JP6789018B2 - Long body connection device and connection method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a long body connecting device and a connecting method.

Conventionally, a long body connecting device for connecting a rear end portion of an old long body and a front end portion of a new long body is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2005-82329

In the conventional long body connecting device as described in Patent Document 1, the old and new long bodies must be attached and detached in the vicinity of the connection position where each band-shaped body (old and new long bodies) is connected. The work space is limited, and there is a disadvantage that the work efficiency of attaching and detaching the old and new long bodies is reduced.

An object of the present invention is to provide a long body connecting device and a connecting method capable of preventing a decrease in work efficiency for attaching and detaching old and new long bodies.

The long body connecting device of the present invention includes a long body supporting means for supporting the old long body and the new long body, a rear end portion of the old long body in the feeding direction, and a tip of the new long body in the feeding direction. The long body supporting means is provided with a connecting means for connecting the portions, and the long body supporting means includes a first long body supporting means for supporting one of the old long body and the new long body so as to be payable, and the old length. A second long body supporting means that supports the long body and the other of the new long body so as to be payable, and at least one of the first long body supporting means and the second long body supporting means are connected to the connecting means. The first elongated body supporting means and the second elongated body supporting means alternately support the old elongated body and the new elongated body, and the connecting means is provided with a moving means for separating and approaching the old elongated body. When the holding member capable of holding the rear end portion of the old long body in the feeding direction is rotated and the first long body supporting means supports the old long body, the feeding direction of the old long body The rear end portion is moved to a second connection position which is a connection position with the tip end portion in the feeding direction of the new elongated body supported by the second elongated body supporting means, and the second elongated body supporting means is said to be said. When supporting the old long body, the rear end portion of the old long body in the feeding direction is connected to the tip end portion of the new long body supported by the first long body supporting means in the feeding direction. characterized in that it comprises a rear end portion moving means Before moving to the first connection position.

The long body connecting method of the present invention connects a long body supporting step for supporting an old long body and a new long body, and a rear end portion of the old long body and a tip portion of the new long body. The long body supporting step includes a connecting step of connecting by means, and the long body supporting step is a first long body that supports one of the old long body and the new long body so as to be payable by the first long body supporting means. The support step, the second long body support step of supporting the other of the old long body and the new long body so as to be payable by the second long body support means, the first long body support means, and the said. It has a moving step of bringing at least one of the second long body supporting means apart from the connecting means, and the first long body supporting means and the second long body supporting means are the old long body. And the new long body are alternately supported, and in the connection step, a holding member capable of holding the rear end portion of the old long body in the feeding direction is rotated, and the first long body supporting means is the old one. When supporting the long body , the second end portion of the old long body in the feeding direction is connected to the tip end portion of the new long body supported by the second long body supporting means in the feeding direction . When the second long body supporting means supports the old long body by moving to the connection position , the first long body supporting means supports the rear end portion of the old long body in the feeding direction. It characterized by having a Shin'naga elongated body of the feeding direction front end portion and the first connecting position the rear end portion moving step Before moving to a connecting position of the.

According to the present invention as described above, at least one of the first elongated body supporting means and the second elongated body supporting means can be separated and brought close to the connecting means, so that the work of attaching and detaching the old and new elongated bodies can be performed. Space can be secured, and it is possible to prevent the work efficiency of attaching and detaching the old and new long bodies from being lowered.

Further, if the rear end portion of the old elongated body is moved to the connection position with the tip portion of the new elongated body, the new length can be used as either the first elongated body supporting means or the second elongated body supporting means. Even when the long body is supported, the rear end of the old long body can be placed near the tip of the new long body, so that the work efficiency of attaching and detaching the old and new long bodies is further prevented from decreasing. can do.

The side view which shows the long body connecting apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. An operation explanatory view of a long body connecting device. An operation explanatory view of a long body connecting device.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
The X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis in the present embodiment are orthogonal to each other, the X-axis and the Y-axis are axes in a predetermined plane, and the Z-axis is an axis orthogonal to the predetermined plane. To do. Further, in the present embodiment, when viewed from the front direction in FIG. 1 parallel to the Y axis, when the direction is shown, "up" is the arrow direction of the Z axis and "down" is the opposite direction. "Left" is the direction of the arrow on the X-axis, "right" is the opposite direction, "front" is the middle front direction parallel to the Y-axis, and "rear" is the opposite direction.
Further, in the present specification and claims, the "old long body" and the "new long body" refer to the one that is relatively advanced when connecting the two long bodies. The "long body" and the one that is extended later are called the "new long body". Therefore, when the new long body is extended and the next long body is connected to the terminal edge of the long body, the new long body becomes the old long body and the next long body becomes the new long body. Become.

In FIG. 1, the long body connecting device 10 includes a long body supporting means 20 that supports the old long body RS1 and the new long body RS2 (hereinafter, collectively referred to as “long body RS”). , The rear end of the old long body RS1 in the feeding direction (hereinafter, also simply referred to as the "rear end") RS1R (see FIG. 3) and the tip of the new long body RS2 in the feeding direction (hereinafter, simply referred to as the "tip"). It is provided with a connecting means 30 for connecting to the RS2F, and is configured to supply the long RS to another device 60.

The long body supporting means 20 includes a first long body supporting means 20A that supports one of the old long body RS1 and the new long body RS2 so as to be payable, and the other of the old long body RS1 and the new long body RS2. The slide rail 29A as a moving means for separating and approaching the second long body supporting means 20B, the first long body supporting means 20A, and the second long body supporting means 20B with respect to the connecting means 30. , 29B and.

The first long body support means 20A is driven by a drive device (not shown), and rotates via a support roller 21A that supports the long body RS and a bearing (not shown) on the output shaft 23A of the rotary motor 22A as the drive device. A suction stand as a holding member that is supported by a movably supported guide roller 24A and an output shaft 23A via a bracket 25A and can suck and hold a long body RS by a pressure reducing means (not shown) such as a pressure reducing pump or a vacuum ejector. It includes 26A, a cutter guide 27A, and a frame 28A that supports each member constituting the first long body supporting means 20A.
The slide rail 29A is supported by a main body frame (not shown) on the fixed side and supported by the frame 28A on the moving side, and the first elongated body supporting means 20A is provided so as to be movable in the left-right direction.
The second elongated body supporting means 20B and the slide rail 29B have the same configurations as the first elongated body supporting means 20A and the slide rail 29A, and the reference numerals of the respective configurations of the first elongated body supporting means 20A and the slide rail 29A. Since explanations can be made by replacing the symbols at the end of with from A to B, those explanations are omitted (when the explanations are similarly omitted below, the explanation is omitted by replacing AB in the figure). Unlike the cutter guide 27B, the cutter guide 27A can be moved in the left-right direction by a drive device (not shown).

When the long body RS supported by the first or second long body supporting means 20A or 20B becomes the old long body RS1, the connecting means 30 cuts the old long body RS1 and makes the old length. The cutting means 31 forming the rear end portion RS1R on the scale body RS1 and the rear end portion RS1R of the old length body RS1 are moved to the connection positions AP1 and AP2 (see FIG. 3) with the tip portion RS2F of the new length body RS2. The rear end moving means 32, the pressing means 33 for pressing the connection tape AT against the rear end RS1R of the old long body RS1, and the new length supported by the first or second long body supporting means 20A, 20B. It is provided with a connecting tape attaching means 34 for attaching the connecting tape AT to the tip end portion RS2F of the scale body RS2.

The cutting means 31 includes a first cutting means 31A for cutting the old long body RS1 supported by the first long body supporting means 20A and an old long body RS1 supported by the second long body supporting means 20B. It is provided with a second cutting means 31B for cutting.
The first cutting means 31A includes a cutting blade 38A supported by a bracket 37A on the output shaft 36A of the linear motor 35A as a drive device, and the second cutting means 31B is the same as the first cutting means 31A. Since it is the configuration of, the explanation is omitted by replacing AB in the figure.

The rear end moving means 32 includes a guide roller 41 rotatably supported by a bearing (not shown) on the output shaft 40 of the rotary motor 39 as a drive device, and a guide roller 42 for guiding the long body RS. A suction base 44 as a holding member which is supported by the output shaft 40 via a bracket 43 and can suck and hold the long body RS by a pressure reducing means (not shown) such as a pressure reducing pump or a vacuum ejector, and a rotating motor as a drive device. It is driven by 45 and includes a drive roller 46 that sandwiches the long body RS with the pinch roller 47.

The pressing means 33 presses and attaches the connection tape AT attached to the tip end portion RS2F of the new elongated body RS2 supported by the first elongated body supporting means 20A to the rear end portion RS1R of the old elongated body RS1. The connection tape AT attached to the tip RS2F of the new long body RS2 supported by the first pressing means 33A and the second long body supporting means 20B is pressed against the rear end RS1R of the old long body RS1. It is provided with a second pressing means 33B to be attached.
The first pressing means 33A includes a pressing member 51A supported by the output shaft 49A of the rotary motor 48A as a drive device via a bracket 50A, and a bracket 52A supporting the linear motor 35A. Since the pressing means 33B has the same configuration as the first pressing means 33A, the description is omitted by replacing AB in the figure.

The connection tape attaching means 34 includes a first connecting tape attaching means 34A for attaching the connecting tape AT to the tip RS2F of the new elongated body RS2 supported by the first elongated body supporting means 20A, and a second elongated body supporting. It is provided with a second connection tape affixing means 34B for affixing the connection tape AT to the tip end portion RS2F of the new long body RS2 supported by the means 20B.
The first connecting tape attaching means 34A is supported by the output shaft 54A of the rotary motor 53A as a drive device via the bracket 55A, and the connecting tape AT is sucked and held by a decompression means (not shown) such as a decompression pump or a vacuum ejector. It includes a possible pressing member 56A. The pressing member 56A is capable of sucking and holding the connecting tape AT unwound from a tape feeding means (not shown) capable of feeding the connecting tape AT.
Since the second connection tape affixing means 34B has the same configuration as the first connection tape affixing means 34A, the description is omitted by replacing AB in the figure.

In the above-mentioned long body connecting device 10, the procedure for connecting the old long body RS1 and the new long body RS2 will be described.
The position shown by the solid line in FIG. 1 is the initial position of each member.
First, as shown by the solid line in FIG. 1, the connecting means 30 drives the rotary motor 45 and supplies the long body RS supported by the first long body supporting means 20A to the other device 60. In the meantime, as shown by the two-point chain line in the same, the second long body support means 20B is pulled out to the left position, and another long body RS is supported by the support roller 21B as a new long body RS2. Let me. As a result, the long body RS supported by the first long body supporting means 20A becomes the old long body RS1. Next, when the operator pulls out the new long body RS2 and arranges the tip portion RS2F of the new long body RS2 at a predetermined position to the right of the left side of the cutter guide 27B, an imaging means such as a camera, an optical sensor, or the like is formed. The detection means (not shown) detects it, and the long body support means 20 drives the decompression means (not shown) to start the suction holding of the new long body RS2 by the suction base 26B. Next, the operator moves a cutting means (not shown) such as a cutter blade along the left side of the cutter guide 27B to cut the new long body RS2, and the new cutting means located to the right of the left side of the cutter guide 27B. By removing the long body RS2 portion, the tip portion RS2F is formed on the new long body RS2. After that, when the operator returns the second long body supporting means 20B to the initial position, the connecting means 30 drives the tape feeding means (not shown) and the depressurizing means (not shown), and as shown by the solid line in FIG. 1, the connecting tape After the AT is attracted and held by the pressing member 56B, the rotation motor 53B is driven, and as shown by the alternate long and short dash line in the figure, the connecting tape AT is pressed and attached to the tip portion RS2F of the new long body RS2.

After that, when the image pickup means such as a camera or the detection means (not shown) such as an optical sensor detects that the remaining amount of the old long body RS1 supplied from the first long body support means 20A is low, the connection means. After the 30 stops driving the rotary motor 45 and stops the feeding of the old long body RS1, the long body supporting means 20 and the connecting means 30 drive a depressurizing means (not shown), and the old long body 26A and 44 are used. Start adhering and holding the elongated body RS1. Next, the connecting means 30 drives the rotary motor 48A and the linear motion motor 35A, sandwiches the old long body RS1 between the pressing member 51A and the suction base 44, and then raises and lowers the cutting blade 38A, as shown in FIG. The old long body RS1 is cut, and the rear end portion RS1R is formed on the old long body RS1. After that, the connecting means 30 drives the rotating motor 48A to return the pressing member 51A to the initial position, and then the long body supporting means 20 drives the rotating motor 22A, and the suction base 26A is provided at two points in FIG. Move to the position indicated by the chain line. Then, the long body supporting means 20 stops driving the decompression means (not shown), the suction base 26A releases the suction holding of the old long body RS1, and then the driving device (not shown) is driven, and the support roller 21A drives the old length. Take up the scale RS1.

When the rear end portion RS1R is formed on the old long body RS1, the connecting means 30 drives the rotation motor 39, and the suction base 44 is once moved to the position indicated by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG. The body support means 20 drives the rotary motor 22B to move the suction base 26B to the position shown by the solid line in FIG. Next, the connecting means 30 drives the rotary motor 39 to move the suction base 44 to the connection position AP2 shown by the solid line in FIG. 3, then drives the rotary motor 48B, and the pressing member 51B replaces the connection tape AT. Press and attach to the long body RS1. After that, the connecting means 30 drives the rotary motor 48B to return the pressing member 51B to the initial position, and then the long body supporting means 20 and the connecting means 30 stop driving the decompression means (not shown), and the suction base 26B , 44 releases the adsorption and retention of the new long body RS2 and the old long body RS1. Then, the connecting means 30 drives the rotary motor 45, and the long body supported by the second long body supporting means 20B following the long body RS supported by the first long body supporting means 20A. RS is supplied to the device 60.

After that, while the long body RS supported by the second long body supporting means 20B is being supplied to the other device 60, the operator pulls out the first long body supporting means 20A to the left position. , The long body RS supported by the support roller 21A is removed, and another long body RS is supported by the support roller 21A as a new long body RS2. As a result, the long body RS supported by the second long body supporting means 20B becomes the old long body RS1. Then, in the same manner as described above, when the operator forms the tip portion RS2F on the new elongated body RS2 and then returns the first elongated body supporting means 20A to the initial position, as shown by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG. The connection tape AT is attached to the tip RS2F of the new long body RS2. At this time, the long body supporting means 20 drives a drive device (not shown), and the cutter guide 27A is moved to the right so as not to hinder the movement of the connection tape AT attached to the tip end portion RS2F of the new long body RS2. Let me. After that, when the image pickup means such as a camera or the detection means (not shown) such as an optical sensor detects that the remaining amount of the old long body RS1 supplied from the second long body support means 20B is low, the connection means. After the 30 stops driving the rotary motor 45 and stops the feeding of the old long body RS1, the long body supporting means 20 and the connecting means 30 drive a depressurizing means (not shown), and the old suction bases 26B and 44 use the old The adsorption and retention of the long body RS1 is started. Next, the connecting means 30 drives the rotary motor 48B and the linear motion motor 35B, sandwiches the old long body RS1 between the pressing member 51B and the suction base 44, and then raises and lowers the cutting blade 38B to raise and lower the old long body RS1. Is cut to form the rear end RS1R in the old elongated body RS1. After that, the connecting means 30 drives the rotating motor 48B to return the pressing member 51B to the initial position, and then the long body supporting means 20 drives the rotating motor 22B to return the suction base 26B to the initial position. .. Then, the long body supporting means 20 stops driving the decompression means (not shown), the suction base 26B releases the suction holding of the old long body RS1, and then the driving device (not shown) is driven, and the support roller 21B drives the old length. Take up the scale RS1.

When the rear end portion RS1R is formed on the old long body RS1, the connecting means 30 drives the rotation motor 39 to move the suction base 44 to the connection position AP1 shown by the solid line in FIG. 2, and then the long body. The support means 20 drives the rotary motor 22A to move the suction base 26A to the position shown by the solid line in FIG. Next, the connecting means 30 drives the rotary motor 48A, and the pressing member 51A presses the connecting tape AT against the old long body RS1 to attach it. After that, the connecting means 30 drives the rotary motor 48A to return the pressing member 51A to the initial position, and then the long body supporting means 20 and the connecting means 30 stop driving the decompression means (not shown), and the suction base 26A. , 44 releases the adsorption and retention of the new long body RS2 and the old long body RS1. Then, the connecting means 30 drives the rotary motor 45, and the long body supported by the first long body supporting means 20A following the long body RS supported by the second long body supporting means 20B. The RS is supplied to the device 60, and the same operation as described above is repeated thereafter.

According to the above embodiment, the first elongated body supporting means 20A and the second elongated body supporting means 20B can be separated and approached from the connecting means 30, so that the old and new elongated bodies RS2 and RS1 can be separated from each other. It is possible to secure a work space for attaching and detaching, and it is possible to prevent a decrease in work efficiency for attaching and detaching the old and new long bodies RS2 and RS1.

As described above, the best configuration, method, etc. for carrying out the present invention are disclosed in the above description, but the present invention is not limited thereto. That is, the present invention is particularly illustrated and described primarily with respect to a particular embodiment, but without departing from the scope of the technical idea and purpose of the present invention, with respect to the embodiments described above. Those skilled in the art can make various modifications in terms of material, quantity, and other detailed configurations. Further, the description limiting the shape, material, etc. disclosed above is exemplarily described for facilitating the understanding of the present invention, and does not limit the present invention. Therefore, those shapes, materials, etc. The description by the name of the member excluding some or all of the restrictions such as the above is included in the present invention.

For example, the long body supporting means 20 does not have to wind up the old long body RS1 cut by the connecting means 30, and does not have to provide a driving device (not shown) for driving the support rollers 21A and 21B. , Without cutting the new long body RS2 to form the tip RS2F, the tip of the pulled out new long body RS2 is aligned with the right end of the suction bases 26A and 26B and is sucked and held by the suction bases 26A and 26B. In this case, the cutter guides 27A and 27B may not be provided.
The long body supporting means 20 does not need to be provided with rotating motors 22A, 22B, etc. for moving the tip end portion RS2F of the new long body RS2. In this case, the rear end portion moving means 32 is the old long body RS1. The rear end portion RS1R may be moved to the vicinity of the front end portion RS2F of the new long body RS2.
As the moving means, casters may be adopted instead of the slide rails 29A and 29B, or in combination with them, or the first and second long body supporting means 20A and 20B are connected by a drive device, a belt conveyor, or the like. The means 30 may be separated and approached, only the first elongated body supporting means 20A may be separated and approached to the connecting means 30, and only the second elongated body supporting means 20B may be separated and approached. It may be separated and approached with respect to.

The connecting means 30 may be obtained by superimposing the old and new elongated bodies RS2 and RS1 and connecting them with a connecting tape AT, or by configuring one cutting means and using this one cutting means, the first and second elongated bodies. The old elongated body RS1 supported by the supporting means 20A and 20B may be cut, or the pressing means may be composed of one and attached to each new elongated body RS2 by this one pressing means. The connection tape AT may be pressed against the old long body RS1, or the long body supporting means 20 may press the front end portion RS2F of the new long body RS2 to the old length without providing the rear end moving means 32. The connection tape may be moved to the vicinity of the rear end portion RS1R of the scale body RS1, or the connection tape AT may be attached to the tip portion RS2F of the new long body RS2 by eliminating the connection tape attachment means 34. Alternatively, when connecting the old and new long bodies RS2 and RS1, the rotary motor 45 may not be stopped, the rotary motor 45, the drive roller 46, and the pinch roller 47 may not be provided, and the old and new lengths may be provided. When the original fabric of the adhesive sheet with the adhesive sheet temporarily attached to one surface of the strip-shaped release sheet is adopted as the scales RS2 and RS1, the tip of the adhesive sheet of the new length RS2 is the old length RS1. The old length can be attached to the rear end of the adhesive sheet or release sheet, or the rear end of the adhesive sheet of the old long body RS1 can be attached to the tip of the adhesive sheet or release sheet of the new long body RS2. The scale RS1 and the new long RS2 may be connected, or energy that imparts energy such as heat or ultraviolet rays to improve the adhesive strength of the adhesive sheet according to the adhesive characteristics of the connection tape AT or the adhesive sheet. The applying means may be provided, or the old long body RS1 and the new long body RS2 may be connected by an adhesive, an adhesive, a hot melt, a stapler, a weld, a thread, a nail, a wire, a hook or the like.

The old and new long bodies RS2 and RS1 are, for example, an adhesive sheet original fabric in which an adhesive sheet is temporarily attached to one surface of a strip-shaped release sheet, and a plurality of adhesive sheets are temporarily attached to the strip-shaped release sheet at predetermined intervals. Adhesive sheet Original fabric, adhesive sheet consisting of base material and adhesive layer, single-layer or multi-layer paper, electric wire, wire, thread, cloth, rope, hose, steel plate, resin plate, etc. is not.
The other device 60 includes, for example, a sheet pasting device for sticking an adhesive sheet, a rewinding device for rewinding old and new long bodies RS2 and RS1 to a predetermined winding core, an inspection device for inspecting old and new long bodies RS2 and RS1, old and new The cutting device for cutting the long bodies RS2 and RS1 to a predetermined length is not limited, and is not necessary. When there is no other device 60 as described above, for example, the long body connecting device 10 The long body RS supplied in 1 may be manually cut to a predetermined length, and the long body RS portion cut to the predetermined length may be used or processed depending on the intended use.

The means and processes in the present invention are not limited as long as they can perform the operations, functions or processes described for the means and processes, much less the components of the mere embodiment shown in the above embodiments. It is not limited to the process at all. For example, if the connecting means can connect the rear end in the feeding direction of the old long body and the tip in the feeding direction of the new long body, it is within the technical scope in light of the common general technical knowledge at the time of filing. There is no limitation as long as it is a thing (explanation of other means and processes is omitted).
Further, the drive equipment in the above embodiment includes electric equipment such as a rotary motor, a linear motor, a linear motor, a single-axis robot, and an articulated robot, and actuators such as an air cylinder, a hydraulic cylinder, a rodless cylinder, and a rotary cylinder. In addition to being able to be adopted, it is also possible to adopt a combination thereof directly or indirectly (some of which overlap with those illustrated in the embodiment).
In the above-described embodiment, when the rollers are adopted, a drive device for rotationally driving each roller may be provided, or the surface of each roller may be made of a member capable of elastic deformation such as rubber or resin. However, each roller may be composed of a member that does not elastically deform, or if a pressing means such as a pressing roller or a pressing head or a pressing member is adopted, the rollers may be used in place of or in combination with those exemplified above. , A pressing member made of a round bar, a blade material, rubber, resin, sponge, etc. may be adopted, or a configuration of pressing by blowing air such as air or gas may be adopted, or a pressing means or pressing member may be pressed. The part may be made of a member that can be elastically deformed such as rubber or resin, or may be made of a member that is not elastically deformed. It may be composed of a round bar, a roller, etc., or when a support (holding) means, a support (holding) member, or the like that supports or holds a supported member is adopted, a mechanical chuck, a chuck cylinder, etc. A structure may be adopted in which the supported member is supported (held) by a gripping means, a Coulomb force, an adhesive, an adhesive, a magnetic force, Bernoulli adsorption, a driving device, or the like, or a cutting means or a cutting blade is adopted. In the case, instead of or in combination with the ones exemplified above, a cutting member such as a cutter blade, a laser cutter, an ion beam, thermal power, heat, hydraulic pressure, heating wire, spraying of gas or liquid, etc. may be adopted, or as appropriate. The cutting member may be moved to cut with a combination of various driving devices.

10 Long body connecting device 20 Long body supporting means 20A 1st long body supporting means 20B 2nd long body supporting means 30 Connecting means 32 Rear end moving means 29A Slide rail (moving means)
29B slide rail (means of transportation)
AP1 connection position AP2 connection position RS1 Old long body RS1R Rear end in feeding direction RS2 New long body RS2F Tip in feeding direction

Claims (2)

Long body support means for supporting the old and new long bodies, and
A connecting means for connecting the rear end portion of the old long body in the feeding direction and the tip end portion of the new long body in the feeding direction is provided.
The long body supporting means includes a first long body supporting means that supports one of the old long body and the new long body so as to be payable, and the other of the old long body and the new long body. It is provided with a second elongated body supporting means for supporting the first elongated body and a moving means for separating and approaching at least one of the first elongated body supporting means and the second elongated body supporting means with respect to the connecting means. The first elongated body supporting means and the second elongated body supporting means alternately support the old elongated body and the new elongated body.
The connecting means rotates a holding member capable of holding the rear end portion of the old long body in the feeding direction, and when the first long body supporting means supports the old long body, the old long body is supported. the feeding direction rear end of the body, is moved to the second connection position the second elongate member support means is a connection position of the feeding direction front end portion of the Shin'naga elongated member for supporting said second elongate body When the supporting means supports the old long body, the rear end portion of the old long body in the feeding direction is connected to the leading end portion of the new long body supported by the first long body supporting means in the feeding direction. long body connecting device, characterized in that it comprises a rear end portion moving means Before moving to the first connection position is a position. A long body support process that supports the old and new long bodies, and
It is provided with a connecting step of connecting the rear end portion of the old elongated body and the tip end portion of the new elongated body by a connecting means.
The long body supporting step includes a first long body supporting step of supporting one of the old long body and the new long body so as to be payable by the first long body supporting means, and the old long body and the old long body. A second long body supporting step of supporting the other of the new long body so as to be payable by a second long body supporting means, and at least one of the first long body supporting means and the second long body supporting means. The first elongated body supporting means and the second elongated body supporting means alternately support the old elongated body and the new elongated body , comprising a moving step of separating and approaching the connecting means. And
In the connection step, when the holding member capable of holding the rear end portion of the old long body in the feeding direction is rotated and the first long body supporting means supports the old long body, the old long body is supported. the feeding direction rear end of the body, is moved to the second connection position the second elongate member support means is a connection position of the feeding direction front end portion of the Shin'naga elongated member for supporting said second elongate body When the supporting means supports the old long body, the rear end portion of the old long body in the feeding direction is connected to the leading end portion of the new long body supported by the first long body supporting means in the feeding direction. long body connecting method characterized by having a rear end portion moving step Before moving to the first connection position is a position.

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