JP2613663B2 - Cone sleeve feeder - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention is used to take out a plurality of stacked cone sleeves individually and supply the cone sleeves sequentially to individual cone cups which are continuously conveyed. And a cone sleeve supply device.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, a conical edible container made of wafers as a container for frozen desserts such as ice cream and soft ice cream,
A so-called cone cup is used, and the cone cup is usually provided with a cone sleeve made of a sheet of paper or the like in a conical shape on the outer peripheral surface thereof for hygienic considerations.

In order to attach a cone sleeve to a cone cup, a cone sleeve supply device that sequentially supplies the cone sleeve to individual cone cups that are continuously conveyed is used, and a specific example of such a cone sleeve supply device is as follows. ,
For example, it is described in JP-A-59-152123. In that device, a number of cone sleeves are accommodated along an inclined sleeve accommodating portion, with the cone ends stacked one on top of the other with the pointed end in the supply direction. Then, the vicinity of the open end of the second or more cone sleeves from the lowermost end is clamped in a state where it is slightly deformed in the center direction by a pair of clamping members, and at this time, a gap formed between the cone sleeve at the lowermost end is formed. Air is blown, whereby the lowermost cone sleeve is separated from the upper cone sleeve, dropped by its own weight, and supplied to the conveyance path of the cone cup. Also, every time such a supply occurs,
The cone sleeve in the stacked state moves in the take-out direction by its own weight along the inclined sleeve accommodating portion.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

However, in the above-described conventional structure, one cone sleeve is to be supplied one by one from the sleeve accommodating portion. However, there is a problem that a malfunction of supply is likely to occur such that a plurality of cone sleeves are simultaneously discharged from the sleeve accommodating portion. have. This is because cone sleeves, which are usually made of paper in a conical shape, are easily deformed, and when stored in a piled state, the adhesion between adjacent cone sleeves increases, and the cone sleeves are easily separated. This is because it becomes difficult. In other words, when an external force is locally applied during the transfer process until the cone sleeve is stacked in the stacked state and mounted on the sleeve accommodating portion, the shape of the open end is not the original circular shape according to the external force. Easily deforms into different shapes. For this reason, even if the pair of holding members are positioned at the gripping position, the gripping force does not act if the portion has already been deformed, so that the lowermost portion falls with the gripping force. The inactive upper cone sleeve also falls at the same time. On the other hand, for example, when the storage period of vertical stacking is long, the adhesive force between adjacent cone sleeves increases, and in this case, for example, the second cone sleeve from the lowermost end is pinched. When this part is deformed by being clamped by a member, the same deformation occurs in the lowermost cone sleeve that has high adhesion to this cone sleeve, and there is no gap where air is blown, and the lowermost cone sleeve is The separation is not performed, and the supply to the cone conveyance path is not performed.

[Means for solving the problem]

In order to solve the above-described problems, the cone sleeve supply device of the present invention is configured such that a plurality of cone sleeves are housed in a piled state, and each time the state-of-the-art cone sleeve is taken out from the outlet, the weight is increased. In a cone sleeve feeding device provided with a sleeve accommodating portion in which a stacked cone sleeve moves in the unloading direction, a part of the cone sleeve in the stacked state is contacted from a side perpendicular to the stacking direction with a cone sleeve. It is characterized in that a separating means is provided for rotating the cone sleeve in the contact area by applying a rotational force to the contact area while deforming the contact area toward the center by contact.

(Operation)

According to the above, for example, the loosening means constituted by a traveling driven belt or the like comes into contact with a part of the cone sleeve in the piled-up cone sleeve from the side, and deforms the contact portion to the center side and at the same time. The cone sleeve in the contact area is caused to rotate. When such an operation is caused, when the opening end edge of the cone sleeve is deformed from a circular shape in a local region in the circumferential direction, for example, it is in an angular deformation state at both ends of the deformation region. During the rotation of the cone sleeve and the movement of the contact portion, the angular deformation region is given a local deformation in the opposite direction to the deformation direction, thereby providing a local angular shape. The shape of the bent shape is removed, the shape is corrected, and the entire shape returns to the original circular shape. Also, there is a gap between the cone sleeve that is deformed in the center direction as described above and the cone sleeve that remains circular without being deformed, and the portion where this gap occurs is rotated over the entire circumference with rotation. It occurs sequentially. As a result, air once enters between the adjacent cone sleeves that have been in close contact with each other, thereby changing to an adjacent state in which a thin film layer of air is interposed between them and the adhesive force is reduced. . For this reason, when it is taken out at the take-out position of the sleeve accommodating portion, separation from the cone sleeve adjacent thereto is performed smoothly.

Thus, in the above, every time the cutting-edge cone sleeve is taken out from the outlet of the sleeve accommodating portion,
When the stacked cone sleeves move in the unloading direction, when passing through the contact area with the separating means, the shape of the cone sleeve is sequentially corrected to a circular shape and the adhesion force between the cone sleeves adjacent to each other is reduced. The drop is given and sent to the outlet. As a result, the supply failure that has conventionally occurred due to the deformation state and the adhesion at the removal position is reduced, and a more reliable supply operation can be performed.

〔Example〕

One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.

As shown in FIG. 3, a cone sleeve mounting device configured by applying the cone sleeve supply device according to the present invention is provided with a cone transport path 1 extending in the left-right direction in the figure. , Inclined in the horizontal direction such that the front side in the feeding direction (right side in the figure, hereinafter abbreviated as front side) is positioned higher than the rear side in the feeding direction (left side in the figure, hereinafter abbreviated as rear side). It is arranged in a state. Further, the cone conveying path 1 has a substantially V-shaped cross section in a direction orthogonal to the feeding direction. Further, a pair of sprockets (only the front side is shown) 2 are attached to both sides of the cone transport path 1 at both front and rear ends of the cone transport path 1, and are wound around the sprockets 2. A transport drive mechanism 3 composed of a chain or the like is disposed on both sides of the cone transport path 1 in parallel with the feed direction. A plurality of feed bars 4 extending in a direction perpendicular to the feed direction are attached to the transport drive mechanism 3 at a predetermined interval in the vicinity of the upper portion of the cone transport path 1 to operate the transport drive mechanism 3. Each of the feed bars 4 moves from the rear end side to the front end on the cone conveying path 1.

On the cone conveying path 1, on the rear end side, a substantially cone-shaped cone cup 5 is sequentially supplied between the feed bars 4, 4 with its open end rearward and its pointed end forward. . As the feed bars 4 move, the feed bars 4 come into contact with and push against the substantially central portion in the height direction of the open end of each cone cup 5. 5 are conveyed sequentially forward on the cone conveying path 1. In this case, each corn cup 5
Are conveyed with at least two points on the lower edge of the circular opening end and the pointed end contacting the cone conveying path 1.

On the other hand, a sleeve supply device 6 is provided above the cone transport path 1. The sleeve supply device 6 has a sleeve mounting surface 7 that is inclined in a direction opposite to the cone transport path 1 with respect to the horizontal direction. The sleeve accommodating portion 8 extending in various directions is provided upright. This sleeve housing portion 8 is
As shown in the figure, it is formed in a substantially U-shaped cross section, and along this sleeve accommodation portion 8, as shown in FIG.
A plurality of cone sleeves 9 stacked in a mutually stacked state are placed with the open end on the lower side and the pointed end on the upper side. In addition, the sleeve mounting surface 7 is positioned coaxially with the center of the cone sleeve 9.
A sleeve take-out hole (take-out opening) 11 which is somewhat larger than the diameter of the circular opening end of the cone sleeve 9 is formed. Further, a pair of sleeve stoppers 12 are mounted at symmetrical positions with respect to the center of the sleeve extraction hole 11 at a distance slightly smaller than the diameter of the circular opening end of the cone sleeve 9. The circular opening end of the cone sleeve 9 at the lowermost position is in contact with 12, thereby preventing the entire cone sleeve 9 from falling downward.

Under the sleeve mounting surface 7, a plurality of guide rods 13 are provided.
A slider 14 is provided, which is guided by 13 and is movable in the direction of contacting and separating from the sleeve mounting surface 7. A base end of a stick-shaped suction air blow nozzle 15 is pivotally attached to the slider 14. This suction air blow nozzle 15 has
An air outlet 15a is provided at the tip, and a pair of suction pads 15b, 15b are attached in the middle,
The air outlet 15 is connected to the air
a is connected to a compressed air source, and the suction pads 15b are connected to a vacuum source. Absorption air blow nozzle
Reference numeral 15 denotes a sleeve removal position in a direction in which the axial direction substantially coincides with the center of the sleeve removal hole 11 around a pivot point on the slider 14, and substantially horizontal toward the front side of the cone conveyance path 1. The sleeve can be pivoted between a sleeve blow position and a sleeve blow position.

In addition, a sleeve extraction hole is provided on the sleeve mounting surface 7.
A pair of air cylinders 16, 16 with each piston rod directed toward the center, respectively, are mounted on both sides of the body 11. By operating these air cylinders 16 and moving the pressing pad portions 16a at the tip of each piston rod to the forward position, respectively, these pressing pad portions 16a
Is the lowermost cone sleeve 9 on the sleeve mounting surface 7 ...
, And is deformed toward the center of the contact portion.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the sleeve supply device 6 further includes a sleeve blocking release section 40 at a position facing the middle of the sleeve housing section 8 with the cone sleeves 9 interposed therebetween. Have been. As shown in FIG. 2, the sleeve blocking releasing portion 40 sandwiches the corn sleeves 9 and the horizontal frames 41 and 41 which are separated from each other in the stacking direction of the corn sleeves 9 and extend horizontally in parallel with each other. And a pair of rollers 42, 42 rotatably mounted between the horizontal frames 41, 41 at both left and right positions,
A belt (separating means) 43 wound around 42 is provided. The sleeve blocking release unit 40 is moved by a reciprocating drive mechanism such as an air cylinder (not shown).
In the drawing, the cone sleeves 9 are driven in the direction of contacting and separating from the cone sleeves 9... In the blocking release operation position on the side of the cone sleeves 9, as shown in FIG. The belt 43 abuts, and further imparts some axial deformation to the cone sleeves 9 at the abutting portion. Then, in this state, by running the belt 43,
The cone sleeves 9 near the abutting portion of the belt 43 are given a rotational force together with the deformation in the axial direction.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3, when the slider 14 is located at its lowermost position and the suction air blow nozzle 15 is located at the sleeve blow position, the cone sleeve 9 is provided with a hollow chute 17 having a through hole slightly larger than the diameter of the circular opening end, and an intersection area between the straight air blowing path from the air blowing port 15a and the cone conveying path 1. That is, a sleeve holding section 22 is further provided above the cone conveyance path 1 in the sleeve mounting area 21. The sleeve holding unit 22 has a stop plate 23 at the lower end facing the cone transport path 1, and the stop plate 23 is driven in the vertical direction by a stop plate operating air cylinder 24. The stop plate 23 is disposed substantially horizontally, and
The separation distance from the cone transport path 1 is such that it gradually narrows toward the front in the feed direction, and at the lower end position when the stop plate operating air cylinder 24 is operated,
The stop plate 23 is located at a position where the distance between the front end of the stop plate 23 and the cone conveyance path 1 is smaller than the diameter of the open end of the cone sleeve 9.

Further, a sleeve mounting area in the cone transport path 1
A movable plate 25 disposed along the cone transport path 1 and a movable plate 25 disposed below the movable plate 25 in order to cause the movable plate 25 to tilt. A pointed head lifting mechanism 27 including a cam 26 is provided. The movable plate 25 is provided at a location where the cone transport path 1 is partially notched, is disposed at a height position substantially continuous with the cone transport path 1 at the rear end side in the feed direction, and rotates at the rear end side. It is freely pivoted. On the other hand, a cam surface sliding protrusion 25a is provided on the lower surface on the front end side in the feed direction.
5a slides on the cam surface of a cam 26 that rotates in conjunction with the transport drive mechanism 3 that drives the feed bars 4,..., And moves up and down. Rotation is made about the pivot point between a retracted position at the time of feeding the sleeve having the same height as the position 1 and a raised position raised above the retracted position.

On the front end side of the cone transport path 1, a sleeve crimping portion 31 is further provided at a position slightly lower than the front end position. The sleeve crimping part 31 is provided with a pair of gripping parts 32, 32 disposed at positions substantially facing each other in a substantially horizontal direction, and these gripping parts 32, 32 are reciprocating mechanisms such as an air cylinder (not shown). As a result, the cone cup 5 is moved in the direction of coming and going with respect to the center with respect to the center, and at the gripping positions located on the center side with respect to each other, as shown in the figure, with the axis centered in the vertical direction. In a cone cup 5s with a sleeve, which will be described later, the cone cup 9 is located at a distance equal to the diameter of the outer periphery of the upper end side of the cone sleeve 9. Further, there is further provided a pressing portion 33 which generates a rotating operation in conjunction with the movement of the grip portions 32 to the grip position. The pressing portion 33 is configured by providing a pressing surface 33b made of an elastic body at a distal end of an arm 33a that rotates around a shaft stopping point on one end side, and is located at a pressing position where the arm 33a is located substantially horizontally. At this time, the pressing surface 33b comes into contact with the cone cup 5s with the sleeve gripped by the gripping portions 32 and 32 from above over the entire circumference of the open end thereof, and in this state, the cone cup 5 moves downward to the cone cup 5. The pressing force is given.

In addition, the front end of the cone conveying path 1 and the sleeve crimping section
Between 31 and the cone cup 5s with a sleeve that falls by moving beyond the front end position of the cone conveyance path 1,
A guide plate 34 for guiding the tip end side downward between the grip portions 32 is provided.

Also, below the grips 32, 32, these grips 32
A hollow transfer chute 36 that guides the sleeve-equipped cone cup 5s, which is falling downward from the sleeve crimping portion 31, onto the transfer conveyance path 35 when the 32 is moved in a direction away from each other. It is arranged. The transfer path 35 extending in the substantially horizontal direction is provided with feed bars 35a driven in parallel with the transfer path 35, similarly to the cone transfer path 1. With the movement of the corn cup 5s with a sleeve placed on this transfer path 35
Is transported to the front end side in the transport direction of the transfer transport path 35. Also, at a position close to the front end of the transfer conveyance path 35,
A cone accumulating section 37 is provided.

Next, an operation state of the cone sleeve mounting device having the above configuration will be described.

As described above, the cone cups 5 are sequentially supplied to the cone conveying path 1 between the respective feed bars 4, 4 with the open end thereof on the rear side and the sharp end on the front side on the rear side in the feed direction. ,
The cone cups 5 are conveyed to the front end side of the cone conveying path 1 by the feed bars 4 contacting and pushing the opening end sides of the cone cups 5.

On the other hand, in synchronization with the transport state of the cone cups 5, the sleeve supply device 6 takes out the cone sleeve 9 and supplies the cone sleeve 9 to the cone transport path 1. First, in order to remove the lowermost cone sleeve 9 from the sleeve accommodating portion 8, the slider 14 is moved by the guide rod 13 with the suction air blow nozzle 15 facing the direction of the sleeve ejection hole 11 of the sleeve mounting surface 7. Is raised along. At the upper end position, the tip end side of the suction air blow nozzle 15 beyond the suction pads 15b, 15b passes over the sleeve extraction hole 11 and is the lowermost cone sleeve 9 of the cone sleeves 9 placed in the sleeve accommodating portion 8. In this state, the suction pads 15b are connected to a vacuum source. At this time, simultaneously, the air cylinders 16 are actuated, and the pressing pad portions 16a at the tip of each piston rod deform the cone sleeve 9 at the lower end toward the center side. The suction pads 15b are closely attached to the suction pads 15b. Then, by retracting each of the air cylinders 16 and 16, the lowermost cone sleeve 9 is attached to the suction pad.
The upper cone sleeves 9, which are held in the state of being adsorbed to 15b and 15b and on which the adsorbing force does not act, return to a substantially circular shape.

Next, the slider 14 is lowered to the lowermost sleeve blow position along the guide rod 13. At this time, in the lowermost cone sleeve 9, as a result of the spacing between the suction portions by the suction pads 15b, 15b being smaller than the spacing between the sleeve stoppers 12 provided in the sleeve extraction holes 11, the upper part of the cone sleeve 9 is located above. It is separated from the cone sleeves 9 and is taken out downward through the sleeve taking-out hole 11.

Then, each time the lowermost cone sleeve 9 is removed from the sleeve accommodating portion 8 as described above, the sleeve blocking releasing portion 40 is operated. That is, the belt 43
The cone sleeve 9 in the state of being piled up in the sleeve accommodating part 8 ...
After the belt 43 is run for a predetermined time, the belt 43 is separated from the cone sleeves 9.

As described above, when the belt 43 is brought into contact with the cone sleeves 9 and travels, the cone sleeves 9 and the traveling direction of the belt 43 are slightly deformed in the axial direction at the contact portions. Is generated according to the rotation. By causing such an operation, the cone sleeves 9 are so-called loosened. For example, when the shape of the open end is deformed, the cone sleeve 9 returns to the original circular shape, and the lowermost portion is formed. Separation from the cone sleeve 9 adjacent to the upper portion when it is taken out at the position is performed more reliably. That is, when a deformation deviating from a circle occurs in a local region in the circumferential direction, for example, the deformation region is in an angular deformation state at both ends of the deformation region. Thus, by pressing and rotating the flat belt 43 as described above, the portion deformed into an angular shape is given a deformation along the flat shape of the belt 43 from the shape, and this shape correcting action is performed. The rotation is repeated over the entire circumference, so that the local angular shape is removed and the entire shape returns to the original circular shape. Further, as described above, the cone sleeve 9 in which the belt 43 abuts and is deformed in the center direction, and the cone sleeve 9 which is not in contact with the belt 43 but remains circular
A gap is formed between the first and second portions, and the portion where the gap is formed may be sequentially formed over the entire circumference with rotation. As a result, air once enters between the adjacent cone sleeves 9, and changes into an adjacent state in which a thin film layer of air is interposed between the two, that is, a state in which the adhesive force is reduced.

As described above, when the air cylinders 16 and 16 are returned toward the sleeve removal hole 11 when the shape is corrected and the adhesion is reduced when passing through the contact area with the sleeve blocking releasing portion 40, the air cylinders 16 and 16 are returned. When retracted to the position, the adjacent cone sleeve 9 above the adsorbed cone sleeve 9 is easily separated from the adsorbed cone sleeve 9 and returns to a circular shape. Also when the cone sleeves 9 are taken out, the upper cone sleeves 9 are reliably locked by the sleeve stoppers 12 so that the cone sleeves 9 can be taken out one by one more reliably.

On the other hand, as described above, the cone sleeve 9 is attached to the suction pad.
When the slider 14 reaches the lowermost sleeve blow position in a state where the suction is performed by 15b and 15b, the suction air blow nozzle 15
It is rotated to a sleeve blow position toward the cone transport path 1. After one feed bar 4 has passed through the sleeve mounting area 21 on the cone transport path 1, the feed bar 4
It is confirmed by a photoelectric detector or the like (not shown) that the feed bar 4 which is one position behind is pushing the cone cup 5, and then the connection between the suction pads 15b, 15b and the vacuum source is cut off and suction is performed. At the same time, the compressed air is supplied to the air outlet 15a, and the compressed air is blown out through the air outlet 15a. As a result, the cone sleeve 9 that has been adsorbed by the suction air blow nozzle 15 is blown linearly toward the sleeve mounting area 21 of the cone transport path 1 through the chute 17 in a substantially horizontal direction. Supplied to.

At this time, in the sleeve holding portion 22 in the sleeve mounting area 21, the stop plate 23 is located at the lower end position, and in this state, as described above, the cone sleeve 9 is moved from the sleeve supply device 6 to the pointed end thereof. Is fed forward in the feed direction, the cone sleeve 9 enters between the stop plate 23 and the cone feed path 1 from the feed direction rear side of the cone feed path 1, and At a position where the front end abuts on the outer peripheral surface on the upper side of the cone sleeve 9, it is stopped and held along the cone transport path 1.

After the feeding of the cone sleeve 9 to the cone transport path 1 as described above, and before the rear cone cup 5 reaches the sleeve mounting area 21, the movable plate 25 of the cusp lifting mechanism 27 is moved to the retracted position at the time of feeding the sleeve. Is changed according to the rotation of the cam 26 so as to be located at the lifting position. And
Thereafter, when the rear cone cup 5 moves along the movable plate 25 located at the lifting position, the pointed end side of the cone cup 5 has the cone sleeve held forward in the feed direction. 9 moves toward the cone sleeve 9 while being lifted above the height of the lowermost position at the edge of the opening end of the cone sleeve 9. As a result, the pointed end of the cone cup 5 enters the cone sleeve 9 through the open end of the cone sleeve 9. Thus,
When the pointed end of the cone cup 5 enters the cone sleeve 9 beyond the movable plate 25, the movable plate 25 is returned to the retracted position at the time of supplying the sleeve, and the stop plate 23 is raised, and the stop plate 23 is raised. A separation distance larger than the diameter of the open end of the cone cup 5 is formed between the cone conveying path 1 and 23.

Then, the cone cup 5 is still in the cone conveying path 1.
Is moved to the front end side along the
Along the inner surface shape of the cone cup 5 until the outer peripheral surface on the pointed end side of the cone cup 5 enters the fitted state, that is, the mounted state of the cone sleeve 9 (hereinafter referred to as the cone sleeve 9).
Cone cup 5 with sleeve
5s), this sleeved corn cup 5s
Is further transported by the feed bar 4 to the front end side of the cone transport path 1.

When the cone cup 5s with the sleeve reaches the front end of the cone transport path 1, and moves beyond the front end, the cone cup 5s moves in the falling direction. Then, this movement is performed by the guide plate 34 so that the cone cup 5s with the sleeve has an almost 90 ° axis with its pointed end side directed downward and substantially vertically.
It is performed with a degree rotation operation. During this time, the pressing portion 33 of the sleeve crimping portion 31 is located at the retracted position deviating from the movement path of the cone cup 5s with the sleeve, and the gripping portions 32, 32 are at the gripping positions located on the center side of each other. positioned. Therefore, the cone cup 5s with the sleeve that falls while rotating as described above is
From its pointed end side, it enters between the grippers 32, 32, and
In a gripping state in which a middle portion of the outer peripheral surface of the cone cup with sleeve 5s abuts between the opposing surfaces of the grippers 32, 32, the shaft center is held substantially vertically.

Then, in this state, the operation of rotating the pressing portion 33 is performed. As a result, the pressing surface 33b provided at the distal end of the arm 33a of the pressing portion 33 comes into contact with the entire circumference of the open end of the cone cup with sleeve 5s from above, and the gripping portions 32, 32 of the cone sleeve 9 are further pressed. While holding the upper side, a downward pressing force is applied to the cone cup 5. As a result, for example, in a mounting state where a gap exists between the cone cup 5 and the cone sleeve 9, an air layer is removed from the gap, and the cone cup 5 and the cone sleeve 9 are removed. The degree of close contact of the sleeve 9 is increased.

When the pressing operation by the pressing unit 33 as described above is completed,
The pressing portion 33 is returned to the retracted position, and at the same time, the gripping portions 32, 32 are moved in a direction away from each other, whereby the gripping state of the sleeved cone cup 5s is released, and the sleeved The cone cup 5s falls further downward. At this time, the falling movement is performed by the transfer chute.
36, and as a result, from this transfer chute 36,
It is placed on the transfer conveyance path 35 with the axial direction substantially horizontal. Then, along the transfer path 35, the feed bar
By 35a, 35a, the paper is transferred onto the cone stacking section 37 arranged on the leading end side of the transfer conveyance path 35 in the feed direction.

The procedure as described above is performed on the feed bar 4 on the cone conveying path 1.
.. Are repeated for each of the cone cups 5 sequentially conveyed by..., And the sleeved cone cups 5 s are sequentially transferred onto the cone stacking section 37. As a result, on the cone accumulating section 37, the cone cups 5s with sleeves are stacked, and when the number of stacks reaches a predetermined number, the cone cups 5s are taken out of the cone accumulating section 37 and packed. .

As described above, according to the cone sleeve mounting apparatus of the above embodiment, the cone sleeve 9 is mounted for each of the cone cups 5 that are sequentially conveyed on the cone conveying path 1, and then the cone sleeve 9 is mounted. The operation until the stacked cone cup 5s with the sleeve is stacked is performed automatically and consistently. Then, the sleeve supply device 6 that supplies the cone sleeve 9 to the cone transport path 1 abuts the cone sleeve 9... Further, a sleeve blocking releasing portion 40 for causing the contact portion to apply a rotational force is provided. Thereby, as described above, each cone sleeve 9
Are given the action of correcting the shape of the open end to the original circular shape and the decrease in the adhesion between the adjacent cone sleeves, and are sent toward the sleeve extraction hole 11.
As a result, the supply failure which has conventionally occurred due to the deformation state and the adhesion at the take-out position is reduced, and the cone sleeves 9 are taken out one by one without fail and supplied to the cone transport path 1.

The above embodiment does not limit the scope of the present invention, and various modifications are possible within the scope of the present invention. For example, in the above embodiment, the cone sleeve 9 is attached to the sleeve housing 8 by vacuum suction. Although the method of taking out from the apparatus is adopted, the present invention can be applied to an apparatus adopting another method such as taking out by using its own weight and dropping. Further, in the above embodiment, when the belt 43 is brought into contact, the lower and upper cone sleeves 9 away from the contact area are held in a non-rotating state by frictional resistance with the sleeve accommodating portion 8, Only the cone sleeves 9 in the vicinity of the contact area rotate, but when the sleeve blocking releasing portion 40 is provided at the lower end side, the cone sleeves 9 in the vicinity of the sleeve extraction hole 11 rotate. In order to prevent this, it is also possible to provide an anti-rotation device in contact with the outer periphery of the cone sleeves 9 in this area. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the belt 43 is configured to abut on one side of the cone sleeves 9. However, a configuration in which the belts 43 are provided on both sides of the cone sleeves 9. It is possible to adopt another configuration, such as providing the outer peripheral surface of the outer peripheral surface with the cone sleeve 9.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, the cone sleeve feeding device of the present invention
A part of the cone sleeve in the piled-up state is abutted from a side perpendicular to the direction of the pile-up to deform the abutting part toward the center and apply a rotational force to the abutting part,
In this configuration, a separating means for rotating the cone sleeve in the contact area is provided.

Therefore, the cone sleeve is given a correction to the circular shape of the open end shape and a reduction in the adhesion between the adjacent cone sleeves, and is sent to the outlet of the sleeve housing portion. The supply failure which has conventionally occurred due to the deformation state and the adhesion at the take-out position is reduced, and it is possible to perform a more reliable supply operation.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1 to 3 show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a plan view of a sleeve accommodating portion and a sleeve blocking releasing portion in the cone sleeve feeding device. FIG. 2 is a front view of the sleeve blocking releasing section. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the entire configuration of a cone sleeve mounting device including the cone sleeve supply device. 6 is a cone sleeve feeding device, 8 is a sleeve storage section, 9
Is the cone sleeve, 11 is the sleeve outlet (outlet), 43
Denotes a belt (separating means).

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A sleeve in which a plurality of cone sleeves are accommodated in a stacked state, and each time the most advanced cone sleeve is taken out from an outlet, the cone sleeve in a stacked state moves in a take-out direction. In the cone sleeve feeding device provided with the accommodating portion, a part of the cone sleeve in the stacked state is abutted from a side orthogonal to the stacking direction to deform the abutting portion toward the center side and Give a rotational force to the contact area,
A cone sleeve feeding device, wherein a separating means for rotating the cone sleeve in the contact area is provided.