Self-adaptive crack safety protection structure for printing platform movement
By introducing a vacuum pump-driven cleaning component into the inkjet printer, the problem of inconvenient cleaning of platform residues after printing is solved, automatic cleaning and nozzle protection are achieved, and printing quality and safety are ensured.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202511254145.9
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Priority Date
- 2025-08-27
- Filing Date
- 2025-09-04
- Publication Date
- 2025-10-17
- Estimated Expiration
- 2045-09-04
AI Technical Summary
Existing inkjet printers require manual cleaning of debris and ink residue on the printing platform after printing, which makes cleaning inconvenient and may affect the quality of subsequent printing.
The cleaning component is driven by a vacuum pump. Through the cooperation of the impeller, turntable, resistance rod and rack, it drives the scraper and vacuum nozzle to automatically clean the residue on the printing platform, and uses the protective component to protect the nozzle to prevent collision.
The printing platform can be automatically cleaned, which avoids the trouble of manual cleaning and maintains the stability of printing quality and the safety of the nozzle.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of printing platforms, in particular to a printing platform mobile self-adaptive gap safety protection structure. BACKGROUND
[0002] An inkjet printer is a device that forms images or text by converting colored liquid ink into tiny droplets through a precision nozzle and then accurately ejecting these particles onto paper. This printer is usually equipped with three or four printing heads, each responsible for ejecting ink of one color, including yellow, magenta, cyan, and black, and the combination of these four colors can produce a rich color effect. In addition, there is a design that uses a single nozzle, but this nozzle can eject ink of the four colors separately, and by precisely controlling the operation of the nozzle, four-color printing is achieved.
[0003] Chinese Patent Publication No. CN208197879U discloses a safety protection device for a printing carriage of an inkjet printer, which includes a printing carriage arranged on a printing platform, and safety protection devices arranged at both ends of the printing carriage. The safety protection device includes a support frame arranged at the end of the printing carriage, a protection plate vertically arranged on the support frame, the bottom of the protection plate close to the upper surface of the printing platform, the upper edge of the protection plate hinged to the support frame, a micro switch arranged on the support frame inside the protection plate, a trigger plate arranged inside the protection plate opposite the position of the micro switch, the micro switch connected to the whole machine operation system, the whole machine operation system connected to the printing carriage, and an elastic recovery device installed on the support frame and matched with the protection plate. The above structure is designed reasonably, effectively avoids damage to the printing carriage caused by foreign matter or lost debris, has strong applicability, low cost, and is conducive to market promotion.
[0004] The above device controls the operation and stop of the printing carriage through the micro switch, thereby avoiding collision between the printer head and the debris, but the staff still needs to clean the debris on the printing platform after the printing carriage stops so that the printing carriage can complete the subsequent work. In addition, the surface of the printing platform is prone to residual ink after each printing, which may interfere with subsequent printing operations, resulting in problems such as blurred, blurred, or uneven color of the printed pattern, and it is more troublesome to clean up later. SUMMARY
[0005] In view of the above problems, the printing platform mobile adaptive gap safety protection structure is provided, which utilizes the dust suction pump to work, and when the dust suction pump inhales, the impeller inside the driving box is driven to rotate, further driving the rotating disc at the top of the impeller to rotate, and the abutting rod at the top of the rotating disc moves around the center shaft of the rotating disc, and the moving frame outside the abutting rod moves longitudinally under the action of the abutting rod, further driving the racks on both sides of the moving frame to reciprocate, and the reciprocating racks work with the gears to drive the screw to reciprocate, and the moving block outside the screw also reciprocates, and the scraper at the bottom of the moving block can scrape the excess material residues on the printing platform, and the dust suction pipe and the dust suction nozzle on the side wall of the moving block work to suck the scraped material residues.
[0006] To solve the problems in the prior art, the printing platform mobile adaptive gap safety protection structure is provided, which comprises a support frame, a printing platform for printing materials is arranged on the top of the support frame, a printing spray vehicle for printing materials is movably arranged on the top of the support frame, a spray head for discharging materials is arranged on one side of the printing spray vehicle, a protection assembly for protecting the spray head is arranged on the side wall of the printing spray vehicle, and a piano case for protecting the gap is further arranged on the top of the support frame, and a cleaning assembly for cleaning residual materials is arranged on the top of the printing platform.
[0007] Preferably, the protection assembly comprises a connecting plate arranged on the front wall of the printing spray vehicle, an installation frame is arranged at the bottom of the connecting plate, a rotating shaft is rotatably arranged in the installation frame, a driven wheel is arranged outside the rotating shaft, an electric push rod is arranged at the bottom of the rotating shaft and extends to the outside of the installation frame, a rotating block is arranged at the extension end of the electric push rod, one end of the rotating block is a collision-preventing end for preventing the spray head from colliding, and the other end of the rotating block is a protection end for protecting the spray head.
[0008] Preferably, an electric motor is arranged in the installation frame, and an output shaft of the electric motor is provided with a driving wheel engaged with the driven wheel.
[0009] Preferably, the cleaning assembly comprises a dust suction pump and a driving box arranged on the top of the support frame, the input end of the dust suction pump is connected in communication with the inside of the driving box through a pipeline, a soft tube is communicated with the other side wall of the driving box, two dust suction pipes are communicated with one end of the soft tube, and a plurality of dust suction nozzles for sucking dust are communicated with the bottom of each of the two dust suction pipes.
[0010] Preferably, the top of the support frame is provided with mounting blocks, the opposite sides of the two mounting blocks are rotatably provided with screw rods, the ends of the two screw rods close to each other are provided with gears, the outer parts of the two screw rods are threadedly provided with moving blocks, the bottom of the moving block is provided with a scraping block for scraping the surface of the printing platform, and the side walls of the two mounting blocks are connected with two dust suction pipes respectively.
[0011] Preferably, the bottom of the moving block is provided with a limiting block, and the top of the printing platform is provided with a limiting groove for the movement of the limiting block.
[0012] Preferably, the inside of the driving box is rotatably provided with an impeller, the top of the impeller is rotatably provided with a rotating disc, the top periphery of the rotating disc is provided with a contact rod, the outside of the contact rod is movably provided with a moving frame, and the two sides of the moving frame are provided with racks engaged with the gears.
[0013] Preferably, the top of the support frame is provided with a protective frame for protecting the cleaning assembly.
[0014] Preferably, the top of the two racks is provided with a guide block, and the inner wall of the protective frame is provided with a guide groove for the movement of the guide block.
[0015] Preferably, the output end of the dust suction pump is connected with an external collecting device through a pipeline.
[0016] The beneficial effects of the present application compared with the prior art are: By controlling the electric push rod, the telescopic end of the electric push rod moves downward, thereby driving the rotating block to move downward, so that the protective end of the rotating block is away from the nozzle, then the motor works to drive the driving wheel to rotate, and the driven wheel meshed with the driving wheel also rotates, after the driven wheel rotates one hundred and eighty degrees, the anti-collision end of the rotating block is located below the nozzle, at this time the telescopic end of the electric push rod moves downward to drive the rotating block to rise, and the anti-collision end of the rotating block is sleeved outside the nozzle to prevent the nozzle from colliding with other objects during printing, then the X axis, Y axis and Z axis on the frame can make the printing nozzle to print ink, and the freely retractable organ case can protect the gap on the printing platform.
[0017] By starting the work of the dust suction pump, the dust suction pump will drive the impeller inside the drive box to rotate when inhaling, further driving the rotating disc at the top of the impeller to rotate, and at the same time, the abutting rod at the top of the rotating disc will move around the center axis of the rotating disc, and the moving frame outside the abutting rod will move longitudinally under the action of the abutting rod, further driving the rack on both sides of the moving frame to move reciprocally, and the reciprocally moving rack can drive the screw to rotate reciprocally by cooperating with the gear, and at the same time, the moving block outside the screw will also move reciprocally, and the residual material on the printing platform can be scraped off by the scraper at the bottom of the moving block, and at the same time, the residual material scraped off can be sucked by the dust suction pipe and the dust suction nozzle cooperating with the side wall of the moving block. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0018] Figure 1 is the overall structure schematic diagram of the printing platform moving self-adaptive gap safety protection structure.
[0019] Figure 2 is the structure schematic diagram of the organ case in the printing platform moving self-adaptive gap safety protection structure.
[0020] Figure 3 is the structure schematic diagram of part of the components in the printing platform moving self-adaptive gap safety protection structure.
[0021] Figure 4 is the structure schematic diagram of the printing spray vehicle in the printing platform moving self-adaptive gap safety protection structure.
[0022] Figure 5 is the internal structure schematic diagram of the mounting frame in the printing platform moving self-adaptive gap safety protection structure.
[0023] Figure 6 is the structure schematic diagram of the rotating block in the printing platform moving self-adaptive gap safety protection structure.
[0024] Figure 7 is the structure schematic diagram of the printing platform in the printing platform moving self-adaptive gap safety protection structure.
[0025] Figure 8 is the structure schematic diagram of the dust suction pipe and the dust suction nozzle in the printing platform moving self-adaptive gap safety protection structure.
[0026] Figure 9 is the structure schematic diagram of the rotating disc in the printing platform moving self-adaptive gap safety protection structure.
[0027] Figure 10 is the internal structure schematic diagram of the drive box in the printing platform moving self-adaptive gap safety protection structure.
[0028] The numbers in the figure are: 1. Support frame; 2. Printing platform; 3. Printing carriage; 4. Organ cover; 5. Protective frame; 6. Connecting plate; 7. Mounting frame; 8. Electric push rod; 9. Turning block; 10. Protective end; 11. Anti-collision end; 12. Rotating shaft; 13. Driven wheel; 14. Driving wheel; 15. Motor; 16. Mounting block; 17. Moving block; 18. Dust suction pipe; 19. Scraper block; 20. Limit block; 21. Drive box; 22. Turntable; 23. Screw; 24. Gear; 25. Dust nozzle; 26. Dust suction pump; 27. Guide block; 28. Moving frame; 29. Resistance rod; 30. Impeller; 31. Rack. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0029] In order to further understand the features, technical means, specific objectives and functions achieved by the present invention, the present invention is further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.
[0030] like Figures 1 to 10 As shown, the present invention provides: The printing platform moves and adapts to the gap safety protection structure, including a support frame 1, a printing platform 2 for printing materials is arranged on the top of the support frame 1, a printing carriage 3 for printing materials is movably arranged on the top of the support frame 1, a nozzle for discharging materials is arranged on one side of the printing carriage 3, and a protective component for protecting the nozzle is arranged on the side wall of the printing carriage 3. The top of the support frame 1 is also provided with an accordion cover 4 for protecting the gap, and the top of the printing platform 2 is provided with a cleaning component for cleaning residual materials.
[0031] Ink printing can be performed by moving the printing carriage 3 on the support frame 1 along the X-axis, Y-axis and Z-axis. The freely retractable accordion cover 4 is then used to protect the gap on the printing platform 2 to prevent debris from entering the gap, which would cause the printing carriage 3 to be unable to print normally. The protective component can then be used to protect the nozzle to prevent it from colliding with other objects during printing. Finally, the cleaning component can be used to clean the residues after printing.
[0032] like Figure 6 As shown, the protective component includes a connecting plate 6 arranged on the front wall of the printing carriage 3, a mounting frame 7 is provided at the bottom of the connecting plate 6, a rotating shaft 12 is provided inside the mounting frame 7, a driven wheel 13 is provided outside the rotating shaft 12, the bottom of the rotating shaft 12 extends to the outside of the mounting frame 7 and is provided with an electric push rod 8, and a rotating block 9 is provided at the telescopic end of the electric push rod 8, one end of the rotating block 9 is an anti-collision end 11 for preventing the nozzle from colliding, and the other end of the rotating block 9 is a protective end 10 for protecting the nozzle.
[0033] The telescopic end of the electric push rod 8 is moved downward, thereby driving the rotating block 9 to move downward, so that the protection end 10 of the rotating block 9 is away from the nozzle, the anti-collision end 11 of the rotating block 9 can prevent the nozzle from being easily collided during printing, and the protection end 10 can better protect the nozzle during non-working.
[0034] As shown in Figure 5 , the inside of the mounting frame 7 is provided with a motor 15, and the output shaft of the motor 15 is provided with a driving wheel 14 which is engaged with the driven wheel 13.
[0035] When the motor 15 needs to work to drive the driving wheel 14 to rotate, the driven wheel 13 which is engaged with the driving wheel 14 will also rotate, and after the driven wheel 13 rotates one hundred and eighty degrees, the anti-collision end 11 of the rotating block 9 will be located below the nozzle.
[0036] As shown in Figure 8 and Figure 9 , the cleaning assembly comprises a dust suction pump 26 and a driving box 21 arranged on the top of the support frame 1, the input end of the dust suction pump 26 is connected with the inside of the driving box 21 through a pipeline, and the other side wall of the driving box 21 is communicated with a hose, one end of the hose is communicated with two dust suction pipes 18, and the bottom of each of the two dust suction pipes 18 is communicated with a plurality of dust suction nozzles 25 for adsorbing dust.
[0037] By using the combination of the dust suction pipe 18 and the dust suction nozzle 25, the printing residues attached to the printing platform 2 can be effectively adsorbed and removed, thereby avoiding the adverse effects of these residues on subsequent printing operations.
[0038] As shown in Figure 8 , the top of the support frame 1 is provided with mounting blocks 16 at both ends, the opposite sides of the two mounting blocks 16 are rotatably provided with screw rods 23, the ends of the two screw rods 23 close to each other are provided with gears 24, the outside of the two screw rods 23 is threadedly provided with moving blocks 17, the bottom of the moving block 17 is provided with a scraping block 19 for scraping the residues on the surface of the printing platform 2, and the side walls of the two mounting blocks 16 are respectively connected with the two dust suction pipes 18.
[0039] The reciprocating movement of the rack 31 cooperates with the gear 24 to drive the screw rod 23 to reciprocate, and the moving block 17 outside the screw rod 23 also reciprocates, and the scraping block 19 at the bottom of the moving block 17 can scrape the excess material residues on the printing platform 2.
[0040] As shown in Figure 7 and Figure 8 , the bottom of the moving block 17 is provided with a limiting block 20, and the top of the printing platform 2 is provided with a limiting groove for the movement of the limiting block 20.
[0041] By using the limiting block 20 to move in the limiting groove, the position deviation of the moving block 17 during movement can be effectively prevented. It ensures that the residues on the printing platform 2 can be completely scraped off, thereby maintaining the cleaning of the printing platform 2 and the stability of the printing quality.
[0042] As shown in Figure 9 , the inside of the drive box 21 is rotatably provided with an impeller 30, the top of the impeller 30 is rotatably provided with a rotating disc 22, the top of the rotating disc 22 is peripherally provided with a contact rod 29, the outside of the contact rod 29 is movably provided with a moving frame 28, and the two sides of the moving frame 28 are provided with a rack 31 which is engagedly connected with a gear 24.
[0043] By rotating the impeller 30 inside the drive box 21, the rotating disc 22 at the top of the impeller 30 is further driven to rotate, and at the same time, the contact rod 29 at the top of the rotating disc 22 will move around the center axis of the rotating disc 22, and at the same time, the moving frame 28 outside the contact rod 29 will move longitudinally under the action of the contact rod 29, and further drive the rack 31 on both sides of the moving frame 28 to move reciprocally, thereby driving the moving block 17 to move.
[0044] As shown in Figure 7 , the top of the support frame 1 is provided with a protective frame 5 for protecting the cleaning assembly.
[0045] The protective frame 5 can be used to protect the cleaning assembly and prevent the cleaning assembly from being touched by mistake by the staff.
[0046] As shown in Figure 7 and Figure 9 , the top of each of the two racks 31 is provided with a guide block 27, and the inner wall of the protective frame 5 is provided with a guide groove for the movement of the guide block 27.
[0047] Through the guide groove, it can be ensured that the guide block 27 moves smoothly along the predetermined path, thereby effectively preventing the rack 31 from disengaging from the engagement with the gear 24, and ensuring that the scraper 19 can remove the printing residues on the printing platform 2.
[0048] As shown in Figure 9 , the output end of the dust collection pump 26 is connected in communication with an external collection device through a pipeline.
[0049] The external collection device cooperates with the guide block 27 to work, which can concentrate the residues for later processing.
[0050] Working principle: when the ink printing is needed, first control the electric push rod 8, move down through the telescopic end of the electric push rod 8, so as to drive the rotating block 9 to move down, so that the protection end 10 of the rotating block 9 is away from the nozzle, then the motor 15 works to drive the driving wheel 14 to rotate, at the same time, the driven wheel 13 connected with the driving wheel 14 will also rotate, after the driven wheel 13 rotates one hundred and eighty degrees, the anti-collision end 11 of the rotating block 9 will be located below the nozzle, at this time, the telescopic end of the electric push rod 8 moves down, drives the rotating block 9 to rise, at the same time, the anti-collision end 11 of the rotating block 9 will be sleeved outside the nozzle, to prevent the nozzle from colliding with other objects during printing, then the X axis, Y axis and Z axis on the frame can make the printing nozzle vehicle 3 to print the ink, at the same time, the free retractable organ case 4 is used to protect the gap on the printing platform 2, when the ink printing is completed, the residual material on the printing platform 2 will be easily adhered, at this time, the dust suction pump 26 is started to work, when the dust suction pump 26 inhales, the impeller 30 in the driving box 21 will rotate, further drives the rotating disc 22 on the top of the impeller 30 to rotate, at the same time, the abutting rod 29 on the top of the rotating disc 22 will move around the center axis of the rotating disc 22, at the same time, the moving frame 28 outside the abutting rod 29 will move longitudinally under the action of the abutting rod 29, further drives the rack 31 on both sides of the moving frame 28 to reciprocate, the rack 31 reciprocates to cooperate with the gear 24 to drive the screw 23 to reciprocate, at the same time, the moving block 17 outside the screw 23 will also reciprocate, through the scraper 19 on the bottom of the moving block 17, the residual material on the printing platform 2 can be scraped, at the same time, the dust suction pipe 18 and the dust suction nozzle 25 on the side wall of the moving block 17 work to suck the scraped material, finally, the material is collected in the external collecting equipment through the dust suction pump 26, which is convenient for centralized treatment.
[0051] The above embodiments only express the printing platform moving self-adaptive gap safety protection structure or several embodiments of the present application, the description is more specific and detailed, but it cannot be understood as the limitation of the protection scope of the present application. It should be pointed out that, for ordinary skilled in the art, without departing from the concept of the present application, several modifications and improvements can be made, which belong to the protection scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application should be subject to the appended claims.
Claims
1. The printing platform moves with an adaptive gap safety protection structure, which is characterized by: The invention comprises a support frame (1), wherein a printing platform (2) for printing materials is provided on the top of the support frame (1), a printing carriage (3) for printing materials is movably provided on the top of the support frame (1), a nozzle for discharging materials is provided on one side of the printing carriage (3), a protective component for protecting the nozzle is provided on the side wall of the printing carriage (3), an accordion cover (4) for protecting the gap is also provided on the top of the support frame (1), and a cleaning component for cleaning residual materials is provided on the top of the printing platform (2).
2. The printing platform movable adaptive gap safety protection structure according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The protective component comprises a connecting plate (6) arranged on the front wall of the printing carriage (3), a mounting frame (7) is arranged at the bottom of the connecting plate (6), a rotating shaft (12) is arranged inside the mounting frame (7), a driven wheel (13) is arranged outside the rotating shaft (12), the bottom of the rotating shaft (12) extends to the outside of the mounting frame (7) and is provided with an electric push rod (8), a rotating block (9) is provided at the telescopic end of the electric push rod (8), one end of the rotating block (9) is an anti-collision end (11) for preventing the nozzle from colliding, and the other end of the rotating block (9) is a protective end (10) for protecting the nozzle.
3. The printing platform movable adaptive gap safety protection structure according to claim 2 is characterized in that: A motor (15) is provided inside the installation frame (7), and an output shaft of the motor (15) is provided with a driving wheel (14) meshingly connected to the driven wheel (13).
4. The printing platform movable adaptive gap safety protection structure according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The cleaning assembly comprises a dust suction pump (26) and a drive box (21) arranged on the top of the support frame (1); the input end of the dust suction pump (26) is connected to the interior of the drive box (21) through a pipe; the other side wall of the drive box (21) is connected to a hose; one end of the hose is connected to two dust suction pipes (18); the bottoms of the two dust suction pipes (18) are connected to a plurality of dust suction nozzles (25) for absorbing dust.
5. The printing platform movable adaptive gap safety protection structure according to claim 1 is characterized in that: Mounting blocks (16) are provided at both ends of the top of the support frame (1), screws (23) are rotatably provided on opposite sides of the two mounting blocks (16), gears (24) are provided on the ends of the two screws (23) close to each other, and moving blocks (17) are threadedly provided on the outside of the two screws (23), and a scraping block (19) for scraping off residues on the surface of the printing platform (2) is provided at the bottom of the moving block (17), and the side walls of the two mounting blocks (16) are respectively connected to two dust suction pipes (18).
6. The printing platform movable adaptive gap safety protection structure according to claim 5 is characterized in that: A limiting block (20) is provided at the bottom of the moving block (17), and a limiting groove for the limiting block (20) to move is provided at the top of the printing platform (2).
7. The printing platform movable adaptive gap safety protection structure according to claim 4 is characterized in that: An impeller (30) is rotatably provided inside the driving box (21), a turntable (22) is rotatably provided on the top of the impeller (30), a resisting rod (29) is provided on the outer periphery of the top of the turntable (22), a movable frame (28) is movably provided on the outside of the resisting rod (29), and racks (31) meshingly connected with the gear (24) are provided on both sides of the movable frame (28).
8. The printing platform movable adaptive gap safety protection structure according to claim 7 is characterized in that: A protective frame (5) for protecting the cleaning component is provided on the top of the support frame (1).
9. The printing platform movable adaptive gap safety protection structure according to claim 8 is characterized in that: A guide block (27) is provided on the top of each of the two racks (31), and a guide groove for the guide block (27) to move is provided on the inner wall of the protection frame (5).
10. The printing platform movable adaptive gap safety protection structure according to claim 7, characterized in that: The output end of the dust suction pump (26) is connected to an external collection device through a pipeline.
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