JP2003231039A - Operating machine with control panel, comprising protective cover - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an operating machine with a control panel capable of operating the control panel mounted in an opening and closing area of the protective cover even in an opening condition of the protective cover. <P>SOLUTION: The protective cover 5 for opening and closing an upper part of a working space 3 is pivoted on the operating machine body 1 in a state of being opened and closed forwardly and upwardly, the control panel 8 raised near a pivotting line of the protective cover 5 in a lateral width of the protective cover 5 is mounted on the operating machine body 1, a window 13 is cut in such manner that it is opposite to the control panel in an opening condition of the protective cover 5, and a closing member 30 is mounted on the operating machine body 1 for closing the cut window 13 in a closing condition of the protective cover 5, so that the control panel 8 can be operated through the cut window 13 in the opening condition of the protective cover 5. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention comprises a box-type working machine body provided with a protective cover for covering an upper part of a working space for carrying out working operations such as drilling, punching and the like, and checking work results. The present invention relates to a work machine with an operation panel, which is provided with a rear end portion of the protective cover pivotably openably and forwardly and upwardly and equipped with a protective cover, such as a drill machine, a punching machine, and various inspection machines. It is applicable to the work machine with the operation panel.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a punching machine which is a working machine with an operation panel equipped with a protective cover of this kind, as disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 8-85098, the side of the working space of the working machine body has hitherto been known. A control unit is provided on one side, and the operation panel is arranged on the control unit on the side of the installation position of the protective cover that covers the upper side and the front side of the work space. Therefore, there is a problem that the horizontal width of the work machine becomes large and the installation space of the work machine becomes large. Moreover, the distance between the work space and the operation panel becomes large, and the operation panel is observed while looking at the work devices installed in the work space. There was a problem that it was difficult to operate.

Further, in order to reduce the width of the working machine with a control panel equipped with a protective cover, a supporting arm extending laterally is provided on the working machine body so as to be rotatable, and the operating panel is mounted on the supporting arm. Although it is possible to move the operation panel to a position where it does not interfere with the opening and closing of the protective cover by turning the support arm, it is necessary to turn the support arm to operate the operation panel, which causes a problem of poor workability and the support arm. There is a problem that a space for turning of the work machine is required, the installation space of the working machine is large, and the supporting mechanism of the operation panel is complicated and the manufacturing cost is increased.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems and provide a working machine with a control panel provided with a protective cover which can improve the operability of the control panel and reduce the machine width of the working machine. Therefore, the operation panel is provided in the main body of the working machine in the axial width direction region of the protective cover that covers the work space, and the operation panel can be operated even when the protective cover is open.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the above problems,
The invention of claim 1 is an operation in which a protective cover for opening and closing an upper part of a work space for processing work or inspection work is pivotally attached to a box-type working machine body so as to be openable and closable forward and upward. In a work machine with a panel, an operating panel that stands up near the axis of the protective cover is provided on the work machine body in the width direction of the protective cover in the axial direction, and a notch that opens in the protective cover facing the operating panel in an upward open state. A window is provided, and the work machine body is provided with a closing member that closes the cutout window when the protective cover is closed,
It is characterized in that it is provided with a protective cover characterized in that the operation panel can be operated through the cutout window with the protective cover opened upward.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the cutout window of the protective cover is provided in such a size that the operation panel can be fitted in the opened state with the protective cover facing upward, and when the protective cover is opened upward, the operation panel is opened. It is characterized in that the operation surface of the operation panel is exposed through the cutout window by fitting into the cutout window of the protective cover. According to a third aspect of the present invention, a closing member is provided on the working machine body so as to be substantially fitted to the cutout window with the protective cover closed, and an upper surface of the closing member is an upper surface of the protective cover with the protective cover closed. It is characterized in that they are provided so as to be substantially on the same plane. According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the protective cover includes an upper wall that covers an upper portion of the work space and a front wall that covers a front portion of the work space. The rear end portion of the upper wall of the protective cover is pivotally attached to the working machine body so as to be openable and closable. It is characterized in that the working machine main body is provided with an operation panel that rises from near the center of the axial width region of the protective cover, and the cutout window is provided near the center of the axial width region of the upper wall of the protective cover. .

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The drawing shows an example in which the present invention is applied to a punching machine with an operation panel, which is a work machine with an operation panel for punching a large number of small holes in a sheet of a workpiece (eg, a ceramic green sheet). A work machine main body 1 of a work machine with an operation panel is configured in a rectangular box shape in a plan view, and a work space 3 in which a processing device 2 for punching is installed is provided in an upper part of an internal space, and a front portion thereof is provided. Is a seat exchange work room for workers to attach and detach seats to and from the moving table. The work space 3 is covered with side plates 1a of the working machine body 1 on the left and right sides, a rear plate 1b on the rear side, an upper plate 1c on the upper rear side, and a protective cover 5 and a front plate 1d on the upper front side and the front side. Each is covered. The protective cover 5 is formed to have the same width as the width of the work machine main body 1, and opens and closes the entire width of the work space 2.

A gate-shaped support frame 4 is fixed to the working machine body 1 at the front-rear intermediate portion of the working space 3 so as to straddle the working space 3 left and right. A column 7 standing upright from the front end of the upper plate 1c is fixedly provided at the center of the left and right sides of the support frame 4, that is, the center of the lateral width (width region in the axial direction) of the work machine body 1.
A well-known rectangular operation panel 8 is attached so that its operation surface faces forward. The operation panel 8 is supported substantially vertically so that the operation surface faces the front, but it may be attached to the column 7 so that it can be tilted back and forth and left and right as necessary. The operation panel 8 has a lateral width of the protective cover 5, that is, a lateral width smaller than the axial width region, and stands up substantially vertically at the central portion of the axial width region of the protective cover 5 and near the pivot line of the protective cover. There is. As is well known, the operation surface of the operation panel 8 is provided with operation screens and operation buttons for operating a control device (not shown) that controls the operation of the processing device 2, which is a processing device. Alternatively, the support column 7 may be provided so as to be bendable by approximately 90 degrees so that the operation panel 8 can be laid sideways.

The protective cover 5 is a plate-like member having a V-shaped cross section, which is composed of a horizontal upper wall 5a which covers the upper front part of the work space 3 and a front wall 5b which slopes downward to cover the front of the work space 3. And is hinged to the front end of the upper plate 1c of the work machine body 1 at the left and right rear ends of the upper wall 5a so as to be openable and closable between a forward closed state and an upward open state via a hinge 9. There is. A handle 10 for an operator to open and close the protective cover 5 is fixed to a front end portion of the front wall 5b of the protective cover 5, and a viewing window 12 having a transparent plate 11 attached to a central portion of the front wall 5b.
Is provided.

In the vicinity of the central portion of the width direction of the front wall 5b of the protective cover 5 in the axial direction, the operation panel 8 is opened upward.
A cutout window 13 is provided so as to face each other, and an operator can operate the operation surface of the operation panel 8 from the front through the cutout window 13 with the protective cover 5 opened upward. The cutout window 13 is provided in a rectangular size that allows the operation panel 8 to be fitted with the protective cover 5 facing upward, and when the protective cover 5 is opened, the operation panel 8 is fitted into the cutout window 13 for operation. The operation surface of the board 8 is exposed forward from the cutout window 13. The cutout window 13 may have a size such that the operation panel 8 does not fit when the protective cover 5 is open, that is, smaller than the operation panel 8, but at least the operation surface can be operated from the front side. is necessary.

A biasing device 15 for holding the protective cover 5 in the closed position and the open position is disposed between the protective cover 5 and the working machine body 1. The urging device 15 connects the cylinder main body 17a of the pair of left and right gas springs 17 to the L-shaped connecting arm 18 fixed near the pivoting position on the inner surface of the protective cover 5 by the connecting pin 20, and the rod of the gas spring 17 is connected. 17b is connected to a connecting plate 21 fixed to the working machine body 1 by a connecting pin 22. The gas spring 17 urges the rod 17b in a protruding direction by a compressed gas (not shown) contained in the cylinder body 17a, and the urging force urges the connecting pin 20.
Pushes the protective cover 5 toward the closed position or the open position beyond the dead point, and holds the protective cover 5 at the closed position and the open position.

Further, the gas spring 17 includes a rod 17
When b has the maximum length that protrudes to the maximum, the protective cover 5 is restricted to the upward open position.
The closed position of the protective cover 5 is regulated by the protective cover 5 coming into contact with the front end of the side plate 1a, which is the opening edge of the work space 3. However, if necessary, for example, the front end of the side plate 1a is provided with a magnetic catch 25. It is advisable to provide the contact member 26 with a magnet on the protective cover 5 and bring the contact member 26 with a magnet into contact with the receiving member 25 with a magnet to securely hold the closed position. The biasing device 15 may use a compression spring or a tension spring.

Next, in the working machine body 1, a closing member 3 capable of closing the cutout window 13 with the protective cover 5 closed.
0 is stuck. The closing member 30 is a rectangular closing plate 30a that substantially fits into the cutout window 13 when the protective cover 5 is closed.
And a contact plate 30b that projects from the lower end of the peripheral wall of the closing plate 30a and faces the lower surface of the edge of the cutout window 13 in the protective cover 5 in the closed state, and the rear end of the closing plate 30a is the upper plate of the working machine body 1. It is fixed to 1c. The upper surface of the closing plate 30a is provided so as to be flush with the upper surface of the protective cover 5 in the closed state and the upper surface of the upper plate 1c so as to give the impression that the cutout window 13 does not exist. Abutment plate 30
The upper surface of b is provided so as to be flush with the upper surface of the opening / closing edge portion of the protective cover 5 of the working machine body 1, and the seal member 32 fixed to the lower surface of the edge portion of the cutout window 13 of the protective cover 5 has the protective cover 5 In the closed state, the contact is made to close the notch window 13 in an airtight or watertight manner. The seal member 32 is also provided on the lower surface of the peripheral portion of the protective cover 5. The seal member 32 may be provided on the working machine body 1 or the closing member 30.

In the punching machine with the operation panel having the protective cover 5 having the above-mentioned structure, the punching work is performed with the protective cover 5 closed. Since the operation panel 8 is erected forward in the center of the width of the work machine body 1, the operator can easily operate the operation surface of the operation panel 8 with the protective cover 5 closed, but the work space It is necessary to operate the operation panel 8 with the protective cover 5 opened as needed when adjusting the operation of the processing device 2 installed in the device 3. In that case, when the protective cover 5 is opened upward with the handle 10, the protective cover 5 is pushed by the biasing device 1.
The gas spring 17 of FIG. 5 lightly rotates upward due to the urging force of the gas spring 17, and is held in the upward open state.

When the protective cover 5 is opened upward as described above, the operation panel 8 is fitted into the cutout window 13 of the protective cover 5 so that the operation surface of the operation panel 8 moves forward from the cutout window 13. Exposed. Therefore, even when the protective cover 5 is opened, the operator can easily operate the operation surface of the operation panel 8 as in the case where the protective cover 5 is closed. In this case, since the operation panel 8 is located near the working space 3 opened by the protective cover 5, the worker is required to operate the processing device 2 in the working space 3 in the working space 2.
It is possible to easily and efficiently operate the operation surface of the operation panel 8 while confirming. Further, in the state where the protective cover 5 is opened, the closing member 30 is located above the work space 3, but the closing member 30 only covers a part of the opening and the work space 3 is covered by a portion other than the closing member 30. Is opened, it is possible to easily adjust the processing device 2 in the work space 3 and exchange the sheet as the workpiece. Even when the protective cover 5 is opened, the operation panel 8
Since the horizontal horizontal closing member 30 is located in front of, the closing member 30 can be conveniently used as a table for placing documents such as manuals and parts.

Next, when the protective cover 5 is closed,
When the protective cover 5 is pulled down by the handle 10 and the upper wall 5 a is closed horizontally, the protective cover 5 is held in the closed state by the urging force of the gas spring 17. When the protective cover 5 is closed, the sealing member 32 provided on the lower surface of the edge of the cutout window 13 of the protective cover 5 closes the closing member 30.
The contact plate 30b is pressure-bonded to surely close the cutout window 13 of the protective cover 5, so that the operation noise of the processing device 2 is blocked and dust and the like are prevented from entering and leaving. Further, when the protective cover 5 is closed, the upper surface of the closing plate 30a is flush with the upper surfaces of the upper plate 1c and the upper wall 5a, so that the cutout window 13 is closed cleanly and the appearance of the protective cover 5 portion is improved. . In the figure, the operation panel 8 is erected on the working machine main body 1 in the central portion of the axial width region of the protective cover 5, and the cutout window 13 is provided in the central portion of the protective cover 5 in the axial width region. However, the operation panel 8 may be erected on the working machine body 1 at a position closer to one side of the protective cover 5, and the cutout window 13 may be provided at a position closer to one side of the protective cover 5. Alternatively, the protective cover 5 may be provided in a horizontal flat plate shape that covers only the upper portion of the work space 3, and the protective cover 5 may be rotated upward to be opened.

[0017]

As described above, according to the invention of claim 1,
An operation panel is erected on the main body of the working machine in the axial width area of the protective cover that opens and closes above the work space, and a cutout window that opens in the protective cover facing the operation panel is provided. Since the operation panel can be operated through the cutout window in the open state, the operation surface of the operation panel can be operated with the protective cover open at the position of the work space opened by the protective cover, and the processing device located in the work space can be operated. It is convenient because you can operate the control panel efficiently while looking at it directly. In addition, since the operation panel is provided on the work machine main body in the axial width area of the protective cover, the horizontal width of the work machine with an operation panel can be reduced to the same width as the horizontal width of the protective cover, thus reducing the installation area of the work machine with an operation panel. Can be made smaller. Further, since the working machine main body is provided with the closing member for closing the cutout window in the closed state of the protective cover, even if the protective cover is provided with the cutout window, the cutout window can be opened by simply closing the protective cover. Can be closed.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the cutout window of the protective cover is provided in such a size that the operation panel can be fitted with the protective cover open, and when the protective cover is opened, the operation panel has the cutout of the protective cover. Since the operation surface of the operation panel is fitted to the window and exposed through the cutout window, the operation surface of the operation panel can be operated very easily. Further, according to the invention of claim 3, a closing member is provided on the working machine main body so as to be fitted substantially into the cutout window of the protective cover in the closed state, and the upper surface of the closing member is substantially the same as the upper surface of the protective cover in the closed state. Since they are provided so as to be flush with each other, the cutout window of the protective cover can be closed cleanly only by closing the protective cover, and the appearance of the protective cover portion of the work machine with operation panel can be made beautiful. Further, according to the invention of claim 4, since the protective cover is composed of the upper wall and the front wall, and the notch window is provided in the vicinity of the central portion of the axial width region of the upper wall of the protective cover, the protective cover is provided. Since a large opening can be provided in front of the work space in the open state of, the work in the work space can be facilitated, and even when the protective cover is open, the horizontal closing member is located in front of the operation panel. It is convenient because the closing member can be used as a mounting table for documents such as manuals and repair parts.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a punching machine with a control panel showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of FIG.

4 is a sectional view taken along line IV-IV of FIG.

5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line VV of FIG. 3 with a protective cover opened.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Working machine body 3 workspace 5 protective cover 5a Upper wall 5b front wall 8 operation panel 13 Notch window 30 Closing member

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A control panel comprising a box-type working machine body, and a protective cover for opening and closing the upper part of a working space for processing work and inspection work, which is pivotally mounted so as to be openable and closable forward and upward. In the working machine, an operating panel that stands up near the axis of the protective cover is provided on the working machine body in the width direction of the protective cover in the axial direction, and the protective cover has a cutout window that opens in an upward open state facing the operating panel. A protective cover is provided on the main body of the working machine, which is provided with a closing member for closing the cutout window when the protective cover is closed, and the operation panel can be operated through the cutout window with the protective cover open upward. A work machine equipped with a control panel. 2. The cutout window of the protective cover is provided in such a size that the operation panel can fit in the open state with the protective cover facing upward, and when the protective cover is opened upward, the cutout window of the protective cover is opened. A work machine with an operation panel provided with a protective cover according to claim 1, wherein the operation surface of the operation panel is exposed by the cutout window. 3. A work machine main body is provided with a closing member so as to substantially fit into the cutout window with the protective cover closed, and the upper surface of the closing member is substantially the same as the upper surface of the protective cover with the protective cover closed. A work machine with an operation panel, comprising the protective cover according to claim 1 or 2, which is provided so as to be a flat surface. 4. The work cover comprises a protective cover composed of an upper wall covering an upper part of a work space and a front wall covering a front part, and a rear end portion of an upper wall of the protective cover is pivotally attached to a work machine main body so as to be openable and closable. The main body is provided with an operation panel that rises from near the central portion of the axial width region of the protective cover, and the cutout window is provided near the central portion of the axial width region of the upper wall of the protective cover.
A working machine with a control panel, comprising the protective cover according to claim 1.