阅读说明：本技术 一种3d打印挤出装置及3d打印机 (3D prints extrusion device and 3D printer ) 是由 刘辉林 唐京科 陈春 敖丹军 严罗林 于 2020-11-26 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明涉及3D打印机技术领域,公开一种3D打印挤出装置及3D打印机。其中3D打印挤出装置包括供料件、主动齿轮、第一从动齿轮和第二从动齿轮,供料件一端设置有出料通道,另一端设置有与出料通道均连接的第一供料通道和第二供料通道；主动齿轮设置于第一供料通道和第二供料通道远离出料通道的一端；第一从动齿轮能与主动齿轮选择性啮合,以向第一供料通道供料,第二从动齿轮能与主动齿轮选择性啮合,以向第二供料通道供料。本发明通过在供料件上设置第一供料通道和第二供料通道,通过两个供料通道依次为出料通道供料,并通过第一从动齿轮和第二从动齿轮选择性与主动齿轮啮合实现自动换料,提高了打印效率。(The invention relates to the technical field of 3D printers and discloses a 3D printing extrusion device and a 3D printer. The 3D printing extrusion device comprises a feeding part, a driving gear, a first driven gear and a second driven gear, wherein one end of the feeding part is provided with a discharge channel, and the other end of the feeding part is provided with a first feeding channel and a second feeding channel which are connected with the discharge channel; the driving gear is arranged at one end of the first feeding channel and one end of the second feeding channel far away from the discharging channel; the first driven gear can be selectively meshed with the driving gear to supply materials to the first feeding channel, and the second driven gear can be selectively meshed with the driving gear to supply materials to the second feeding channel. According to the invention, the first feeding channel and the second feeding channel are arranged on the feeding part, the two feeding channels are used for sequentially feeding materials to the discharging channel, and the first driven gear and the second driven gear are selectively meshed with the driving gear to realize automatic material changing, so that the printing efficiency is improved.)

1. The 3D printing extrusion device is characterized by comprising:

the device comprises a material supply part (1), a material discharge channel (11) is arranged at one end of the material supply part, and a first material supply channel (12) and a second material supply channel (13) which are connected with the material discharge channel (11) are arranged at the other end of the material supply part;

the driving gear (2) is arranged at one end, far away from the discharging channel (11), of the first feeding channel (12) and the second feeding channel (13);

a first driven gear (31) and a second driven gear (41), said first driven gear (31) being selectively engageable with said drive gear (2) to feed said first feed passage (12), said second driven gear (41) being selectively engageable with said drive gear (2) to feed said second feed passage (13);

the driving piece (21), the driving piece (21) drives the driving gear (2) to rotate.

2. The 3D printing extrusion device according to claim 1, further comprising an extrusion body (5), a first follower (32) and a second follower (42), wherein the first follower gear (31) is disposed on the first follower (32), the second follower gear (41) is disposed on the second follower (42), and the feeding member (1), the driving gear (2), the first follower (32) and the second follower (42) are disposed on the extrusion body (5).

3. 3D printing extrusion device according to claim 2, characterized in that an elastic member (51) is arranged between the first follower (32) and the second follower (42), wherein the elastic member (51) can provide an elastic force towards the driving gear (2) to the first driven gear (31) and the second driven gear (41).

4. 3D printing extrusion device according to claim 2, further comprising a first feeding member (33) and a second feeding member (43), the first feeding member (33) being connected to the first driven member (32) enabling disengagement of the first driven gear (31) and the driving gear (2), the second feeding member (43) being connected to the second driven member (42) enabling disengagement of the second driven gear (41) and the driving gear (2).

5. 3D printing extrusion device according to claim 1, further comprising a change able to selectively disengage the first driven gear (31) from the driving gear (2) or the second driven gear (41) from the driving gear (2).

6. The 3D printing extrusion device according to claim 5, wherein the material changing piece comprises a steering engine (61) and a cam (62) arranged at the movable end of the steering engine (61), and the cam (62) can selectively disengage the first driven gear (31) or the second driven gear (41) from the driving gear (2) along with the rotation of the steering engine (61).

7. 3D printing extrusion device according to claim 1, characterized in that the first feed channel (12) and the second feed channel (13) are provided with a feeding limit protrusion (14).

8. The 3D printing extrusion device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, further comprising a detection member (7) disposed at an end of the driving gear (2) away from the feeding member (1), wherein the detection member (7) is provided with a first detection channel (71) and a second detection channel (72), the first detection channel (71) is used for detecting whether a material (100) enters between the first driven gear (31) and the driving gear (2), and the second detection channel (72) is used for detecting whether a material (100) enters between the second driven gear (41) and the driving gear (2).

9. The 3D printing extrusion device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, further comprising a material guiding member (8) arranged between the material supplying member (1) and the driving gear (2), wherein the material guiding member (8) is provided with a first material guiding channel (81) and a second material guiding channel (82), and the material (100) between the first driven gear (31) and the driving gear (2) can enter the first material supplying channel (12) through the first material guiding channel (81); the materials (100) between the second driven gear (41) and the driving gear (2) can enter the second feeding channel (13) through the second material guiding channel (82).

10. A 3D printer comprising a mobile device and the 3D printing extrusion device of any one of claims 1-9 disposed at a mobile end of the mobile device.

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of 3D printers, in particular to a 3D printing extrusion device and a 3D printer.

Background

3D printing (3DP), a technique for constructing objects by layer-by-layer printing using bondable materials such as powdered metals or plastics based on digital model files, is one of the rapid prototyping techniques, also known as additive manufacturing.

At present, to the 3D printer that uses bar-shaped material, use when a bar-shaped material and accomplish the back, will stop to print usually and change the material, reduce printing efficiency greatly.

Therefore, a 3D printing extrusion apparatus is needed to solve the above problems.

Disclosure of Invention

Based on the above, the invention aims to provide a 3D printing extrusion device and a 3D printer, which can automatically change materials and have high printing efficiency.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:

a 3D printing extrusion device comprising:

the feeding part is provided with a discharging channel at one end and a first feeding channel and a second feeding channel which are connected with the discharging channel at the other end;

the driving gear is arranged at one end, far away from the discharge channel, of the first feeding channel and the second feeding channel;

a first driven gear selectively engageable with the drive gear to feed the first feed passage and a second driven gear selectively engageable with the drive gear to feed the second feed passage;

the driving piece drives the driving gear to rotate. The material is sequentially supplied to the discharging channel through two material supplying channels; realize automatic reloading through first driven gear and second driven gear selectivity and driving gear meshing, improved printing efficiency.

As a preferred scheme of 3D printing extrusion device, still include extrude body, first follower and second follower, first driven gear set up in first follower, second driven gear set up in on the second follower, the feeding piece, the driving gear, first follower and the second follower all set up in extrude the body on. The extrusion body, the first driven piece and the second driven piece are used for realizing connection and installation of the feeding piece, the driving gear, the first driven gear and the second driven gear.

As a preferable mode of the 3D printing extrusion device, an elastic member is disposed between the first driven member and the second driven member, and the elastic member can provide elastic force to the first driven gear and the second driven gear in a direction toward the driving gear. The elastic part is used for enabling the driven part after the feeding is finished to drive the driven gear and the driving gear 2 to keep a meshed state correspondingly.

As a preferred scheme of the 3D printing extrusion device, the device further comprises a first feeding part and a second feeding part, wherein the first feeding part is connected with the first driven part and can disengage the first driven gear from the driving gear, and the second feeding part is connected with the second driven part and can disengage the second driven gear from the driving gear. First material loading spare and second material loading spare are used for realizing printing extrusion device's material loading to 3D.

As a preferable scheme of the 3D printing extrusion device, the device further comprises a material changing part, and the material changing part can selectively disengage the first driven gear from the driving gear or disengage the second driven gear from the driving gear. The material changing piece is used for realizing selective meshing between the first driven gear and the driving gear, the second driven gear and the driving gear

As a preferred scheme of 3D printing extrusion device, the reloading piece comprises a steering engine and a cam arranged at the movable end of the steering engine, and the cam can selectively enable the first driven gear or the second driven gear to be disengaged from the driving gear along with the rotation of the steering engine. When the long diameter of the cam is abutted against a certain driven gear, the driven gear is disengaged from the driving gear.

As a preferred scheme of the 3D printing extrusion device, the first feeding channel and the second feeding channel are provided with feeding limiting protrusions. The material loading position is limited.

As an optimal scheme of 3D printing extrusion device, still including set up in the driving gear is kept away from the detection piece of feed spare one end, the detection piece is provided with first detecting channel and second detecting channel, first detecting channel is used for detecting whether there is the material to get into first driven gear with the driving gear, second detecting channel is used for detecting whether there is the material to get into second driven gear with the driving gear. The detection piece is used for detecting whether materials enter the feeding piece or not.

As a preferred scheme of the 3D printing extrusion device, the device further comprises a material guide member arranged between the material supply member and the driving gear, wherein the material guide member is provided with a first material guide channel and a second material guide channel, and a material passing through the space between the first driven gear and the driving gear can enter the first material supply channel through the first material guide channel; the materials between the second driven gear and the driving gear can enter the second feeding channel through the second material guide channel. The material guide piece is used for guiding the material.

A3D printer comprises the 3D printing extrusion device in any scheme.

The invention has the beneficial effects that:

through set up first feed passage and second feed passage on the feeding piece, be the discharging channel feed in proper order through two feed passages, and set up the driving gear, first driven gear and second driven gear, when driving gear and first driven gear meshing, through first feed passage to discharging channel feed, when driving gear and second driven gear meshing, through the second feed passage to discharging channel feed, the time of need shutting down the reloading after having reduced because of certain passageway material uses and accomplishes, realize automatic reloading through first driven gear and second driven gear selectivity and driving gear meshing, printing efficiency has been improved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments of the present invention will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the contents of the embodiments of the present invention and the drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a 3D printing extrusion apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a 3D printing extrusion apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic view of a driving gear of a 3D printing extrusion device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a 3D printing extrusion apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention in a state where a cam abuts against a first follower.

In the figure:

1. a feeding member; 11. a discharge channel; 12. a first feed passage; 13. a second feed passage; 14. a feeding limit bulge;

2. a driving gear; 21. a drive member; 22. a groove;

31. a first driven gear; 32. a first driven member; 33. a first feeding member; 34. bending the pipe; 35. a first abutment block; 36. a first rotating shaft;

41. a second driven gear; 42. a second driven member; 43. a second feeding member; 44. a second abutment block; 45. a second rotating shaft;

5. extruding the body; 51. an elastic member;

61. a steering engine; 62. a cam;

7. a detection member; 71. a first detection channel; 72. a second detection channel;

8. a material guide member; 81. a first material guide channel; 82. a second material guide channel; 83. a concave surface;

100. and (3) feeding.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical problems solved, technical solutions adopted and technical effects achieved by the present invention clearer, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention will be described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the present embodiment provides a 3D printing extrusion apparatus for a 3D printer, the apparatus includes a feeding member 1, a driving gear 2, a first driven gear 31 and a second driven gear 41, one end of the feeding member 1 is provided with a discharging channel 11, and the other end is provided with a first feeding channel 12 and a second feeding channel 13 both connected with the discharging channel 11; the driving gear 2 is arranged at one end of the first feeding channel 12 and one end of the second feeding channel 13 far away from the discharging channel 11; the first driven gear 31 can be selectively engaged with the driving gear 2 to supply the first supply path 12, and the second driven gear 41 can be selectively engaged with the driving gear 2 to supply the second supply path 13.

Through set up first feed passage 12 and second feed passage 13 on feeder 1, be discharging channel 11 feed through two feed passages in proper order, and set up driving gear 2, first driven gear 31 and second driven gear 41, when driving gear 2 and first driven gear 31 meshing, through the feed of first feed passage 12 to discharging channel 11, when driving gear 2 and second driven gear 41 meshing, through the feed of second feed passage 13 to discharging channel 11, the time that needs shut down the reloading after having reduced because of certain passageway material 100 uses and accomplishes, realize automatic reloading through the meshing of first driven gear 31 and second driven gear 41 selectivity and driving gear 2, printing efficiency is improved.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 1 and fig. 2, the 3D printing extrusion apparatus further includes an extrusion body 5, a first follower 32 and a second follower 42, the first follower gear 31 is rotatably disposed on the first follower 32, the second follower gear 41 is rotatably disposed on the second follower 42, the feeding member 1, the driving gear 2, the first follower 32 and the second follower 42 are all disposed on the extrusion body 5, and the driving gear 2, the first follower 32 and the second follower 42 are rotatably disposed with the extrusion body 5.

Further, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the first driven member 32 is provided with a first rotating shaft 36, and the first driven member 32 and the first driven gear 31 rotate along the first rotating shaft 36 relative to the extrusion body 5 to realize selective engagement between the first driven gear 31 and the driving gear 2; the second follower 42 is provided with a second rotating shaft 45, and the second follower 42 and the second driven gear 41 rotate along the second rotating shaft 45 relative to the extrusion body 5 to realize selective engagement between the second driven gear 41 and the driving gear 2.

Further, as shown in fig. 1 and fig. 2, a driving member 21 is disposed below the extrusion body 5, the driving gear 2 is disposed at a driving end of the driving member 21, and the driving member 21 can drive the driving gear 2 to rotate. The driving gear 2 is coaxially provided with a driving wheel, correspondingly, the first driven gear 31 is coaxially provided with a first driven wheel, the second driven gear 41 is coaxially provided with a second driven wheel, when the first driven gear 31 is meshed with the driving gear 2, the material 100 can enter the first feeding channel 12 through the space between the rotating driving wheel and the first driven wheel, and when the second driven gear 41 is meshed with the driving gear 2, the material 100 can enter the second feeding channel 13 through the space between the rotating driving wheel and the second driven wheel. As shown in fig. 3, in order to position and guide the rod-shaped material 100, a groove 22 is formed on the outer circumferential wall of the driving wheel, and correspondingly, grooves 22 are formed on the outer circumferential walls of the first driven wheel and the second driven wheel, and the material 100 is placed between the driving wheel and the groove 22 opposite to the first driven wheel or the driving wheel or the second driven wheel.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the 3D printing extrusion apparatus further includes a material guiding member 8 disposed between the material supplying member 1 and the driving gear 2, for guiding the material 100. Correspondingly, the material guiding member 8 is provided with a concave surface 83 matched with the driving gear 2, the first driven gear 31 and the second driven gear 32, so that the visualization of the operation process is facilitated, and the relative positions of the first driven gear 31, the second driven gear 32 and the driving gear 2 can be conveniently checked by an operator; the material guiding member 8 is provided with a first material guiding channel 81 and a second material guiding channel 82, and the material 100 between the first driven wheel and the driving wheel can enter the first material supplying channel 12 through the first material guiding channel 81; the material 100 passing between the second driven wheel and the driving wheel can enter the second feeding passage 13 through the second material guiding passage 82.

Further, in order to realize the feeding of the 3D printing extrusion device, as shown in fig. 1 and fig. 2, the 3D printing extrusion device further includes a first feeding member 33 and a second feeding member 43, the first feeding member 33 is connected with the first driven member 32, the first feeding member 33 is toggled, the first driven member 32 and the first driven gear 31 rotate relative to the extrusion body 5 along the first rotating shaft 36, the first driven gear 31 is disengaged from the driving gear 2, the second feeding member 43 is connected with the second driven member 42, the second feeding member 43 is toggled, the second driven member 42 and the second driven gear 41 rotate relative to the extrusion body 5 along the second rotating shaft 45, and the second driven gear 41 is disengaged from the driving gear 2. In this embodiment, the elbow 34 is arranged at one end of the first feeding member 33 and the second feeding member 43 far away from the driving gear 2, so that the operator can conveniently stir the first feeding member 33 and the second feeding member 43, and the manual feeding is more convenient.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 2, the first feeding channel 12 and the second feeding channel 13 are provided with a feeding limiting protrusion 14 for limiting a feeding position of the material 100, and when the material 100 is not fed to the feeding limiting protrusion 14, a long feeding time exists after printing starts, so that the material 100 moves to the discharging channel 11, which affects printing efficiency; when the material 100 goes beyond the material loading limit protrusion 14, the interference of the material 100 in the two material loading channels occurs, resulting in abnormal material discharge.

When feeding is needed, firstly, the first feeding part 33 is shifted, the first driven part 32 drives the first driven gear 31 to be disengaged from the driving gear 2, the materials 100 are respectively arranged between the first driven gear and the driving gear, and then sequentially pass through the first material guide channel 81 and the first material supply channel 12 and are fed to the feeding limiting protrusion 14; then, the second feeding part 43 is shifted, the second driven part 42 drives the second driven gear 41 to be disengaged from the driving gear 2, the materials 100 are respectively placed between the second driven gear and the driving gear, and then sequentially pass through the second material guide channel 82 and the second material supply channel 13 and are fed to the feeding limiting protrusion 14; or simultaneously poking the first feeding part 33 and the second feeding part 43, and then sequentially completing the feeding of the two materials 100; and finally, resetting the first feeding member 33 and the second feeding member 43 to realize the feeding of the material 100.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, an elastic member 51 is disposed between the first follower 32 and the second follower 42, and the elastic member 51 can provide an elastic force toward the driving gear 2 to the first driven gear 31 and the second driven gear 41, so that the loaded followers can drive the driven gears to keep engaged with the driving gear 2.

Further, in order to realize the selective engagement between the first driven gear 31 and the second driven gear 41 and the driving gear 2, the 3D printing extrusion device further comprises a material changing member, wherein the material changing member can selectively push the first driven member 32 to disengage the first driven gear 31 and the driving gear 2, or push the second driven member 42 to disengage the second driven gear 41 and the driving gear 2.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 4, the material changing piece includes a steering gear 61 and a cam 62 disposed at a movable end of the steering gear 61, and the cam 62 can selectively disengage the first driven gear 31 or the second driven gear 41 from the driving gear 2 along with the rotation of the steering gear 61. For example, as shown in fig. 4, when the major diameter of the cam 62 abuts the first follower 32, the first follower gear 31 is disengaged from the drive gear 2; when the long diameter of the cam 62 abuts against the second follower 42, the second follower gear 41 is disengaged from the drive gear 2.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 1 and 4, the first follower 32 is provided with a first abutting block 35, the second follower 42 is provided with a second abutting block 44, and the cam 62 can selectively abut against the first abutting block 35 or the second abutting block 44, so as to reduce damage of the cam 62 to the feeding member.

As shown in fig. 1 and fig. 2, the 3D printing extrusion device further includes a detection piece 7 disposed at one end of the driving gear 2 far from the feeding piece 1, the detection piece 7 is provided with a first detection channel 71 and a second detection channel 72, the first detection channel 71 is used for detecting whether there is a material 100 entering the first driven gear 31 and the driving gear 2, and the second detection channel 72 is used for detecting whether there is a material 100 entering the second driven gear 41 and the driving gear 2. How the detecting member 7 detects whether there is the material 100 in the first detecting channel 71 and the second detecting channel 72 is the prior art, and is not described herein again.

After the feeding is completed, one end of the long diameter of the cam 62 abuts against the second driven member 42, so that the second driven gear 41 is separated from the driving gear 2, the first driven gear 31 is engaged with the driving gear 2, the driving member 21 drives the driving wheel to rotate, and the material 100 in the first detection channel 71 sequentially passes through the space between the first driven gear and the driving wheel, the first material guide channel 81 and the first material supply channel 12 and enters the material discharge channel 11 for 3D printing; until the material 100 printed in the first detection channel 71 is used up, the driving part 21 drives the driving wheel to rotate reversely by a certain angle at the moment, so that the material 100 is withdrawn from the discharge channel 11 into the first feeding channel 12, then the steering wheel 61 drives the cam 62 to rotate, so that the long diameter of the cam 62 is abutted to the second driven part 42, and further the first driven gear 31 is disengaged from the driving gear 2, and the second driven gear 41 is engaged with the driving gear 2, the driving part 21 continues to drive the driving wheel to rotate reversely, the material 100 in the second detection channel 72 sequentially passes through the second driven wheel and the driving wheel, the second material guiding channel 82 and the second feeding channel 13 to enter the discharge channel 11 for 3D printing, and automatic material changing is realized.

The embodiment also discloses a 3D printer, which comprises a mobile device and the 3D printing extrusion device arranged at the mobile end of the mobile device.

It is to be noted that the foregoing is only illustrative of the preferred embodiments of the present invention and the technical principles employed. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the particular embodiments described herein, but is capable of various obvious changes, rearrangements and substitutions as will now become apparent to those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention. Therefore, although the present invention has been described in greater detail by the above embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and may include other equivalent embodiments without departing from the spirit of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention is determined by the scope of the appended claims.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "upper", "lower", "inside", "outside", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience in describing the present invention and simplifying the description, but do not indicate or imply that the referred device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation, and be operated, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance. Wherein the terms "first position" and "second position" are two different positions.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.