Automatic device for automatically adjusting flat wire duct

Abstract

The invention relates to an automation device for automatically adjusting a flat wire duct. The automation device comprises a mounting plate and a wire passing channel arranged above the mounting plate. Movable clamping plates are arranged on the two sides of the mounting plate, and the channel width is changed by adjusting the distance between the clamping plates through a first distance adjusting assembly. The upper side and the lower side of the channel are respectively provided with a first follow-up assembly and a second follow-up assembly which are used for matched transmission with the upper surface and the lower surface of the line body, and the distance between the first follow-up assembly and the second follow-up assembly is adjusted through a second distance adjusting assembly to change the channel height. The device can automatically and accurately adjust the width and height of the wire passing channel, effectively adapts to flat wire bodies with different specifications and state changes, ensures the stability and precision of the wire bodies in the transmission process, avoids the defects of a traditional channel fixing device, and is suitable for the fields of electronic manufacturing, wire harness processing and the like.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of wire processing equipment, more particularly to an automatic device for automatically adjusting a flat wire slot. BACKGROUND

[0002] In the electronic manufacturing, wiring harness processing, and automated assembly industries, it is often necessary to guide, transport, or process flat cables. These flat cable bodies usually have specific width and thickness specifications, and their state (such as whether they are bent or straight) may change during production or use.

[0003] Existing wire body transmission or processing devices often have fixed channel sizes. When different specifications of wire bodies need to be processed, or when the state of the wire body changes, fixed-size channels can easily cause the following problems: For wider or thicker wire bodies, the channel may be too narrow, causing the wire body to be squeezed, scratched, or even unable to pass through. For narrower or thinner wire bodies, the channel may be too wide, causing the wire body to sway and deviate from the center within the channel, affecting subsequent processing accuracy or transmission stability. Fixed channels cannot adapt to the slight deformation or position offset of wire bodies of various shapes during transmission, which can easily cause jamming or damage.

[0004] Therefore, there is an urgent need in the market for an automatic device that is relatively simple in structure, cost-controllable, and can automatically and accurately adjust the width and height of the channel to adapt to different specifications of flat wire bodies. SUMMARY

[0005] The technical problem to be solved by the present application is to provide an automatic device for automatically adjusting a flat wire slot, which can automatically adjust the width and height of the internal wire passing channel according to the actual size and state of the passing flat wire body, ensure smooth and damage-free passage of the wire body, and improve production efficiency and wire processing quality.

[0006] The technical solution adopted by the present application to solve the technical problem is: an automatic device for automatically adjusting a flat wire slot, comprising a mounting plate and a wire passing channel above the mounting plate for the wire body to pass through; the mounting plate is located on the left and right sides of the wire passing channel and is provided with two movable clamping plates on the left and right sides of the wire passing channel, and a first distance adjusting assembly for adjusting the distance between the two movable clamping plates to adjust the width of the wire passing channel; the automatic device further comprises a first follow-up assembly arranged on the upper side of the wire passing channel and cooperating with the upper surface of the wire body for transmission, a second follow-up assembly arranged on the lower side of the wire passing channel and cooperating with the lower surface of the wire body for transmission, and a second distance adjusting assembly for adjusting the distance between the first follow-up assembly and the second follow-up assembly to adjust the height of the wire passing channel. The automatic adjustment flat wire slot automation device, wherein the first follow-up assembly and the second follow-up assembly are located between the two movable clamping plates; the first follow-up assembly and the second follow-up assembly constitute a set of wire body height limiting units; the two movable clamping plates are provided with clamping portions corresponding to the inner side surfaces of the two ends of the wire body height limiting units and extending towards the wire passing channel; The automatic adjustment flat wire slot automation device, wherein the upper surface of the mounting plate is symmetrically provided with first guide sliding grooves on the left and right sides; the bottoms of the two movable clamping plates are respectively provided with sliding portions in sliding connection with the two first guide sliding grooves; The automatic adjustment flat wire slot automation device, wherein the first distance adjusting assembly comprises a shaft rod in rotational connection with the mounting plate, a gear provided between the two movable clamping plates and fixedly sleeved on the shaft rod, two racks respectively provided on the front and rear sides of the two gears and in meshing transmission connection with the gears, and a driving module for driving the gear to rotate in the forward direction or the reverse direction; the two racks are fixedly connected with the two movable clamping plates, respectively; The automatic adjustment flat wire slot automation device, wherein the first follow-up assembly and the second follow-up assembly are provided in correspondence with each other in the up-down direction; The automatic adjustment flat wire slot automation device, wherein the first follow-up assembly comprises a first rotating shaft and a first rolling body fixedly sleeved on the first rotating shaft; the two ends of the first rotating shaft are respectively in rotational connection with the two movable clamping plates; The automatic adjustment flat wire slot automation device, wherein the first rotating shaft and the first rolling body constitute a first rolling unit; the first rolling unit is provided in multiple groups, and the two movable clamping plates are symmetrically provided with vertically arranged second guide sliding grooves; at least one group of the first rolling units is driven by a first lifting module to move the first rolling body closer to or farther away from the wire passing channel along the two second guide sliding grooves; The automatic adjustment flat wire slot automation device, wherein the second follow-up assembly comprises a movable block movably arranged between the two movable clamping plates; the second distance adjusting assembly is a second lifting module for driving the movable block to move closer to or farther away from the wire passing channel along the Z-axis; the movable block is provided with a groove in the middle portion; the groove is movably provided with a second rolling body corresponding to the first rolling body; the two ends of the second rolling body are rotatably connected with the two sides of the movable block through second rotating shafts; The automatic adjustment flat wire slot automation device, wherein the driving module comprises a horizontal screw rod fixedly connected with the inner side surface of any movable clamping plate, a vertical screw rod threadedly driven by the horizontal screw rod, and a rotating motor driving the vertical screw rod to rotate; the movable clamping plate with driving force moves, drives the rack to move, and drives the gear to rotate, thereby driving another movable clamping plate to move. The automatic adjustment flat wire slot automation device, wherein the cross section of the wire body is flat.

[0007] The automatic adjustment flat wire slot automation device has the advantages that the device has simple structure and ingenious design, can flexibly adapt to flat wire bodies with different widths by arranging the movable clamping plates with adjustable spacing and the first distance adjusting assembly, effectively solves the problem that fixed channels easily cause wire body extrusion or shaking, and realizes accurate adjustment of the height of the wire passing channel by arranging the follow-up assembly on the upper and lower sides and arranging the second distance adjusting assembly, so that the wire body can be stably clamped and guided during transmission regardless of changes in thickness or slight deformation, and risks such as scratching and jamming are avoided. The device has reasonable structure, integrates the functions of bidirectional automatic adjustment of width and height, significantly improves the compatibility of different specifications of wire bodies and the stability and precision of the processing process, and meets the market demand for efficient and reliable wire body transmission devices. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0008] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application or the prior art, the present application will be further described below with reference to the drawings and embodiments. The drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and those skilled in the art can obtain other drawings according to these drawings without creative labor: Fig. 1 is a structural schematic view of an automatic adjustment flat wire slot automation device in a preferred embodiment of the present application; Fig. 2 is an internal structural schematic view of an automatic adjustment flat wire slot automation device in a preferred embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0009] The terms "first", "second", "third", and "fourth" and the like in the description and in the claims of the present application and the accompanying drawings are used for distinguishing between similar objects and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. The terms "comprises", "comprising", "includes", "including" and the like are used for indicating the inclusion of a series of steps or units, but not the exclusion of any other steps or units not specifically mentioned. For example, a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a series of steps or units is not limited to the listed steps or units but can include other steps or units not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

[0010] Reference herein to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with an embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the application. The appearances of the phrase "in an embodiment" in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are they necessarily mutually exclusive of one another. It is expressly understood that any of the embodiments described herein can be combined with any of the other embodiments unless specifically noted otherwise.

[0011] "Multiple" means two or more. "And / or" describes the association relationship of the associated objects, which means that there can be three relationships, for example, A and / or B can represent the three cases of A alone, A and B together, and B alone. The character " / " generally represents that the associated objects before and after are in an "or" relationship.

[0012] Furthermore, the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "back", "left", "right", "upper end", "lower end", "vertical", and the like indicating the orientation are based on the attitude position of the device or equipment described in the present application when it is normally used.

[0013] In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present application clearer, the following will clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are part of the embodiments of the present application, but not all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative labor are within the protection scope of the present application.

[0014] An automatic adjusting device for flat wire slot of a preferred embodiment of the present application is shown in Figs. 1-2As shown, including the mounting plate 11, and set to the mounting plate 11 and for the line body 02 through the wire passage 01, the cross section of the line body 02 can be flat, or round or other shape, the mounting plate 11 is located on the left and right sides of the wire passage 01 respectively provided with two movable clamping plate 12, and the first distance adjusting assembly 13 for adjusting the distance between the two movable clamping plate 12 to adjust the width of the wire passage 01, in order to be able to adjust the height of the wire passage 01 to adapt to the different thickness of the line body 02, the automation device also includes the first follow-up assembly 14 set on the upper side of the wire passage 01 and with the upper surface of the line body 02 transmission, the second follow-up assembly 15 set on the lower side of the wire passage 01 and with the lower surface of the line body 02 transmission, and the second distance adjusting assembly 16 for adjusting the distance between the first follow-up assembly 14 and the second follow-up assembly 15 to adjust the height of the wire passage 01.

[0015] The automation device for automatically adjusting the flat wire slot provided by the application has simple structure and ingenious design, can flexibly adapt to flat wire bodies of different widths by setting movable clamping plates with adjustable distance and the first distance adjusting assembly, effectively solves the problem that fixed channels are prone to cause wire body extrusion or shaking, and at the same time, the follow-up assembly is arranged on the upper and lower sides and equipped with the second distance adjusting assembly, realizes accurate adjustment of the height of the wire passage, ensures that the wire body can be stably clamped and guided during transmission regardless of the change of its thickness or slight deformation, avoids the risk of scratching and jamming, etc. The device has reasonable structure, integrates the bidirectional automatic adjustment function of width and height, significantly improves the compatibility of different specifications of wire bodies and the stability and precision of the processing process, and meets the market demand for efficient and reliable wire body transmission devices.

[0016] In the embodiment, the first follow-up assembly 14 and the second follow-up assembly 15 are located between the two movable clamping plates 12; the first follow-up assembly 14 and the second follow-up assembly 15 form a wire body height limiting unit; the two movable clamping plates 12 are located on the inner side surfaces of the two ends of the wire body height limiting unit and correspondingly provided with clamping parts 121 extending towards the wire passage 01; the wire passage 01 is located between the two clamping parts 121. The wire passage is located between the two clamping parts, which clearly defines the main constraint area of the wire body, makes the overall structure more compact, and optimizes the space utilization. When the wire body passes through, its upper and lower surfaces and left and right sides are almost simultaneously constrained. This kind of omnidirectional limiting mode can more effectively prevent the wire body from shaking, twisting or deviating from the center in the passage compared with only relying on side clamping, greatly improves the stability of the wire body transmission or processing process.

[0017] In this embodiment, the two movable sliders are slidably connected to the mounting plate. Specifically, first guide slots 111 are symmetrically provided on the left and right sides of the upper surface of the mounting plate 11. The first guide slots 111 are transverse slots. The bottoms of the two movable splints 12 are respectively provided with sliding portions 122 that are slidably connected to the two first guide slots 111, ensuring that the two movable splints can only move horizontally along the direction of the first guide slots 111. The above structure ensures that the movable splints can only move along the axis of the slot (i.e., the preset horizontal direction), greatly limiting the degrees of freedom in other directions (such as rotation and vertical movement). This ensures that when adjusting the channel width, the two movable splints can move closer or farther in parallel and synchronously, avoiding tilting or misalignment of the splints due to installation errors or external interference, thereby ensuring the regularity of the channel shape.

[0018] Furthermore, the first distance adjustment component 13 includes a shaft 131 rotatably connected to the mounting plate 11, a gear 132 disposed between the two movable splints 12 and fixedly sleeved on the shaft 131, two racks 133 disposed on the front and rear sides of the two gears 132 and meshingly connected to the gears 132, and a drive module 134 that drives the gears 132 to rotate forward or reverse; the two racks 133 are fixedly connected to the two movable splints 12 respectively. When the drive module 134 drives the gear 132 to rotate forward or reverse, the gear will simultaneously drive the two front and rear racks 133 to move in opposite or relative directions. Since the two racks 133 are respectively fixed on the two movable splints 12, this forces the two movable splints 12 to move synchronously, in opposite or relative directions. Among them, the gear is placed in the middle and the racks are distributed on both sides. This layout is relatively compact. The rotational connection between the shaft 131 and the mounting plate 11 and the meshing of the gear rack all occur in the limited space between the two movable clamping plates, so that the lateral size of the entire pitch adjustment assembly will not be too large, which is beneficial to the overall integration and layout of the device.

[0019] In one embodiment, the first follower assembly 14 and the second follower assembly 15 are positioned vertically in correspondence with each other. As the wire passes through, its upper and lower surfaces are contacted and supported / guided by the corresponding follower assemblies almost simultaneously. This symmetrical contact pattern ensures uniform vertical force on the wire, preventing tilting or twisting. This maximizes the wire's centering and straightness within the wire passage, providing optimal stability.

[0020] Optionally, the first follower assembly 14 and the second follower assembly 15 can be arranged in an interlaced arrangement. This allows the wire to be partially contacted and guided by both assemblies over a longer area as it passes through the upper and lower follower assemblies. This effectively increases the effective length of the wire, providing improved stability and guidance for wires requiring stronger guidance or smoother transitions (for example, when the wire is soft, lightweight, or prone to shaking during high-speed movement).

[0021] Further, the first follower assembly 14 comprises a first rotating shaft 141 and a first rolling body 142 fixedly sleeved on the first rotating shaft 141; the two ends of the first rotating shaft 141 are respectively rotationally connected with the two movable clamping plates 12. The first rolling body 142 (for example, a cylindrical roller or a spherical roller) is fixedly sleeved on the first rotating shaft 141. When the flat wire body 02 passes through the wire passing channel 01, the upper surface thereof will be in contact with the first rolling body 142 and drive the first rolling body 142 to rotate, so as to convert sliding friction into rolling friction. The rolling friction coefficient is far less than the sliding friction coefficient, which greatly reduces the friction force between the wire body and the follower assembly, effectively avoids damage, scratches or excessive heating of the surface of the wire body due to friction, and is particularly suitable for flexible flat cables with high requirements for surface quality.

[0022] The first rotating shaft 141 and the first rolling body 142 constitute a first rolling unit; a plurality of groups of rolling units are provided, and the provision of the plurality of groups of rolling units means that there are a plurality of contact points on the upper surface of the wire body. When the wire body is slightly bent or uneven, a plurality of rolling bodies can more stably follow the contour change of the wire body, provide more uniform support force, reduce local pressure concentration, improve the adaptability of the device to wire bodies in different states, and more effectively limit the movement and shaking of the wire body in the upward direction through multi-point contact compared with single-point or line contact. In particular, after the combination of the movable clamping plates for limiting the two sides, the wire body can be ensured to be in a more stable state in the channel. The two movable clamping plates 12 are symmetrically provided with vertically arranged second guide sliding grooves 123, and the first rotating shaft 141 of at least one group of first rolling units is driven by the first lifting module 17 to move the first rolling body 142 away from or close to the wire passing channel 01 along the two second guide sliding grooves 123. The first rolling unit is driven by the first lifting module 17 to move up and down along the second guide sliding groove 123, so as to accurately adjust the distance between the rolling body 142 and the upper surface of the wire body 02, that is, to adjust the pressing force or the contact state. This enables the device to adapt to flat wire bodies of different thicknesses and different material hardnesses, which can ensure effective limiting and will not cause excessive pressure on the wire body, and has high flexibility.

[0023] In the embodiment, the first lifting module can be a small-sized air cylinder, a micro-sized lead screw transmission mechanism or a cam mechanism driven by a small-sized motor in the prior art. By controlling the first lifting module, the first rolling body 142 in the group can be lifted or lowered, so as to adjust the upper boundary position of the wire passing channel 01.

[0024] Further, the second follower assembly 15 comprises a movable block 151 movably arranged between the two movable clamping plates 12; the second distance adjusting assembly 16 can be a second lifting module for driving the movable block 151 to move towards or away from the wire passing channel 01 along the Z axis; the second lifting module can be a linear driving module or a screw driving module in the prior art; the middle part of the movable block 151 is provided with a groove 152; the groove 152 movably arranges a second rolling body 153 corresponding to the first rolling body 142, which can be a ball or a small cylindrical roller; the two ends of the second rolling body 153 are rotatably connected to the two sides of the movable block 151 through a second rotating shaft 154. Similar to the first follower assembly, the second follower assembly also adopts the second rolling body 153 to contact the lower surface of the wire body, which converts sliding friction into rolling friction again, further reduces the friction force on the lower surface of the wire body, effectively protects the wire body, and prevents damage, especially for soft or precise flat cables; The second lifting module is used to drive the movable block 151 to move as a whole along the Z axis (vertical direction), i.e., to move towards or away from the wire passing channel 01. When the flat wire body 02 passes through, the lower surface thereof will contact the second rolling body 153 and drive the second rolling body 153 to rotate. By controlling the second lifting module, the distance between the second rolling body 153 and the first rolling body 142 can be adjusted, i.e., the height of the wire passing channel 01 can be adjusted to match the thickness of the wire body 02.

[0025] In this embodiment, the driving module 134 comprises a horizontal screw rod 1341 fixedly connected to the inner side surface of any movable clamping plate 12, a vertical screw rod 1342 threadedly driven by the horizontal screw rod 1341, and a rotating motor 1343 for driving the vertical screw rod 1342 to rotate, for example, the horizontal screw rod 1341 is an inner threaded rod, the vertical screw rod 1342 is an outer threaded rod, or vice versa. The movable clamping plate 12 moves during the movement driven by the driving force, and the rack 133 moves to drive the gear 132 to rotate, thereby driving the movement of the other movable clamping plate 12. One rotating motor 1343 is used to drive the vertical screw rod 1342 to rotate. When the rotating motor 1343 rotates forward or reversely, the vertical screw rod 1342 rotates to drive the horizontal screw rod 1341 threadedly matched therewith to move along the axial direction thereof. Since the horizontal screw rod 1341 is fixed to the movable clamping plate 12, the movable clamping plate 12 will move to the left or to the right. The movement of the movable clamping plate 12 drives the movement of the rack 133, the movement of the rack 133 drives the rotation of the gear 132 in the middle, and the rotation of the gear 132 drives the movement of the gear 132 on the other side in the opposite direction, thereby driving the movement of the other movable clamping plate 12 to the right or to the left. In this way, by controlling the rotation direction and speed of the rotating motor 1343, the distance between the two movable clamping plates 12 can be accurately adjusted, i.e., the width of the wire passing channel 01 can be adjusted.

[0026] Alternatively, the driving module 134 can also be a rotary motor in the prior art, the output shaft of which is fixedly connected with the shaft rod 131, and the rotary motor directly drives the gear to rotate in response to the fast speed.

[0027] In operation, the flat wire body 02 enters from one end of the wire passage 01. The control system (not shown, which can be integrated into a larger device control system) controls the rotary motor 1341 of the first distance adjusting assembly 13 and the first and second lifting modules according to the preset parameters or the size information of the wire body 02 detected by the sensor, so that the movable clamping plates 12 move to the appropriate spacing, the first and second rolling bodies 142 and 153 rise to the appropriate height, so that the wire body 02 is tightly but not extrudedly clamped in the space formed by the clamping parts of the two movable clamping plates 12, the first and second rolling bodies 142 and 153. The wire body 02 smoothly rolls through the upper and lower rolling bodies, achieving automatic adjustment and guidance.

[0028] It should be understood that those skilled in the art can make improvements or changes according to the above description, and all these improvements and changes shall belong to the protection scope of the appended claims of the present application.

Claims

1. An automatic device for automatically adjusting flat cable ducts, characterized in that: It includes a mounting plate, and a wire passing channel arranged above the mounting plate and for the wire body to pass through; the mounting plate is located on the left and right sides of the wire passing channel and is respectively provided with two movable splints, and a first distance-adjusting component for adjusting the distance between the two movable splints to adjust the width of the wire passing channel; the automation device also includes a first follower component arranged on the upper side of the wire passing channel and cooperated with the upper surface of the wire body for transmission, a second follower component arranged on the lower side of the wire passing channel and cooperated with the lower surface of the wire body for transmission, and a second distance-adjusting component for adjusting the distance between the first follower component and the second follower component to adjust the height of the wire passing channel.

2. The automatic device for automatically adjusting flat cable duct according to claim 1, characterized in that: The first follower assembly and the second follower assembly are both located between the two movable splints; the first follower assembly and the second follower assembly form a group of line height limiting units; the two movable splints are located at the inner surfaces of the two ends of the line height limiting units, and correspondingly have clamping parts extending toward the line passing channel; the line passing channel is located between the two clamping parts.

3. The automatic device for automatically adjusting flat cable duct according to claim 2, characterized in that: First guide slots are symmetrically provided on the left and right sides of the upper surface of the mounting plate; and sliding parts slidably connected to the two first guide slots are respectively provided at the bottoms of the two movable splints.

4. The automatic device for automatically adjusting a flat cable duct according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that: The first distance adjustment component includes a shaft rod rotatably connected to the mounting plate, a gear arranged between the two movable splints and fixedly sleeved on the shaft rod, two racks respectively arranged on the front and rear sides of the two gears and meshing and transmission connected to the gears, and a driving module that drives the gears to rotate forward or reverse; the two racks are respectively fixedly connected to the two movable splints.

5. The automatic device for automatically adjusting flat cable duct according to claim 2, characterized in that: The first follower assembly and the second follower assembly are correspondingly arranged up and down.

6. The automatic device for automatically adjusting flat cable duct according to claim 5, characterized in that: The first follower assembly includes a first rotating shaft and a first rolling body fixedly sleeved on the first rotating shaft; two ends of the first rotating shaft are respectively rotatably connected to the two movable splints.

7. The automatic device for automatically adjusting flat cable duct according to claim 6, characterized in that: The first rotating shaft and the first rolling body constitute a group of first rolling units; there are multiple groups of the first rolling units, and the two movable splints are symmetrically provided with vertically arranged second guide grooves, wherein the first rotating shaft of at least one group of the first rolling units can drive the first rolling body along the two second guide grooves to approach or move away from the passing channel through the first lifting module.

8. The automatic device for automatically adjusting flat cable duct according to claim 6 or 7, characterized in that: The second follower assembly includes a movable block movably arranged between the two movable splints; the second distance adjustment assembly is a second lifting module for driving the movable block to approach or move away from the line-passing channel along the Z axis; a groove is provided in the middle of the movable block; a second rolling body corresponding to the first rolling body is movably provided in the groove; both ends of the second rolling body are rotatably connected to the two sides of the movable block through a second rotating shaft.

9. The automatic device for automatically adjusting flat cable duct according to claim 4, characterized in that: The driving module includes a horizontal screw fixedly connected to the inner surface of any one of the movable splints, a vertical screw that cooperates with the horizontal screw for threaded transmission, and a rotating motor that drives the vertical screw to rotate; during the movement of the movable splint with driving force, it drives its rack to move and then drives the gear to rotate, thereby linking the movement of the other movable splint.

10. The automatic device for automatically adjusting flat cable duct according to claim 1, characterized in that: The cross section of the wire body is flat.

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