JP2005185867A - Decorative sheet applicator for production of game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a processing work from being taken away together with a pressurizer rising after being processed by the conveying operation of a conveying body. <P>SOLUTION: The dimension of a feeding hook 12 is set to meet d<t and h<d+t in the relationship of the degree d of protrusion thereof from the upper conveying surface with the degree h of the lift from the upper conveying surface of the pressurizer 13 and the thickness t of the work 14. When the pressurizer 13 pressurizes the processing work 14, the feeding hook 12 can be prevented from interfering with the pressurizer 13. When the work 14 rises while being taken away together with the rising pressurizer 13, in the conveying operation of the conveyor 11, the feeding hook 12 contacts the work 14 risen while being taken away together to forcibly peel the work 14 off the pressurizer 13 so that the work is caused to drop on the conveyor 11, thereby eliminating the work 14 of being taken away together. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention provides an apparatus for bonding a decorative sheet constituting a design board surface to a game board such as a veneer board when a game machine such as a pachinko machine is manufactured, and to provide a pressurizing body in which a product to be processed rises after processing. The present invention relates to a decorative sheet sticking device for manufacturing a gaming machine that can be prevented from being taken by a carrying operation of a carrying body.

The decorative sheet sticking device disclosed in Japanese Examined Patent Publication No. 5-57877 is a hot press mechanism in which a game board is sandwiched between two upper and lower plates while the game board is not being transported, and is heated by pressurizing. In the mechanism, the transfer roll and the drive roll work together to pass the game board between them and apply adhesive on the upper surface as one surface of the game board from the transfer roll, and the game board is transferred in the decorative sheet laminating mechanism When the operation is stopped, a decorative sheet constituting the design board surface is mounted on the upper surface of the game board with the adhesive, and the game board composed of the decorative sheet and the game board is sandwiched between the upper and lower plates in a cold press mechanism. The decorative sheet and game board are thrown and bonded together with an adhesive.
Japanese Patent Publication No. 5-57877

  The problem to be solved by the invention is that in the hot press mechanism and the cold press mechanism, when the plate on the ascending / descending side rises after the pressurizing operation, there is a case in which the product to be processed is brought. Since it will interfere with the subsequent pressurization operation, when the plate on the lift side rises after the pressurization operation, it is detected whether there is a workpiece to be processed on the lower surface, and if there is a workpiece to be processed, In addition, the entire series of operations of the decorative sheet sticking device is temporarily stopped and an alarm is issued to prompt the operator to remove the belongings, so that the production efficiency is poor.

  The decorative sheet sticking device for manufacturing a gaming machine according to the present invention includes a hot press mechanism, a pasting mechanism, a decorative sheet sticking mechanism, and a cold press mechanism in order from the upstream side to the downstream side in the transport direction in which the game board is transported by the transport body. , And the game board is fed forward from the hot press mechanism to the cold press mechanism, so that the pressure plate, which is the hot plate of the hot press mechanism, is pressed against the upper surface of the game board to warm the upper surface of the game board, and the gluing mechanism Adhesive is applied to the upper surface of the game board heated by the hot press mechanism, and the decorative sheet laminating mechanism is equipped with a decorative sheet constituting the design board surface on the adhesive applied to the upper surface of the game board by the glue mechanism. The pressure body, which is a cold plate of the cold press mechanism, presses the decorative sheet in the direction of the game board and bonds the decorative sheet and the game board with an adhesive. In a decorative sheet sticking device for manufacturing a gaming machine that forms a game board comprising: a game board or a game object such as a game board in which a decorative sheet is superimposed on a game board, A feeding claw for pushing from the rear side in the conveying direction is provided so as to protrude upward from an upper conveying surface that conveys a workpiece to be processed of the conveying body under the pressurizing body. It is most important that the dimension is set to be d <t and h <d + t, where d is the amount, h is the amount of rise from the upper conveying surface of the pressure member, and t is the thickness of the workpiece. Features.

  When the decorative sheet sticking device for manufacturing a gaming machine according to the present invention is brought together with the pressurizing body to be processed, the feeding claw is brought along with the carrying operation of the carrying body. Bringing the workpiece to be processed can be canceled so that the workpiece to be lifted comes into contact with the raised workpiece and is forcibly peeled off from the pressure member and dropped onto the carrier.

  The best mode for carrying out the invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 4 shows the entire decorative sheet sticking device for manufacturing a gaming machine. This device is arranged in order from the upstream side in the transport direction X of the gaming board 1a to the downstream side, the hot press mechanism 2, the gluing mechanism 3, and the decorative sheet sticking. The mechanism 4 and the cold press mechanism 5 are disposed, and the game board 1a is warmed by sequentially feeding the game board 1a from the hot press mechanism 2 to the cold press mechanism 5, and the adhesive 1b is applied to the upper surface of the game board 1a. After the decorative sheet 1c as a design board surface is positioned and mounted thereon, the decorative sheet 1c and the game board 1a are pressed in a direction approaching each other and thrown and bonded with the adhesive 1b, whereby the game board 1a and the decorative sheet 1c are connected. The combined game boards 1 are continuously formed.

  The hot press mechanism 2 is configured such that an endless chain conveyor 2a is intermittently rotated and stopped in one direction, so that a feed claw 2b provided on the chain conveyor 2a is spaced at a predetermined interval in the rotation direction of the chain conveyor 2a. The game board 1a is sent in order by repeatedly moving and stopping in the transport direction X. When the game board 1a pushed by the moving feeding claw 2b is mounted on the lower fixed platen 2c, the chain conveyor 2a stops for a predetermined time, and during the stop, the upper electric heater wire or the like The hot plate 2e provided with the electrical heating element 2d moves up and down, and the hot plate 2e sandwiches the game board 1a with the fixed board 2c and warms the upper surface of the game board 1a. When the hot plate 2e rises, the chain conveyor 2a rotates and stops again, transports the warmed game board 1a to the downstream side, mounts the next game board 1a on the stationary platen 2c, and stops. By repeating the rotation / stop of the chain conveyor 2a and the raising / lowering of the hot plate 2e, the plurality of game boards 1a are heated while being sequentially fed and then discharged to the gluing mechanism 3.

  The gluing mechanism 3 mounts the game board 1a in the transport direction X following the hot press mechanism 2 by a roller conveyor 3a in which a plurality of rollers are arranged in parallel in the transport direction X with a predetermined interval being rotated in one direction. Transport. Above one drive roll 3b included in this roller conveyor 3a, a transfer roll 3c that is rotationally driven at the same peripheral speed in the opposite direction to the drive roll 3b, and is movably supported so as to be in contact with or close to the transfer roll 3c The doctor roll 3d is arranged, and the emulsion type adhesive 1b is stored in a substantially V-shaped upper space formed between the transfer roll 3c and the doctor roll 3d, and the roller conveyor 3a including the drive roll 3b is rotated. In addition to driving, the transfer roll 3c and the doctor roll 3d are rotationally driven with a difference in peripheral speed in the opposite direction, whereby the adhesive 1b is placed between the transfer roll 3c and the doctor roll 3d on the outer peripheral surface of the transfer roll 3c. It adheres uniformly with a predetermined thickness according to the adjusted inter-axis distance, and the drive roll 3b and the transfer roll 3c are placed between the game board 1a. In the course of passing to pull the transfer roll 3c to transfer the adhesive 1b coated on the upper surface of the game board 1a. In the upper space formed by the transfer roll 3c and the doctor roll 3d, the adhesive 1b is not shown in the figure by electrical control by detecting the amount of the adhesive 1b stored in the upper space or by the operator's experience. Replenish appropriately from the supply system.

  The decorative sheet laminating mechanism 4 has the roller conveyor 4a in which a plurality of rollers are arranged in parallel in the transport direction X at a predetermined interval and is rotated in one direction so that the game board 1a is mounted in the transport direction X following the gluing mechanism 3. When the game board 1a is transported and reaches a predetermined position, an unillustrated stopper protrudes upward between the pair of rollers by an actuator such as an air cylinder, and the game board 1a is positioned and stopped at the predetermined position. The rotational drive of the roller conveyor 4a is stopped. During the stop, after the decorative sheet 1c as a design board surface is positioned and mounted on the adhesive 1b applied to the upper surface of the game board 1a, the stopper is immersed below the pair of rollers, The conveyor 4a is rotationally driven again, and the gaming board 1 in which the decorative sheet 1c is positioned and mounted on the gaming board 1a with the adhesive 1b interposed therebetween is discharged to the cold press mechanism 5.

  The cold press mechanism 5 is configured such that the belt conveyor 5a having a buffer function such as endless rubber or synthetic resin intermittently rotates and stops in one direction, thereby separating the belt conveyor 5a at a predetermined interval in the rotation direction. With the feeding claw 5b provided on the belt conveyor 5a, the game board 1 is sequentially moved and stopped in the transport direction X and sent in order. When the game board 1 pushed by the moving feeding claw 5b is mounted on the lower fixed board 5c, the belt conveyor 5a stops for a predetermined time, and the cold plate 5d at normal temperature moves up and down during the stop. Then, the cold plate 5d sandwiches the game board 1a between the fixed board and throws and joins the game board 1a and the decorative sheet 1c with the adhesive 1b. When the cold plate 5d rises, the belt conveyor 5a rotates and stops again, transports the game board 1 to the downstream side, mounts the next game board 1 on the fixed board 5c, and stops. By repeating the rotation / stop of the belt conveyor 5a and the raising / lowering of the cold plate 5d, the game board 1a and the decorative sheet 1c are thrown and bonded with the adhesive 1b while sequentially feeding the plurality of game boards 1, and then the next step. For example, it is discharged in a drilling process.

  The best mode decorative sheet sticking apparatus prevents the object to be processed by the hot press mechanism 2 or the cold press mechanism 5 from being brought to the hot plate 2e or the cold plate 5d that rises after the processing. 3 is provided with any one or more of the accompanying prevention means 10; 20; 30;

  FIG. 1 shows an entrainment prevention means 10 in the first embodiment. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 11 denotes an endless transport body, which corresponds to the chain conveyor 2 a in the hot press mechanism 2 and corresponds to the belt conveyor 5 a in the cold press mechanism 5. It has. The feeding claw 12 corresponds to the feeding claw 2 c in the hot press mechanism 2, and corresponds to the feeding claw 5 b in the cold press mechanism 5, and the protrusion amount d from the upper conveyance surface of the conveyance body 11 is set to the upper side of the pressure body 13. In the relationship between the amount of increase h from the conveying surface and the thickness t of the workpiece 14, the dimensions are set to satisfy d <t and h <d + t. The workpiece 14 corresponds to the game board 1a in the hot press mechanism 2, and corresponds to the game board 1 in which the game board 1a and the decorative sheet 1c are overlapped with the adhesive 1b in the cold press mechanism 5. The pressurizing body 13 corresponds to the hot plate 2 e in the hot press mechanism 2, and corresponds to the cold plate 5 d in the cold press mechanism 5.

  According to the first embodiment, the feeding claw 12 determines the protrusion amount d from the upper conveyance surface in the relationship between the increase amount h from the upper conveyance surface of the pressurizer 13 and the thickness t of the workpiece 14. , D <t and h <d + t are set to prevent the feeding claw 12 from interfering with the pressing body 13 when the pressing body 13 pressurizes the workpiece 14. it can. Further, when the workpiece 14 is raised by being brought up with the pressurizing body 13, the feeding claw 12 abuts against the raised workpiece 14 being brought along with the carrying operation of the carrier 11. Thus, since the workpiece 14 is forcibly peeled off from the pressure body 13 and dropped onto the transport body 11, it is possible to eliminate the bringing of the workpiece 14.

  The feeding nail 12 can be formed separately from the transport body 11 or attached to the transport body 11 or formed integrally with the transport body 11, but is formed separately from the transport body 11. If attached to the carrier 11, it can be replaced when the feeding claw 12 is damaged.

  FIG. 2 shows the accompanying prevention means 20 in the second embodiment. In FIG. 2, an air drawing means 22 such as a hole or a groove is formed on the pressure surface of the pressure body 21 corresponding to the hot plate 2e or the cold plate 5d. With the air flowing in, the close contact between the pressurizing surface of the pressurizing body 21 and the workpiece 23 such as the game board 1a or the game board 1 is released, and the pressurizing body 21 ascending the workpiece 23 is brought together. It can be solved. Reference numeral 24 in the figure denotes a conveying body corresponding to the chain conveyor 2a and the belt conveyor 5a, and 25 denotes a feeding claw corresponding to the feeding claw 2b; 5b.

  FIG. 3 shows the accompanying prevention means 30 in the third embodiment. In FIG. 3, an air blowing means 32 such as a hole or a groove is formed on the pressure surface of the pressure body 31 corresponding to the hot plate 2e or the cold plate 5d, and a pressurized air supply source such as a compressor is provided in the air blowing means 32. 33 is connected via the valve 34, and when the pressurizing body 31 is raised, the valve 34 is opened to supply the pressurized air from the pressurized air supply source 33 to the pressurizing surface of the pressurizing body 31 and the game board 1a or The close contact with the processing target product 35 such as the game board 1 or the like is canceled, and the accompanying with the pressurizing body where the processing target product 35 rises can be eliminated. In the figure, reference numeral 36 denotes a conveying body corresponding to the chain conveyor 2a and the belt conveyor 5a, and 37 denotes a feeding claw corresponding to the feeding claw 2b; 5b.

  In the best mode, in the hot press mechanism 2, the form in which the game board 1 a is warmed only once and sent to the gluing mechanism 3 is illustrated and described, but a plurality of game boards 1 a adjacent in the transport direction X are covered. The hot plate 2e is formed in a size, and the chain conveyor 2a performs intermittent operation of rotating and stopping a plurality of times. During each stop, the hot plate 2e moves up and down once so that one game board 1a is moved twice or If it is heated more times and sent to the gluing mechanism 3, the work time (tact) for one game board 1a to pass through the decorative sheet sticking device is shortened without increasing the temperature of the hot plate 2e. be able to. In this case, if the heating element 2d is blocked in accordance with the number of game boards 1a covered by the hot plate 2e and the temperature control is performed so that the upstream block has a higher temperature than the downstream block, the game board can be heated for the first time. The hot plate 2e is not cooled by 1a, and the game board 1a can be heated appropriately. The high temperature and low temperature in this temperature control are relative temperatures, and the temperature is such that the game board 1a does not burn while the hot plate 2e is in contact with the game board 1a even at high temperature. This depends on the relationship with the heating operation time during which the hot plate 2e is actually pressed against the game board 1a. In the case where the heating element 2d is made into a block, if the upstream block is controlled with priority over the downstream block, the hot plate 2e can be prevented from being overcooled.

The structure figure which shows the accompanying prevention means in a 1st form. The structure figure which shows the accompanying prevention means in a 2nd form. The structure figure which shows the accompanying prevention means in a 3rd form. The structure figure which shows the decorative sheet sticking apparatus in the best form.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Bringing prevention means 12 Feeding nail 13 Pressurized body 14 Processing object 20 Bringing prevention means 21 Pressurizing body 22 Air drawing means 23 Processing object 30 Bringing prevention means 31 Pressurizing body 32 Air blowing means 33 Pressurized air Supply source 34 Valve 35 Product to be processed

Claims (1)

  A hot press mechanism, a gluing mechanism, a decorative sheet laminating mechanism, and a cold press mechanism are arranged in order from the upstream side in the transport direction in which the game board is transported by the transport body to the game board from the hot press mechanism to the cold press mechanism. The pressurizing body, which is the hot plate of the hot press mechanism, is pressed against the upper surface of the game board to warm the upper surface of the game board, and the adhesive mechanism is applied to the upper surface of the game board heated by the hot press mechanism. The decorative sheet laminating mechanism is mounted on the adhesive that is applied to the upper surface of the game board by the adhesive mechanism, and the decorative sheet constituting the design board surface is mounted. A cosmetic sheet for manufacturing a gaming machine, in which a decorative board and a game board are bonded with an adhesive by pressing in the direction of the game board to form a game board composed of the game board and the decorative sheet. In the gluing device, a feeding nail for pushing the object to be lowered from the rear side in the conveying direction is conveyed to the conveying body that conveys the processing object such as a game board or a game board in which a decorative sheet is superimposed on the gaming board. It is provided so as to protrude upward from the upper conveyance surface that conveys the object to be processed of the body below the pressure body, and the amount of protrusion from the upper conveyance surface of this feeding claw is d, and from the upper conveyance surface of the pressure body A decorative sheet sticking device for manufacturing a gaming machine, wherein the dimension is set to be d <t and h <d + t, where h is the amount of increase in the thickness of the workpiece and t is the thickness of the workpiece.

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