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DE3601167C2
DE3601167C2 DE19863601167 DE3601167A DE3601167C2 DE 3601167 C2 DE3601167 C2 DE 3601167C2 DE 19863601167 DE19863601167 DE 19863601167 DE 3601167 A DE3601167 A DE 3601167A DE 3601167 C2 DE3601167 C2 DE 3601167C2
DE19863601167
DE3601167A1 (en
Yasuaki Ohtani
Kohji Ohtake
Kazuo Isesaki Gunma Jp Hayashi
1985-01-18 Priority to JP60007252A priority Critical patent/JPH0673952B2/en
1985-10-24 Priority to JP23843985A priority patent/JPH0673953B2/en
1985-10-28 Priority to JP24080685A priority patent/JPH0673954B2/en
1985-10-29 Priority to JP60241823A priority patent/JPH0673955B2/en
1986-01-17 Application filed by Nippon CMK Corp filed Critical Nippon CMK Corp
1986-07-24 Publication of DE3601167A1 publication Critical patent/DE3601167A1/en
1992-11-26 Publication of DE3601167C2 publication Critical patent/DE3601167C2/de
2006-01-18 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
238000007650 screen-printing Methods 0.000 claims description 21
238000001035 drying Methods 0.000 claims description 13
The invention relates to a device for stretching gauze onto a screen printing frame.
The screen material used in the so-called screen printing process is generally gauze, but is by no means limited to gauze. In the description of the Invention and claims, the term "gauze" is used only for clarification, it is not intended to limit the scope of the invention.
The stretching of gauze on the screen printing frame was previously carried out by hand.
An empty frame is manually clamped into a holding device and an adhesive becomes given on the top of the frame. Gauze is cut to the desired size and is applied with a predetermined tension on the side coated with the adhesive of the frame. The frame covered with gauze is dried naturally, while the gauze is in tension. This whole process was previously carried out manually.
This process is fairly cumbersome, and the accuracy and efficiency of this operation depend on the skill of the operator. Therefore come irregular tensioning often occurs, and the useful performance of the work process is very low.
The demand for this screen printing has so far been modest enough to be done manually to satisfy tight gauze. In recent times, the demand for numerous However, frames in numerous versions have risen sharply. That is the demand Tension not grown by hand. Therefore, the demand for a device for automatic clamping very large.
A device for stretching gauze on stencil frames is already known, which has a stenter frame which consists of four relatively displaceable Frame parts exist (CH 4 02 791). Here are two opposite each other Frame parts at one end on guides of a fixed frame part and on other end slidable on fixed guides, while a perpendicular to these two frame parts extending frame part guided on these two frame parts is. The disadvantage of this device is that the stencil wood frame Rest piston rods of working cylinders, which are attached to the frame parts and join their movement.
In another known device for clamping a screen printing fabric a screen printing frame, clamp elements are moved by tensioning piston cylinders, so that they pull the screen printing fabric outwards (DE-GM 70 04 788).
A frame lifting device for pressing a frame against a stretched gauze is also known (US 26 08 750, DE-AS 20 20 958). Here the frame is from below pressed against the taut gauze.
Furthermore, there is a tensioning device for tensioning screen printing fabrics on screen printing frames known, clamped to the gauze by means of several clips and with a predetermined Tension can be stretched (DE 29 20 874 A1). This is the framework pre-tensioned inwards and glued to the screen mesh.
Finally, there is also a stencil printing machine for printing webs known in which several vertically movable planographic stencils are provided are, the printed material is printed in batches (CH 6 30 560 A5). With this Machine, it is possible to stack the stencils one on top of the other without frames reach and keep this stack at a distance from the printed material, whereby the bottom stencil is lowered to the printing level can be.
The invention is therefore based on the object of a device according to the preamble of claim 1 to create with which the entire process in the manufacture several screen printing machines is automated.
The advantage achieved by the invention is in particular that the automatic Control of gluing, cutting and drying devices as well as frame feeding low-cost serial production is made possible. After the gauze is automatically brought into the stretched position, it is Frame glued, dried with a blower and then automatically with a gauze cutting machine on the edge of the frame, but cut off inside the gauze sheet. Then the rest of the gauze is wrapped forward to the next frame by a motor drives a take-up reel.
Embodiments of the invention are shown in the drawing and are described below described in more detail. It shows
Fig. 1 is a plan view of a Gazespannvorrichtung according to the present invention;
Fig. 2 is an elevation of the device shown in Fig. 1;
Figure 3 is a side elevation of the gauze tensioning section of Figure 1;
Fig. 4 is an enlarged side elevation of the gauze clip and tension member on the clip table of the device shown in Fig. 1;
Fig. 6 is an enlarged plan view of a drive and support member which supports a frame in the bracket table shown in Fig. 1;
Fig. 8 is a side elevation of the device of Fig. 6;
Fig. 9 is an enlarged plan view of a movable table which can be moved in the x and y directions and which carries an adhesive dispenser, an adhesive drying device and a gauze cutter of the device shown in Fig. 1;
FIG. 10 is an elevation of the device of FIG. 9;
Fig. 11 is a side elevation of the apparatus of FIG. 9;
Fig. 12 is an enlarged and partially broken open elevation of the adhesive dispenser shown in Fig. 9;
Fig. 13a is an enlarged elevation of a pressure device arranged on the movable table shown in Fig. 9;
Fig. 13b is an enlarged side elevation of a modified gauze cutter positioned on the movable table shown in Fig. 9;
FIG. 15 is an enlarged plan view of a modified lifting table of FIG. 1;
FIG. 16 shows an enlarged detailed illustration of the device according to FIG. 15 with a clamping claw;
Fig. 17 is a side elevation of the apparatus of Fig. 16;
FIG. 18 is an enlarged sectional view of FIG. 15 with the clamping claw and a cylinder connected to it.
. Referring to Figures 1 to 3, the automatic Gazespannvorrichtung according to the invention comprises a clamping device 1, which holds a gauze 2 at a predetermined voltage; a lifting device frame 3, which supplies a frame 4 from the bottom side of the gauze 2 of which is fixed by the clamp device 1; a frame feeder 5 which intermittently loads the frame 4 in accordance with the working stroke of the vertical movement of the frame lifting device 3 ; a frame removal device 6 for ejecting the frame 4 on which the gauze is stretched; a frame container 7 for receiving the frame 4 ejected from the frame removal device 6 ; a gauze feeder 8 which feeds the gauze 2 to the stapler 1 ; a device 10 for applying the adhesive, which supplies the surface of the frame 4 , which is lifted up by the frame lifting device 3 , with adhesive; a drying device 11 for accelerated drying of the adhesive on the surface of the frame 4 ; a cutting device 12 for cutting the gauze adhering to the frame 4 along the outer edges of the frame 4 and a movable table 9 which moves in the x and y directions and carries the devices 10 , 11 and 12 .
The clamp device 1 comprises four clamp tables 15 , 16 , 17 and 18 on each side, which can slide on four side support plates 14 along one direction, which are fastened on a base frame 13 . On each of these tables 15 , 16 , 17 and 18 several (in the drawing six on each table) clamping elements 22 are mounted ( Fig. 4, 5). Each clamping element 22 contains a clamp element 20 and a piston cylinder 21 for moving the clamp element 20 back and forth. In Figs. 1 and 2, the carrier element 19 is shown for the piston-cylinder 21 on the clamp tables 15, 16, 17 and 18, the clamp elements 20 and the piston cylinder 21 are not shown.
Each side support plate 14 has left and right guide elements 23 and 24 on which the sliding elements 25 and 26 are movably mounted under the clamp tables 15 , 16 , 17 and 18 . In addition, a rack (not shown) located under the clamp tables 15 , 16 , 17 and 18 and a drive wheel (not shown) located on each of the side support plates 14 are engaged. A motor (not shown) drives the drive wheel in the desired direction to move the clamp tables 15 , 16 , 17 and 18 back and forth.
The tensioning element 22 is shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. It contains the piston cylinder 21 fastened on the rear part of the carrier element 19 and a lower clamp plate 29 which is arranged movably on the carrier element 19 . The lower clamp plate 29 is connected at its rear end to a cylinder piston 30 of the piston cylinder 21 . The lower clamp plate 29 contains a lower gauze clamp part 28 of the clamp element 20 . An upper gauze clip part 31 , which cooperates with the lower gauze clip part 28 , is carried by a support element 33 , which is rotatably supported via a shaft 34 on a mounting plate 32 , which in turn is connected to the lower clip plate 29 . Support plates, which are fastened to the rear part of the lower clamp plate 29 , rotatably carry a cylinder 36 with a cylinder piston rod 37 , which in turn is rotatably connected to the support element 33 of the upper gauze clamp part 31 .
In the central region of the lower clamp plate 29 , a recess 38 is recessed to accommodate the gauze guide rail 39 shown in FIG. 1. 40 denotes a guide for the lower clamp plate 29 , and 41 denotes a support plate for the piston-cylinder 21 .
As shown in FIGS . 1 and 2, the gauze cable guide rail 39 is mounted between the cylinder piston rods 44 and 45 of the driving cylinders 42 and 43 , which in turn are fastened on both end faces of the front and rear clamp tables 15 and 16 . On the inside, the corner parts of the clamp tables 15 and 16 , 17 and 18 contain vertically movable slides 46 in order to eliminate the lack of tension in the gauze 2 .
Each of the sliders 46 is arranged on a vertically movable cylinder 49 fastened on a plate 48 , the plate 48 being seated on an upper support frame 47 of the base frame 13 . The slide 46 is connected to a cylinder piston 50 of the cylinder 49 and is carried by the latter, as shown in FIG. 3.
The gauze feeder 8 which feeds the gauze into the stapler 1 described above will be described below.
As shown in Fig. 2, the gauze winding rollers 55 and 56 of the gauze feeder 8 are rotatable by means of the support members 57 a, 57 b, 58 a, 58 b between the front frame structures 51 and 52 and the rear frame structures 53 and 54 of the base frame 13 stored. The axes of rotation 59 and 60 of the rollers 55 and 56 are connected to the motors 61 and 62 by step-up gears 63 shown in FIG . Thus, a gauze insertion part 64 and a gauze roll part 65 are formed on the front and rear frame frames 51 , 52 , 53 and 54 of the underframe 13 .
On the side support plate 14 located on the base frame 13 and in front of the front and rear clamp tables 15 and 16 , the upper guide webs 66 a, 67 a and the lower guide webs 66 b, 67 b are connected to one another. On the middle part of the clamp tables 15 and 16 , two support arms 68 a, 68 b and 69 a, 69 b are pivotally mounted. The spreader 70 and 71 are arranged on the right and left side part of the front frame clamp table 15 ( Fig. 1).
The movable table 9 will now be described. Each corner of the side support plate 14 on the base 13 of the stapler 1 carries a vertical support 73 , and a frame 74 supporting the movable table 9 is connected to the support 73 . As shown in FIGS. 9, 10 and 11, bear on both sides of the support struts 75 and 76 of the framework 74 of guide rails 83 and 84 on which the sliding guide elements are arranged 81 and 82, which rear under the front and rear ends of the front and movable struts 79 and 80 are mounted. In this way, the front and rear support struts 79 and 80 are movably arranged and overlap the entire frame structure 74 . The movable support struts 79 and 80 are connected to one another by connecting plates 85 and 86 and guide rails 83 and 84 located thereon. The guide elements 88 , 89 , 90 and 91 mounted on the underside of the movable table 87 slide on the guide rails 83 and 84 . The movable table 87 in the frame 74 can be moved to the left and right and to the front and back. The front and rear support struts 79 and 80 and the movable table 87 have a drive device 94 and a drive device 95, respectively.
The drive device 94 of the support struts 79 and 80 has the support plates 96 and 97 which are connected to the front and rear end parts of the left support strut 75 of the frame structure 74 , and a screw spindle 98 is rotatably located between the support plates 96 and 97 .
A guide element 100 is connected to a connecting arm 99 which projects from the connecting plate 85 of the support struts 79 and 80 . The guide element 100 is provided with an internal thread into which the screw spindle 98 engages, which is driven by a drive shaft 102 of a drive motor 101 , which in turn is fastened on the front side surface of the left support strut 75 .
The drive device 95 of the movable table 87 also has carrier plates 103 and 104 which are connected to the left and right ends of the side surface of the rear support strut 80 , and also a guide spindle 105 which is rotatably mounted in the carrier plate 103 , 104 . The guide spindle 105 engages in the spindle nut 107 , which is connected to a connecting arm 106 protruding from the central part of the movable table 87 . The guide spindle 105 is driven by a drive shaft 109 of a motor 108 which is connected to the left side part of the rear support strut 80 .
As shown in FIGS. 9 to 11, each vertical support 73 of the frame structure 74 is connected via a mounting plate 92 to a corner of the side support plate 14 on the base 13 of the clamp device 1 .
On the movable table 87 of the movable table device 9 , the above-mentioned device 10 for applying the adhesive, the drying device 11 and the cutting device 12 are provided. By moving the movable table device 9 in the X and Y directions, the devices 10 , 11 and 12 move along the surface of the frame 4 driven by the lifting device 3 .
The device 10 for applying the adhesive, which applies adhesive to the surface of the screen printing frame 4 , will be described with reference to FIG. 12.
On the underside of the movable table 87 , a bracket 111 is attached to a vertically movable plate 110 . A bearing bush 112 is provided at the end of the bracket 111 , which supports a rotatable shaft 114 of a rotatable brush 113 . A drive motor 115 is attached to the bracket 111 and has a drive wheel 116 which is engaged with the wheel 117 of the rotatable shaft 114 to couple the rotatable brush 113 and the drive motor 115 .
The rotatable brush 113 comprises the brush 118, the holding plate 119 and a flange plate 120 that carries the brush holder plate 119 and connected to the rotatable shaft 114th
The brush holder plate 119 has a notch 121 for receiving suitable adhesive material. An adhesive supply opening 122 extends through the rotatable shaft 114 . The opening 122 a at the lower end of the delivery port 122 communicates with the notch 121 and the opening 122 b at the upper end of the delivery port 122 via a needle valve of an adhesive reservoir 123 in connection.
The vertically movable plate 110 is connected to a vertically moving piston 126 of a cylinder 125 , which in turn is connected to a plate 124 immovably mounted on the movable table 87 . The vertically movable plate 110 carries a guide pin 128 which is guided by a guide bush 127 which is connected to the movable plate 130 .
In order to control the stop position of the rotatable brush 113 , a rotary shaft 129 , which is rotated by a drive, not shown, displaces a plate 130 movable on the immovable plate 124 .
As shown in FIGS. 9 and 11 show, the cutting device 12 includes four vertically movable pistons in the cylinders 131, 132, 133 and 134, which are arranged on the movable table. Each piston (not shown) of cylinders 131 , 132 , 133 and 134 carries a gauze cutter. The cutting mechanism is not shown, but in this case the cutting mechanism has a knife with a straight edge, which can also be a circular disc knife. The pistons of the cylinders 131 , 132 , 133 and 134 are successively adjusted vertically in accordance with the cutting sequences.
The vertically movable pistons of cylinders 131 , 132 , 133 and 134 are each connected to guide pins 136 , 137 , 138 and 139 (see FIGS. 10 and 11) for limiting the movement of the cylinder piston rods.
The drying device 11 , which dries the adhesive applied to the surface of the frame 4 , is not shown in detail. It has an air nozzle vertically mounted under the movable table 87 to supply hot air to the surface of the frame 4 .
The frame operating device will now be described.
The frame lifting device 3 comprises a lifting plate 141 ( FIG. 1) which is arranged in the intermediate space of a frame conveyor belt 140 which runs between the frame feed device 5 and the frame removal device 6 . The lifting plate 141 is carried by a cylinder piston 143 of a lifting piston / cylinder 142 , which is attached in the middle part under the clamping device 1 .
The spars in the middle of the frame 4 are moved and supported by support elements 144 , with support plates 145 ( FIGS. 6 to 8), are arranged in the middle of the front sides of the clamp tables 15 , 16 , 17 and 18 .
The support element 144 ( FIG. 1) is shown in FIGS . 6 to 8 and comprises a support plate 145 . The support plate 145 has integral support elements 148 and 149 , between which a drive arm 147 with a drive part 146 at the upper end is rotatably supported by means of a pin 150 . The lower end 147 a of the drive arm is connected via a connecting pin 152 to a (not shown) drive piston of a working cylinder 151 , which is shown in Fig. 8 by dash-dotted lines.
The Rahmenzuführeinrichtung 5, with the assistance of the conveyor 140 of the lifting device frame 3 to frame 4 intermittently. The frame feed device 5 is located above the conveyor belt 140 and, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, on the left side of the base frame 13 of the clamping device 1 .
An underframe 153 is connected to the left side of the underframe 13 . Drive pulleys 154 for the conveyor belts of the conveyor belt 140 are rotatably mounted on the left side feet 155 of the base frame 153 . On the front and rear side arms 156 and 157 of the underframe 153 , the guide plates 158 and 159 opposite the frame 4 are arranged vertically in order to hold the stacked frames 4 . The stacked frames 4 are held by a lifting table 160 , the next frame being held by the frame 4 lying furthest below by means of the clamping device 161 . The front and rear sides of the frame 4 are held by opposed movable plates 164 and 165 which are held by vertical supports 162 and 163 which in turn are fixed on the lifting table 160 .
The lifting table 160 is carried by the cylinder piston 167 of a lifting cylinder 166 , which is arranged in the middle of the base frame 153 . A plurality of rollers are arranged on the vertically movable plates 164 and 165 .
The stapler 161 has staple cylinders 169 attached to the front and rear side arms 156 and 157 of the base 153 . Each of the clamp cylinders 169 has a cylinder piston 170 which carries a clamp head 171 at the free end of the piston.
The frame removal device 6 conveys the frame 4 covered with gauze out of the frame lifting device 3 and is arranged at the rear end of the conveyor belt 140 . The frame removal device 6 has a frame 172 connected to the right side of the underframe 13 . On the right side legs 173 of the frame 172 , drive pulleys 175 of the conveyor belt 140 are rotatably mounted via a rotary shaft 174 . A hollow shaft 177 is provided on the rotary shaft 174 , which carries frame-pivoting arms 176 which form a pivoting device 178 .
The rotary shaft 174 is driven by a drive motor 181 via a chain wheel 179 , a chain 205 and a drive wheel 180 , and the hollow shaft 177 is connected to a drive motor 184 via a chain wheel 182 , a chain 206 and a drive wheel 183 .
The frame container 7 receives the gauze-covered frame 4 , which is ejected by the frame removal device 6 . The frame container 7 has a frame 185 which is connected to the ejection side of the frame 172 of the frame removal device. On the left and right, the feet 186 and 187 of the frame 185 carry pivoted axle shafts 188 and 189 , which have feed wheels 190 and 191 , respectively. Conveyor belts 192 connect the axle shafts 188 and 189 between the conveyor wheels 190 and 191 . Guides 195 and 196 are provided on the front and rear side arms 193 and 194 . A frame holding plate 197 , which receives and supports the frames 4 located in the vertical position, is displaceable in the longitudinal direction to the frame 185 via an access panel 200 . The frame holding plate 197 carries guide elements 198 and 199 which engage in the guides 195 and 196 and are connected to the conveyor belts 192 .
A chain wheel 201 is connected to the central part of the axle shaft 189 of the conveyor belts 192 and is driven by the drive motor 204 via a chain 203 and a drive wheel 202 .
In the following, the working steps of tensioning gauze 2 on the frame 4 using the gauze tensioning device described above will be described with reference to FIGS . 3 to 5.
In the tensioning area, the gauze feed roller 56 of the gauze feed device 8 feeds the gauze 2 , which is tensioned by the guide webs 66 b and 66 a, the gauze pull guide rail 39 and the guide webs 67 a and 67 b, to the gauze take-up roll 55 to the gauze 2 to feed the clamp device 1 . By the gauze guide rail 39 , the front and rear end portions of the gauze 2 between the bracket elements 20 of the tensioner 22 of the front and rear bracket tables 15 and 16 and the left and right side edges of the gauze 2 , which between the bracket elements 20 of the tensioner 22 of the left and right clamp tables 17 and 18 is located, with the exception of the clamps 22 of the end regions of the clamp tables 15 , 16 , 17 and 18 , clamped and clamped by activating the cylinders 36 of the clamps 22 to the support elements 33 around the shaft 34 in the To turn the contact position. The upper gauze clip parts 31 and the lower gauze clip parts 28 are engaged so that the gauze 2 is held between the gauze clip parts 31 and 28 .
By the cylinders 49 are activated, the slider 46 move upwards, so that only the corner regions of the gauze 2 remain unstressed, while the remaining regions of the gauze 2 clamped by the clamp elements 20 of the clamp 22 are held. The remaining tensioners 22 in the corner areas are then activated in order to tension the corner areas of the gauze 2 . Then the slide 46 are moved down. Simultaneously with the clamping operation of the tensioner 22 , the drive motors of the clamping tables 15 , 16 , 17 and 18 are set in motion in order to move the clamping tables outward to a predetermined stop, so that a first phase of tensioning the gauze 2 by the Clamps 22 is clamped, is performed. When the first tensioning phase is complete, the cylinders 21 of the tensioners 22 are activated so that the lower clamp plates 29 slide outward on the support members 19 to carry out the second phase of tensioning the gauze 2 between the tensioners. The Gaza tensioning process is then completed.
Simultaneously with the process of tensioning the gauze, the frame is fed from the frame feed device 5 to the frame lifting device 3 . In the frame feeder 5 , a certain number of empty frames 4 are stacked on the vertically movable plates 164 and 165 ( FIGS. 1 and 2). The lifting cylinder 166 is activated to set the lifting table 160 in motion so as to raise all the frames 4 . Then, the lifting table 160 moves down to a predetermined stop to bring a frame closest to the lowermost frame into a position opposite the clamp 161 . The lifting table is stopped and the clamp cylinders 169 of all clamp devices 161 are activated in order to clamp the opposite frame 4 by means of the clamp heads 171 . With the exception of the lowermost frame, all of the frames 4 held by the rear and front vertically movable plates 164 and 165 are held by the clamp heads 171 .
Now the lifting table is lowered to the bottom dead center or end position, so that the bottom frame remains on the conveyor belt 140 and leaves the movable plates 164 and 165 of the lifting table 160 . Next, the conveyor belt 140 is driven, the drive motor 181 being activated and the frame 4 being placed on the lifting plate 141 of the frame lifting device 3 . The piston / cylinder 142 of the lifting plate 141 is started to lift the lifting plate 141 so that the frame 4 on the lifting plate 141 reaches the clamp device 1 . The frame 4 is raised to the gauze tensioned by the tensioners 22 by an upward movement up to a predetermined stop of the piston / cylinder 142 . When the lifting plate 141 is in the top dead center position, the frame 4 is opposite the carrying elements 144 . Together with the upward movement of the lifting plate 141 at the top dead center position, the working cylinders 151 are switched on in order to move the region of the lower end 147 a of the drive arm 147 , as can be seen from FIGS. 6 to 8, and around the drive arm 147 to rotate the pins 150 so that the central regions of all the spars of the frame 4 are bent against their elasticity and are displaced inwards.
When the above-described operation is completed, the driving devices 94 and 95 of the movable table 87 of the movable table device 9 are actuated by a numerically controlled controller (not shown) to bring the movable table into predetermined X and Y positions. Then a particular working head moves, e.g. B. a brush or a cutter along the four bars of the frame, one after the other. First, the brush 118 of the device 10 for applying the adhesive is positioned by the movable table 87 in a corner of the frame 4 . The vertically moving piston of the cylinder 25 of the device 10 for applying the adhesive is started to lower the bracket 111 to a predetermined stop, so that the brush 118 of the rotatable brush device 113 with the corner of the frame surface 4 a of the frame 4 is engaged, as the dash-dotted line in Fig. 12 shows.
Suitable glue is applied from the glue container 123 through the glue supply opening 122 of the rotating shaft and the notch 121 to the brush 118 of the rotatable brush 113 . The drive motor 115 is started to rotate the brush 113 . In this way, a predetermined programmed movement of the movable table 87 on all frame surfaces 4 a of the spars of the frame 4 with the gauze 2 stretched on the frame 4 in a predetermined width gives adhesive.
When the adhesive application process is complete, the drive motor 115 is stopped and the cylinder 125 is turned on to return the brush 118 to its original position. The needle valve of the glue container 123 is also closed. Then, the nozzle of the drying device 11 is positioned on a corner of the frame 4 by appropriately moving the movable table 87 while guiding the movable table 87 along the uprights of the frame 4 as described above.
In this way, the gauze 2, which contacts the surface of frame 4 a, joined by the thermosetting adhesive with the frame surface 4a. After the adhesive has dried through the drying device 11 , the clamp elements 20 are relaxed. Then the movable table 87 is moved to position the first cutter of the cylinders 131 , 132 , 133 , 134 of the cutter 12 on a corner of the outer edge of the spar of the frame 4 . Then the associated piston is lowered and the movable table 87 moves to trim the gauze 2 on the outer edge of the spar of the frame 4 . The piston of the first cutter is returned to the home position and the movable table 87 is returned to its rest position to align the second cutter of the cylinders 131 , 132 , 133 and 134 with the second corner of the outer edge of the frame 4 spar. Then the corresponding cylinder is set in motion to lower the cutter into that on the corner of the frame, and the movable table 87 moves along the outer edge of the second spar of the frame 4 to cut the gauze 2 . This process is repeated in order to cut the gauze 2 from all the outer edges of the bars of the frame 4 with the aid of the cutting device mentioned above, each directed in a single direction.
When the cutting process is finished, the clamping of the carrying elements 144 is released and the lifting plate 141 with the frame covered with gauze is lowered. The frame 4 covered with gauze is placed on the conveyor belt 140 . The conveyor belt 140 is moved a certain distance in order to place the gauze-covered frame 4 on the frame-pivoting arms 176 of the frame removal device 6 , and a further un-covered frame 4 is placed on the lifting plate 141 in the manner described above.
The drive motor 184 of the frame removal device 6 is set in motion in order to rotate the frame-pivoting arms 176 into the dash-dotted position as shown in FIG. 2 and to pivot the frame 4 by 90 °, in which position it is off the conveyor belt 192 of the Frame container 7 is transported. The frame 4 , which is transported to the frame container 7 , is held in a vertical position by the frame holding plate 197 and thus stored in the stack. When a frame 4 arrives at the frame container 7 , the drive motor 204 is started to drive the conveyor belt 192 , so that the drive plate 200 moves along the guides 195 and 196 by a certain amount to make room for the next one vertically Clear pivoted frame 4 from the frame stack.
When the conveyor belt 140 is driven to unload the gauze-covered frame 4 , the frame feeder 5 prepares the lowermost frame 4 on the conveyor belt as described above. In this way, an unstrung frame 4 arrives on the lifting plate 141 of the lifting device when the frame 4 covered with gauze arrives at the frame removal device 6 .
When the gauze-covered frame 4 is lowered by the lifting device 3 , in the clamping device 1 the clamping tables 15 , 16 , 17 and 18 are moved inwards into their starting positions and the cylinders 36 of the tensioning elements 22 are set in motion in order to clamp them to lift the gauze 2 in the clamp elements 20 . The support arms 68 a, 68 b, 69 a, 69 b are rotated into the working position, as the dashed lines in FIG. 1 show, in order to hold the gauze web. The gauze 2 is wound up by turning on the motor 61 to rotate the gauze take-up roll 55 . A recognition device (not shown) recognizes the cut gauze 2 to start and stop the gauze roller 65 . The gauze 2 is thus prepared for the next tensioning process. The sequence described above is repeated automatically to stretch gauze 2 to the desired number of frames. The replenishment of empty frames 4 for the frame feed device 5 and the removal of the frames 4 covered with gauze from the frame container 7 can also be done manually or with the aid of suitable means.
It is understood that the device for tensioning gauze according to the invention the process of stretching the gauze onto a frame quickly and automatically and without any Irregularity in tensioning allowed to carry out what the work efficiency noticeably improved.
In Figs. 13 and 14, a second embodiment is illustrated. In this a gauze pressure device 300 is added to press the gauze firmly onto the frame surface 4 a of the frame 4 . In addition, a cutting device 400 with a rotatable unit cutting device is provided instead of the cutting device 12 with four cutting devices, each with one cutting edge. This modified construction is similar to that shown in Figs. 1 through 12, so the same reference numerals are used for the sake of clarity to represent the same parts or pieces in all embodiments. Since the modified devices 300 and 400 are mounted on the movable table device, only these will be described in detail with reference to Figs. 13a, 13b and 14.
The pressure device 300 has a cylinder 303 which is arranged on a table 302 which is connected to the upper surface of the movable table 87 via columns 301 . A support rod 305 is vertically movable and rotatable by means of a rotary coupling 304 by the piston of the cylinder 303 . The free end of the support rod 305 carries a pressure roller 306 with several rotatable rollers. The support rod 305 is rotatably supported on the movable table 87 by means of a bearing 307 . A drive motor 309 drives the support rod 305 via a gear 308 and a drive wheel 310 .
The cutting device 400 has a cylinder 401 fastened to the base 302 and a support rod 403 which is vertically movable and is rotatably mounted in the cylinder 401 via a swivel joint 402 . A cutting unit 404 is arranged at the free end of the support rod 403 . A bearing 405 supports the support rod 403 on the movable table 87 . A gear 406 , which is connected to the support rod 403 , is driven by the drive motor 309 via the drive wheel 310 . In the retracted position of the cutting unit 404, a cylindrical housing 407 encloses the cutting unit 404 .
A heater 500 of the drying device 11 is shown in FIGS. 13a, 13b and 14. The device 10 for applying the adhesive is also shown.
When the gauze has been clamped and tensioned by the stapler, the movable table 87 moves along the frame 4 to perform the gluing operation using the glue application device 10 and to glue the glue using the drying device 11 as in the first Described embodiment to dry thoroughly, the table 87 of the movable table device 9 aligns the roller 306 on a corner of the frame 4 .
Then the piston of the cylinder 303 is started to lower the support rod 305 so that the pressure roller 306 is pressed onto the corner of the frame 4 . In this position, roller 306 rolls along a spar of the frame by means of movable table 87 .
When a spar of the frame 4 is pressed, the piston of the cylinder 303 is activated to pull the support rod 305 up with the pressure roller 306 , and the drive motor 309 is driven to rotate the support rod 305 by 90 ° and around the pressure roller in the direction to steer the next spar of the frame 4 . Then the cylinder 303 is started to lower the support rod with the pressure roller 306 again, and the movable table 87 moves down the next bar of the frame 4 . This sequence of operations is repeated by changing the axial position of the pressure roller 306 at each corner of the frame 4 , ie the movable table travels the entire spar surface of the frame 4 . If desired, the pressing process can be repeated on the same surface of the frame 4 .
After the pressing of the gauze 2 on the frame surface 4 a of the frame 4 is finished, the cylinder 303 is started to move the support rod 305 and the pressure roller 306 upwards. The cutting device 400 is then started. The movable table 87 brings the cutter 404 of the cutter 400 to the outer edge of a corner of the frame 4 and the cylinder 401 is started to lower the cutter 404 along the outside at the selected corner of the frame 4 . The cutting direction is adjusted by means of the drive motor 309 , which rotates the support rod 403 via the gears 310 and 406 in order to steer the cutting edge of the cutting unit 404 in the direction of movement of the movable table 87 . Then the movable table 87 moves to cut off the excess of the gauze along one side of the frame 4 . The support rod 403 is then lifted from the cylinder 401 and the drive motor 309 rotates the support rod 403 through an angle of 90 °. The movable table 87 positions the cutter 404 at the next corner of the frame and the cylinder 401 lowers the cutter 404 . The movable table 87 moves along the next side of the frame 4 and the cutter 404 cuts off the gauze excess. The sequence is repeated until the outside of the frame 4 is separated from the gauze sheet. Thus, a cutter 404 can cut the gauze all around the frame 4 without having to use four cutters as in the first embodiment.
An embodiment for the control alignment of the pressure roller 306 and the cutting unit 404 by 90 ° is shown in FIGS . 13a, 13b and 14. If the movable table 87 is unidirectional, e.g. B. moved in the direction X to the end of the spar of the frame 4 , a movement stop signal starts the cylinders 303 and 401 to rotate the support rods 305 and 403 . The rotating disks 315 and 415 have four projections 316 and 416 divided by 90 ° and are connected to the support rods 305 and 403 , respectively. Adjacent switches 317 and 417 are mounted on a support member 320 located between the pillars 301 and are configured to sense the protrusions 316 and 416, respectively. Switches 317 and 417 stop drive motor 309 when the desired angle is set. Thus, the cutter 404 and the pressure roller 306 are set in the direction corresponding to the movement of the movable table 87 . The change of direction of the pressure roller 306 and the cutting device 404 can be controlled mechanically because the corners of the frame 4 are fixed relative to the device.
Another embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 15 to 18. In the first embodiment, shown in FIGS. 1 to 12, the lifting plate of the frame lifting device 3 only serves to bring the frame 4 into position, the positionability of the frame 4 being achieved by the carrying elements 144 , which are on the inside of the clamp tables 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 are attached. In this embodiment, the frame 4 is held and clamped on the lifting plate.
Several clamping claws 600 are attached to the frame-like element 141 a of the lifting plate 141 . The clamping claws 600 are equally spaced by means of a C-shaped guide plate 601 on a frame-like element 141 a, which is fastened on the frame-like element 141 , so that it can move back and forth along an axis. A compressed air cylinder 603 for each clamping claw 600 is mounted on a support (not shown) and connected to the frame-like element 141 a of the lifting plate 141 and has a cylinder piston 604 which extends outward from the frame-like element 141 . Each cylinder piston 604 is guided by a bearing 602 , which is attached to each frame-like element 141 a, as the dash-dotted line in FIG. 18 shows, and it has a support pin 605 , which connects the clamping claw 600 with the cylinder piston 604 . Several holding plates 606 are directed inward from the frame-like element 141 a in order to hold the frame 4 . Before the frame feed device 5 places a frame 4 on the conveyor belt 140 , the compressed air cylinders 603 are put into operation, which move the clamping claws 600 outwards into their rest position. When the frame 4 is brought onto the lifting plate by the frame feeder, the air cylinders 603 are activated to move the clamping claws 600 inward, the guide plate 601 being clamped and each spar of the frame 4 being elastically pressed inwards.
The held frame is lifted up by the lifting device 3 and is located on the underside of the stretched gauze 2 on the clamping device 1 . The gauze tensioning process is very similar to that described in the first embodiment. After the gauze 2 has been tensioned and cut as described, the lifting plate 141 is lowered, while still holding the frame 4 with the tensioned gauze. Then the air cylinders 603 are operated to release the clamping claws 600 from the frame 4 , and the released frame 4 is ejected from the frame removal device 6 .
In this embodiment, the frame 4 is held precisely on the lifting plate 141 , so that the frame 4 can be precisely positioned and each spar of the frame can undergo an exact inward deformation in order to achieve the desired tension of the gauze when the frame covered with gauze and released into the frame removal device.
1. Device for stretching gauze on a rectangular screen printing frame, with
a) a clamp table having a clamp element on each side of the screen printing frame for tensioning the gauze;
b) guide rails on which at least some of the clamp tables are displaceable relative to the screen printing frame;
c) a frame lifting device which feeds the screen printing frame from below to the gauze;
d) a gauze feed device ( 8 ) with an unwinder ( 56 , 64 ) and a winder ( 55 , 65 ) which feeds a gauze band ( 2 ) to the clamping device ( 1 );
e) a device ( 10 ) for applying an adhesive to the top of the screen printing frame ( 4 );
f) a drying device ( 11 ) which dries the adhesive on the top of the screen printing frame ( 4 );
g) a cutting device ( 12 ) which cuts out the gauze ( 2 ) along the outer circumference of the screen printing frame ( 4 );
h) a table ( 9 ) which can be moved in one plane and which carries the device ( 10 ) for applying the adhesive, the drying device ( 11 ) and the cutting device ( 12 );
i) a frame feed device ( 5 ) and a frame removal device ( 6 ) with a conveyor device arranged between the two devices;
k) control devices which control the activation and positioning of the table ( 9 ) and the devices located on it.
2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that a clip element contains a tensioner ( 22 ) with clip ( 20 ) and piston-cylinder ( 21 ) and has the following elements;
a) a lower bracket plate ( 29 ) which is arranged inwardly and outwardly slidably on the carrier element ( 19 ) and has a lower gauze bracket part ( 28 );
b) a cylinder ( 21 ) which is fastened to a further carrier element ( 41 ) and has a pressure piston ( 30 ) which is connected to the lower clamp plate ( 29 );
c) an upper gauze clip part ( 31 ) which cooperates with the lower gauze clip part ( 28 ) and which is rotatably attached to the lower clip plate ( 29 ); and
d) a second cylinder ( 36 ) which is connected to the lower clamp plate ( 29 ) and which has a pressure piston ( 37 ) which is rotatably connected to the upper gauze clamp part ( 31 ) (FIGS . 4 and 5).
3. Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the frame lifting device ( 3 ) has a lifting plate ( 141 ) which carries the screen printing frame ( 4 ), and a vertically working piston / cylinder unit ( 142 ) which lifts the lifting plate ( 141 ) or lowers.
4. The device according to claim 3, characterized by elements which elastically deform the bars of the screen printing frame ( 4 ) in front of the sticker of the gauze.
5. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the device ( 10 ) for applying the adhesive comprises the following elements;
a) a motor-driven brush ( 113 , 118 ) which is rotatably arranged below the table ( 87 );
b) an adhesive feed ( 123 , 122 , 122 b) which is attached to the table ( 9 , 87 ) and which delivers the adhesive to the rotating brush ( 118 ); and
c) a drive motor ( 115 ) which drives a shaft ( 114 ) which is coupled to the brush ( 118 ) ( Fig. 12, 13a and 13b).
6. The device according to claim 5, characterized by
a) a holding bracket ( 111 ), which is movably connected in the vertical direction to the table ( 9 , 87 ) and the rotating brush (113 , 118 ), the adhesive feed ( 123 , 122 , 122 b) and the drive motor ( 115 ) wearing; and
b) a cylinder ( 125 ) which is arranged on the table ( 9 , 87 ) and which can raise and lower the holding bracket ( 111 ) with a piston ( 126 ) ( Fig. 12).
7. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the drying device ( 11 ) consists of an air heater ( 500 ) with a downstream air nozzle.
8. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the frame feed device ( 5 ) a screen printing frame ( 4 ) intermittently and in adaptation to the working cycle of the vertical movement of the lifting device ( 3 ), that a frame removal device ( 6 ) is also provided, which the frame covered with gauze from the lifting device ( 3 ).
9. The device according to claim 8, characterized in that the frame removal device ( 6 ) contains;
a) a conveyor device ( 140 ) which extends between the frame feed device ( 5 ) and the frame removal device ( 6 ) and which is arranged above the frame lifting device ( 3 );
b) a frame pivoting device ( 176 ) at the end of the conveyor ( 140 ) which pivots the incoming frame ( 4 ) about a horizontal axis through 90 °; and
c) a memory or container ( 7 ) which receives the frame ( 4 ) pivoted through 90 °.
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