CN106989295A - A kind of LED inflation bulb lamps and its automatized assembly method - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a kind of LED inflation bulb lamps and its automatized assembly method, LED inflation bulb lamps include glass cell-shell, LED/light source, stem, driving power supply, metallic lamp holder, mounting bracket, on stem stalk of the LED/light source loaded on stem, the top of the oviduct of stem and the oral area sealing-in of glass cell-shell, the bottom of mounting bracket is stretched into the annular space between the oviduct of stem and blast pipe, the top of mounting bracket accommodates driving power supply, LED/light source is connected with two electricity input wire guides led to by stem outside glass cell-shell, and respective end is adjacent with the pad of driving power supply and welds, metalized lamp head-shield is buckled in outside mounting bracket, heat conduction circle and insulating trip are sequentially provided between driving power supply one side upward and the inside top of metallic lamp holder；Advantage is that the connection consistency of LED/light source and driving power supply is good, and the uniformity of installation site of the driving power supply in metallic lamp holder is good, and the assembling of driving power supply and bonding wire can be made to realize automation.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of LED gas-filled lamps and its mounting technology, more particularly, to a kind of LED inflation bulb lamps and its certainly
Dynamic makeup method of completing the square.
Background technology
The profile of LED gas-filled lamps is similar to traditional incandescent lamp, and it uses LED/light source, and heat conduction is filled with glass cell-shell
Gas or protective gas, then closed by stern column and glass cell-shell sealing-in, the electric input lead of LED/light source passes through stem
Pipe is drawn and is connected with the driving power supply outside glass cell-shell, and driving power supply is placed on the metalized lamp of similar traditional incandescent lamp
In head, metallic lamp holder may be mounted at connection civil power in traditional incandescent lamp holder.
In conventional LED gas-filled lamps, the connection of the electric input lead of LED/light source and the wire of driving power supply is using artificial
Welding manner, covers insulation sleeve by driving power supply after connection is finished, is positioned in metallic lamp holder.This connection and installation
There is following defect：First, because the electric input lead of LED/light source and the wire of driving power supply are entered using human weld's mode
Row connection, therefore LED/light source and the connection consistency of driving power supply are poor, efficiency is low；Second, because welding lead is thin and soft
It is soft, therefore with that after driving power supply welding the uniformity of installation site of the driving power supply in metallic lamp holder can be caused poor, so
It is unfavorable for that subsequently metallic lamp holder is arranged on glass cell-shell and the wire of driving power supply is connected with metallic lamp holder bonding wire.
The content of the invention
The technical problems to be solved by the invention are to provide a kind of LED/light source and the connection consistency of driving power supply is good, drive
The uniformity of dynamic installation site of the power supply in metallic lamp holder is good, and the assembling of driving power supply and bonding wire can be made to realize automation
LED inflation bulb lamp, and the LED inflate bulb lamp automatized assembly method.
The present invention solve the technical scheme that is used of above-mentioned technical problem for：A kind of LED inflates bulb lamp, including glass envelope
Shell, LED/light source, stem, driving power supply and the metallic lamp holder electrically connected with described driving power supply, described LED/light source and institute
The stem stated is located in described glass cell-shell, and described LED/light source is installed on the stem of described stem stalk, described core
The top of the oviduct of post and the oral area sealing-in of described glass cell-shell, it is characterised in that：The LED inflation bulb lamp also include by
The oviduct and described stem of described stem are stretched into the mounting bracket that insulating materials is made, the bottom of described mounting bracket
Blast pipe between annular space in, the top of described mounting bracket accommodates described driving power supply, described LED/light source
Two electricity input wire guides are connected with, the electricity input wire guide described in two leads to described glass by described stem
Outside glass cell-shell, and electricity input wire guide respective end described in two is adjacent with the pad of described driving power supply and welds
Connection, described metalized lamp head-shield is buckled in outside described mounting bracket, and the bottom of described metallic lamp holder and described glass
The neck of cell-shell is abutted, and is set gradually between the inside top of described driving power supply one side upward and described metallic lamp holder
There are heat conduction circle and insulating trip.
The bottom of described mounting bracket is multiple vertical pins separated, and the top of described mounting bracket is in circle
The receiving storehouse of column construction, described vertical pin is integrally connected on the bottom in described receiving storehouse, multiple institutes separated
The vertical pin stated, which forms a circle, makes institute cycle space one tubular cavity of formation, the row of described tubular cavity and described stem
Tracheae is adapted, between the blast pipe of the oviduct of the described stem of multiple described vertical pin insertions and described stem
In annular space, multiple described vertical pins are made to be enclosed in outside the outer wall of the blast pipe of described stem and rely on natural resiliency
On the blast pipe for being fixed on described stem, the open top in described receiving storehouse, the inwall of the annular wall in described receiving storehouse
It is circumferentially arranged at the tip position to have a multiple arcs raised line, the work of described driving power supply in multiple described arc raised lines
In the inner chamber that described receiving storehouse is limited to lower stabilization, it is recessed vertically on the side of the annular wall in described receiving storehouse
There are a pair of axial wire casings, the depth of described axial wire casing is more than the diameter of described electricity input wire guide, described in two
Electricity input wire guide, which is corresponded, to be caught in the axial wire casing described in two, the end of the electricity input wire guide described in two
It is adjacent with the pad of described driving power supply and be welded to connect.Here, multiple vertical pins are separated, i.e., stayed between vertical pin
There is certain interval, and multiple vertical pins separated form a circle makes institute cycle space one tubular cavity of formation, the tubulose
Cavity is adapted with the blast pipe of stem, can so ensure vertical pin insertion stem oviduct and stem blast pipe it
Between annular space, and insertion when can occur elastic deformation, vertical pin is firmly blocked the blast pipe of stem；Holding
The inwall of Na Cang annular wall sets multiple arcs raised line at tip position, during assembling driving power supply, by driving power supply
Be welded with the large-scale components such as electrochemical capacitor, fuse resistance one is face-down, is then caught in driving power supply, so in arc
Driving power supply will not be dropped out outside the inner chamber for accommodating storehouse under the limitation of raised line；A pair of the axial wire casings set are defeated for being embedded in two electricity
Enter wire guide, because the depth of axial wire casing is more than the diameter of electricity input wire guide, therefore electricity input wire guide is caught in
It will not be contacted after in axial wire casing with metallic lamp holder, be avoided that and cause driving power supply short circuit.
One is offered on the top of the opposite side of the annular wall in described receiving storehouse is used to position described driving power supply
The locating notch of installation site in the inner chamber in described receiving storehouse, the position of described locating notch and the axle described in two
It is relative to the centre position of wire casing.Here, setting locating notch, it can preferably make the pad of driving power supply and be caught in axial line
The end of electricity input wire guide in groove is adjacent, so that pad and the electricity of driving power supply input the automatic of the end of wire guide
Change welding.
One is further opened with the top of the annular wall in described receiving storehouse is used to shelve the guarantor in described driving power supply
The square breach of dangerous silk resistance, described square breach be located at described locating notch and the axial wire casing described in one of them it
Between.Because the volume of the fuse resistance in driving power supply is slightly larger, therefore by opening up a square breach, receiving can be extenuated
Congested conditions in the inner chamber in storehouse.
The top of multiple described vertical pins is connected with support chip, described support chip and described receiving jointly
Be symmetrically arranged with a pair of arc connection sheets between the bottom in storehouse, the top surface of described support chip and the bottom in described receiving storehouse it
Between there is gap so that multiple described vertical pins are flexible in the axial direction.Here, by setting support chip and arc to connect
Contact pin so that vertical pin and the bottom indirect connection for accommodating storehouse so that vertical pin have in the axial direction it is certain
Elasticity, is so more conducive to the assembling of mounting bracket.
It is vertically arranged with live wire input line on the driver circuit plate of described driving power supply, the driving of described driving power supply
Bending is provided with zero line input line on wiring board, the endoporus, described exhausted of described live wire input line through described heat conduction circle
The aperture at the top of the endoporus of embolium and described metallic lamp holder, described zero line input line and the inwall of described metallic lamp holder
Contact connection.
A kind of above-mentioned LED inflates the automatized assembly method of bulb lamp, it is characterised in that：Comprise the following steps：
1. wire guides will be inputted respectively to the two of glass cell-shell by two electricity drawn with the stem of glass cell-shell sealing-in
Lateral lower bending；Then glass cell-shell is placed on the positional stations of cell-shell carrier chain by neck in the way of upward；Pass through bubble
When glass cell-shell is delivered to before station turnplate by shell carrier chain, glass cell-shell is pressed from both sides to station turnplate by upper cell-shell manipulator
On；Rotation station rotating disk, makes the glass cell-shell on station turnplate be located at before righting mechanism；Placement location is inclined by righting mechanism
Oblique glass cell-shell righting, makes the tilted-putted glass cell-shell of script be placed on vertically on station turnplate；
2. mounting bracket is assembled：The vertical pin that the mounting bracket of driving power supply will be provided with is inserted to the locating slot of driving carrier chain
It is interior；When mounting bracket is delivered to before station turnplate by driving carrier chain, pass through upper driving manipulator erecting mounting bracket
In annular space between the oviduct of direct pin insertion stem and the blast pipe of stem；Rotation station rotating disk, make glass cell-shell,
Stem and the combination of mounting bracket are located at before positive pressure mechanism；By positive pressure mechanism further by the vertical pin of mounting bracket
Press in the annular space between the oviduct of stem and the blast pipe of stem, vertical pin is enclosed in the blast pipe of stem
Outside outer wall, to rely on the flexible fastening of itself of vertical pin on the blast pipe of stem；
3. the positioning of electricity input wire guide and trimming：Rotation station rotating disk, makes the combination of glass cell-shell, stem and mounting bracket
Before reason thread guide mechanism；Bend downwards two electricity input wire guides are pulled up by managing the manipulator on thread guide mechanism
Directly, and two electricity are inputted into wire guide correspondence to be caught in two accommodated on storehouse axial wire casings of mounting bracket；Rotation station
Rotating disk, is located at the combination of glass cell-shell, stem and mounting bracket and cuts before thread guide mechanism；By cutting the scissors on thread guide mechanism
The redundance that two electricity are inputted into wire guide is cut, and two electricity is inputted the end of wire guide and the receiving of mounting bracket
The top in storehouse is flushed；
4. automatic welding：Rotation station rotating disk, makes the combination of glass cell-shell, stem and mounting bracket be located at welding mechanism
Before；The weldering in driving power supply is respectively welded by the automatic end that two electricity are inputted into wire guide of electric iron on welding mechanism
On disk；
5. heat conduction circle is installed：Rotation station rotating disk, makes the combination of glass cell-shell, stem and mounting bracket be located at reason center line mechanism
Before；By managing the manipulator in center line mechanism by the live wire input line on the driver circuit plate of driving power supply into driver circuit plate
The input of live wire input line is set to be vertically fixed on the overcentre of driver circuit plate after being bent at the heart, by the driving of driving power supply
Zero line input line on wiring board is bent vertically downward along the annular wall for accommodating storehouse；Rotation station rotating disk, makes glass cell-shell, stem
It is located at the combination of mounting bracket before upper heat conduction loop mechanism；Heat conduction circle is passed through by the manipulator on upper heat conduction loop mechanism and driven
The surface of driver circuit plate is arranged on after the live wire input line of the overcentre of dynamic wiring board；
6. insulating trip is installed：Rotation station rotating disk, makes to be provided with the combination of heat conduction circle before upper insulating trip mechanism；By upper
Manipulator in insulating trip mechanism is arranged on heat conduction after insulating trip to be passed through to the live wire input line of the overcentre of driver circuit plate
On circle；
7. metallic lamp holder is assembled：Rotation station rotating disk, makes the combination for being provided with heat conduction circle and insulating trip be located at before lamp holder mechanism；
The openend for the metallic lamp holder that inside is scribbled into bonded adhesives simultaneously is placed on lamp holder carrier chain down, will by lamp holder carrier chain
When metallic lamp holder is delivered to before lamp holder mechanism, the internal metallic lamp holder for scribbling bonded adhesives is socketed in by peace by upper lamp holder manipulator
Fill on support, while making the live wire input line of the overcentre in driver circuit plate through the aperture at the top of metallic lamp holder；
The lamp body after installation is placed on lamp body carrier chain by blanking mechanical hand after installation, follow-up metalized lamp is carried out
Head baking process and metallic lamp holder nail pressing and bonding wire craft.
Compared with prior art, the advantage of the invention is that：
1）A mounting bracket is additionally arranged, the bottom of the mounting bracket is stretched between the oviduct of stem and the blast pipe of stem
In annular space so that what the mounting bracket can be stablized is fixed on the blast pipe of stem, i.e., the mounting bracket can be fine
Be positioned between the oviduct of stem and the blast pipe of stem, so as to may be such that driving power supply can be fixed accurately, metal
Lamp holder also can ensure that the uniformity that driving power supply is installed, so as to improve accurately on the neck of glass cell-shell
The uniformity of production.
2）After two rigid electricity input wire guides of LED/light source connection are led to outside glass cell-shell by stem, its
End is adjacent with the pad of the driving power supply in the top for being contained in mounting bracket so that electricity input wire guide and driving power supply
Pad can realize automatic welding, therefore not only increase LED/light source and the connection consistency of driving power supply, and improve
The joint efficiency of LED/light source and driving power supply.
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Fig. 1 inflates the overall structure diagram of bulb lamp for the LED of the present invention；
Fig. 2 inflates the decomposition texture schematic diagram of bulb lamp for the LED of the present invention；
Fig. 3 a inflate the dimensional structure diagram one of the mounting bracket in bulb lamp for the LED of the present invention；
Fig. 3 b inflate the dimensional structure diagram two of the mounting bracket in bulb lamp for the LED of the present invention；
Fig. 4 a are the mounting bracket in the LED inflation bulb lamps of the present invention（Driving power supply has been installed）Dimensional structure diagram
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Fig. 4 b are the mounting bracket in the LED inflation bulb lamps of the present invention（Driving power supply has been installed）Dimensional structure diagram
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The structure for the Automated assembly device that Fig. 5 is used for the automatized assembly method of the LED inflation bulb lamps of the present invention is shown
It is intended to.
Embodiment
The present invention is described in further detail below in conjunction with accompanying drawing embodiment.
Embodiment one：
The present embodiment propose a kind of LED inflation bulb lamp, as shown in Figure 1 to Figure 4 shown in b, it include glass cell-shell 1, LED/light source 2,
Stem 3, driving power supply 4, the metallic lamp holder 5 electrically connected with driving power supply 4, the mounting bracket 6 being made up of insulating materials, LED light
Source 2 and stem 3 are located in glass cell-shell 1, and LED/light source 2 is installed on the stem of stem 3 stalk 31, the top of the oviduct 32 of stem 3
End and the oral area sealing-in of glass cell-shell 1, the oviduct 32 of stem 3 and the blast pipe of stem 3 are stretched into the bottom of mounting bracket 6（Figure
Not shown in）Between annular space（Not shown in figure）Interior, the top of mounting bracket 6 accommodates driving power supply 4, and LED/light source 2 connects
Two electricity input wire guides 21 are connected to, two electricity input wire guides 21 are led to outside glass cell-shell 1 by stem 3, and two
The root electricity input respective end of wire guide 21 and the pad of driving power supply 4（Not shown in figure）It is adjacent and be welded to connect, metal
The cover of lamp holder 5 is buckled in outside mounting bracket 6, and the bottom of metallic lamp holder 5 is abutted with the neck of glass cell-shell 1, and driving power supply 4 is upward
Heat conduction circle 7 and insulating trip 8 are simultaneously disposed between the inside top of metallic lamp holder 5, driving power supply 4 includes driver circuit
Plate 41 and be installed on driver circuit plate 41 front and back component 42, the larger component of volume is installed on driver circuit
The back side of plate 41, the component of small volume is installed on the front of driver circuit plate 41, the driver circuit plate 41 of driving power supply 4
It is vertically arranged with bending on live wire input line 43, the driver circuit plate 41 of driving power supply 4 and is provided with zero line input line 44, live wire is defeated
Enter line 43 through the aperture 51 at the top of the endoporus of heat conduction circle 7, the endoporus of insulating trip 8 and metallic lamp holder 5, zero line input line 44 with
The inwall contact connection of metallic lamp holder 5.A mounting bracket 6 is additionally arranged, the loudspeaker of stem 3 are stretched into the bottom of the mounting bracket 6
In annular space between the blast pipe of pipe 32 and stem 3 so that the row for being fixed on stem 3 that the mounting bracket 6 can be stablized
On tracheae, i.e., the mounting bracket 6 can be good at being positioned between the oviduct 32 of stem 3 and the blast pipe of stem 3, so as to
Driving power supply 4 is accurately fixed, metallic lamp holder 5 can also be protected accurately on the neck of glass cell-shell 1
The uniformity of the installation of driving power supply 4 is demonstrate,proved, so as to improve the uniformity of production；Two rigid electricity that LED/light source 2 is connected are defeated
Enter wire guide 21 by stem 3 lead to glass cell-shell 1 it is outer after, its end and the drive being contained in the top of mounting bracket 6
The pad of dynamic power supply 4 is adjacent so that electricity input wire guide 21 and the pad of driving power supply 4 can realize automatic welding, because
This not only increases the connection consistency of LED/light source 2 and driving power supply 4, and improves the company of LED/light source 2 and driving power supply 4
Connect efficiency.
In this particular embodiment, the bottom of mounting bracket 6 is the vertical pin 61 of two curved shapes separated, peace
The top for filling support 6 is the receiving storehouse 62 in cylindrical structural, and vertical pin 61 is integrally connected to accommodate on the bottom in storehouse 62, two
The individual vertical pin 61 separated, which forms a circle, makes institute's cycle space one tubular cavity 63 of formation, tubular cavity 63 and stem 3
Blast pipe is adapted, the annular space that two vertical pins 61 are inserted between the oviduct 32 of stem 3 and the blast pipe of stem 3
It is interior, two vertical pins 61 is enclosed in outside the outer wall of the blast pipe of stem 3 and the exhaust of stem 3 is fixed on by natural resiliency
Mounting bracket 6 and driving power supply 4, are fixed on the blast pipe of stem 3 by Guan Shang so as to realize, accommodate the open top in storehouse 62,
The inwall of the annular wall 64 in receiving storehouse 62 is circumferentially arranged at tip position three arc raised lines 65, and driving power supply 4 exists
In the presence of three arc raised lines 65 on the side of the stable annular wall 64 for being limited in the inner chamber 66 in receiving storehouse 62, accommodating storehouse 62
A pair of axial wire casings 67 have been recessed vertically, and the depth of axial wire casing 67 is more than the diameter of electricity input wire guide 21, two
The electric input wire guide 21 of root, which is corresponded, to be caught in two axial wire casings 67, and two electricity input end and the drive of wire guide 21
The pad of dynamic power supply 4 is adjacent and is welded to connect.Here, two vertical pins 61 are separated, i.e., leave one between vertical pin 61
Fixed interval, and two vertical pins 61 separated form a circle makes institute cycle space one tubular cavity 63 of formation, the tubulose
Cavity 63 is adapted with the blast pipe of stem 3, can so ensure the oviduct 32 and stem 3 of the vertical insertion of pin 61 stem 3
Blast pipe between annular space in, and insertion when can occur elastic deformation, vertical pin 61 is firmly blocked core
The blast pipe of post 3；Three arc raised lines 65 are set at tip position in the inwall for the annular wall 64 for accommodating storehouse 62, assembling is driven
During dynamic power supply 4, the one of the large-scale components such as electrochemical capacitor, fuse resistance will be welded with driving power supply 4 down, is then made
Driving power supply 4 is caught in, and driving power supply 4 will not be dropped out outside the inner chamber 66 for accommodating storehouse 62 so under the limitation of arc raised line 65；If
A pair of the axial wire casings 67 put are used to be embedded in two electricity input wire guides 21, are inputted because the depth of axial wire casing 67 is more than electricity
The diameter of wire guide 21, thus electricity input wire guide 21 be caught in axial wire casing 67 after will not be contacted with metallic lamp holder 5, energy
Avoid causing the short circuit of driving power supply 4.
In this particular embodiment, one is offered on the top for the opposite side for accommodating the annular wall 64 in storehouse 62 is used to position
The locating notch 68 of installation site of the driving power supply 4 in the inner chamber 66 for accommodating storehouse 62, the position of locating notch 68 and two axles
It is relative to the centre position of wire casing 67, locating notch 68 is set, can preferably make the pad of driving power supply 4 and be caught in axial line
The end of electricity input wire guide 21 in groove 67 is adjacent, so as to the end of the pad and electricity input wire guide 21 of driving power supply 4
The automatic welding in portion；One is further opened with the top for the annular wall 64 for accommodating storehouse 62 is used to shelve the guarantor in driving power supply 4
The square breach 69 of dangerous silk resistance, square breach 69 are located between locating notch 68 and one of axial wire casing 67, due to driving
The volume of fuse resistance in dynamic power supply 4 is slightly larger, therefore by opening up a square breach 69, can extenuate and accommodate storehouse 62
Congested conditions in inner chamber 66.
In this particular embodiment, the top of two vertical pins 61 is connected with support chip 611, support chip jointly
A pair of arc connection sheets 612 are symmetrically arranged between 611 and the bottom in receiving storehouse 62, the top surface of support chip 611 is with accommodating storehouse 62
Bottom between there is gap 613 so that two vertical pins 61 are flexible in the axial direction.Here, by setting support chip
611 and arc connection sheet 612 so that bottom indirect connection of the vertical pin 61 with accommodating storehouse 62, so that vertical pin
61 have certain elasticity in the axial direction, are so more conducive to the assembling of mounting bracket 6.
Embodiment two：
The present embodiment proposes the automatized assembly method of the LED inflation bulb lamps of embodiment one, its automatic makeup used
With device as shown in figure 5, it comprises the following steps：
1. wire guides will be inputted respectively to the two of glass cell-shell by two electricity drawn with the stem of glass cell-shell sealing-in
Lateral lower bending；Then glass cell-shell is placed on the positional stations of cell-shell carrier chain 900 by neck in the way of upward；Pass through
When glass cell-shell is delivered to before station turnplate 901 by cell-shell carrier chain 900, glass cell-shell is pressed from both sides by upper cell-shell manipulator 902
To station turnplate 901；Rotation station rotating disk 901, makes the glass cell-shell on station turnplate 901 be located at before righting mechanism 903；It is logical
Righting mechanism 903 is crossed by the inclined glass cell-shell righting of placement location, the tilted-putted glass cell-shell of script is placed on vertically
On station turnplate 901.
2. mounting bracket is assembled：The vertical pin that the mounting bracket of driving power supply will be provided with is inserted to driving carrier chain 904
Locating slot in；When mounting bracket is delivered to before station turnplate 901 by driving carrier chain 904, pass through upper driving manipulator
905 insert the vertical pin of mounting bracket in the annular space between the oviduct of stem and the blast pipe of stem；Rotate work
Position rotating disk 901, makes the combination of glass cell-shell, stem and mounting bracket be located at before positive pressure mechanism 906；Pass through positive pressure mechanism 906
Further the vertical pin of mounting bracket is pressed in the annular space between the oviduct of stem and the blast pipe of stem, made
Vertical pin is enclosed in outside the outer wall of the blast pipe of stem, to rely on the flexible fastening of itself of vertical pin in the blast pipe of stem
On.
3. the positioning of electricity input wire guide and trimming：Rotation station rotating disk 901, makes glass cell-shell, stem and mounting bracket
Combination be located at reason thread guide mechanism 907 before；Bend downwards two electricity are inputted by managing the manipulator on thread guide mechanism 907
Wire guide is stretched upwards, and two electricity are inputted into two accommodated on the storehouse axial lines that wire guide correspondence is caught in mounting bracket
In groove；Rotation station rotating disk 901, is located at the combination of glass cell-shell, stem and mounting bracket and cuts before thread guide mechanism 908；It is logical
Cross the scissors cut on thread guide mechanism 908 to cut the redundance that two electricity input wire guide, lead two electricity input metals
The end of silk is flushed with the top in the receiving storehouse of mounting bracket.
4. automatic welding：Rotation station rotating disk 901, makes the combination of glass cell-shell, stem and mounting bracket be located at weldering
Before connection mechanism 909；By the automatic ends that two electricity are inputted into wire guides of electric iron on welding mechanism 909 be respectively welded in
On the pad of driving power supply.
5. heat conduction circle is installed：Rotation station rotating disk 901, makes the combination of glass cell-shell, stem and mounting bracket be located at reason
Before center line mechanism 910；By managing the manipulator in center line mechanism 910 by the live wire input line on the driver circuit plate of driving power supply
The input of live wire input line is set to be vertically fixed on the overcentre of driver circuit plate after being bent to driver circuit plate center, will
Zero line input line on the driver circuit plate of driving power supply is bent vertically downward along the annular wall for accommodating storehouse；Rotation station rotating disk
901, the combination of glass cell-shell, stem and mounting bracket is located at before upper heat conduction loop mechanism 911；Pass through upper heat conduction loop mechanism
Manipulator on 911 is arranged on driver circuit plate after heat conduction circle to be passed through to the live wire input line of the overcentre of driver circuit plate
Surface.
6. insulating trip is installed：Rotation station rotating disk 901, makes the combination for being provided with heat conduction circle be located at upper insulating trip mechanism
Before 912；The live wire of insulating trip through the overcentre of driver circuit plate is inputted by the manipulator in upper insulating trip mechanism 912
It is arranged on after line on heat conduction circle.
7. metallic lamp holder is assembled：Rotation station rotating disk 901, makes the combination for being provided with heat conduction circle and insulating trip be located at lamp holder
Before mechanism 913；The openend for the metallic lamp holder that inside is scribbled into bonded adhesives simultaneously is placed on lamp holder carrier chain 914 down, is led to
When crossing lamp holder carrier chain 914 and being delivered to metallic lamp holder before lamp holder mechanism 913, inside is scribbled by upper lamp holder manipulator 915
The metallic lamp holder of bonded adhesives is socketed in mounting bracket, while wearing the live wire input line of the overcentre in driver circuit plate
Cross the aperture at the top of metallic lamp holder；The lamp body after installation is placed into by lamp by blanking mechanical hand 916 after installation
On body carrier chain 917, follow-up metallic lamp holder baking process and metallic lamp holder nail pressing and bonding wire craft is carried out.
The structure of Automated assembly device shown in Fig. 5 is by cell-shell carrier chain 900, station turnplate 901, upper cell-shell manipulator
902nd, righting mechanism 903, driving carrier chain 904, it is upper driving manipulator 905, positive pressure mechanism 906, reason thread guide mechanism 907, cut and lead
Silk mechanism 908, welding mechanism 909, reason center line mechanism 910, upper heat conduction loop mechanism 911, upper insulating trip mechanism 912, lamp holder mechanism
913rd, lamp holder carrier chain 914, upper lamp holder manipulator 915, blanking mechanical hand 916, lamp body carrier chain 917 assemble, above-mentioned
Each mechanism and carrier chain use prior art.
Claims (7)
1. a kind of LED inflates bulb lamp, including glass cell-shell, LED/light source, stem, driving power supply and with described driving power supply
The metallic lamp holder of electrical connection, described LED/light source and described stem are located in described glass cell-shell, described LED/light source
It is installed on the stem of described stem stalk, the top of oviduct of described stem is sealed with the oral area of described glass cell-shell
Connect, it is characterised in that：LED inflation bulb lamps also include the mounting bracket that is made up of insulating materials, described mounting bracket
Bottom is stretched into the annular space between the oviduct of described stem and the blast pipe of described stem, described mounting bracket
Top accommodate described driving power supply, described LED/light source is connected with two electricity input wire guides, electric defeated described in two
Enter wire guide to lead to by described stem outside described glass cell-shell, and the electricity input wire guide described in two is each
End it is adjacent with the pad of described driving power supply and be welded to connect, described metalized lamp head-shield is buckled in described mounting bracket
Outside, and the bottom of described metallic lamp holder is abutted with the neck of described glass cell-shell, the one side of described driving power supply upward
Heat conduction circle and insulating trip are disposed between the inside top of described metallic lamp holder.
2. a kind of LED inflations bulb lamp according to claim 1, it is characterised in that：The bottom of described mounting bracket is
Multiple vertical pins separated, the top of described mounting bracket is the receiving storehouse in cylindrical structural, and described is vertical slotting
Pin is integrally connected on the bottom in described receiving storehouse, and multiple described vertical pins separated form a circle and make institute's cycle space
A tubular cavity is formed, described tubular cavity is adapted with the blast pipe of described stem, multiple described vertical pins
In annular space between the blast pipe of the oviduct of the described stem of insertion and described stem, make multiple described vertical insert
Pin is enclosed in outside the outer wall of the blast pipe of described stem and is fixed on by natural resiliency on the blast pipe of described stem, institute
The open top in the receiving storehouse stated, the inwall of the annular wall in described receiving storehouse is circumferentially arranged at tip position multiple
Arc raised line, described driving power supply is stable in the presence of multiple described arc raised lines to be limited to described accommodate in storehouse
In chamber, a pair of axial wire casings, described axial wire casing have been recessed on the side of the annular wall in described receiving storehouse vertically
Depth be more than the diameter of described electricity input wire guide, the electricity input wire guide described in two, which is corresponded, is caught in two
In described axial wire casing, the end of the electricity input wire guide described in two is adjacent with the pad of described driving power supply and welds
Connect in succession.
3. a kind of LED inflations bulb lamp according to claim 2, it is characterised in that：The annular wall in described receiving storehouse
One is offered on the top of opposite side is used to position installation position of the described driving power supply in the inner chamber in described receiving storehouse
The locating notch put, the position of described locating notch is relative with the centre position of the axial wire casing described in two.
4. a kind of LED inflations bulb lamp according to claim 3, it is characterised in that：The annular wall in described receiving storehouse
The square breach for being used to shelve the fuse resistance in described driving power supply are further opened with top, described is square scarce
Between axial wire casing of the mouth positioned at described locating notch and described in one of them.
5. a kind of LED inflation bulb lamps according to any one of claim 2 to 4, it is characterised in that：Multiple described erects
The top of direct pin is connected with support chip jointly, is symmetrical arranged between the bottom in described support chip and described receiving storehouse
There are a pair of arc connection sheets, there is gap so that multiple institutes between the bottom in the top surface of described support chip and described receiving storehouse
The vertical pin stated is flexible in the axial direction.
6. a kind of LED inflations bulb lamp according to claim 5, it is characterised in that：The drives line of described driving power supply
It is vertically arranged with live wire input line on the plate of road, bending is provided with zero line input line on the driver circuit plate of described driving power supply,
Described live wire input line is through the top of the endoporus, the endoporus of described insulating trip and described metallic lamp holder of described heat conduction circle
The aperture in portion, described zero line input line contacts connection with the inwall of described metallic lamp holder.
7. the LED described in a kind of claim 6 inflates the automatized assembly method of bulb lamp, it is characterised in that：Including following step
Suddenly：
1. wire guides will be inputted respectively to the two of glass cell-shell by two electricity drawn with the stem of glass cell-shell sealing-in
Lateral lower bending；Then glass cell-shell is placed on the positional stations of cell-shell carrier chain by neck in the way of upward；Pass through bubble
When glass cell-shell is delivered to before station turnplate by shell carrier chain, glass cell-shell is pressed from both sides to station turnplate by upper cell-shell manipulator
On；Rotation station rotating disk, makes the glass cell-shell on station turnplate be located at before righting mechanism；Placement location is inclined by righting mechanism
Oblique glass cell-shell righting, makes the tilted-putted glass cell-shell of script be placed on vertically on station turnplate；
2. mounting bracket is assembled：The vertical pin that the mounting bracket of driving power supply will be provided with is inserted to the locating slot of driving carrier chain
It is interior；When mounting bracket is delivered to before station turnplate by driving carrier chain, pass through upper driving manipulator erecting mounting bracket
In annular space between the oviduct of direct pin insertion stem and the blast pipe of stem；Rotation station rotating disk, make glass cell-shell,
Stem and the combination of mounting bracket are located at before positive pressure mechanism；By positive pressure mechanism further by the vertical pin of mounting bracket
Press in the annular space between the oviduct of stem and the blast pipe of stem, vertical pin is enclosed in the blast pipe of stem
Outside outer wall, to rely on the flexible fastening of itself of vertical pin on the blast pipe of stem；
3. the positioning of electricity input wire guide and trimming：Rotation station rotating disk, makes the combination of glass cell-shell, stem and mounting bracket
Before reason thread guide mechanism；Bend downwards two electricity input wire guides are pulled up by managing the manipulator on thread guide mechanism
Directly, and two electricity are inputted into wire guide correspondence to be caught in two accommodated on storehouse axial wire casings of mounting bracket；Rotation station
Rotating disk, is located at the combination of glass cell-shell, stem and mounting bracket and cuts before thread guide mechanism；By cutting the scissors on thread guide mechanism
The redundance that two electricity are inputted into wire guide is cut, and two electricity is inputted the end of wire guide and the receiving of mounting bracket
The top in storehouse is flushed；
4. automatic welding：Rotation station rotating disk, makes the combination of glass cell-shell, stem and mounting bracket be located at welding mechanism
Before；The weldering in driving power supply is respectively welded by the automatic end that two electricity are inputted into wire guide of electric iron on welding mechanism
On disk；
5. heat conduction circle is installed：Rotation station rotating disk, makes the combination of glass cell-shell, stem and mounting bracket be located at reason center line mechanism
Before；By managing the manipulator in center line mechanism by the live wire input line on the driver circuit plate of driving power supply into driver circuit plate
The input of live wire input line is set to be vertically fixed on the overcentre of driver circuit plate after being bent at the heart, by the driving of driving power supply
Zero line input line on wiring board is bent vertically downward along the annular wall for accommodating storehouse；Rotation station rotating disk, makes glass cell-shell, stem
It is located at the combination of mounting bracket before upper heat conduction loop mechanism；Heat conduction circle is passed through by the manipulator on upper heat conduction loop mechanism and driven
The surface of driver circuit plate is arranged on after the live wire input line of the overcentre of dynamic wiring board；
6. insulating trip is installed：Rotation station rotating disk, makes to be provided with the combination of heat conduction circle before upper insulating trip mechanism；By upper
Manipulator in insulating trip mechanism is arranged on heat conduction after insulating trip to be passed through to the live wire input line of the overcentre of driver circuit plate
On circle；
7. metallic lamp holder is assembled：Rotation station rotating disk, makes the combination for being provided with heat conduction circle and insulating trip be located at before lamp holder mechanism；
The openend for the metallic lamp holder that inside is scribbled into bonded adhesives simultaneously is placed on lamp holder carrier chain down, will by lamp holder carrier chain
When metallic lamp holder is delivered to before lamp holder mechanism, the internal metallic lamp holder for scribbling bonded adhesives is socketed in by peace by upper lamp holder manipulator
Fill on support, while making the live wire input line of the overcentre in driver circuit plate through the aperture at the top of metallic lamp holder；
The lamp body after installation is placed on lamp body carrier chain by blanking mechanical hand after installation, follow-up metalized lamp is carried out
Head baking process and metallic lamp holder nail pressing and bonding wire craft.
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