seat 107, and the other end of the telescopic rod 119 is located in the telescopic groove 120 and slidably connected thereto, and a telescopic spring 121 is also provided in the telescopic groove 120, and both ends of the telescopic spring 121 are connected to the inner end of the telescopic groove 120 and the telescopic rod 119.

[0048] Preferably, the top of the movable rod 114 passes through the fixed seat 107, and a stopper 115 is fixedly connected to the top of the movable rod 114. A return spring 116 is sleeved on the movable rod 114 above the fixed seat 107, and both ends of the return spring 116 are connected to the fixed seat 107 and the stopper 115.

[0049] The vibration motor 113 is used to vibrate the base 108, so that the feather handle 03 can automatically fall into the feather handle insertion hole 111. Therefore, the worker does not need to align the feather handle insertion hole 111 to place the feather 01. The worker only needs to put the feather 01 into the placement groove 103. Since the placement groove 103 is slit-shaped, the feather 01 will automatically be placed horizontally and neatly. In combination with the vibration motor 113, the feather 01 can be quickly and automatically positioned, which greatly reduces the operator's operating difficulty and placement time, and greatly improves efficiency.

[0050] A third aspect of the present invention is as follows Figure 1, Figure 4 and Figure 5 As shown, in order to prevent the feather handle 03 from being ignited due to laser cutting, a flame retardant mechanism is provided in the base 108, and the flame retardant mechanism is connected to an external gas source to prevent flame retardancy when the feather handle 03 is cut.

[0051] The flame retardant mechanism includes an air flow channel 123 arranged in the base 108, and an air pipe 122 is fixedly connected to the base 108. The inner end of the air pipe 122 is connected to the air flow channel 123, and the outer end of the air pipe 122 is connected to an external air source. A plurality of air jets 124 are also provided on the side wall of the feather handle socket 111. The air jets 124 are connected to the air flow channel 123, and the air jets 124 are tilted downward.

[0052] Gas is supplied to the nozzle 124 through the gas supply pipe 122 and the air flow channel 123. The nozzle 124 sprays low-temperature gas or gas with high water content toward the laser cutting position to prevent the feather handle 03 from being ignited during laser cutting.

[0053] In summary, the present invention places feathers 01 by setting a fixed placement rack 10, and a plurality of placement slots 103 are provided in the placement rack 10, so that a plurality of feathers 01 can be placed at the same time for batch cutting. The limiting slot 110 is in the shape of a slit so that the feathers 01 are neatly placed horizontally. An arc support plate 104 is provided below the limiting slot 110. Since the feathers 01 are placed horizontally, and the inner arc surface of the arc support plate 104 has the same curvature as the feather tail 02. Therefore, the arc support plate 104 can support the feather tail 02 of the feather 01, and then support the feather 01. The method of holding the feather 01 instead of pressing the feather to fix it avoids damage to the feather skeleton caused by compression. And since the height of all the arc support plates 104 is the same, it is ensured that the upper ends of the feather handles 03 of all the placed feathers 01 are aligned. Therefore, it is only necessary to cut the feather handles 03 at the same height below to ensure that the length of the feather handles 03 after cutting is the same. High-precision and sophisticated sensing equipment is omitted, which greatly reduces the cost.

[0054] In addition, the use of a laser cutting machine 11 to cut the feather handle 03 is not only efficient and fast, but also solves the problem of compressing the feather handle 03 due to the blunt edge of the blade, thereby damaging the feather handle 03. In addition, by setting the height difference between the laser and the curved support plate 104, the desired length of the feather handle 03 can be set in advance to ensure that the feather handle 03 after cutting reaches the required standard length. In order to avoid igniting the feather handle 03 due to laser cutting, a flame retardant mechanism is set, and air is supplied to the jet head 124 through the air supply pipe 122 and the air flow channel 123. The jet head 124 sprays low-temperature gas or gas with a high water content at the position of the laser cutting to prevent the feather handle 03 from igniting during laser cutting.

[0055] The vibrating motor 113 is also used to vibrate the base 108, so that the feather handle 03 can automatically fall into the feather handle insertion hole 111. Therefore, the worker does not need to align the feather handle insertion hole 111 to place the feather 01. The worker only needs to put the feather 01 into the placement slot 103. Since the placement slot 103 is slit-shaped, the feather 01 will automatically be placed horizontally and neatly. In combination with the vibration motor 113, the feather 01 can be quickly and automatically positioned, which greatly reduces the worker's operating difficulty and placement time, and greatly improves efficiency.

[0056] It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the discussion of any of the above embodiments is merely illustrative and is not intended to imply that the scope of the present invention, including the claims, is limited to these examples; within the context of the present invention, the technical features in the above embodiments or in different embodiments may be combined, the steps may be implemented in any order, and there are many other variations of the different aspects of the present invention as described above, which are not provided in detail for the sake of simplicity.

[0057] The present invention is intended to cover all such substitutions, modifications and variations that fall within the broad scope of the appended claims. Therefore, any omissions, modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principles of the present invention should be included in the scope of protection of the present invention.

Claims

1. A feather shank cutting mechanism, comprising a placement rack (10) for placing feathers (01) and a fixing seat (107) for fixing the placement rack (10), characterized in that: The feather handle cutting mechanism also includes: A base (108) is located below the placement frame (10), the base (108) is suspended in the air and movably connected to the fixing seat (107), and a plurality of feather handle insertion holes (111) are provided on the base (108) for fixing the feather handle (03) of the feather (01); Vibration motors (113) installed on both sides of the base (108) are used to allow the feather handle (03) to automatically fall into the feather handle insertion hole (111); A laser cutting machine (11) provided on one side below the base (108) and used for cutting the feather handle (03); A flame retardant mechanism is arranged in the base (108), the flame retardant mechanism is connected to an external air source and is used for flame retardancy when the feather handle (03) is cut.

2. A feather handle cutting mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that: The placement rack (10) comprises a plurality of limiting plates (101), and a plurality of partition blocks (102) are equidistantly fixedly connected between two adjacent limiting plates (101). The limiting plates (101) cooperate with the partition blocks (102) to separate a plurality of placement slots (103) of the same size and shape in the placement rack (10).

3. A feather handle cutting mechanism according to claim 2, characterized in that: The placement rack (10) further comprises an arc-surface supporting plate (104), wherein the arc-surface supporting plate (104) is located below the limiting plate (101), and a pair of arc-surface supporting plates (104) is provided below each placement slot (103) for holding the feather tail (02) of the feather (01).

4. A feather handle cutting mechanism according to claim 3, characterized in that: The inner side surfaces of a pair of arc-surface supporting plates (104) below the placement groove (103) are arc-surfaces, and the arc of the arc-surfaces is the same as that of the feather tail (02).

5. A feather handle cutting mechanism according to claim 3, characterized in that: All the arc-surface supporting plates (104) are fixedly connected to the connecting plate (106) via the side plates at both ends, the limiting plate (101) is also fixedly connected to the connecting plate (106), and the connecting plate (106) is fixedly connected to the fixing seat (107).

6. A feather handle cutting mechanism according to claim 2, characterized in that: The base (108) is divided into a plurality of limiting grooves (110) by a partition plate (109), and a strip-shaped slit formed by two adjacent limiting plates (101) corresponds to one limiting groove (110), a feather handle insertion hole (111) in each limiting groove (110) corresponds one-to-one to a placement groove (103) in a corresponding strip-shaped slit, and the feather handle insertion hole (111) is located at a central position directly below the corresponding placement groove (103).

7. A feather handle cutting mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that: A connecting seat (112) is fixedly connected to both sides of the base (108), the vibration motor (113) is fixedly connected to the connecting seat (112), the connecting seat (112) is connected to the fixed seat (107) via a movable rod (114), and a buffer reset mechanism is also provided between the movable rod (114) and the fixed seat (107).

8. A feather shank cutting mechanism according to claim 7, characterized in that: The buffer reset mechanism comprises a movable groove (117) arranged on a fixed seat (107); a sleeve (118) is also sleeved on a movable rod (114) in the movable groove (117); the movable rod (114) is slidably connected to the sleeve (118); and a plurality of telescopic rods (119) are fixedly connected to the side wall of the sleeve (118); a telescopic groove (120) is also arranged in the fixed seat (107); the other end of the telescopic rod (119) is located in the telescopic groove (120) and slidably connected thereto; and a telescopic spring (121) is also arranged in the telescopic groove (120); and the two ends of the telescopic spring (121) are connected to the inner end of the telescopic groove (120) and the telescopic rod (119).

9. A feather shank cutting mechanism according to claim 7 or 8, characterized in that: The top end of the movable rod (114) passes through the fixed seat (107), and a stopper (115) is fixedly connected to the top end of the movable rod (114). A return spring (116) is sleeved on the movable rod (114) above the fixed seat (107), and two ends of the return spring (116) are connected to the fixed seat (107) and the stopper (115).

10. A feather handle cutting mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that: The flame retardant mechanism comprises an air flow channel (123) arranged in the base (108); an air supply pipe (122) is fixedly connected to the base (108); the inner end of the air supply pipe (122) is in communication with the air flow channel (123); and the outer end of the air supply pipe (122) is in communication with an external air source; a plurality of air jets (124) are also arranged on the side wall of the feather handle insertion hole (111); the air jets (124) are in communication with the air flow channel (123); and the air jets (124) are arranged to be tilted downward.

Images