JP2795204B2 - Airtight material insertion machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an airtight material insertion machine suitable for mounting an airtight material (tight material, mohair, etc.) on a frame material for forming a sash.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. Hei 4-209284 discloses a method in which a profile material is horizontally arranged between positioning terminal processing devices arranged opposite to each other, and an airtight material provided on one terminal processing device side. The airtight material is inserted into the groove of the profile by the feeding roller, and the fed airtight member is fixed to the profile by the caulking means provided in the terminal processing device, and then the remaining airtight material is cut by the cutting means. Insertion machines have been proposed.

[0003] In this method, an airtight material can be automatically and efficiently mounted on a profile, but there is a problem that a large installation space is required because work is performed by arranging the profile horizontally. In addition, with the large installation pace, the walking distance for workers to move between devices has become longer under the one-set production method accompanying recent high-mix low-volume production. It is necessary to improve fatigue.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide an airtight material insertion machine in which an airtight material can be efficiently mounted on a frame material such as a profile, and the installation space of the apparatus is small.

[0005]

A first support member, a second support member, and a hermetic material delivery device are vertically arranged on an upright column. The first support device includes a positioning portion for the frame material and a caulking device for the airtight material insertion groove portion. The second support device includes a caulking device for the positioning portion of the frame material and a portion for inserting the airtight material and a device for cutting the airtight material. The airtight material delivery device is arranged on the airtight material delivery side of the second support device.

The following configuration may be adopted. A structure in which either one of the first and second support devices is a movable support device capable of adjusting a vertical position along a column. A configuration in which a vertical position adjustment device driven by a motor is provided between a column and a movable support device. The vertical position adjusting device is provided with a ball screw / nut mechanism including a ball screw axially supported by the column and a nut portion of the movable support device screwed to the ball screw.

A structure comprising a control means for judging the length of the frame material and adjusting the vertical position of the movable support device in accordance with the length of the frame material. A configuration in which the length of the frame material is determined using a barcode attached to the frame material. The first support device includes an arrival detection device that detects that the airtight material has reached the end of the frame material,
Stop sending airtight material by signal from arrival detection device,
Control means for controlling a procedure for cutting the airtight material at the lower end of the frame material after caulking the upper and lower ends of the frame material.

[0008]

The structure in which the first support device, the second support device, and the hermetic material delivery device are vertically arranged on the upright column reduces the installation space of the hermetic material insertion machine. Also,
Since the frame member is arranged vertically, it is easy to determine the lower end position of the frame member by gravity, and to facilitate the positioning of the frame member as a whole. Further, the support structure at one end of the frame material, that is, at the lower end, is simplified. The configuration in which one of the support devices is a movable support device,
It is possible to cope with frame materials having different lengths.

The control device automates the operation of adjusting the vertical position of the movable support device and feeding, crimping, and cutting the airtight material. The arrival detecting device issues a signal for automatically stopping the feeding of the airtight material.

[0010]

1 and 2 schematically show an airtight material insertion machine 1;
The hermetic material insertion machine 1 has a support 3 erected on a base 2, and a first support device 4 and a second support device 5 are vertically arranged on the support 3. It has a structure in which a delivery device 7 for the airtight material 6 is arranged at the lower part. Reference numeral 8 is a control device, and reference numeral 9 is a storage box for the airtight material 6 (FIG. 2). Reference numeral 10 denotes a frame member on which the airtight material 6 is to be mounted, and is located at a position where the airtight material 6 is mounted in FIG.

The base 2 has a caster 11 mounted on the back surface and a frame 12 formed on the upper surface for easy movement. The front surface of the frame 12 is inclined so that the upper portion is slightly backward when viewed from the side. The control device 8 is mounted on the upper surface of the frame 12, and the storage box 9 is mounted on the upper surface of the base 2. The support 3 is composed of two sturdy guide rails 13 arranged in parallel at an interval, and is fixed to the base 2 and the front surface of the frame 12. Therefore, the column 3 is erected on the base 2 with the upper part slightly inclined rearward (FIG. 2). The first support device 4 (FIGS. 3 and 4) is fixed to a lower portion of the column 3 and has a positioning portion 14.
a, a crimping device 15a, a frame material pressing device 16a, and a frame material projecting device 17a, and further, an airtight material cutting device 18.

The positioning portions 14a are provided on both sides of the guide rails 1.
A block-shaped member that straddles 3 and 13 and is fitted to the guide rails 13 and 13 by grooves 19 provided on both sides of the back surface, fixed in place by bolts and nuts 20, and placed the frame material 10 on the upper surface. Abutment step 22 on surface 21 and one side thereof (the right side in the embodiment viewed from the front), and mounting step 2 along the lower side
Three. The abutting step 22 has a surface along the longitudinal direction of the column 3 as a left-right positioning surface 24 for positioning the frame material 10, and is formed by cutting a base of the positioning surface 24 in parallel with the mounting surface 21. Guide groove 25. Regarding the positioning of the frame material 10, the mounting step 2
Reference numeral 3 denotes a vertical positioning step, and the mounting surface 21 is a front-rear positioning surface.

The positioning portion 14a is formed according to the cross-sectional shape of the frame member 10 on which the airtight material 6 is to be mounted, and is replaced when the cross-sectional shape of the frame member 10 changes. In this embodiment, the frame member 10 is a part of a frame that constitutes a fitting with an extruded shape member of an aluminum alloy, and has a cross-sectional shape in the state of FIG. t, a lower surface extending surface u, and a mounting groove v of the airtight material 6 which is opened upward is formed in the upper surface extending surface t. Also,
The hermetic member 6 is formed in the same cross section in the longitudinal direction. The hermetic member 6 basically has a wider mounting portion having a slightly higher rigidity than the distal end portion, and is inserted into the hermetic material mounting groove v of the frame member 10. And it is a structure that does not come out in the front-back direction even if it is as it is.

The caulking device 15a is a fork-shaped hammer 27 driven by a fluid actuator 26.
And the hammer 27 extends and retracts in the front-rear direction (the mounting surface 2).
(In the direction orthogonal to 1), it is disposed immediately above the airtight material mounting groove v of the frame member 10.

The frame member holding device 16a includes a holding plate 29 driven in the front-rear direction by a fluid actuator 28. As shown in FIG. 4, the frame member 10 is brought into contact with the positioning portion 14a immediately to the right of the airtight material mounting groove v. It is structured to be pressed against the part 22. The holding plate 29 is vertically positioned by the positioning portion 14.
The width of the frame member 10 is substantially equal to that of the frame member 10a, and the frame member 10 is pressed in a wide range.

The frame projecting device 17a includes a positioning portion 14
and a push rod 31 which is disposed on the upper surface side of FIG. The tip of the push rod 31 is at a position where it comes into contact with the right surface s of the frame member 10 positioned at the positioning portion 14a from the right side.

The airtight material cutting device 18 includes a positioning unit 14a.
And a cutter blade 33 that is disposed on the lower surface side of the and is protruded and retracted in the left-right direction by the fluid actuator 32. The cutting device 18 is disposed such that the tip of the blade is located at a position crossing a virtual extension of the airtight material mounting groove v of the frame member 10 positioned at the positioning portion 14a.

The above-described caulking device 15a, frame material pressing device 16a, frame material protruding device 17a, and airtight material cutting device 18 are fixed to the positioning portion 14a by mounting brackets (not shown). As one.

The second support device 5 (FIGS. 5 and 6) is disposed on the upper part of the column 3, and includes the positioning portion 14b and the caulking device 1.
5b, frame material pressing device 16b, frame material pushing device 17b
And an arrival detection device 34. There is no airtight material cutting device. The positioning portion 14b is a block-shaped member having the same structure as the positioning portion 14a of the first support member 4 with respect to the mounting surface 21 and the abutting step 22 of the frame member 10, but is formed by grooves 19 provided on both sides of the back surface. Guide rail 1
A nut portion 35 of a ball screw / nut mechanism (described later) is fixed at the center of the back surface with the axis of the screw engagement in the vertical direction. Regarding other configurations, the same portions are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted. However, the mounting step portion 23 of the positioning portion 14a of the first support member 4 is not provided. The positioning unit 14
b is also formed according to the cross-sectional shape of the frame material 10 to which the airtight material 6 is to be mounted, and is replaced when the cross-sectional shape changes.

Caulking device 15b, frame material pressing device 16
b and the frame material projecting device 17b have the same structure as in the case of the first support device 4, and are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted. However, the frame material protruding device 17b is located at the positioning portion 14b.
Are arranged on the lower surface side.

The arrival detecting device 34 is a kind of limit switch whose detection direction is the vertical direction. The lower surface of the armature 36 is slightly above the upper end surface of the frame member 10 positioned at the positioning portion 14b. The above-described caulking device 1
5b, frame material pressing device 16b, frame material pushing device 17b
The arrival detection device 34 is fixed to the positioning portion 14b with a metal fitting, and is integrated as the second support device 5. Since the position of the second support device 5 is adjusted up and down by the ball screw / nut mechanism, the second support device 5 can be referred to as the movable support device 5.

In this embodiment, an intermediate support member 37 is provided between the first support member 4 and the second support member 5 (FIG. 2). The intermediate support member 37 is a positioning unit 1
4c, frame material pressing device 16c and frame material pushing device 1
7c, and their structure and arrangement are the same as those of the second support member 5 described above. However, the positioning unit 14
c is the guide rail 13 as in the case of the first support device 4.
Is fixed with a bolt nut 20. The fixed position can be adjusted vertically by changing the bolt insertion hole 38 (FIG. 2) provided in the guide rail 13.

The delivery device 7 (FIG. 7) for the hermetic material 6 has a structure in which four feed rollers 40 are opposed to the substrate 39, which is disposed almost vertically in accordance with the inclination of the support column 3, two by two, and the contact point Is arranged as a feed path for the airtight material 6, and the feed roller 40 is driven by a feed motor 42 via a drive wheel 41.
(FIG. 2). The airtight material delivery device 7 is
The support member 4 is arranged such that the upper end of the feed path, that is, the upper end of the feed path coincides with the lower end of the airtight material mounting groove v of the frame member 10 positioned in the first support device 4.

The hermetic material cutting device 18 of the first support member 4 is located between the hermetic material delivery device 7 and the lower end of the frame member 10 (FIG. 1). Furthermore, a position adjusting motor 43 is attached to the upper end of the support 3, and the left and right guide rails 1 are provided.
3 is connected to a ball screw 44 (FIG. 1) supported along the longitudinal direction (vertical direction). The position adjusting motor 43 is a servo motor or a stepping motor.

The ball screw 44 is screwed into the nut portion 35 of the second support device 5 to form a ball screw / nut mechanism, and a vertical position for adjusting the position of the first support device 5 up and down together with a position adjusting motor. The adjusting device 45 is constituted.

The control device 8 (FIG. 6) includes solenoid valves for driving the fluid actuators 26, 28, 30, and 32 in the first support device 4, the intermediate support device 37, and the second support device 5, The feed motor 42 in the feeding device 7 and the position adjusting motor 43 in the vertical adjustment device 45 are placed under control, and signals from the start switch 46, the arrival detection device 34, the barcode reader 47, and the fixed position sensor 48 (FIG. 4) are output. receive.

The bar code reader 47 is disposed on the frame 12 on the back side of the column 3 (FIGS. 1 and 2), and is mounted on the mounting surface 21 of the first support device 4 and the intermediate support device 37. The rear surface side (lower surface q) of the frame member 10 is located at a position where it can be viewed. The fixed position sensor 48 is a photoelectric switch in which an optical path is provided in a direction crossing the guide groove 25 provided in the positioning portion 14a of the first support member 4 in this embodiment, and the frame member 10 is correctly positioned on the positioning portion 14a. The lower surface extension u blocks the optical path. Note that FIG. 4 schematically shows only the arrangement. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 49 denotes a balancer for reducing the load due to the weight of the second support device 5 on the position adjusting motor 43.

The attachment of the airtight member 6 to the frame member 10 is performed as follows. The hermetic material insertion machine 1 is in an operating state, and in an initial state, the second support device 5 (movable support device) is located at the upper end position of the column 3, and each fluid actuator 26, 28,
Reference numerals 30 and 32 denote the hammer 27, the holding plate 29, the push rod 31, and the cutter blade 33 at the retracted position of the non-working position.

A bar code tag recording information including the length of the frame member is attached to the frame member 10 at a predetermined position on the back side of the lower surface q, or the bar code is printed directly on the frame member 10. I have. The control device 8 stores a program for operating each solenoid valve, each motor, and discriminating a bar code. The airtight material 6 is taken out of the storage box 9 and arranged on a feed path between the feed rollers 40 of the feed device 7.

First, the frame material 10 is taken out, raised and set in the vertical direction, and mounted on the mounting surface 21 of the first and intermediate support devices 4 and 37. The lower end of the frame member 10 is received by the mounting step 23 of the positioning portion 14a of the first support device 4, and the lower end of the frame member 10 is positioned. When the start switch 46 is pressed, the control device 8 operates to read the barcode of the placed frame member 10 and grasp the length of the frame member 10.

The vertical position adjusting device 45 is driven, and is operated by a position adjusting motor 43 and a ball screw / nut mechanism.
The second supporting device 5 is set at 3 from the grasped length of the frame material 10.
Stop at a position as high as cm. The frame material 10 is placed on the mounting surface 21 in the first, second and intermediate support devices 4, 5, 37.
From above against the abutting step 22 for positioning. Frame material 1
The extension surface u of the lower surface of the groove 0 enters the guide groove 25, and the right surface s contacts the left-right positioning surface 24 of the step portion 22. Thereby, the position of the frame material 10 in the left-right direction is determined. Further, the optical path of the home position sensor 48 is shut off.

When the control device 8 confirms that the optical path of the home position sensor 48 has been interrupted, the upper support member 5
Is further lowered to stop at the length position of the frame member 10. Next, the fluid actuator 28 of the frame member pressing device 16 (a to c) is driven, and the pressing plate 29 fixes the frame member 10 to each of the supporting devices 4, 5, and 37. The feed motor 42 of the feed device 7 is driven, and the tip of the airtight material 6 is fed upward, and is inserted into the airtight material mounting groove v of the frame material 10 fixed to the support devices 4, 5, 37.

The driving of the feed motor 42 is continued, and the leading end of the airtight material 6 reaches the upper end of the frame material 10 and the arrival detecting device 34 is pushed to operate. After confirming the arrival signal from the arrival detection device 34, the control device 8
Is stopped, and the delivery of the airtight material 6 is stopped, and the caulking device 15 in the first support device 4 and the second support device 5 is stopped.
The fluid actuator 26 shown in (a) and (b) is driven by one reciprocation, and the hammer 27 deforms both side walls of the airtight material mounting groove v in the frame material 10 into which the airtight material 6 is inserted, toward the airtight material. The airtight material 6 is fixed to the frame material 10.

When it is confirmed that the hammer 27 has returned to the original position after the work is completed, the fluid actuator 32 of the airtight material cutting device 18 is driven one reciprocation, and the airtight material 6 is cut by the cutter at the lower end of the frame material 10. It is cut by the blade 33.
When the return of the cutter blade 33 is confirmed, the airtight material pressing device 16 (ac) is released, and then the fluid actuator 30 of the frame projecting device 17 (ac) is driven one reciprocation to push the push rod. 31 is protruded to the left, and the frame material 10 on which the airtight material 6 has been mounted is extruded to the left. Thereby, the frame member 10 is released from the constraint by the abutting step 22.

The push rod 31 is returned to its original position, the position adjusting motor 43 is reversed, and the second support device 5 is returned to the upper end of the column 3. Thereby, the first mounting operation is completed, the frame member 10 is replaced, and the second operation is performed similarly.

The work is continuously performed on lots of the frame material 10 having the same cross section regardless of the length, and the first, second and intermediate supporting devices 4, 5, 3 are provided where the cross sectional shape is changed.
Replace 7 The worker sets the frame material 10 in the vertical direction and
The lower end is placed on the positioning portion 14a of the supporting device 4 and then placed on the placing surface 21 of the second and intermediate supporting devices 5 and 37, and then the airtight material 6 is simply pushed in to the right. Can be attached to the frame member 10.

The above is an embodiment, and the present invention is not limited to the illustrated specific configuration. Since the purpose of the airtight material insertion device 1 of the present invention is to insert the airtight material 6 with the frame member 10 in the vertical direction, the airtight material insertion device 1 does not include a mechanism such as the control device 8 for automating the operation. The support device 5 (movable support device) may be fixed to the column 3.

However, if the second support device 5 can be moved up and down with respect to the column 3, it can correspond to the length of the frame member 10. The means for enabling the movement may be of various stages, from manual means to mechanical means, and further to means automated with the control device 8 as in the embodiment. Also,
A robot or the like for supplying and exchanging the frame material 10 can be easily added to the structure of the embodiment for further automation.

In the embodiment, the delivery device 7 and the cutting device 18 for the hermetic material 6 are provided at the lower part. However, they may be arranged on the upper supporting device so as to move up and down together. Of the first support device 4 and the second support device 5, the movable support device may be the lower one. The intermediate support device 37 is not essential. Further, it may be a simple support member without the positioning portion 14c and the airtight material pressing device 16c.

The driving sources and driving mechanisms of the caulking device 15 (ac), the frame material pressing device 16 (ac), the frame material projecting device 17 (ac) and the hermetic material cutting device 18 are electromagnetic. It may be a cam type or a screw type using a motor or a motor. In order to input the length of the frame member 10 to the control device 8, the length may be manually input from a keyboard or by other input means. The vertical position adjusting device 45 is not limited to a device using a ball screw / nut mechanism, and various types of devices such as an electromagnetic linear slider and a link type can be used. The mechanism for moving the movable supporting device toward the end of the frame member 10 by the vertical position adjusting device 45 and stopping the movable supporting device at a predetermined position includes a limit switch for detecting the end position of the frame member 1 and a limit switch by the operation thereof. Adjustment motor 4
3 may be used as a sequence mechanism.

[0041]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the airtight material can be automatically inserted along the axial direction with the frame material standing upright, so that the area required for installing the device is small. It is halved compared to the conventional frame material that is placed sideways and supported. As a result, the distance between the apparatuses can be reduced, and the flow line of the worker can be significantly reduced. In addition, since the installation area of the apparatus of the present invention does not change even when the length of the frame material becomes long, there is no need to provide a play space, and the space in the factory can be effectively used.

Since the positioning of the lower end of the frame material is easy, the structure of the support device for supporting the frame material, particularly the structure of the lower support device for supporting the frame material from below, is simplified. According to the configuration of the second aspect, it is possible to further correspond to the length of the frame material on which the airtight material is to be mounted.

According to the third and fourth aspects, the vertical position of the movable support device can be easily adjusted with respect to the length of the frame material. Useful for lumber.

According to the structure of the fifth aspect, regardless of the length of the frame material to which the airtight material is to be mounted, the operation of inserting the airtight material can be started only by placing the frame material on the apparatus.

According to the structure of claim 6, the airtight material can be mounted on the frame material by simply placing the frame material on which the airtight material is to be mounted on the apparatus and taking out the frame material.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an airtight material insertion machine.

FIG. 2 is a side view of an airtight material insertion machine.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a first support device.

FIG. 4 is a view of the first support device as viewed from below (partially omitted);

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a second support device.

FIG. 6 is a view of the second support device as viewed from below (partially omitted);

FIG. 7 is a front view showing an arrangement of a feed roller of the feed device.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the relationship between control systems.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 airtight material insertion machine 2 base 3 support 4 first support device 5 second support device (movable support device) 6 airtight material 7 sending device 8 control device 9 storage box 10 frame material 11 caster 12 frame 13 guide rail 14 (Ac) Positioning part 15 (ac) Caulking device 16 (ac) Frame material pressing device 17 (ac) Frame material pushing device 18 Airtight material cutting device 19 Groove 20 Bolt nut 21 Mounting surface 22 Butting Step 23 Mounting Step 24 Left-Right Positioning Surface 25 Guide Groove 26 Fluid Actuator (Caulking) 27 Hammer 28 Fluid Actuator (Holding) 29 Holding Plate 30 Fluid Actuator (Push) 31 Push Rod 32 Fluid Actuator (Cutter) 33 Cutter blade 34 Reach detection device 35 Nut part 36 Armature 3 Intermediate support 38 bolt insertion hole 39 substrate 40 feed rollers 41 drive wheel 42 feed motor 43 position adjustment motor 44 ball screw 45 vertical position adjusting device 46 start switch 47 bar code reader 48 position sensor 49 balancer

Claims (7)

(57) [Claims] A first support device having a caulking device for a frame material positioning portion and an airtight material insertion groove portion, and a caulking device for a frame material positioning portion and an airtight material insertion groove portion. A first support device and a hermetic material delivery device, wherein the first and second support devices are vertically arranged on an upright column, and the hermetic material delivery device is an airtight material of the first support device. An airtight material insertion machine that is arranged on the feed side. 2. The airtight material insertion machine according to claim 1, wherein one of the first and second support devices is a movable support device capable of adjusting a vertical position along a column. 3. The airtight material insertion machine according to claim 2, wherein a vertical position adjusting device driven by a motor is provided between the column and the movable supporting device. 4. The vertical position adjusting device is provided with a ball screw / nut mechanism comprising a ball screw axially supported by a column and a nut portion of a movable supporting device screwed thereto. The airtight material insertion machine according to claim 3. 5. A control means for judging the length of the frame material and adjusting the vertical position of the movable support device in accordance with the length of the frame material. An airtight material insertion device according to item 1. 6. The airtight material insertion device according to claim 5, wherein a barcode is attached to the frame material, and the length of the frame material is determined from the recording by the barcode. 7. The second support device includes an arrival detection device that detects that the airtight material has reached an end of the frame material,
Stop sending airtight material by signal from arrival detection device,
The airtight material according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising control means for controlling a procedure of cutting the airtight material at the lower end of the frame material after caulking the upper and lower ends of the frame material. Insertion machine.