Optical fiber coating and curing device

Abstract

The invention discloses an optical fiber coating and curing device which can automatically align and fix an optical fiber after the optical fiber is placed at a preset position, so that time is saved, waste glue on the surface of a working assembly is removed after each coating, and the subsequent optical fiber coating quality is improved. The device comprises a working box, and is characterized in that an adjusting mechanism, a dissolving box and a cleaning mechanism are arranged on the upper surface of the working box; the adjusting mechanism is located at the front end of one side of the upper surface of the working box, the welding box is located at the rear end of one side of the upper surface of the working box, and the cleaning mechanism is located on the other side of the welding box.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The invention relates to the technical field of optical fiber coating, in particular to an optical fiber coating curing device. Background Art

[0002] Optical fiber is fragile and easy to crack, so it is necessary to form a protective layer on the surface through optical fiber coating. Optical fiber coating is to apply a protective layer on the surface of the optical fiber to enhance the mechanical strength of the optical fiber and protect the optical fiber from external influences. Optical fiber coating is generally carried out using an optical fiber coating machine. The optical fiber coating machine is a device used to apply a layer of optical fiber glue on the exposed optical fiber and solidify it. With the continuous development of optical fiber coating, various optical fiber coating equipment has emerged. The optical fiber coating curing device of the prior art has made improvements in terms of uniform optical fiber coating. The optical fiber coating curing device consists of a working box, a fixing component, a glue adding component and a fusion box. The optical drive is fixed on the top of the working box through the fixing component, and then the optical fiber is coated through the glue adding component and the fusion box. Although it can coat the optical fiber, it is necessary for the staff to place the optical fiber on the fixing component for alignment and fixation before coating, which is more troublesome. After coating, there is excess fine waste glue left inside the fusion box. The fine waste glue residue is more likely to affect the quality of subsequent optical fiber coating. Therefore, it is urgent to develop a device that can automatically align and fix the optical fiber after it is placed, so as to save time. The device can remove the waste glue on the surface of the working component after each coating to avoid reducing the quality of subsequent optical fiber coating. Summary of the invention

[0003] In response to the above problems, the present invention provides an optical fiber coating curing device, which can automatically align and fix the optical fiber after it is placed in a preset position, saving time, and removes waste glue on the surface of the working component after each coating, thereby improving the quality of subsequent optical fiber coating.

[0004] An optical fiber coating curing device, the technical solution of which is as follows, comprises a working box, characterized in that: an adjusting mechanism, a fusion box, and a cleaning mechanism are arranged on the upper surface of the working box; the adjusting mechanism is located at the front end of one side of the upper surface of the working box, the fusion box is located at the rear end of one side of the upper surface of the working box, and the cleaning mechanism is arranged at the other side of the fusion box;

[0005] The adjustment mechanism includes a pair of reversible electric clamps, and the reversible electric clamps include two states. In the first state, the reversible electric clamps are at the loading station, and the clamps are arranged upward. In the second state, the reversible electric clamps are flipped to the coating station, so that the central area of ​​the optical fiber clamped by the clamps is located in the inner cavity of the welding box.

[0006] The cleaning mechanism includes an electric telescopic rod and a cleaning assembly. After the optical fiber coating and curing are completed, the electric telescopic rod drives the cleaning assembly to extend outward. The cleaning assembly is located on the upper surface of the inner cavity of the fusion box. The cleaning assembly removes the waste glue from the inner cavity of the fusion box through the movement of the electric telescopic rod.

[0007] It is further characterized by:

[0008] The adjustment mechanism includes a pair of support columns, a micro servo motor, a rotating rod, a pair of connecting rods, and a pair of electric clamps. The pair of electric clamps are respectively arranged at one end of the corresponding connecting rod in the length direction, and the other end of the connecting rod in the length direction is respectively fixed to the rotating rod. The two connecting rods are arranged in parallel, and the connecting rods are arranged perpendicular to the rotating rods. A rotating rod is arranged on the support columns on both sides. One end of the rotating rod is connected to the micro servo motor. The micro servo motor drives the rotating rod to rotate, and then the electric clamp uses the rotating rod as a rotating shaft and the length of the connecting rod as a swing arm to perform a flipping operation, thereby forming a pair of flippable motor clamps.

[0009] The adjustment mechanism further includes a limit column and a limit plate. The limit plate is provided on the upper part of the limit column. The limit plate is used to support the connecting rod limited in the second state, which ensures that the optical fiber is reliably positioned in the fusion box and does not over-turn and break the optical fiber.

[0010] The cleaning assembly comprises a movable block, a horizontal plate, a cleaning cloth, and a collection box, wherein the two collection boxes are respectively located at two sides of the horizontal length direction of the welding box, the bottom of the electric telescopic rod is supported by the support block, the end surface of the electric telescopic rod facing the welding box is fixed with the upper end of the movable block, the lower end of the movable block is connected to the upper end surface of the horizontal plate through a stud, and a detachable cleaning cloth is installed on the lower end surface of the horizontal plate, and the length of the cleaning cloth is arranged corresponding to the front-to-back distance of the inner cavity of the dissolving box;

[0011] The top of the fusion box is hinged with a cover body, the inside of the cover body is provided with a coating head, the inside of the fusion box and the cover body are both provided with optical fiber coating molds, and the internal structures of the fusion box and the cover body both adopt the coating technology of the existing optical fiber coating machine;

[0012] A glue applying component is fixedly installed on the back of the working box, a glue applying hose is fixedly connected to the outside of the glue applying component, one end of the glue applying hose away from the glue applying component is fixedly connected to the cover body, the glue applying hose is connected to the inside of the cover body, and the internal structure of the glue applying component adopts the glue applying technology of the existing optical fiber coating machine;

[0013] An auxiliary electric telescopic rod is also fixedly mounted on the upper surface of the working box, a slider is hinged at the output end of the auxiliary electric telescopic rod, and a slide groove matching the slider is provided on the outside of the cover body. By arranging the auxiliary electric telescopic rod, the slider and the slide groove, the auxiliary electric telescopic rod is telescoped to control the opening and closing of the cover body;

[0014] A pair of clamping jaws are arranged on the top of the electric clamping jaws, and corresponding arc-shaped grooves are provided on the facing surfaces of the two clamping jaws;

[0015] The working box is also provided with an intelligent controller, which is electrically connected to the micro servo motor, two electric clamps, an electric telescopic rod, a welding box, a glue adding component, and an auxiliary electric telescopic rod.

[0016] Compared with the prior art, the present invention provides an optical fiber coating curing device, which has the following beneficial effects:

[0017] 1. The optical fiber coating and curing device, through setting and adjustment, when optical fiber coating is required, the optical fiber is placed on the two electric clamps, and then the working state of the clamps is switched to the second state, so that the reversible electric clamps are flipped to the coating station, so that the central area of ​​the optical fiber clamped by the clamps is located in the inner cavity of the welding box, so that the optical fiber is automatically aligned and fixed after being placed, saving time;

[0018] 2. By setting up a cleaning mechanism, after the optical fiber is coated, the electric telescopic rod will work to remove the waste glue on the inner surface of the fusion box to avoid reducing the subsequent optical fiber coating quality. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0019] Figure 1 It is a three-dimensional diagram of the structure of the present invention;

[0020] Figure 2 It is a front cross-sectional view of the structure of the present invention;

[0021] Figure 3 It is a right side sectional view of the structure of the present invention;

[0022] Figure 4 It is a partial stereogram of the structure of the present invention;

[0023] Figure 5 It is a partial stereogram of the structure of the present invention;

[0024] The names corresponding to the serial numbers in the figure are as follows:

[0025] 1. Work box; 2. Intelligent controller; 3. Adjustment mechanism; 301. Support column one; 302. Micro servo motor; 303. Rotating rod; 304. Support column two; 305. Connecting rod; 306. Micro parallel electric clamp; 307. Limit column; 308. Limit plate; 4. Cleaning mechanism; 401. Support block; 402. Multi-stage electric telescopic rod; 403. Movable block; 404. Threaded column; 405. Horizontal plate; 406. Cleaning cloth; 407. Collection box; 5. Welding box; 501. Cover body; 6. Glue adding component; 601. Glue adding hose; 7. Auxiliary electric telescopic rod; 701. Slider; 702. Slide; 8. Clamp; 801. Arc groove; 9. Bearing. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0026] The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0027] See also Figure 1-5 In this embodiment, an optical fiber coating curing device includes a working box 1, an intelligent controller 2 is fixedly installed in front of the working box 1, an adjusting mechanism 3, a cleaning mechanism 4, and a fusion box 5 are arranged on the top of the working box 1, and a glue adding component 6 is also arranged on the back of the working box;

[0028] The adjusting mechanism 3 comprises a support column 1 301, a micro servo motor 302, a rotating rod 303, a support column 2 304, a connecting rod 305, a micro parallel electric clamp 306, a limiting column 307 and a limiting plate 308. The support column 1 301 and the support column 2 304 are fixedly installed on the top of the working box 1. The micro servo motor 302 is arranged on the top of the support column 1 301. The output end of the micro servo motor 302 is arranged with a rotating rod 303. The rotating rod 303 is supported on the top of the support column 1 301 and the support column 2 304 to form a rotating connection. Two connecting rods 305 are fixedly installed in front of the rotating rod 303. Micro parallel electric clamps 306 are fixedly installed in front of the two connecting rods 305. Two limiting columns 307 are fixedly installed on the top of the working box 1. The limiting plates 308 are fixedly installed on the tops of the two limiting columns 307.

[0029] In the case implementation, a cleaning mechanism 4 is provided on the top of the working box 1, and the cleaning mechanism 4 includes a support block 401, a multi-stage electric telescopic rod 402, a movable block 403, a threaded column 404, a cross plate 405, a cleaning cloth 406 and a collection box 407. The support block 401 is fixedly installed on the top of the working box 1, the multi-stage electric telescopic rod 402 is fixedly installed on the top of the support block 401, the movable block 403 is fixedly installed on the right side of the multi-stage electric telescopic rod 402, the threaded column 404 is fixedly installed on the bottom of the movable block 403, the cross plate 405 is provided at the bottom of the threaded column 404, the cleaning cloth 406 is fixedly connected to the bottom of the cross plate 405, and two collection boxes 407 are provided on the top of the working box 1.

[0030] In the case implementation, a fusion box 5 is provided on the top of the working box 1, a cover body 501 is hinged on the top of the fusion box 5, a coating head is provided inside the cover body 501, and optical fiber coating molds are provided inside the fusion box 5 and the cover body 501. The internal structures of the fusion box 5 and the cover body 501 adopt the coating technology of the existing optical fiber coating machine.

[0031] In the case implementation, a glue applying component 6 is fixedly installed on the back of the working box 1, and a glue applying hose 601 is fixedly connected to the outside of the glue applying component 6. The end of the glue applying hose 601 away from the glue applying component 6 is fixedly connected to the cover body 501, and the glue applying hose 601 is connected to the inside of the cover body 501. The internal structure of the glue applying component 6 adopts the glue applying technology of the existing optical fiber coating machine.

[0032] In the case implementation, an auxiliary electric telescopic rod 7 is fixedly installed on the top of the work box 1, a slider 701 is hinged in front of the auxiliary electric telescopic rod 7, and a slide groove 702 matched with the slider 701 is provided on the outside of the cover body 501. By setting the auxiliary electric telescopic rod 7, the slider 701 and the slide groove 702, the extension and retraction of the auxiliary electric telescopic rod 7 can control the opening and closing of the cover body 501.

[0033] In the case implementation, two clamps 8 are arranged on the top of the miniature parallel electric clamp 306, and arc-shaped grooves 801 are opened on the facing surfaces of the two clamps 8. The arc-shaped grooves 801 are adapted to the diameter of the optical fiber, and can clamp the optical fiber to stabilize it and prevent it from falling.

[0034] In the case implementation, the existing miniature parallel electric clamp 306 is the existing technology, which can install and clamp the optical fiber for fixation.

[0035] In the case implementation, the two limit posts 307 and the limit plates 308 can respectively abut against the limit plates 308 after the two connecting rods 305 rotate when the optical fiber is flipped, thereby limiting the position of the optical fiber after flipping and avoiding excessive flipping and breaking of the optical fiber.

[0036] In the case implementation, a threaded hole compatible with the threaded column 404 is opened on the top of the horizontal plate 405. After the cleaning cloth 406 is dirty, the horizontal plate 405 can be disassembled by twisting it, and a new cleaning cloth 406 can be replaced for cleaning.

[0037] In the case implementation, two collecting boxes 407 are respectively located on the left and right sides of the welding box 5, and can collect the fallen waste glue.

[0038] In the case implementation, the intelligent controller 2 is electrically connected to all electronic components in this patent through wires, so that all electronic components in this patent can be controlled by operating the intelligent controller 2. A chip is provided inside the intelligent controller 2, which can start each electronic component sequentially.

[0039] When implementing, follow these steps:

[0040] 1) When optical fiber coating is required, the optical fiber is placed on two micro parallel electric clamps 306, and the intelligent controller 2 is turned on. The intelligent controller 2 clamps the optical fiber with two micro parallel electric clamps 306 according to the set program, and then the micro servo motor 302 is turned on clockwise, so that the connecting rod 305 drives the clamped optical fiber to flip into the inside of the fusion box 5;

[0041] 2) Then the heights of the support column 1 301 and the support column 2 304 are specially designed so that the optical fiber can be just stuck inside the fusion box 5 after being flipped, and then the auxiliary electric telescopic rod 7 is started to close the cover 501 for optical fiber coating;

[0042] 3) After the optical fiber is coated, the cover 501 is opened by the auxiliary electric telescopic rod 7, and the micro servo motor 302 rotates counterclockwise to take out the finished optical fiber coating product, and then the multi-stage electric telescopic rod 402 is operated by the intelligent controller 2 to push the movable block 403 to the right, and the cleaning cloth 406 at the bottom of the horizontal plate 405 pushes the residual waste glue on the surface of the fusion box 5 to the right and drops it to the right collection box 407;

[0043] 4) Finally, the waste rubber is pushed to the left to the left collecting box 407. The height of the cleaning cloth 406 is designed to be just higher than the top of the welding box 5, so that the waste rubber can be pushed and cleaned.

[0044] The optical fiber coating and curing device is provided with an adjustment mechanism 3. When optical fiber coating is required, the optical fiber is placed on two miniature parallel electric clamps 306. By turning on the intelligent controller 2, the intelligent controller 2 clamps and fixes the optical fiber according to the set program, and then turns on the micro servo motor 302 to rotate clockwise, so that the connecting rod 305 drives the clamped optical fiber to flip into the inside of the fusion box 5. The height of the support column 1 301 and the support column 2 304 are specially designed, so that the optical fiber can be flipped and stuck in the inside of the fusion box 5, and then the auxiliary electric telescopic rod 7 is started to close the cover body 501 for optical fiber coating. The adjustment mechanism 3 can automatically align and fix after placement, saving time.

[0045] In addition, the optical fiber coating and curing device is provided with a cleaning mechanism 4. After the optical fiber is coated, the cover 501 is opened by the auxiliary electric telescopic rod 7, and the micro servo motor 302 rotates counterclockwise to take out the finished optical fiber coating product, and then the multi-stage electric telescopic rod 402 is operated by the intelligent controller 2 to push the movable block 403 to the right, and the cleaning cloth 406 at the bottom of the cross plate 405 pushes the residual waste glue on the surface of the fusion box 5 to the right to drop it to the right collection box 407, and then pushes the waste glue to the left to the left collection box 407. The height of the cleaning cloth 406 is designed to be just higher than the top of the fusion box 5, so that the waste glue can be pushed and cleaned. The cleaning mechanism 4 can remove the waste glue on the surface of the working component after each coating to avoid reducing the subsequent optical fiber coating quality.

[0046] It should be noted that, in this article, relational terms such as first and second, etc. are only used to distinguish one entity or operation from another entity or operation, and do not necessarily require or imply any such actual relationship or order between these entities or operations. Moreover, the terms "include", "comprise" or any other variants thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, article or device including a series of elements includes not only those elements, but also other elements not explicitly listed, or also includes elements inherent to such process, method, article or device. In the absence of further restrictions, the elements defined by the sentence "comprise a ..." do not exclude the existence of other identical elements in the process, method, article or device including the elements.

[0047] Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, substitutions and variations may be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the present invention, and that the scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. An optical fiber coating curing device, comprising a working box, characterized in that: The upper surface of the working box is provided with an adjustment mechanism, a welding box, and a cleaning mechanism; the adjustment mechanism is located at the front end of one side of the upper surface of the working box, the welding box is located at the rear end of one side of the upper surface of the working box, and the cleaning mechanism is arranged at the other side of the welding box; The adjustment mechanism includes a pair of reversible electric clamps, and the reversible electric clamps include two states. In the first state, the reversible electric clamps are at the loading station, and the clamps are arranged upward. In the second state, the reversible electric clamps are flipped to the coating station, so that the central area of ​​the optical fiber clamped by the clamps is located in the inner cavity of the welding box. The cleaning mechanism includes an electric telescopic rod and a cleaning assembly. After the optical fiber coating and curing are completed, the electric telescopic rod drives the cleaning assembly to extend outward. The cleaning assembly is located on the upper surface of the inner cavity of the fusion box. The cleaning assembly removes the waste glue from the inner cavity of the fusion box through the movement of the electric telescopic rod.

2. The optical fiber coating curing device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The adjustment mechanism includes a pair of support columns, a micro servo motor, a rotating rod, a pair of connecting rods, and a pair of electric clamps. The pair of electric clamps are respectively arranged at one end of the corresponding connecting rod in the length direction, and the other end of the connecting rod in the length direction is respectively fixed to the rotating rod. The two connecting rods are arranged in parallel and perpendicular to the rotating rod. A rotating rod is arranged on the support columns on both sides. One end of the rotating rod is connected to the micro servo motor. The micro servo motor drives the rotating rod to rotate, and then the electric clamp uses the rotating rod as a rotating axis and the length of the connecting rod as a swing arm to perform a flipping operation, thereby forming a pair of flippable motor clamps.

3. The optical fiber coating curing device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The adjustment mechanism further comprises a limiting column and a limiting plate. The limiting plate is arranged on the upper part of the limiting column, and the limiting plate is used to support the connecting rod when the limiting position is in the second state.

4. The optical fiber coating curing device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The cleaning assembly includes a movable block, a horizontal plate, a cleaning cloth, and a collecting box. The two collecting boxes are respectively located on both sides of the horizontal length direction of the welding box. The bottom of the electric telescopic rod is supported on the supporting block. The upper end of the movable block is fixedly mounted on one end face of the electric telescopic rod facing the welding box. The lower end of the movable block is connected to the upper end face of the horizontal plate through a stud. A detachable cleaning cloth is installed on the lower end face of the horizontal plate. The length of the cleaning cloth corresponds to the front-to-back distance of the inner cavity of the dissolving box.

5. The optical fiber coating curing device according to claim 1, characterized in that: A cover body is hingedly connected to the top of the fusion box, a coating head is arranged inside the cover body, and optical fiber coating molds are arranged inside the fusion box and the cover body.

6. The optical fiber coating curing device according to claim 1, characterized in that: A glue adding component is fixedly installed on the back of the working box, a glue adding hose is fixedly connected to the outside of the glue adding component, one end of the glue adding hose away from the glue adding component is fixedly connected to the cover body, and the glue adding hose is communicated with the inside of the cover body.

7. The optical fiber coating curing device according to claim 5, characterized in that: An auxiliary electric telescopic rod is also fixedly installed on the upper surface of the working box, and a slider is hinged at the output end of the auxiliary electric telescopic rod. A slide groove adapted to the slider is provided on the outside of the cover body. By arranging the auxiliary electric telescopic rod, the slider and the slide groove, the auxiliary electric telescopic rod is telescoped to control the opening and closing of the cover body.

8. The optical fiber coating curing device according to claim 1, characterized in that: A pair of clamping jaws are arranged on the top of the electric clamping jaws, and corresponding arc-shaped grooves are formed on the facing surfaces of the two clamping jaws.

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