TO pipe fitting feeding device

By designing a TO pipe fitting feeding device and utilizing automated components to achieve automatic picking, placing, and posture adjustment of TO pipe fittings, the problem of low efficiency in manual operation in existing technologies has been solved, and efficient and low-cost automated production has been realized.

CN223765356UActive Publication Date: 2026-01-06QUANZHOU XINGRUI AUTOMATION TECH CO LTD
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN202520453955.6
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-03-14
Publication Date
2026-01-06
Estimated Expiration
2035-03-14

AI Technical Summary

Technical Problem

In the existing technology, the assembly process of TO fittings and square seats relies on manual operation, which results in low efficiency and high cost.

Method used

A TO pipe loading device was designed, which uses components such as a lifting motor, vacuum nozzle, vision inspection mechanism and cylinder to automatically complete the picking, placement, posture adjustment and loading of TO pipes, replacing manual operation.

Benefits of technology

This improved the assembly efficiency of TO fittings, reduced production costs, and enabled automated production.

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Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of BOSA production, and discloses a TO pipe fitting feeding device which comprises a linear sliding table, an installation plate is fixed to a sliding block of the linear sliding table, sliding rails are arranged on the two sides of the installation plate respectively, the sliding rails are connected with sliding bases in a sliding mode, connecting bases are arranged on the sliding bases, and the two connecting bases are connected through a connecting rod. A motor base and a driven wheel base are arranged between the two sliding rails, a lifting motor is fixed to the motor base, a driving wheel is fixed to a motor shaft of the lifting motor, the driven wheel base is rotationally connected with a driven wheel, the driving wheel and the driven wheel are in conveying connection through a conveying belt, and a connecting rod is fixed to the conveying belt; a motor fixing base is fixed to the bottom ends of the two connecting bases, a hollow shaft stepping motor is installed at the bottom of the motor fixing base, and a vacuum suction nozzle is fixed to a hollow shaft of the hollow shaft stepping motor through a suction nozzle adapter. According to the utility model, the TO pipe fitting can be taken and placed, the pin of the TO pipe fitting can be collected, and the TO pipe fitting can be placed on the press-fit positioning seat.
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Description

Technical Field

[0001] This utility model relates to the field of BOSA production technology, and in particular to a TO pipe fitting feeding device. Background Technology

[0002] A BOSA (Bi-Directional Optical Sub-Assembly) is a key component in optical communication systems. It integrates optical transmission and reception functions, enabling bidirectional data transmission in fiber optic communication links. Simply put, it acts like an "optical transceiver station," converting electrical signals into optical signals for transmission into the optical fiber, and receiving optical signals from the fiber and converting them back into electrical signals. Manufacturing BOSA devices requires assembling and soldering the BOSA housing (quadrilateral base) with the TO (laser diode) component. Current technology first requires assembling the TO component with the quadrilateral base, then soldering the assembled TO component to the base for use as a complete unit. However, the current assembly process requires manual handling of the TO component, including picking up and placing it, gathering its leads, and positioning it on a press-fit positioning seat. This operation is inefficient, costly, and labor-intensive. Utility Model Content

[0003] In view of this, the purpose of this utility model is to provide a TO pipe fitting feeding device to solve the problems mentioned in the background art.

[0004] To achieve the above objectives, this utility model adopts the following technical solution: a TO pipe fitting feeding device, including a feeding slide mounting base, a feeding slide fixed to the top of the feeding slide mounting base, a material tray fixing plate mounted on the slider of the feeding slide, mounting seats respectively located on both sides of the feeding slide, a vertically arranged support rod connected to the mounting seat, a vertically arranged crossbeam fixed to the end of the support rod, a linear slide fixed to the side of the crossbeam, a mounting plate fixed to the slider of the linear slide, slide rails respectively provided on both sides of the mounting plate, a slide seat slidably connected to the two slide rails, and a connecting seat provided on the slide seat, and the two... The connecting seats are connected by a connecting rod. A motor seat and a driven wheel seat are respectively provided at the top and bottom between the two slide rails. A lifting motor is fixed in the motor seat, and the motor shaft of the lifting motor passes through the motor seat and is fixed to the driving wheel. The driven wheel seat is rotatably connected to the driven wheel. The driving wheel and the driven wheel are connected by a conveyor belt. The connecting rod is located between the motor seat and the driven wheel seat and is fixed to the conveyor belt. A motor mounting seat is fixed at the bottom of the two connecting seats. A hollow shaft stepper motor is installed at the bottom of the motor mounting seat. A vacuum nozzle is fixed to the hollow shaft of the hollow shaft stepper motor through a nozzle adapter.

[0005] Furthermore, a fixed limiting block is provided on one side of the material tray fixing plate, and a movable limiting block is provided on the other side. The movable limiting block is provided with a strip hole, and the movable limiting block is connected to the material tray fixing plate through the strip hole and bolts.

[0006] Furthermore, a visual inspection mechanism is provided on one side of the feeding slide.

[0007] Furthermore, the visual inspection mechanism includes a support, a mounting shaft is fixed to the support, a mounting clamp is fixed to the top of the mounting shaft, a light source is fixed to one side of the mounting clamp via a connecting arm, a camera is fixed to the bottom of the mounting shaft via a camera clamp, and a lens is mounted on the top of the camera.

[0008] Furthermore, one of the support rods is equipped with a cylinder mounting base, and a retractable finger cylinder is mounted on the bottom of the cylinder mounting base. The retractable finger cylinder is located between the feeding slide and the vision inspection mechanism.

[0009] Beneficial effects

[0010] Compared with the prior art, this utility model has at least the following advantages: the lifting motor, motor base, driving wheel, driven wheel, conveyor belt, connecting rod, slide rail, slide block, connecting seat, and motor fixing seat work together to adjust the height of the vacuum nozzle; the linear slide adjusts the left and right displacement of the vacuum nozzle; the feeding slide drives the material tray to feed material; and the multiple components work together to complete the continuous operation of various processes such as picking up material from the material tray, retracting the pins of the TO tube by the retracting finger cylinder, and checking the posture of the TO tube by the vision inspection mechanism. This replaces manual operations such as retracting the pins of the TO tube, checking the posture of the TO tube, and feeding, thereby improving work efficiency and reducing production costs. Attached Figure Description

[0011] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of this utility model.

[0012] Figure 2 This is a front view structural diagram of the present invention.

[0013] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the video detection mechanism of this utility model.

[0014] The diagram is labeled as follows: 1-Mounting base; 2-Support rod; 3-Crossbeam; 4-Linear slide; 40-Linear slide motor; 41-Slider; 5-Mounting plate; 6-Slide rail; 7-Slide seat; 8-Connecting seat; 9-Motor seat; 10-Lifting motor; 11-Driving wheel; 12-Conveyor belt; 13-Driven wheel seat; 14-Driven wheel; 15-Motor mounting base; 16-Hollow shaft stepper motor; 17-Nozzle adapter; 18-Vacuum nozzle; 19-Cylinder mounting base. 20-Finger cylinder; 21-Feeding slide mounting base; 22-Feeding slide; 23-Plate fixing plate; 24-Plate; 25-Fixed limit block; 26-Modible limit block; 260-Strip hole; 27-Video detection mechanism; 270-Support; 272-Mounting shaft; 271-Light source clamp; 273-Connecting wall; 274-Light source; 275-Camera clamp; 276-Camera; 278-Lens; 28-Connecting rod; 29-Rotary joint. Detailed Implementation

[0015] To make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of this utility model clearer, a detailed description is provided below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments. Many specific details are set forth in the following description to provide a full understanding of this utility model. However, this utility model can be implemented in many other ways different from those described herein, and those skilled in the art can make similar modifications without departing from the spirit of this utility model. Therefore, this utility model is not limited to the specific embodiments disclosed below.

[0016] It should be noted that when an element is referred to as being "fixed to" another element, it can be directly on the other element or there may be an intervening element. When an element is referred to as being "connected to" another element, it can be directly connected to the element or there may be an intervening element. The terms "vertical," "horizontal," "left," "right," and similar expressions used herein are for illustrative purposes only and do not represent the only possible implementation.

[0017] Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention pertains. The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. The term "and / or" as used herein includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

[0018] See Figures 1-3A TO pipe fitting feeding device includes a feeding slide mounting base 21, a feeding slide 22 fixed to the top of the feeding slide mounting base 21, a tray fixing plate 23 mounted on the slider of the feeding slide 22, a fixed limiting block 25 on one side of the tray fixing plate 23, and a movable limiting block 26 on the other side, the movable limiting block 26 having a slotted hole 26, the movable limiting block 26 being connected to the tray fixing plate 23 via the slotted hole and bolts, the position of the movable limiting block 26 being adjusted by locking it to different positions in the slotted hole with bolts. The space between the fixed limiting block 25 and the movable limiting block 26 is used to place a tray 24 containing TO pipe fittings.

[0019] Mounting seats 1 are respectively provided on both sides of the feeding slide 22, and the mounting seats 1 and the feeding slide mounting seats 21 are installed on the same working platform. The mounting seats 1 are connected to vertically arranged support rods 2, and vertically arranged crossbeams 3 are fixed to the side of the end of the support rods 2. Linear slides 4 are fixed to the side of the crossbeams 3. The slider 41 of the linear slides 4 is fixed to the mounting plate 5. Slide rails 6 are respectively provided on both sides of the mounting plate 5. Slide seats 7 are slidably connected to the two slide rails 6. Connecting seats 8 are provided on the slide seats 7, and the two connecting seats 8 are connected by connecting rods 28. The mounting plate 5 has a motor seat 9 and a driven wheel seat 13 respectively provided at the top and bottom between the two slide rails 6. The motor seat 9 is fixed to a lifting motor 10, and the motor shaft of the lifting motor 10 passes through it. The motor base 9 is fixed with a drive wheel 11, and the driven wheel base 13 is rotatably connected to a driven wheel 14. The drive wheel 11 and the driven wheel 14 are connected by a conveyor belt 12. The connecting rod 28 is located between the motor base 10 and the driven wheel base 13 and is fixedly connected to the conveyor belt 12. The bottom ends of the two connecting seats 8 are fixed with motor mounting bases 15. A hollow shaft stepper motor 16 is installed at the bottom of the motor mounting base 15. The bottom end of the hollow shaft of the hollow shaft stepper motor 16 is fixed with a vacuum nozzle 18 through a nozzle adapter 17. The top end of the nozzle is connected to an air pipe through a rotary joint 29. The air pipe is connected to an external vacuum source.

[0020] Preferably, a vision inspection mechanism 27 is provided on one side of the feeding slide 22. The vision inspection mechanism 27 includes a support 270, which is fixed to the working platform. A mounting shaft 272 is fixed to the support 270, a mounting clamp 271 is fixed to the top of the mounting shaft 272, a light source 274 is fixed to one side of the mounting clamp 271 via a connecting arm 273, a camera 276 is fixed to the bottom of the mounting shaft 272 via a camera clamp 275, and a lens 278 is mounted on the top of the camera 276.

[0021] A cylinder mounting base 19 is installed on the support column 2 located on the same side as the vision inspection mechanism 27. A retractable finger cylinder 20 is installed at the bottom of the cylinder mounting base 19. The retractable finger cylinder 20 is located between the feeding slide 22 and the vision inspection mechanism 27.

[0022] The working principle of this utility model is as follows: A tray 24 containing TO tubes is placed on a tray fixing plate 23 and clamped and fixed on the tray fixing plate 23 by the cooperation of a fixed limiting block 25 and a movable limiting block 26. The feeding slide 22 is started, moving the tray 24 towards the linear slide and stopping at the desired pick-up position. The linear slide 4 operates, moving the hollow shaft stepper motor 16 above the tray. The lifting motor 10 is started, causing the drive wheel 11 to rotate, driving the driven wheel 14 and the conveyor belt 12 to move. This causes the hollow shaft stepper motor 16 to move downwards to the pick-up position on the tray 24. The vacuum nozzle 18 picks up a TO tube. The lifting motor 10 reverses its operation, moving the vacuum nozzle 18 upwards to the designated position. Subsequently, the linear slide 4 operates, moving the vacuum nozzle 18 with the TO tube to the position of the lead-retracting finger cylinder 20. Under the action of the lifting motor 10, the pins of the TO tube move to the lead-retracting finger cylinder 20. Between the two fingers of the cylinder, the pins of the TO tube are gathered together by the retracting finger cylinder 20. Then, the linear slide and the lifting motor work together to move the vacuum nozzle carrying the TO tube to the top of the vision inspection mechanism 27. The vision inspection mechanism 27 performs visual monitoring of the posture of the TO tube. If the posture is correct, the linear slide and the lifting motor work together to feed the TO tube and place it on the tube positioning seat for pressing and fitting. If the posture is incorrect, the hollow shaft stepper motor rotates and adjusts the TO tube to the correct posture, and then the TO tube is placed on the tube positioning seat for pressing and fitting.

[0023] The above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of this utility model, and are not intended to limit it. Although this utility model has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that modifications can still be made to the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments, or equivalent substitutions can be made to some of the technical features. Such modifications or substitutions do not cause the essence of the corresponding technical solutions to deviate from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of this utility model.

Claims

1. A TO tube loading device, characterized by, The utility model provides a feeding slide platform installation seat's top is fixed with feeding slide platform, and the slider of feeding slide platform installs the material disc fixed plate, and the both sides of feeding slide platform are provided with the mounting seat respectively, and the mounting seat is connected with the support rod that sets up vertically, and the end of support rod is fixed with the crossbeam that sets up vertically, and the side of crossbeam is fixed with linear slide platform, and the slider of linear slide platform is fixed with mounting plate, and the both sides of mounting plate are provided with slide rail respectively, and two slide rails are connected with slide base slidingly, and the slide base is provided with connecting seat, and two connecting seats are connected through connecting rod, and the top and bottom between two slide rails are provided with motor seat and driven pulley seat respectively, and motor seat is fixed with lifting motor, and the motor shaft of lifting motor passes through motor seat and is fixed with driving pulley, and driven pulley seat is rotatably connected with driven pulley, and driving pulley and driven pulley are connected through conveyer belt transmission, and connecting rod is located between motor seat and driven pulley seat and is fixed with conveyer belt.

2. The TO tube loading device of claim 1, wherein The side of the material disc fixed plate is provided with a fixed limiting block, and the other side is provided with a movable limiting block, the movable limiting block is provided with a strip-shaped hole, and the movable limiting block is connected with the material disc fixed plate through the strip-shaped hole and bolts.

3. The TO tube loading device of claim 1, wherein One side of the feeding slide platform is provided with a visual detection mechanism.

4. The TO tube loading device of claim 3, wherein The visual detection mechanism includes a support, the support is fixed with a mounting shaft, the top of the mounting shaft is fixed with a mounting clamp, one side of the mounting clamp is fixed with a light source through a connecting arm, the bottom of the mounting shaft is fixed with a camera through a camera clamp, and the top of the camera is provided with a lens.

5. The TO tube loading device of claim 3, wherein One of the support rods is provided with a cylinder fixing seat, the bottom of the cylinder fixing seat is provided with a foot collecting finger cylinder, and the foot collecting finger cylinder is located between the feeding slide platform and the visual detection mechanism.