JPH01139423A - Parts feeder - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To intend to reduce time in carrying parts and area for setting up equipment by pivotally supporting holders in rotation free in follow portions provided at equal intervals on outer periphery of a disc rotating intermittently and providing a notch for gripping a parts at the top end of the holder and instituting a take off mechanism and a supply one for a parts on the same line. CONSTITUTION:A parts 1 hanged on a channel portion 2c of a vibrating feeder 2 is carried along the channel portion 2c by vibration of a vibrating member 2a and reached to a takeoff port 2d on the fixed end member 2b. A notch portion 8a in a holder 7a on a rotary disc 3 is made to watch and wait for the takeoff port 2d in an empty state at A position, and the parts 1 on the takeoff port 2d is hold in absorbed by absorbing port 11 at the same time as it is transferred into the notch portion 8a by pushing in due to vibration. Next, with rotation of the disc, the parts 1 is supplied to B position and C position, and at the C position is finished caulking process. And the rotary disc 3 is rotated by 90 deg. and a holder 8c is stopped at D position in empty state. During this rotation, outer periphery face of the disc 3 between a holder 7a and 7b shuts up the takeoff port 2d of the feeder 2 on sliding on the same and prevents the parts 1 from falling.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention (Technical Field) The present invention relates to a parts supply device, and more specifically, it takes out parts such as a welding fitting from a previous process such as a vibration feeder and supplies them to a next process such as caulking a wiring board. Regarding a parts supply device.

(Background Art) Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 4, this type of component supply device includes a press head 4 equipped with a suction nozzle 4c that collects components 1 from a vibrating feeder 2 that transports components 1 such as eyelet fittings by vibration. The press head 4 is moved to a wiring board caulking device and stopped at a predetermined caulking position, and the press head 4 is lowered toward the lower mold 5 disposed opposite to the lower surface of the wiring board 13. 2. Description of the Related Art A component supply device is known in which a component 1 such as a flattening fitting is crimped by pressing between a mold 5 and a pressing head 4.

In this conventional component supply device, after taking out the component 1, the pressing head 4 is moved in the direction of arrow A in the figure, and then moved horizontally (in the direction of arrow B in the figure) to position it above the wiring board. Since it is necessary to move the wiring board in the C direction toward the wiring board placed on the lower mold 5, parts such as eyelet fittings are taken out from the previous process such as the vibration feeder and placed on the wiring board 1.
The time required to supply the material to the next process such as crimping in step 3 becomes longer, the line speed becomes slower, and production efficiency decreases.
This has the problem that the installation area of the equipment becomes large.

(Object of the invention) The present invention has been proposed in view of the above points.
The purpose of this is to shorten the transportation time for supplying parts from the previous process to the next process by installing the parts take-out mechanism and the parts supply mechanism on the same line, and to reduce the installation space of the equipment. An object of the present invention is to provide a parts supply device that can reduce equipment costs by reducing the size of the equipment.

That is, the component supply device according to the present invention includes a rotating disk that rotates intermittently, a holder that is rotatably supported in recesses provided at equal intervals on the outer periphery of the rotating disk, and a holder that is rotatably supported at the tip of the holder. The above-mentioned object is achieved by comprising a grip notch portion for gripping a component.

(Disclosure of invention) The present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

1 to 3 are diagrams showing one embodiment of the present invention, and the same parts as those shown in FIG. 4 are given the same reference numerals and explained.

In the figure, 1 is a component such as an eyelet fitting, 2 is a vibrating feeder that conveys the component 1 to a component supply device, 3 is a rotating disk that is installed on the same line as the vibrating feeder 2 and rotates intermittently, 4 is a pressing head, and 5 is the pressing direction of the pressing head 4, and the rotating disk 3
The lower mold is placed below the .

As shown in FIG. 1, this vibration feeder 2 has a vibration section 2.
A and a fixed end part 2b, and a groove part 2C is provided along the longitudinal center line of the upper surface, and the component 1 is slid and guided into the groove part 2C by the vibration of the vibrating part 2a, and is delivered to the component supply device. It is formed so as to be conveyed to the outlet 2d of the fixed end 2b in sliding contact. This component 1, for example, an eyelet fitting, is provided with a flange portion 1b outside the upper end of the central cylindrical portion 1a, and this flange portion 1b is adapted to be engaged with the upper edge of the groove portion 2c.

This parts supply device mainly includes a rotating disk 3 that rotates intermittently,
It consists of a holder 7 provided on the outer periphery of this rotary disk 3 and a cutout 8 of the holder 7 for gripping parts.

A rotating shaft 3a is pivotally supported at the center of the rotating disk 3, and is intermittently rotated in a clockwise direction by driving a drive source (not shown) connected to the rotating shaft 3a.

Recesses 6 are provided on the outer periphery of the rotary disk 3 at equal intervals along the outer periphery (in this embodiment, the outer periphery is divided into four equal parts), and a holder 7 is mounted in the recess 6 in the pressing direction of the pressing head 4 ( It is rotatably supported in the direction of arrow E in the figure. Each of the holders 7a, 7b... has a notch 8a in the center of its outer periphery.
8b... is formed. A pressing head 4 is arranged vertically above a notch 8c of the holder 7c facing the holder 78 located at the outlet 2d of the vibrating feeder 2, and the pressing head 4 is vertically movable. Below the extension line connecting the portions 8C, a lower mold 5, against which the tip of the pressing head 4 comes into contact, is arranged and fixed with the rotary disk 3 sandwiched therebetween.

FIG. 2 shows the press head 4 at position C in the parts supply device of the present invention. FIG. 3 is an enlarged vertical cross-sectional view showing the lower die 5 and the holder 70, in which (A) shows the state before crimping;
B) The figure shows the state when crimping is completed.

The pressing head 4 is composed of a base portion 4a and a head body 4b, and the tip of the head body 4b has an inverted truncated conical shape, and a suction nozzle 4C is protruded from the tip surface. Furthermore, a lever 4d is provided on the inner surface of the pressing head 4 to project downward.

A holder 70 is rotatably supported at its base end in the recess 6c of the rotary disk 3 via a support shaft 9.

As shown in Figure (A), this holder 7 has a flat part at the base end and a free end, and on the upper surface of the midway part between these flat parts, it slides from the upper base end to the upper free end. A surface 14 is formed, and a notch 8c is further formed at the distal end surface of the free end. Furthermore, a suction port 10 is bored in the center of the inner surface of the notch 8, and a through hole 12 is bored in communication with a suction hole 11 provided in the width direction at the center of the inside of the holder 7.
The openings at both ends of the suction hole 11 are configured to communicate with a main suction pipe (not shown) piped inside the rotary disk 3.

Furthermore, the lower mold 5 is fixed to the base below the notch 8c in the center line direction. The lower mold has a truncated conical upper end, and a protruding portion 5a protrudes from the upper end surface thereof to be inserted from the hollow lower part of the parts machining machine.

A workpiece such as a wiring board 13 is continuously placed on the upper surface of the lower mold 5.

Next, the operation and action of the parts supply device of the present invention will be explained based on the drawings.

First, the parts 1, such as eyelet fittings, which are supported in a hanging state in the groove part 2c of the vibrating feeder 2, are sequentially selected along the groove part 2c by the vibration of the vibrating part 2a, and are selected from the outlet of the fixed end part 2b. 2d is reached. Since this vibrating feeder 2 is divided into two parts, a vibrating part 2a and a fixed end part 2b, vibrations are not transmitted to the rotating disk 3.

The notch 8a of the holder 78 of the rotating disk 3 is
At this position, the component 1 is waiting in an empty state facing the take-out port 2d, and the component 1 in the take-out port 2d is transferred into the notch 8a by being pushed in by vibration, and at the same time is transferred to the suction port 11 of the notch 8a. It is attracted and held and will not come off from the holder 7a during the next rotation of the rotating disk 3.

The component 1 thus taken out at the A position and held in the notch 8 is supplied to the B position and the C position in the order of the clockwise rotation direction.

After completing the crimping process at position C as shown in FIGS. 2(A) and 2(b), the rotating disk 3 rotates 90'' and the holder 80 stops at position D in an empty state.This rotation Inside, as shown in FIG. 3, the outer peripheral surface of the rotating disk 3 between the holder 78 and the holder 7b slides and blocks the outlet 2d of the vibrating feeder 2, thereby preventing the component 1 from falling. Can be done.

Next, the caulking operation when the component 1 is fed to the C position will be described.

This caulking operation is performed when the press head 4 is lowered downward as shown in FIG. The holder 7c hits the slide surface 14 of the holder 70 and slides, and the holder 7c rotates about the support shaft 9 as a fulcrum, and the pressure head 4 is designed not to come into direct contact with the holder 70 (Fig. 2). (B)]. Then, when the pressing head 4 is further pressed, the lower part of the component 1 passes through the wiring board 13 and is inserted into the protrusion 5a of the lower die 5, and the lower part of the component 1 is spread apart by the pressing force, completing the caulking. become. Holder 7 that has completed the crimping operation
c is a state in which the rotating disk 3 returns to its original state by a return mechanism (not shown) during the next 90° rotation (position D in the figure);
It is used for the next take-out operation.

Although the present invention has been described above with reference to a component supply device in which four holders are provided on the outer periphery of a rotating disk, the present invention is not limited to this, and it is also possible to provide four or more holders. It is also possible to arrange the pressing head and lower die for caulking at two or more locations, and to provide a plurality of vibrating feeders.

It goes without saying that the present invention can also be applied to a component supply device that supplies components other than eyelet fittings.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above, according to the component supply device according to the present invention, there is a rotary disk that rotates intermittently, and rotatably supported in the recesses provided at equal intervals on the outer periphery of the rotary disk. Since it consists of a pivoted holder and a gripping notch at the tip of the holder for gripping parts, the parts ejection mechanism and the parts supply mechanism can be installed on the same line, allowing parts to be transferred from the previous process to the next process. Not only can the supply transportation time be shortened, but also the installation area of the equipment can be reduced, and equipment costs can be reduced.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an enlarged vertical cross-sectional view showing a caulking portion of a component supply device of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a rotation of a rotating disk constituting the present invention. FIG. 4 is an overall perspective view for explaining the state, and is an explanatory view showing an example of a conventional parts supply device. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Part, 2... Vibration feeder, 3... Rotating disc, 4... Pressing head, 5... Lower mold, 6... Recessed part, 7... Holder, 8...・Notch. Figure 2 (A) (B) Figure 4

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A rotating disk that rotates intermittently, a holder rotatably supported in recesses provided at equal intervals on the outer periphery of the rotating disk, and a grip notch at the tip of the holder that grips a component. A parts supply device comprising: (2) The component supply device according to claim 1, wherein the holder is rotated by vertical movement of a pressing head that presses the component fed into the grip notch from the vibrating feeder.