A spring carrier

Abstract

The utility model relates to lamp strip production auxiliary frock technical field discloses a spring carrier, including carrier body, its top surface opens several installation grooves, groove width matches with the lamp strip width of waiting to put, the interval of each installation groove bottom groove wall is equipped with several hole grooves, and the hole groove is equipped with fixed assembly correspondingly, and the one end of assembly is connected with the plate fixture, and the other end is connected with the lamp strip through the spring assembly, the carrier is matched with the installation groove of width, realizes the preliminary accommodation and lateral limit to single lamp strip, avoids its transverse deviation, longitudinal misplacement or stacking, the one end of fixed assembly is connected with the plate fixture, realizes the quick stable butt joint of both, reduces the processing deviation caused by carrier displacement, the other end borrows the spring assembly elastic force, and the flexible reliable clamping lamp strip avoids its loose or pin deformation in the handling processing, can also adapt to different thickness lamp strip, need not frequently change carrier parts.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This utility model relates to the field of auxiliary tooling technology for light strip production, specifically to a spring carrier. Background Technology

[0002] In the industrial production process of LED light strips, spring carriers, as core auxiliary components for temporary support and positioning of the light strips, need to cooperate with multiple processes such as welding, testing, and packaging to realize the transfer and processing of the light strips. Their structural design directly affects the precision, efficiency, and product yield of light strip production. Currently, most mainstream light strip carriers on the market are one-piece injection-molded flat structures, possessing only basic load-bearing functions. In practical applications, this reveals significant shortcomings that are incompatible with the needs of modern production.

[0003] Firstly, the lack of a fixed structure for the light strip and the absence of a limiting design to match the width of the light strip make it easy for the light strip to shift or become misaligned. This can lead to misalignment of the solder pads during welding, resulting in poor soldering or missing solder. Poor electrode contact during testing can also cause misjudgment. Furthermore, vibration can deform the light strip pins, significantly increasing the defect rate.

[0004] Secondly, it lacks a position adjustment function, and its connection with the mounting fixture is mostly fixed or without positioning. When the position of the light strip needs to be adjusted during production, the fixture needs to be disassembled and recalibrated, which is time-consuming and has poor adaptability. Changing product specifications also requires replacing the fixture, which increases costs.

[0005] Third, the operation is cumbersome. Workers need to calibrate the position of each light strip individually, and multiple people are required to adjust the carrier, resulting in high labor costs and a high risk of operational errors. These problems restrict the production efficiency and quality of light strips and urgently need to be improved. Utility Model Content

[0006] The purpose of this utility model is to provide a spring carrier. This spring carrier has several mounting slots with widths matching those of the light strips on the top surface of the carrier body. This allows for the initial accommodation and lateral restraint of a single light strip, preventing lateral displacement, longitudinal misalignment, or stacking. At the same time, a fixing component in the slot at the bottom of each mounting slot engages with a mounting fixture at one end, enabling quick and stable docking and reducing processing deviations caused by carrier displacement. The other end engages with the light strip via a spring assembly, using elastic force to flexibly and reliably clamp the light strip, preventing loosening or pin deformation during handling and processing. It can also accommodate light strips of different thicknesses, eliminating the need for frequent replacement of carrier components.

[0007] This utility model is achieved through the following technical solution:

[0008] A spring carrier includes a carrier body, the top surface of which is provided with a plurality of mounting slots, the width of each mounting slot being matched with the width of the light strip to be placed.

[0009] Each of the mounting slots has several holes spaced apart on its bottom wall. Each hole is equipped with a fixing component. One end of the fixing component is engaged with the mounting fixture, and the other end of the fixing component is engaged with the light strip to be placed via a spring assembly.

[0010] In this solution, several mounting slots with widths matching the light strips to be placed are opened on the top surface of the carrier body. This allows for initial accommodation and lateral restraint of individual light strips, preventing lateral shifting, longitudinal misalignment, or stacking of the light strips on the carrier. This lays the foundation for the positioning of the light strips in subsequent welding, inspection, and other processes. Simultaneously, several holes are spaced apart on the bottom wall of each mounting slot, each containing a corresponding fixing component. One end of the fixing component engages with the mounting fixture, enabling rapid and stable docking between the carrier and the fixture. This ensures that the carrier maintains a relatively fixed position relative to the fixture during transport and processing, reducing processing deviations caused by carrier displacement. The other end of the fixing component engages with the light strip to be placed via a spring assembly. The elastic force of the spring assembly provides a flexible and reliable clamping fixation of the light strip, preventing loosening or pin deformation due to vibration during handling and processing. This also accommodates the clamping requirements of light strips with different thicknesses, eliminating the need for frequent replacement of carrier components.

[0011] As a further embodiment of the spring carrier, the mounting slots are evenly spaced on the top surface of the carrier body. The regular arrangement facilitates workers to quickly and orderly place and retrieve the light strips without having to adjust the spacing between the light strips one by one, thus simplifying the operation process and improving the efficiency of light strip clamping.

[0012] As a further embodiment of the spring carrier, each of the mounting slots has at least two holes, and the holes are evenly distributed along the length of the mounting slot, so that the fixing component can be engaged with the mounting fixture from different positions along the length of the mounting slot, ensuring that the light strip is subjected to balanced force and preventing the light strip from warping or deforming due to clamping on one side.

[0013] As a further embodiment of the spring carrier, the fixing assembly includes a fixing groove;

[0014] The fixing groove is formed on the bottom wall of the mounting groove, and the bottom wall of the fixing groove is provided with a positioning through hole that matches the mounting fixture, so as to realize the quick alignment of the spring carrier and the mounting fixture. The operator can complete the docking of the two without repeatedly calibrating the position of the carrier, which greatly shortens the clamping preparation time. In addition, the positioning through hole can effectively constrain the relative position of the carrier and the fixture, and prevent the carrier from shifting due to vibration or external force during processing or transfer.

[0015] As a further embodiment of the spring carrier, the positioning through hole is a rounded rectangle, and the length direction of the positioning through hole is parallel to the width direction of the mounting groove. This allows the carrier to be slightly adjusted along the length direction of the through hole after docking with the mounting fixture, avoiding any displacement of the light strip within the mounting groove during the adjustment process and ensuring that the light strip is always in a precise machining position.

[0016] As a further embodiment of the spring carrier, the spring assembly also includes a fixed block and a movable block;

[0017] The fixed groove has a sliding groove on its side wall that matches the moving block. The moving block can move in the sliding groove via an elastic element. One end of the fixed block is connected to the upper surface of the moving block, and the other end of the fixed block extends outward from the mounting groove. The extension of the fixed block moves synchronously with the moving block to clamp the light strip to be placed. The elastic force of the elastic element drives the fixed block to automatically move towards the light strip, eliminating the need for manual adjustment of the fixed block position. This simplifies the light strip clamping process, shortens the clamping time, and allows the fixed block to form a stable and flexible clamping force on the light strip through the continuous action of the elastic force. This prevents the light strip from loosening or shifting due to insufficient clamping force during handling and processing.

[0018] As a further embodiment of the spring carrier, the elastic element is a compression spring or a torsion spring, providing elastic force to the moving block.

[0019] As a further embodiment of the spring carrier, at least one weight-reducing hole is provided between adjacent holes on each of the mounting slots to effectively reduce the overall weight of the carrier, reduce the physical exertion of workers when moving the carrier, and facilitate the transfer of the carrier between various processing stations.

[0020] As a further embodiment of the spring carrier, the holes and slots on adjacent mounting slots are staggered to prevent the spring carrier from shifting along the X-axis or Y-axis due to equipment vibration, external force contact, or when the subsequent telescopic component drives the clamping plate to abut. It can also prevent the carrier from deflecting at an angle.

[0021] As a further embodiment of the spring carrier, the depth of the mounting groove is greater than or equal to the thickness of the light strip to be placed, which can prevent the light strip from being damaged on the surface or deformed on the pins due to external collisions or friction during handling, transfer or processing, especially when multiple carriers are stacked or transferred through automated conveyor lines.

[0022] In summary, compared with the prior art, this utility model has the following advantages and beneficial effects:

[0023] 1. This utility model uses an installation groove with a width matching the light strip and a depth greater than or equal to the thickness of the light strip to be opened on the top surface of the carrier body. This groove provides initial accommodation and lateral restraint for a single light strip. Combined with the elastic element in the spring assembly driving the moving block and the fixed block to flexibly clamp the light strip, a double fixing system is constructed. This prevents the light strip from shifting laterally, warping longitudinally, stacking, or deforming its leads during handling and processing, and significantly improves the processing quality and yield of the light strip.

[0024] 2. This utility model uses a rounded rectangular positioning through hole on the bottom wall of the fixing groove to precisely engage with the mounting fixture, which not only enables rapid alignment of the two, but also allows for fine adjustment of the fixture position along the length of the positioning through hole; at the same time, each mounting groove has at least two holes and slots evenly distributed along the length, providing multiple mounting bases for the fixing components, improving the stability of the docking between the fixture and the fixture, eliminating the need to replace the entire fixture due to product specification changes, and reducing equipment procurement and inventory costs;

[0025] 3. In this utility model, the mounting slots are evenly spaced and the holes and slots are regularly distributed, which makes it easy for workers or automated equipment to quickly and orderly place / remove the light strips without adjusting the spacing one by one; and the spring assembly driven by the elastic element realizes automatic clamping of the light strips without the need for manual adjustment of the fixing block, which greatly shortens the clamping time. Attached Figure Description

[0026] The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the embodiments of the present invention and form part of this application, do not constitute a limitation thereof. In the drawings:

[0027] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of this utility model;

[0028] Figure 2 This is a top view of the structure of this utility model;

[0029] Figure 3 for Figure 2 A schematic diagram of the structure marked A in the middle.

[0030] The attached diagram shows the markings and corresponding component names:

[0031] 1-Carrier body, 2-Mounting slot, 3-Fixing component, 31-Fixing slot, 32-Moving block, 33-Fixing block, 34-Positioning through hole, 35-Elastic element, 4-Weight reduction hole. Detailed Implementation

[0032] To make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of this utility model clearer, the present utility model will be further described in detail below with reference to the embodiments and accompanying drawings. The illustrative embodiments and descriptions of this utility model are only used to explain this utility model and are not intended to limit this utility model.

[0033] Example

[0034] This embodiment provides a spring carrier, such as Figures 1-3 As shown, the device includes a carrier body 1, and a number of mounting slots 2 are provided on the top surface of the carrier body 1. The mounting slots 2 are evenly spaced on the top surface of the carrier body 1, and the specific number can be set as needed. The regular arrangement makes it easy for staff to quickly and orderly place and retrieve the light strips.

[0035] Meanwhile, the width of each mounting groove 2 matches the width of the light strip to be placed, and the depth of each mounting groove 2 is greater than or equal to the thickness of the light strip to be placed. This prevents the light strip from being damaged on the surface or deformed on the pins due to external collisions or friction during handling, circulation, or processing. Several holes and slots are spaced apart on the bottom wall of each mounting groove 2. The number of holes and slots is at least two, and the holes and slots on adjacent mounting grooves 2 are staggered to avoid the spring carrier from shifting along the X-axis or Y-axis due to equipment vibration, external force contact, or the subsequent telescopic component driving the clamping plate to abut. Each hole and slot is provided with a corresponding fixing component 3, which can provide multiple mounting bases for the light strip. The holes and slots are evenly distributed along the length of the mounting groove 2, so that the fixing component 3 can be engaged with the mounting fixture from different positions along the length of the mounting groove 2.

[0036] Among them, such as Figure 3 As shown, one end of the fixing component 3 is engaged with the mounting fixture, and the other end of the fixing component 3 is engaged with the light strip to be placed via a spring assembly. Specifically, the fixing component 3 includes a fixing groove 31, which is formed on the bottom wall of the mounting groove 2. The bottom wall of the fixing groove 31 is provided with a rounded rectangular positioning through hole 34 that matches the mounting fixture. The length direction of the positioning through hole 34 is parallel to the width direction of the mounting groove 2, which allows the carrier to be slightly adjusted along the length direction of the through hole after docking with the mounting fixture, so as to avoid the light strip from shifting in the mounting groove during the adjustment process. A spring assembly is connected to the side wall of the fixing groove 31 along the length direction of the positioning through hole 34. The spring assembly is used to clamp the light strip from the side.

[0037] like Figure 3 As shown, the spring assembly includes a fixed block 33 and a movable block 32. One end of the fixed block 33 is welded and fixed to the upper surface of the movable block 32, and the other end extends outward to the side of the lamp strip from the mounting groove 2. The movable block 32 is a slider that slides in cooperation with the groove opened on the side wall of the fixed groove 31 and can move directionally along the groove. In some embodiments, the position of the fixed block 33 can be adjusted to adapt to lamp strips of different widths.

[0038] like Figure 3As shown, the fixing component also includes an elastic element 35. The elastic element 35 adopts a set of torsion springs or compression springs, but using torsion springs is simpler. One end of the torsion spring is set at the bottom of the fixing groove 31, and the other end of the torsion spring is connected to the moving block 32. The spring carrier serves as a temporary bearing structure for the light strip. Its mounting groove 2 forms an initial limit on the light strip. At the same time, the elastic element 35 drives the moving block 32 to move along the slide groove towards the mounting groove 2 through the pre-tightening force, which drives the horizontal edge of the fixing block 33 to move closer to the light strip synchronously, clamping the light strip from the side and preventing the light strip from shifting during processing or transportation.

[0039] In other embodiments, since the carrier body 1 is made of stainless steel, its overall weight is relatively heavy, effectively reducing the overall weight of the carrier and decreasing the physical exertion required for workers to handle it. Figure 1 As shown, at least one weight-reducing hole 4 is provided between adjacent holes on each mounting slot 2.

[0040] Workflow: The carrier body 1 is moved to the top of the mounting fixture, aligning the positioning through hole 34 on the bottom wall of the fixing groove 31 with the rectangular positioning post of the mounting fixture. The carrier is then placed downwards, and the positioning post is inserted into the positioning through hole, completing the precise docking of the carrier and the fixture. Workers or automated equipment place the individual light strips into the mounting groove 2 of the carrier body 1, with the bottom surface of the light strip against the bottom wall of the mounting groove 2 and the side surface against one side wall of the mounting groove 2, completing the initial positioning. In the spring assembly, the preload of the compression spring pushes the moving block 32 to slide along the groove of the fixing groove 31 towards the light strip. The moving block 32 drives the lateral side of the fixing block 33 to move synchronously until the fixing block 33 is in close contact with the other side of the light strip, forming a stable clamping. After docking, the carrier enters welding, inspection, and other processes. The double constraint of the mounting groove 2 and the spring assembly ensures that the light strip does not shift during processing. After the process is completed, the compression spring rebounds, causing the fixing block 33 to reset, and workers or equipment can then remove the light strip from the mounting groove 2, completing one work cycle.

[0041] The specific embodiments described above further illustrate the purpose, technical solution, and beneficial effects of this utility model. It should be understood that the above description is only a specific embodiment of this utility model and is not intended to limit the scope of protection of this utility model. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc., made within the spirit and principles of this utility model should be included within the scope of protection of this utility model.

Claims

1. A spring-loaded vehicle, characterized in that, Includes a vehicle body (1), the top surface of which is provided with a plurality of mounting slots (2), the width of each mounting slot (2) being matched with the width of the light strip to be placed; Among them, each of the mounting slots (2) has a number of holes and slots spaced apart on the bottom wall of the slot, and each of the holes and slots is provided with a fixing component (3). One end of the fixing component (3) is engaged with the mounting fixture, and the other end of the fixing component (3) is engaged with the light strip to be placed through a spring assembly. The fixing component includes a fixing groove (31); wherein the fixing groove (31) is formed on the bottom wall of the mounting groove (2), and the bottom wall of the fixing groove (31) is provided with a positioning through hole (34) matching the mounting fixture. The spring assembly further includes a fixed block (33) and a movable block (32); wherein, the side wall of the fixed groove (31) is provided with a sliding groove matching the movable block (32), and the movable block (32) can move in the sliding groove through an elastic element (35); one end of the fixed block (33) is connected to the upper surface of the movable block (32), and the other end of the fixed block (33) extends outward from the mounting groove (2), and the extension of the fixed block (33) moves synchronously with the movable block (32) to clamp the light strip to be placed.

2. A spring carrier according to claim 1, characterized in that, The mounting slots (2) are evenly spaced on the top surface of the vehicle body (1).

3. A spring carrier according to claim 1, characterized in that, The number of holes and slots opened on each of the mounting slots (2) is at least 2, and the holes and slots are evenly distributed along the length direction of the mounting slot (2).

4. A spring carrier according to claim 1, characterized in that, The positioning through hole (34) is a rounded rectangle, and the length direction of the positioning through hole (34) is parallel to the width direction of the mounting groove (2).

5. A spring carrier according to claim 1, characterized in that, The elastic element (35) is a compression spring or a torsion spring.

6. A spring carrier according to claim 1, characterized in that, At least one weight-reducing hole (4) is provided between adjacent holes on each of the mounting slots (2).

7. A spring carrier according to claim 1, characterized in that, The holes and slots on adjacent mounting slots (2) are staggered.

8. A spring carrier according to claim 1, characterized in that, The depth of the mounting groove (2) is greater than or equal to the thickness of the light strip to be placed.

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