JP5352292B2 - Seat mounting apparatus and mounting method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a sheet mounting apparatus and a mounting method, and more particularly to a sheet mounting apparatus and a mounting method capable of mounting a sheet on a mounted body such as a container.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for products in containers such as PET bottles and bottles, a sheet describing product information, campaign information, and the like is often attached to the neck of the container when displayed or sold in a store or the like. An apparatus for mounting such a seat on a neck is disclosed in Patent Document 1, for example. The mounting apparatus disclosed in this document includes a sheet conveying unit that conveys a stocked sheet to an attachment position, a container conveyance unit that conveys a container to the attachment position, and a sheet insertion hole in a neck of the container conveyed by the container conveyance unit. And mounting means for inserting the. In the apparatus, the sheet and the container are moved relative to each other by the conveying means, the sheet insertion hole is inserted into the neck of the container, and then the sheet is held by the sheet conveying means and the sheet is mounted on the container. It has become.

JP 2001-2036 A

  However, in the apparatus of Patent Document 1, after releasing the holding of the sheet by the sheet conveying means, the sheet is mounted by being lowered by its own weight. For this reason, inadequate attachments such as the insertion hole coming off the neck or incomplete insertion state occur while the sheet is descending, causing the inconvenience that the sheet is likely to fall out of the container.

[Object of invention]
The present invention has been devised by paying attention to such inconveniences, and an object of the present invention is to provide a sheet mounting apparatus and a mounting method capable of suppressing a defective mounting of a sheet to a mounted body. .

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a stock means for stacking and storing a plurality of sheets, a feed means for feeding the sheet from the stock means, and a sheet fed by the feed means as a first and a first. In a sheet mounting apparatus provided with mounting means for sandwiching and transporting the sheet from both sides in the thickness direction by two transport units, and mounting the sheet on a mounted body,
The mounting means is provided with an elastically deformable shaft member that is rotatably provided by a driving force of at least one conveyance unit, and is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the shaft member, and is elastically deformable when contacting the sheet. A pressing means comprising a contact member is further provided, and the sheet is pressed and mounted on the mounted body.

The mounting method according to the present invention includes a step of feeding the sheet from a stock unit that stores and stacks a plurality of sheets through a feed unit, and a first and second transport of the sheet fed by the feed unit. In a sheet mounting method comprising: a step of sandwiching and transporting from both sides in the thickness direction by a portion; and a step of mounting the sheet on a mounted body via a mounting means.
The mounting means is provided with an elastically deformable shaft member that is rotatably provided by a driving force of at least one conveyance unit, and is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the shaft member, and is elastically deformable when contacting the sheet. A contact member,
Due to the rotation of the shaft member, the contact member is elastically deformed to press the sheet against the mounted body, and the shaft member is elastically deformed following the shape of the mounted body to mount the sheet on the mounted body. to, adopts a method of.

According to the present invention, since the sheet is pressed against the mounted body by the pressing means, the sheet is detached from the neck of the container serving as the mounted body or mounted in an incomplete mounted state during the mounting of the sheet. This can be prevented, and the seat can be securely and stably attached to the neck.
In addition, since the shaft member and the contact member of the pressing unit can be elastically deformed, the shaft member and the contact member can be deformed according to the shape of the mounted body when the sheet is pressed. Thus, not only the sheet can be pressed so as to follow the shape of the mounted body, but also versatility that can easily cope with a change in the shape of the mounted body can be imparted to the pressing means.
Further, since the shaft member can be rotated by the driving force of the transport unit, the transport unit and the shaft member can be driven by one drive source, and the structure can be simplified.

The schematic front view of the sheet peeling apparatus which concerns on embodiment. The A arrow view of FIG. 1 of a mounting means. (A)-(C) are BD arrow directional cross-sectional views in FIG. Explanatory drawing of the attachment procedure of a sheet | seat. Explanatory drawing of the attachment procedure of a sheet | seat.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  1 to 5, a sheet mounting apparatus 10 according to the embodiment includes a stock unit 11 that stores a plurality of sheets S, a feed unit 12 provided below the stock unit 11 in FIG. 1, and a sheet S. 1 is mounted on a bottle B as a body to be mounted, and is arranged at the upper side in FIG. 1 of a conveying means 15 comprising a belt conveyor or the like for conveying the bottle B in the left direction in FIG. .

  The sheet S has a two-layer structure including two front sheets S1 and a back sheet S2 laminated on the back surface of these front sheets S1. As shown in FIG. 3, each front sheet S <b> 1 and back sheet S <b> 2 are bonded by an adhesive region S <b> 3 having a predetermined width along the left and right ends of the back sheet S <b> 2, and other regions are not bonded. Further, an insertion hole S6 is formed in the center in the surface of the back sheet S2. Therefore, by bending the left and right sides of the back sheet S2 together with the adhesive region S3, the butting edge of each front sheet S1 is displaced upward as the hook portion S5, and at the same time, the insertion hole S6 provided in the back sheet S2 is upward. It comes to express. As shown in FIG. 4, the hook portion S5 is urged toward the neck portion B2 by the force of the folded back sheet S2 to be restored, and is hooked on the lower portion of the cap portion B3 so as to be attached to the bottle B. It has become. Although not particularly limited, commodity information, campaign information, etc., not shown, can be printed or printed on the surface of each front sheet S1.

  The bottle B has a cylindrical body part B1, a neck part B2 provided in a shape that gradually decreases in diameter from the upper end of the body part B1, and a diameter larger than that of the neck part B2 attached to the tip of the neck part B2. And a cap portion B3.

  The stock means 11 is positioned below the front guide 17, the rear guide 18, and the front and rear guides 17, 18 provided so as to be accommodated in a state where a plurality of sheets S are stacked. The lower guide 19 is configured to support the sheets S supplied one by one from the lower portions of the guides 17 and 18.

  The feed means 12 includes a linear motion motor 21 and a slide plate 22 movable along the upper surface of the lower guide 19 via the linear motion motor 21, and the lower guide is operated by operating the linear motion motor 21. The sheet S supported at 19 is fed out to the mounting means 13 by the slide plate 22.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the mounting means 13 is provided above the first round belt 25 and the first round belt 25 as a pair of left and right first transport units, and the first round belt 25. The second round belt 26 as a pair of left and right second conveyance units capable of sandwiching the sheet S from both sides in the thickness direction with the round belt 25, and pressing means 27 for pressing the sheet S against the bottle B are provided. It is configured.

  Each of the first round belts 25 is wound around a driving pulley 29 adjacent to the left side of the lower guide 19 in FIG. 1 and a driven pulley 30 positioned on the lower left side of the driving pulley 29 in FIG. The drive pulley 29 is configured to rotate the first round belt 25 in the direction of the arrow in the drawing via a drive source (not shown).

  Each of the second round belts 26 is wound around a driving pulley 31 adjacent to the left side of the lower guide 19 in FIG. 1 and a driven pulley 32 positioned on the lower left side of the driving pulley 31 in FIG. The drive pulley 31 is configured to rotate the second round belt 26 in the arrow direction in FIG. 1 via a drive source (not shown). As a result, the sheet S fed out by the feed means 12 is conveyed in the lower left direction in FIG. 1 by the rotation of the round belts 25 and 26 while being sandwiched between the first and second round belts 25 and 26. ing.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 3A, the first and second round belts 25 and 26 sandwich the sheet S from above and below in the initial conveyance stage of the sheet S, and the sheet S in the late conveyance stage of the sheet S. So that the hooking portion S5 is sandwiched from the right and left sides, and the hooking portion S5 can be formed by changing the sandwiching direction by relative displacement according to the conveying stage of the sheet S.

  The pressing means 27 is connected to a driven bevel gear 34 provided on the rotation shaft 32A of each driven pulley 32, a driven bevel gear 35 rotating via the main driven bevel gear 34, and the driven bevel gear 35, and is shown in the figure. A shaft member 36 rotatably supported via a support plate or the like, and a contact made of a plurality of linear members provided on the outer peripheral surface on the tip end side of the shaft member 36 and projecting in the radial direction of the shaft member 36 And a member 37. As a result, the shaft member 36 is rotatable using the driving force of the second round belt 26. The shaft member 36 is made of a material that can be elastically deformed so that its axis is curved and the tip side swings up and down, left and right, and the contact member 37 is in contact with the sheet S or the bottle B. Further, it is configured using a material that can be elastically deformed.

  Next, a method for mounting the sheet S by the sheet mounting apparatus 10 will be described.

  First, a plurality of sheets S are stored in the stock unit 11, and the bottle B is conveyed on the conveying unit 15 in a state where the sheet S positioned at the lowermost part is supported on the lower guide 19. When it is detected by a sensor (not shown) that the bottle B has reached a predetermined position, the linear motion motor 21 is operated to move the slide plate 20, and the sheet S on the lower guide 19 is moved to the first and second sheets. It pays out between the round belts 25 and 26. Accordingly, the sheet S is sandwiched between the first and second round belts 25 and 26 and is conveyed at the same speed as the conveyance speed of the bottle B. When the sheet S is removed from the lower guide 19, the next sheet S is dropped and supplied from the stock means 11.

  Then, the sheet S is partially bent according to the conveyance stage by the mounting conveyance means 13, and is conveyed while forming a hook portion S5 that can be hooked to the bottle B on the outer edge of each front sheet S1, and the insertion hole S6 Will now appear upwards.

  The sheet S1 on which the hook portion S5 is formed is mounted by inserting the insertion hole S6 into the neck portion B2 of the bottle B conveyed by the conveyance portion 15. At this time, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the shaft member 36 rotates, the contact member 37 elastically deforms and presses the front sheet S <b> 1 against the bottle B, and the shaft member 36 follows the shape of the bottle B. Then, the sheet S is elastically deformed, and the neck portion B2 is reliably inserted into the insertion hole S6 by pressing the sheet S downward.

  Therefore, according to such an embodiment, after being conveyed by the first and second round belts 25 and 26, the abutting member 37 abuts against the sheet S and presses down, so that the lower part of the neck portion B2 is reached. The insertion hole S6 of the sheet S can be inserted, and it is possible to avoid the occurrence of poor seat S mounting.

As described above, the best configuration, method and the like for carrying out the present invention have been disclosed in the above description, but the present invention is not limited to this.
In other words, the present invention has been illustrated and described mainly with respect to specific embodiments, but without departing from the scope of the technical idea and object of the present invention, the shape, position, or With respect to the arrangement and the like, those skilled in the art can make various changes as necessary.
Therefore, the description limited to the shape disclosed above is an example for easy understanding of the present invention, and does not limit the present invention. The description by the name of the member which remove | excluded one part or all part is included in this invention.

  For example, the sheet S is not limited to the adhesive sheet S capable of forming the hook portion S5, and various changes such as using a sheet having a single thickness are possible. It is not necessary to use a configuration capable of forming the portion S5.

  In addition, the bottle B as the mounted body can correspond to various bottles such as bottles, PET bottles, metal bottles, and other containers such as spray cans and various forms as long as the sheet S can be mounted. Goods may be used.

  Further, the direct acting motor 21 may be replaced with driving means such as an air cylinder or a hydraulic cylinder.

  The shaft member 36 may be configured to be rotatable by the driving force of the rotating shaft of any one of the pulleys 29 to 32.

  Furthermore, the contact member 37 is not limited to the illustrated configuration example, and various modifications such as formation with a plurality of sheets protruding in the radial direction of the shaft member are possible.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Sheet mounting apparatus 11 Stock means 12 Feed means 13 Mounting means 25 1st round belt (1st conveyance part)
26 Second round belt (second transport unit)
27 Pressing means 36 Shaft member 37 Abutting member B Bottle (object to be mounted)
S sheet

Claims (2)

Stock means for laminating and storing a plurality of sheets, feed means for feeding out the sheets from the stock means, and sheets fed by the feed means are sandwiched from both sides in the thickness direction by the first and second transport units. In the sheet mounting apparatus comprising the mounting means for transporting the sheet and mounting the sheet on the mounted body,
The mounting means is provided with an elastically deformable shaft member that is rotatably provided by a driving force of at least one conveyance unit, and is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the shaft member, and is elastically deformable when contacting the sheet. A sheet mounting apparatus further comprising pressing means including a contact member, wherein the sheet is pressed and mounted on the mounted body. A step of feeding the sheet from a stock means for storing a plurality of sheets stacked via a feed means; and a sheet fed by the feed means is sandwiched from both sides in the thickness direction by the first and second transport units. In a sheet mounting method comprising a step of transporting and a step of mounting the sheet on a mounted body via a mounting means,
The mounting means is provided with an elastically deformable shaft member that is rotatably provided by a driving force of at least one conveyance unit, and is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the shaft member, and is elastically deformable when contacting the sheet. A contact member,
Due to the rotation of the shaft member, the contact member is elastically deformed to press the sheet against the mounted body, and the shaft member is elastically deformed following the shape of the mounted body to mount the sheet on the mounted body. A seat mounting method characterized by:

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