JPH0215767Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed explanation of the idea] [Industrial application field]

This idea is used to package metal coils such as steel strip coils.
In particular, the present invention relates to an exterior iron plate loading device for packaging metal coils for loading the iron plate below the metal coil when packaging with iron plates.

[Conventional technology]

Metal coils, such as steel strip coils, are packaged prior to shipping.The packing process involves first wrapping the coil 1 in paper 2, as shown in FIGS. 1A to 1F.
The coil packed with this paper 2 is further packed with an exterior iron plate 3, and is bound with a band 4 to form a final product as shown in FIG. 1F. Each of these packaging work processes can be carried out in one place using the batch method, or on a line method where the coils are placed on the packaging line, sections are set up for each process, and the work is divided into assembly lines for packaging. There is. In any of these methods, the exterior iron plate 3
When packing the coil 1, as shown in FIG. Then, as shown in FIG. 3, a paper packaging coil is lowered onto the exterior iron plate 3 and then packed.

[Problem that the idea aims to solve]

However, in the prior art, the worker 6 has to go in and out directly under or in the vicinity of the paper packaging coil lifted by the lift device 5, which is very dangerous. In addition, the work of centering the relatively large exterior iron plate 3 in the width direction and radial direction of the lifted paper packaging coil and placing it on the floor 7 is performed manually, which is troublesome and inefficient. There is also a problem. This invention was made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and is an exterior iron plate charging device for metal coil packaging that can safely, accurately, and quickly load exterior iron plates below paper packaging coils. The purpose is to provide

[Means to solve the problem]

In this invention, a metal coil placed perpendicular to the packaging line and placed on the skid of the packaging line is lifted by a lift device, and a space formed between the metal coil and the skid is In a metal coil packaging exterior iron plate charging device for supplying metal coil packaging exterior iron plates to the packaging line, the main fork includes a pair of exterior iron plate support members spaced apart in the direction of the packaging line; A sub-fork is provided parallel to the main fork at a position between the pair of exterior iron plate supporting members, and a sub-fork is arranged perpendicularly to the packaging line, and the main fork and the sub-fork are provided with respect to the packaging line. a guide rail that supports and guides the main fork and the sub-fork so that they can advance and retreat in a right angle direction; a drive device that advances and retreats the main fork and the sub-fork along the guide rail into the packaging line; Provided on the main fork so as to be movable in the guide rail direction at a position where both ends of the exterior iron plate in the guide rail direction can be held, and protrude above the exterior iron plate mounting surface, and at least the main fork moving tip The side guide member includes a pair of guide members that can be retracted downward from the upper surface, and includes a side guide for centering and holding the exterior iron plate in the guide rail direction, and a side guide for moving at least the main fork of the side guide. The above object is achieved by configuring an exterior iron plate loading device for packing metal coils, including a retracting means for driving the guide member on the leading end side below the exterior iron plate mounting surface.

[Effect]

In this invention, an exterior iron plate accurately centered in the width direction of the coil is automatically inserted under the lifted paper packaging coil without any manual intervention on the packaging line.

【Example】

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG.
2, and a main fork 14 that is guided by the guide rail 12, is provided on the packaging line 10 so as to be freely advanced and retracted, and includes a pair of exterior iron plate support members 14A and 14B spaced apart in the direction of the packaging line 10.
and the pair of exterior iron plate support members 14 of the main fork 14 are guided by the guide rail 12.
A auxiliary fork 16 is provided parallel to the main fork 14 at a position between A and 14B so as to be freely advanced and retractable on the packaging line 10, and drive devices 18 and 20 for the main fork 14 and the auxiliary fork 16, respectively.
and a pair of guide members 22A and 22B that are attached to the main fork 14 and capable of holding both ends of the exterior iron plate 3 placed on the main fork 14 in the guide rail 12 direction. A side guide 22 for centering and holding in the direction of the guide rail 12, and a guide member 22A on the moving tip side of the main fork 14 of this side guide.
and a retraction means 24 for retracting the metal coils to a position below the mounting surface of the exterior iron plate 3, and an exterior iron plate loading device for packaging metal coils. The main fork 14 is movably mounted on the guide rail 12 by rollers 26, and is moved along the guide rail 12 by the drive device 18, which is a cylinder device, to move the exterior iron plate 3 placed on the upper surface of the main fork 14. It is arranged so that it can be aligned with the center of the packaging line 10 and loaded. Further, the secondary fork 16 is similar to the main fork 1.
4, it is a rod-shaped member placed on the guide rail 12 by rollers 28 so as to be able to move forward and backward, and is mounted on the guide rail in approximately the same horizontal plane as the exterior steel plate support members 14A and 14B of the main fork 14. 12, it can move forward and backward by a drive device 20 consisting of a cylinder device. Reference numeral 30 in the figure indicates a guide roller attached to the main fork 14 side in order to support the distal end portion of the sub-fork 16 so as to be rotatable in the direction of the guide rail 12. Exterior steel plate support member 14 of the main fork 14
A and 14B are frame-shaped members each having a width in the direction of the packaging line 10. That is, these exterior steel plate support members 14A, 14B
is provided with a pair of support pipes 15A and 15B that are parallel to each other and spaced apart in the direction of the packing line 10, and connected at both ends by pipes extending in the direction of the packing line 10. These pair of support pipes 15A, 15B are connected and reinforced by three reinforcing pipes 15C in a direction parallel to the packaging line 10 at the locations where the exterior iron plate 3 is supported. A pair of guide members 22A and 22B in the side guide 22 are connected to the exterior iron plate support member 14.
A pair of support pipes 15A, 1 for each of 14B
5B, so as to be sandwiched between both sides of the three reinforcing pipes 15C, and protrude upward from the upper surfaces of the exterior steel plate supporting members 14A, 14B. These guide members 22A, 22B, as shown in FIG.
On the lower side of the reinforcing pipe 15C in 14B,
It is supported slidably in the direction of the guide rail 12 by a single guide rod 32 arranged horizontally and parallel to the guide rail 12 . Further, a feed screw 34 is provided at the lower end portions of the pair of guide members 22A, 22B with threaded portions 34A, 34B threaded in opposite directions.
Nuts 23A and 23B are provided, into which the
By rotating the feed screw 34, these pair of guide members 22A, 22B
are driven in synchronization with the exterior iron plate 3 placed on the reinforcing pipe 15C, or in a direction in which they are separated from each other. Here, the initial setting position of the guide members 22A, 22B to the feed screw 34 is such that the center position between these guide members 22A, 22B is set on the packaging line 10 when the main fork 14 is advanced onto the packaging line 10. 10 and are aligned in alignment. Reference numeral 36 in FIG. 5 indicates the feed screw 3.
sprocket wheel attached to the end of 4,
38 is the pair of exterior iron plate supporting members 14A, 14
Feed screws 34 provided in B
A chain 40 is wound around the pair of sprocket wheels 36 at the end of the sprocket wheel 42 attached to the feed screw 34 on one side of the exterior steel plate support member 14B.
is a sprocket wheel attached to the output shaft of the motor 44; 46 is the sprocket wheel 4;
0 and 42 are shown, respectively, for transmitting the driving force of the motor 44 to one feed screw 34. Main fork 14 in the side guide 22
The guide member 22A on the protruding tip side is connected to the respective exterior steel plate support members 14A and 14B by the swing shaft 48.
It is attached so that it can swing freely and can be retracted downward from the exterior iron plate mounting surface. The retracting means 24 includes a cylinder device 50 for driving the guide member 22A that is swingably supported by the swing shaft 48, and is configured to drive the guide member 22A around the swing shaft 48. Therefore, the guide member 22A is retracted below the mounting surface of the exterior iron plate 3. Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained. As shown in FIG.
A guide rail 12 is disposed in a direction perpendicular to the packaging line 10 adjacent to a conveyor 52 provided along the line 10. Reference numeral 52A in the figure indicates a skid disposed on the conveyor body 52B, and 52C indicates a roller that rotatably supports the conveyor body on the rail 52D. The exterior iron plate charging device for metal coil packaging includes:
The exterior iron plate 3 is placed on the main fork 14 and the sub-fork 16 in advance. In this case, the guide members 22A and 22B of the side guide 22 are driven by the motor 44 via the feed screw 34 in a direction in which they approach each other so as to sandwich the ends of the exterior iron plate 3 in the direction of the guide rail 12. Then, the outer iron plate 3 is centered in the direction perpendicular to the packing line 10, that is, in the width direction of the coil 1. That is, when the motor 44 is driven, the sprocket wheel 42 fixed to its output shaft is driven.
The sprocket wheel 40 is rotationally driven by the chain 46 wound around the sprocket wheel 42, and therefore the sprocket wheel 36 which is interlocked with the sprocket wheel 40 via the chain 38 is also rotationally driven. . Therefore, these sprocket wheels 36, 40
A pair of feed screws 34 to which are fixed are
The threaded portions 34A, 34B are rotated synchronously.
The guide members 22A and 22B, which are screwed together via the nuts 23A and 23B, are driven synchronously in the direction of approaching each other, sandwich the exterior iron plate 3 in the coil width direction, and hold it at a predetermined position. Stop. At this stop position, the center of the exterior iron plate 3 in the width direction is
This is the position where the main fork 14 is aligned with the packaging line 10 when it advances onto the packaging line 10. The coil 1 packed with paper 2 arrived at the exterior iron plate charging section by the conveyor 52.
As shown in FIGS. 11A and 11B, the lift device 5
Support and lift the coil from the top side of the inner diameter,
A space 1A is formed between the skid 52A and the lower surface of the coil 1. In this state, the drive devices 18 and 20 are operated to drive the main fork 14 and the sub-fork 16 in the direction of their tips, and the placed exterior iron plate 3 is moved below the coil 1 to a position where it is aligned with the packaging line 10. (See Figures 8 and 11B). Next, as shown in FIG. 9, the sub fork 16 is retracted to the right in the figure by the drive device 20 (see FIG. 11C). After evacuating the secondary fork 16, FIG. 11D
As shown in FIG. 2, the coil 1 is lowered onto the exterior iron plate 3, and the coil 1 is placed on the skid 52A via the exterior iron plate 3. At this time, the secondary fork 16 is retracted to the side of the packaging line 10, so the exterior iron plate 3 is curved at the portion between the pair of exterior iron plate support members 14A and 14B, and a part of it is bent to the side of the coil 1. It will be in a state where it wraps around the outside diameter. Next, the motor 44 is driven in the opposite direction to the direction used during centering to drive the guide members 22A and 22B in the side guide 22 to the open end so as to be spaced apart on both sides of the exterior iron plate 3 in the width direction. Next, the cylinder device 50 in the evacuation means 24
As a result, the leading end side guide member 22A is rotated and swung and retracted so that it is located below the mounting surface of the exterior iron plate 3, that is, the upper surface of the main fork 14. After the guide member 22A is retracted below the mounting surface of the exterior iron plate 3, the main fork 14 is retracted by the drive device 18 (the load of the coil 1 and the exterior iron plate 3 is received by the skid 52A). , so the main fork 14 can be retracted), thereby completing the charging work of the exterior iron plate 3 (the first
(See Figure 0 and Figure 11E). Next, as shown in FIG. 7, the exterior iron plate 3 is set between the guide members 22A and 22B of the side guide 22 in the same manner as described above, and the next exterior iron plate is prepared and placed on standby. Therefore, in this embodiment, when inserting the outer iron plate below the coil, this can be done automatically, quickly and reliably without requiring any manual effort, which improves the efficiency of the packing operation and Safety can be improved. In the above embodiment, the main fork is equipped with a frame-shaped exterior steel plate support member, but the present invention is not limited to this, and this exterior steel plate support member is provided with It only needs to be composed of a pair of members and provided with side guides, and therefore may be, for example, a plate-shaped member. Further, the side guide 22 is driven in the approaching direction and the separating direction synchronously by a feed screw 34 having threaded portions 34A and 34B in mutually opposite directions, but this is driven in the direction toward and away from the main fork. 14
Any material may be used as long as it is capable of centering the exterior iron plate 3 placed thereon and positioning it in the direction of the guide rail 12. Therefore, for example, it may be constructed of a pair of links arranged in a scissor shape. Good too. Further, the retracting means 24 supports the guide member 22A in a swingable manner by means of a swing shaft 48, and
The cylinder device 50 allows the guide member 22A to move in and out from the support surface of the exterior iron plate 3, and this is to prevent the guide member 22A from interfering with the paper packaging coil 1 or the exterior iron plate 3 when the main fork 14 is retracted. It is not limited to the configuration of the embodiment, as long as it can be used.

[Effect of the idea]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it is possible to automatically, accurately and quickly charge the exterior steel plate below the paper packaging coil on the packaging line, so that the charging work of the exterior steel plate can be carried out safely and efficiently. Moreover, it has the excellent effect of being able to be carried out efficiently.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the coil packing process;
The figure is a front view showing the process of packaging a conventional coil using an exterior iron plate, Figure 3 is a perspective view showing the packaging process using the conventional exterior iron plate, and Figure 4 is an exterior iron plate for packaging a metal coil according to the present invention. FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the charging device; FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line - in FIG. 4 showing a side guide in the same embodiment; FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along the line - in FIG. Figures 10 to 10 are cross-sectional views of the portion corresponding to the line in Figure 4, showing the process of charging an exterior steel plate using the same embodiment device, and Figure 11 is a schematic view from the end face direction of the coil, showing a similar process of charging an exterior steel plate. FIG. 1... Coil, 1A... Space, 3... Exterior iron plate, 5... Lift, 10... Packing line, 12
...Guide rail, 14...Main fork, 14A
...Exterior steel plate support member, 14B...Exterior steel plate support member, 16...Sub-fork, 18...Drive device,
20... Drive device, 22... Side guide, 22
A...Guide member, 22B...Guide member, 24
... Evacuation means, 52 ... Conveyor, 52A ... Skid.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] By lifting a metal coil installed perpendicularly to the packaging line and placed on the skid of the packaging line using a lift device, a metal coil packaging material is placed in the space formed between the metal coil and the skid. In an exterior iron plate charging device for metal coil packaging for supplying exterior iron plates to the packaging line, the main fork includes a pair of exterior iron plate support members spaced apart in the direction of the packaging line, and the pair of exteriors of the main fork. A secondary fork is provided parallel to the main fork at a position between the iron plate supporting members, and is arranged in a direction perpendicular to the packaging line, and the main fork and the secondary fork are arranged in a direction perpendicular to the packaging line. a guide rail that supports and guides the main fork and the sub-fork so as to be able to move forward and backward; a drive device that moves the main fork and the sub-fork into and out of the packaging line along the guide rail; a guide member provided on the main fork so as to be movable in the guide rail direction at a position where both ends in the guide rail direction can be held, and to protrude upward from the exterior iron plate mounting surface, and at least on the moving tip side of the main fork; is provided with a pair of guide members that are retractable below the upper surface, a side guide for centering and holding the exterior iron plate in the guide rail direction, and a guide of the side guide at least on the moving tip side of the main fork. An exterior iron plate loading device for packing metal coils, comprising a retracting means for driving a member downward from the exterior iron plate mounting surface.