Workpiece cleaning mechanism

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9718102-B2
Application number	US-201414451873-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 5, 2014
Priority date	Aug 6, 2013
Publication date	Aug 1, 2017
Grant date	Aug 1, 2017

Abstract

An air-sourced cleaning and deburring workpiece mechanism includes a fixed frame, a transfer assembly coupled to the fixed frame, and a cleaning assembly. The cleaning assembly includes a drive member, a slide member, and a first cleaning member. The drive member can drive the first cleaning member to move back and forth along a transfer direction of the transfer assembly, so that the first cleaning member can be applied to a workpiece.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A workpiece cleaning mechanism comprising:
a fixed frame;
a transfer assembly installed in the fixed frame and configured to transport a workpiece; and
a cleaning assembly comprising:
a cleaning drive member coupled to the fixed frame,
a fixing bracket coupled to the fixed frame and spaced from the cleaning drive member,
a first belt sleeved on the cleaning drive member and the fixing bracket, wherein a moving direction of the first belt is parallel to a transfer direction of the transfer assembly,
a slide member coupled to the first belt and movably installed on the fixed frame, and
a first cleaning member coupled to the slide member and located between the slide member and the transfer assembly,

wherein the cleaning drive member is configured to drive the first belt to translate in a direction parallel to the transfer direction, and thereby driving the first cleaning member to correspondingly translate in the direction parallel to the transfer direction.

2. The workpiece cleaning mechanism of claim 1 , wherein the cleaning assembly further comprises a second cleaning member coupled to the fixed frame and positioned adjacent to the transfer assembly, wherein the second cleaning member is configured to clean the workpiece from an angle different from a cleaning angle of the first cleaning member.

3. The workpiece cleaning mechanism of claim 2 , wherein the second cleaning member is a blowpipe and made from flexible materials.

4. The workpiece cleaning mechanism of claim 1 , wherein the transfer assembly comprises:
a first drive member coupled to the fixed frame,
at least two rotator members movably installed in the fixed frame, one of the at least two rotator member is coupled to the first drive member, and
at least two second belts, each of the at least two second belts is sleeved on the at least two rotator members.

5. The workpiece cleaning mechanism of claim 4 , wherein the workpiece cleaning mechanism further comprises:
a stopper assembly, the stopper assembly comprises:
a second drive member coupled to the fixed frame and adjacent to the second belts, and

a sensor coupled to an end portion of the second drive member, wherein the sensor is configured to detect when the workpiece touches the sensor.

6. The workpiece cleaning mechanism of claim 1 , wherein at least two tracks protrude from a side of the fixed frame adjacent to the transfer assembly, and the slide member is movably installed on the at least two tracks.

7. The workpiece cleaning mechanism of claim 6 , wherein the slide member comprises:
at least two slide blocks installed on the at least two tracks, a moving direction of the at least two slide blocks is parallel to the transfer direction of the transfer assembly, and
a connecting plate coupled to the at least two slide blocks.

8. The workpiece cleaning mechanism of claim 1 , wherein the fixed frame comprises:
a top plate, the slide member is movably installed on the top bottom,
a bottom plate opposite to the top plate, the transfer assembly is coupled to the bottom plate,
two side plates parallel to each other, and
two guide members installed on the two side plates and located between the two side plates.

9. The workpiece cleaning mechanism of claim 8 , wherein each guide member defines an inserting hole, the workpiece cleaning mechanism further comprises a positioning member coupled to a side plate, an end portion of the positioning member away from the side plate is movably received in the through hole.

10. The workpiece cleaning mechanism of claim 8 , wherein the fixed frame further comprises a support member installed on the bottom plate, the transfer assembly is coupled to the support member.

11. The workpiece cleaning mechanism of claim 1 , wherein the first cleaning member comprises a holding plate coupled to the slide member and an air knife coupled to a terminal of the holding plate, the air knife is configured to clean the workpiece.

12. The workpiece cleaning mechanism of claim 1 , wherein the workpiece cleaning mechanism further comprises a fixing member coupled to the slide member and the first belt.

Assignees

• Fu Ding Electronical Tech (Jiashan) Co Ltd
• Hon Hai Prec Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Duan Heng

Classifications

• B08B5/023 Primary

  Cleaning travelling work · CPC title

• B08B5/02

  Cleaning by the force of jets, e.g. blowing-out cavities {(airguns or nozzles per se B05B1/005)} · CPC title

• B65G47/26

  arranging the articles, e.g. varying spacing between individual articles · CPC title

• B65G13/02

  having driven rollers · CPC title