JP2577952B2 - Roll paper loading device and roll paper transport cart - Google Patents

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Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION (Industrial application field) The present invention is used in a newspaper printing facility or the like, and relates to an improvement in an apparatus for automatically feeding a web into a rotary press. is there.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 9, an unmanned carriage 2 loaded with a web 1 usually has a web loading device in a newspaper printing facility or the like.
Forwarding line 4 which is arranged in such a manner as to surround the rotary printing press 3
a, traveling along a guide line 4 composed of a return line 4b, a branch line 4c, etc., and a bogie 2 loaded with the web 1 required by the rotary press 3 Is taken into the traverser device 5 along with the traverser device 5, the web core material 7 on the rotary press paper feeding device (trifurcated) 6 is removed using the traverser device 5, and the carried web 1 is loaded on the paper feeding device 6, The removed web core material 7 is loaded on the carriage 2 and returned to the return line 4b. The paper core material 7 is lowered in the paper core lowering device 8, and the empty cart is loaded in the web paper loading device 9. A new web 1 is loaded on the paper 2 and returned to the forward line 4a.

On the other hand, the unmanned trolley 2 in the above-described conventional paper loading apparatus
As shown in FIG. 10, the traveling of the forward and return lines 4a, 4b
Trolley duct that forms a duct storage space 10 in the floor FL along the branch line 4c and accommodates the power transmission body 11 in it
12 is provided, a current collecting trolley 15 is fixed to a supporting member 14 projecting downward from the guide groove 13, and power is supplied from the power transmitting body 11 to the driving motor 16 via the current collecting trolley 15. The traveling of the carriage 2 is guided by a guide wheel 17 inserted into the guide groove 13, and the direction of the guide groove 13 is switched by a so-called point mechanism, thereby forming a branch line.
Pull the cart 2 into the 4c and start and stop the cart 2 and switch the point mechanism. The cart 2, the duct storage space 10, and the floor
The operation is performed by a limit switch or a proximity switch 18 provided on the FL. It should be noted that in FIG.
Is a traveling wheel of the truck 2, and 20 is a chassis. (Japanese Patent Publication No. 60-30
No. 622, Japanese Patent Publication No. 56-22772, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 59-176774).

However, in the roll paper loading device having a configuration in which the duct storage space 10 is formed in the floor surface FL as shown in FIG. 10 and the trolley duct 12 and the current collecting trolley 15 are disposed in the space 10. Requires a relatively large duct storage space 10 to be formed in the floor surface FL, which requires considerable expenses for the construction of the storage space 10, and in the case of the existing rotary press 3, the storage space In many cases, the construction of the space 10 itself is difficult in terms of space, and there is a problem that the web loading device cannot be applied.

Also, in the conventional web loading device, the forward / return line 4
In the branch part 21 of the branch line 4c from a and 4b, it is necessary to switch the traveling direction of the current collecting trolley 15 and the guide wheel 17, and the mechanism of the branch part 21 becomes complicated, and the frequency of occurrence of failure is high. There is a disadvantage.

Further, in the conventional paper loading apparatus, the control of starting and stopping the carriage 2, pulling in the branch line 4c, and determining the type and winding direction of the loaded paper 1 is mainly performed by mechanical switches such as a limit switch and a proximity switch. Because of the sequence control using the mechanism, there is a certain limit to higher control and the increase in the loading speed, and it is completely compatible with the demand for high-speed loading of web paper accompanying the large-size and high-speed rotary presses. There is a problem that can not be addressed.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problem in a conventional paper loading apparatus in which a trolley duct is provided in a floor, that is, a floor for laying a trolley duct 12 or the like. To solve problems such as complicated structure, soaring equipment costs, frequent occurrence of failures, troublesome maintenance and management of equipment, and difficulty in increasing the speed of paper loading. The present invention is to provide a web-loading device and a web-loading cart used for the web-loading device, which do not require a complicated floor structure, and are capable of responding to requests for high-speed web-loading and sophisticated control systems. It is.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In the present invention, the guideline 4 is laid on the floor FL using only the guide rail 23 having the extremely simple concave groove 22, and a battery-driven type is provided. The trolley 2 is advanced along the guideline 4, and the entry into the dividing line 4c is performed by a steering device 24 provided on the trolley 2 side.
Control of starting / stopping of the truck 2 and pulling into the branch line 4c is performed by receiving signals from the respective signal transmitters arranged in spots on the floor surface by the truck controller 25 on the truck 2. Done.

That is, the web feeder is formed of a guide rail 4 having a concave groove 22 fixedly provided on the floor surface by surrounding the plurality of rotary presses 3, and includes a forward line 4a, a return line 4b, and a branch line 4c.
Guideline 4 provided with; groove of Guideline 4
And a guide wheel 17 that rolls in the inside 22 and runs on battery power along the guide line 4; and a roll 2 for transporting the rolled paper;
And a bogie control unit 25 for receiving a signal from a bogie pull-in signal transmitter 26 provided near the branching unit 21 and controlling a driving device 27 and a snake device 24 of the bogie 2; Receiving signal A, trolley drop-in signal B from trolley drop-in signal transmitter 26
Paper feeding control device 28 for transmitting a signal;
And a traverser device 5 for transferring the web 1 loaded on the cart 2 to a rotary press paper feeding device 6 while transferring the web core material 7 onto the carriage 2 having drawn into the branch line 4c. It is assumed that.

Further, the web transporting carriage of the present invention is composed of a chassis 20; an axle 29 and a traveling axle 19; a traveling device 30 rotatably supported on the front and rear portions of the chassis 20, respectively; and an electric motor 16 and a battery 31.
A driving device 27 that rotationally drives one or both of the traveling devices 30;
A snake device 24 for displacing an intersection angle α between an axle 29 of a traveling device 30 and an axis C of an undercarriage 20 supported by the vehicle; a guide member 17 disposed vertically at regular intervals by a support member 33 A guide rail 2 which is freely connected and supports the front and rear of the chassis 20 and has guide wheels 17, 17 fixed to a floor surface FL.
A guide device 34 which is inserted into the concave groove 22 of 3 to regulate the traveling direction of the carriage 2; a storage device 35 for the paper size D of the loaded paper 1 and its winding direction E; A bogie control for controlling the operation of the driving device 27 and the snake device 24 based on a bogie pull-in signal B from a bogie pull-in signal transmitter 26 installed near 21 and signals from a direction change position detector 49 and a merging detector 50. The device 25 is a basic configuration of the present invention.

(Operation) The paper size D and the winding direction E of the web 1 loaded on the carriage 2 by the web loading device 9 are detected by the paper size determining device 38 and the winding direction determining device 39 provided in the loading device 9, respectively. Is done. The detected paper size D and winding direction E are
The storage device 35 of the trolley control device 25 loaded on the trolley 2 and the storage arithmetic device 41 of the web loading control device 28 installed on the rotary press 3 side.
Are stored respectively. At the same time, the bogie controller
The 25 reception signal setting devices 42 automatically set the reception frequency of the pull-in signal reception device 43 to a frequency corresponding to the paper size D being loaded.

The bogie 2 loaded with the web 1 is started at a predetermined speed according to the guideline 4 by a signal from the traveling signal transmitter 44, and when the distance between the bogie 2 and the front bogie 2 is within a certain distance, the bogie control is performed. The vehicle is decelerated by the traveling control device 45 of the device 25, and is automatically stopped when approaching within a set distance.

When the rotary press 3 requires the web 1, a web call signal A is sent from the web call signal transmitter 46 on the rotary press paper feeder 6 side to the web loading control device 28. The take-up paper carry-in control device 28 identifies the paper size D and the winding direction E of the rotary press 3 that is transmitting the call-in signal A, and generates the bogie pull-in signal B including the required paper size signal P and the necessary winding direction signal W. The signal is transmitted from a truck pull-in signal transmitter 26 provided near the branching portion 21 for the rotary press 3.

The paper size signal P transmitted from the trolley drop-in signal transmitter 26 is received by the drop-in signal receiving device 43 of the trolley 2 whose reception frequency is tuned in advance to the frequency of the paper size signal P, and The carriage 2 loaded with the web 1 of the paper size D is drawn into the branch line 4c as described later.

On the other hand, the cart 2 loaded with the web 1 having a different size from the request is not received because the receiving frequency of the pull-in signal receiving device 43 is different from the frequency of the paper size signal P. No. 2 proceeds forward as it is beyond the pull-in signal transmitter 26 which is transmitting the paper size signal P.

On the other hand, when the paper size signal is received (that is, when the paper size requested by the rotary press 3 matches the size of the loaded paper roll), the cart 2 receiving the paper size signal P
The bogie control device 25 determines with the winding direction determining device 47 whether or not the winding direction of the web 1 continuously loaded and the winding direction required by the rotary press 3 match. As a result of the determination, both the paper size D and the winding direction E being loaded are in the rotary press 3.
If it meets the requirements of the side, the traveling control device 45 of the truck 2
A deceleration signal is output from the pull-in signal receiving device 43, the bogie 2 is decelerated, and the steering device 24 is operated, so that the bogie 2 is pulled into the branch line 4c.

On the other hand, if the winding direction E does not match, a stop signal is transmitted from the pull-in signal receiving device 43 to the traveling control device 45, and the traveling of the carriage 2 is stopped, and the turntable device 48 is stopped.
As a result, the loading direction of the upper paper roll 1 on the carriage 2 is changed by 180 °, the winding direction E is changed, and then the carriage 2 is drawn into the branch line 4c side in the same manner as described above.

The bogie 2 pulled into the branch line 4c by the operation of the steering device 24 is stopped at a predetermined position on the traverser device 5, and for example, according to the method disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 56-38496, the rotary press paper feeding device 6 is used. Of the core material of the web and the loading of a new web 1 are performed.

A carriage 2 on which a web core material 7 is loaded instead of the web paper 1
Is returned from the branch line 4c to the return line 4b by operating the steering device 24 by the direction change position detector 49.

The bogie 2 that has not been drawn into any branch line 4c circulates as it is, and the bogie 2 on which the paper core material 7 is loaded is lowered by the paper core material lowering device 8, and the core material 7 is subsequently lowered. A new web 1 is loaded by the web loading device 9.

Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. The same parts as in FIGS. 9 and 10
The same reference numbers have been used.

FIG. 1 is an overall layout view of a web feeder according to the present invention, in which 1 is a web, 2 is a bogie, 3 is a rotary press, 4 is a guideline, 4a is a forward line, and 4b is a return line. Line, 4c is a branch line, 5 is a traverser device, 6 is a rotary press paper feeder, 7 is a web core material, 8 is a paper core lowering device, 9 is a web loading device, 21 is a guideline branch, and 25 is a truck. The trolley control device loaded on the, 26 is a trolley pull-in signal transmitter,
Numeral 28 is a roll-in control device, 44 is a running signal transmitter, 46 is a roll-in call signal transmitter, 48 is a direction change position detector, and 50 is a merge detector.

The guide line 4 is formed by a guide rail 23 having a U-shaped groove 22 as shown in FIG. The guide rail 23 is laid and fixed in the floor FL, and a guide wheel 17 of the carriage 2 described later moves forward while rolling along the side wall of the guide rail 23.

Further, the branch portion 21 of the guide rail 23 is formed as shown in FIG. 3, and no special point mechanism for guiding the guide wheel 17 is provided at all.

FIG. 4 shows a control structure of the web loading device according to the present invention, and the web loading control device 28 installed on the ground.
And a bogie control device 25 installed on the bogie 2 constitute the main part thereof.

The take-up paper carry-in control device 28 controls the entire operation of the take-up paper carry-in device, and includes the take-up paper loading device 9, the paper core lowering device 8, the traverser device 5, and the bogie control device 25.
The operation of the unmanned trolley 2 and the like is controlled via the control unit, and the pull-in signal transmitter 26 and the traveling signal transmitter 44 of the trolley 2 are controlled so that the plurality of trolleys 2 run sequentially.

The winding paper carry-in control device 28 transmits a pull-in signal B (a paper size signal P and a paper winding direction signal W) to the receiving device 51 of the winding paper call signal A from the rotary press 3 and the pull-in signal transmitter 26. A driving signal transmitting device 53 for transmitting a driving signal S to a driving signal transmitter 44, a drive control device 54 for controlling the operation of the web loading device 9, the paper core lowering device 8, the traverser device 5, etc., and loading on the carriage 2. The storage unit 41 stores the paper size D of the wound paper 1 and its winding direction E, and calculates the paper size D to be loaded on the carriage 2 from the paper size D and the winding direction E required by the rotary press 3. Have been.

The cart control device 25 is mounted on each cart 2, receives radio signals from the signal transmitters 26 and 44, and operates the sensor receiving device 36 by the detectors 37a, 37b, 49, 50, and the like. Accordingly, a traveling control device 45 for controlling the operations of the bogie driving device 27, the steering device 24, the turntable device 48, etc., a storage device 35 for storing the paper size D and the winding direction E of the web 1 loaded on the bogie, A reception signal setting device 42 for setting a reception signal to a frequency corresponding to the paper size D of the take-up paper, a pull-in signal receiving device 43 for receiving a paper size signal P and a winding direction signal W from a bogie pull-in signal transmitter 26, and a running signal transmission. Signal receiving device 40 for receiving the transmission signal from the rotary unit 44, a winding direction determining device 47 for determining the winding direction of the web 1 required by the rotary press 3.
And so on.

5 to 8 are schematic structural views of the unmanned trolley 2 used in the present invention.
And a steering device 24, a guide device 34, and the like.

The guide device 34 connects two guide wheels 17, 17 vertically disposed as shown in FIG. 8 via a support member 33 so as to be rotatable along the side wall of the concave groove 22 of the guide rail 23. And is supported and fixed to the chassis 20 by the support shaft 55. Further, two sets of the guide devices 34 are provided on the center axis C of the chassis 20 before and after the chassis 20, and each guide wheel 17, 17 is inserted into the concave groove 22 of the guide rail 23,
It rolls along its side wall 22a. The number of the guide wheels 17 may be one. The support shaft 55 is rotatably supported on the chassis 20, and is rotated by the steering device 24 in synchronization with the traveling device 30. You may make it do.

The traveling device 30 includes an axle 29 rotatably supported on the chassis 20.
And running wheels 19 and the like attached to both ends thereof.
Mounted through.

The traveling drive device 27 includes an electric motor 16, a clutch 57, a differential gear 57a, and the like, and rotationally drives wheels 19 of the traveling device 30 in front. The traveling drive device 27 is integrally mounted on the traveling device 30, and moves relative to the chassis 20 together with the traveling device 30 as shown in FIG.

The steering device 24 includes a servo motor 32 and a rotating mechanism 58 of the traveling device 30, etc., and as shown in FIG.
The bogie 2 is steered by appropriately changing the intersection angle α between the 29 axis and the chassis axis C by the servo motor 32. The steering devices 24 are arranged symmetrically in front of and behind the chassis 20, and rotate the front and rear traveling devices 30 by the same angle α in opposite directions.

5 to 8, 31 is a battery, 48
Is a turntable device, 59 is each proximity switch receiving unit forming a part of the sensor receiving device 36, and 60 is an antenna for receiving a radio signal.

A bogie traveling signal S for starting the bogie 2 after loading the web 1 and a bogie pull-in signal B for pulling the bogie 2 from the forwarding line 4a to the branch line 4b are received at the reception provided in front of the bogie 2. The operation of the steering device 24, the driving device 27, the turntable device 48, and the like is controlled via the bogie control device 25. For example, as described above,
The cart 2 that has received the paper size signal P from the cart pull-in signal transmitter 26 is decelerated before the branch portion 21 and the winding direction E of the loaded web 1 coincides with the winding direction signal W. In this case, the steering device 24 is activated, and the front guide shaft 1
7, 17 proceed to the branch line 4c side.

The detection of the direction change position and the stop position of the bogie 2 are performed by detecting the direction change position detector 49 and the stop position detector 37a disposed on the floor FL in a spot shape (one side of the proximity switch operating).
When the detectors 49 and 37a approach the main body side 59 of the proximity switch provided on the bogie 2 side, the sensor receiving device 36 operates, whereby the respective positions are detected. .

For example, when the bogie 2 passes through the location where the direction change position detector 49 is installed, the sensor receiving device 36 and the travel control device
The steering device 24 operates via 45, and the traveling direction of the carriage 2
゜ Change.

A carriage 2 on which a web core material 7 is loaded from the branch line 4c.
When the vehicle 2 reaches the predetermined position on the branch line 4c, the direction change position detector 49 is activated and the corresponding change from the direction change position detector 49 is performed. A signal is sent to the detector 50, and the merging detector 50 is locked at an operable position.

Thus, when the truck 2 traveling on the return line 4b reaches the position where the merging detector 50 is installed, the sensor receiving device 36 is activated, and the traveling is stopped. That is, the trolley 2 merging from the branch line 4c to the return line 4b travels preferentially, and the trolley 2 traveling on the return line 4b temporarily stops, and then the distance between the trolley 2 and the forward trolley 2 becomes greater than a predetermined value. Starts automatically when you are in school. In this embodiment, the winding direction E of the web 1 on the carriage 2 is changed by the turntable device 48. However, the branch portion 21 of the forwarding line 4a is constructed as shown in FIG. Then, the carriage 2 may be moved backward to reverse the direction in which the carriage is drawn into the branch line 4c.

(Effect of the Invention) In the present invention, the guideline 4 of the carriage 2 is
And the guide wheel 17 on the truck side is rolled along the concave groove 22, so that the branching portion 21 of the guide line 4 does not have a complicated point mechanism. The truck 2 can be pulled into the desired branch line 4c extremely smoothly by the steering device 24 on the truck side. As a result, compared to the case of using the conventional trolley duct, the maintenance and management of the laying of the guideline 4 is simplified, and there is no failure in the branch portion 21 or the like.

Further, in the present invention, the cart 2 is of a battery-driven type, a cart controller 25 is provided on the cart 2 side, and a web loading control device 28 is provided on the rotary press 3 side, and the branch line 4c of the cart 2 is provided. Of the various types of detectors for bogie travel control that should be arranged in accordance with Guideline 4 because the control of pulling into the vehicle is performed by a radio signal or the like from the bogie pull-in signal transmitter 26 provided in the branch portion 21. And the number can be greatly reduced as compared with the conventional trolley duct system. As a result, the number of steps required for adjustment and maintenance of the detector and the like can be significantly reduced, and more secure and reliable loading of the web can be performed.

Further, in the present invention, operation control such as loading of the paper roll, mounting of the paper roll on the rotary press paper feeding device 6, loading and unloading of the paper core material 7, running of the bogie, etc., is performed by the web take-in control device 28 and the bogie control. Since the configuration is such that all of the operations are automatically performed by the device 25 and the like, the loading of the web can be performed more quickly and efficiently, and the speed of the rotary press 3 can be sufficiently satisfied.

The present invention has excellent practical utility as described above.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a web feeder according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the guideline, and FIG. 3 is a plan view of a branch portion of the guideline. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a control system of the web loading device. FIG. 5 is a plan view showing the lower part of the bogie, FIG. 6 is a front view of the bogie, FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing a traveling state of the bogie at a branch portion, and FIG. is there. FIG. 9 is an explanatory view of a conventional trolley duct type web loading device, and FIG. 10 is an explanatory view of a trolley duct type carriage. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Web-wrapping paper, 4 ... Guideline 2 ... Cart, 5 ... Traverser device 3 ... Rotary press, 6 ... Rotary press feeder 16 ... Electric motor, 29 ... Axle 17 ... Guide wheel, 30 ... … Running device 19… running wheel, 31… battery 20… chassis, 32… servo motor 21… branching, 33… support member 22… concave groove, 34… guide device 23… guide rail , A: Web paper call signal 24: Steering device, C: Chassis axis line 25: Dolly control device, D: Paper size 26: Dolly pull-in signal transmitter, E: Paper winding direction 27: Traveling drive device, α: Intersection angle 28: Web control device, B: Bogie pull-in signal

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] A floor surface (FL) surrounding a plurality of rotary presses (3).
A guide rail (4) comprising a guide rail (4) having a concave groove (22) fixed to the guide line and having a forward line (4a), a return line (4b), and a branch line (4c); Guide wheel (17) that rolls in the groove (22) of 4)
A web transporting vehicle (2) that runs on battery power along the guide line (4); and is mounted on the web transporting vehicle (2) and provided near a branch (21) of the guide line (4). A bogie controller (25) for receiving a signal from the bogie pull-in signal transmitter (26) and controlling a driving device (27) and a snake device (24) of the bogie (2); And a roll-in control device (28) for receiving a roll-in signal (A) from the controller and transmitting a carriage pull-in signal (B) from the carriage pull-in signal transmitter (26); and a roll core from the rotary press paper feeder (6). The material (7) is transferred onto the trolley (2) drawn into the branch line (4c), and the rolled paper (1) loaded on the trolley (2) is transferred to the rotary press paper feeder (6). A take-up paper carrying device comprising a traverser device (5). 2. A traveling device (30) comprising an undercarriage (20); an axle (29) and a traveling axle (19), which are rotatably supported on the front and rear portions of the undercarriage (20), respectively. A driving device (27) that includes an electric motor (16) and a battery (31) and that rotationally drives one or both of the traveling devices (30); traveling supported on the chassis (20) by a servomotor (32) Equipment (3
A snake device (24) for displacing the intersection angle (α) between the axle (29) of the vehicle axle (29) and the axis (C) of the chassis (20); a guide wheel (24) disposed vertically at regular intervals. 17) Support member (3
3) It is connected rotatably by (3), supports the front and rear of the chassis (20), and has a recess of a guide rail (23) in which guide wheels (17) and (17) are fixed to the floor (FL). A guide device (34) that is inserted into the groove (22) to regulate the traveling direction of the carriage (2); a storage device for the paper size (D) of the loaded paper roll (1) and its winding direction (E) ( 35)
The truck pull-in signal (B) from the truck pull-in signal transmitter (26) and the signal from the direction change position detector (49) and the merging detector (50) installed near the branch (21) of the guideline (4). And a carriage control device (25) for controlling the operation of the drive device (27) and the snake device (24).