JP2506312B2 - Seal tape automatic pasting device for draining material - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for sticking a seal tape on a draining material (work) for draining water by interposing an outer wall material used in a prefabricated house or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, as one means for removing water from an outer wall material, a long work W (water draining material) formed of aluminum or the like as shown in FIG. 9 and an outer wall 120a as shown in FIG. By interposing it with the outer wall 120b, means for preventing water from entering the inside due to rain or the like has been put into practical use.

In the outer wall thus constructed, in order to enhance the watertightness between the outer wall 120a and the work W, a seal tape T is interposed at this connecting portion. This kind of tape sticking work is performed. Used a seal tape T with a separator, which was manually cut in advance to a length substantially the same as the work W, was attached to the upper surface of the work W while peeling off the separator attached to the adhesive surface.

[0004]

However, such manual work has a problem that the accuracy of the sticking position is low, and the sticking tape T stuck is likely to meander or wrinkle. Further, in order to increase the watertightness of the end portion of each work W, a more accurate attachment end surface treatment is required,
This work requires considerable labor and labor, and the work efficiency is also low.

The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and provides a seal tape sticking device capable of automatically sticking a seal tape to a draining material efficiently and with high accuracy. Is intended.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has the following constitution. That is, the invention according to claim 1 is an automatic sticker tape sticking device that sticks a sticker tape to a work to be drained by interposing at a connecting portion of an outer wall material, and runs the work along a fixed path. A work transfer mechanism that allows the work to move, a work edge detection mechanism that detects the front and rear edges of the moving work, a tape supply mechanism that supplies a seal tape with a separator to the work, and a separator that separates and collects the separator tape from the seal tape. Based on the separator peeling mechanism and the front edge of the workpiece detected by the workpiece edge detection mechanism, a tape attachment mechanism that presses and adheres the seal tape to the workpiece, a tape pressure bonding mechanism that adheres the attached seal tape to the workpiece, and a workpiece edge detection mechanism. Based on the detection of the trailing edge of the workpiece by the And flop cutting mechanism, in which provided with.

The invention described in claim 2 is the same as claim 1
The apparatus according to the item (1), further comprising a tape holding mechanism for holding the seal tape supplied from the tape supply mechanism in the tape attaching mechanism.

The invention described in claim 3 is the same as claim 1
In the apparatus described in (1) above, a pressing roller is provided which is provided in the tape attaching mechanism and presses and adheres the front end portion of the seal tape to the upper surface of the work.

[0009]

The operation of the present invention is as follows. According to the invention described in claim 1, when the work (water drainage material) is conveyed to the predetermined path by the work conveying mechanism and the front end of the work is detected by the work end detecting mechanism, the work conveying is first stopped. At the same time, the tape attaching mechanism operates to adhere the seal tape to a predetermined portion of the front end of the work. The seal tape is supplied by the tape supply mechanism following the traveling of the work, and the seal tape adhered to the work is continuously and closely adhered to the work by the tape pressing mechanism. When the trailing edge of the work is detected, the work conveyance is temporarily stopped and the tape cutting mechanism operates to cut the seal tape, which completes the sticking of the seal tape to one work, and carries in the next work. Prepare for

According to the second aspect of the invention, since the tape remaining in the apparatus body after cutting is held at a fixed position by the tape holding mechanism, even if tension is applied to the sealing tape after cutting. , Without changing the front end of the tape,
The next paste start position is accurately determined.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the front end of the seal tape is attached to the work while being pressed by the pressing roller, the vicinity of the front end of the seal tape is wavy due to pressure resistance of the attaching roller. It doesn't roll up.

[0012]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view showing the entire seal tape automatic sticking device for draining materials according to an embodiment. Further, FIG. 2 is a side view thereof. First, the configuration of the present apparatus will be described with reference to the drawings of the standby state of the present apparatus shown in these drawings.

An automatic sticker tape sticking device for draining material according to the embodiment supplies a work transport mechanism 1 for running a work W along a constant horizontal path and a work W for running a seal tape T with a separator S. Tape feeding mechanism 3, a separator peeling mechanism 4 that peels and collects the separator S from the seal tape T with the separator S, a work edge detection mechanism 7 that detects the front end and the rear edge of the traveling work W, and a work edge detection A tape attaching mechanism 5 for pressing and adhering the seal tape T to the work W based on the detection of the front end of the work W by the mechanism 7, and a tape holding mechanism 6 for holding the seal tape T supplied from the tape supply mechanism 3.
And a tape pressing mechanism 8 for bringing the seal tape T into close contact with the work W, and a tape cutting mechanism 9 for cutting the seal tape T based on the detection of the rear end of the work W by the work end detection mechanism 7. Hereinafter, the structure of each part will be described in detail.

The structure of the work transfer mechanism 1 is shown in FIGS.
Will be described with reference to. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing the transport mechanism 1, and FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing the guide portion and the drive portion of the transport mechanism 1. The work transfer mechanism 1 is configured such that a plurality of idler rollers 11 on which a work W is placed and a plurality of drive rollers 12 are axially supported in parallel to the main body frame 13 at a predetermined pitch in the transfer path direction. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the guide rail 14 that slidably supports the bent portion a formed at one end of the work W from the outer side is fixedly arranged, and is formed at the other end of the work W. A guide rail 15 is provided that slidably supports the bent portion b from the outside. The guide rail 15 is configured so that its position can be changed via a bracket 16 by a feed screw 18 provided on a handle 17, so that a work W having different lateral widths can be transported without lateral shake. It has become.

Each drive roller 12 is rotatably supported by the main body frame 13 and is linked to a motor 20 via a chain 19 as shown in FIG.
It is configured to be braked based on the detection of the front end or the rear end of the work W by the work end detection mechanism 7. Then, the drive roller 12 located on the carry-in side in the transport path direction
A pinch roller 21 that presses the upper surface of the work W onto the drive roller 12 is urged by a spring (not shown) in the direction of the drive roller 12 via an arm 23, and the work W pushed in by a worker is pushed above. Is configured to be forcibly transported without slipping. On the other hand, a unloading roller 24 is rotatably provided above the drive roller 12 located on the unloading side of the transport path, and the work W is sandwiched between the drive roller 12 and the work W to which the seal tape T is attached. It is configured to be discharged to the stocker 10.

The tape supply mechanism 3 guides the seal tape T with the separator S, which is fed from the tape bobbin 31, around a group of guide rollers 33 axially supported by the main body frame 32 to extend above the traveling path of the work W. It is configured to guide you. The tape supply mechanism 3 is configured to feed the seal tape T following the conveyance of the work W to which the seal tape T is attached.

A series of constructions from the separation of the separator to the pressure bonding of the tape will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 5 is a front view showing the tape adhering portion, and FIG. 6 is a side view thereof. However, FIG. 5 shows a state where the tape is attached.

The separator peeling mechanism 4 is a seal tape T.
Is configured to follow the conveyance of the attached work W and to wind up and collect the separator S by a take-up roller (not shown). As shown in FIG. The peeling roller 41 is rotatably supported by the swing arm 51 that supports the roller 54, and the pinch roller 42 adjacent to the peeling roller 41. The pinch roller 42 is urged in the direction of the peeling roller 41 by the spring 43, the separator S is sandwiched between the pinch roller 42 and the peeling roller 41, and the recovery container 45 is provided at the bottom via the guide 44.
Is configured to be collected within.

The tape attaching mechanism 5 includes a swing arm 51 which is swingable around a fulcrum a, an air cylinder 52 which swings the swing arm 51, a swing arm 51 and an air cylinder 52.
A connecting arm 53 that connects the rotating arm 51 and a sticking roller 54 that is rotatably supported at the free end of the swinging arm 51. The swinging arm 51 is connected to the swinging arm 51 by the contraction drive of the air cylinder 52. Swing down as shown in Figure 5,
The seal tape T having an adhesive surface on the lower surface is configured to be pressed against the upper surface of the work W.

A pressing roller 55 is rotatably supported by a swing arm 51 between the tape applying mechanism 5 and a tape cutting mechanism 9 which will be described later, and is swingable together with the applying roller 54. . When the sticking roller 54 sticks the seal tape T, the pressing roller 55 presses the tip end portion of the seal tape T, so that the vicinity of the front end of the seal tape T is not wavy or rolled up due to pressure resistance of the sticking roller 54. I am trying.

The tape holding mechanism 6 is constructed so as to hold the sticking start position of the seal tape T after the cutting of the seal tape T by the tape cutting mechanism 9 which will be described later. As shown, a chuck 61 for sandwiching the seal tape T, an air cylinder 62 for driving the seal tape T in the width direction of the seal tape T, and a fixing plate 63 fixedly arranged on the guide rail 14 are provided. The chuck 61 is connected to an air cylinder 62 attached to the main body cover 64 via a support member 65 at the front portion of the outer peripheral edge of the sticking roller 54. On the other hand, the fixed plate 6
3 is provided in the back of the sticking roller 54 so as to face the chuck 61. Then, when the seal tape T wound around the sticking roller 54 is at the raised position (tape cutting and standby), the expansion operation of the air cylinder 62 causes the chuck 61 to slide inward and move between the chuck 61 and the fixed plate 63. The seal tape T wound around the attaching roller 54 is held at a fixed position.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 6, the work edge detecting mechanism 7 includes a support plate 71 fixed to the main body cover 64 and an optical sensor S1 on the support plate 71 and an optical sensor S2 on the support plate 72. The sensor S1 detects the front end of the work W, and the sensor S2 detects the rear end of the work W.
Further, an optical sensor S3 is provided near the end of the conveyance to detect the carry-out of the work W to which the seal tape T is attached.

The tape crimping mechanism 8 is, as shown in FIG.
On the unloading side of the tape cutting mechanism 9, a free-rotating roller 81 rotatably supported is provided so that the seal tape T pasted by the tape pasting mechanism 5 is finally pressed onto the work W. .

The structure of the tape cutting mechanism 9 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a side view showing the tape cutting mechanism 9. The tape cutting mechanism 9 includes a cutting blade 93 axially fixed to a point b of a support plate 92 connected to the main body frame 91, and a b
A cutting blade 94 pivotally supported around a point and an air cylinder 95 for rocking the same are provided. When the air cylinder 95 extends, the cutting blade 94 rocks via a connecting member 96. Seal tape T between cutting blade 93 and
It is configured to operate by clipping.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the work stocker 10 comprises a carry-out rail 101 and a chute 102 having a lower receiving portion connected to the carry-out rail 101 and a seal tape T.
The work W to which is attached is dropped and accumulated on the chute 102 at the place where it exits the carry-out roller 24 of the work transport mechanism 1. The chute 102 is a bar 103.
Is tilted by a predetermined angle to soften the impact when the work W is dropped. Note that reference numeral 110 in FIG. 1 is an operation unit.

The embodiment of the present invention is configured as described above, and its operation will be described below with reference to FIG. FIG.
[Fig. 4] is a schematic explanatory view showing each step of an automatic tape attaching operation.

(1) An operator places the work W on the roller 11 of the work transport mechanism 1 and moves it to the pinch roller 21 while pressing it against the side guide 14. In addition,
In the standby state of the present apparatus, the sticking roller 54 and the pressing roller 55 shown in FIG. 5 are in a raised state, and the cutting blade piece 94 of the tape cutting mechanism 9 is positioned between the cutting blade piece 93 and the cutting blade piece 93 as shown in FIG. The blade surface is open. Further, the chuck 61 of the tape holding mechanism 6 holds the seal tape T wound around the attaching roller 54 with the fixed plate 63.

(2) Drive roller 12 of the work transfer mechanism 1
When the work W is carried into the tape attaching mechanism 5 while being sandwiched between the pinch roller 21 and the pinch roller 21, first, the front end of the work W is detected by the sensor S1 of the work end detecting mechanism 7, and the work W is detected based on this. The transfer of W is temporarily stopped,
It waits at a predetermined position. Then, the gripping of the seal tape T by the chuck 61 of the tape holding mechanism 6 is released, and the sticking roller 54 and the pressing roller 55 of the tape sticking mechanism 5 are released.
8 is driven downward, and as shown in FIG. 8 (A), the sticking roller 54 sticks the seal tape T to the work W while the pressure roller 55 presses the tip of the sticker tape T with the adhesive surface downward. .

(3) When the conveyance of the work W is restarted, and as shown in FIG. 8B, when the set time sufficient for the front end of the work W to pass the idler roller 81 of the tape crimping mechanism 8 elapses, The sticking roller 54 automatically starts to slowly rise, and thereafter, the seal tape T is fed out and stuck in accordance with the forward running of the work W.

(4) Further, when the work W travels forward and reaches the tape crimping mechanism 8, the work W to which the seal tape T is attached is conveyed while the seal tape T is finally crimped by the idle roller 81. To be done.

(5) When the rear end of the work W is detected by the sensor S2 of the work end detection mechanism 7, the conveyance of the work W is stopped and the tape holding mechanism 6 of the tape holding mechanism 6 is stopped, as shown in FIG. 8B. The chuck 61 operates and holds the seal tape T. Then, while the seal tape T is held by the chuck 61 and the idler roller 81, the cutting blade 94 of the tape cutting mechanism 9 is oscillated and driven to move between the cutting tape 93 and the sealing tape T.
Disconnect.

(6) After cutting, the conveyance of the work W is restarted, and when the rear end of the work W is discharged from the discharge roller 24, the work W is dropped and accumulated on the chute 102. When the sensor S3 detects the discharge of the work W, the next work W can be input. With the above, the operation of attaching the seal tape to one work W is completed, and thereafter, the above operation is repeated for the loading of the work W.

[0033]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the first aspect of the invention, the work end detecting mechanism detects the front end of the work being moved by the work conveying mechanism, so that the seal tape is removed. The seal tape is cut by pasting it on a predetermined part of the front end of the work and then detecting the back end of the work by the work end detection mechanism, so it is possible to stick the seal tape with high accuracy and greatly improve work efficiency. It became possible to do.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the tape remaining in the apparatus main body after cutting is held at a fixed position by the tape holding mechanism, so that even if tension is applied to the sealing tape after cutting. , The front end of the tape is held in place,
The pasting process can be performed with high position accuracy.

According to the third aspect of the invention, since the seal tape is attached to the work while the front end of the seal tape is pressed by the pressing roller, it is possible to prevent the front end of the seal tape from rolling up. Therefore, it becomes possible to perform the pasting process with higher accuracy.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an entire apparatus for automatically applying a sealing tape for a draining material according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing the whole of an automatic sticker tape sticking device for draining materials.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a transport mechanism.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a guide unit and a drive unit of the transport mechanism.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing a tape adhering portion.

FIG. 6 is a side view showing a tape adhering portion.

FIG. 7 is a side view showing a tape cutting mechanism.

FIG. 8 is a schematic explanatory diagram showing each step of an automatic tape attaching operation.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a state in which a seal tape is attached to a work.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a usage example of the draining material in the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... Work transfer mechanism 3 ... Tape supply mechanism 4 ... Separator peeling mechanism 5 ... Tape pasting mechanism 6 ... Tape holding mechanism 7 ... Work end detection mechanism 8 ... Tape crimping mechanism 9 ... Tape cutting mechanism 10 ... Work stocker W ... Work (water drain) Material) T ... Seal tape

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A seal tape automatic sticking device for sticking a seal tape to a work to be drained through a connecting portion of an outer wall material, the work transporting mechanism causing the work to travel along a predetermined path, A work edge detection mechanism that detects the front and rear edges of a moving work, a tape supply mechanism that supplies a seal tape with a separator to the work, a separator peeling mechanism that peels and collects the separator from the seal tape with a separator, and a work Based on the front edge detection of the work by the edge detection mechanism,
Based on the tape attachment mechanism that press-bonds the seal tape to the work, the tape pressure bonding mechanism that adheres the attached seal tape to the work, and the work end detection mechanism that detects the back end of the work,
An automatic sticker tape sticking device for draining material, which is equipped with a tape cutting mechanism that cuts the sticker tape at a position corresponding to the rear end of the work. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a tape holding mechanism for holding the seal tape supplied from the tape supply mechanism on the tape attaching mechanism. Automatic tape application device. 3. The apparatus for draining material according to claim 1, further comprising a pressing roller which is provided in the tape attaching mechanism and presses and adheres a front end portion of the sealing tape to an upper surface of the work. Automatic tape application device.