JP4105757B1 - Hose clip feeding device - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a hose clip feeding device capable of smoothly feeding a hose clip.
A hose clip feeding device 10 is provided on an inner peripheral surface 61 of a rotating drum 50 so as to protrude radially inward, and is inserted into a ring portion 81 in a process of ascending with the rotating drum 50 to lift up a hose clip 79. A round bar-shaped pickup member 62 is provided, and the reversing portion 72 for reversing the hose clip 79 by hitting the finger hooking portion 82 of the hose clip 79 that has been scooped up and the hose clip 79 that has been reversed slide down on the vibration rail 70. An inclined member 74 having an inclined surface portion 73 is provided.
[Effect] The width dimension W1 of the ring portion 81 is smaller than the width dimension W2 of the finger hook portion 82, and the ring portion 81 can be easily inserted into the conveying groove 75. Therefore, the hose clip 79 is smoothly fed out by the vibration rail 70. be able to.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a hose clip delivery device that delivers a plurality of hose clips in an aligned state.

  In assembly work of automobiles and machines, a large amount of fastening parts are used. In order to quickly attach these fastening parts to an object with a tool, it is required that the fastening parts can be easily attached to the tool. Specifically, it is necessary to arrange a plurality of fastening parts in the same posture.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a component delivery device is known as a device that can deliver a plurality of fastening components in an aligned state (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP-A-7-81731 (FIG. 1)

Patent document 1 is demonstrated based on the following figure.
FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the basic principle of the prior art. As shown in FIG. 7A, the component feeding apparatus 100 includes a rotating drum 101 as a rotating body and a transport rail 102 as a stationary body as main elements. It is a device. The rotating drum 101 and the conveyance rail 102 are supported as follows. An inclined shaft 105 is rotatably supported by a support member 104 standing on the base 103, and rollers 106 and 106 are provided at both ends of the inclined shaft 105, and the rotating drum 101 is supported by these rollers 106 and 106. The rotating drum 101 is rotated by the rotation of the inclined shaft 105. In addition, a vibration generator 107 is provided at the center of the base 103, and a conveyance rail 102 is provided on the vibration generator 107. By operating the vibration generator 107, the conveyance rail 102 vibrates.

  When a plurality of nails are put into the rotating drum 101 and the rotating drum 101 is rotated, the nail 108 scooped up by the scraping blades is placed on the distributing portion 109 of the transport rail 102 as shown in FIG. Next, when the conveyance rail 102 is vibrated, the nail 108 passes through the separation unit 111 as indicated by the arrow (1), moves toward the posture changing unit 112 as indicated by the arrow (2), and is moved by the posture changing unit 112 as indicated by the arrow (3). The posture is changed to enter the transition portion 113 as indicated by the arrow (4), enters the conveyance portion 114 as indicated by the arrow (5) from the transition portion 113, and moves toward the tip of the conveyance portion 114 as indicated by the arrow (6). . The operator takes the nail 108 fed to the tip of the transport unit 114 and uses it for work.

  FIG. 8 is an explanatory view of the operation when the hose clip is sent out by the conventional component delivery device. When a plurality of hose clips are inserted into the rotating drum (reference numeral 101 in FIG. 7) and the rotating drum is rotated, FIG. As shown, the hose clip 115 scooped up by the scraping blade is placed on the sorting portion 109 of the transport rail 102. Next, when the conveyance rail 102 is vibrated, the hose clip 115 passes through the separation unit 111 as indicated by an arrow (7) and moves toward the posture changing unit 112 as indicated by an arrow (8).

  (B) corresponds to a cross-sectional view taken along the line bb of (a), and the hose clip 115 directed to the posture changing unit 112 has a gap L between the round bar 116 and the round bar 116 of the posture changing unit 112 as shown in the figure. There are cases where it enters the gap L and it falls on the round bar 116 as shown by the arrow (9) by hitting the outer peripheral surface of the round bars 116, 116. The hose clip 115 that has not entered the gap L falls into the rotating drum.

  That is, in the component delivery device (reference numeral 100 in FIG. 7) of Patent Document 1, when the conveyance target is the hose clip 115, the hose clip 115 falls into the rotating drum by the posture changing unit 112 and is not delivered to the conveyance unit 114. Sometimes. Since the hose clip 115 dropped into the rotating drum is repeatedly returned to the sorting unit 109 until it enters the posture changing unit 112, the time until the hose clip 115 is sent out to the transport unit 114 may be enormous. This leads to a decrease in delivery capability.

  Therefore, the development of a parts feeding device that can smoothly feed the hose clip is required.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a hose clip feeding device that can smoothly feed a hose clip.

The invention according to claim 1 is a hose clip formed by bending a single wire to form a ring portion having a shape corresponding to the outer periphery of the hose and a pair of finger hook portions extending from both ends of the ring portion. and the hose clip dispensing apparatus for feeding in a state of being Alignment, the hose clip delivery apparatus, such that the bottom of the bottomed cylindrical body rotation axis is inclined with respect to the horizontal axis so that the opening becomes high position at a low position A rotating drum that is rotatably supported by the roller portion and accommodates the plurality of hose clips , and protrudes into the rotating drum from the inner peripheral surface of the rotating drum, and rises together with the rotating drum to the ring portion. and the rod of the pickup member scooping the hose clip is inserted, it is extended at one end to the rotary drum from an opening of the rotary drum to the vicinity of the pickup member And the other end disposed outside the rotary drum is supported by the vibration generator such that the lower position than the one end, to guide the hose clip in conveying grooves are provided on the top of one end to the other vibrating rail If, extended onto diagonally from one end of the vibrating rail, reversing portion and the conveying groove hose clip which is inverted by the inversion unit inverts the hose clip when finger hook hose clip scooped by the pickup member characterized Rukoto such from an inclined member having an inclined surface portion to slide down to the.

  In the invention according to claim 1, the hose clip is scooped up by inserting a rod-shaped pickup member through the ring portion of the hose clip, and the hose clip is reversed by applying the finger hook portion of the hose clip to the reversing portion of the inclined member, Since the inverted hose clip is slid down on the inclined surface of the inclined member, the ring portion of the hose clip is on the lower side when sliding down. Since the width dimension of the ring part of the hose clip is smaller than the width dimension of the finger hook part, the ring part of the hose clip can be easily put in the conveying groove of the vibration rail. Therefore, the hose clip can be smoothly sent out by the vibration rail.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide a hose clip feeding device that can smoothly feed the hose clip.

The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The drawings are viewed in the direction of the reference numerals.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a hose clip feeding device according to the present invention, and will be described with the lower right direction as the front, the upper left direction as the rear, the lower left direction as the left, and the upper right direction as the right.

  The hose clip delivery device 10 includes a left roller portion 20 (described later in detail) rotatably attached to the left rear portion of the upper surface of the base 11 via a support portion 12, and a support portion 12 disposed on the right rear portion of the upper surface of the base 11. A right roller portion 30 that is rotatably mounted, a driving portion 40 (described later in detail) that applies driving force to the left roller portion 20 and the right roller portion 30 and is supported by the support portion 12, and is rotated by the driving portion 40. A rotating drum 50 (described later in detail) supported by the left roller portion 20 and the right roller portion 30 to be driven, and a vibration generator 51 having a rear end portion inserted into the rotating drum 50 and attached to the base 11 at the front portion. And a vibration rail 70 (described later in detail).

  FIG. 2 is a view taken in the direction of the arrow 2 in FIG. 1, and the left roller portion 20 is attached to the upper end of the support portion 12 so as to rise upward from the rear side to the front side and incorporates a bearing. 21, a left roller shaft 22 projecting from both ends of the left bearing support case 21, a left front flanged roller 23 attached to the front end portion of the left roller shaft 22, and a rear end portion of the left roller shaft 22 It is comprised with the roller 24 with the left rear collar attached.

  Note that the structure of the right roller portion (reference numeral 30 in FIG. 1) is the same as that of the left roller portion 20, and therefore the description thereof is omitted.

  The drive unit 40 includes an electric motor 42 attached to the support unit 12 via an attachment member 41, a right roller drive pulley 44 and a left roller drive pulley 45 attached to an output shaft 43 of the electric motor 42, A left roller driven pulley 46 attached to the front end of the left roller shaft 22, a left roller belt 47 connecting the left roller driven pulley 46 and the left roller driving pulley 45, and a right roller provided in the right roller portion 30 A right roller driven pulley 48 attached to the front end of the shaft 31 and a right roller belt 49 connecting the right roller driven pulley 48 and the right roller driving pulley 44 are configured.

The vibration generator 51 is, for example, an electromagnetic type vibration generator that applies vibrations in the front-rear direction (left-right direction in the figure) to the vibration rail 70 by two leaf springs 52, 52, a coil 53, a fixed core 54, and a movable core 55. is there.
Reference numeral 56 denotes a support portion mounting bolt, 57 denotes an electric motor mounting bolt, 58 denotes a roller mounting bolt, and 59 denotes a vibration generator mounting bolt.

  3 is a view taken in the direction of the arrow 3-3 in FIG. 2, and the hose clip feeding device 10 is provided on the inner peripheral surface 61 of the rotating drum 50 so as to protrude radially inward in addition to the above-described configuration. In the course of ascending, a round bar-shaped pickup member 62 is provided, for example, which is inserted into a ring portion (details will be described later) and scoops up a hose clip (details will be described later).

  Further, the hose clip feeding device 10 has a reversing portion 72 for reversing the hose clip by hitting a finger hooking portion (detailed later) of the hose clip scooped up by a round bar-shaped pickup member 62 on the upper end 71 of the vibration rail 70 and the reversing portion 72. An inclined member 74 having an inclined surface portion 73 for sliding the hose clip inverted by the vibration rail 70 is provided.

In addition, the vibration rail 70 includes a conveyance groove 75 in a cross-sectional view so that the ring portion of the hose clip enters.
Reference numeral 76 denotes a pickup member support plate, 77 denotes a support plate mounting bolt, and 78 denotes a reinforcing plate.

When the electric motor 42 is started and the left roller drive pulley (reference numeral 45 in FIG. 2) and the right roller drive pulley 44 are rotated clockwise as indicated by arrows, the left roller driven pulley 46 and the right roller driven pulley 48 are moved to the left roller belt. 47 and the right roller belt 49, and the left front roller 23 and the right front roller 32 rotate clockwise. The rotation drum 50 rotates counterclockwise as indicated by the arrow by the rotation of the left front roller 23 and the right front roller 32, so that the round bar-shaped pickup member 62 also moves counterclockwise as indicated by the arrow.
The operation of the hose clip delivery device 10 having the above configuration will be described next.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the operation from the insertion of the hose clip to the raising of the hose clip. As shown in FIG. 4A, the hose clip 79 introduced into the rotating drum 50 is bent by one wire. A ring part 81 having a shape corresponding to the outer periphery of the ring part and a pair of finger hooks 82 extending so as to intersect from both ends of the ring part 81 are formed. 5 and 6 after FIG. 4 will be described using the hose clip 79 described above.

  When the electric motor (reference numeral 42 in FIG. 3) is started in a state where a plurality of hose clips 79 are put into the rotating drum 50, the left front roller 23 and the right front roller 32 are moved to the arrows (10), (11). Rotate like As a result, the rotary drum 50 rotates as indicated by the arrow (12), and at the same time, the pickup member 62 moves toward the plurality of hose clips 79 as indicated by the arrow (13). At this time, the vibration rail 70 is vibrated in the front and back direction by a vibration generator (reference numeral 51 in FIG. 2).

  At (b), at the same time as the rotating drum 50, the left front roller 23, and the right front roller 32 continue to rotate in the direction of the arrow, the pickup member 62 is inserted through the ring portion 81 of one hose clip 79, for example. Then, the hose clip 79 is scooped up as shown by the arrow (14).

  FIG. 5 is an explanatory view of the operation from the rise of the hose clip to the contact between the hose clip and the inclined member. As shown in FIG. 5A, the rotating drum 50, the left front roller 23, and the right front roller 32 are moved in the direction of the arrow. At the same time as the rotation continues, the pickup member 62 holding the hose clip 79 moves toward the inclined member 74 as indicated by an arrow (15).

  In (b), the pair of finger hook portions 82 of the hose clip 79 inserted through the pickup member 62 is in contact with the reversing portion 72 of the inclined member 74. The rotating drum 50 and the pickup member 62 continue to rotate in the direction of the arrow.

  FIG. 6 is an explanatory view of the operation from the reversal of the hose clip to the delivery of the hose clip by the vibration rail. As shown in FIG. 6A, the hose clip 79 shown by the two-dot chain line is removed from the pickup member 62, The clip 79 is inverted as indicated by an arrow (16) with a point P on the corner 83 of the inversion part 72 of the inclined member 74 as a fulcrum. The hose clip 79 dropped due to the reversal slides down the inclined surface portion 73 of the inclined member 74 due to the vibration of the vibration rail 70 and moves toward the conveyance groove 75 of the vibration rail 70 as indicated by an arrow (17). The rotating drum 50 and the pickup member 62 continue to rotate in the direction of the arrow.

  At (b), the hose clip 79 that has entered the conveyance groove 75 of the vibration rail 70 moves down the conveyance groove 75 as indicated by an arrow (18) by the vibration of the vibration rail 70. The hose clip 79 indicated by a two-dot chain line further descends as indicated by an arrow (19) and is sent out to the front end (84 in FIG. 1) of the vibration rail 70. The rotating drum 50 and the pick-up member 62 continue to rotate in the direction of the arrow, and the pick-up member 62 goes again to the plurality of hose clips 79 (see FIG. 4).

  In the hose clip feeding device (reference numeral 10 in FIG. 1), the round bar-shaped pickup member 62 is inserted into the ring portion 81 of the hose clip 79 to scoop up the hose clip 79 and the finger hooking portion 82 of the hose clip 79 is inclined to the inclined member 74. Since the hose clip 79 is inverted against the corner 83 of the reversing portion 72 and the reversed hose clip 79 is slid down on the inclined surface portion 73 of the inclined member 74, the ring portion 81 of the hose clip 79 is lowered when sliding down. Go down. Since the width dimension W1 of the ring part 81 of the hose clip 79 is smaller than the width dimension W2 of the finger hook part 82, the ring part 81 of the hose clip 79 can be easily inserted into the conveying groove 75 of the vibration rail 70. Therefore, the hose clip 79 can be smoothly sent out by the vibration rail 70.

  Therefore, it is possible to provide the hose clip delivery device 10 that can smoothly deliver the hose clip 79.

Although the vibration rail of the present invention has been described as an electromagnet vibration type in the embodiment, an electric motor vibration type can be adopted, so that it can be changed to another type.
Further, although the rod-like pickup member of the present invention has been described as a round bar in the embodiment, a square bar can be adopted, and therefore it can be changed to a bar having another cross-sectional shape.
Furthermore, the quantity of the rod-shaped pickup member of the present invention may be plural.

  The hose clip delivery device of the present invention is suitable for a device that supplies hose clips in an aligned state.

It is a perspective view of the hose clip sending out device concerning the present invention. FIG. 2 is a view taken in the direction of arrow 2 in FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a view taken along arrow 3-3 in FIG. 2. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing from injection | throwing-in of a hose clip to scooping up a hose clip. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing from the raise of a hose clip to contact of a hose clip and an inclination member. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing until it sends out a hose clip with a vibration rail from inversion of a hose clip. It is a figure explaining the basic principle of the prior art. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing in the case of sending out a hose clip with the conventional component delivery apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Hose clip delivery apparatus, 20 ... Left roller part, 30 ... Right roller part, 40 ... Drive part, 50 ... Rotary drum, 51 ... Vibration generator, 61 ... Inner peripheral surface, 62 ... Round bar-shaped pick-up member (bar shape 70 ... vibrating rail, 71 ... upper end, 72 ... reversing part, 73 ... slope part, 74 ... slope member, 75 ... conveying groove, 79 ... hose clip, 81 ... ring part, 82 ... a pair of finger hooks , 83 ... Horn.

Claims (1)

By bending a single wire, a hose clip by forming a pair of finger hook portions extending so as to intersect the opposite ends of the ring portion and the ring portion having a shape corresponding to the outer periphery of the hose, sends while Alignment In hose clip feeding device,
This hose clip feeding device is rotatably supported by a roller portion so that a rotating shaft is inclined with respect to a horizontal axis so that a bottom of a bottomed cylindrical body is at a low position and an opening is at a high position. A rotating drum that houses the hose clip;
A rod-shaped pickup member that protrudes from the inner peripheral surface of the rotating drum into the rotating drum and passes through the ring part in the process of rising together with the rotating drum,
One end is extended from the opening of the rotating drum into the rotating drum to the vicinity of the pickup member, and the other end disposed outside the rotating drum is supported by a vibration generator so as to be lower than the one end. a vibrating rail for guiding the other end of the hose clip from one end in the conveying grooves are provided on the top,
Extending obliquely upward from one end of the vibration rail, hitting the finger hook of the hose clip scooped up by the pickup member and reversing the hose clip, and sliding the hose clip reversed at the reversing portion into the conveying groove hose clip delivery device according to claim Rukoto such from an inclined member having an inclined surface portion for.

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