Wheel conveyance device or stations, wheel positioning and clamping system for a printing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10464308-B2
Application number	US-201715803167-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 3, 2017
Priority date	Jul 21, 2017
Publication date	Nov 5, 2019
Grant date	Nov 5, 2019

Abstract

Disclosed is a double-station printing device for printing a steel grade on rims, comprising a first station driving cylinder, a second station driving cylinder, a second moving platform, sensor supports, visual sensors, support frames, lifting cylinders, guide posts, lifting platforms, steel grade printers and the like. In the working process of the device, a wheel inlet roller bed continuously feeds wheels, and a first station and a second station alternatively receive the wheels, thereby avoiding long-time waiting of the wheels on the wheel inlet roller bed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A double-station printing device for printing a steel grade on rims, comprising a frame, slide ways, a first moving platform, guide rails, a left slide plate, a right slide plate, gear racks, clamping cylinders, servo motors, clamping rollers, working roller beds, a wheel inlet roller bed, a first wheel outlet roller bed, a second wheel outlet roller bed, a first station driving cylinder, a second station driving cylinder, a second moving platform, sensor supports, visual sensors, support frames, lifting cylinders, guide posts, lifting platforms and steel grade printers, characterized in that the two slide ways are respectively mounted on the left side and right side of the frame, slide rails are arranged at two ends of the second moving platform, and the slide rails are matched with the slide ways; the first station driving cylinder is mounted on the frame, and an output end of the first station driving cylinder is connected with the first moving platform and drives the first moving platform to move along the slide ways by the slide rails; when the output end of the first station driving cylinder is extended, the first moving platform is driven to be butt-jointed with the wheel inlet roller bed; and when the output end of the first station driving cylinder is retracted and reset, the first moving platform is driven to reset.

2. The double-station printing device for printing a steel grade on rims of claim 1 , wherein the second station is completely the same as the first station, and is also composed of a wheel positioning and clamping system and a steel grade printing system; slide rails are arranged at two ends of the second moving platform, and the slide rails are matched with the slide ways; the second station driving cylinder is mounted on the frame, and an output end of the second station driving cylinder is connected with the second moving platform and drives the second moving platform to move along the slide ways by the slide rails.

3. The double-station printing device for printing a steel grade on rims of claim 1 , wherein the wheel inlet roller bed continuously feeds wheels, and the first station and the second station alternately receive the wheels, so that a wheel positioning and clamping process and a steel grade printing process are completed within the same time via the double stations;
the working process of the device is as follows: in an initial state, the first station driving cylinder and the second station driving cylinder are retracted, and the first moving platform and the second moving platform are not butt-jointed with the wheel inlet roller bed; first, the first station driving cylinder is started to drive the first moving platform to be butt-jointed with the wheel inlet roller bed, and the wheel enters the working roller bed from the wheel inlet roller bed; then, the clamping cylinder is started to position and clamp the wheel; next, the first station driving cylinder is retracted to bring the clamped wheel to the first station; at the moment, the second station driving cylinder is started to drive the second moving platform to be butt-jointed with the wheel inlet roller bed, and the wheel enters the working roller bed from the wheel inlet roller bed; and then the wheel is positioned, clamped and brought to the second station; when platform butt joint and wheel positioning and clamping are performed on the second station and the second moving platform brings the wheel to the second station, operations of wheel rotation, finding of the valve hole, printing of the steel grade, loosening of the wheel and feeding to the first wheel outlet roller bed are completed; after the second moving platform brings the wheel to the second station, the first station driving cylinder is restarted to drive the first moving platform to be butt-jointed with the wheel inlet roller bed again, next wheel is positioned and clamped, and at the same time, operations of wheel rotation, finding of the valve hole, printing of the steel grade, loosening of the wheel and feeding to the second wheel outlet roller bed are completed; next, the second station driving cylinder is restarted to drive the second moving platform to be butt-jointed with the wheel inlet roller bed again, next wheel is positioned and clamped, and recycling like this.

Assignees

• Citic Dicastal Co Ltd

Inventors

• Liu Huiying
• Yao Dan
• Liu Lei

Classifications

• B41F17/006

  for printing on curved surfaces not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• B41F17/08 Primary

  for printing on filamentary or elongated articles, or on articles with cylindrical surfaces · CPC title

• B41K3/00 Primary

  Apparatus for stamping articles having integral means for supporting the articles to be stamped (means for printing on articles of special shape or having a surface of particular configuration B41F17/00) · CPC title

• B41K3/50

  for conveying during stamping operation · CPC title