JP2022102642A - Conveying and adhering device for floor tile - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a conveying and adhering device for floor tiles that can perform a series of work including conveying and adhering the tiles without burdening an operator.SOLUTION: The inventive device includes a movable electric carriage 1 that is mainly constituted by a tile stock part 2 and a tile moving mechanism, the tile moving mechanism including a tile elevation unit 3, a tile front-rear slide unit 4 and a tile horizontal rotation unit 5, and a suction cup 10 exhibiting suction force by a decompression action of vacuum air, the suction cup 10 provided at the bottom edge of an elevation support arm 17 of the tile elevation unit 3. A tile 11 adsorbed and held by the suction cup 10 is conveyed and mounted onto a floor surface at a prescribed position and adhered thereon by the operation of each unit.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to an apparatus for transporting a laminated tile material to an appropriate position and placing and attaching the tile material at a predetermined position.

Conventionally, when transporting and pasting tile materials, it is a customary work procedure to carry them to the vicinity of pasting by hand or by using a dolly, etc., and place and paste them one by one in a predetermined place. Therefore, in the case of a heavy tile material, the burden on the worker is heavy, and sometimes the tile material is often damaged by dropping it.

Regarding the tiling device, the following inventions (Patent Documents 1 to 3) and the like are disclosed. However, all of the inventions are inventions relating to the manufacture and process of a tiled flat plate (panel) to which a tile or a plurality of tiles are pre-attached, or an appropriate positioning with respect to the tile-attached surface, and the present invention is applied from the transfer of tiles. It is not intended to allow the operator to perform a series of work up to the arrival without burden.

The invention of Patent Document 1 (automatic glazed tile packing device) is a transfer mechanism that continuously sends tiles from the process of applying glaze, a tile arrangement arrangement mechanism arranged on the transfer mechanism, and a tile that detects the number and puts tiles on a transport board. It consists of a holding mechanism that sucks and holds and stores it in the sheath box, and a sheath box transfer mechanism that sends tiles to the empty sheath box in synchronization with the movement of the transport board. The purpose is to reduce the amount of manpower in the tile manufacturing process by automating the work of accommodating a certain number of tiles in the sheath box for performing the above.

The invention of Patent Document 2 (tile transfer device) relates to a device for transferring tiles from a supply source to a supply destination, and has a suction box that can be moved horizontally and vertically, and a suction cup is provided on the lower surface of the suction box. In the tile transfer device provided with the above, an elastic sheet is fixed near the suction cup side of the lower surface of the suction cup, and the suction cup is provided with elasticity in the vertical direction. The purpose of this is to obtain a tiled flat plate (panel) without any disturbance by making it possible to transfer the tiles arranged at the supply source to the supply destination without deviation.

The invention of Patent Document 3 (a method for transporting net-pasted tiles in a manufacturing process for net-pasted tiles and a transport device) is a method for transporting net-pasted tiles in a manufacturing process for net-pasted tiles such as mosaic tiles and tiles used in the method. The process of arranging tiles in the mold where the tiles are arranged, the process of inserting the support claws to support the tiles in the concave groove formed on the back surface of the tiles, and the support state was maintained. It is equipped with a process of lifting the tile from the mold and adhering it to the sheet material on the back surface of the tile, and a process of pulling out the support claw from the groove of the tile after adhering. It is possible to transport the tiles onto the base sheet while keeping the bottom surface on the same plane.

Special Publication No. 48-21828 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 06-24553 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2014-91926

The present invention is not an invention relating to the manufacture and process of a tiled panel to which tiles or a plurality of tiles are attached, or positioning with respect to the tiled surface, as in the inventions disclosed in the above patent documents, but to the present invention. The purpose is to provide a device that enables a series of operations from transportation to attachment to be performed without a load on the operator.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 comprises a movable electric trolley, a tile stock portion, a tile moving mechanism including a tile elevating unit, a tile front-rear slide unit, and a tile horizontal rotation unit, a control panel, and a control panel. Equipped with an operation box, the tiles are attracted and held by the suction force of the suction plate due to the decompression action of the vacuum air by the suction pump and the quick exhaust valve, and the suction tiles are transferred and pasted on the floor surface by the combined operation of each unit. Characterized by wearing.

The invention according to claim 2 is the invention according to claim 1, wherein the electric carriage is supported by a tile stock portion and each unit by a plurality of frames, and a handle member for pushing is behind the tile stock portion and a lower rear portion. Power tires are attached to both sides, and free casters are attached to both front and lower sides, making it a self-propelled and movable bogie.

The invention according to claim 3 is the invention according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the shape of the tile stock portion has an opening at the upper part, a large number of tiles to be attached can be loaded and stored, and the tiles are adsorbed. It is characterized in that the tile has a size (W, D, H) that is completely exposed to the outside when the tile is pulled up by the tile elevating unit.

The invention according to claim 4 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the tile elevating unit is slid up and down, and an upper telescopic arm and a suction cup are attached to the lower end thereof. It is composed of an elevating support arm, a support plate on which the elevating support arm is vertically suspended, an upper connecting member and a lower connecting member attached to appropriate positions of the elevating support arm, and the whole moves of the gear unit. It is characterized by being able to move up and down in conjunction with it and to be rotatable.

The invention according to claim 5 comprises a gear that rotates the gear unit according to claim 4 by driving a tile elevating motor, and a pinion gear that rotates by converting the rotation axis direction of the gear into an orthogonal direction. It is characterized by being composed of a combination with a rack gear that converts the rotary motion of the pinion gear into a vertical linear motion.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the tile front-rear slide unit according to the first aspect is attached to a pair of guide rails arranged on both upper sides of the electric carriage, and a pair of guide rails attached along the inside thereof. It consists of a fixed rack gear, a pair of spur gears that rotate in mesh with the fixed rack gear, a frame frame, and a support plate laid horizontally on the front inner side of the frame frame, and slides back and forth by driving a tile front and rear motor. It is a feature.

In the invention according to claim 7, the tile horizontal rotation unit according to claim 1 is connected to a support plate of the slide unit, and the tile elevating unit is driven by driving a tile rotation motor at a predetermined position of the tile horizontal rotation unit. It is characterized in that a rotating body for rotating the elevating support arm is provided.

The invention according to claim 8 detects the uppermost tile loaded on the tile stock portion at the lower portion of the elevating support arm of the tile elevating unit according to claim 1 and starts the tile suction operation by the sucker. It is characterized by disposing a tile detection sensor for determining a suitable descent position and a tile lower limit sensor for detecting the descent limit position of the tile at the tile attachment position.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the suction tiles are automatically and continuously operated by the combined operation of the tile moving mechanism including the tile elevating unit, the tile front-rear slide unit, the tile horizontal rotation unit, etc. provided in the movable electric trolley. It can be transferred to a predetermined location on the floor and pasted, making it possible to reduce most of the work performed by a series of workers from transporting tiles to pasting.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the entire electric trolley is supported and constructed in a well-balanced manner by a tile stock portion, each of the units, a plurality of frames, and the like, and power tires attached to both rear sides and freely attached to both front sides. By the operation of the casters, it can be made into a self-propelled and movable trolley.

According to the invention of claim 3, the tile stock portion according to claim 1 is installed at an appropriate position and has a dimensional shape that does not get caught in the tile stock portion when the adsorbed tile is pulled up and transported. This enables smooth transfer of the tiles that have been adsorbed and held.

According to the invention of claim 4, the tile elevating unit according to claim 1 is moved up and down in conjunction with the movement of the gear unit as a whole, and is rotated in conjunction with the rotation operation of the tile horizontal rotation unit described later. Therefore, it is possible to accurately raise and lower the tile elevating unit and rotate it.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the gear unit according to the fourth aspect is combined with a rack gear that converts a rotary motion into a vertical linear motion, thereby enabling an accurate raising / lowering operation of the tile raising / lowering unit.

According to the invention of claim 6, the tile front-rear slide unit according to claim 1 is a pair of guide rails arranged on both upper sides of the electric carriage, and a pair of fixed rack gears attached along the inside of the guide rails. The tile front-rear slide unit can be accurately moved back and forth by the structure in which the entire unit is slid back and forth by the operation of a pair of spur gears that rotate in mesh with the fixed rack gear.

According to the invention of claim 7, the angle of the tile held by suction is appropriately adjusted by rotating the elevating support arm of the tile horizontal rotation unit according to claim 1 via a rotating body. Is possible.

According to the invention according to claim 8, the tile detection sensor is arranged in the lower part of the elevating support arm of the tile elevating unit according to claim 1, and the tile lower limit sensor is arranged in the middle part of the elevating support arm. Therefore, it is possible to accurately detect the lowering limit position of the tile at the lowering position and the tile attaching position suitable for starting the tile adsorption operation by the sucker.

The side explanatory view of the transfer sticking apparatus of the floor tile which concerns on this invention. Same as above Plan view of the device. Same as above. Side view of the device.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
The present invention comprises a movable electric trolley 1, a tile moving mechanism including a tile stock portion 2, a tile elevating unit 3, a tile front-rear slide unit 4, and a tile horizontal rotation unit 5, and a control panel 6 and an operation box 7. The tile 11 which is the object to be adsorbed is adsorbed and held by the suction force of the suction plate 10 due to the decompression action of the vacuum air by the suction pump 8 and the quick exhaust valve 9, and the suction tile 11 is designated on the floor surface by the combined operation of the units. It is moved and placed in a position and attached.

The electric trolley 1 is equipped with power tires 13 on both sides of the lower rear portion and universal casters 14 on both sides of the lower front portion, making the trolley self-propelled and movable. Further, the entire support is provided by the tile stock portion 2, each of the units 2 to 5 and a plurality of frames, and the rear portion is composed of a pair of handle handle support columns 15b extending downward from both ends of the handle bar 15a. A gate-shaped hand-pushing handle member 15 is attached, and an operation box 7 for controlling the operation of the device is detachably attached to the handlebar 15a.

The tile stock portion 2 has a box shape with an open upper portion, and is installed on the mounting table 12 in consideration of the load balance of the entire electric carriage 1. The size (W, D, H) of the tile stock portion 2 in the present embodiment is such that about 20 tiles having a length of 600 mm, a width of 600 mm, and a thickness of 6 mm can be loaded and stored, and the adsorbed tile is the tile elevating unit 3. It is a size that is completely exposed to the outside of the tile stock portion 2 when it is pulled up by.

The tile elevating unit 3 is composed of an upper telescopic arm 17a that slides up and down and a lower fixed arm 17b having a suction cup 10 attached to the lower end thereof, and is a support arm 17 for elevating and lowering that is entirely rotatable. The support plate 18 is composed of a support plate 18 for vertically suspending the support arm 17, and the elevating support arm 17 has an upper connecting member 20 and a lower connecting member 21 for raising and lowering the suction cup 10 in conjunction with the movement of the gear unit 19 described later. It is attached. Further, the uppermost tile loaded on the tile stock portion 2 is detected in the lower portion of the elevating support arm 17, and the tile detection for determining the descent position suitable for starting the tile suction operation by the suction plate 10 is performed. A sensor 22 and a tile lower limit sensor 16 for detecting the lower limit position of the tile 11 at the tile attachment position are arranged.

The gear unit 19 has a gear 24 that is rotated by driving a tile elevating motor 23, a pinion gear 25 that rotates by converting the rotation axis direction of the gear 24 in an orthogonal direction, and a vertical linear motion of the gear 24. The rack gear 26 comprises a combination of an upper connecting member 20 attached to the elevating support arm 17 and an upper connecting member 27 and a lower connecting member 28 that are connected to and correspond to the lower connecting member 21. It is attached.

The tile front / rear slide unit 4 meshes with the guide rails 29 and 30 arranged on both upper sides, the fixed rack gears 31 and 32 attached along the guide rails, and the fixed rack gears 31 and 32 to drive the tile front and rear motors. Spur gears 35 and 36 that rotate via a support shaft 34 driven by 33, a frame frame 37 that slides in conjunction with the front-back movement of the support shaft 34, and a support laid horizontally on the front inner portion of the frame frame 37. It is composed of a plate 38, and the support plate 38 is connected to the support plate 18 of the tile elevating unit 3.

The tile horizontal rotation unit 5 is connected to the support plate 38 of the slide unit 4, and is provided with a rotating body 40 that rotates the elevating support arm 17 of the tile elevating unit 3 by driving the tile rotation motor 39.

Next, the operation of the apparatus of the present invention will be described.
First, the electric trolley 1 in which an appropriate number of tiles 11 are loaded in the tile stock portion 2 is moved to the vicinity of the tile attachment. The tile loading operation may be manual or a tile moving mechanism including the units 3 to 5 may be used. Further, when moving the electric carriage 1, it may be manually pushed by the handle member 15 or self-propelled by control by the operation box 7. Since the operation box 7 is removable, it is possible to remotely control all the operations of the apparatus by removing it from the handle member 15.

In a state where the electric trolley 1 moves to the vicinity of the tile attachment and is stopped and fixed by a stopper (not shown), the elevating support arm 17 of the tile elevating unit 3 is driven by the front / rear motor 33 of the tile front / rear slide unit 4. Is appropriately moved in the front-rear direction, and the suction plate 10 attached to the lower end thereof is arranged at the center position of the tile 11 housed in the tile stock portion 2, and then the tile elevating motor 23 of the tile elevating unit 3 is operated. The suction plate 10 attached to the lower end of the elevating support arm 17 is lowered to a position suitable for starting the tile suction operation. A suitable tile position for initiating the suction operation is detected by the tile detection sensor 22.

In the lowering operation of the suction cup 10, the lower fixing arm 17b of the raising / lowering support arm 17 is changed to the lower connecting member 21 in response to the lower connecting member 28 attached to the gear unit 19 being lowered by the drive of the tile raising / lowering motor 23. It is done by lowering through. At this time, since the upper connecting member 27 attached to the gear unit 19 and the upper connecting member 20 of the elevating support arm 17 are connected, the lower fixing arm 17b is pushed down, and as a result, the upper part of the elevating support arm 17 is pushed down. The telescopic arm 17a extends.

When the suction cup 10 is lowered to a predetermined position, the uppermost tile 11 loaded by the suction force of the suction cup 10 due to the depressurizing action of the vacuum air by the suction pump 8 and the quick exhaust valve 9 is sucked and held. After that, the tile 11 attracted and held is moved up and moved by the tile elevating unit 3 to a height completely exposed from the box body of the tile stock portion 2.

When the attracted and held tile 11 is moved up to a predetermined position, the tile front / rear motor 33 of the tile front / rear slide unit 4 is driven, and the tile elevating unit 3 is pushed forward along the guide rails 29 and 30 to push the tile 11 forward. Move to a position above the floor to which the tiles are to be attached.

When the tile 11 that is attracted and held moves to a position above the floor surface to which the tile 11 is attached, the tile rotation motor 39 of the tile horizontal rotation unit 5 operates to adjust the attachment angle of the tile 11 to the floor surface and move up and down. The tile elevating motor 23 of the unit 3 operates to push down the lower fixed arm 17b to lower the suction plate 10 to the vicinity of the attached floor surface. Then, after making fine adjustments by the operation of each of the units 3 to 5, the tile 11 is lowered and attached to a predetermined position on the floor surface to which the adhesive is applied. The lower limit position of the tile 11 at this time is regulated by the tile lower limit sensor 16.

When the tile 11 is attached to a predetermined floor surface, the decompression of the suction cup 10 is released, the tile elevating unit 3 is raised, and the tile front / rear slide unit 4 returns the tile to the center position of the tile stored in the tile stock portion 2. By repeating the above operation, continuous tile attachment work is possible.

1: Electric trolley 2: Tile stock part 3: Tile elevating unit 4: Tile front / rear slide unit 5: Tile horizontal rotation unit 6: Control panel 7: Operation box 8: Suction pump 9: Rapid exhaust valve 10: Suction plate 11: Tile 12 : Mounting stand 13: Power tire 14: Flexible caster 15: Hand push handle member 15a: Handle bar 15b: Handle support 16: Tile lower limit sensor 17: Lifting support arm 17a: Upper telescopic arm 17b: Lower fixed arm 18: Support Plate 19: Gear unit 20: Upper connecting member 21: Lower connecting member 22: Tile detection sensor 23: Tile elevating motor 24: Gear 25: Pinion gear 26: Rack gear 27: Upper connecting member 28: Lower connecting member 29, 30: Guide rails 31, 32: Fixed rack gear 33: Tile front and rear motor 34: Support shaft 35, 36: Spur gear 37: Frame frame 38: Support plate 39: Tile rotation motor 40: Rotating body

Claims (8)

The movable electric trolley is equipped with a tile stock unit, a tile movement mechanism consisting of a tile elevating unit, a tile front / rear slide unit, and a tile horizontal rotation unit, a control panel, and an operation box. A floor tile transfer / attachment device characterized in that tiles are attracted and held by the suction force of a suction plate due to a depressurizing action, and the suction tiles are transferred and attached to a predetermined place on the floor surface by a combined operation of the units. .. The electric trolley is a trolley that is entirely supported and constructed by the tile stock portion, each unit, and a plurality of frames. The floor tile transport / attachment device according to claim 1, wherein universal casters are attached to both sides of the front lower portion. The upper part of the tile stock portion is open, and a large number of tiles to be attached can be loaded and stored, and when the adsorbed tile is pulled up by the tile elevating unit, the tile stock portion is completely exposed to the outside. The transfer and sticking device for floor tiles according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the tile is made of a box having a size to be used. The tile elevating unit can be used as an elevating support arm including an upper telescopic arm that slides up and down, a lower fixed arm with a suction cup attached to the lower end thereof, a support plate on which the elevating support arm is vertically installed, and an elevating support arm. 6. Floor tile transport and attachment device. The gear unit includes a gear that rotates by driving a tile elevating motor, a pinion gear that rotates by converting the rotation axis direction of the gear in a orthogonal direction, and a rack gear that converts the rotational movement of the pinion gear into vertical linear movement. The floor tile transporting and pasting device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, which comprises a combination with and. The tile front-rear slide unit includes a pair of guide rails arranged on both upper sides of the electric carriage, a pair of fixed rack gears attached to the guide rails along the inside thereof, and a pair of flats that rotate in mesh with the fixed rack gears. 6. Floor tile transport and attachment device. The tile horizontal rotation unit is connected to a support plate of the tile front-rear slide unit, and is provided with a rotating body that rotates the elevating support arm of the tile elevating unit by driving a tile rotation motor. The floor tile transporting and pasting device according to any one of claims 1 to 6. With a tile detection sensor for detecting the top tile loaded on the tile stock section at the lower part of the lifting support arm of the tile lifting unit and determining the descent position suitable for starting the tile suction operation by the sucker. The floor tile transport and sticking device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein a tile lower limit sensor for detecting a tile lowering limit position is provided at the tile sticking position.

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