JP2000033599A - Mattress breaking-up device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mattress breaking-up device capable of separating a mattress containing springs into noncombustible material such as the spring and a combustible material suck as cloth automatically. SOLUTION: This is a mattress breaking-up device separating only a surface from a mattress 7 which has a noncombustible material in the inside thereof and in which this noncombustible material is covered with the surface which is a combustible material. It is provided with a surface cutting means 4 cutting the surface, a surface separation means 5 peeling the surface cut by surface cutting means 4, and a mattress rotation part 3 rotating the mattress 7. In this case, the surface of the mattress 7 is cut diagonally using a cutter rotation beam 9 by the surface cutting means 4.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for cutting and peeling a skin such as cloth, felt, sponge and the like in order to separate a spring-loaded mattress into a combustible material such as a spring and an incombustible material such as a cloth. Related to the three-sheet grater.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A spring-loaded mattress usually has a sponge provided with a spring, and the outer surface of the sponge is covered with a cloth. When treating the spring-loaded mattress as garbage, it is necessary to separate the non-combustible material such as a spring and the combustible material such as sponge and cloth.

Conventionally, an operator manually separates the above-mentioned skin and spring from each other, and at present, there is no device for automatically separating the spring and the skin. The reason is that there were the following problems. Here, the above-mentioned skin is a sponge other than a spring constituting a mattress, a felt,
Means cloth or the like. (1) Since mattresses differ in size depending on the type, it was difficult to hold the mattress mechanically using equipment. (2) It was difficult to automatically remove the skin due to various methods of fixing the mattress spring and the skin. (3) Since the spring disposed inside the mattress is elastic and deformed, the skin in close contact with the spring could not be automatically cut or peeled. In addition, a method of cutting the mattress with a sharp blade, so-called guillotine type, is also adopted.In this method, it is possible to split the mattress and make it smaller, but it is not possible to separate the skin from the spring. could not.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a mattress with a spring, which is made of a non-combustible material such as a spring and a combustible material such as cloth. It is an object of the present invention to provide a mattress disassembling apparatus capable of automatically separating the mattress from the object.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a mattress which has an incombustible material inside, and separates the incombustible material only from a mattress covered with a combustible material. It is a disassembly device, comprising: a skin cutting means for cutting the skin; and a skin separating means for peeling the skin cut by the skin cutting means. The non-combustible material refers to a material that does not burn at a normal incineration temperature, such as a steel spring disposed inside a mattress.
Further, the skin means a combustible material other than a spring or the like, for example, a cloth, a felt, a sponge, or the like provided on the outer surface of the mattress. The present invention can be configured so that the skin cutting means cuts a diagonal line of a surface having a maximum surface area among the outer surfaces of the mattress.

[0006] As the skin cutting means, for example, a movable cutter rotating beam can be used. Usually, since the mattress is formed in a box shape having six surfaces, the areas of the surfaces facing each other are substantially the same. That is, when placed on a bed, the upper surface and the lower surface usually have the largest surface area. In this case, the skin cutting means is configured to cut the diagonal lines of the upper surface and the lower surface at the same time. be able to. Also, it is not always necessary to cut two surfaces at the same time, and after cutting only one of the surfaces,
The other surface may be cut. In the present invention, the above-mentioned skin cutting means can be provided with a means which can be rotated according to the size of the mattress. The size of the mattress refers to the size of the surface having the maximum surface area described above. In other words, the skin cutting means, for example, a beam provided with a cutter is alternately rotated clockwise and counterclockwise so that the cutter can move between one diagonal and the other diagonal of this surface. ing. According to this configuration, there is no need to provide a plurality of skin cutting means, and only one skin cutting means is used.
The skin of the surface having the largest surface area can be cut diagonally.

According to the present invention, the skin cutting means can be provided with a mattress pressing means for moving to a predetermined position and pressing the skin cutting means against the mattress. As this mattress pressing means, for example, it is possible to detect a suitable cutter position by providing a limit switch to the skin cutting means, approaching the cutting means toward the mattress, and bringing the limit switch into contact with the mattress. it can. In the present invention, the above-mentioned skin separating means can be provided with a skin scraping means having an uneven portion and a mattress fixing means. The skin scraping means is configured so that the skin of the mattress is cut by the skin cutting means, and the cut skin is gripped and pulled by the uneven portion. It is preferable that the concave-convex portion forms concave-convex hooks on at least two surfaces arranged opposite to each other. Further, the mattress fixing means presses an incombustible material such as a spring when the skin is pulled by the skin scraping means to facilitate the work of separating the skin.

In the present invention, the uneven portion of the skin scraping means may be provided with a pin-shaped member.
It is preferable to provide a plurality of the pin-shaped members, and it is possible to securely fix the mattress by piercing the skin from both sides thereof. According to the present invention, the mattress fixing means has a skewer member, and the mattress can be fixed by inserting the skewer member into the mattress. The mattress fixing means can fix the mattress by, for example, arranging a plurality of skewer members on two opposing surfaces and bringing the two surfaces close to each other and piercing the mattress. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a mattress rotating means for rotating the mattress such that the skin to be separated is gripped by the skin scraping means. The mattress has four sides in plan view, but if the diagonal line of the skin is cut by the skin cutting means, the cut skin remains on these four sides. Therefore, it is necessary to separate the skin by gripping the skin with the skin scraping means for each side. However, according to the mattress rotating means, the skin can be peeled off without providing a plurality of skin separating means.

According to the present invention, there can be provided a mattress moving means for moving the mattress at least one of the intervals between the skin cutting means, the skin separating means and the mattress rotating means. As this mattress moving means, for example, a mattress hanging traveling cart can be adopted. According to this, the operator does not need to manually move the mattress, and if the work in a certain step (means) is completed. The mattress can be automatically moved to another step to perform another operation. This mattress moving means can adopt, for example, a monorail-type moving method, or can be unmanned by remote control such as remote control. The present invention can be configured so that the mattress moving means moves while the mattress is suspended. The present invention can be configured such that the mattress moving means is provided with a mattress pressing means, and the pressing means is moved to a predetermined position to press the mattress. As this mattress holding means, for example, a suitable position can be detected by providing a limit switch to the mattress moving means, approaching the moving means toward the mattress, and bringing the limit switch into contact with the mattress. . With this pressing means, the mattress can be reliably held without dropping when the mattress is transported.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the mattress disassembling apparatus according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the entire mattress disassembly apparatus according to the present invention as viewed from the side. The mattress disassembly device 1
Has an outer frame formed by a frame 2, and is divided into a mattress rotating section 3, a skin cutting section 4, and a skin separating section 5 from the left side of the figure. Of these, the mattress rotating part 3
Is configured to place the mattress 7 on the upper surface of the mattress reversing table 6 and rotate the mattress 7 together with the reversing table 6. When only one or two sides of the mattress 7 can be peeled off at a time in the skin separating unit 5 described later, the rotating unit 3 rotates the mattress 7 to separate the side to be separated by the skin scraping device 8. Used to move to

The skin cutting section 4 includes a cutter rotating beam 9, a power cylinder 10 for pressing the cutter rotating beam, and a mattress holding device (not shown). The cutter rotating beam 9 can rotate clockwise and counterclockwise around the center thereof, moves horizontally in the thickness direction of the mattress 7, and moves the cutter 22 in the beam 9. Have been. A power cylinder 10 is used to press the cutter rotating beam 9. By sensing and controlling the thickness of the mattress 7 with a sensor or limit switch 11, the cutter rotating beam 9 is pressed against the mattress 7 by the power cylinder 10 to determine the position of the cutter. In addition, the mattress holding device,
The transported mattress 7 is detached from the mattress hanging traveling cart 12 at the skin cutting section 4 and placed on the mattress platform 20, and the ladder-like member 21 sandwiches both surfaces of the mattress 7 by the mattress holding device. Things.

Further, the skin separating section 5 includes a mattress fixing clamp 13 and a skin scraping device 8. As shown in FIG. 2, the mattress fixing clamp 13 includes an elongated plate-shaped member 14 opposed thereto, and the plate-shaped member 14.
Plural skewer members 15 projecting from each other
And a slide guide 16 disposed at an end of the plate member 14 and slidably supported.
However, it is closed to the range A shown in FIG. 2, and the skewer member 15 pierces the mattress 7 and grips the mattress 7.
In addition, as shown in FIG.
It is arranged so as to be bent in a substantially rectangular shape and face each other,
Gripping device 18 provided with a plurality of pins 17 at its tip
And a peeling cylinder 19 for pulling the gripping device 18 sideways. When the mattress 7 is gripped by the gripping device 18, wrinkles come close to the skin and the skin of the mattress 7 can be reliably gripped. Pin 1 of this gripper 18
In place of 7, a jagged and uneven surface may be used, but rubber or the like having low hardness is not suitable. By fixing the mattress 7 with a mattress fixing clamp 13 which is skewered and inserted, the deformation can be prevented and the skin can be peeled off.
Further, FIG. 1 shows the skin scraping device 8 for peeling the skin from one side of the mattress 7, but by providing a plurality of the skin scraping devices 8, it is possible to peel the mattress 7 from two or four sides. It is. Here, when the skin is peeled off from the four sides at once, it is not necessary to use the mattress rotation unit 3 described above.

As shown in FIG. 1, the mattress hanging traveling carriage 12 which is a mattress moving means is a self-propelled monorail type, and includes a mattress rotating section 3, a skin cutting section 4, and a skin cutting section. It is possible to move back and forth between the separation parts 5. The operation can also be performed by remote control such as a remote control.
The method of fixing the mattress 7 will be described below. When moving with the mattress hanging traveling cart 12, the thickness of the mattress 7 is detected by a limit switch, and both sides are simply sandwiched and held. When the skin of the mattress 7 is cut by the skin cutting section 4, the mattress 7 is detached from the traveling carriage 12 and placed on the floor, and both sides of the mattress 7 are sandwiched between ladder-like members. When the epidermis is peeled off by the epidermis separation part 5, the mattress 7 is pinched by the fixing clamp 13 to pierce the skewer member 15 so that the mattress 7 does not move even when the epidermis remaining on the side of the mattress 7 is pulled. Fix it.

FIG. 1 shows a procedure for disassembling the mattress 7 by operating the mattress disassembling apparatus 1 having the above structure.
This will be described with reference to FIG. First, the both sides of the spring-loaded mattress 7 are sandwiched by the grip portions 12 a provided on the mattress suspended traveling cart 12, and the traveling cart 12 is moved by itself to the skin cutting section 4. When the mattress 7 arrives at the skin cutting section 4, the mattress 7 is lowered from the traveling cart 12 and placed on the mattress bed 20, and the ladder-like member 21 is sandwiched and fixed on both sides of the mattress 7. Next, the thickness of the mattress 7 is detected by the sensor 11, and the cutter rotating beam 9 is moved in a substantially horizontal direction by the power cylinder 10 and pressed against the mattress 7, and is rotated according to the size of the mattress 7. The optimum position of the cutter 22 is determined. With the cutter 22, the cloth covering the outer surface and the sponge disposed inside the cloth having the maximum surface area of the mattress 7 are cut on the diagonal two faces simultaneously or one face at a time. If only these two surfaces are cut, the remaining four side portions are peeled off together at the skin separating portion 5 without cutting. Further, it is necessary to leave the cut skin on each side by diagonal cut, and the cut skin cannot be separated by so-called cross cut, which is cut vertically and horizontally.

Thereafter, the mattress 7 is returned to the mattress rotating section 3 while being loaded on the traveling carriage 12, and rotated until the mattress 7 is started up (indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 1). Here, a mechanism for rotating the mattress 7 will be briefly described. Mattress reversing table 6
As shown in FIG. 4 (a), the first reversing table 6a and the second reversing table 6b are formed in a plate shape, and these two reversing tables 6a and 6b rotate around the rotation shaft 6c. It is movably supported. First, when the mattress 7 is placed on the first reversing table 6a with the horizontally long mattress 7, the second reversing table 6b is substantially perpendicular to the first reversing table 6a as shown in FIG. Rotate counterclockwise until. Next, as shown in FIG. 4 (c), when the first turntable 6a and the second turntable 6b simultaneously rotate clockwise by 90 degrees, the mattress 7 becomes vertically long, whereby the mattress 7 rotates. Can be done.
Then, the mattress 7 is again supported by the traveling carriage 12, moved to the skin separating section 5, and placed on the mattress bed 23. After the mattress 7 is fixed by the mattress fixing clamp 13 in the skin separating section 5, the skin on the end face of the cut mattress 7 is gripped by the skin scraping device 8, and the skin is peeled off without being torn. Once one side of the mattress 7 is peeled off,
After the mattress 7 is rotated, the mattress 7 is moved to the skin separating section 5 and the above-described operation is repeated, whereby the skin can be separated from the four sides of the mattress 7.

The above operation is summarized as follows. (1) A combination of a monorail type traveling vehicle 12, a diagonal skin cutting by a movable cutter rotating beam 9, and a mattress fixing clamp 13 for preventing deformation of the mattress 7, the shape and structure of the mattress are various and elastic. 7
And automatically separate only the epidermis. (2) By sensing and controlling the size (thickness) of the mattress 7 with the sensor 11 and the limit switch, both surfaces of the mattress 7 are pressed and gripped by the power cylinder 10. (3) Cross cut the skin in the diagonal direction and pull it in the direction of the four sides to remove it automatically. (4) The mattress 7 is sandwiched between ladder members from both sides,
The skin is cut automatically by cutting both sides simultaneously with a cutter. (5) By moving the mattress 7 as a monorail,
The cutting prevents the equipment from being stopped by the cloth hanging from the mattress 7 and enables automation. (6) By using the cutter rotating beam 9, the mattresses 7 of various sizes can be peeled off from the spring without breaking the cloth. (7) Mattress fixing clamp 13 and skin scraping device 8
Thereby, the cloth and the sponge can be separated without deforming the spring.

[0017]

As described above, according to the mattress disassembly apparatus of the present invention, the mattress skin separation work conventionally performed manually by an operator can be automatically performed in a facility. In addition, by appropriately employing the mattress rotating means and the mattress fixing means, the separation of the epidermis can be performed smoothly.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a mattress disassembly apparatus according to the present invention as viewed from a side.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged side view showing a mattress fixing clamp according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged plan view showing the scraping device according to the present invention.

4A is a side view showing a state in which the mattress is placed on a first reversing table, and FIG. 4B is a side view showing a state in which only the second reversing table is rotated in a counterclockwise direction. FIG. 3C is a side view showing a state where both the first reversing table and the second reversing table are rotated clockwise.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mattress disassembly apparatus 2 Frame 3 Mattress rotating part 4 Skin cutting part 5 Skin separating part 6 Mattress inverting part 6a First inversion table 6b Second inversion table 6c Rotation axis 7 Mattress 8 Skin scraping device 9 Cutter rotation beam 10 Power cylinder 11 Sensor DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 12 Mattress hanging traveling trolley 13 Mattress fixing clamp 14 Plate member 15 Skew member 16 Slide guide 17 Pin 18 Grasping device 19 Peeling cylinder 20, 23 Mattress platform 21 Ladder member 22 Cutter

Claims (11)

[Claims] 1. A mattress disassembling apparatus for separating only a skin from a mattress having an incombustible material therein, the incombustible material being covered with a combustible skin, and a skin cutting means for cutting the skin. A mattress disassembling device, comprising: a skin separating means for peeling the skin cut by the skin cutting means. 2. The mattress disassembling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the skin cutting means cuts a diagonal line of a surface having a maximum surface area among the outer surfaces of the mattress. 3. The mattress disassembly device according to claim 1, wherein the skin cutting means is configured to rotate according to the size of the surface having the maximum surface area. 4. The mattress disassembling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the skin cutting means is configured to move the cutting means to a predetermined position and press it against the mattress. 5. The skin separating means includes a mattress fixing means, and a skin scraping means having an uneven portion.
The mattress disassembling apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the skin scraping means is configured to grip and pull the skin of the mattress cut by the skin cutting means with the concave-convex shape portion. 6. The uneven portion of the skin scraping means,
The mattress disassembly device according to claim 5, wherein the mattress disassembly device is a pin-shaped member. 7. The mattress fixing means according to claim 5, wherein the mattress fixing means has a skewer member, and the mattress is fixed by inserting the skewer member into the mattress. Mattress disassembly device. 8. The mattress according to claim 5, wherein a mattress rotating means for rotating the mattress is provided so that the skin to be separated is gripped by the skin scraping means. Disassembly device. 9. A mattress moving means for moving a mattress at least one of the intervals of the skin cutting means, the skin separating means and the mattress rotating means. The mattress disassembly device according to any one of the above. 10. The mattress disassembling apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the mattress moving means is configured to move while the mattress is suspended. 11. The mattress disassembling apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the mattress moving means is provided with a mattress pressing means, and the pressing means is moved to a predetermined position to press the mattress. .