Needle clean device and sealant coater having the device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016236240-A1
Application number	US-201314384652-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 16, 2013
Priority date	Sep 10, 2013
Publication date	Aug 18, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present invention provides a needle clean device and a sealant coater having the device. The needle clean device comprises: two opposing guide tracks ( 52 ), two stand bars ( 56 ) respectively and slidably installed on the two guide tracks ( 52 ), two motors ( 54 ) respectively fixedly connected to the two stand bars ( 56 ) and two opposing catches ( 57 ) respectively located on the two stand bars ( 56 ), and dents ( 69 ) are respectively located at opposing side surfaces of the two catches ( 57 ), and the stand bars ( 56 ) can be driven by the motors ( 54 ) to move back and forth along the guide tracks ( 52 ) to drive the two catches ( 57 ) close to or depart from each other and to close the two dents ( 69 ) to form a hole or to open the two dents ( 69 ). According to the needle clean device located by the present invention, the catches are utilized to automatically scrape the sealant accumulated on the needle without manual clean. The work efficiency is raised and the production quality is promoted.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A needle clean device, comprising two opposing guide tracks, two stand bars respectively and slidably installed on the two guide tracks, two motors respectively fixedly connected to the two stand bars and two opposing catches respectively located on the two stand bars, and dents are respectively located at opposing side surfaces of the two catches, and the stand bars can be driven by the motors to move back and forth along the guide tracks to drive the two catches close to or depart from each other and to close the two dents to form a hole or to open the two dents, and a needle to be cleaned is moved between the two dents when the two dents are opened and next, the two catches are moved to close to each other by driven with the two motors until the needle to be cleaned is accommodated in the hole formed by the two dents, and then the needle to be cleaned is moved outward along a hole axis line, the catches scrape residual sealant on the needle to be cleaned during the process that the needle to be cleaned is moved outward to accomplish a cleaning action for the needle to be cleaned.

2 . The needle clean device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the catches comprises: a connecting part which one end is connected to the stand bar and a cleaning part which is connected to the other end of the connecting part, and each of the cleaning part comprises a bottom part and a top part connecting to the bottom part, and opposing side surfaces of the two bottom parts of the cleaning parts are cants, and the two dents are respectively located at the middle of the opposing side surfaces of the two top parts of the cleaning parts, and the two bottom parts of the two cleaning parts have wedge appearances, and the two dents appear as symmetric semicircles.

3 . The needle clean device according to claim 1 , wherein material of the two catches is no dust plastics and the aperture of the hole formed by the two closed dents is larger than a diameter of the needle to be cleaned.

4 . The needle clean device according to claim 1 , further comprising a container between the two guide tracks, and the container is employed to accept the residual sealant scraped down from the needle to be cleaned.

5 . A sealant coater having a needle clean device, comprising: a sealant coating device and the needle clean device located on the sealant coating device, and the sealant coating device comprises a coating assembly, and the coating assembly comprises a coating head, and the coating head comprises a syringe and a needle installed at one end of the syringe; the needle clean device comprises two opposing guide tracks, two stand bars respectively and slidably installed on the two guide tracks, two motors respectively fixedly connected to the two stand bars and two opposing catches respectively located on the two stand bars, and dents are respectively located at opposing side surfaces of the two catches, and the stand bars can be driven by the motors to move back and forth along the guide tracks to drive the two catches close to or depart from each other and to close the two dents to form a hole or to open the two dents, and a needle to be cleaned is moved between the two dents when the two dents are opened and next, the two catches are moved to close to each other by driven with the two motors until the needle to be cleaned is accommodated in the hole formed by the two dents, and then the needle to be cleaned is moved outward along a hole axis line, the catches scrape residual sealant on the needle to be cleaned during the process that the needle to be cleaned is moved outward to accomplish a cleaning action for the needle to be cleaned.

6 . The sealant coater having the needle clean device according to claim 5 , wherein the sealant coating device further comprises: a platform, and an outer frame located at periphery of the platform, and the coating assembly is installed on the outer frame, and the platform fixes a substrate by vacuum suction; the coating assembly comprises a portal frame installed on the outer frame and two coating head symmetrically installed on the portal frame; the guide tracks of the needle clean device are installed on the outer frame relative to the coating assembly, and the needle clean device further comprises a container between the two guide tracks, and the container is employed to accept the residual sealant scraped from the needle to be cleaned.

7 . The sealant coater having the needle clean device according to claim 6 , wherein the sealant coater having the needle clean device comprises two needle clean devices, and the two needle clean devices are symmetrically installed in middle positions of two opposing sides of the outer frame; the portal frame comprises two mounting supports and coating head installation parts connected to the two mounting supports, and lengths of the coating head installation part is larger than a distance between the two needle clean devices.

8 . The sealant coater having the needle clean device according to claim 6 , wherein each of the catches comprises: a connecting part which one end is connected to the stand bar and a cleaning part which is connected to the other end of the connecting part, and each of the cleaning part comprises a bottom part and a top part connecting to the bottom part, and opposing side surfaces of the two bottom parts of the cleaning parts are cants, and the two dents are respectively located at the middle of the opposing side surfaces of the two top parts of the cleaning parts, and the two bottom parts of the two cleaning parts have wedge appearances, and the two dents appear as symmetric semicircles.

9 . The sealant coater having the needle clean device according to claim 5 , wherein material of the two catches is no dust plastics and the aperture of the hole formed by the two closed dents is larger than a diameter of the needle to be cleaned.

10 . The sealant coater having the needle clean device according to claim 7 , wherein the two mounting supports of the portal frame at the two opposing sides of the outer frame respectively comprise a coating device guide track, and the portal frame is installed on the outer frame with the two coating device guide tracks, and the portal frame is moved back and forth on the coating device guide track along a first direction, and the two coating heads are moved back and forth on the portal frame along a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction, and the coating heads are moved up and down on the portal frame along a direction perpendicular to a plane constructed by the first direction and the second direction.

11 . A sealant coater having a needle clean device, comprising: a sealant coating device and the needle clean device located on the sealant coating device, and the sealant coating device comprises a coating assembly, and the coating assembly comprises a coating head, and the coating head comprises a syringe and a needle installed at one end of the syringe; the needle clean device comprises two opposing guide tracks, two stand bars respectively and slidably installed on the two guide tracks, two motors respectively fixedly connected to the two stand bars and two opposing catches respectively located on the two stand bars, and dents are respectively located at opposing side surfaces of the two catches, and the stand bars can be driven by the motors to move back and forth along the guide tracks to drive the two catches close to or depart from each other and to close the two dents to form a hole or to open the two dents, and a needle to be cleaned is moved between the two dents when the two dents are opened and next, the two catches are moved to close to each other by driven wit

Assignees

• Shenzhen China Star Optoelect

Inventors

• Yu Wei

Classifications

• B08B1/16

  Rigid blades, e.g. scrapers; Flexible blades, e.g. wipers · CPC title

• B08B1/02 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B08B1/005

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• C03C17/002

  for flat glass, e.g. float glass · CPC title

• B08B9/023

  Cleaning the external surfaces {(B08B9/021 takes precedence)} · CPC title