KR100445515B1 - Apparatus for manufacturing filter element of lubricating oil filter - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus for manufacturing an oil filter filter element, comprising a web supply end (12), a filter element manufacturing end (14), and a discharge web winding end (16) to be supplied from the web supply end (12). An apparatus for producing an oil filter filter element for producing a cylindrical filter element 1 from a web 4 made of a fine mesh tape made of synthetic fiber tape. The filter element manufacturing stage 14 has a horizontal support plate 34 on which the filter element manufacturing stage 14 is lifted and a lower side of the hot wire support plate 40 and the arms 38 and 38 'having arms 38 and 38'. Has a heating wire 8 horizontally connected to the lower end of the heating wire support rods 42 and 42 'extending therethrough, the web guide rods 48 and 48' and the web protection plate 50 in which the heating wire 8 is disposed. The web guide plate 54 and the web protector plate fixed to the vertical movable plate 46 and the web guide rods 48 and 48 'of the vertical movable plate 46 and the web protector 50 at regular intervals below the web guide plate 54 and the web protector plate ( 56, characterized in that it consists of a loop forming rod (5) extending to the upper side of the web guide plate 54 to move left and right.

Description

Apparatus for Manufacturing Filter Element for Oil Filter {APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING FILTER ELEMENT OF LUBRICATING OIL FILTER}

The present invention relates to an apparatus for manufacturing an oil filter filter element, and more particularly, to an apparatus for manufacturing an oil filter filter element for filtering lubricating oil supplied to each friction element of an automobile engine.

Typically, the oil filter is used in combination with the oil supply pipe and a cylindrical mesh filter element is inserted into the cylindrical cage. Such a filter element having a fine mesh is made of metal or synthetic fiber.

Conventionally, the filter element made of synthetic fiber was used to manufacture a cylindrical shape by cutting or meshing the opposite edge to fabricate the mesh fabric. However, due to the unwinding of the fabric cut part, the mesh structure is unevenly disturbed, and thus, the filter element may not exhibit an effective filtration function. . In addition, in the conventional manufacturing method, the step of cutting the mesh fabric and the step of adhering or welding the front end of the fabric are separate steps, which makes it difficult to automate the manufacture of the filter element and has a disadvantage in that the manufacturing capacity per unit time is low.

An object of the present invention is to enable a filter element to be continuously manufactured from a synthetic fiber mesh web having a continuous length in the form of a tape roll.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for manufacturing an oil filter filter element, which can produce a filter element without an undulation phenomenon.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide an apparatus for manufacturing an oil filter device capable of automation by allowing a mesh web to be continuously supplied for the manufacture of the filter element and also to be continuously discharged from the discharge stage even after the filter element is manufactured therefrom. It is.

The object of the present invention is to continuously supply a synthetic fiber mesh web of continuous length, and form a loop to form a filter element from the web and pass the thin hot wire to the connection portion between the loop and the web, thereby simultaneously melting and cutting the connection portion. The joints of the pipes are welded to form a cylindrical filter element, and the loops are cut and the joints of the separated web are welded to maintain the continuity of the webs so that the continuous supply of the webs is maintained throughout the entire system. It can be achieved by the manufacturing apparatus of the filter element for oil filters.

To this end, the apparatus for manufacturing an oil filter filter element of the present invention is a fine mesh-like synthetic fiber tape having a web supply end, a filter element manufacturing end, and an outlet web winding end disposed from the upper side on the front of the base and supplied from the web supply end. A cylindrical filter element can be manufactured from the web on the top. In the present invention, the filter element manufacturing stage is disposed on the web path extending between the web supply stage and the discharge web winding stage. The filter element manufacturing stage is installed on a platform lifted by an air cylinder and has a horizontal support plate and a hot wire support plate having two arms, a hot wire horizontally connected to the lower ends of two hot wire support rods extending below these arms, and an elastic support rod on a horizontal support plate. Web guide rod and web fixed to the web guide rod and web protection plate are installed at the tip and are fixed at regular intervals to correspond to the web guide rod and web protection plate of the vertical movable plate and the vertical movable plate, respectively. A protection plate, a web fixing plate movably mounted relative to the web guide plate, and a loop forming rod extending upwardly of the web guide plate by an air cylinder installed on a horizontal movable plate movable left and right.

In the present invention, a web feed path is formed in the web guide plate so that the web can move through the web feed path of the web guide plate fixedly installed between and between the web guide bars of the vertical movable plate.

The loop forming rod is moved between the web guide rod of the vertical movable plate and the web guide plate below the vertical guide plate so as to form a loop from the web to the rear side of the web.

When the loop is formed from the web by the loop forming rod, the web guide rod of the vertical movable plate and the lower end of the web protector plate move to the upper side of the web guide plate and the web protector positioned below them, and the two layers of web are gripped and fixed between them. The hot wire support plate on which the hot wire support rod is installed is lowered so that the hot wire passes through the web of two layers that are gripped and fixed by the web guide rod and the web protector and the web guide plate and the web protector plate to melt the connection part between the web and the loop. Separate from the web.

Referring to the present invention in more detail based on the accompanying drawings as follows.

1 is an exploded perspective view showing an oil filter composed of a filter element manufactured according to the present invention;

2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a process of manufacturing a filter element by the apparatus of the present invention;

3 is a front view of a schematic overall device showing the main components of the device of the present invention;

4 is a partial perspective view showing the main components of the present invention device;

5 to 8 is a front sectional view showing a process of each step of manufacturing a filter element by the apparatus of the present invention,

Explanation of Signs of Major Parts of Drawings

1 ... filter element 4 ... web

5 ... loop forming rod 6 ... loop

8 ... Heat 10 ... Expectation

12 ... web supply stage 14 ... filter element manufacturing stage

16. Winding web winding unit 28 ... Air cylinder

32 ... platform 34 ... horizontal support plate

38, 38 '... arm 40 ... heated support plate

42, 42 '... Hot Wire Rod 44, 44' ... Tension Bar

46 ... vertical movable plate 48, 48 '... web guide rod

50 ... web cover 54 ... web sign

56 ... web protection plate 64 ... web fixing plate

66.Air cylinder 70 ... Horizontal movable plate

First, FIG. 1 shows a filter element 1 manufactured by the apparatus for manufacturing an oil filter filter element of the present invention and a cage 3 in which the filter element 1 is combined to form an oil filter 2. have. The filter element 1 is made of a synthetic fiber material and has a cylindrical shape as shown, and has a fine mesh shape for filtration of oil. The cage 3 has a structure in which the cylindrical filter element 1 is inserted and coupled to form a conventional oil filter 2 together with the filter element 1.

In the present invention, this cylindrical filter element 1 is manufactured in the manner as shown in Figs. 2A to 2F. 2 will help to outline the manufacturing process of the cylindrical filter element (1).

In Fig. 2 (a), the filter element 1 of the present invention is manufactured from the supply of a tape-like web 4 made of synthetic fibers and having a fine mesh. The loop forming rod 5 advances to the front side of the web 4 to be fed (FIG. 2B) and contacts the web 4 (FIG. 2C), and then the loop forming rod 5 together with a portion of the web 4 It is moved horizontally to the back side of 4) so that the loop 6 can be formed from this web 4 (FIG. 2D). The portion where the loop 6 begins to form from the web 4, that is, the heating wire 8 electrically heated at the connection portion 7 of the web 4 and the loop 6, moves vertically to form a web 4. The loop 6 is cut off from (FIG. 2E). The connection part 7 of the loop 6 and the web 4 cut by the hot wire 8 is melt-cut and at the same time the connection part of the loop 6 is welded to form a cylindrical filter element 1 (FIG. 2F). In addition, the connections of the webs 4, in which the loops 6 are cut and separated, are also welded to maintain the continuity of the webs 4 in which the loops 6 are cut and discharged.

Accordingly, the loop 6 is formed repeatedly in the process of continuously feeding the web 4 and the loop 6 is melt-cut from the web 4 to manufacture the cylindrical filter element 1 and the loop 6 ) Can be separated and the remaining web 4 can be continuously discharged.

3 is a schematic front view showing the main components of the apparatus of the present invention for producing such a filter element 1. In Fig. 3, the apparatus of the present invention is divided into a web supply stage 12, a filter element manufacturing stage 14, and a discharge web winding end 16 from the upper side on the front of the base 10. The web supply stage 12 is composed of a supply reel 18 and a guide roll 20 for supplying the web 4, this may be a conventional web tension control means or an intermittent supply means of the web, etc. For the sake of brevity, these illustrations are omitted. The discharge web winding end 16 is separated from the web 4 to be supplied to the winding reel 22 for winding the discharge portion of the web 4 remaining after the loop 6 is separated and the guide roll 24 upstream thereof. It is composed.

The filter element manufacturing stage 14 is arranged on the web path extending between the guide roll 20 of the web feed end 12 and the guide roll 24 of the discharge web winding end 16.

This filter element manufacturing stage 14 forms a major part of the apparatus of the present invention. The configuration of the filter element manufacturing stage 14 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 4, and FIG. 3 allows the filter element manufacturing stage 14 to know the arrangement relationship with other component stages. Therefore, the filter element manufacturing stage 14 is described in detail in FIG.

In FIG. 4, the air cylinder 28 is installed on the support 26 fixed to the base 10, and the platform 32 is installed on the piston 30 (FIG. 5) extending downward of the air cylinder 28. The horizontal support plate 34 is fixed to the lower side of the platform 32, and the heat-wire supporting plate 40 having two arms 38 and 38 'through the vertical extension 36 is integrally formed. It is.

The hot wire support rods 42 and 42 'extend downwards at the ends of the two arms 38 and 38' of the hot wire support plate 40, and the hot wires are horizontally disposed at the lower ends of these hot wire support rods 42 and 42 '. 8) is connected. This hot wire 8 is heated by electric resistance heat as mentioned above and is connected to a power source through the hot wire supporting rods 42 and 42 '.

In the horizontal support plate 34 disposed above the hot wire support plate 40, two elastic support bars 44 and 44 ′ are installed to extend between the two arms 38 and 38 ′ of the hot wire support plate 40. A vertical movable plate 46 is installed at the end. The tip of the vertical movable plate 46 is located in the conveying path of the web 4, and web guide rods 48 and 48 ', which guide both sides of the web 4, extend downward and at regular intervals thereafter. The web protection plate 50 extends vertically from the vertical movable plate 46. Accordingly, the hot wire 8 extending horizontally at the lower end of the hot wire support rods 42 and 42 'is disposed between the web guide rods 48 and 48' of the vertical movable plate 46 and the web protection plate 50. .

Corresponding to the web guide rods 48 and 48 'and the web protection plate 50 of the vertical movable plate 46, respectively, the web feed path 52 through which the web 4 can pass while being spaced apart at regular intervals therebetween is provided. The web guide plate 54 and the web protection plate 56 having are fixed to the base 10.

In the front of the web guide plate 54, an air cylinder 60 is mounted on a support 58 fixed to the base 10, and at the tip of the piston 62 of the air cylinder 60, the web guide plate 54 is mounted. A web fixing plate 64 movable to the web feed path 52 is installed.

On the other hand, the loop forming rod 5 is disposed inside the base 10 at the position of the filter element manufacturing stage 14. This loop forming rod 5 extends horizontally from the piston 68 of the air cylinder 66 and approximately above the web guide plate 54 at the front of the base 10. The air cylinder 66 is mounted on the horizontal movable plate 70, and the horizontal movable plate 70 is movable horizontally left and right by another air cylinder 72.

And the chute 74 and the collection container 76 for discharging | guiding the filter element 1 manufactured by the back side of the web protection plate 56 are arrange | positioned (FIG. 3).

This invention works as follows.

The filter element 1 of the present invention is manufactured from a supply of a tape-like web 4 made of synthetic fibers and having a fine mesh. The web 4 is supplied from the supply reel 18 of the web supply end 12 disposed above the base 10, and the web 4 is discharged from the guide roll 20 of the web supply end 12. It passes between the guide rolls 24 of the winding end 16. In this conveying path of the web 4, the web 4 is a web guide rod 48 of the vertical movable plate 46 mounted below the elastic support rods 44, 44 'extending from the horizontal support plate 34 ( 48 ') and through the web feed path 52 of the web guide plate 54 fixedly installed thereunder.

In order to produce the filter element 1 by forming a loop 6 from the web 4 and melt-cutting it from the web, the supply of the web 4 is temporarily stopped for a short time and the operation of the air cylinder 60 The web fixing plate 64 mounted on the piston 62 is advanced to the web feed path 52 side of the web guide plate 54 to grasp and fix the web 4 with respect to the web fixing plate 64 (FIG. 6). Thereafter, the loop forming rod 5 disposed inside the base 10 advances to the front side of the web 4, that is, to the front side of the web 4 in the front direction of the base 10. The advance of the loop forming rod 5 is performed while the air cylinder 66 is operated to extend the piston 68. Subsequently, while the horizontal movable plate 70 in which the air cylinder 66 is loaded is moved to the left in the drawing of FIG. 4 by the air cylinder 72 which moves the loop forming rod 5 to the web of the vertical movable plate 46. Passing between the guide rods 48 and 48 'and the web guide plate 54 below it moves to the back side of the web 4 so that a loop 6 can be formed from the web 4 (FIG. 7). In this forming step of the loop 6, the web 4 is supplied from the web supply end 12 by the entire length of the loop 6.

Thus, after the loop 6 is formed from the web 4 by the loop forming rod 5, the horizontal support plate 34 descends. The horizontal support plate 34 is the lifting platform 32 on which the horizontal support plate 34 is mounted is lowered by the extension of the piston 30 of the air cylinder 28 and integrally at the lower side by the lowering of the horizontal support plate 34. The vertical movable plate 46 supported by the formed arms 38 and 38 'and the elastic support rods 44 and 44' is lowered.

In the lowering process, first, the web guide rods 48 and 48 'and the lower end of the web protection plate 50 extending downward from the front end side of the vertical movable plate 46 are positioned at the lower side thereof. And the web protection plate 56 is moved upward so that two layers of webs 4 can be broken between them. Thereafter, a continuous downward movement is made, but the vertical movable plate 46 is fixed, and the elastic support rods 44 and 44 'supporting the contraction contract and the two of the heated support plates 40 on which the hot wire support rods 42 and 42' are installed. Arms 38 and 38 'continue to descend. The heating wires 8 connected to the lower ends of the heating wire supporting rods 42 and 42 'are connected to the web guide rods 48 and 48' and the web protecting plate 50 and the web guide plate 54 and the web protecting plate ( The loop 6 is separated from the web 4 by melt-cutting the connection 7 between the web 4 and the loop 6 through the two-ply web 4 held and gripped by 56. 8).

As mentioned above with reference to FIG. 2, the loop 6 cut by the hot wire 8 and the connection portion 7 of the web 4 are melt-cut and at the same time the connection portion of the loop 6 is welded to form a cylindrical filter element. (1) can be configured and the connection of the web (4) in which the loop (6) is cut and separated is also welded to maintain the continuity of the web (4) in which the loop (6) is cut and discharged. The web 4 in which the loop 6 is cut off and discharged is wound around the winding reel 22 of the discharge web winding end 16.

When the filter element 1 is manufactured after the cutting of the loop 6 and the filter element 1 is manufactured, the loop forming rod 5 is retracted and returned to the loop forming ready position as shown in FIG. And the vertical movable plate 46 also rises so that a gap can be maintained between the web guide rods 48 and 48 'and the web protector 50 and the web guide plate 54 and the web protector 56. This allows the formation of a new loop to begin.

The filter element 1 produced after separation of the loop 6 is collected in the collecting container 74 through the chute 74. Conventional electrostatic neutralizers can be placed in the vicinity of the chute 74 such that the filter elements 1 to be collected do not stick to the components or the web 4 of the device under the action of static electricity.

As described above, the present invention continuously feeds a continuous web of synthetic fibers, forms a loop to form a filter element from the web, and passes the hot wire through the connection portion between the loop and the web, thereby melting the cut portion and welding the connection portion of the loop. Oil filter filter to form a cylindrical filter element and to weld the connection part of the separated web after the loop is cut so that the continuity of the web can be maintained. It is to provide an apparatus for manufacturing a device.

Claims (4)

A fine mesh-like synthetic fiber supplied from the web supply end 12 with a web supply end 12, a filter element manufacturing step 14, and a discharge web winding end 16 disposed on the front surface of the base 10. In the manufacturing apparatus of the filter element for oil filters which manufactures the cylindrical filter element 1 from the tape-shaped web 4, the filter element manufacturing stage 14 is the web supply stage 12 and the discharge web winding end 16. The filter element manufacturing stage 14 is disposed on the platform 32 which is lifted by the air cylinder 28, and is disposed on the web path extending therebetween, and the horizontal support plate 34 and the arm 38 (38 ') are provided. Hot wire support plate 40 having a heating wire (8) connected to the lower end of the hot wire support rods 42, 42 'extending to the lower side of the arm 38 (38'), the elastic support rod (34) 44) (44 ') vertical movable plate 46, the web guide rods 48, 48' and web protection plate 50 are extended at the tip and the heating wire 8 is disposed therebetween, The web guide plate 54 and the web protector plate 56 and the web guide plate which are fixed to the web guide rods 48 and 48 'and the web protection plate 50 of the vertical movable plate 46 at regular intervals on the lower side thereof. A loop forming rod extended to the upper side of the web guide plate 54 by an air cylinder 66 mounted on a horizontal movable plate 70 movable left and right, and a web fixed plate 64 movably mounted relative to the movable support 54. 5) The manufacturing apparatus of the filter element for oil filters, characterized in that consisting of. A web feed path 52 is formed in the web guide plate 54 so that the web 4 is fixedly installed between and below the web guide bars 48 and 48 'of the vertical movable plate 46. Apparatus for manufacturing an oil filter filter element characterized in that it moves through the web feed path 52 of the web guide plate 54. The web guide bars (48) and 48 'of the vertical movable plate (46) and the web guide plates below them so that the loop forming rod (5) can form the loop (6) from the web (4). 54) An apparatus for manufacturing an oil filter filter element, characterized in that it moves between the back side of the web (4) through. The web guide bars (48) (48 ') and web protection plate (50) of the vertical movable plate (46) when the loop (6) is formed from the web (4) by the loop forming rod (5). The lower end portion of the web guide plate 54 and the web protection plate 56, which are located below them, move upwards to grasp and fix two layers of webs 4 therebetween, and the hot wire supporting rods 42 and 42 'are installed. Layer of the heating wire support plate 40 is lowered so that the heating wire 8 is gripped and fixed by the web guide rods 48 and 48 'and the web protection plate 50 and the web guide plate 54 and the web protection plate 56. An apparatus for manufacturing an oil filter filter element, characterized in that the connection between the web (4) and the loop (6) is melt-cut by passing through the web (4) of the filter to separate the loop (6) from the web (4).