Patent Document:

fig1 depicts the limiting components of a compression chamber 10 of an ultrasonic welding device , in order to compact and weld long , extended , braid - like workpieces , such as conductors 12 , 14 , 16 . in the diagram , the compression chamber 10 is delimited at the bottom by a working surface of a sonotrode 18 . opposite to sonotrode 18 is an anvil 20 , which is raised and lowered ( double arrow 22 ) so as to move parallel to the working surface of sonotrode 18 ( double arrow 24 ). the anvil 20 proceeds thereby from a support 26 , which , with a section 28 , forms a right lateral limiting surface of the compression chamber 10 . opposite is an adjustably arranged slide valve 30 ( double arrow 32 ), which proceeds from support 34 . by adjusting the slide valve 30 , support 34 respectively , the height of compression chamber 10 can be adjusted . according to the width of compression chamber 10 , the working surface of anvil 20 , which is opposite the working surface of sonotrode 18 is automatically adjusted . the height of compression chamber 10 , which can be aligned to the total transverse section of workpieces 14 , 16 , is adjusted by shifting the column , support 26 respectively , of anvil 20 . as fig1 further points out , slide valve 30 is full integrated with support 34 by bolts 36 , 38 . furthermore , the coupling surfaces 40 , 42 of slide valve 30 and support 34 is structured in such a way that that , additionally , a form closure results . however , not only between slide valve 30 and support 34 can an integrated connection be made , but also in principal between all the connected components of an ultrasonic welding device , in particular those subjected to forces conditioned by welding . thus , fig2 depicts a design diagram of an anvil 44 , anvil slide valve respectively , which is formed from a right parallelpiped base 46 and a working part 48 , and which preferably exhibits working areas 50 , 52 on opposite sides , from which a limiting surface of a compression chamber forms as shown in detail in fig1 . the base 46 is fully integrated with working part 48 by a bolt 54 . additionally , in order to achieve a form closure , they are both formed from the base 46 , as well as from the anvil of their coupling surfaces 56 , 58 . accordingly , a sonotrode of an exhibiting sonotrode head can be trained with one or more working surfaces . also , the possibility exists of connecting several working parts , which , at the same time , perform the function of a sonotrode head , with the base of the sonotrode , which is in accordance with the theory of the invention . fig3 depicts sections , for example , of a booster 60 or a base of a sonotrode 62 , which are fully integrated by a bolt 64 . furthermore , coupling surfaces 66 , 68 , which are opposite each another , are structured in such a way that a proposed form closure is given . the coupling surfaces are increased via these measures , a self centering of the components 60 , 62 to be connected is achieved , as well as a cushioning of influencing transverse forces . the intended form closure trained structuring of coupling surfaces 40 , 42 , 56 , 58 or 66 , 68 can be achieved by a desired surface geometry formation . examples are shown in fig4 - 14 . thus , a coupling surface 70 can exhibit elevations 72 , 74 , running parallel to each other , which are separated by a corresponding groove 76 . if the coupling surfaces , which lie on each another , are uniformly trained , then the trench exhibits a geometry that is congruent to projection 72 , so that an assigned coupling surface of a surface 70 exhibits a corresponding geometry . of course , the possibility also exists that the coupling surfaces , which lie above each other , can be structured differently . in this case , however , a structural enlargement must be given in such a manner that the desired intended form closure is attainable . in the drawings of fig4 and 5 , the linear - shaped elevations 74 , 76 are arranged as exclusively running parallel to each other , so that the possibility exists , according to fig6 and 7 , that elevations 78 , 80 , 82 of coupling surface 77 are arranged intersecting each other , as fig7 , in particular , clarifies . however , a concentric arrangement of linear - shaped elevations 84 , 86 in coupling surface 83 is possible , as shown in fig8 and 9 . fig1 - 14 show the preferred cross section geometry of the preferably linear - shaped coupling surface elevations . it is to be noted , however , that it is not imperative for the elevations to be linear - shaped for the structuring and achievement of a form closure . rather , for structural development , pyramidal ( or pyramidal truncated , respectively ) and conical ( or conical truncated , respectively ) elevations can also be proposed corresponding to adjacent recesses . according to the drawing in fig1 , elevations 88 , 90 of coupling surface 87 exhibit , on average , an equilateral triangle geometry , whereby sides 92 , 94 enclose an angle α , which can be , for example , 60 - degrees , 90 - degrees , or approximately 60 - degrees or 90 - degrees . the distance between elevations 88 , 90 from apex to apex is shown by t and preferably falls in the range of 0 . 5 mm & lt ; t & gt ; 5 mm . the height of projection 88 , 90 may fall between 0 . 5 mm and 2 . 5 mm . according to fig1 , trained projection structures 94 , 96 of a coupling surface 93 , on average , exhibit a trapezoidal geometry , whereby sides 98 , 100 may enclose an angle α , for example , of 60 or 90 - degrees . the elevations merge at the bottom , so that they are delimited via v - shaped grooves . the distance t between the projections preferably falls in the range of 0 . 5 mm & lt ; t & gt ; 5 mm . the height , in particular , may lie between 0 . 5 mm and 2 . 5 mm . likewise , the projections 104 , 106 of a coupling surface 110 , on average , exhibit trapezoidal geometry . the projections are thereby delimited by a level base section 108 , which are parallel to the extended plane or sections of the coupling surface 110 . the distance between projections 104 , 106 preferably falls between 0 . 7 mm and 6 mm . the projections 104 , 106 , moreover , exhibit a plateau - like , even , outer surface , which exhibits a preferred width between 0 . 1 mm and 3 mm . the base sections 108 exhibit a width b between 0 . 1 mm and 3 mm . therefore , the structure should be so designed that widths a and b are , in each case , smaller than the distance t . the height of the projections 104 , 106 may fall between 0 . 5 mm and 2 . 5 mm . according to fig1 , a coupling surface 112 exhibits a saw tooth - like structure via non - equilateral triangles of the following projections 114 , 116 with a distance t between 0 . 5 mm and 5 mm . the projections 114 , 116 exhibit sides 118 , 120 , which enclose a preferred angle α with 45 °≦ α ≦ 75 °. side 118 exhibits a preferred angle γ with 15 °≦ γ ≦ 45 ° for the normalization of the coupling surface 112 , and side 120 exhibits a preferred angle β with 15 °≦ β ≦ 45 °. the distance t between projections 114 , 116 falls between 0 . 5 mm ≦ t ≦ 5 mm . the height may be chosen between 0 . 5 mm and 2 . 5 mm . however , a coupling surface 122 exhibiting wave geometry is also possible according to fig1 , in order to achieve the desired form closures between coupling surfaces lying on top of each other . wave geometry preferably follows a sine path , whereby the radii of curvature r 1 r 2 of projection 122 , valley 124 respectively , may deviate from each other . the distance between sequential projections 124 , 128 may fall between 0 . 5 mm ≦ t ≦ 5 mm . in order to optimally weld conductors independently of their number , it is suggested by this invention that the number of conductors 12 , 14 , 16 of compression chamber 10 be adjusted by placing workpieces of a given width , which subsequently permit an optimal welding procedure . so that , if two or three conductors are welded together , the compression chamber 10 is adjusted to a width that ensures that the conductors are arranged in a column one above the other in the compression chamber 10 , as shown in fig1 , and in the schematic diagram of slide valve 30 . by placing the workpieces 12 , 14 , 16 , the anvil 20 is shifted to the right , in order to release the compression chamber 10 from above ( schematic diagram of the anvil 20 ). if more than four workpieces are welded together against it , then the compression chamber 10 is optimally opened for placing workpieces as shown in the cross - sectional diagram . the width is given , in this case , by the maximum limiting surfaces of the compression chamber 10 provided by sonotrode 10 . after the conductors have been placed in an appropriately wide opened compression chamber 10 , the slide valve 30 is shifted toward the support , respectively column 26 . then the slide valve 30 is lowered toward sonotrode 18 . at the same time , an excitation of sonotrode 18 occurs , in order to perform the welding .

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