Metal shell cutting and assembling machine

A metal shell cutting and assembling machine, for automatically cutting a material tape with metal shells and assembling the metal shell after being cut away with a plastic body of a connector, comprising:

• a frame, having a material tape-transferring channel provided for carrying the material tape;
• a material-feeding mechanism, being mounted on the frame below the material tape-transferring channel and adjacent to an input port of the material tape-transferring channel, and comprising a material tape-driving member and a pulling claw, wherein one end of the pulling claw can be engaged with the material tape and the other end thereof is pivotally connected to the material tape-driving member, and the material tape-driving member can drive the pulling claw to move back and forth along the material tape-transferring channel;
• a pre-press mechanism, being mounted on the frame above the material tape-transferring channel and adjacent to an output port of the material tape-transferring channel, and comprising a metal shell pressure plate, a pressure plate-driving member and a spring member, wherein the spring member is elastically mounted between the pressure plate-driving member and the metal shell pressure plate, the pressure plate-driving member is fixedly connected to the metal shell pressure plate and can drive the metal shell pressure plate to move toward the metal shell of the material tape for being capable of pressing the metal shell;
• a metal shell-cutting mechanism, which is mounted on the frame below the material tape-transferring channel, faces to the pre-press mechanism, and comprises a metal shell-cutting driving member, a metal shell cutter and a metal shell die base cooperating with the metal shell cutter in cutting the metal shell, wherein the metal shell die base is located at the output port of the material tape-transferring channel and disposes a waste material passage provided for transferring a waste material, the metal shell-cutting driving member is connected to the metal shell cutter and can drive the metal shell cutter to move along the metal shell die base for cutting away the metal shell of the material tape transferred from the material-feeding mechanism and for detaching the metal shell and the waste material, and the metal shell after detached is held between the metal shell pressure plate and the metal shell cutter;
• a plastic body-inserting mechanism, being disposed on the frame outside of the output port of the material tape-transferring channel, and comprising a frame body, a plastic body-pushing driving member and a plastic body-pushing rod, wherein the body frame has a plastic body-transferring passage for carrying the plastic body and a push rod passage perpendicularly communicating with the plastic body-transferring passage, the push rod passage is parallel disposed above the material tape-transferring channel, horizontal central lines of the push rod passage and the material tape-transferring channel coincide with each other, and the plastic body-pushing driving member can drive the plastic body-pushing rod to move in the push rod passage for pushing the plastic body to be assembled with the metal shell;
• a metal shell-inserting mechanism, being mounted on the frame above the material tape-transferring channel and adjacent to the input port of the material tape-transferring channel, and comprising a metal shell-pushing rod and a metal shell-pushing driving member, wherein the metal shell-pushing driving member can drive the metal shell-pushing rod to move along the push rod passage and further push the metal shell to move unto the push rod passage for being assembled with the plastic body;
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• a controller, being electrically connected to the material tape-driving member, the pressure plate-driving member, the metal shell-cutting driving member, the plastic body-pushing driving member and the metal shell-pushing driving member.