JP4373847B2 - Plate material engagement device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a plate material engagement device that engages engagement portions formed at end portions of each plate material when the plate materials are joined to each other.

With the industrialization of houses, panel construction methods have been popular in recent years, where the floors, walls, and roofs of houses are pre-manufactured as panels in the factory, and such panels are assembled at the construction site to construct the house. It has become.
When constructing a house by such a panel method, for example, the wall panel is placed in parallel along the foundation with the end of the floor panel and the semi-base sandwiched between the upper edge of the foundation. And the wall panel are fastened by anchor bolts and nuts extending to the upper surface of the foundation. Furthermore, after placing the upper floor wall panel on the upper end of the lower floor wall panel installed in this manner with the end of the floor panel and the trunk difference in between, the lower floor wall panel and the upper floor wall panel are placed. The wall panel is fastened by a trunk difference bolt and a nut penetrating the trunk difference and the floor panel.

By the way, the plate-like trunk difference used when joining the wall panel and the floor panel as described above is a long member extending in the width direction of the wall panel and the floor panel. It may form by doing. In this case, a real part that engages with each other is formed at each end of the plate material, and these real parts are engaged with each other and then joined by driving a screw into the engaging part.
However, since the actual parts of each plate material were engaged manually at the construction site and the screws were driven into the engaging parts, it was difficult to accurately align the actual parts. It took time.

On the other hand, as a face material provided on the frame of the wall panel, the floor panel, and the roof panel, a material obtained by joining two plate materials made of plywood or the like is used, and the two plate materials are butted against each other from the longitudinal direction. A joining device that automatically joins is disclosed (for example, see Patent Document 1). Specifically, first, alignment is performed by moving the transported plate material in the transport direction so that the edge thereof is located at the joint portion. After that, the plate material arranged on the front side in the transport direction is pressed and fixed in the vertical direction, and then the next plate material is further transported so as to contact the edge (joining portion) of the plate material on the front side in the transport direction. Arrange. Next, after pressing the plate material on the rear side in the conveying direction in the up and down direction, the joined portions are sequentially hit with a stapler to be joined.
JP-A-10-244505

However, in the case of the joining apparatus described in Patent Document 1, the end surfaces of the plate material are formed substantially perpendicular to the front surface and the back surface, and such end portions are connected to each other in the longitudinal direction (conveying direction) of the plate material. However, since the positioning in the vertical direction is not performed, the positioning in the width direction of the plate material is not performed.
The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and is provided with a plate material engagement device capable of accurately positioning and engaging engagement portions formed at end portions of each plate material when joining the plate materials. It is intended to provide.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention of claim 1 is, for example, as shown in FIG. 1, when joining the plate members 10A and 10B, the engaging portions formed at the end portions of the plate members 10A and 10B. 11A and 11B are plate material engaging devices 1 for engaging each other,
A base 2 having a mounting portion 21 for mounting the plurality of plate members 10A and 10B, and a contact wall portion 22 that rises from the mounting portion 21 and contacts one side surface of the plate members 10A and 10B;
The first pressing means 3 that presses one of the plate members 10A provided on the base 2 and placed on the mounting portion 21 against the abutting wall portion 22 is pressed by the first pressing means 3. After pressing the other plate member 10 </ b> A from the upper surface thereof toward the placement portion 21 and the second pressing member 4, the other plate member 10 </ b> B is moved to the engaging portion 12. A third pressing means 5 that presses the second plate material 10B, a fourth pressing means 6 that presses the other plate member 10B against the abutting wall portion 22, and the engaging portion 12 from its upper surface toward the mounting portion 21. the fifth of the pressing means 7 for pressing Te,
Transport means (for example, roller conveyor 8) for transporting the plate materials 10A, 10B to the mounting portion 21 of the base 2,
The one plate member 10A is arranged on the rear side in the conveying direction X, the other plate member 10B is arranged on the front side in the conveying direction X, and the third pressing means 5 is an end portion on the front side in the conveying direction X of the other plate member 10B. It is characterized by pressing toward the engaging portion 12 .

  According to the invention of claim 1, after the plate materials 10 </ b> A and 10 </ b> B are placed on the placement portion 21 of the base 2, the first pressing means 3 presses one plate material 10 </ b> A against the contact wall portion 22. The positioning of the plate material 10A in the width direction is performed. Next, the second pressing means 4 presses from the upper surface of the one plate member 10 </ b> A, whereby the plate member 10 </ b> A is positioned in the vertical direction, and the one plate member 10 </ b> A is fixed to the mounting portion 21. Further, when the third pressing means 5 presses the other plate member 10B toward the engaging portion 12, the engaging portions 11A and 11B of both plate members 10A and 10B are engaged with each other, and the other plate member 10B. Positioning in the longitudinal direction is performed. Thereafter, the fourth pressing means 6 presses the other plate member 10B against the abutting wall portion 22, whereby the plate member 10B is positioned in the width direction, and the other plate member 10B is fixed to the mounting portion 21. . Finally, when the fifth pressing means 7 presses from the upper surface of the engaging portion 12, the engaging portion 12 is securely fixed to the base 2 without floating upward. Through these steps, by fixing the two plate members 10A and 10B to the mounting portion 21, the engagement portions 11A and 11B of the respective plate members 10A and 10B can be accurately engaged without shifting.

Further , the plate members 10A and 10B can be sequentially conveyed by the conveying means 8 and automatically placed on the placing portion 21 of the base 2, so that manual work can be omitted and the construction can be simplified.

Further , since the third pressing means 5 presses the other plate member 10B disposed on the front side in the transport direction X toward the engaging portion 12 from the end portion on the front side in the transport direction X, the third pressing means 5 Without being displaced in the width direction, the engaging portion 12 can be pressed from a substantially vertical direction, and the engaging portions 11A and 11B can be engaged with each other more accurately.
Further, for example, conversely, the third pressing means 5 is configured to press toward the engagement portion 12 from the end portion on the rear side in the transport direction X of one plate member 10A disposed on the rear side in the transport direction X. In this case, since the conveying means 8 is provided in the vicinity of the end portion on the rear side in the conveying direction X of the one plate member 10A, the third pressing means for pressing the end portion on the rear side in the conveying direction X in the vicinity thereof. Since it is difficult in terms of design to provide 5, it is preferable to configure as described above also in this respect.

A second aspect of the present invention, for example, as shown in FIG. 1, the engagement device 1 of the plate member according to claim 1,
The fifth pressing means 7 is characterized by pressing the engagement portion 12 across the width direction of the plate members 10A, 10B.

According to the invention of claim 2 , since the fifth pressing means 7 presses the engaging portion 12 across the width direction of the plate members 10A, 10B, the engaging portion 12 can be more firmly fixed.

The invention of claim 3 is, for example, as shown in FIG. 1, in the plate material engaging device 1 according to claim 1 or 2 ,
A cover member 9 is provided at an end of the other plate member 10B on the third pressing means 5 side so as to cover the end and the third pressing means 5 so as to be freely opened and closed.

According to the invention of claim 3 , the cover member 9 covers the end portion of the other plate member 10B on the third pressing means 5 side and the third pressing means 5 so that the end portion of the other plate member 10B becomes the first portion. When the third pressing means 5 is pressed, it is possible to prevent an operator's finger or the like from being pinched, which is very excellent in terms of safety.

  According to the plate material engaging device according to the present invention, after placing the plate material on the placing portion of the base, one plate material is fixed to the placing portion by the first pressing means and the second pressing means, Next, the other plate member is fixed to the mounting portion by the third pressing means and the fourth pressing means. Then, it fixes in an engaging part by the 5th press means. By fixing both plate materials to the mounting portion in such a process, the engagement portions of the respective plate materials can be accurately engaged without shifting.

Hereinafter, the present embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1A is a plan view of a plate material engaging device according to the present invention, and FIG. 1B is a side view of the plate material engaging device.
As shown in FIG. 1, the board | plate material engaging apparatus 1 which concerns on this invention is formed in the edge part of each board | plate material 10A, 10B, when joining the two board | plate materials 10A and 10B which comprise a building, for example. This is a device for engaging the engaged portions 11A and 11B.
In addition, as board | plate material 10A, 10B which comprises a building, various members, such as a trunk difference and a face material, are mentioned, for example. The plate members 10A and 10B are notched at one end, thereby forming rectangular real parts (engaging portions 11A and 11B) that are engaged with each other. In the present embodiment, one plate member 10A (the left plate member in the figure) has its engaging portion 11A positioned on the lower side, and the other plate member 10B (the right plate member in the drawing) has its engaging portion 11B. The case where it is located on the upper side and these engaging parts 11A and 11B are engaged with each other is shown.

  The plate material engaging device 1 according to the present invention includes a placement portion 21 on which the plate materials 10A and 10B are placed, and a contact wall that rises from the placement portion 21 and contacts one side surface of the plate materials 10A and 10B. The base 2 having the portion 22 and the one plate member 10A (the plate member on the left side in the drawing) provided on the base 2 and placed on the rear side in the transport direction X of the placement portion 21 are pressed against the contact wall portion 22. The first pressing means 3 to be pressed, the second pressing means 4 to press one plate member 10A pressed by the first pressing means 3 from the upper surface thereof toward the mounting portion 21, and the second pressing means 4 After pressing by the pressing means 4, the third pressing means 5 for pressing the other plate material 10B (the right-side plate material in the figure) placed on the front side in the transport direction X toward the engaging portion 12, and the other plate material 10B. From the upper surface of the engagement portion 12 and the fourth pressing means 6 that presses the contact wall portion 22 against And a fifth pressing means 7 for pressing the part 21.

The base 2 has a plate-like placement portion 21 fixed to the upper surface of a frame 23 installed on a floor surface (not shown), and is substantially perpendicular to the placement portion 21 on a side edge portion of the placement portion 21. And a contact wall portion 22 formed so as to stand up.
In addition, on the left side of the upper surface of the frame 23 in the figure, a roller conveyor (conveying means) 8 for conveying the plate materials 10A and 10B to the mounting portion 21 is provided. The upper surface of the roller conveyor 8 is formed at a height substantially equal to the upper surface of the mounting portion 21. And two board | plate materials 10A and 10B conveyed by the roller conveyor 8 are arrange | positioned along with the longitudinal direction at the mounting part 21 mutually.

Further, a first pressing means 3 that is movable in the width direction of the plate material 10A and presses one plate material 10A against the contact wall portion 22 is provided on the side surface of the frame 23 opposite to the contact wall portion 22. ing.
The first pressing means 3 includes a support portion 31 made of a steel material having a substantially U-shape in plan view attached to the placement portion 21, a cylinder device 32 supported by the support portion 31, and a piston 32 a of the cylinder device 32. The rectangular plate-shaped clamp part 33 which is provided in the front-end | tip part and presses the board | plate material 10A to the contact wall part 22 from the side surface is provided.

A second pressing means 4 that can move up and down is provided on the side surface of the frame 23 on the contact wall portion 22 side.
The second pressing means 4 is attached to the side surface of the frame 23, extends upward from the side surface and is located on the mounting portion 21 and is made of a substantially L-shaped steel material. A cylinder device 42 to be supported, and a disc-shaped clamp portion 43 that is provided at the tip end of the piston 42a of the cylinder device 42 and presses the one plate member 10A against the mounting portion 21 from the upper surface thereof. Yes.

Furthermore, a third pressing means 5 that is movable in the transport direction X and presses the other plate member 10 </ b> B toward the engaging portion 12 is provided on the mounting portion 21 opposite to the roller conveyor 8. .
The third pressing means 5 is provided at the tip of the cylinder device 51 mounted on the frame 23 and the two pistons 51a of the cylinder device 51, and the other plate member 10B is engaged with the engaging portion from the end thereof. And a plate-like clamp portion 52 that presses toward the plate 12.

A fourth pressing means 6 is provided on the side surface of the frame 23 opposite to the abutting wall portion 22 so as to face the second pressing means 3 with the central portion of the mounting table 21 interposed therebetween.
The fourth pressing means 6 has the same configuration as that of the second pressing means 3, and includes a support portion 61, a cylinder device 62, and a clamp portion 63, and is movable in the width direction of the plate member 10B. The plate member 10 </ b> B is configured to be pressed against the contact wall portion 22.

Further, on the frame 23, a substantially central portion of the mounting portion 21 (a portion that hits the engaging portion 12 of the two plate members 10 </ b> A and 10 </ b> B) is pressed from the upper surface toward the mounting portion 21 at the engaging portion 12. Five pressing means 7 are provided.
The fifth pressing means 7 is provided at the tip of each of the two cylinder devices 71 attached to the both sides of the plate members 10A and 10B in the width direction on the mounting portion 21 and the pistons 71a of the two cylinder devices 71. , And a belt-like clamp portion 72 extending from the respective leading end portions across the width direction of the plate members 10A and 10B.

Further, on the side surface of the frame 23 on the contact wall portion 22 side, an end portion pressed by the third pressing means 5 of the other plate member 10B and a cover member 9 that covers the third pressing means 5 so as to be freely opened and closed are provided. It has been.
The cover member 9 includes a shaft portion 91 attached to the side surface, and a cover 92 that is rotatably provided on the shaft portion 91 and is made of a substantially rectangular plate-shaped resin. Then, with the cover 92 covering the end of the other plate member 10B and the third pressing unit 5, the third pressing unit 5 operates, and the end of the plate member 10B and the third pressing unit 5 are exposed. In this state, the third pressing means 5 is not activated.

  The plate material engaging device 1 includes a button (not shown) for automatically operating the roller conveyor 8 and the first to fifth pressing means 3 to 7. When operated by an operator, a control unit (not shown) that controls the overall operation of the engagement device 1 of the present invention is controlled to operate each member.

Next, a method for engaging the plate members 10A and 10B will be described together with the operation of the plate member engaging device 1 according to the present invention configured as described above.
As shown in FIG. 1, first, the cover 92 is rotated in advance with respect to the shaft portion 91 so that the end portion of the other plate member 10 </ b> B and the third pressing means 5 are covered with the cover 92.
From this state, the roller conveyor 8 carries the two plate members 10A and 10B and places them on the placement unit 21. Here, the one plate member 10A and the other plate member 10B are conveyed so that the real parts 11A and 11B face each other.

After the conveyance, the cylinder device 32 of the first pressing means 3 is driven, so that the clamp portion 33 presses one plate member 10A against the abutting wall portion 22, and the plate member 10A is positioned in the width direction.
Next, when the cylinder device 42 of the second pressing means 4 is driven, the clamp portion 43 moves downward to press one plate member 10A from its upper surface toward the mounting portion 21, and the vertical direction of the plate member 10A. Positioning is performed. When one plate member 10A is fixed to the placing portion 21 in this way, the cylinder device 51 of the third pressing means 5 is driven, so that the clamp portion 52 moves in the direction opposite to the transport direction X, and the other The end portion of the plate material 10B is pressed toward the engagement portion 12. Thereby, the engaging portion 11A of one plate member 10A and the engaging portion 11B of the other plate member 10B are engaged and positioning in the longitudinal direction is performed.
Next, when the cylinder device 62 of the fourth pressing means 6 is driven, the clamp portion 63 presses the other plate member 10 </ b> B against the contact wall portion 22. As a result, the other plate member 10B is positioned in the width direction and fixed on the placement portion 21.
Finally, when the cylinder device 71 of the fifth pressing means 7 is driven, the clamp portion 72 presses from the upper surface toward the placement portion 21 in the engaging portion 12.
The two plate members 10A and 10B engaged in the engaging portion 12 in this way are joined by, for example, an operator driving a fastening material such as a screw B into the engaging portion 12 with an electric screwdriver or the like.

  As mentioned above, according to the board | plate material engagement apparatus 1 of embodiment of this invention, after mounting board | plate material 10A, 10B on the mounting part 21 of the base 2 with the roller conveyor 8, one of the conveyance direction X back side is carried out. The plate material 10A is fixed to the mounting portion 12 by the first pressing means 3 and the second pressing means 4 sequentially pressing the plate material 10A. Next, the third pressing means 5 and the fourth pressing means 6 sequentially press the other plate material 10B on the front side in the transport direction X, whereby the plate material 10B is fixed to the mounting portion. Thereafter, the fifth pressing means 7 presses from the upper surface of the engaging portion 12, so that both the plate members 10 </ b> A and 10 </ b> B are securely fixed to the base 2 without the engaging portion 12 floating upward. Through these steps, the plate members 10A and 10B are fixed to the placement portion 21 so that the engagement portions 11A and 11B can be engaged accurately without shifting.

Further, since the plate members 10A and 10B are conveyed by the roller conveyor 8, manual work can be omitted and the construction can be simplified.
One plate member 10A is disposed on the rear side in the transport direction X, the other plate member 10B is disposed on the front side in the transport direction X, and the third pressing unit 5 is an end of the other plate member 10B on the front side in the transport direction X. From the vertical direction to the engaging portion 12, so that the engaging portion 12 can be pressed from the substantially vertical direction without shifting in the width direction, and the engaging portions 11A and 11B can be more accurately engaged with each other. Can be made.
And since the 3rd press means 5 is comprised so that the other board | plate material 10B arrange | positioned at the conveyance direction X front side may be pressed toward the engaging part 12 from the edge part of the conveyance direction X front side, On the contrary, one plate member 10A arranged on the rear side in the transport direction X is superior in design as compared to a case where the end on the rear side in the transport direction X is pressed.

Further, since the fifth pressing means 7 presses the engaging portion 12 across the width direction of the plate members 10A and 10B, the engaging portion 12 can be more firmly fixed.
Further, when the third pressing means 5 presses the end portion of the other plate material 10B, the end portion of the other plate material 10B and the third pressing means 5 are covered by the cover member 9, so that in terms of safety, Very good.

The plate material engaging device 1 according to the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and specific configuration requirements such as the shape and size of each component can be appropriately changed without departing from the scope of the invention. Shall.
For example, in the above embodiment, the operation of driving the screw B or the like into the engaging portion 12 is performed manually, but means for driving the screw B or the like into the engaging portion 12 may be provided.
In addition to the roller conveyor 8, a belt conveyor or the like may be used as the conveying means.
In the first to fifth pressing means 3 to 7 as well, the drive source is not limited to the air cylinder but may be a hydraulic cylinder, an electric motor, a gear mechanism, or the like.
Further, the engaging portions 11A and 11B formed at the end portions of the plate members 10A and 10B can be appropriately changed without being limited to the above-described shape as long as the end portions can be engaged with each other.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of the present invention, in which (a) is a plan view of a plate material engaging device, and (b) is a side view of the plate material engaging device.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Board | plate material engagement apparatus 2 Base 3 1st press means 4 2nd press means 5 3rd press means 6 4th press means 7 5th press means 8 Roller conveyor (conveyance means)
9 Cover member 10A, 10B Plate material 11A, 11B Engagement part 12 Engagement part 21 Placement part 22 Contact wall part

Claims (3)

A plate material engaging device for engaging the engaging portions formed at the end of each plate material with each other when joining the plate materials,
A mounting portion for mounting the plurality of plate members; and a base having a contact wall portion that rises from the mounting portion and contacts one side surface of the plate material;
A first pressing means that presses one plate material that is provided on the base and is placed on the mounting portion against the contact wall portion, and one plate material that is pressed by the first pressing means, A second pressing means for pressing from the upper surface toward the mounting portion; a third pressing means for pressing the other plate member toward the engaging portion after pressing by the second pressing means; A fourth pressing means for pressing the other plate member against the abutting wall portion, and a fifth pressing means for pressing from the upper surface toward the mounting portion at the engaging portion ;
Conveying means for conveying a plate material to the mounting portion of the base,
The one plate member is disposed on the rear side in the conveying direction, the other plate member is disposed on the front side in the conveying direction, and the third pressing unit is directed from the end of the other plate member on the front side in the conveying direction toward the engaging portion. An apparatus for engaging a plate material, characterized by pressing . In the board | plate material engagement apparatus of Claim 1 ,
The fifth pressing means presses the engaging portion across the width direction of the plate material, and the plate material engagement device. In the board | plate material engagement apparatus of Claim 1 or 2 ,
A plate member engaging device characterized in that a cover member is provided at an end portion of the other plate member on the side of the third pressing means so as to open and close the end portion and the third pressing means. .

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