Patent Grant
10919055
The present application is a U.S. National Phase of International Patent Application Serial No. PCT/KR2016/012958 entitled “DOUBLE BELL CUP,” filed on Nov. 11, 2016. International Patent Application Serial No. PCT/KR2016/012958 claims priority to Korean Patent Application No. 10-2016-0007118, filed on Jan. 20, 2016. The entire contents of each of the above-cited applications are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety for all purposes.
The present invention relates to a bell cup mounted at an end portion of a painting robot and for ejecting a pigment.
In general, in a vehicle assembly procedure, various components such as a door are assembled on a vehicle body and a painting process of ejecting a pigment to paint internal and external panels with the pigment is lastly performed on such a completely assembled vehicle.
In this case, a device for ejecting a pigment to paint internal and external panels of a vehicle with the pigment is the painting device and an operation thereof is controlled by a controller.
The painting device is installed in a sealed booth and the controller is installed in an external control room isolated from the sealed booth and, in this regard, a worker in the external control room controls an operation of the painting device.
A pigment storage tank, an air tank, and a thinner tank connected to the painting device through a hose are installed in an equipment room isolated from the sealed booth.
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In this case, when the conventional bell cup 3 centrifugally injects a pigment to a paint target, as the pigment introduced into the inlet hole 31 is injected to an outer circumferential region of the injection hole 33 along an inner circumferential surface of the bell cup 3, there is a problem in that the pigment is barely ejected to the center of the injection hole 33 and is insufficiently grain-refined.
In addition, when the conventional bell cup 3 centrifugally injects a pigment to a paint target, as the pigment introduced into the inlet hole 31 is injected only to an outer circumferential region of the injection hole 33 along an inner circumferential surface of the bell cup 3, there is a problem in that a uniform paint film is insufficiently formed at a central portion of the injection hole 33.
Accordingly, the conventional bell cup 3 has a problem in that spraying should be made twice and three times via a redundant and repeated working process during a paint spray operation on the paint target for uniform coating of and there are problems in terms of degradation in color and texture, etc., after paint coating because it is difficult to uniformly coat a paint film composition. In addition, the conventional bell cup 3 has a problem in that a significant amount of pollution and wastes are generated in the equipment due to a high overspray ratio and high costs for pigment and thinner processes, etc., during a redundant spray process requiring two or three applications for acquisition of a uniform paint film of a paint target.
Accordingly, to overcome the aforementioned problems, there has been a need to improve a shape of a bell cup.
As a technology related thereto, Koran Patent Publication No. 2008-0082244 discloses a structure of a separation-type centrifugal spraying bell cup of a painting device installed at a tip end of a painting robot, including a bell body for spraying an ejected pigment, a male spiral which protrudes on the bell body and on which a cover is mounted, a bell cover that is coupled to the male spiral in a separate form to maintain a cover state and at which an outer portion of the bell cup is washed, a cover removal groove disposed on an upper surface of the bell cover to remove or mount the cover, and a female spiral which is coupled to the male spiral and on which the cover is mounted.
An object of the present invention is to provide a bell cup that simultaneously and centrifugally injects a pigment into a central region and outer circumferential region of the bell cup to enhance color and texture of a paint target, prevents a pigment from being sprayed to be thick to a paint target and prevents a pigment from being coated to be thinner than a reference value to obtain a uniform paint film, and reduces use of a pigment to reduce costs.
In one general aspect, a double bell cup installed at an end portion of a painting robot to centrifugally inject a pigment to a paint target includes an external body 110 formed to have a tapered structure that becomes wider from an upper side toward a lower side and including a circulation path 111 formed at an upper end of the external body 110 and having a pigment circulated therein, a stagnant path 112 formed inside the external body 110, connected to the circulation path 111, and having a pigment that is stagnant therein, and an injection path 113 formed at a lower end and connected to the stagnant path 112, and an internal body 120 formed to have a tapered structure that becomes wider from an upper side toward a lower side and including a fitting protrusion 121 formed on an outer circumferential surface of an upper end of the internal body 120 and detachably fit to an inner circumferential surface on which the stagnant path 112 of the external body 110 is formed, a center through injection portion 122 formed to penetrate through the center of the internal body 120 in an up and down direction and connected to the stagnant path 112, and an outer circumferential connecting injection portion 123 that connects the stagnant path 112 and the injection path 113 to each other, wherein an external injection angle θ1 of the external body 110 is greater than an internal injection angle θ2 of the internal body 120, an outer diameter of the external body 110 is greater than an outer diameter of the internal body 120, and a pigment stagnant in the stagnant path 112 passes through each of the center through injection portion 122 and the outer circumferential connecting injection portion 123 and is centrifugally injected into a central region and outer circumferential region of the injection path 113.
The center through injection portion 122 may include a plurality of central inlet holes 122-1 that are formed to be spaced apart from each other at a predetermined interval along a circumferential direction on the center of an upper end of the internal body 120, and a central injection hole 122-2 formed at the center of a lower end of the internal body 120 and connected to the central inlet hole 122-1.
The internal body 120 may further include a central inlet guiding protrusion 124 that is formed at an upper end thereof and protrudes toward an upper side on the center of a region in which the plurality of central inlet holes 122-1 is formed.
The outer circumferential connecting injection portion 123 may be a plurality of outer circumferential connection holes 123-1 formed in an outer circumferential surface of the fitting protrusion 121.
The double bell cup may further include external knurling 115 formed by knurling an inner circumferential surface of the lower end of the external body 110 and internal knurling 125 formed by knurling an inner circumferential surface of the lower end of the internal body 120.
The center through injection portion 122 may include a central storage hole 122-5 formed at the center of the upper end of the internal body 120 and a central connection hole 122-6 formed at the center of the lower end of the internal body 120, connected to the central storage hole 122-5, and having a smaller diameter than the central storage hole 122-5.
The outer circumferential connecting injection portion 123 may be a curved flow channel that connects an outer circumferential surface of the central connection hole 122-6 and an outer circumferential surface of the injection path 113 to each other.
In another general aspect, a double bell cup installed at an end portion of a painting robot to centrifugally inject a pigment to a paint target includes an external body 210 formed to have a tapered structure that becomes wider from an upper side toward a lower side and including a circulation path 211 formed at an upper end of the external body 210 and having the pigment circulated therein, a local screw hole 212 formed at the external body 210 and connected to the circulation path 211, and an injection path 213 formed at a lower end of the external body 210 and connected to the local screw hole 212, and an internal body 220 including a socket bolt 221 formed on an outer circumferential surface of an upper end of the internal body 220 and screwed to the local screw hole 212, a center through injection portion 222 formed to penetrate through the center of the socket bolt 221 in a longitudinal direction and connected to the circulation path 211, and an outer circumferential connecting injection portion 223 connecting an outer circumferential surface of the center through injection portion 222 and an outer circumferential surface of the injection path 213 to each other, wherein an external injection angle θ3 of the external body 210 is greater than an internal injection angle θ4 of the internal body 220, an outer diameter of the external body 210 is greater than an outer diameter of the internal body 220, and the pigment circulated in the circulation path 211 passes through each of the center through injection portion 222 and the outer circumferential connecting injection portion 223 and is centrifugally injected into a central region and outer circumferential region of the injection path 213.
The center through injection portion 222 may include a central storage hole 222-1 formed on the center of the upper end of the internal body 220, and a central connection hole 222-2 formed at the center of the lower end of the internal body 220, connected to the central storage hole 222-1, and having a smaller diameter than the central storage hole 222-1.
In another general aspect, a double bell cup installed at an end portion of a painting robot to centrifugally inject a pigment to a paint target includes an external body 210 formed to have a tapered structure that becomes wider from an upper side toward a lower side and including a circulation path 211 formed at an upper end of the external body 210 and having the pigment circulated therein, a local screw hole 212 formed at the external body 210 and connected to the circulation path 211, and an injection path 213 formed at a lower end of the external body 210 and connected to the local screw hole 212, and an internal body 220 including a socket bolt 221 formed on an outer circumferential surface of an upper end of the internal body 220 and screwed to the local screw hole 212, a center through injection portion 222 formed to penetrate through the center of the socket bolt 221 in an up and down direction and connected to the circulation path 211, and an outer circumferential connecting injection portion 223 connecting an outer circumferential surface of the center through injection portion 222 and an outer circumferential surface of the injection path 213 to each other, wherein, when the outer circumferential surface of the internal body 220 is positioned in parallel to an inner circumferential surface of the external body 210, a concave groove 224 is formed by thinning the internal body 220 toward an upper end from a lower end in such a way that an external injection angle of the external body 210 is greater than an internal injection angle of the internal body 220, and the pigment circulated in the circulation path 211 passes through each of the center through injection portion 222 and the outer circumferential connecting injection portion 223 is centrifugally injected into a central region and outer circumferential region of the injection path 213.
In another general aspect, a double bell cup installed at an end portion of a painting robot to centrifugally inject a pigment to a paint target includes an external body 310 formed to have a tapered structure that becomes wider from an upper side toward a lower side and including a front screw hole 311 formed in the external body 310 and an injection path 312 formed on a lower end and connected to the front screw hole 311, a coupling body 320 screwed to the front screw hole 311 and including a coupling path 321 formed to penetrate through the center of the coupling body 320 in an up and down direction and having a pigment circulated therein, and the transmission path 323 formed at a lower end of the coupling body 320 between a plurality of separation protrusions 322 that radially protrude and connecting the coupling path 321 and the injection path 312, and an internal body 330 formed to have a tapered structure that becomes wider from an upper side toward a lower side, having an upper end coupled to a lower end of the plurality of separation protrusions 322, and including a center through injection portion 331 formed to penetrate through the center of the internal body 330 and connected to the coupling path 321, wherein an external injection angle θ5 of the external body 310 is greater than an internal injection angle θ6 of the internal body 330, an outer diameter of the external body 310 is greater than an outer diameter of the internal body 330, and the pigment circulated in the coupling path 321 passes through each of the center through injection portion 331 and the transmission path 323 and is centrifugally injected into a central region and outer circumferential region of the injection path 312.
The center through injection portion 331 may include a plurality of central inlet holes 331-1 spaced apart from each other at a predetermined interval in a circumferential direction in the center of the upper end of the internal body 330 and a central injection hole 331-2 formed at the center of a lower end of the internal body 330 and connected to the central inlet hole 331-1.
The double bell cup may further include an inserted bolt 340 installed between the plurality of separation protrusions 322 and the internal body 330 and including an inserted path 341 for connecting the coupling path 321 and the center through injection portion 331 to each other.
According to the present invention, the double bell cup according to the present invention may simultaneously and centrifugally inject a pigment into a central region and outer circumferential region of the bell cup to enhance color and texture of a paint target, and the conventional problem in terms of increased costs and degradation of painting efficiency because a pigment is non-uniformly coated on a paint target and is painted twice and three times to overlap with each other may be compensated for and overcome.
The double bell cup according to the present invention may be configured in such a way that an internal body and an external may be detachably coupled and, thus, the internal body and the external body may be advantageously and conveniently washed.
The present invention will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which exemplary embodiments of the invention are shown.
The accompanying drawings are merely examples shown for explanation of technical features of the present invention and, thus, the technical features are not limited to the accompanying drawings.
With regard to directions of the present invention, an upper side of the drawings is defined as an upper side and a lower side of the drawings is defined as a lower side. A longitudinal direction extends through the center of the external body from the narrower upper side to the wider lower side. The longitudinal direction also extends through the center of the internal body from the narrower upper side to the wider lower side. The longitudinal direction is depicted in
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The external body 110 may be formed to have a tapered structure that becomes wider from an upper side toward a lower side and may include a circulation path 111, a stagnant path 112, and an injection path 113 which are each formed therein.
The circulation path 111 may be formed at an upper end of the external body 110 and may have a pigment circulated therein. In this case, the pigment may be supplied from a pigment storage tank that stores the pigment. A screw thread to be coupled to an end portion of the painting robot may be formed on an outer circumferential surface of an upper end of the external body 110.
The stagnant path 112 may be formed in the external body 110 and may be connected to the circulation path 111 and, in this regard, the pigment moved from the circulation path 111 may be temporarily stagnant. In this case, a stagnant projection for inserting a fitting protrusion 121 thereinto may be further formed at a lower end of the stagnant path 112.
The injection path 113 may be formed at a lower end of the external body 110 and may be connected to the stagnant path 112.
The internal body 120 may be formed to have a tapered structure that becomes wider from an upper side toward a lower side and may include the fitting protrusion 121, a center through injection portion 122, and an outer circumferential connecting injection portion 123 which are each formed therein.
The fitting protrusion 121 may be formed on an outer circumferential surface of an upper end of the internal body 120 and may be detachably fit to an inner circumferential surface on which the stagnant path 112 of the external body 110 is formed.
The center through injection portion 122 may be formed to penetrate through the center of the internal body 120 in an up and down direction and may be connected to the stagnant path 112.
The outer circumferential connecting injection portion 123 may be formed between the outer circumferential surface and the inner circumferential surface of the internal body 120 and may connect the stagnant path 112 and the injection path 113 to each other.
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In more detail with reference to
The center through injection portion 122 may include a plurality of central inlet holes 122-1 that are spaced apart from each other at a predetermined interval in a circumferential direction in the center of the upper end of the internal body 120 and a central injection hole 122-2 that is formed at the center of an lower end of the internal body 120 and is connected to the central inlet hole 122-1.
The plurality of central inlet holes 122-1 may radially divide a flow of the pigment moved from the stagnant path 112 and the central injection hole 122-2 may re-collect a flow of the pigment that is radially moved from the plurality of central inlet holes 122-1 to one point and may prevent the pigment from being centrifugally injected along the inner circumferential surface of the internal body 120.
The internal body 120 may further include a central inlet guiding protrusion 124 that is formed on the upper end of the internal body 120 and protrudes toward an upper side on the center of a region in which the plurality of central inlet holes 122-1 is formed.
The central inlet guiding protrusion 124 may guide the pigment moved from the stagnant path 112 to the plurality of central inlet holes 122-1.
That is, the central inlet guiding protrusion 124 may prevent the pigment moved from the stagnant path 112 from being moved to a different point except form the plurality of central inlet holes 122-1.
The outer circumferential connecting injection portion 123 may be a plurality of outer circumferential connection holes 123-1 that are formed in an outer circumferential surface of the fitting protrusion 121. That is, the pigment stagnant in the stagnant path 112 may pass through the plurality of outer circumferential connecting injection portions 123 formed in the outer circumferential surface of the fitting protrusion 121 and may be reached to the outer circumferential surface of the injection path 113.
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The external knurling 115 and the internal knurling 125 may disperse the pigment that flows along the inner circumferential surface of the external body 110 and the inner circumferential surface of the internal body 120.
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In this case, the central storage hole 122-5 may store the pigment stagnant in the stagnant path 112 and may guide the pigment to the central connection hole 122-6.
The outer circumferential connecting injection portion 123 may be formed as a curved flow path that connects an outer circumferential surface of the central connection hole 122-6 and an outer circumferential surface of the injection path 113 to each other, may reduce flow velocity of the pigment moved to the outer circumferential surface of the injection path 113 from the outer circumferential surface of the central connection hole 122-6, and may further reduce a flow rate of the pigment moved to the outer circumferential surface of the injection path 113 from the outer circumferential surface of the central connection hole 122-6.
That is, the pigment introduced into the central connection hole 122-6 may pass through the central connection hole 122-6 in an up and down direction, may be centrifugally injected into the central region of the injection path 113 through the center of the internal body 120, and may be centrifugally injected into the outer circumferential region of the injection path 113 along the outer circumferential surface of the injection path 113 while passing through the outer circumferential connecting injection portion 123.
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The external body 210 may be formed to have a tapered structure that becomes wider from an upper side toward a lower side and may include a circulation path 211, a local screw hole 212, and an injection path 213 which are each formed therein.
The circulation path 211 may be formed at an upper end of the external body 210 and may have a pigment circulated therein.
The local screw hole 212 may be formed in the external body 210 and may be connected to the circulation path 211.
The injection path 213 may be formed at a lower end of the external body 210 and may be connected to the local screw hole 212.
The internal body 220 may include a socket bolt 221, a center through injection portion 222, and an outer circumferential connecting injection portion 223 which are each formed therein.
The socket bolt 221 may be formed on an outer circumferential surface of an upper end of the internal body 220 and may be detachably screwed to the local screw hole 212.
The center through injection portion 222 may be formed to penetrate through the center of the socket bolt 221 in an up and down direction.
The outer circumferential connecting injection portion 223 may connect an outer circumferential surface of the center through injection portion 222 and an outer circumferential surface of the injection path 213 to each other.
The pigment circulated in the circulation path 211 may pass through each of the center through injection portion 222 and the outer circumferential connecting injection portion 223 and may be centrifugally injected into a central region and an outer circumferential region of the injection path 213.
In more detail with reference to
The center through injection portion 222 may include a central storage hole 222-1 formed at the center of an upper end of the internal body 220, and a central connection hole 222-2 formed at the center of a lower end of the internal body 220, connected to the central storage hole 222-1, and having a smaller diameter than the central storage hole 222-1.
In this case, the central storage hole 222-1 may store the pigment stagnant in a stagnant path and may guide the pigment to the central connection hole 222-2.
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In this case, the pigment circulated in the circulation path 211 may be centrifugally injected into the central region of the injection path 213 along an inner circumferential surface of the concave groove 224 of the internal body 220.
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The external body 310 may be formed to have a tapered structure that becomes wider from an upper side toward a lower side and may include a front screw hole 311 and an injection path 312 which are each formed.
The front screw hole 311 may be formed to penetrate through an internal portion of the external body 310 in an up and down direction.
The injection path 312 may be formed at a lower end of the external body 310 and may be connected to the front screw hole 311.
The coupling body 320 may be screwed to the front screw hole 311 and may include a coupling path 321 and a transmission path 323 which are each formed.
The coupling path 321 may be formed to penetrate through the center of the coupling body 320 in an up and down direction and may have a pigment circulated therein.
The transmission path 323 may be formed between a plurality of separation protrusions 322 that radially protrude at a lower end of the coupling body 320 and may connect the coupling path 321 and the injection path 312 to each other.
The internal body 330 may be formed to have a tapered structure that becomes wider from an upper side toward a lower side, may have an upper end coupled to a lower end of the plurality of separation protrusions 322, and may include a center through injection portion 331 formed therein.
The center through injection portion 331 may be formed to penetrate through the center of the internal body 330 and may be connected to the coupling path 321.
In this case, the pigment circulated in the coupling path 321 may pass through the center through injection portion 331 and the transmission path 323 and may be centrifugally injected to a central region and outer circumferential region of the injection path 312.
In more detail with reference to
The center through injection portion 331 may include a plurality of central inlet holes 331-1 that are spaced apart from each other at a predetermined interval in a circumferential direction in the center of an upper end of the internal body 330 and a central injection hole 331-2 that is formed at the center of a lower end of the internal body 330 and is connected to the central inlet hole 331-1.
The plurality of central inlet holes 331-1 may radially divide a flow of the pigment moved from the coupling path 321 and the central injection hole 331-2 may re-collect a flow of the pigment that is radially moved from the plurality of central inlet holes 331-1 to one point and may prevent the pigment from being centrifugally injected along the inner circumferential surface of the internal body 330.
The internal body 330 may further include a central inlet guiding protrusion 332 that is formed on the upper end of the internal body 330 and protrudes on the center of a region in which the plurality of central inlet holes 331-1 is formed.
The central inlet guiding protrusion 332 may guide the pigment moved from the stagnant path to the plurality of central inlet holes 331-1.
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The inserted bolt 340 may be installed between the plurality of separation protrusions 322 and the internal body 330 and may include an inserted path 341 that connects the coupling path 321 and the center through injection portion 331 to each other.
That is, the inserted bolt 340 may detachably couple the coupling bolt and the internal body 330.
Even in the double bell cups according to the second and third exemplary embodiments of the present invention, external knurling may be formed by knurling an inner circumferential surface of the lower end of the external body and internal knurling may be formed by knurling an inner circumferential surface of the lower end of the internal body.
Accordingly, the double bell cup according to the present invention may simultaneously and centrifugally inject a pigment into a central region and outer circumferential region of the bell cup to enhance color and texture of a paint target, and the conventional problem in terms of increased costs and degradation of painting efficiency because a pigment is non-uniformly coated on a paint target and is painted two or three times to overlap with each other may be compensated for and overcome.
The double bell cup according to the present invention may be configured in such a way that an internal body and an external body may be detachably coupled and, thus, the internal body and the external body may be advantageously and conveniently washed.
The present invention is not limited to the abovementioned exemplary embodiments, but may be variously applied. In addition, the present invention may be variously modified by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains without departing from the gist of the present invention claimed in the claims.
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