Storage cartridge holder for cable tie and automatic binding equipment

Abstract

The utility model relates to a material storage cartridge holder and automatic strapping equipment of a binding tape, the material storage cartridge holder of the binding tape comprises at least two binding tape storage grooves, the shape of each binding tape storage groove is suitable for a single binding tape to be placed in, one side of the binding tape storage groove in the thickness direction is provided with an open insertion opening, so that the binding tape can be directly inserted into the binding tape storage groove from the thickness direction. The binding belt storage groove further comprises a limiting part, the limiting part is used for being matched with the binding belt contained in the binding belt storage groove in a limiting mode so that the binding belt can be kept in the binding belt storage groove, and the limiting part is configured to be separable from the binding belt in the limiting matching mode. By the adoption of the storage cartridge holder of the binding belt, the binding action of the binding belt can be directly carried out on an object to be bound on the storage cartridge holder, the situation that the binding belt is taken out of the cartridge holder storage part one by one and then moved to the binding position to be bound in the prior art is not needed, the steps of automatic operation are greatly reduced, and the operation efficiency is improved.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to a tool for use in automatic bundling equipment, in particular to a storage magazine for cable ties. BACKGROUND

[0002] The utility model is based on the further improvement of the inventor's published Chinese patents CN221738227U and CN220640344U.

[0003] In the prior art CN220640344U, the inventor proposes an automatic wiring harness bundling device, which includes a magazine storage part storing a plurality of cable ties. The cable ties are stored in the magazine storage part and can be transported to the bundling process at one time. A specific structure of the magazine storage part of the automatic wiring harness bundling device is shown in CN221738227U. In this scheme, the magazine storage part includes a transversely extending storage groove. The cable ties are sent into the storage groove one by one with their side edges aligned in the width direction. The storage groove can limit and fix the cable ties in the thickness direction. This structure of the magazine storage part has a very stable limiting and retaining effect on the cable ties, but it also has a defect. The cable ties stored in the magazine storage part cannot be directly used for bundling operations, but must be taken out one by one from the magazine storage part and then moved to the bundling position for automatic bundling (as described in CN220640344U, paragraphs 0046-0048). This increases the steps of automatic operation and is not conducive to further improving the operation efficiency. Moreover, the automatic bundling device has to be additionally equipped with corresponding cable tie moving mechanisms and cable tie positioning and retaining mechanisms, resulting in a more complex structure of the automatic bundling device. SUMMARY

[0004] To solve the above problems, the utility model provides a cable tie storage magazine with an optimized structure, and based on the cable tie storage magazine, an automatic bundling device with the storage magazine is proposed.

[0005] The utility model adopts the following technical solutions:

[0006] The utility model provides a cable tie storage magazine, which includes at least two cable tie storage grooves. The shape of the cable tie storage groove is suitable for accommodating a single cable tie. The width direction, thickness direction, and length direction of the single cable tie accommodated in the cable tie storage groove are defined as the width direction, thickness direction, and length direction of the cable tie storage groove, respectively. One side of the cable tie storage groove in the thickness direction is provided with an open insertion port for inserting the cable tie into the cable tie storage groove in the thickness direction. The cable tie storage groove also includes a limiting part for limiting and cooperating with the cable tie accommodated in the cable tie storage groove to retain the cable tie in the cable tie storage groove. The limiting part is configured to be separable from the limiting and cooperating with the cable tie.

[0007] Preferably, the insertion opening is located at a first side of the cable tie storage groove, and the other side, which is opposite to the first side, is a second side of the cable tie storage groove. A first accommodation opening is arranged on the second side of the cable tie storage groove, and the first accommodation opening corresponds to the position of the head of the cable tie and is used to accommodate a force applying mechanism for applying force to the head of the cable tie.

[0008] Preferably, the insertion opening is located at a first side of the cable tie storage groove, and the other side, which is opposite to the first side, is a second side of the cable tie storage groove. A second accommodation opening is arranged on the second side of the cable tie storage groove, and the second accommodation opening corresponds to the position of the through hole of the cable tie and is used to allow the body of the cable tie to pass through the through hole and continue to pass through.

[0009] Preferably, the cable tie storage groove is formed on the cartridge base, and the cartridge base comprises a head accommodating portion and a body supporting portion. The head accommodating portion is arranged at the position of the head of the cable tie, and the body supporting portion is arranged at the position of the body of the cable tie and extends along the length direction of the cable tie. The cable tie storage groove comprises a head insertion groove arranged on the head accommodating portion.

[0010] Preferably, an end of the body supporting portion, which is away from the head accommodating portion, is provided with a stop protrusion. The stop protrusion and the head accommodating portion form a receiving area for the object to be bound.

[0011] Preferably, the limiting portion is arranged at the side edge in the width direction of the cable tie storage groove.

[0012] Preferably, the limiting portion is arranged at the position corresponding to the head of the cable tie and can limit the head of the cable tie.

[0013] Preferably, the limiting portion is an elastic clamping portion arranged on the left and right sides in the width direction of the cable tie storage groove.

[0014] Preferably, at least two cable tie storage grooves are arranged in the width direction and are spaced apart.

[0015] The embodiment also provides an automatic binding device, which comprises a cartridge storing a plurality of cable ties. The cartridge is the cable tie cartridge as described above.

[0016] The cable tie cartridge has the following beneficial effects: the object to be bound can directly perform the binding action of the cable tie above the cartridge, and after the binding is completed, the cable tie is separated from the limiting portion so as to be separated from the cable tie storage groove. Unlike the prior art, the cable tie does not need to be taken out from the cartridge one by one and then moved to the binding position and bound, so that the steps of automatic operation are greatly reduced, the operation efficiency is improved, and the number of mechanisms in the automatic binding device is simplified. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0017] Figure 1 is a schematic view of a tie in an embodiment;

[0018] Figure 2 is a perspective view of a storage magazine of a tie in an embodiment (angle 1);

[0019] Figure 3 is a perspective view of a storage magazine of a tie in an embodiment (angle 2);

[0020] Figure 4 is a schematic view of a storage magazine of a tie in an embodiment and a tie loaded in the storage magazine of the tie;

[0021] Figure 5 is a schematic view of a variant of a limiting portion in an embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0022] To further illustrate the embodiments, the utility model provides the accompanying drawings. These accompanying drawings are part of the utility model disclosure, which mainly serves to illustrate the embodiments and can be used to explain the operating principle of the embodiments in conjunction with the relevant description of the specification. With reference to these contents, those skilled in the art should be able to understand other possible embodiments and the advantages of the utility model. The components in the drawings are not drawn to scale, and similar component symbols are usually used to represent similar components.

[0023] The utility model will be further illustrated in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

[0024] As a preferred embodiment of the utility model, a storage magazine of a tie is provided for storing a plurality of ties 100, the structure of the tie 100 is as shown in Figure 1 including a head 101 and a body 102, the head 101 is provided with a through hole 103, the tail of the body 102 is fixed in the through hole 103 in a winding and folding manner, the tie 100 is a common tie, which is only used as an exemplary description of the embodiment, and it can be understood that any tie in the prior art can adopt the storage magazine structure of the embodiment, as long as the shape of the tie storage groove in the storage magazine is adapted to the shape of different ties.

[0025] The structure of the storage magazine of the tie is as shown in Figures 2-4 including a magazine base 1, at least two tie storage grooves 2 are arranged on the magazine base 1 (five tie storage grooves 2 are arranged in the embodiment, so that five ties 100 can be stored at a time), the shape of the tie storage groove 2 is suitable for loading a single tie 100 therein, the width direction, the thickness direction and the length direction of the single tie 100 loaded in the tie storage groove 2 are defined as the width direction, the thickness direction and the length direction of the tie storage groove 2, that isFigure 2 and Figure 4 Center: X direction and its opposite direction are the width directions of the cable tie 100 and the cable tie storage slot 2, Y direction and its opposite direction are the thickness directions of the cable tie 100 and the cable tie storage slot 2, and Z direction and its opposite direction are the length directions of the cable tie 100 and the cable tie storage slot 2.

[0026] One side of the cable tie storage slot 2 in the thickness direction is configured as an open insertion port, or in other words, the cable tie storage slot 2 is open in the Y direction, so that the cable tie 100 can be directly inserted into the cable tie storage slot 2 from the thickness direction. It can be understood that the cable tie storage slot 2 has a bottom in the thickness direction, and the cable tie 100 is fully inserted into the cable tie storage slot 2 when it is inserted and touches the bottom. The cable tie storage slot 2 also includes a limiting portion 3, which is an elastic clip in this embodiment, including two left and right opposite spring plates arranged on the left and right sides in the width direction of the cable tie storage slot 2. The spring plates are bent into a V shape. During the process of inserting the cable tie 100 into the cable tie storage slot 2, the cable tie 100 can pass over the V-shaped tip under the guidance of the spring plates, so that the spring plates and the cable tie 100 form a limiting fit. The spring plates limit the cable tie 100 from easily escaping from the thickness direction of the cable tie storage slot 2, thereby keeping the cable tie 100 in the cable tie storage slot 2. The limitation of the cable tie 100 in other directions is achieved by the cable tie storage slot 2 cooperating with the shape of the cable tie 100.

[0027] In order to improve the stability of the limiting cooperation between the limiting portion 3 and the cable tie 100 , the limiting portion 3 is arranged at a position corresponding to the head 101 , that is, the limiting portion 3 and the head 101 are limited and cooperated.

[0028] The limiting cooperation between the limiting portion 3 and the cable tie 100 is separable in the Y direction to ensure that the cable tie 100 can be separated from the storage clip under external intervention, which will be further explained below.

[0029] The insertion port opened by the cable tie storage slot 2 is located at the first side of the cable tie storage slot 2, and the other side away from the first side is the second side of the cable tie storage slot 2, corresponding to Figure 2 and Figure 4 In the embodiment, one side of the cable tie storage slot 2 in the Y direction is the first side, and the other side of the cable tie storage slot 2 in the opposite direction of the Y direction is the second side. Figure 3On the second side of the cable storage groove 2, a first accommodation opening 4 is arranged, which corresponds to the position of the head 101 of the cable 100 loaded into the cable storage groove 2. In this way, the first accommodation opening 4 forms an accommodation operation space, and an external force applying mechanism can apply force to the head 101 of the cable 100 from the first accommodation opening 4, so that the cable 100 and the limiting part 3 are separated from the limiting cooperation, and the cable 100 is taken out of the cable storage groove 2. For example, the force applying mechanism can be a clamping jaw, which clamps the head 101 of the cable 100 and applies force to the cable 100, so that the cable 100 is pulled from the Y direction to pass the spring of the limiting part 3 and thus is taken out of the cable storage groove 2. Based on this, the cable storage magazine provided by the embodiment can also be directly applied to the wire harness automatic bundling device of CN220640344U, and the cable is taken out of the storage magazine by the clamping jaw and then moved to the bundling position for automatic bundling, that is, the cable storage magazine of the embodiment can also be used in the old version of the automatic bundling device.

[0030] It should be particularly noted that the improvement of the cable storage magazine provided by the embodiment is not limited to this, because the cable storage groove 2 is completely open on one side in the thickness direction, there is no obstacle to prevent the tail of the cable body 102 from being wound and folded, and the cable 100 can be taken out of the cable storage groove 2 in the thickness direction, so that the cable 100 in the cable storage groove 2 can be directly bundled. Among them, such as Figure 3 On the second side of the cable storage groove 2, a second accommodation opening 5 is also arranged, which corresponds to the position of the through hole 103 of the cable 100, and is used for the cable body 102 of the cable 100 in the cable storage groove 2 to continue to pass through the through hole 103. In this way, the object to be bundled can be directly placed above the storage magazine, without taking out the cable 100 in the cable storage groove 2, and directly performing the bundling operation of the cable. After the bundling is completed, the cable 100 is separated from the cable storage groove 2 (for example, by using the force applying mechanism of the clamping jaw described above), so that the steps of automatic operation are greatly reduced, and the operation efficiency is improved. On this basis, the force applying mechanism for operating through the first accommodation opening 4 can be replaced by a simpler mechanism, such as a pushing mechanism that pushes the cable 100 in the Y direction through the first accommodation opening 4.

[0031] The clip base 1 further comprises a head accommodating portion 11 and a band body supporting portion 12 in the embodiment, the head accommodating portion 11 is arranged at the position of the head 101 of the strap 100, the band body supporting portion 12 is arranged at the position of the band body 102 of the strap 100 and extends along the length direction of the strap 100, and the strap storage groove 2 comprises a head placing groove 21 arranged on the head accommodating portion 11 and a band body placing groove 22 arranged on the band body supporting portion 12. It can be understood that the band body supporting portion 12 is not necessary, if the clip base 1 only comprises the head accommodating portion 11 in other embodiments, the strap storage groove is the head placing groove 21, and the cooperation of the limiting portion 3 and the head placing groove 21 can also ensure that the strap 100 is stably loaded into the head placing groove 21, and the additional band body supporting portion 12 can limit the band body 102 from sagging and ensure the position accuracy of the band body 102, thereby improving the success rate of automatic binding, on the other hand, the band body supporting portion 12 can also form a supporting / limiting platform for the object to be bound. The band body supporting portion 12 is in a plate structure in the embodiment, and the band body supporting portion 12 can also be in a hollow frame structure. The end of the band body supporting portion 12 away from the head accommodating portion 11 is provided with a stop protrusion 6, and the stop protrusion 6 and the head accommodating portion 11 form a receiving area for the object to be bound, which can better position the object to be bound.

[0032] The limiting portion 3 can also be arranged in the thickness direction of the strap storage groove 2 to directly stop the strap 100 in other embodiments, but the limiting portion 3 in such an embodiment needs to be movable, and in an automatic binding device, the limiting portion 3 also needs to be automatically controlled to move to close or open the strap storage groove 2, so it is preferred that the limiting portion 3 is arranged on the side of the strap storage groove 2 in the width direction. The limiting portion 3 can also act on the band body 102 of the strap 100, but the stability of the limiting portion 3 and the head 101 of the strap 100 is higher. In addition to the spring structure used in the embodiment, other structures can also be used to replace the limiting portion 3, for example Figure 5 A variant of the limiting portion 3 of the embodiment is proposed, which is formed by a V-shaped sliding block cooperating with a compression spring, and has basically the same effect as the spring of the embodiment. Alternatively, the limiting portion 3 can be replaced by the ball type elastic clamping device in CN221738227U (see CN221738227U) Figure 3And the description of paragraph 0033). Or, if the elastic mechanism is not used to achieve the limiting part 3, the buckle mechanism can also be used to achieve the limiting part 3, such as the buckle of the limiting part 3 is arranged on the two side walls of the width direction of the cable tie storage groove 2, but the external force mechanism needs a larger force to make the cable tie 100 out of use. In short, as long as the limiting part 3 can be limited with the cable tie 100 in the cable tie storage groove 2 to keep the cable tie 100 in the cable tie storage groove 2, and the limiting part 3 and the cable tie 100 are separable.

[0033] Several cable tie storage grooves 2 are arranged in the width direction in this embodiment, so that several cable ties 100 are arranged in sequence to form a row, which is convenient for automatic bundling operation in automatic bundling equipment.

[0034] Compared with the prior art CN221738227U, the cable tie storage magazine of the present embodiment is more beneficial to the feeding of the cable tie 100 to the cable tie storage groove 2, because in the present embodiment, only the cable tie 100 needs to be inserted into the cable tie storage groove 2 one by one when feeding, and it is not necessary to push the cable tie 100 into a common storage groove one by one and push the previous cable tie into a deeper position by the next cable tie, so that the feeding of the cable tie 100 to the cable tie storage groove 2 is more labor-saving and convenient.

[0035] Although the present utility model is specifically shown and introduced in combination with the preferred embodiment, those skilled in the art should understand that various changes can be made to the present utility model in form and details without departing from the spirit and scope of the present utility model defined in the appended claims, and all such changes fall within the protection scope of the present utility model.

Claims

1. A storage magazine for cable ties, characterized by: The strap storage slot includes at least two strap storage slots, the shape of the strap storage slot is suitable for a single strap to be loaded therein, the width direction, thickness direction and length direction of the single strap loaded in the strap storage slot are defined as the width direction, thickness direction and length direction of the strap storage slot respectively, one side of the strap storage slot in the thickness direction is provided as an insertion opening for the strap to be inserted directly into the strap storage slot in the thickness direction, the strap storage slot further includes a limiting part for limiting cooperation with the strap loaded in the strap storage slot to keep the strap in the strap storage slot, and the limiting part is configured to be separable from the limiting cooperation with the strap.

2. The strap magazine of claim 1, wherein: The insertion opening is located at a first side of the strap storage slot, and the other side away from the first side is a second side of the strap storage slot, a first accommodation opening is provided on the second side of the strap storage slot, and the first accommodation opening corresponds to the position of the head of the strap to accommodate a force applying mechanism for applying force to the head of the strap from outside.

3. The strap magazine of claim 1, wherein: The insertion opening is located at a first side of the strap storage slot, and the other side away from the first side is a second side of the strap storage slot, a second accommodation opening is provided on the second side of the strap storage slot, and the second accommodation opening corresponds to the position of the through hole of the strap to allow the strap in the strap storage slot to continue to pass through the through hole.

4. The strap storage magazine of claim 1, wherein: The strap storage slot is formed on the cartridge base, and the cartridge base includes a head accommodating part and a body supporting part, the head accommodating part is arranged at the position of the head of the strap, and the body supporting part is arranged at the position of the body of the strap and extends along the length direction of the strap, and the strap storage slot includes a head insertion slot arranged on the head accommodating part.

5. The strap magazine of claim 4, wherein: The body supporting part is provided with a stop protrusion at one end away from the head accommodating part, and the stop protrusion and the head accommodating part form a receiving area for the objects to be bound.

6. The strap magazine of claim 1, wherein: The limiting part is arranged at the side edge in the width direction of the strap storage slot.

7. A strap storage magazine according to claim 1 or 6, wherein: The limiting part is arranged at the position corresponding to the head of the strap and can limit the cooperation with the head of the strap.

8. The strap magazine of claim 1, wherein: The limiting part is an elastic clasp arranged on both sides in the width direction of the strap storage slot.

9. The strap magazine of claim 1, wherein: The at least two strap storage slots are arranged in the width direction with a spacing.

10. Automatic strapping apparatus comprising a magazine storing a number of straps, characterized in that: The cartridge is the strap cartridge of any one of claims 1-9.

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