This application claims the priority of Chinese Patent Application No. 201510493703.7 filed on Aug. 12, 2015, titled “panel polishing device and panel cleaning equipment” in the Chinese Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
The disclosure relates to the field of cleaning panel, and in particular to a panel polishing device and a panel cleaning equipment including the panel polishing device.
After a display panel is manufactured, surfaces of the display panel are necessarily subjected to surface polishing. In the prior art, the surface polishing process may include: spraying bi-component fluid (i.e., water and gas) to a polishing belt through a spray head such that the bi-component fluid can wet the polishing belt, and then pressing the wetted polishing belt against a panel to be polished. By polishing, foreign matters on the surfaces of the panel can be removed.
Therefore, how to completely clean the panel has become a technology problem to be solved in this art.
An objective of the disclosure is to provide a panel polishing device and a panel cleaning equipment including the panel polishing device, so as to completely clean the panel.
In order to achieve above objectives, as one aspect of the disclosure, there is provided a panel polishing device, comprising: a polishing belt movable along a predefined direction; and a spray head arranged above the polishing belt, the spray head having a main body and a plurality of through-holes which penetrate the main body in a thickness direction of the main body, the plurality of through-holes having outlets facing the polishing belt and being arranged along a length direction of the spray head, and the length direction of the spray head being in conformity with a movement direction of the polishing belt, wherein at least the through-holes on both sides of the main body are oblique outwardly with respect to the remaining through-holes.
Preferably, the spray head comprises a plurality of rows of through-holes arranged side by side in a width direction of the main body.
Preferably, among the through-holes in at least one row arranged in the length direction of the main body, the through-holes in the middle in the length direction of the main body have vertical axes.
Preferably, the through-holes of the main body in a row on a downstream side in a movement direction of the panel have outwardly oblique axes.
Preferably, with reference to a central line in the length direction of the main body, the axes of the through-holes on a left side are oblique towards the left side of the main body, while the axes of the through-holes on a right side are oblique towards the right side of the main body.
Preferably, the panel polishing device further comprises a liquid-gas mixture chamber disposed over the spray head, and the through-holes are communicated with the liquid-gas mixture chamber.
Preferably, the panel polishing device comprises a mounting rack and a plurality of driving wheels fixedly attached to the mounting rack; the polishing belt is wound around the plurality of driving wheels and moves in the predefined direction under the action of the driving wheels; and the spray head is positioned within a region defined by the polishing belt and over a portion of the polishing belt.
Preferably, the plurality of driving wheels comprise a driving pulley, a driven pulley and two tension pulleys; the driving pulley and the driven pulley are position on the same side, and the two tension pulleys are position on the opposite side, such that the polishing belt wound around the plurality of driving wheels is formed into a quadrilateral; and the spray head is fixed to a portion of the polishing belt between the two tension pulleys.
Preferably, the panel polishing device further comprises a sensor for detecting the presence of the panel, an electrical motor for rotating the driving pulley and a controller; the sensor is arranged on the mounting rack and adjacent to the panel; when the sensor detects the presence of the panel, the sensor is able to generate a sensing signal and send the sensing signal to the controller; and the controller generates a control signal for controlling the rotation of the electrical motor upon the receipt of the sensing signal.
Preferably, the panel polishing device further comprises a liquid inlet pipe for introducing liquid, a first switch valve mounted on the liquid inlet pipe, a gas inlet pipe and a second switch valve mounted cm the gas inlet pipe.
Preferably, both the first switch valve and the second switch valve are solenoid valves; a control terminal of the first switch valve is connected to the controller, and a control terminal of the second switch valve is connected to the controller; upon the receipt of the sensing signal, the controller sends a first open signal to the control terminal of the first switch valve so as to open the first switch valve; and upon the receipt of the sensing signal, the controller sends a second open signal to the control terminal of the second switch valve so as to open the second switch valve.
As another aspect of the disclosure, there is provided a panel cleaning equipment, comprising a panel polishing device, a gas source and a liquid source, wherein the panel polishing device is the panel polishing device according to the disclosure; and the gas supplied from the gas source and the liquid supplied from the liquid source are mixed, then enter the through-holes, and are sprayed onto the polishing belt through the through-holes.
Preferably, the panel cleaning equipment comprises a panel transport unit which is configured to pass the panel through the polishing belt of the panel polishing device and a transport direction of which is perpendicular to the movement direction of the polishing belt.
Preferably, the panel transport unit comprises a front conveying rail and a rear conveying rail, and the panel polishing device is arranged between the front conveying rail and the rear conveying rail.
Preferably, the panel cleaning equipment comprises two panel polishing devices; and the polishing belts of the two panel polishing devices are disposed oppositely so as to polish both surfaces of the panel at the same time.
In the panel polishing device according to the disclosure, the pressure of bi-component fluid can be more widely applied onto belt and a larger belt can be contacted with the panel to be polished, such that the panel can be thoroughly cleaned without polishing blind regions on both sides thereof.
Accompanying drawings are provided for further understanding of this disclosure and constituting a part of the specification. Hereinafter, these drawings are intended to explain the disclosure together with the following specific embodiments, but should not be considered as a limitation of the disclosure. In which:
100: spray head; 110: main body; 120: through-hole; 200: polishing belt; 300: panel, 400: mounting rack; 510: driving pulley; 520: driven pulley; 530, 540: tension pulley; 600: sensor; 610: conveying roller; 700: liquid inlet pipe; 800: gas inlet pipe; and 900: second switch valve
Hereinafter, specific embodiments of the disclosure will be described in detail in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that the specific embodiments as set forth herein are merely for the purpose of illustration and explanation of the disclosure and should not be constructed as a limitation thereof.
As one aspect of the disclosure, there is provided a panel polishing device. As shown in
In the disclosure, the pressure of the bi-component fluid sprayed from the spray head will no longer concentrate on a middle portion of the polishing belt, thereby reducing abrasion of the middle portion of the polishing belt.
In order to guarantee a larger area on the polishing belt 200 for receiving the pressure of the bi-component fluid, preferably, as shown in
It should be understood by those skilled in the art, the polishing belt 200 herein is made of materials which can be moistened by liquid. Further, the polishing belt 200 is required to be supple, so that the panel to be polished cannot be scratched. For example, the polishing belt 200 can be made of woolen material.
In this embodiment of the disclosure, the width direction of the spray head 100 is in conformity with the movement direction of the panel to be polished (cf.
In order to ensure that the portions of the polishing belt 200 underneath the spray head 100 can receive a sufficient pressure, preferably, among the through-holes in at least one row arranged in the length direction of the main body 110, the through-holes in the middle in the length direction of the main body 110 have vertical axes.
Preferably, in order to further enlarge the region of the polishing belt 200 receiving the bi-component fluid, as shown in
It should be readily understood that, herein, the panel is moved from upstream to downstream such that an upstream side of the polishing belt is brought into contact with the panel firstly and then a downstream side thereof is brought into contact with the panel. Accordingly, a side of the spray head corresponding to the upstream side of the polishing belt is defined as an upstream side of the spray head, and a side of the spray head corresponding to the downstream side of the polishing belt is defined as a downstream side of the spray head.
In
In the bi-component fluid, liquid is mainly used to wet the polishing belt, while gas is mainly used to supply pressure to the polishing belt. The mixture of liquid and gas can provide both wetting and impact.
As shown in
As shown in
In the disclosure, the polishing belt 200 is also movable, so as to bring foreign matters on the panel to the outside of the panel. In the disclosure, movement manners of the polishing belt 200 are not restricted. For example, preferably, in order to facilitate operations and economize on labour, as shown in
When the driving wheels are rotated, it is possible to drive the polishing belt 200 to move. Since the spray head 100 is positioned within the region defined by the polishing belt 200 and over a portion of the polishing belt 200, the spray head 100 may spray the bi-component fluid to the non-polishing surface of the polishing belt 200.
As a specific embodiment of the disclosure, as shown in
When the driving pulley 510 is rotated under the action of an electrical motor, the polishing belt 200 can be driven to move.
In order to facilitate auto-control, preferably, the panel polishing device may further include a sensor 600 for detecting the presence of the panel, an electrical motor for rotating the driving pulley 510 and a controller. The sensor 600 is arranged on the mounting rack 400 and adjacent to the panel 300 to be polished. When the sensor 600 detects the presence of the panel 300, the sensor can generate a sensing signal and send the sensing signal to the controller. The controller can generate a control signal for controlling the rotation of the electrical motor upon the receipt of the sensing signal.
Since there are provided the sensor and the controller, it is possible to achieve an auto-cleaning of the panel, further economizing on labour.
As stated above, the panel polishing device may further include a liquid inlet pipe 700 for introducing liquid, a first switch valve (not shown) mounted on the liquid inlet pipe 700, a gas inlet pipe 800 and a second switch valve 900 mounted on the gas inlet pipe 800.
In the disclosure, when the first switch valve is opened, the liquid may be introduced to the fluid mixture chamber D via the liquid inlet pipe 700; and when the first switch valve is closed, the liquid may not be introduced to the fluid mixture chamber D. In a similar manner, when the second switch valve 900 is opened, the gas may be introduced to the fluid mixture chamber D via the gas inlet pipe 800; and when the second switch valve 900 is closed, the gas may not be introduced to the fluid mixture chamber D.
The first switch valve and the second switch valve may be ordinary manual switch valves or hydraulic valves as long as they can control the open and close of the liquid inlet pipe 700 and the gas inlet pipe 800, respectively.
As a preferable embodiment of the disclosure, both the first switch valve and the second switch valve 900 are solenoid valves. A control terminal of the first switch valve is connected to the controller, and a control terminal of the second switch valve is connected to the controller. Upon the receipt of the sensing signal, the controller may send a first open signal to the control terminal of the first switch valve so as to open the first switch valve. In a similar manner, upon the receipt of the sensing signal, the controller also may send a second open signal to the control terminal of the second switch valve so as to open the second switch valve.
As another aspect of the disclosure, there is also provided a panel cleaning equipment which may include a panel polishing device, a gas source and a liquid source, wherein the panel polishing device is the foresaid panel polishing device according to the disclosure; the gas supplied from the gas source and the liquid supplied from the liquid source are mixed, then enter the through-holes, and are sprayed onto the polishing belt 200 through the through-holes.
As shown in
In the panel polishing device according to the disclosure, the pressure of the bi-component fluid can be applied to a relatively large area on the polishing belt 200 and a relatively large area of the polishing belt 200 can be contacted with the panel, such that the panel can be thoroughly cleaned and the cleaning blind region can be eliminated.
In order to facilitate the movement of the panel, the panel cleaning equipment may further include a panel transport unit which is configured to pass the panel 300 through the polishing belt 200 of the panel polishing device and a transport direction of which is perpendicular to the movement direction of the polishing belt.
As shown in
In order to facilitate the transportation of the panel, preferably, the panel transport unit may include a front conveying rail and a rear conveying rail, and the panel polishing device may be arranged between the front conveying rail and the rear conveying rail.
In order to clean both surfaces of the panel at the same time to improve the polishing efficiency, preferably, the panel cleaning equipment may comprise two panel polishing devices according to the disclosure, wherein the polishing belts of the two panel polishing devices are disposed oppositely so as to polish both surfaces of the panel at the same time.
In the disclosure, the panel may be a liquid crystal panel or another type of display panel. Alternatively, the panel may be any other panels to be cleaned.
It should be understood that the above embodiments are merely exemplary embodiments for the purpose of illustrating the principle of the invention, and the invention is not limited thereto. Various modifications and improvements can be made by a person having ordinary skill in the art without departing from the spirit and the essence of the invention. Accordingly, all of the modifications and improvements also fall into the protection scope of the invention.
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201510493703.7 | Aug 2015 | CN | national |