JP4475415B2 - PTP sheet product / attached document accumulator - Google Patents

Description

  BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for collecting and attaching package inserts and information sheets prior to packing of a medicine box (cartner), and more specifically, a product composed of a plurality of banded PTP sheets. A plurality of product document stacking mechanisms for stacking and stacking on top of each other, gripping the product, and bending and folding the document into a U-shape on a predetermined outer peripheral surface thereof are mounted on a disk substrate that rotates intermittently, Each product document stacking mechanism section has the work of receiving the attached document and the product supply, the stacking operation of gripping and picking them up, the operation of taking out the stack and sending it to the cartoner for filling, and shifting the phases in time. The present invention relates to a device that executes sequentially in parallel.

  Conventionally, an apparatus for automatically inserting and storing an article or product and its specification manual or specification in a storage body or box has been disclosed. Patent Document 1 discloses an invention of a method and apparatus for storing two objects to be stored (instruction B and brush C) in a cylindrical storage body A.

  Patent Document 2 discloses an invention of a method and apparatus for automatically storing articles and their instructions in a box. In any invention, the manual and the product are automatically stored in the storage body, but this work cannot be realized unless a plurality of facilities are provided in parallel to process a large amount of processing per unit time. was there. That is, there is a problem that requires a large installation area along with the equipment cost. In addition, since a device that attaches manuals or specifications to a PTP sheet product is a device that presses a document against a bundle of PT sheet products and folds it, the PTP sheet product is stressed and damaged. There was a problem to cause.

Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2005-14922 (Pages 2, 3 and 1) JP 2001-48104 A (2nd, 3rd page, FIG. 1)

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention integrates package inserts and products without applying stress to the PTP sheet product, and improves the number of treatments per unit time, and the floor area of equipment is proportionally increased. An object of the present invention is to provide a PTP sheet product and package insert stacking device in which a plurality of stacking devices are arranged radially on a rotating disk so as not to increase, and each operation is sequentially executed during one rotation of the disk. .

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the PTP sheet product / package insert stacking apparatus according to the present invention stacks a product made up of a plurality of PTP sheet band products on one end of the package insert and grips the product from both sides of the product 2 A product document stacking mechanism unit comprising at least a slide-side plate, a product-side arm for bending and attaching the document to a predetermined side of the product in a U-shape, and a document-side arm at the other end of the document; ,
A circular first substrate portion in which the product document accumulation mechanism portion is arranged in a plurality of M units at equal intervals along the peripheral edge of the disc that rotates intermittently, with the product-side arms radially arranged toward the outer peripheral side. When,
A document transfer mechanism that is provided below the first substrate unit and supplies documents so that the M product document stacking mechanism units that rotate and move can be operated in parallel while sequentially shifting the phase in time. A product transfer mechanism for supplying the product on the document, a product gripping cam mechanism for controlling the cam follower provided on the slide plate for gripping and releasing the mounted product, and the gripped product. A second substrate portion in which the product for raising and standing a document and a document mechanism with cam mechanism for controlling a cam follower provided on the document side arm are sequentially arranged at first to fourth predetermined positions along the rotation direction. When,
A product document in which an integrated body in which a document is attached to the product by the document attachment cam mechanism is disposed at a fifth predetermined position substantially in the middle between the document transfer mechanism and the document attachment cam mechanism. An accumulator take-out arm that sandwiches and removes a side surface of the accumulator by a hand plate when the accumulator mechanism is in the predetermined position, and a car toner filling mechanism that rotates the arm and inserts into the car toner set outside the apparatus; Prepared,
The M product document accumulation mechanisms receive at least a document supply from the document transport conveyor, receive a product supply from the product transport conveyor, and hold the product by the slide plate during one rotation on the first substrate. The M product document stacking mechanism units are arranged to perform the operations of product standing up, document sticking by the arm, and delivery to the stack take-out arm at the first to fifth predetermined positions. Each of the work contents is operated in parallel with a time phase shifted.

The product document stacking mechanism section includes M stacking mechanism boards that are arranged radially on the periphery of the disk of the first board section and connected at one end thereof, and a central portion of the document that is placed and fixed on the boards. A central mounting base on which the product is placed and a document holding rod that can be moved onto the document, and a swing mounted on the central mounting base, the product being mounted on the other half of the integrated mechanism substrate, the product being mounted on approximately half of the package insert A product-side arm that is rotatable by a center, and a document-side arm that is mounted only on the other half of the package insert on the one end side of the stacking mechanism substrate and that is rotatable by a swing center provided on the central mount. In order to stand up and restore the product side and document side arms vertically with respect to the stacking mechanism substrate, an arm rotating rod that moves up and down from the lower side of the through hole of the substrate, and a product stand provided at the lower end thereof And document standing And Muforoa,
Furthermore, two slide plates for gripping the product mounted on the product side arm from both sides of the product side arm and the slide plate to be moved to the product side surface are provided orthogonal to the arm direction. A guide rod, a spring for urging the two slide plates to slide inward to grip the product, and a grip opening cam follower provided on the opposite side of the slide plate from the product gripping surface side. It is characterized by that.

  The document transfer mechanism includes a document transport belt conveyor, a first arm that sucks a document from the conveyor to the air suction port, and a support unit that supports one end of the first arm. At least a second arm that supports the first arm and rotates on the product-side and document-side arms of the corresponding product document stacking mechanism at the first predetermined position to drop the document. It is characterized by.

  Further, the product transfer mechanism unit is made to adsorb to the product conveying belt conveyor and the air suction port from the conveyor, and moves and drops it onto the product side arm of the corresponding product document accumulation mechanism unit at the predetermined position. The arm is provided.

  In addition, the product gripping cam mechanism unit includes the two gripping and gripping units so that the product is loaded immediately before the product is mounted on the product document accumulation mechanism unit at least in the product transfer mechanism unit on the second substrate unit. A cam that can be inserted into a gap between two cam followers in order to widen the gap between the slide plates by expanding the space between the open cam followers and to return the space between the cam followers to the original state within a predetermined time after the product is loaded. A triangular plate or a trapezoidal plate is provided.

  Further, the document hooking cam mechanism section raises the product follower and the document standing cam follower while holding the product side arm with the product gripping state, so that the cam follower at the lower end of the arm rotating rod is placed at a predetermined position on the second substrate section. The first ascending piston cam pushed up at the time of stopping, the first ascending inclined rail having an inclined surface that gradually increases in the rotation direction, and the document side arm is erected after a predetermined rotation angle after the product side arm is erected. Therefore, a second ascending piston cam that pushes up the cam follower at the lower end of the arm rotating rod at a predetermined position on the second substrate portion and a second ascending inclined rail having an inclined surface that gradually increases in the rotational direction. It is characterized by providing.

The first substrate portion has an index for rotating the disc and rotating the center axis intermittently by a predetermined angle of 360 degrees / M, stopping for a predetermined time, and performing intermittent driving repeatedly. Equipped with an intermittent motion device,
For each intermittent drive, the M product document accumulation mechanisms shift the work contents to the next, shift the work contents in time, and sequentially execute the work during each stop time. And

Further, the document transfer mechanism unit is further provided with a card transport belt conveyor for supplying an information sheet having a product loading area or less in parallel with the document transport belt conveyor for supplying an attached document. The first arm is further intermittently operated, and further includes a rotatable card arm having the support portion with the second arm as a support shaft, and a timing belt for rotating the card arm by 180 degrees. Prepared,
When picking them up from the parallel document / card conveyor belt conveyor, the card arm rotates 180 degrees relative to the first arm, widens the width and sucks the attached document and card, and rotates by the second arm. When the product document stacking mechanism is dropped, the card arm is rotated in the same direction with respect to the first arm to narrow the width, and the attached document and the card are stacked and dropped.

Further, when each of the M product document stacking mechanism units disposed on the first substrate unit sequentially executes each of the operations at the predetermined positions during one rotation, a document supply receiving operation is further performed. In order to inspect whether the document is mounted on the central mounting base at the sixth predetermined position during the product supply receiving operation, and to check whether or not the document is mounted on the central mounting base, Infrared light emitting section that passes through the light hole, a translucent detection section that detects the infrared light, its detection signal output terminal, and color paper for detecting whether a notice sheet is placed on the attached document with reflected light A detector and its detection signal output terminal;
In addition, when a seventh predetermined position is provided between the product supply receiving operation and the product gripping operation, and an attached document or card is missing and not mounted at that position, the mounted attached document, card or In order to eject the product to the outside, when the detection signal is received, the cam triangle plate that opens the product gripping mechanism after a lapse of a predetermined time is inserted between the followers, and the attached document or card mounted on the cam Alternatively, a discharge mechanism is provided that discharges the product by an arm that sandwiches the product and a piston that is pulled out.

  Further, when the M product document stacking mechanism sections arranged on the first substrate section sequentially execute the different operations at the respective predetermined positions during one rotation, the last operation is performed. The product / document delivery operation to the product take-out arm simultaneously takes out each product from the two adjacent product document collection mechanisms. A dual-type hand plate that sandwiches the side surfaces of the stacks in the mechanism is provided, and the stack take-out arm that picks them up rotates, and the dual-type hand plate simultaneously picks up the stack and takes out the arms. A car toner filling mechanism that rotates and inserts into the car toner set at two predetermined external positions is provided.

  According to the PTP sheet product / attached document accumulation apparatus of the present invention, the following effects are exhibited. That is, the number of processes per unit time, that is, the efficiency of the work of attaching a package insert and a notice sheet (card) to a product composed of a banded product of a plurality of PTP sheets and inserting it into a cartoner (storage box) is increased. The effect is improved.

  In addition, a plurality of product document accumulation mechanisms are arranged on a rotating disk, and the attached document, card / product supply mechanism, document attachment control cam mechanism, etc., which are arranged in the periphery of the disk are operated in parallel. Therefore, space saving can be realized as an apparatus having a small floor area with respect to the number of processes per unit time.

  Furthermore, since the apparatus of the present invention intermittently rotates by a predetermined angle, stops for a predetermined time, and the work is executed during the stop time, stable operation can be performed in the stopped state, and the line stop due to a failure or a defective work is performed. Can be prevented.

  In addition, the conventional attachment of the attached document has a problem in that an external force is applied to the band product of the PTP sheet because the attachment is performed by pressing so as to be bent in the middle of the moving line. In the present invention, there is no stress for attaching a package insert.

  In addition, the document supply mechanism is configured to detect any missing attachments and not install the product. Can be prevented.

  An embodiment of a PTP sheet product / attached document accumulation apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing the entire PTP sheet product / attached document accumulating apparatus 100.

  In FIG. 3, reference numeral 10 denotes a product document accumulation mechanism unit. The product document stacking mechanism unit 10 stacks a product 1 made of a banded product obtained by stacking a plurality of PTP sheets and banding them on substantially half of one end of the attached document 2 and grips the product 1 from both sides. Two slide plates 13a and 13b, and a product-side arm 11 holding the product by bending the attached document 2 into a U-shape (bending without a crease) on a predetermined outer surface of the product 1 and holding the product And at least a document-side arm 12 on which the other end of the attached document 2 is placed.

  The detailed configuration and operation of the product document accumulation mechanism unit 10 will be described later with reference to FIGS.

  Reference numeral 20 denotes a disk-shaped first substrate portion, and the first substrate portion 20 rotates intermittently in one direction around the central axis 21. In this embodiment, it rotates clockwise.

  On the first substrate portion 20, a plurality of M product document accumulation mechanism portions 10 (M = 12 in this embodiment) are arranged radially at equal intervals.

  Each product document accumulation mechanism unit 10 is mounted on a plate of an accumulation mechanism substrate 19 (see FIG. 1), and these accumulation mechanism substrates 19 are arranged on the first substrate unit 20 along the periphery of the disk. The product document stacking mechanism unit 10 is disposed on the stacking mechanism substrate 19 in a radial manner with a space therebetween, and the product side arm 11 is directed radially outward and the document side arm 12 is radially directed toward the inner center. It is installed.

  The radial direction of each of the twelve adjacent product document accumulation mechanisms 10 is arranged to form an angle of 360 degrees / 12 = 30 degrees on the rotating disk.

  Next, the detailed structure and operation of the product document accumulation mechanism unit 10 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  1A and 1B show the structure of a product document stacking mechanism section 10, wherein FIG. 1A is a plan view of a product side arm 11 and a document side arm 12 opened horizontally, FIG. 1B is a front view of FIG. c) is a plan view of the product-side arm 11 and the document-side arm 12 in an upright state, (d) is a front view of (c), and (e) is a side view of the operation of the product gripping mechanism (a). (E) is a side view which shows the structure of a document pressing rod.

  The product holding slide plate 13a in FIG. 1 (a) shows a case where the width is expanded to the maximum by the outward drag against the cam follower 13k against the spring 13d, and the slide plate 13b does not apply an external force. The case where the interval width is reduced to the minimum by the spring 13d is shown. The width of the product 1 to be gripped may be within the variable range.

  In the state shown in FIGS. 1C and 1D, the product-side arm 11 and the document-side arm 12 are erected by pushing up the product-upright cam follower 11k and the document-upright cam follower 12k. The product standing cam follower 11k and the document standing cam follower 12k are provided at the lower ends of the vertically movable arm rotating rods 11l and 12l that penetrate the stacking mechanism substrate 19. When the arm rotating rods 11l and 12l are pushed up, the swing center 15x, The product side arm 11 and the document side arm 12 rotate and stand up with 15y as a fulcrum.

  In a state where the product 1 and the document 2 are sandwiched between the product side arm 11 and the document side arm 12, the slide plates 13a and 13b of the product gripping mechanism portion 13 on each side of the product side arm 11 and the urging spring The state in which the product 1 is gripped by 13d is maintained, the product side arm 11 is then raised, the document side arm is then raised, and the product 1 and the package insert 2 are integrated so as to be pinched. .

  2A and 2B are perspective views for explaining the operation of the product document accumulation mechanism unit 10. FIG. 2A shows a state before supply, FIG. 2B shows a state after supply of the product / attached document / notification sheet, and FIG. It is a figure which shows the state of.

  The product 1, the attached document 2, and the notice sheet (card) 3 attached as necessary are supplied to the product document accumulation mechanism unit 10 so as to be stacked. The transfer mechanism related to the supply of the product 1, the attached document 2, and the card 3 will be described in detail later.

  First, the attached document 2 is loaded by the document transfer mechanism 31 so as to straddle the product side arm 11 and the document side arm 12. Further, when it is necessary to attach the card 3, the card 3 is placed so as to overlap with the outer peripheral side (product side arm 11 side) of the attached document 2 at the same time. Next, the product transfer mechanism unit 32 places the product 1 on the attached document 2 and the card 3 in an overlapping manner. FIG. 2B shows a state at the end of this work.

  In FIG. 2, the arrow indicates the direction of movement. The document pressing rod 15 a is a guide that moves on the surface of the central mounting base 15 fixed to the central portion of the stacking mechanism substrate 19 to press the attached document 2 and bend the attached document 2 so that it does not break.

  The center mounting base 15 has swing centers 15x and 15y of the product side arm 11 and the document side arm 12, respectively, and the product side arm 11 and the document side arm 12 can be turned up by 90 degrees by rotating them as fulcrums. it can.

  The slide plates 13a and 13b of the product gripping mechanism section 13 are moved in parallel by the guide rod 13c and the support rod of the spring 13d, and are gripped by the urging springs 13d from both side surfaces of the product 1.

  FIG. 2 (c) shows the product 1 after the package 2 and the card 3 are folded.

  With reference to FIG. 3, another mechanism will be described. Reference numeral 30 denotes a second substrate portion, and includes various mechanisms described below in the lower peripheral portion of the first substrate portion 20.

  (A) The attached document 2 and the card 3 are transferred from the attached document and the card conveying conveyors 31z and 31y to one of the product document accumulation mechanisms 10 by the first arm 31a and the second arm 31b. A document transfer mechanism unit 31 that is mounted on the product-side arm 11 and the document-side arm 12 by superimposing the card 3 on 2.

  (B) A product transfer mechanism 32 for transferring the product 1 from the product conveyor 32z to one of the product document accumulation mechanisms 10 by the third arm 32a and mounting it on the product side arm 11.

  (C) The cam followers 13k and 13k provided in the radially outward direction of the slide plates 13a and 13b for gripping and releasing the mounted product are moved in a widening direction so as to be controlled to open, or between the cam followers by a biasing spring. A product gripping cam mechanism unit 40 that is contracted and gripped.

  (D) In a state where the product 1 is gripped, the product-side arm 11 is erected by the first ascending piston cam 41ap that pushes up the product erecting cam follower 11k and then the first ascending inclined cam rail 41au. Product side arm erecting cam mechanism 41a.

  (E) A first ascending piston cam 41bp that pushes up the document erecting cam follower 12k to elevate the document side arm 12 after the product side arm 11 rises and wind the attached document around the product 1, and then a second ascending inclination A document side arm erecting cam mechanism 41b that ensures the erecting state by the cam rail 41bu.

  (F) With the slide plate 13a, 13b, the upright product side arm 11 and the document side arm 12 enclosing the product 1, the package 2 and the card 3 on the four sides, A cartoner filling mechanism 50 for inserting the accumulator into a cartoner set outside the apparatus by picking it up between the hand plate 50b or the dual-type hand plate 50c provided on the accumulator takeoff arm 50a from the upper side.

  The mechanism parts (A) to (F) are arranged on the second substrate 30 so that the rotating M product document accumulation mechanism parts 10 can work efficiently, respectively. The efficiency of the entire apparatus can be further improved by adding a mechanism part to be described.

  (G) It is provided between the document transfer mechanism unit 31 and the product transfer mechanism unit 32 described in (A) and (B). When the document transfer mechanism unit 31 is operated, a predetermined attached document 2 is provided. In order to inspect the state in which any of the card 3 and the card 3 is not mounted, the through hole 15z provided in the central mounting base 15 on which the package insert 2 is placed, and the stacking mechanism substrate 19 match the through hole 15z. In this way, a through hole 19z is provided, and an infrared transmitter and an infrared detector are provided above and below the through hole 19z to detect the presence / absence of the attached document 2, and a control unit 60a including the detection means.

  The document presence / absence detection mechanism unit 60 is further provided with a control unit including a mechanism unit that emits a predetermined light beam to the card 3 and detects the spectrum of the reflected light beam and a detection unit that determines the presence / absence of the card 3.

  (H) The document presence / absence detection described in (G) is provided at a predetermined position between the product transfer mechanism 32 described in (B) and (D) and the product side arm erecting cam mechanism 41a. When the control unit 60a of the mechanism unit 60 determines that neither the attached document 2 nor the card 3 is present, the control unit 61a receives the signal, and the product document accumulation mechanism unit 10 rotates to a predetermined position. When facing each other, a discharge mechanism 61 for moving the discharge arm 61b for clearing the state in which either the attached document 2 or the card 3 is missing, and a control unit 61a for pulling it out by air gripping. When it is determined that either the attached document 2 or the card 3 is not present, the product transfer mechanism unit 32 is controlled so that the product is not transferred.

  Next, M (12 in the embodiment) intermittently rotating product document stacking mechanism units 10 arranged on the disk-shaped first substrate unit 20 are parallel at each stop position during a predetermined stop time. FIG. 4 shows different work contents of each product document accumulation mechanism unit 10 performed simultaneously.

  Here, there are 12 stop positions, and the motor is rotated by intermittent driving once every 360 degrees / 12 = 30 degrees. Hereinafter, the 12 stop positions will be referred to as (1), (2),.

  (1) At the stop position (1), the product document accumulation mechanism unit 10 that rotates and stops there is set to an initial state. Here, the product upright cam follower 11k and the document upright cam follower 12k are forcibly pushed down by the cam grooves of the first and second descent groove rails 41c and 41d, and the product side arm 11 and the document side arm 12 are respectively placed on the substrate surface. Open inward and level. Note that the product side arm 11 and the document side arm 12 are automatically locked by the lock mechanism 11a12a in a standing state. Further, the product gripping mechanism unit 13 is in a closed state by being left alone. That is, the distance between the slide plates 13a and 13b is shortened to the shortest distance by the biasing spring 13d.

  (2) At the stop position (2), the document transfer mechanism 31 performs the rotational transfer operation using the first arm 31a and the second arm 31b. (See (A).)

  Here, when the product side arm 11 and the document side arm 12 remain horizontal, when the package 2 and the card 3 are sucked and transferred by the air suction hole, the two rotary cams of the horizontal product release arm mechanism 70 are used. The slide plates 13a and 13b are moved outward by the rod 70a and spread (product release), and the attached document 2 and the card 3 are placed across the product side arm 11 and the document side arm 12. (See (C))

  There is no work at the positions (3) and (4), and the process proceeds to the next work as it is.

(5) At the stop position (5), the document presence / absence detection mechanism 60 that checks whether the attached document 2 and the card 3 are placed on the product-side arm 11 and the document-side arm 12 as planned is operated. . (See (G))
Note that the information sheet (card) 3 is attached in addition to the attached document 2 when notification is required. Normally, only the attached document 2 is attached.

(6) At the stop position (6), the product 1 is placed on the product side arm 11 by the third arm 32a. See (B).
Here, when the product side arm 11 and the document side arm 12 remain horizontal and the product 1 is sucked and transferred by the air suction hole, the two rotary cam bars 70a of the horizontal product release cam mechanism 70 are respectively moved. The product 1 is placed on the package 2 and the card 3 by rotating outward and moving the slide plates 13a and 13b to expand (product release). (See (C))
If the document presence / absence detection mechanism unit 60 determines that the attached document 2 or the card 3 is out of stock, the product 1 is not transferred and is moved to the next.

  (7) At the stop position (7), a discharge operation is performed by the discharge mechanism 61 without an attached document or card (out of stock). That is, when the product document accumulation mechanism unit 10 in which the missing document of the attached document 2 or the card 3 is detected is rotated by the document presence / absence detection mechanism unit 60 and the control unit 60a including the detection unit, a partially missing document To drain the rest.

(8) At the stop position (8), the product side arm 11 is erected. (See (D))
That is, the first rising piston cam 41ap that pushes up the product standing cam follower 11k is lifted, and then the rising lock mechanism 11a further ensures the standing state by the tilt of the first rising tilt cam rail 41au.

(9) At the stop position (9), the document side arm 12 is erected. (See (E))
That is, the first rising piston cam 41bp that pushes up the document rising cam follower 12k is lifted, and then the rising lock mechanism 12a is further secured by the tilt of the second rising tilt cam rail 41bu.

  In (10), it shifts to the next work without work.

  (11), (12) At the stop positions (11), (12), the collecting body is taken out and transferred to the car toner set outside. (See (F))

  The work contents (1) to (9) are designed to complete the work at the respective stop positions within the predetermined stop time, but the work times of (11) and (12) are collected attached. Two documented products are taken out and transferred to a cartoner.

  That is, when the first product document stacking mechanism 10 having the stack placed at the position (11) is rotated and a predetermined time is started, the dual-type hand plate of the stack take-out arm 50a of the cartoner filling mechanism 50 50c is rotated to the upper side of the center of the positions (11) and (12), the predetermined time ends and the next predetermined time starts, and the first product document accumulation mechanism unit 10 is moved to the position (12). If the second product document accumulation mechanism unit 10 is rotated to the position (11), the dual-type hand plate 50c takes out the accumulation body at the positions (11) and (12) at the same time. By the time the next predetermined time ends, they are inserted into two cartoners set outside.

  The numbers displayed around the central axis 21 of the first substrate unit 20 in FIG. 3A indicate the 12 predetermined positions.

  3 (b) shows a side view of FIG. 3 (a), and 90 in the figure shows a device base for the PTP sheet product / attached document stacking device 100, in which an index intermittent motion device 90a is arranged. Then, the central shaft 21 is driven by the motor 90b. Reference numeral 90c denotes a second substrate support pillar that maintains a space with the second substrate.

  FIG. 3C is a diagram showing a document presence / absence detection mechanism 60 that detects whether the attached document 2 and the card 3 are mounted on the product document accumulation mechanism unit 10 at the position (5).

  The details of the product document accumulation mechanism 10 at each stop position in FIG. 3A are shown in FIG. The structure at the stop positions (1) to (7) is the state shown in FIG. 1 (a). From the position (9) to (12), the structure rotates as shown in FIG. 1 (c). is doing.

  In FIG. 4, the document pressing rod 15 a moves on the central mounting table 15 and serves to press the attached document 2 when the attached document 2 is placed on the central mounting table 15.

  At the stop position (2), the document pressing rod 15 a is moved outward only during the time when the attached document 2 is being transferred so that the attached document 2 can be placed on the central mounting table 15.

  Further, at the stop positions (11) and (12), the document pressing rod 15a is moved outward only during the time when the stack is taken out, thereby enabling the picking up. The cases (2), (11), and (12) are shown in FIG. 4 with the document pressing rod 15a turned off. ON indicates that the document pressing rod 15 a is on the attached document 2.

  FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a detailed structure of the document transfer mechanism unit 31. FIG. 5 shows the product document accumulation mechanism unit 10 and the document transfer mechanism unit 31 at the stop positions (1) and (2).

  The document transfer mechanism unit 31 mounts the attached document 2 and the information sheet (card) 3 on the product side arm 11 and the document side arm 12 of the product document accumulation mechanism unit 10 at the stop position (2). It is.

  In the figure, 31z is a document conveying belt conveyor for supplying the attached document 2, and 31y is a card conveying belt conveyor for conveying the information sheet (card) 3.

  31a is provided with suction ports 31c and 31d, the first arm 31b for taking out the attached document 2 and the card 3 from the belt conveyor by suction, 31b supports the first arm 31a at its tip, and the rotating shaft 31g Is a second arm that rotates about the center axis.

  Further, the first arm 31a includes a card arm 31e that rotates 180 degrees around a rotating shaft 31h that rotates freely. This card arm 31e is an arm that sucks up the card 3 exclusively, and as shown in the figure, when the second arm 31b rotates and comes on the belt conveyors 31z and 31y, the card 3 and the attached document 2 are sucked up simultaneously. Then, the card arm 31e is rotated 180 degrees with respect to the first arm 31a. This rotation is performed by rotating the timing belt 31f between the rotation shafts 31g and 31h. That is, the timing belt 31f is connected to gears having different ratios so as to rotate the arm 31e 180 degrees in synchronization with the rotation of the second arm 31b.

  The card 3 and the attached document 2 sucked up as described above are used for the card via the timing belt 31f while the second arm 31b is rotated to be mounted on the product document accumulation mechanism unit 10. The arm 31e is rotated 180 degrees and folded toward the rotation axis 31h of the first arm 31a so that the card 3 is stacked on the attached document 2.

  If the air suction of the suction holes 31c and 31d is turned off while the card arm 31e is folded on the first arm 31a, the attached document 2 and the card 3 remain overlapped with each other in the product document stacking mechanism unit 10. The product descends onto the product side arm 11 and the document side arm 12. Only during the lowering, the space between the slide plates 13a and 13b is expanded (open state), and the document pressing rod 15a is moved outward (OFF). (See Figure 4)

  The product transfer mechanism unit 32 transfers the product 1 to the product document accumulation mechanism unit 10 by the same operation as that of the document transfer mechanism unit 31 described above, and is sucked from the product transport conveyor 32z by the third arm 32a. To be transferred.

  6A and 6B are structural views of the cartoner filling mechanism 50, where FIG. 6A is a front view and FIG. 6B is a side view. In this embodiment, an example of a dual-type hand plate 50c is shown. At the same time, an assembly of two products and package inserts is taken out from the respective product document accumulation mechanisms 10 at the stop positions (11) and (12), and the arm 50a. The mechanism is inserted into each of the two cartoners set outside.

  The assembly of the product 1 with the attached document 2 and the card 3 is sandwiched between the dual-type hand plates 50c, and the upper surface of the product 1 is sucked by the suction port 50x at the tip of the vertically movable drawer mechanism 50y.

  The integrated extraction arm 50a provided with the dual-type hand plate 50c and the extraction mechanism 50y is connected to the joint robot connecting portion 50z, and when the two integrated bodies are simultaneously extracted from the extraction mechanism 50y, the integrated body extraction arm is immediately taken out by the joint robot. 50a is moved and stopped on the two cartons that are set, and the drawing mechanism 50y is inserted downward into the push-down cartoner using air or the like.

The structure of the product document accumulation mechanism unit 10 is shown, wherein (a) is a plan view of the product side arm 11 and the document side arm 12 opened horizontally, (b) is a front view of (a), and (c) is a front view. A plan view of the product-side arm 11 and the document-side arm 12 in an upright state, (d) is a front view of (c), (e) is a side view for explaining the operation of the product gripping mechanism, and (e). FIG. 3 is a side view showing the structure of a document pressing rod. FIG. 5 is a perspective view for explaining the operation of the product document accumulation mechanism unit 10, (a) shows a state before supply, (b) shows a state after supply of a product, an attached document, and an information sheet, and (c) shows a state after folding. FIG. It is a figure which shows the structure of a PTP sheet product and attached document accumulation | stacking apparatus, (a) is a top view, (b) is a side view, (c) is a figure which shows a document presence / absence detection apparatus. 4 is a list showing different work contents for each stop position of the product document accumulation mechanism unit 10. It is a top view which shows the structure of a document transfer mechanism part. FIG. 4 is a structural diagram of the cartoner filling mechanism 50, where (a) is a front view and (b) is a side view.

Explanation of symbols

1 Product (PTP seat band product)
2 Attached document 3 Information sheet (card)
4 Cartner (product box)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Product document accumulation mechanism part 11 Product side arm 11a Lock mechanism 11k Product standing cam follower 11l Arm rotation rod 12 Document side arm 12a Lock mechanism 12k Document standing cam follower 12l Arm rotation bar 13 Product gripping mechanism part 13a Slide plate 13b Slide plate 13c Guide rod 13d spring 13k cam follower 15 central mounting base 15a document pressing rod 15b spring 15c control rod 15x swing center 15y swing center 19 stacking mechanism substrate 20 first substrate portion 21 rotation center shaft 30 second substrate portion 31 document transfer mechanism Part 31a First arm 31b Second arm 31c Suction port 31d Suction port 31e Card arm 31f Timing belt 31g Rotating shaft 31h Rotating shaft 31y Card conveying belt conveyor 31z Document conveying bell Conveyor 32 Product transfer mechanism section 32a Third arm 32z Product conveyor belt conveyor 40 Product gripping cam mechanism section 40a Triangular plate 41 Document hook cam mechanism section 41a Product side arm standing cam mechanism section 41b Document side arm standing cam mechanism section 41 au first ascending cam rail 41 bu second ascending cam rail 41 ap first ascending piston cam 41 bp second ascending piston cam 41 aw 1 descent descending cam rail 41 bw 2nd ascending cam rail 50 cartner filling mechanism section 50 a integrated body Extraction arm 50b Hand plate 50c Dual-type hand plate 60 Document presence / absence detection mechanism 60a Control unit 61 Ejection mechanism 61a Control unit 70 Horizontal product release cam mechanism 70a Rotating cam rod 80 Standing product release cam mechanism 90 Device base stand 90a Index intermittent motion device 90b Motor 90c Second substrate support pillar 100 PTP sheet product / package inserter

Claims (10)

PTP sheets Stacked products consisting of a plurality of banded products on one end of the package insert, and two slide plates for gripping the product from both sides of the product, and bending the document into a U-shape on a predetermined side of the product A product document stacking mechanism unit comprising at least a product side arm for gripping the product to be gripped and a document side arm at the other end of the document;
A circular first substrate portion in which the product document accumulation mechanism portion is arranged in a plurality of M units at equal intervals along the peripheral edge of the disc that rotates intermittently, with the product-side arms radially arranged toward the outer peripheral side. When,
A document transfer mechanism that is provided below the first substrate unit and supplies documents so that the M product document stacking mechanism units that rotate and move can be operated in parallel while sequentially shifting the phase in time. A product transfer mechanism for supplying the product on the document, a product gripping cam mechanism for controlling the cam follower provided on the slide plate for gripping and releasing the mounted product, and the gripped product. A second substrate portion in which the product for raising and standing the document and a document mechanism with cam mechanism for controlling a cam follower provided on the document side arm are sequentially arranged at first to fourth predetermined positions along the rotation direction. When,
A product document in which an integrated body in which a document is attached to a product by the document attachment cam mechanism is disposed at a fifth predetermined position substantially in the middle between the document transfer mechanism and the document attachment cam mechanism. An accumulator take-out arm that sandwiches and removes a side surface of the accumulator by a hand plate when the accumulator mechanism is in the predetermined position, and a car toner filling mechanism that rotates the arm and inserts into the car toner set outside the apparatus; Prepared,
The M product document accumulation mechanisms receive at least the document supply from the document transport conveyor, receive the product supply from the product transport conveyor, and hold the product by the slide plate during one rotation on the first substrate. The M product document stacking mechanism sections are arranged to execute the work of product standing up, document sticking by the arm, and delivery to the stack take-out arm at the first to fifth predetermined positions. The PTP sheet product / attached document accumulating device is characterized in that each work content is operated in parallel with a time phase shifted. The product document stacking mechanism unit is arranged with M stacking mechanism substrates arranged radially on the periphery of the disk of the first substrate unit and connected at one end thereof, and a central portion of the document placed and fixed on the substrates. A central mounting base and a document holding rod that can be moved onto the document, and a product center mounted on the other half of the integrated mechanism board, and mounted on the half of the package insert, A rotatable product-side arm, and only one half of the package insert is mounted on the one end side of the stacking mechanism substrate, and the document-side arm is rotatable by a swing center provided on the central mounting base, In order to make the product side and document side arms stand up and restore in the vertical direction with respect to the integration mechanism substrate respectively, the arm rotating rod that moves up and down from the lower side of the through hole of the substrate and the product stand up and document provided at the lower end thereof Standing camf And the lower,
Furthermore, two slide plates for gripping the product mounted on the product side arm from both sides of the product side arm and the slide plate to be moved to the product side surface are provided orthogonal to the arm direction. A guide rod, a spring for urging the two slide plates to slide inward to grip the product, and a grip opening cam follower provided on the opposite side of the slide plate from the product gripping surface side. The PTP sheet product / attached document accumulation apparatus according to claim 1.   The document transfer mechanism unit includes a document transport belt conveyor, a first arm for adsorbing a document from the conveyor to the air suction port, and a support unit for supporting one end of the first arm. And a second arm that rotates and moves onto the product-side and document-side arms of the corresponding product document stacking mechanism at the first predetermined position and drops the document. The PTP sheet product / attached document accumulation apparatus according to claim 1.   The product transfer mechanism unit is a product conveyance belt conveyor, and a third arm that is sucked onto the air suction port from the conveyor and moved onto the product-side arm of the corresponding product document accumulation mechanism unit at the predetermined position. The PTP sheet product / attached document accumulation apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:   The product gripping cam mechanism unit includes the two gripping / release cam followers so that the product is loaded immediately before the product is loaded on the product document accumulation mechanism unit at least in the product transfer mechanism unit on the second substrate unit. By widening the gap, the interval between the slide plates is widened, and the cam follower can be inserted into the gap between the two cam followers in order to return the cam follower to the original state and hold the product within a predetermined time after the product is put in. 2. The PTP sheet product / package insert apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a plate or a trapezoidal plate.   The document hooking cam mechanism portion raises the product side arm while the product standing state and the document standing cam follower are in the product gripping state, so that the cam follower at the lower end of the arm rotating rod is stopped at a predetermined position on the second substrate portion. In order to elevate the document side arm after a predetermined rotation angle after the product side arm is erected, and the first ascending piston cam to be pushed up, the first ascending inclination rail having an inclined surface gradually increasing in the rotation direction, A second ascending piston cam that pushes up the cam follower at the lower end of the arm rotating rod at a predetermined position on the second substrate portion; and a second ascending inclined rail having an inclined surface that gradually increases in the rotation direction. The PTP sheet product / attached document accumulation apparatus according to claim 1. The first substrate portion is an index intermittent motion in which the rotation center axis of the disk and the center axis are intermittently rotated by a predetermined angle of 360 degrees / M, stopped for a predetermined time, and intermittently driven repeatedly. Equipped with equipment,
For each intermittent drive, the M product document accumulation mechanisms shift the work contents to the next, shift the work contents in time, and sequentially execute the work during each stop time. The PTP sheet product / attached document accumulation apparatus according to claim 1. In addition to the document transport belt conveyor for supplying attached documents, the document transfer mechanism section further includes a card transport belt conveyor for supplying information sheets less than the product stacking area, both of which are operated intermittently. The first arm further includes a rotatable card arm having the support portion of the second arm as a support shaft, and a timing belt for rotating the card arm by 180 degrees,
When picking them up from the parallel document / card conveyor belt conveyor, the card arm rotates 180 degrees relative to the first arm, widens the width and sucks the attached document and card, and rotates by the second arm. When the product document stacking mechanism is dropped, the card arm is rotated in the same direction with respect to the first arm to narrow the width, and the attached document and the card are stacked and dropped. Item 4. The PTP sheet product / attached document accumulation apparatus according to item 1, 2 or 3. When each of the M product document stacking mechanism units disposed on the first substrate unit sequentially performs each of the operations at the predetermined positions during one rotation, the document supply receiving operation and the product supply are further performed. In order to inspect whether the document is mounted on the central mounting base at that position by providing a sixth predetermined position during the receiving operation, a light transmitting hole penetrating up and down the mounting base and the light transmitting hole Infrared light emitting section that passes through, a translucent detection section that detects the infrared light, a detection signal output terminal thereof, and a color paper detection section for detecting whether a notice sheet is placed on the attached document with reflected light And its detection signal output terminal,
In addition, when a seventh predetermined position is provided between the product supply receiving operation and the product gripping operation, and an attached document or card is missing and not mounted at that position, the mounted attached document, card or In order to eject the product to the outside, when the detection signal is received, the cam triangle plate that opens the product gripping mechanism after a lapse of a predetermined time is inserted between the followers, and the attached document or card mounted on the cam 2. The PTP sheet product / package insert apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a discharge mechanism that discharges the product by an arm that sandwiches the product and a piston that is pulled out.   When the M product document stacking mechanism sections arranged on the first substrate section sequentially execute the different operations at the respective predetermined positions during one rotation, the product / In order to send out the respective stacks from two adjacent product document stacking mechanism units at the same time, the document is sent to the stack unit taking-out arm. The dual-type hand plate that sandwiches the side surfaces of the stacks in each of the stacks is provided, the stack pick-up arm that picks them up rotates, and the dual-type hand plate picks up the stacks at the same time and rotates the arms. 2. A PTP sheet according to claim 1, further comprising a car toner filling mechanism that is inserted into the car toner set at two predetermined positions on the outside. Sino-attached document integrated device.

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