WO2015172382A1 - Material fixing base and assembly apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

A material fixing base and an assembly apparatus. The material fixing base comprises: a base (201); a positioning groove (202) provided at the top of the base (201), where the inner circumferential surface of the positioning groove (202) and the outer circumferential surface of the insulating ring (401) are fittingly arranged; and, a positioning column (301) fixedly arranged within the base (201), where one extremity of the of the positioning column (301) runs through the positioning groove (202) to penetrate the base (201), and the positioning groove (202) and the positioning column (301) are coaxially arranged. The material fixing base allows the insulating ring (401) to be sleeved onto the positioning column (301) and accommodated within the positioning groove (202), thus preventing the insulating ring (401) from shifting in position and thereby affecting the accuracy when assembling an electronic cigarette electrode connector, and, the hollow part of the insulating ring (401) and the positioning column (301) are in an interference fit, thus allowing highly efficient and convenient separation of the insulating ring (401) from the material fixing base, increasing assembly efficiency, and preventing the insulating ring (401) from being damaged when assembling the insulating ring (401).

Description

 Material fixing seat and assembly equipment

 The present invention relates to the field of electronic cigarette technology, and more particularly to a material holder and an assembly device for automatically assembling an electronic cigarette electrode connector.

Background technique

 Referring to FIG. 1, the prior art electronic cigarette includes: an atomizer 110 for atomizing the smoke oil to form a smoke for the user to smoke, and a battery rod assembly 120 for supplying power to the atomizer 110, The atomizer 110 has an atomizer electrode connector, the atomizer electrode connector is provided with an atomizer electrode, the battery rod assembly has a battery rod electrode connector, and the battery rod electrode connector is provided with a battery rod electrode, wherein the atomizer electrode connector is connected to the battery rod electrode connector to electrically connect the atomizer electrode and the battery rod electrode, that is, the atomizer 110 and the The battery rod assembly 120 is respectively connected to the atomizer electrode connector as the electronic cigarette electrode connector and the battery rod electrode connector to realize mechanical connection and electrical connection therebetween.

 The atomizer electrode connector includes an outer electrode 111, an inner electrode 112 interposed in the outer electrode 111, and an insulating ring 113 between the outer electrode 111 and the inner electrode 112. The battery rod electrode connector includes an outer electrode 121, an inner electrode 122 interposed in the outer electrode 121, and an insulating ring 123 between the outer electrode 121 and the inner electrode 122.

 In the prior art, the electronic cigarette electrode connector is generally assembled by manually assembling it on an assembly line, and the assembly line of the entire electronic cigarette electrode connector needs to be completed by about three to four workers.

 The existing manual assembly technology works relatively slowly, the assembly efficiency is low, too much manpower is wasted, the production cost of the factory is consumed, and there is a certain risk to the hygiene of the finished product. And if the electronic cigarette electrode connector is contaminated, it will affect the normal power supply of the battery rod assembly 120 to the atomizer 110. Moreover, the existing assembly precision is low, and it is easy to cause material damage during the assembly process, thereby wasting materials and high production cost. Moreover, the assembled materials of the electronic cigarette electrode connector are relatively loose between materials, thereby affecting the service life and user experience of the electronic cigarette.

Summary of the invention

The invention provides a material fixing seat and an assembly device for automatically assembling an electronic cigarette electrode connector. A material fixing base for assembling an electronic cigarette electrode connector, wherein the electronic cigarette electrode connector comprises an outer electrode, an insulating ring and an inner electrode which are sequentially nested and connected to each other from the outside to the inner, wherein the material fixing seat comprises :

 Base

 The top end of the base is provided with a positioning groove for accommodating and positioning the insulating ring, and the inner circumferential surface of the positioning groove is matched with the outer circumferential surface of the insulating ring;

 A positioning post is fixedly disposed on the base, and one end of the positioning post passes through the positioning slot to pass through the base, and the positioning slot is coaxially disposed with the positioning post, and the positioning post is away from the base The end surface of the one end end is higher than the horizontal plane where the positioning groove is located; the diameter of the positioning post 'J, the diameter of the hollow portion of the insulating ring, so that the insulating ring sleeved on the positioning post Interspersed with the positioning post and received in the positioning groove.

 The material fixing seat, wherein a width of the opening of the positioning groove is greater than a width of a bottom of the positioning groove.

 The material fixing seat, wherein the opening of the positioning groove and the bottom of the positioning groove have a smooth rounded transition shape, so that the inner wall of the positioning groove has a smooth circular arc shape.

 The material fixing seat, wherein the opening of the positioning groove and the bottom of the positioning groove have a smooth oblique line shape, so that the inner wall of the positioning groove has a smooth bevel shape.

 The material fixing base, wherein the positioning column has a slope structure away from an outer peripheral surface of one end of the base.

 The material fixing base, wherein one end of the positioning post located inside the base is fixedly connected to the base by a headless screw.

 An assembly device for assembling an electronic cigarette electrode connector, comprising:

 Controller

 Assembly platform

 A material holder according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the material holder is disposed on the assembly platform;

 Electrically connecting with the controller is provided with an insulating ring picking arm for picking up the insulating ring and placing the insulating ring on the material fixing seat;

Electrically coupled to the controller for providing an outer electrode for gripping the outer electrode and the outer electrode a first grabbing arm on the insulating ring to make the outer electrode hollow portion and the outer circumferential surface of the insulating ring have an interference fit;

 Electrically connecting with the controller is provided with a pressing arm for pressing to fix the outer electrode on the material fixing base and the insulating ring;

 Electrically connecting with the controller is provided with a third grabbing arm for lifting the outer electrode and the insulating ring which are fixed on the material fixing base and fixed to each other;

 Electrically connecting with the controller is provided with a second grabbing arm for grasping the inner electrode and placing the inner electrode on the material fixing seat, and the third grabbing arm is also used for relatively fixed The outer electrode and the insulating ring are sleeved on the inner electrode to form the electronic cigarette electrode connector.

 The assembly device, wherein

 The assembly platform is a conveyor belt, the material fixing seats are sequentially arranged on the conveyor belt; and the insulating ring picking arm, the first grabbing arm, the pressing arm, the third gripping Taking the arm and the second grasping arm are sequentially disposed along the flow direction of the conveyor belt;

 Or,

 The assembly platform is a rotatable turntable, the material fixing seat is disposed around the turntable; and the insulating ring picks up the arm, the first grabbing arm, the pressing arm, and the third grasping The arm and the second grab arm are sequentially disposed along the rotation direction of the dial.

 The assembly device, wherein the top of the insulating ring picking arm is provided with a resisting sleeve and a thimble that is movably connected to the resisting sleeve and is made of an elastic material, and the diameter of the thimble is larger than the insulating The diameter of the hollow portion of the ring is such that the thimble is pressed into the hollow portion of the insulating ring when the insulating ring picking arm picks up the insulating ring, so that the thimble is interference fit with the hollow portion of the insulating ring;

 Provided inside the resisting sleeve, respectively, being provided with an elastic mechanism connected to the resisting sleeve and the thimble; so that the thimble abuts when the positioning post is away from the top surface of one end of the base, so that The thimble moves toward the elastic mechanism until the thimble is disengaged from the insulating ring.

 The assembly device, wherein the insulating ring picking arm further comprises:

 a first driving device electrically connected to the controller, such that the controller controls the insulating ring picking arm to move up and down in an axial direction of the insulating ring through the first driving device;

a second driving device electrically connected to the controller to cause the controller to control the insulating ring picking arm to move in an axial direction perpendicular to the insulating ring by the second driving device. The assembly device, wherein the ends of the first grabbing arm and the second grabbing arm are provided with at least two mutually cooperating gripping arms;

 A clamping drive mechanism is respectively connected to the plurality of the clamping sub-arms, and the clamping driving mechanism is connected to the controller, so that the clamping driving mechanism is controlled under the control of the controller. The gripping sub-arms move correspondingly to each other or move away from each other such that the gripping sub-arms that are facing away from each other grasp the e-cigarette electrode.

 The assembly device, wherein the grasping arm further comprises:

 a third driving device electrically connected to the controller, so that the controller controls the grasping arm to move up and down along an axial direction of the hollow portion of the electronic cigarette electrode through the third driving device;

 a fourth driving device electrically connected to the controller to cause the controller to control the grasping arm to move in an axial direction perpendicular to the hollow portion of the electronic cigarette electrode by the fourth driving device.

 The present invention provides a material fixing base and an assembly device, the material fixing base includes: a base; the top end of the base is provided with a positioning groove, and the inner circumferential surface of the positioning groove is matched with the outer circumferential surface of the insulating ring; A positioning post is fixedly disposed inside the base, and one end of the positioning post passes through the positioning slot to pass through the base, and the positioning slot is disposed coaxially with the positioning post. The material fixing seat provided by the invention enables the insulating ring to be sleeved on the positioning post and received in the positioning groove to prevent the insulation ring from being displaced, thereby affecting the assembly of the electronic cigarette The precision of the electrode connector, and the hollow portion of the insulating ring is gap-fitted with the positioning post, so that the insulating ring can be detached from the material fixing seat efficiently and conveniently, thereby improving assembly efficiency and avoiding assembling the insulating ring. Damage to the insulating ring is caused. DRAWINGS

 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the overall structure of an electronic cigarette in the prior art;

 2 is a schematic view of a preferred embodiment of a material holder according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a preferred embodiment of the material holder provided in the embodiment;

 Figure 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing another preferred embodiment of the material holder having the insulating ring provided in the embodiment;

FIG. 5 is another preferred embodiment of the material holder provided with the insulating ring provided in the embodiment. Schematic diagram of the overall sectional structure of the example;

 Figure 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing another preferred embodiment of the material holder to which the insulating ring is provided, which is provided in the embodiment;

 FIG. 7 is a schematic overall structural view of a preferred embodiment of an assembly apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

 FIG. 8 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a preferred embodiment of the material fixing base provided with an insulating ring and an outer electrode according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

 FIG. 9 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a preferred embodiment of the material fixing base of the electronic cigarette electrode connector provided with the electronic cigarette electrode connector according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

 FIG. 10 is a schematic top plan view of a preferred embodiment of an insulating ring assembly apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

 11 is a side elevational view showing a structure of a preferred embodiment of an insulating ring pick-up arm according to an embodiment of the present invention;

 FIG. 12 is a side elevational view showing a preferred embodiment of an external electrode assembly device according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

 FIG. 13 is a schematic side view showing a preferred embodiment of a first grasping arm according to an embodiment of the present invention. detailed description

 The first embodiment of the present invention provides a detailed description of the specific structure of the material fixing base. The material fixing base provided in this embodiment is used for assembling an electronic cigarette electrode connector, wherein the electronic cigarette electrode connector includes an external component. The outer electrode, the insulating ring, and the inner electrode are sequentially nested inside each other.

 First, as shown in FIG. 2, FIG. 2 is a schematic overall structural view of a preferred embodiment of the material fixing base provided in the embodiment;

 The material holder includes:

 Base 201 ;

 The top of the base 201 is provided with a positioning slot 202 for receiving and positioning the insulating ring;

 The specific structure of the positioning slot 202 can also be seen in FIG.

The positioning groove 202 shown in this embodiment is used for placing an insulating ring when assembling the electronic cigarette electrode connector. The specific structure of the material holder on which the insulating ring is placed is shown in Fig. 4.

 As shown in FIG. 2, FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the inner circumferential surface of the positioning groove 202 is matched with the outer circumferential surface of the insulating ring 401, so that the insulating ring 401 is placed in the positioning groove 202.

 The insulating ring located in the positioning groove 202 cannot be displaced when the electronic cigarette electrode connector is automatically assembled. Otherwise, the automatic assembly cannot be accurately and efficiently performed. In this embodiment, the insulating ring is prevented. When the positional deviation occurs, the positioning post 301 is fixedly disposed inside the base. And one end of the positioning post 301 passes through the positioning slot 202 to pass through the base 201.

 The positioning groove 202 is disposed coaxially with the positioning post 301 so that the insulating ring disposed inside the positioning groove 202 is more stable and does not shake.

 Further, in order to facilitate the detachment of the insulating ring from the material fixing seat, in order to remove the insulating ring, the positioning post 301 is further away from the end surface of the base 201, as shown in FIG. 2, FIG. 3 and FIG. The horizontal plane is higher than the horizontal plane where the positioning slot 202 is located, and the diameter of the positioning post 301 is smaller than the diameter of the hollow portion of the insulating ring 401.

 The diameter of the positioning post 301 is smaller than the diameter of the hollow portion of the insulating ring 401, that is, the gap between the positioning post 301 and the hollow portion of the insulating ring 401, thereby effectively preventing the hollow portion and the positioning of the insulating ring 401. When the post 301 is too tight, the insulating ring 401 is taken out, and the assembly is too tight to be taken out.

 The insulating ring 401 can be sleeved on the positioning post 301 and accommodated in the positioning slot 202 to prevent the insulation ring 401 from being displaced by the material fixing seat provided by the embodiment. Therefore, the accuracy of assembling the electronic cigarette electrode connector is affected, and the hollow portion of the insulating ring 401 is gap-fitted with the positioning post 301, so that the insulating ring 401 can be detached from the material fixing seat efficiently and conveniently, thereby improving assembly efficiency. It is avoided that the insulating ring 401 is damaged when the insulating ring 401 is assembled.

 Embodiment 2, the structure of the material fixing base is further described in detail in this embodiment: In order to fix the insulating ring 401 more stably, as shown in FIG. 3, the width of the opening of the positioning groove 202 is larger than the The width of the bottom of the positioning slot 202. The positioning groove 202 can be well matched to the outer circumferential surface of the insulating ring 401 to prevent the insulation ring 401 accommodated in the positioning groove 202 from being displaced.

In order to facilitate the placement of the insulating ring 401 in the positioning slot 202, the positioning slot 202 a connection between the opening and the bottom of the positioning groove 202 is a smooth rounded transition shape, so that the positioning groove

The inner wall of 202 has a smooth circular arc shape.

 Since the inner wall of the positioning groove 202 has a smooth circular arc shape, the insulating ring 401 is conveniently inserted into the positioning groove 202 via the positioning post 301, and the smooth inner wall can avoid scratching the insulating ring 401. Further, since the friction between the outer circumferential surface of the insulating ring and the inner wall of the positioning circular groove 202 having a smooth circular arc shape is small, the insulating ring 401 is easily taken out.

 Of course, in this embodiment, the specific structure of the inner wall of the positioning groove 202 is not limited, as long as the insulating ring 401 is conveniently inserted and the insulating ring 401 is easily taken out, for example, as shown in FIG. 5;

 As shown in FIG. 5, the opening of the positioning groove 202 has a smooth oblique line transition shape with the bottom of the positioning groove 202, and the inner wall of the positioning groove 202 has a smooth bevel shape.

 The advantage of providing the inner wall of the positioning groove 202 as a smooth bevel shape is that the bevel shape processing is simpler, does not require complicated manufacturing processes, and is convenient for mass production.

 It can be seen from the above that the insulating ring 401 is introduced through the positioning post 301 and is inserted into the positioning slot 202. To facilitate the introduction of the insulating ring 401, as shown in FIG. 6, the positioning post 301 is as shown in FIG. The outer peripheral surface away from the end of the base 201 has a slope structure.

 As shown in FIG. 6, the positioning post 301 comprises two parts, the first part is an end portion having a slope structure, and the second part is a linear structure for facilitating the introduction of the insulating ring 401 and facilitating the positioning of the insulating ring 401 and the positioning. When the post 301 is disengaged, the first portion of the positioning post 301 and the second portion have a smooth transition.

 As shown in any of FIG. 3 to FIG. 6, one end of the positioning post 301 located inside the base 201 is fixedly connected to the base 201 via a headless screw 601.

 In this embodiment, the capless screw 601 is used to fix the positioning post 301 and the base 201, so that the positioning post 301 is more stable, avoiding shaking and transmitting positional deviation, and The overall structure of the material holder is more beautiful.

 Embodiment 3 This embodiment provides an assembly apparatus for assembling an electronic cigarette electrode connector. The specific structure of the assembly apparatus is shown in FIG.

 The assembly device includes the material holder 701 of the first embodiment to the second embodiment. The specific structure of the material holder is not mentioned in this embodiment.

Specifically, the electronic cigarette electrode connector includes an atomizer electrode connector and a battery rod electrode connection a head, that is, a material required for separately assembling the battery rod electrode connector and the atomizer electrode connector, an outer electrode, an inner electrode for inserting into the outer electrode, and for interposing in the An insulating ring between the outer electrode and the inner electrode;

 The assembly apparatus includes a controller and an assembly platform for placing the material holder 701; the assembly apparatus further includes:

 Electrically connecting with the controller is provided with an insulating ring picking arm 211 for picking up the insulating ring and placing the insulating ring on the material fixing base 701;

 That is, the insulating ring picking arm 211 picks up the insulating ring, and places the insulating ring in the positioning groove 202 of the material fixing base 701. The insulating ring is located at a specific position of the material fixing base 701. The first embodiment to the second embodiment are not described in the embodiment.

 Electrically connecting with the controller, a first portion for gripping the outer electrode and sleeved the outer electrode on the insulating ring to make the outer electrode hollow portion and the outer circumferential surface of the insulating ring have an interference fit Grab the arm 212;

 That is, the first grasping arm 212 sleeves the outer electrode that has been grasped on the insulating ring, and the specific structure of the material fixing base 701 provided with the insulating ring 401 and the outer electrode 703 is shown in FIG. 8 . Shown.

 Electrically connected to the controller is provided with a pressing arm 801 for pressing to fix the outer electrode on the material fixing base 701 and the insulating ring relatively fixed;

 That is, the pressing arm 801 presses the insulating ring 401 and the outer electrode 703 on the material holder 701 to relatively fix the insulating ring 401 and the outer electrode 703.

 Specifically, the pressing arm 801 may include a pressing rod for pressing the material, and the pressing rod is connected with a pressing cylinder, and the pressing cylinder is electrically connected to the controller to make the control Controlling the pressure bar to move in a direction toward the material holder 701 by the compression cylinder, or in a direction away from the material holder 701, and to be along the direction toward the material holder 701 The pressing rod presses the insulating ring 401 and the outer electrode 703 on the material fixing base 701 such that the insulating ring 401 and the outer electrode 703 are relatively fixed.

 Electrically connected to the controller is provided with a third grasping arm 803 for lifting the outer electrode 703 and the insulating ring 401 which are fixed on the material fixing base 701 and fixed to each other;

As shown in FIG. 7 , the sliding rail 808 is disposed in the third grasping arm 803, that is, The third grasping arm 803 is free to move along the guiding of the sliding rail 808, wherein the guiding of the sliding rail 808 is a linear direction.

 The third grab arm 803 extracts the outer electrode 703 and the insulating ring 401 and moves along the slide rail 808 to a preset position;

 Electrically connected to the controller is provided with a second grabbing arm 213 for grasping the inner electrode and placing the inner electrode on the material holder;

 The third grasping arm is further configured to sleeve the relatively fixed outer electrode 703 and the insulating ring 401 on the inner electrode 704 to form the electronic cigarette electrode connector. The structure of the material holder provided with the e-cigarette electrode connector can be as shown in FIG.

 The assembly device provided by the embodiment can realize automatic assembly of the electronic cigarette electrode connector, greatly reducing manual input, and being safe in assembly process without contamination, thereby ensuring stability of the electronic cigarette electrode connector and performance.

 Embodiment 4 This embodiment describes in detail the specific structure of the assembly device:

 As shown in FIG. 7, the assembly platform is a rotatable turntable 702, and the material fixing base 701 is disposed on the turntable 702; and the insulating ring picks up the arm 211, the first grabbing arm 212, The pressing arm 801, the third grasping arm 803, and the second grasping arm 213 are sequentially disposed along the rotation direction of the turntable 702.

 Of course, the assembly platform may also be a conveyor belt, the material fixing seats are sequentially arranged on the conveyor belt; and the insulating ring picks up the arm, the first grabbing arm, the pressing arm, and the The third grasping arm and the second grasping arm are sequentially disposed along the flow direction of the conveyor belt, and the specific arrangement manner of the assembly platform is not limited in this embodiment.

 This embodiment preferably uses the assembly platform as the turntable 702 as an example:

 Specifically, the assembly apparatus provided in this embodiment includes three devices, namely, an insulating ring assembly device, an external electrode assembly device, and an internal electrode assembly device;

 The insulating ring assembling device is configured to automatically assemble the insulating ring to the material fixing base 701, and the outer electrode assembling device is configured to automatically assemble the outer electrode to the material fixing base 701, An inner electrode assembly device is used to automatically assemble the inner electrode to the material holder 701.

The insulating ring assembly device will be described in detail in conjunction with FIG. 7 and FIG. 10: The insulating ring assembly device specifically includes:

 An insulating ring material vibrating plate 221 for placing the insulating ring;

 Connecting the insulating ring material vibrating plate 221 is provided with a vibration driving device for driving the insulating ring material vibrating plate 221 to vibrate by the vibration driving device to transport the insulating ring;

 An insulating ring material guide 231 disposed in cooperation with the insulating ring material vibrating plate 221;

 The insulating ring material vibrating plate 221 is used for vibrating and conveying the insulating ring to move the insulating ring to the insulating ring material guide 231 in a preset state;

 The preset state is a state in which an axis of each hollow portion of the insulating ring is perpendicular to a plane of the vibration ring of the insulating ring material;

 The insulating ring material guide 231 is disposed on the vibrating feeding device to transport the insulating ring material rail 231 to the insulating ring;

 The insulating ring material guide rail 231 is vibrated under the control of the vibrating feeding device to smoothly convey the insulating ring on the insulating ring material guide 231 to avoid collision between the insulating rings and reduce unnecessary loss.

 In this embodiment, the insulating ring material guide rail 231 is disposed between the insulating ring material vibrating plate 221 and the mounting platform for placing the material fixing base 701, that is, the insulating ring material guide rail 231 is used for The insulating ring sent out by the insulating ring material vibrating plate 221 continues to be transported in the direction of the assembly platform.

 a material sensing area is disposed at an end of the insulating ring material guide 231 adjacent to the assembly platform; and the material sensing area is provided with an inductor, and if the sensor senses an insulating ring located in the material sensing area, Then a trigger signal can be generated correspondingly.

 The specific structure of the insulating ring picking arm 211 for picking up the insulating ring is shown in FIG. 9;

 As shown in FIG. 11, the end of the insulating ring picking arm 211 is provided with a resisting sleeve 901 and a thimble 902 which is movably connected to the resisting sleeve 901 and is made of an elastic material.

 In order for the insulating ring pick-up arm 211 to pick up the insulating ring and avoid deformation of the insulating ring during picking up, the diameter of the thimble 902 is larger than the diameter of the hollow portion of the insulating ring.

The inside of the 4 holding sleeve 901 is disposed, and an elastic mechanism is disposed respectively connected to the 4 holding sleeve 901 and the ejector pin 902. When the insulating ring picking arm 211 abuts the ejector pin 902 against the material fixing seat 701 for placing the insulating ring, the ejector pin 902 gives the elastic mechanism a force away from the material fixing base 701. Retracting the resilient mechanism, thereby causing the thimble 902 to move toward the resilient mechanism until the thimble 902 is disengaged from the insulating ring.

 In this embodiment, the elastic mechanism is a spring. Of course, the elastic mechanism can be used in other manners as long as it can be retracted when the force is applied. The specific arrangement is not limited in this embodiment.

 The arm 211 is picked up by the insulating ring provided by the embodiment, so that when the insulating ring is automatically picked up, the insulating ring picking arm 211 controls the thimble 902 to be pressed into the hollow portion of the insulating ring, because the thimble The diameter of the 902 is greater than the diameter of the hollow portion of the insulating ring, and the thimble 902 is interference fit with the hollow portion of the insulating ring. Since the ejector pin 902 has an interference fit with the hollow portion of the insulating ring 301, a certain external pressure of expansion is generated to relatively fix the insulating ring 301 and the ejector pin 902.

 In the present embodiment, the insulating ring picking arm 211 places the picked-up insulating ring 301 onto the material holder 701 to complete the automatic assembly of the insulating ring.

 The specific structure of the material holder 701 in which the insulating ring is placed is shown in the first embodiment to the second embodiment, and will not be described in detail in this embodiment.

 The following describes how to move the insulating ring picking arm 211 as shown in FIG. 11: a fixed fixing connection with the resisting sleeve 901 is provided with a first fixing plate 903;

 a first driving device 904 is movably connected to the first fixing plate 903;

 In this embodiment, the first driving device 904 is preferably a sliding cylinder.

 In order to prevent the first driving device 904 from moving up and down, the first driving device 904 is disposed on a side of the first fixing plate 903 with a first guiding rail 905; The guide of a guide rail 905 is parallel to the axial direction of the hollow portion of the insulating ring.

 A first sliding block is disposed on a side of the first fixing plate 903 adjacent to the first driving device 904, and the first sliding block is slidably disposed on the first guiding rail 905.

 That is, the first slider can slide in the direction of the first rail 905, and then the abutting sleeve

The 901 slides in the direction of the first rail 905.

The controller is electrically connected to the first driving device 904, so that the controller controls the first push rod of the first driving device 904 to push the first fixing plate 903 to make the first a slider slides on the first rail 905 such that the resisting sleeve 901 is along the axial direction of the insulating ring Move down.

 The ejector pin 902 connected to the resisting sleeve 901 can be pressed into the hollow portion of the insulating ring to pick up the insulating ring, because the resisting sleeve 901 can be moved in the axial direction toward the insulating ring; Because the resisting sleeve 901 can be moved away from the axial direction of the insulating ring, the resisting sleeve 901 can be placed on the material fixing base 701 to be connected to the insulating ring. Disengaged to complete the automatic assembly of the insulating ring.

 The following describes how the 4's sleeve 901 moves in the direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the insulating ring. The first driving device 904 is fixedly connected to the side of the first fixing plate 903 and is fixedly connected with a second fixing plate 906;

 The second fixing plate 906 is movably connected to the second fixing plate 906, and the guiding of the second guiding rail 907 is perpendicular to the axial direction of the hollow portion of the insulating ring;

 A second slider is disposed on a side of the second fixing plate 906 away from the first driving device 904, and the second slider is slidably disposed on the second rail 907.

 That is, the second slider is slidable on the second rail 907 and along the guide of the second rail 907, so that the resisting sleeve 901 can move in the axial direction perpendicular to the insulating ring.

 A second driving device 908 is disposed in connection with the second rail 907.

 In the present embodiment, the second driving device 908 is a sliding cylinder.

 The second driving device 908 is electrically connected to the controller to cause the controller to control the second push rod 909 of the second driving device 908 to push the second fixing plate 906 to make the second The slider slides on the second rail 907 such that the resisting sleeve 901 moves in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the insulating ring.

 The insulating ring picking arm 211 can be caused to move the resisting sleeve 901 in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the insulating ring and to move the 4's holding sleeve 901 up and down in the axial direction of the insulating ring. In turn, the insulating ring pick-up arm 211 can automatically pick up the insulating ring, and place the picked-up insulating ring on the material fixing base 701 to realize automatic assembly of the insulating ring.

The specific structure of the external electrode assembly device and the internal electrode assembly device shown in this embodiment is the same. The structure of the external electrode assembly device in this embodiment is described in detail. For the specific structure of the internal electrode assembly device, please refer to the external electrode assembly device. Structure, details are not repeated here; The structure of the outer electrode assembly device will be described in detail below with reference to FIG. 12; the outer electrode assembly device includes an outer electrode material vibrating plate 222 for placing the outer electrode; and the outer electrode material vibrating plate vibrating To deliver the outer electrode;

 An outer electrode material guide 232 disposed in cooperation with the outer electrode material vibrating plate 222;

 The outer electrode material guide rail 232 is disposed on the vibrating feeding device to allow the outer electrode material rail 232 to transport the outer electrode;

 a first grabbing arm 212 for grasping the outer electrode;

 In this embodiment, the first grabbing arm 212 can grab the outer electrode of the first material sensing area on the outer electrode material guide 232, and place the outer electrode on the turntable 702, and close to The material fixing seat 701 of the first material sensing area.

 The specific structure of the first grabbing arm 212 from which the outer electrode can be extracted is further described in detail below:

 As shown in FIG. 13, the top end of the first grabbing arm 212 is extended to form at least two mutually cooperating gripping arms 2121;

 Wherein, the two gripping sub-arms 2121 are matched with each other, that is, correspondingly disposed at the end of the first gripping arm.

 Each of the plurality of gripping sub-arms 2121 is connected to a gripping drive mechanism 2122;

 The gripping drive mechanism 2122 is connected to the controller, so that the gripping drive mechanism 2122 controls a plurality of the gripping sub-arms 2121 to move or deviate from each other under the control of the controller;

 When the first grasping arm automatically grasps the outer electrode, the controller controls the clamping sub-arm 2121 to be inserted into the hollow portion of the outer electrode through the first grasping arm, so that the The clamping sub-arm 2121 is in clearance fit with the hollow portion of the outer electrode;

 The controller controls a plurality of the clamping sub-arms 2121 to move away from each other, so that the plurality of the clamping sub-arms 2121 and the outer electrode hollow portion abut each other, so that the clamping sub-arms 2121 and The outer electrode is relatively fixed to grasp the outer electrode.

The first grasping arm provided by the embodiment enables the controller to grasp the outer side of the gripping arm 2121 by the first grasping arm when the outer electrode is automatically assembled. An electrode, and during the grasping process, does not contaminate the outer electrode, and the controller controls the clipper The arm 2121 is such that the gripping force is controllable to prevent damage to the outer electrode.

 The following describes how the first grab arm moves:

 When the first grabbing arm grabs the electrode and the first grabbing arm places the electrode onto the material holder 701, the gripping arm 2121 is required to be along The electrode moves up and down in the axial direction.

 Specifically, as shown in FIG. 13, a third fixing plate 2123 is fixedly connected to the clamping drive mechanism 2122;

 a third driving device 2124 is movably connected to the third fixing plate 2123;

 In this embodiment, the third driving device 2124 is preferably a sliding cylinder.

 In order to cause the third driving device 2124 to control the clamping sub-arm 2121 to move up and down, the third driving device 2124 is disposed on a side of the third fixing plate 2123 with a third guiding rail 2125; The guiding of the three guide rails 2125 is parallel to the axial direction of the hollow portion of the outer electrode.

 A third slider is disposed on a side of the third fixing plate 2123 adjacent to the third driving device 2124, and the third slider is slidably disposed on the third rail 2125.

 That is, the third slider is slidable in the direction of the third rail 2125, which in turn causes the gripper arm 2121 to slide in the direction of the third rail 2125.

 Electrically connecting with the third driving device 2124 is provided with a controller, so that the controller controls the third push rod of the third driving device 2124 to push the third fixing plate 2123 to make the third sliding The block slides on the third rail 2125 such that the gripper arm 2121 moves up and down in the axial direction of the outer electrode.

 Because the clamping sub-arm 2121 is movable in the axial direction toward the hollow portion of the outer electrode, the clamping sub-arm 2121 can be inserted into the hollow portion of the outer electrode to grasp the outer electrode. Because the clamping sub-arm 2121 can be moved away from the outer electrode, the clamping sub-arm 2121 can be placed on the material fixing base 701 to be externally The electrodes are detached to complete the automated assembly of the outer electrodes.

 How the gripping sub-arm 2121 moves in the direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the hollow portion of the outer electrode will be described below.

The third driving device 2124 is fixedly connected to the side of the third fixing plate 2123 fixedly connected with a fourth fixing plate 2126; A fourth guide rail 2127 is disposed in the movable connection with the fourth fixing plate 2126, and the guiding of the fourth guiding rail 2127 is perpendicular to the axial direction of the hollow portion of the outer electrode;

 A fourth sliding block is disposed on a side of the fourth fixing plate 2126 away from the third driving device 2124, and the fourth sliding block is slidably disposed on the fourth guiding rail 2127.

 That is, the fourth slider is slidable on the fourth rail 2127 and along the guide of the fourth rail 2127, so that the clamping sub-arm 2121 can move in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the outer electrode. .

 A fourth driving device 2128 is provided in connection with the fourth rail 2127.

 In the present embodiment, the fourth driving device 2128 is a sliding cylinder.

 The fourth driving device 2128 is electrically connected to the controller, so that the controller controls the fourth push rod 2129 of the fourth driving device 2128 to push the fourth fixing plate 2126 to make the fourth The slider slides on the fourth rail 2127 such that the gripper arm 2121 moves in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the outer electrode.

 By the embodiment, the clamping sub-arm 2121 is moved in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the hollow portion of the outer electrode and the clamping sub-arm 2121 is moved up and down along the axial direction of the hollow portion of the outer electrode, thereby The first grabbing arm can automatically grasp the outer electrode, and the grasped outer electrode is placed on the material fixing base 701 to realize automatic assembly of the outer electrode.

 In this embodiment, the inner electrode assembly device includes:

 The inner electrode material vibrating plate 223 for placing the inner electrode is as shown in FIG. 7, and the specific structure of the inner electrode material vibrating plate 223 and the insulating ring material vibrating plate 221 and the outer electrode material vibrating plate are shown in FIG. The structure of 222 is the same, and will not be described in detail in this embodiment.

 The inner electrode material guide rail 233 disposed in cooperation with the inner electrode material vibrating plate 223 is shown in FIG. 7, and the specific structure of the inner electrode material vibrating plate 223 and the insulating ring material guide rail 231 and the outer electrode material are shown in FIG. The guide rails 232 have the same structure and are not described in this embodiment.

 Further, as shown in FIG. 7, after the assembly of the electronic cigarette electrode is completed on the material holder 701,

The controller controls the rotation of the turntable 702 according to the preset moving angle, so that the material fixing base 701 provided with the electronic cigarette electrode connector is rotated under the finished pressing arm 804; The arm 804 is used for pressing the electronic cigarette electrode connector to make the finished atomizer electrode connector or the battery rod electrode connector structure more reliable, and effectively extend the life of the electronic cigarette. Life;

 For the specific structure of the finished pressing arm 804, please refer to the specific structure of the pressing arm 801; preferably, the finished pressing arm 804 is pressed against the electronic cigarette located on the material fixing base 701. When the electrode is connected to the head, the turntable 702 is inclined to damage the turntable 702. Preferably, the support post is also disposed below the turntable 702 corresponding to the position of the finished pressing arm 804.

 The controller controls the rotation of the turntable 702 according to the preset moving angle to rotate the pressed electronic cigarette electrode connector under the fourth grabbing arm 805;

 The controller controls the fourth grabbing arm 805 to grasp the pressed electronic cigarette electrode connector located on the material fixing base 701, and place the electronic cigarette electrode connector on the discharging rail 806;

 The specific structure of the fourth grasping arm 805 is not limited as long as it can grasp the electronic cigarette electrode connector. The specific structure can also be seen as shown in the specific structure of the first grasping arm 212;

 The discharge rail 806 is provided with the material sensing area, and the material sensing area is located under the soldering arm 807 for soldering the electronic cigarette electrode connector;

 The material sensing area is provided with a sensor, so that the sensor generates a trigger signal according to the sensing of the electronic cigarette electrode connector located in the material sensing area;

 The controller controls the soldering arm 807 to solder the electronic cigarette electrode connector according to the trigger signal;

 Further, in order to realize that the soldering arm 807 accurately solders the electronic cigarette electrode connector, the discharging rail 806 is provided with a stopper valve; when the inductor senses the electronic cigarette electrode The connector moves to the material sensing area, and the controller controls the shutter valve to act to fix the electronic cigarette electrode connector at a predetermined position;

 The predetermined position is a position at which the soldering arm 807 can accurately solder the electronic cigarette electrode connector;

 The controller controls the soldering arm 807 to perform soldering on the electronic cigarette electrode connector while controlling the action of the material valve.

The insulating ring assembly device, the outer electrode assembly device and the inner electrode assembly device provided by the embodiment can automatically assemble the electronic cigarette electrode connector on the material fixing base 701, that is, through the The material picking arm can automatically assemble the electronic cigarette electrode connector, eliminating the need for manual assembly lines in the prior art, thereby reducing labor, improving efficiency and saving cost, and controlling the material picking arm to pick up the material placement by the controller during assembly. The assembly on the material fixing seat is used to achieve the assembly, thereby improving the precision in the assembly process, and thus the occurrence of material loss due to inaccurate operation or excessive force during the assembly process, further avoiding The necessary waste, and the assembled materials of the electronic cigarette electrode connector are relatively tight, which improves the performance of the electronic cigarette. Moreover, the assembly equipment provided by the invention can greatly reduce the pollution of materials during the assembly process, and avoid the situation that the battery rod assembly cannot normally supply power to the atomizer.

Claims

Rights request  a material fixing base for assembling an electronic cigarette electrode connector, wherein the electronic cigarette electrode connector comprises an outer electrode, an insulating ring and an inner electrode which are nested and connected to each other in order from the outside to the inside, wherein the material The holder includes:  Base  The top end of the base is provided with a positioning groove for accommodating and positioning the insulating ring, and the inner circumferential surface of the positioning groove is matched with the outer circumferential surface of the insulating ring;  A positioning post is fixedly disposed on the base, and one end of the positioning post passes through the positioning slot to pass through the base, and the positioning slot is coaxially disposed with the positioning post, and the positioning post is away from the base The end surface of the one end surface is higher than the horizontal plane where the positioning groove is located; the diameter of the positioning post is smaller than the diameter of the hollow portion of the insulating ring, so that the insulating ring sleeved on the positioning post is The positioning post is gap-fitted and received in the positioning groove.  2. The material holder according to claim 1, wherein a width at the opening of the positioning groove is greater than a width of a bottom portion of the positioning groove.  The material fixing base according to claim 2, wherein the opening of the positioning groove and the bottom of the positioning groove have a smooth rounded transition shape, so that the inner wall of the positioning groove has a smooth circular arc shape. .  The material fixing base according to claim 2, wherein the opening of the positioning groove and the bottom of the positioning groove have a smooth oblique line shape, so that the inner wall of the positioning groove has a smooth oblique shape.  The material holder according to claim 1, wherein the positioning post has a sloped structure away from an outer peripheral surface of one end of the base.  The material fixing base according to claim 1, wherein one end of the positioning post located inside the base is fixedly connected to the base by a headless screw.  7. An assembly apparatus for assembling an electronic cigarette electrode connector, comprising: a controller;  Assembly platform The material fixing base according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the material fixing seat is disposed on the assembly platform; Electrically connecting with the controller is provided with an insulating ring picking arm for picking up the insulating ring and placing the insulating ring on the material fixing seat;  Electrically connecting with the controller, a first portion for gripping the outer electrode and sleeved the outer electrode on the insulating ring to make the outer electrode hollow portion and the outer circumferential surface of the insulating ring have an interference fit Grab the arm;  Electrically connecting with the controller is provided with a pressing arm for pressing to fix the outer electrode on the material fixing base and the insulating ring;  Electrically connecting with the controller is provided with a third grabbing arm for lifting the outer electrode and the insulating ring which are fixed on the material fixing base and fixed to each other;  Electrically connecting with the controller is provided with a second grabbing arm for grasping the inner electrode and placing the inner electrode on the material fixing seat, and the third grabbing arm is also used for relatively fixed The outer electrode and the insulating ring are sleeved on the inner electrode to form the electronic cigarette electrode connector.  8. The assembly apparatus according to claim 7, wherein  The assembly platform is a conveyor belt, the material fixing seats are sequentially arranged on the conveyor belt; and the insulating ring picking arm, the first grabbing arm, the pressing arm, the third gripping Taking the arm and the second grasping arm are sequentially disposed along the flow direction of the conveyor belt;  Or,  The assembly platform is a rotatable turntable, the material fixing seat is disposed around the turntable; and the insulating ring picks up the arm, the first grabbing arm, the pressing arm, and the third grasping The arm and the second grab arm are sequentially disposed along the rotation direction of the dial.  The assembly device according to claim 7, wherein the top end of the insulating ring picking arm is provided with a resisting sleeve and a thimble which is movably connected to the resisting sleeve and is made of an elastic material. The diameter of the thimble is larger than the diameter of the hollow portion of the insulating ring, so that the thimble is pressed into the hollow portion of the insulating ring when the insulating ring picking arm picks up the insulating ring, so that the thimble and the insulating ring are hollow Partial interference fit;  Provided inside the resisting sleeve, respectively, being provided with an elastic mechanism connected to the resisting sleeve and the thimble; so that the thimble abuts when the positioning post is away from the top surface of one end of the base, so that The thimble moves toward the elastic mechanism until the thimble is disengaged from the insulating ring. 10. The assembly apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the insulating ring picks up an arm Also includes:  a first driving device electrically connected to the controller, such that the controller controls the insulating ring picking arm to move up and down in an axial direction of the insulating ring through the first driving device;  a second driving device electrically coupled to the controller to cause the controller to control the insulating ring pickup arm to move in an axial direction perpendicular to the insulating ring by the second driving device.  The assembly apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the ends of the first grabbing arm and the second grabbing arm are provided with at least two mutually cooperating gripping arms;  A clamping drive mechanism is respectively connected to the plurality of the clamping sub-arms, and the clamping driving mechanism is connected to the controller, so that the clamping driving mechanism is controlled under the control of the controller. The gripping sub-arms move correspondingly to each other or move away from each other such that the gripping sub-arms that are facing away from each other grasp the e-cigarette electrode.  12. The assembly apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the grasping arm further comprises:  a third driving device electrically connected to the controller, so that the controller controls the grasping arm to move up and down along an axial direction of the hollow portion of the electronic cigarette electrode through the third driving device;  a fourth driving device electrically connected to the controller to cause the controller to control the grasping arm to move in an axial direction perpendicular to the hollow portion of the electronic cigarette electrode by the fourth driving device.