Transformable molding assembly and method of using the same
09739016 · 2017-08-22
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Abstract
The present invention provides a transformable molding assembly, which has a lower mold, an upper mold, and an activating device. The lower mold has a first plane formed with at least one cave. The upper mold has a second plane formed with at least one guide rail and at least one protrusion assembly corresponding to the at least one cave. The lower mold and the upper mold are matched with each other along a first direction by the at least one cave and the at least one protrusion assembly thereof. The activating device is linked with the upper mold. The at least one protrusion assembly comprises at least one driving element and a plurality of driven elements.
Claims
1. A transformable molding assembly, for a wet paper-shape forming equipment, comprising: a lower mold, having a first plane and at least one cave formed on the first plane; an upper mold, having a second plane, and at least one guiding rail and at least one protrusion assembly, corresponding with the at least one cave, formed on the second plane, wherein the lower mold and the upper mold are matched with each other along a first direction, by the at least one cave and the at least one protrusion assembly; and an activation device, linked with the upper mold; wherein the at least one protrusion assembly comprises at least one driving element and a plurality of driven elements, the plurality of driven elements are partially disposed in the at least one guiding rail, the activation device steers the at least one driving element to apply at least one force on the plurality of driven elements, with moving the plurality of driven elements along the at least one guiding rail, to reach a manner that an assembled shape of the at least one protrusion assembly is transformed from either a first mode to a second mode or from the second mode to the first mode.
2. The transformable molding assembly according to claim 1, wherein the at least one force is applied on the plurality of driven elements along a second direction.
3. The transformable molding assembly according to claim 2, wherein the upper mold further comprises at least one first spring, each of the at least one first spring comprises a first end, the first end is linked with the plurality of driven elements, the plurality of driven elements are moved toward a third direction opposite to the second direction, by compressed elasticity provided by the at least one first spring.
4. The transformable molding assembly according to claim 3, wherein the at least one first spring further comprises a second end, the second end is linked with a side wall of the at least one guiding rail, correspondingly.
5. The transformable molding assembly according to claim 3, wherein the at least one first spring further comprise a second end, the second end is linked with the at least one driving element.
6. The transformable molding assembly according to claim 3, wherein the at least one protrusion assembly further comprises at least one fixing element used to guide the plurality of driven elements to move.
7. The transformable molding assembly according to claim 6, wherein the upper mold further comprises a first plate and a second plate, the at least one fixing element is fixed on the first plate, the at least one driving element is fixed on the second plate, the plurality of driven elements are movably disposed on the first plate.
8. The transformable molding assembly according to claim 7, wherein a first interval is defined between the first plate and the second plate in the first mode, a second interval is defined between the first plate and the second plate in the second mode, the second interval is less than the first interval.
9. The transformable molding assembly according to claim 8, wherein the upper mold further comprises at least one second spring disposed between the first plate and the second plate, the at least one second spring is used to provide elasticity for moving the plurality of driven elements of the at least one protrusion assembly along the first direction.
10. The transformable molding assembly according to claim 1, wherein the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction.
11. The transformable molding assembly according to claim 1, wherein the activation device comprises one or a combination of several of a motor, a cylinder, and a pump, the activation device is physically linked with the at least one driving element.
12. The transformable molding assembly according to claim 1, wherein the at least one cave comprises a cave-top plane and a cave-surrounded plane, the at least one protrusion assembly comprises a protrusion-top plane and a protrusion-surrounded plane, the cave-top plane faces the protrusion-top plane, the cave-top plane and the protrusion-top plane are shaped correspondingly to each other, the cave-surrounded plane faces the protrusion-surrounded plane, and the cave-surrounded plane and the protrusion-surrounded plane are shaped correspondingly to each other.
13. The transformable molding assembly according to claim 1, wherein the cave-top plane can be either of a flat plane, a sphere, and any geographic plane.
14. The transformable molding assembly according to claim 1, wherein a first area where the at least one protrusion assembly in the first mode occupies the second plane is less than a second area where the at least one protrusion assembly in the second mode occupies the second plane.
15. The transformable molding assembly according to claim 1, wherein the at least one protrusion assembly in the second mode further comprises at least one gap used to separate the plurality of driven elements.
16. The transformable molding assembly according to claim 1, wherein a quantity of the at least one guiding rail is the same as a quantity of the plurality of driven elements.
17. The transformable molding assembly according to claim 1, wherein the at least one driving element comprises slopes, a quantity of which are the same as a quantity of the plurality of driven elements, the slopes are used to generate the at least one force to apply on the plurality of driven elements by slope theory.
18. The transformable molding assembly according to claim 1, wherein the at least one driving element of the at least one protrusion assembly in the first mode is moved from inside of the second plane toward outside of the second plane or from outside of the second plane toward inside of the second plane along the first direction.
19. The transformable molding assembly according to claim 1, wherein each of the at least one protrusion assembly in the first mode comprises at least one gap, a first area where the at least one protrusion assembly in the first mode occupies the second plane is less than a second area where the at least one protrusion assembly in the second mode occupies the second plane.
20. A transformable molding assembly, for a wet paper-shape forming equipment, comprising: a lower mold, having a first plane and at least one cave formed on the first plane; an upper mold, having a second plane and at least one guiding rail and at least one protrusion assembly, corresponding with the at least one cave, formed on the second plane, wherein the lower mold and the upper mold are matched with each other along a first direction, by the at least one cave and the at least one protrusion assembly; and an activation device, linked with the upper mold; wherein the at least one protrusion assembly comprises at least one driving element, a plurality of driven elements and at least one fixing element, the plurality of driven elements are partially disposed in the at least one guiding rail, the activation device steers the at least one driving element to apply at least one force on the plurality of driven elements, with moving the plurality of driven elements along the at least one guiding rail, to reach a manner that an assembled shape of the at least one protrusion assembly is transformed either from a first mode to a second mode or from the second mode to the first mode, the at least one fixing element, which is used to guide the plurality of driven elements to move.
21. The transformable molding assembly according to claim 20, wherein the at least one force is applied on the plurality of driven elements along a second direction.
22. The transformable molding assembly according to claim 21, wherein the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction.
23. The transformable molding assembly according to claim 21, wherein the upper mold further comprises at least one first spring, each of the at least one first spring comprises a first end, the first end is linked with the plurality of driven elements, the plurality of driven elements are moved toward a third direction opposite to the second direction, by compressed elasticity provided by the at least one first spring.
24. The transformable molding assembly according to claim 23, wherein the at least one first spring further comprises a second end, the second end is linked with a side wall of the at least one guiding rail correspondingly.
25. The transformable molding assembly according to claim 23, wherein the at least one first spring further comprise a second end, the second end is linked with the at least one driving element.
26. The transformable molding assembly according to claim 20, wherein the activation device comprises one or a combination of several of a motor, a cylinder, and a pump, the activation device is physically linked with the at least one driving element.
27. The transformable molding assembly according to claim 20, wherein the at least one cave comprises a cave-top plane and a cave-surrounded plane, the at least one protrusion assembly comprises a protrusion-top plane and a protrusion-surrounded plane, the cave-top plane faces the protrusion-top plane, the cave-top plane and the protrusion-top plane are shaped correspondingly to each other, the cave-surrounded plane faces the protrusion-surrounded plane, and the cave-surrounded plane and the protrusion-surrounded plane are shaped correspondingly to each other.
28. The transformable molding assembly according to claim 27, wherein the cave-top plane can be either one of a flat plane, a sphere, and any geographic plane.
29. The transformable molding assembly according to claim 20, wherein a first area where the at least one protrusion assembly in the first mode occupies the second plane is less than a second area where the at least one protrusion assembly in the second mode occupies the second plane.
30. The transformable molding assembly according to claim 20, wherein the at least one protrusion assembly in the second mode further comprises at least one gap used to separate the plurality of driven elements.
31. The transformable molding assembly according to claim 20, wherein a quantity of the at least one guiding rail is the same as a quantity of the plurality of driven elements.
32. The transformable molding assembly according to claim 20, wherein the at least one driving element comprises slopes, a quantity of which are the same as a quantity of the plurality of driven elements, the slopes are used to generate the at least one force to apply on the plurality of driven elements by slope theory.
33. The transformable molding assembly according to claim 20, wherein the at least one driving element of the at least one protrusion assembly in the first mode is moved from inside of the second plane toward outside of the second plane or from outside of the second plane toward inside of the second plane along the first direction.
34. The transformable molding assembly according to claim 20, wherein the upper mold further comprises a first plate and a second plate, the at least one fixing element is fixed on the first plate, the at least one driving element is fixed on the second plate, the plurality of driven elements are movably disposed on the first plate.
35. The transformable molding assembly according to claim 34, wherein a first interval is defined between the first plate and the second plate in the first mode, a second interval is defined between the first plate and the second plate in the second mode, the second interval is less than the first interval.
36. The transformable molding assembly according to claim 35, wherein the upper mold further comprises at least one second spring disposed between the first plate and the second plate, the at least one second spring is used to provide elasticity for moving the plurality of driven elements of the at least one protrusion assembly along the first direction.
37. The transformable molding assembly according to claim 20, wherein each of the at least one protrusion assembly in the first mode comprises at least one gap, a first area where the at least one protrusion assembly in the first mode occupies the second plane is less than a second area where the at least one protrusion assembly in the second mode occupies the second plane.
38. A driving method for a transformable molding assembly, comprising: disposing an upper mold, wherein the upper mold comprises a second plane, at least one guiding rail and at least one protrusion assembly, the at least one protrusion assembly comprises at least one driving element and a plurality of driven elements, the at least one protrusion assembly comprises a protrusion-top plane and a protrusion-surrounded plane; dredging a wet paper pulp by a lower mold in a slurry tank, to make the wet paper pulp in at least one cave of the lower mold, a shape of the at least one cave corresponds with the at least one protrusion assembly, the at least one cave comprises a cave-top plane and a cave-surrounded plane, the cave-top plane faces the protrusion-top plane; matching the lower mold and the upper mold with each other along a first direction, to combine the at least one cave and the at least one protrusion assembly to compress a part of the wet paper pulp on the cave-top plane; driving the plurality of driven elements by the at least one driving element, to move along the at least one guiding rail, an assembled shape of the at least one protrusion assembly is transformed from a first mode to a second mode to compress at least one corner of the cave-surrounded plane; driving the plurality of driven elements by the at least one driving element, to move along the at least one guiding rail, the assembled shape of the at least one protrusion assembly is transformed from the second mode to the first mode; and compressing the plurality of driven elements to at least one plane of the cave-surrounded plane, along at least one second direction orderly, the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction; wherein the protrusion-top plane and the protrusion-surrounded plane are both smooth in the first mode, each of the at least one protrusion assembly further comprises at least one gap in the second mode, the at least one gap exists between the plurality of driven elements.
39. A driving method for a transformable molding assembly, comprising: disposing an upper mold, wherein the upper mold comprises a second plane, at least one guiding rail and at least one protrusion assembly, the at least one protrusion assembly comprises at least one driving element and a plurality of driven elements, the at least one protrusion assembly comprises a protrusion-top plane and a protrusion-surrounded plane; dredging a wet paper pulp by a lower mold in a slurry tank, to make the wet paper pulp in at least one cave of the lower mold, a shape of the at least one cave corresponds with the at least one protrusion assembly, the at least one cave comprises a cave-top plane and a cave-surrounded plane, the cave-top plane faces the protrusion-top plane; matching the lower mold and the upper mold with each other along a first direction, to combine the at least one cave and the at least one protrusion assembly to compress a part of the wet paper pulp on the cave-top plane; driving the plurality of driven elements by the at least one driving element, to move along the at least one guiding rail, an assembled shape of the at least one protrusion assembly is transformed from a first mode to a second mode to compress all of the cave-surrounded plane; wherein the protrusion-top plane and the protrusion-surrounded plane are both smooth in the first mode, the protrusion-surrounded plane is smooth in the second mode.
40. A driving method for a transformable molding assembly, comprising: disposing an upper mold, wherein the upper mold comprises a second plane, at least one guiding rail and at least one protrusion assembly, the at least one protrusion assembly comprises at least one driving element and a plurality of driven elements, the at least one protrusion assembly comprises a protrusion-top plane and a protrusion-surrounded plane; dredging a wet paper pulp by a lower mold in a slurry tank, to make the wet paper pulp in at least one cave of the lower mold, a shape of the at least one cave corresponds with the at least one protrusion assembly, the at least one cave comprises a cave-top plane and a cave-surrounded plane, the cave-top plane faces the protrusion-top plane; matching the lower mold and the upper mold with each other along a first direction, to combine the at least one cave and the at least one protrusion assembly and to make the at least one driving element to drive the plurality of driven elements move along the at least one guiding rail, to make an assembled shape of the at least one protrusion assembly transform from a first mode to a second mode to compress parts of the wet paper pulp on the cave-top plane and the cave-protrusion plane; wherein the protrusion-top plane and the protrusion-surrounded plane are both smooth in the second mode.
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(19) The following description of each embodiment, with reference to the accompanying drawings, is used to exemplify specific embodiments which may be carried out in the present invention. The claims of the present invention are not limited by these embodiments.
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(32) In the driving method, The protrusion-top plane 152 and the protrusion-surrounded plane 154 are both smooth in the first mode, so it is able to perform the squeeze formation to the wet paper pulp 170 on the cave-top plane 112 and the cave-surrounded plane 114; each of the at least one protrusion assembly further comprises at least one gap 157 in the second mode, the at least one gap 157 exists between the plurality of driven elements 156, the main purpose of the second mode is merely to perform the squeeze formation to the corners of the cave-surrounded plane 114.
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(34) In the driving method, the protrusion-top plane 152 and the protrusion-surrounded plane 154 are both smooth in the first mode, however the protrusion assembly 150 is used to perform the squeeze formation to the part of the wet paper pulp 170 on the cave-top plane 112; the protrusion-surrounded plane 154 is smooth in the second mode, so the protrusion assembly 150 is used to perform the squeeze formation to the part of the wet paper pulp 170 on the cave-surrounded plane 114.
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(36) In the driving method, the protrusion-top plane 152 and the protrusion-surrounded plane 154 are both smooth in the second mode, so the protrusion assembly 150 is able to perform the squeeze formation to the parts of the wet paper pulp 170 on the cave-top plane 112 and the cave-surrounded plane 114 at the same time.
(37) Although the present invention has been disclosed as preferred embodiments, the scope of the claims of the present invention must be defined. The foregoing preferred embodiments are not intended to limit the present invention.