CN110652080A - Method and apparatus for feeding opening material - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention provides an opening member supply method and an opening member supply device. The present invention has a supply source that supplies openers, and an opener holder that holds openers that have been discharged from the supply source one by one. An opener chute for feeding the opener from the supply source to the opener holder is provided between the supply source and the opener holder. A stopper member for feeding out the openers one by one to the opener holder is provided at an end portion of the opener chute on the opener holder side. The present invention includes a conveying device for moving an opener holder, and a mounting device for mounting an opener conveyed by the conveying device to a fastener tape. The conveying device is configured to be capable of rotating the opening member, and includes a rotating device that rotates the direction of the opening member in a predetermined direction while the opening member is conveyed to the mounting device by the conveying device. The mounting device mounts the opening member, which has been set in a predetermined direction by the rotating device, to one of the pair of fastener stringers.
Description
Technical Field
The present invention relates to an opener supplying method and an opener supplying apparatus for feeding an opener, i.e., a plug and a holder, attached to a lower end of a fastener stringer (fastener) of a slide fastener, from a supply source to an attaching device in order to attach the opener to a predetermined position of the fastener tape.
Background
Conventionally, there is an open type (open type) slide fastener in which an opener including a housing having a housing bar and an insert bar is provided at an end portion of a fastener stringer, and when a slider of the slide fastener is moved to release engagement of fastener elements, the left and right fastener stringers can be separated from each other by the opener. In the production of the open type slide fastener, an opener is attached to a position to be an end portion of the slide fastener in a state of a fastener chain (fastener chain), and then the fastener chain is cut for each of the slide fasteners.
The open type slide fastener has two types, one type is that the insert rod is installed on the left side fastener stringer and the right side fastener stringer mounting seat rod and the seat body, and the other type is that the insert rod is installed on the right side fastener stringer and the left side fastener stringer mounting seat rod and the seat body. Therefore, the opener attaching device for attaching the opener to the fastener stringer has two attaching operations in a case where the insert rod is attached to the left fastener stringer and the box rod and the base are attached to the right fastener stringer, and in a case where the insert rod is attached to the right fastener stringer and the box rod and the base are attached to the left fastener stringer, in contrast.
Since the two types of attachment work are arranged symmetrically to each other, there is an opener attachment device that can be handled by one device regardless of the type of attachment, as disclosed in patent document 1. The opener attaching device includes an opener supplying section having a 1 st supplying section for supplying an opener attached to a left side of the left fastener stringer and a 2 nd supplying section for supplying an opener attached to a right side of the right fastener stringer. The 1 st supply unit has a 1 st chute for transferring the open material toward the open material conveying member of the open material conveying unit, and the 2 nd supply unit has a 2 nd chute for transferring the open material toward the open material conveying member of the open material conveying unit. Further, the fastener stringer is provided with an opener conveying section which supplies the left-side opener supplied from the 1 st supply section to the left-side fastener stringer and supplies the right-side opener supplied from the 2 nd supply section to the right-side fastener stringer. The opener conveying member includes a bag (pocket) for accommodating the opener, and is provided so as to be displaceable between a 1 st position in which the bag opens to an upstream side in a conveying direction of the fastener chain and a 2 nd position in which the bag opens to an outlet of the 1 st or 2 nd chute.
Thus, the opener supplied from the 1 st supply portion can be attached to the side edge of one fastener tape of the left and right fastener stringers, and the opener supplied from the 2 nd supply portion can be attached to the side edge of the other fastener tape of the left and right fastener stringers. The opener attaching device is provided with two sets along the supply path of the fastener tape, and first attaches the insert pin of the opener to one fastener stringer, and then attaches the base having the base rod of the opener to the other fastener stringer, thereby completing the attachment of the pair of openers.
Documents of the prior art
Patent document
Patent document 1 International publication WO2015/145744
Disclosure of Invention
Problems to be solved by the invention
In the case of the device of patent document 1, the structure is such that 1-stage opener attachment device has the 1 st supply part and the 2 nd supply part for each of two types of slide fasteners, and the 1 st chute and the 2 nd chute for supplying openers are provided, respectively, and the structure of the device is complicated. Further, there is a problem that a feed path of a chute for feeding the opener discharged from a feeder (parts feeder) to the mounting position of the fastener tape is long, and clogging of the opener is likely to occur. Further, the chute of the device of patent document 1 is vertically provided, and the opening pieces accumulated in the chute are pushed against each other by their own weight, whereby clogging is also likely to occur. Further, two supply portions are required in the two opening attachment devices for attaching the plunger and the housing, respectively, and thus the device as a whole becomes complicated and large-scale.
The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems of the related art, and an object of the present invention is to provide an opener feeding method and an opener feeding device that can efficiently attach any type of opener while corresponding to two types of slide fasteners with a simple configuration.
Means for solving the problems
The present invention is an opener supply method including a conveying device configured to hold openers discharged from a supply source for supplying openers one by one in an opener holder and supply the openers to a mounting device configured to mount openers to a fastener tape, wherein the conveying device is configured to hold and rotate the openers, wherein the direction of the openers is rotated in a predetermined direction while the openers are conveyed to the mounting device by the conveying device and supplied to the mounting device, and wherein the openers supplied in the predetermined direction are mounted to one of a pair of fastener stringers of the fastener tape by the mounting device.
The opening is set at a positive and negative intermediate position in the direction of rotation by the transport device in a state of being fed to the opening holder, and the direction of the opening is rotated in a predetermined direction by a rotating device provided in the transport device until the opening is transported to the mounting device. In particular, it is preferable that the opening member is fed to the mounting device by being rotated by 90 ° in either of the plus and minus directions from the intermediate position by the rotating device.
The present invention is an opening member supply device including: a supply source for supplying the opening member; an opener holder that holds the openers that have been discharged from the supply source one by one; a carrying device for moving the opening holder; and a mounting device configured to mount the opener carried by the carrying device to a fastener tape, wherein the carrying device is configured to be capable of holding and rotating the opener, and has a rotating device configured to rotate the direction of the opener in a predetermined direction while the opener is carried to the mounting device by the carrying device, and the mounting device is configured to be capable of mounting the opener set in the predetermined direction by the rotating device to one of a pair of fastener stringers of the fastener tape.
An opener chute for feeding the opener from the supply source to the opener holder is provided between the supply source and the opener holder, and a stopper member for feeding the openers one by one to the opener holder is provided at an end portion of the opener chute on the opener holder side.
The conveying device comprises: a driving component which enables the rotating device to move to the mounting device, and a sliding guide which supports the opening member bracket and guides the opening member bracket to the conveying direction.
The rotating device has: a holding portion that holds the opener holder, and a rotation driving portion that rotates the holding portion, the holding portion being slidably mounted on the slide guide of the conveying device. Preferably, the rotation driving unit of the turning device is a motor fixed to the holding unit to turn the opener bracket.
ADVANTAGEOUS EFFECTS OF INVENTION
The invention provides a method and device for feeding a fastener, which can correspond to two kinds of zippers with symmetrical structures and can efficiently mount any type of fastener. This makes it possible to reduce the space of the apparatus required for manufacturing, and to manufacture a slide fastener with an opener attached at an opposite position by the same apparatus, thereby improving manufacturing efficiency and reducing cost.
Further, the opening member is rotated by 90 ° from the intermediate position to either the positive or negative direction by the rotating device and is sent to the mounting device, whereby the rotating device can be rotated in the positive or negative direction with good balance and used, and the life of the device can be extended.
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Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing an opener supplying device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a front view showing an opener supply device of an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing a mounting device of the opener supplying device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is a partially broken perspective view showing a state in which an opener is attached to a space portion of a fastener chain in the embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 5(a) is an enlarged plan view of an opener holder for a plunger of the opener supplying device according to the embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 5(b) is an enlarged plan view of the opener holder for a housing of the opener supplying device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 6 is a perspective view showing an initial state of supply of the opener by the opener supply device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 7 is a plan view showing an initial state of supply of the opener by the opener supply device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 8 is a front view showing an initial state of supply of openers by the openers supply device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 9 is a perspective view showing a state in the middle of supply of openers by the openers supply device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 10 is a plan view showing a state in the middle of feeding of the opener by the opener feeding device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 11 is a front view showing a state in the middle of supply of openers by the openers supply device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 12 is a perspective view showing a state in which an opener supplied by the opener supplying apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention is attached to a fastener tape.
Fig. 13 is a front view showing a state in which an opener supplied from the opener supplying device of the present embodiment is attached to a fastener tape.
Fig. 14 is a front view showing a state where the opener supplied by the opener supply device of the present embodiment is inserted into the space portion of the fastener tape.
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2: an opening member;
4: inserting a rod;
4 a: an open end of the plunger;
6: a base body;
6 a: an open end of the base;
8: a seat bar;
10: a zipper chain;
12L, 12R: a fastener stringer;
13: a zipper tape;
14: a zipper tooth;
16: a space section;
18: a cut-out portion;
20: an opening member supply device;
22: a feeder (supply source);
23: an opening member chute;
23 a: a guide groove;
24: an opener bracket;
25. 26, 44: an optical sensor;
27: a stopper member;
28. 34, 48, 57, 64, 69, 76: a cylinder (driving member);
29: a locking member;
29 a: a locking piece;
30: a conveying device;
32: a rotating device;
35. 48a, 58, 69 a: a piston rod;
36: a sliding guide;
38. 54: a holding section;
39. 53: a linear slider;
40: a motor (rotation driving unit);
42: a sensor support rod;
46: an opening member receiving portion;
46 a: a pouch;
46 b: a side wall;
46 c: a guide post;
47: through holes;
49: an opening member pressing lever;
49 a: extruding the sheet;
50: a mounting device;
52: a linear guide;
55: a support bar;
56: a support plate;
60: a clamp;
60 a: a grip piece;
62: an installation part;
67: a positioning member;
68: an adjustment member;
68 a: an adjustment recess;
70: a rotation mounting part;
72: a housing part;
74: a sensor.
Detailed Description
Hereinafter, an embodiment of an opener feeding device and a feeding method according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The opener supplying apparatus of the present embodiment is an apparatus that supplies the opener fixed to the end of each fastener stringer of the slide fastener to the fastener chain 10 of the slide fastener. As shown in fig. 3, 4, and the like, the fastener chain 10 includes a pair of fastener stringers 12L and fastener stringers 12R which are bilaterally symmetrical. The fastener stringers 12L, 12R have fastener elements 14 along side edges of the fastener tapes 13 facing each other.
The fastener chain 10 is provided with space portions 16 at predetermined intervals of the length of the fastener in the longitudinal direction. The space portion 16 is a portion of the fastener tape 13 to which the fastener element 14 is not attached, and is a portion which becomes an end portion of a single slide fastener. The space portion 16 is provided with a notch 18, the notch 18 is formed by cutting a part of an inner side edge of the fastener tape 13 of the fastener stringer 12L and an inner side edge of the fastener tape 13 of the fastener stringer 12R into a U shape, and openings of the notches 18 face each other to form a through hole.
The opener 2 attached to the fastener chain 10 includes, as shown in fig. 4, a plug 4 and a seat 6, and a seat 8 is fixed to the seat 6. The insert pin 4 is attached to the space portion 16 of the fastener stringer 12R through the notch portion 18. The housing 6 integrally provided with the housing bar 8 is attached to the space 16 of the fastener stringer 12L through the notch 18. The insert pin 4 has an open end 4a through which the fastener tape 13 is inserted when attached to the fastener tape 13. The housing 6 also has a housing open end 6a through which the fastener tape 13 is inserted when mounted to the fastener tape 13.
As shown in the drawing, the opener supply device 20 of the present embodiment includes: the feeder 22, which is a supply source of the openers 2, and the opener slide groove 23 that sends out the rods 4 or the holders 6, which are the openers 2 discharged from the feeder 22, in a state of being aligned, and the opener holder 24 that holds the openers 2 sent out from the opener slide groove 23 one by one. The opener chute 23 is inclined from the feeder 22 and disposed toward the opener holder 24 located below.
The opener slide groove 23 is formed with a guide groove 23a inclined in the longitudinal direction, and the openers 2 aligned by the feeders 22 are fed out in 1 row. A pair of opposed optical sensors 25 for detecting the opener 2 are provided above the opener slide groove 23, and a pair of opposed optical sensors 26 for detecting the opener 2 are also provided below the opener slide groove 23. The optical sensors 25 and 26 include a light emitting portion and a light receiving portion of laser light or the like, and detect the opening member 2 drawn out from the feeder 22 and control the supply thereof. When the upper optical sensor 25 does not detect the opener 2, the feeder 22 is operated by a control unit, not shown, to supply the opener 2, thereby preventing the opener 2 from being out of stock. Then, if the last open piece 2 supplied is detected by the optical sensor 25, the feeder 22 is stopped, and the supply of the open pieces 2 is stopped to prevent the open pieces 2 from being jammed. If the state of the supplied opener 2 detected by the upper optical sensor 25 is normal and the last opener 2 is not detected for a certain period of time, the feeding of the opener 2 is regarded as abnormal, and the opener feeding device 20 is stopped by a control unit, not shown.
A stopper member 27 for receiving the opener 2 detected by the lower optical sensor 26 is provided on the lower end side of the opener slide groove 23. The optical sensor 26 detects the opener 2 located on the lowermost end side of the opener slide groove 23. The stopper member 27 is provided to be able to retreat in the horizontal direction by the air cylinder 28. The stopper member 27 supports the opener 2 positioned at the lower end of the opener slide groove 23 at the advance position to stop the transfer of the opener 2, and can discharge the opener 2 positioned at the lower end of the opener slide groove 23 from the opener slide groove 23 at the retreat position. Further, a locking member 29 is provided at the lower end portion of the opener slide groove 23, and the locking member 29 temporarily holds the opener 2 positioned directly above the lowermost opener 2 supported by the stopper member 27. The locking member 29 protrudes toward the opener 2 side, and is provided with a locking piece 29a that presses and holds the opener 2 in a freely protruding or retracting manner.
The opener rack 24 is located at a position facing the lower end of the opener chute 23, and is attached to the conveying device 30. The conveying device 30 has a turning device 32 for turning the opener holder 24 in a predetermined direction, and is provided so that the opener holder 24 can be turned in either of the positive and negative directions. The conveying device 30 further includes an air cylinder 34 as a driving member for moving the turning device 32, and a slide guide 36 for supporting the opener holder 24 and guiding the same in the conveying direction. The slide guide 36 is disposed in the horizontal direction, and the linear slider 39 is provided slidably in the horizontal direction along the slide guide 36.
The turning device 32 includes a holding portion 38 that holds the opener bracket 24, and a motor 40 that is a rotary driving portion that turns the holding portion 38. The motor 40 is fixed to a linear slide 39, and the linear slide 39 is mounted on a slide guide 36 as a linear guide. The front end of the piston rod 35 provided in the cylinder 34 is fixed to the side surface of the motor 40. The cylinder 34 and the piston rod 35 move the holding portion 38, which is driven to advance and retract, forward and backward along the slide guide 36.
A sensor support rod 42 is fixed to a side surface of the holding portion 38 opposite to the side where the air cylinder 34 is located in the vertical direction, and an optical sensor 44 for detecting the opening member 2 is fixed to an upper end portion of the sensor support rod 42. The optical sensor 44 detects the opener 2, and the opener 2 is held by an opener receptacle 46 provided at the upper end of the opener bracket 24. As shown in fig. 1, 5(a), 5(b), and the like, the opener receiving portion 46 includes a pocket 46a having an opening portion facing the opening of the lower end portion of the opener slide groove 23, and receiving the opener 2 dropped from the opener slide groove 23. A through hole 47 is provided in a side wall 46b of the opener receiving portion 46 where the bag 46a is formed, and the through hole 47 is communicated with the inside of the bag 46 a. The through hole 47 is opened on the side of the optical sensor 44 so that the size of the opening 2 inside the pocket 46a can be detected by the optical sensor 44. The opener receiving portion 46 is attached to the opener bracket 24 via a guide post 46c, and is biased by a spring, not shown, so as to protrude in the vertical direction. The opener receiving portion 46 is provided to be freely protruded or retracted in the vertical direction with respect to the opener bracket 24 by the guide column 46 c.
An air cylinder 48 is provided facing the side surface of the opener bracket 24 on the side where the air cylinder 34 is located, and a piston rod 48a of the air cylinder 48 is located at a position facing the lower end portion of the opener presser rod 49. The opener presser bar 49 is pivotally supported at its middle portion on the opener bracket 24, and the pressing piece 49a at the upper end of the opener presser bar 49 abuts on the opener 2 to hold the opener 2. The opener presser lever 49 is brought into contact with the opener 2 in the bag 46a by a biasing member such as a spring not shown, and always elastically holds the opener 2 in the bag 46 a.
The opener supply device 20 of the present embodiment includes a mounting device 50 that mounts the opener 2 conveyed by the conveying device 30 to the fastener tape 13. As shown in fig. 1, 3, and the like, the mounting device 50 is provided so as to be movable in a direction perpendicular to and horizontal to the conveyance direction of the opener holder 24 of the linear slider 39 moving along the slide guide 36. The mounting device 50 has a holding portion 54 fixed to a linear slider 53, and the linear slider 53 is slidably mounted on a linear guide 52 arranged in the horizontal direction. One end portions of a pair of support rods 55 projecting in the horizontal direction are fixed to the holding portion 54, and the other end portions of the support rods 55 are fixed to a support plate 56. A front end portion of a piston rod 58 of an air cylinder 57 disposed in the horizontal direction is fixed to the support plate 56, and the support plate 56 is provided to be movable forward and backward in the horizontal direction by the air cylinder 57.
The support plate 56 is provided with a jig 60 having a pair of grip pieces 60a for holding the transported opener 2. The grip piece 60a is provided to be opened and closed in the horizontal direction by a driving means such as an air cylinder not shown and to be able to grip the opener 2. The jig 60 is fixed to a mounting portion 62, and the mounting portion 62 is provided to be movable forward and backward in the vertical direction along a cylinder 64.
The holding portion 54 of the mounting device 50 is provided with an adjusting member 68 for adjusting the position of the opener 2. The adjustment member 68 is provided so as to be fixed to a front end portion of a piston rod 69a of a cylinder 69, the cylinder 69 being fixed to the holding portion 54 and being vertically displaceable by the cylinder 69. The adjustment member 68 has an adjustment recess 68 a. The adjustment recess 68a is opposed to the support plate 56 in the moving direction of the support plate 56, and a positioning member 67 capable of abutting against the inside of the adjustment recess 68a is provided in the support plate 56 opposed to the adjustment recess 68a so as to protrude in the horizontal direction. The positioning member 67 is provided so as to be able to abut against the inside and outside of the adjustment recess 68a depending on the position of the adjustment member 68 in the vertical direction. Thus, the contact position of the positioning member 67 is changed according to the position of the adjusting member 68 which is horizontally moved by the air cylinder 57 and whose vertical position is set by the air cylinder 69. Further, depending on the contact position of the positioning member 67, the horizontal movement position of the support plate 56 can be selected to be different by an amount corresponding to the depth of the adjustment recess 68 a.
The mounting device 50 has a pivot mounting portion 70 for transferring the opening tool 2 after the jig 60 holding the opening tool 2 is horizontally moved by the air cylinder 57. The rotation mounting portion 70 has a receiving portion 72 that receives the opener 2 gripped by the jig 60. As shown in fig. 13 and 14, the rotation attachment portion 70 is movably provided, and is configured to rotate the opener 2 to attach it to the space portion 16 of the fastener tape 13. The receiving portion 72 is provided at the end on the right side in the drawing of the rotation mounting portion 70 in the conveyance direction of the fastener tape 13 and in the horizontal direction in fig. 1 and 2. The rotating attachment portion 70 rotates the opener 2 transferred from the jig 60 by 90 ° counterclockwise in fig. 2, and attaches the opener to the space portion 16 of the fastener tape 13. A sensor 74 is provided in the vicinity of the rotation mounting portion 70, and the sensor 74 detects the opener 2 by facing the receiving portion 72 in the horizontal direction in a state where the receiving portion 72 of the rotation mounting portion 70 is positioned at the end in the horizontal direction.
A pair of air cylinders 76 located on the sides of the horizontal movement range of the opener bracket 24 are provided in the vicinity below the pivot mounting portion 70 provided in the mounting device 50. After the opener holder 24 is positioned between the pair of air cylinders 76, the air cylinder 76 presses and swings the lower end portion of the opener presser bar 49, thereby retracting the pressing piece 49 a. Thereby, the pressing of the opener 2 is released, and the opener 2 is held by the jig 60 and can be transferred.
Next, a method of supplying the opener supplying device 20 of the present embodiment will be described below. In the method of supplying the opener supplying device 20 according to the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the insert pins 4 or the holders 6 of the opener 2 are first fed out from the feeder 22 in an aligned state. Hereinafter, the present embodiment will be described based on an example of supplying the plunger 4. Regarding the manufacturing process, what is initially attached to the fastener tape 13 is the insert pin 4. The holder 6 is attached to the downstream side of the fastener tape 13 in the traveling direction by the same opener supplying device 20.
The plunger 4 of the opener 2 that has been discharged from the feeder 22 is supplied downward via the inclined guide groove 23a of the opener slide groove 23. The plunger 4 as the opener 2 is detected by the optical sensor 25 above the opener slide groove 23, and as described above, the supply can be smoothly performed while preventing the shortage and the jam.
At the lower end of the opener chute 23, the opener 2 as the plunger 4 positioned at the lowermost end is prevented from being discharged by the stopper member 27, and the presence of the lowermost opener 2 is confirmed by the lower optical sensor 26. Then, first, the locking piece 29a of the locking member 29 protrudes to lock the 2 nd opener 2 located immediately above the lowermost end and counted from below. The optical sensor 26 detects the opener 2 positioned on the lowermost end side of the opener chute 23, and transmits a signal for confirming the individual discharge operation of the opener 2 to the control unit. Then, the air cylinder 28 is operated, the stopper member 27 is retracted, and only the lowermost opener 2 is dropped downward. The opener receiving portion 46 of the opener bracket 24 is located at the lower end portion of the opener slide groove 23, and the opener 2 dropped from the opener slide groove 23 is received in the opening portion of the pocket 46a of the opener receiving portion 46. At this time, the air cylinder 48 is operated in advance, the piston rod 48a is protruded, the lower end portion of the opener strut 49 is pressed and swung, and the pressing piece 49a is retracted from the bag-like object 46 a.
Then, the air cylinder 48 is operated, the piston rod 48a is retracted, and the pressing piece 49a of the opener strut 49 is inserted into the pouch 46a by an unillustrated biasing member. Thereby, the plunger 4 of the opening piece 2 located in the pocket 46a is positioned and held by the pressing piece 49 a. As shown in fig. 5(a) and 5(b), each of the openers 2 accommodated in the bag-like object 46a is accommodated with the open end 4a of the plunger 4 facing the opener slide groove 23 side and the open end 6a of the holder 6 facing away from the opener slide groove 23. The direction of the plunger 4 and the holder 6 of the opener 2 is the mountable direction as shown in fig. 4, and when the feeder is fed into the opener slide groove 23, the direction of each of the open end 4a and the open end 6a is adjusted by the feeder 22 and then inserted into the opener slide groove 23.
Then, the air cylinder 34 of the transport device 30 is operated, and as shown in fig. 5(a), 5(b) to 8, the opener bracket 24 moves together with the linear slider 39 along the slide guide 36 in the longitudinal direction of the slide guide 36. Thereby, the opener bracket 24 held by the holding portion 38 is moved in the horizontal direction along the slide guide 36.
At this time, during the movement of the opener bracket 24 along the slide guide 36, the motor 40 of the turning device 32 is operated to turn the opener bracket 24 by 90 °. The turning direction is selected according to the mounting position of the opener 2 of the fastener to be manufactured, and when the insert pin 4 of the opener 2 is mounted to the fastener stringer 12R, the opener support 24 is turned clockwise by 90 ° in fig. 6, 7, and the like and conveyed. When the insert pin 4 is attached to the fastener stringer 12L, the opener holder 24 is rotated counterclockwise by 90 ° in the above-described drawing and conveyed.
When the housing 6 of the opener 2 is attached to the fastener stringer 12L or the fastener stringer 12R from the feeder 22, the opener holder 24 is similarly conveyed by the motor 40 while being turned by 90 ° in the same direction as the insert pins 4. In the present embodiment, the open end 4a of the plunger 4 is supplied downward in the opener slide groove 23, and the holder open end 6a of the holder 6 is supplied upward in the opener slide groove 23, and therefore, the rotation direction is set as described above. In addition, the rotation direction changes depending on which direction the opening member 2 discharged from the feeder 22 is fed to the chute 23. As shown in fig. 9 to 11, the opener bracket 24 that moves along the slide guide 36 is positioned in a state of being positioned at a predetermined moving end and being rotated by 90 ° about an axis that is perpendicular to the direction of the opener bracket 24 shown in fig. 1 and 2. In this state, the opener 2 is on standby in a direction in which it can be attached to a predetermined fastener stringer 12L or fastener stringer 12R.
Then, the cylinder 57 is operated, the piston rod 58 is protruded, and the holding piece 60a of the jig 60 is positioned above the pocket 46a of the opener receiving portion 46. When the opener bracket 24 is positioned below the clamp 60, the cylinder 64 is operated and the clamp 60 is lowered. Then, the grip piece 60a is opened as it is lowered, and the opener receiving portion 46 is pushed down along the guide column 46c against the upward urging force. When the opener receiving portion 46 is pressed, the opener 2 is exposed from the pouch 46a and can be gripped by the grip piece 60 a. Then, the grip piece 60a is closed to grip the opener 2, and the air cylinder 64 temporarily raises the opener 2. At this time, the air cylinder 76 operates to retract the pressing piece 49a of the opener strut 49. Then, as shown in fig. 12, the jig 60 is raised, the air cylinder 57 is operated, and the opener 2 is positioned above the pivot mounting portion 70 provided in the mounting device 50. Then, the jig 60 is lowered, and the opener 2 is inserted into the receiving portion 72 of the rotation mounting portion 70. At this time, as shown in fig. 12, the opener bracket 24 returns to the position opposed to the opener chute 23 for the next feeding.
The rotating attachment portion 70 to which the opener 2 is attached is positioned such that the receiving portion 72 is located vertically below the fastener tape 13 by a moving device, not shown. Then, the rotation mounting portion 70 is rotated 90 ° counterclockwise in the drawing from the state shown in fig. 13 as shown in fig. 14, and the opener 2 is mounted to the predetermined space portion 16 of the predetermined fastener stringer 12L or fastener stringer 12R through the cut portion 18. Further, the opening member 2 is fastened to the space portion 16 of the fastener stringer 12L and the fastener stringer 12R by a fastening device not shown. When the attachment of the plunger 4 of the opener 2 is completed, the next process is performed.
In the step of attaching the housing 6, the same devices as described above are also provided, and the housing 6 is rotated by 90 ° to be supplied in the same manner as the opener supplying device 20, and is attached corresponding to either the fastener stringer 12L or the fastener stringer 12R. The seat 6 is installed after the rod 4 is installed.
The fastener supply device 20 and the fastener supply method according to the present embodiment can be applied to the fastener stringers 12L and 12R of two types of slide fasteners having a symmetrical structure and the like with a simple configuration, and can efficiently attach any type of fastener 2. This makes it possible to reduce the installation space of the apparatus necessary for manufacturing, and to manufacture a slide fastener with an opener 2 mounted at an opposite position by the same apparatus, thereby improving manufacturing efficiency and reducing cost. Further, the time for switching the mounting position of the opener 2 can be shortened, and the manufacturing efficiency can be improved. Further, the length of the opener slide groove 23 can be shortened, the opener 2 can be prevented from being clogged, and the operation rate of the apparatus can be improved.
The opener supplying method and opener supplying apparatus according to the present invention are not limited to the above-described embodiments, and the rotation angle of the opener holder 24 may be a rotation angle different between positive and negative, other than positive and negative 90 °, or may be 1 rotation direction, and may be rotated at an angle of 180 ° or the like and conveyed when attached to a fastener stringer, for example. For example, in the present embodiment, the insert pin 4 is conveyed with the fastener tape side up when passing through the opener slide groove 23, whereas the holder 6 is conveyed with the fastener tape side down when passing through the opener slide groove 23, and therefore the rotating direction of the opener holder 24 is the same direction. The supply source of the opener 2 may be a member other than the feeder 22, and the opener chute 23 may be provided in an appropriate state.
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1. An opener supply method having a conveying device (30), the conveying device (30) holding openers (2) discharged from a supply source (22) that supplies openers (2) one by one in an opener holder (24), and supplying the openers (2) to a mounting device (50), the mounting device (50) mounting the openers (2) to fastener tapes (13), the opener supply method characterized by:
the conveying device (30) is configured to be capable of rotating the opener (2) while holding the opener (2), and while the opener (2) is conveyed to the mounting device (50) by the conveying device (30), the direction of the opener (2) is rotated in a predetermined direction and supplied to the mounting device (50), and the opener (2) supplied in the predetermined direction is mounted to one of a pair of fastener stringers (12L, 12R) of a fastener tape (13) by the mounting device (50).
2. The opening member supply method according to claim 1, wherein:
the openers (2) are set at positive and negative intermediate positions in the direction of rotation by the conveying device (30) in a state of being conveyed to the openers holder (24), and the direction of the openers (2) is rotated in a predetermined direction by a rotating device (32) provided in the conveying device (30) until the openers are conveyed to the mounting device (50).
3. The opening member supply method according to claim 2, wherein:
the opening member (2) is rotated by 90 DEG in either positive or negative direction from the intermediate position by the rotating means (32) and sent to the mounting means (50).
4. An opening member supply device comprising: a supply source (22) for supplying the opening member (2); an opener holder (24) that holds the openers (2) that have been discharged from the supply source (22) one by one; a carrying device (30) for moving the opener rack (24); and a mounting device (50) that mounts the opener (2) conveyed by the conveying device (30) to a fastener tape (13), the opener supply device being characterized in that:
the conveying device (30) is configured to be capable of holding and rotating the opening member (2), and comprises a rotating device (32), wherein the rotating device (32) rotates the direction of the opening member (2) towards a specified direction in the period of conveying the opening member (2) to the mounting device (50) by the conveying device (30),
the attachment device (50) is provided so that the opener (2) set in a predetermined direction by the rotating device (32) can be attached to one of a pair of fastener stringers (12L, 12R) of the fastener tape (13).
5. The opening-member supplying device according to claim 4, wherein:
an opener chute (23) for feeding the opener (2) from the supply source (22) to the opener holder (24) is provided between the supply source (22) and the opener holder (24), and a stopper member (27) for feeding the openers (2) one by one to the opener holder (24) is provided at an end portion of the opener chute (23) on the opener holder (24) side.
6. The opening member supply device according to claim 4 or 5, wherein:
the conveying device (30) is provided with: a driving member (34) for moving the rotating device (32) to the mounting device (50), and a sliding guide (36) for supporting the opener bracket (24) and guiding the opener bracket (24) in the conveying direction.
7. The opening-member supplying device according to claim 4 or 6, wherein:
the rotating device (32) comprises: a holding part (38) for holding the opener rack (24), and a rotation driving part (40) for rotating the holding part (38), wherein the holding part (38) can be arranged on the sliding guide (36) of the conveying device (30) in a sliding way.
8. The opening-supplying device according to claim 7, wherein:
the rotation driving part of the turning device (32) is a motor (40), and the motor (40) is fixed to the holding part (38) to turn the opener bracket (24).
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