JPH03277595A - Automatic lead supply apparatus in automatic drawing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To supply a lead from a lead tank to a pencil holder even during the operation of a writing utensil stocker and to make a mechanical structure simple by providing the lead tank at a position separate from that of the writing stocker. CONSTITUTION:A controller moves a unit holder 66 in the direction approaching a writing utensil stocker 16 along guide shafts 70, 72 and a writing utensil holding means 68 grasps the pencil holder 12 having to supply a lead possessed by the writing utensil holding means 30 of a writing utensil stocker 16. Next, the controller drives a motor 78 to move the unit holder 66 to the position under a lead supply tank stocker 52. A preliminarily selected lead tank 106 is positioned directly above an upper knock plate 132 and the flange 134 of the pencil holder 12 is opposed to the under surface of the knock plate 132. Next, an arm rotary shaft 124 is rotated to push a shutter plate 116 by the pin 130 of an arm 128. A shutter hole 122 coincides with the lower end of a lead guide 112 and the pencil lead in the lead guide 112 falls under its own wt. to fall in the pencil holder 12. The upper knock plate 132 is shaken in the clockwise direction in Fig 12 and the flange 134 is pushed down to complete lead push-in operation.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention is an automatic system that can automatically exchange pencil holders between a drawing head and a writing instrument stocker provided on the body side. This invention relates to an automatic supply device in a drawing machine.

[Conventional technology]

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-78899 discloses that a writing instrument stocker is provided with a lead tank integrally, and the writing leads in the lead tank are dropped one by one by opening and closing a shutter mechanism, and the pencils held in the writing instrument stocker are dropped one by one by opening and closing a shutter mechanism. An automatic dispensing device for supplying a writing lead to a holder is disclosed.

Also, JP-A-2-2. ．． Publication No. 9399 discloses a device in which a plurality of writing leads are built into a pencil holder, the pencil holder held by a writing instrument stocker is taken out by a sliding member and moved to another position, and a knocking action is applied to the pencil holder. has been done.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

The structure in which a plurality of writing leads are built into a pencil holder has the disadvantage that the pencil holder becomes large and heavy, and is not suitable for high-speed drawing control.

Furthermore, the structure in which the writing instrument stocker and the lead tank are integrated has a drawback in that it is not possible to carry out the core feeding operation during drawing for replacing the pencil holder of the writing instrument stocker.

The present invention aims to eliminate the above-mentioned defects.

[Means to solve problems]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a pencil holder 1
A writing instrument stocker 16 is provided with a plurality of writing instrument holding means 30 for detachably holding the writing instrument 2, and is rotatably disposed on the body side, and a drawing instrument movable in the X-Y directions relative to the drawing surface. A pencil holder 12 is provided between the drawing head 6 and the writing instrument stocker 16.
In this automatic drawing machine, a unit holder 66 is disposed on the machine body so as to be movable in directions toward and away from the writing instrument stocker 16, and a pencil holder is attached to the unit holder 66. A writing instrument holding means 68 for detachably holding the writing instrument 12 is provided,
The pencil holder 12 can be mutually exchanged between the writing instrument holding means 68 and any writing instrument holding means 30 of the writing instrument stocker 16, and above the moving path of the writing instrument holding means 68 of the unit holder 66. A lead tank 106 storing a plurality of writing leads is arranged in the lead tank 1.
A shutter mechanism is provided below the lead tank 106 to drop the writing leads one by one, and a lead pushing means is provided to push the fallen writing leads into the pencil holder 12 to a predetermined position.

[Effect]

The pencil holder 12 is exchanged between the unit holder 66 and the writing instrument stocker 16. The empty pencil holder 12 held by the unit holder 66 is moved to the core supply position below the lead tank 106, the shutter mechanism is opened at this position, and one writing lead is dropped from the lead tank 106.

Empty pencil holder 12 held by unit holder 66
Supply writing lead to. The writing lead dropped into the pencil holder 12 is pushed into the pencil holder 12 to a predetermined position by the pushing means.

〔Example〕

The structure of the present invention will be explained in detail below with reference to the embodiments shown in the attached drawings (3. In Fig. 2, 2 is the body of a paper-driven automatic drafting machine, and the paper mounting plate, that is, the platen 4 is A Y rail (not shown) is installed horizontally above the platen 4, and a printing head 6 is movably attached to the Y rail. The head 6 is
The belt pulleys at both ends of the Y-rail are connected to an endless steel belt 8. This steel belt 8 is configured to be driven by a Y motor (not shown) linked to the belt pulley.6 The steel belt 8 is driven by a pinch roller mechanism consisting of a drive roller and a presser roller arranged on both sides of the platen 4. The paper on the platen 4 is supported, and the paper on the platen 4 is fed in the X direction by rotation of the drive roller driven by the X motor. The drawing head 6 is provided with a known writing instrument holding means 10 in conjunction with a built-in pen lifting mechanism, and the holding means 10 can detachably hold a known knock-type pencil holder 12. It is configured as follows.

A box-shaped base 14 equipped with a core feeding mechanism is fixed to the body 2, and the printing head 6 is attached to the base 14.
A rotary writing instrument stocker 16 (carousel) is disposed at a moving end along the Y rail. The lower board 2O fixed to the spindle 18 of the stocker 16 is removably connected to a board 24 (see FIG. 8), and the board 24 is connected to a motor with a speed reducer fixed to the base 14. 22
is fixed to the output shaft of the As shown in FIG. 8, a recognition mark 26 is provided on the surface of the lower board 20,
By the stocker sensor 28 disposed on the base 14,
The controller is configured to read the mark 26 and thereby recognize the rotation origin position of the writing instrument stocker 16 and the presence or absence of the stocker 16. The stocker 16 removably connects the stocker 20 to the board 24 by fitting a pair of pins protruding from the board 24 into pin holes drilled in the bottom of the lower board 20. It is configured to obtain. The motor 22 is connected to a controller consisting of a microcomputer via a driver. The pair of discs of the stocker 16 are provided with writing instrument holding means 30 at regular intervals.
are formed, and a known knock-type pencil holder 12, which will be described later, is removably held in each holding means 30. The pencil holder 12 is configured to be automatically exchangeable between a desired one of the writing instrument holding means 30 and the writing instrument holding means 10 of the drawing head 6. In addition, this drawing head 6, stocker 1
The structure of automatic exchange of writing instruments between 6 and 6 is well known and is not the gist of the present invention, so a detailed explanation thereof will be omitted.

Next, the structure of the knock-type pencil holder 12 will be explained with reference to FIG. 18.

34 is a knock mechanism, 36 is a lead chuck mechanism, 38 is a pencil lead displacement mechanism, and 40 is a case.

The knock mechanism 34 has a lead passage 4 that holds one pencil lead 42.
4, and a knock spring 46 for coupling with a core chuck mechanism 36, which will be described later.

The core chuck mechanism 36 includes a chuck member 48 with a split end, a ball 50 attached to the chuck member 48, a chuck case 52, and two chuck springs 54.
I have 56. Here, 58 is a shock absorbing spring.

The pencil lead displacement mechanism 38 is formed at the tip of the pencil holder 12, and a rubber ring 60 is provided at a predetermined position to hold the pencil lead with an appropriate frictional force.

The inner case 62 connects the lead chuck mechanism 36 to the pencil holder 1.
2 and the pencil lead displacement mechanism 3.
Lock 8. The pencil lead displacement mechanism 38 is supported so as to be slidable up and down, and is coupled by a coupling spring 64.

Next, the effect will be explained.

A single pencil lead 42a held within the lead passageway 44 is introduced into the lead passageway by a funnel-shaped member 66 formed at the top of the lead chuck mechanism 36. This taken-in pencil lead 42a is herein referred to as a first pencil lead 42a. here,
The first pencil lead 42a is gripped by the chuck member 48 of the lead chuck mechanism 36 by moving the knocking mechanism 34 up and down one or more times, that is, by opening and gripping the chuck member 48. At this time, the tip of the first pencil lead 42a is generally in contact with the rubber ring 6o of the pencil lead displacement mechanism 38. In this state, by moving the pencil lead displacement mechanism 38 up and down, the first pencil lead 42a is gradually drawn out. To put this in more detail, the chuck mechanism of this pencil holder has a relatively weak holding force in the direction of drawing out the pencil lead when it is gripped, and a relatively weak holding force in the direction of pushing the pencil lead back. is constructed to have an extremely strong holding force. Therefore, when the pencil lead displacement mechanism 38 moves upward, the first pencil lead 42a is held by the chuck member 48, so the first pencil lead 42a is not displaced. 1st
The position of the pencil lead 42a is changed. When the pencil lead displacement mechanism 38 returns to its original position from this state, the rubber ring 3
The first pencil lead 42a is pulled out by the vertical stroke due to the frictional force of 8. When the first pencil lead 42a comes out from the tip of the pencil holder 12, recording can be performed. The first pencil lead 42a is worn out in response to recording, and as shown in FIG. 18, when the rear end comes off the lead chuck mechanism 36, recording can no longer be performed. In such a case, this first pencil lead 42a
, that is, the remaining core must be removed.

The lead chuck mechanism 36 of the pencil holder of this reference example has a configuration in which the gripping and releasing operation is performed at a fixed position in order to maintain good recording quality, and therefore does not itself have the function of feeding out the pencil lead. Therefore, even if the first pencil lead 42a wears out and comes off the lead chuck mechanism 36, and the second pencil lead 42b follows and operates the knock mechanism 34 while being gripped by the lead chuck mechanism 36, the first pencil lead 42
a cannot be removed. Here, the first pencil lead 4
2a is supported by a rubber ring 6o of a pencil lead displacement mechanism 38 with a predetermined frictional force.

Now, the first pencil lead 42a and the second pencil lead 42b are in the 18th
In the state shown in the figure, the first pencil lead 42a has come off the lead chuck mechanism 36, and the second pencil lead 42b has left the first pencil lead 4.
Suppose that it is in contact with the rear end of 2a. Here, the pencil lead displacement mechanism 38 is pushed up by a predetermined amount against the coupling spring 64. As the pencil lead displacement mechanism 38 rises, the first pencil lead 42a on the supporting ridge also tries to rise by a predetermined amount due to the frictional force of its rubber ring 60, but the second pencil lead in contact with the rear end of the first pencil lead 42a Since the pencil lead 42b is held by the lead chuck mechanism 36, the first pencil lead 42a does not rise and remains in that position. Therefore, the first pencil lead 42a advances relative to the pencil lead displacement mechanism 38. If the pencil lead displacement mechanism 38 is returned to its original position at this point, a predetermined amount of space (the amount of rise of the pencil lead displacement mechanism 38) will be created between the rear end of the first pencil lead 42a and the second pencil lead 42b. occurs.

In this state, the knock mechanism 34 is pushed down. The lead chuck mechanism 36 is opened and the second pencil lead 42b falls due to gravity and contacts the rear end of the first pencil lead 42a. By sequentially performing these two operations, that is, the upward movement of the pencil lead displacement mechanism 38 and the downward movement of the knock mechanism 34, the first
The pencil lead 42a can be removed.

Next, the core feeding mechanism will be explained.

Reference numeral 66 denotes a unit holder, and a writing instrument holding means 68 having substantially the same structure as the writing instrument holding means 10 of the drawing head 6 is provided on the front surface of the unit holder. The unit holder 66 has a guide shaft 70.7 fixed to the upper wall of the base 14.
It is slidably attached to 2. Said base 1
4 includes pulleys 7 located near both ends of the guide shaft 70.
4 and 76 are rotatably supported, and one pulley 76 is
It is connected to the output shaft of the motor 78. The pulley 74.
An endless timing belt 80 is passed through the belt 76 with an appropriate tension, and the unit holder 66 is connected to the belt 80.

g2 is a core supply tank stocker, the lower disk 84 of which is rotatably supported on the upper wall of a box 86 erected on the base 14 (see FIGS. 8 and 12).
It is removably connected to the

A recognition mark 90 is provided on the surface of the disk 84 as shown in FIG. 8
2 and the presence or absence of the core supply tank stocker 82 can be recognized. The core supply tank stocker 82 is constructed by fitting pin holes 94 and 96 (see FIG. 12) formed in the bottom of the lower disk 84 to pins 98 and 100 protruding from the disk body 88. , the core tank stocker 82 is configured to be removably connected to the board 88. Said board 8
A gear 102 is formed at 8.

The gear 102 is connected to the box 86 via a gear transmission mechanism.
The output shaft of a motor 104 is connected to the output shaft of a motor 104 fixedly attached to the motor 104. The stocker 82 holds a plurality of core tanks 106 between each disk 81.84. The core tank 106 includes a first
As shown in FIG. 2, a lead storage section 110 for storing a plurality of writing leads 108 is formed. The core storage section 110
A hole is formed at the bottom of the hole, and a pipe-shaped core guide 112 is inserted into the hole.
is inserted so that it can slide freely. The core guide 112
is located at the center of a guiding tapered surface formed at the bottom of the core storage part 110. The core guide 112
The lower surface of the flange formed in the flange comes into elastic contact with the upper surface of the disc 84 due to the elastic force of the compression coil spring 114, and in this elastic contact state, the lower part of the core guide 1] 2 is moved a predetermined distance from the lower surface of the disc 84. The upper end of the protruding lead guide 112 is set at the same height as the tapered bottom surface of the lead storage part 110, as shown in FIG. A shutter plate 116 is provided on the lower surface of the disc 84 for each core tank 106.
is supported slidably in the radial direction of the disc 84. As shown in FIG. 12, the shutter plate 116 is formed with a recessed portion 118 having a horizontal bottom and an inclined surface. A protrusion 12 is provided at one end of the shutter plate 116.
0 is formed facing downward, and a shutter hole 122 is transparently provided near one end thereof. The shutter plate 116 is
It is urged toward the outer circumference of the disc 84 and is locked by a stopper provided on the disc 84. A writing instrument holding means 68 of the unit holder 66 is located directly below the arrangement circle of each lead tank 106.

An arm rotating shaft 124 is rotatably supported on the upper wall of the base 14, and the rotating shaft 124 is connected to an output shaft of a motor 126 fixedly installed within the base 14. An arm 128 is fixed perpendicularly to the upper end of the arm rotation shaft 124, and a pin 130 protruding from the upper surface of the arm 128 is connected to a shutter plate at the bottom of the lead tank 106 located directly above the writing instrument holding means 68. It is facing 116.

The shutter plate 116 and the arm 128 constitute a shutter mechanism for dropping one lead 108 from the lead tank 106. Note 2: This shutter mechanism is 2
Since various configurations are possible, the present invention is not particularly limited to the illustrated configuration. Reference numeral 132 designates an upper knock plate which is rotatably supported on the upper part of the unit holder 66 about an axis parallel to the upper wall of the base 14 and perpendicular to the guide shaft 70. Two prongs are formed into which the mechanism 34 is received. The knock plate 132 is biased in the upward direction with its forked portions, and a portion of the rear stopper is locked to the bracket of the unit holder 66 in a substantially horizontal position. As shown in FIG. 3, a roller 136 is rotatably supported on the knock plate 132. As shown in FIG. A push-down plate 148 having protrusions 40a and 140b is fixed to the upper wall of the box 86, located on the movement path of the roller 136 along the guide shaft 70°72. There is.

As shown in FIG. 3, the bracket fixed to the upper wall of the base 14 has a guide shaft 7 parallel to the upper wall.
The lower knock plate 142 is centered on the axis perpendicular to 0.72.
is rotatably supported on a shaft 146. The knock plate 14
2 is formed with a bifurcated portion that receives the small diameter portion 38a of the pencil lead displacement mechanism 38 of the pencil holder 12. The knock plate 142 is biased in a downward direction with its forked portions, and in a substantially horizontal position, the lower surface of the knock plate 142 is in elastic contact with the stopper surface of the bracket.

A roller 144 is rotatably supported at one end of the knock plate 142, located in a movement path of a tapered portion 148 (see FIG. 12) at the bottom of the unit holder 66. A residual lead discharge hole 150 (see FIG. 3) is formed in the upper wall of the base 14, located below the movement path of the writing instrument holding means 68 of the unit holder 66 along the guide shaft 70, 72. has been done. Reference numeral 152 designates a sensor mounting plate (see FIGS. 12 and 14) that is movably disposed above the residual core discharge hole 150 along a slide guide member 154 fixed to the base 14. A residual core inspection sensor 156 is located at one rising portion of the residual core discharge hole 150.
It is installed directly above the The other pair of rising portions 152a and 152b of the sensor mounting plate 152
are rollers 158 and 160 rotatably supported by the lower bracket of the unit holder 66 (see FIG. 15).
is in elastic contact with the spring 162 due to the tensile force of the spring 162.

Next, the 8 protrusion amount adjustment mechanism will be explained.

In FIG. 3, 162 is a core adjustment plate, and the base 1
Shafts 164 and 166 are supported by brackets No. 4 to be rotatable about axes that are horizontal to the upper wall of the base 14 and perpendicular to the guide shafts 70 and 72. A recessed portion is formed in the lead adjustment plate 162, and the recessed portion is located directly below the movement path of the writing instrument holding means 68 along the guide shaft 70.72. The core adjustment plate 162 is.

A portion of the stopper 162a is biased in a direction to come into elastic contact with the upper wall of the base 14. The rollers 158, 1 of the unit holder 66 are provided on both sides of the core adjustment plate 162.
Rollers 168 and 170 are rotatably supported on the moving path of the roller 60.

Located below the core fold edge 172 of the recessed portion.

A residual core discharge hole 174 is provided in the upper wall of the base 14. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 176 denotes a pencil holder presence/absence detection sensor, which is disposed opposite to the rotation path of the writing instrument holding means 30 of the pen stocker 16. Said motor 22, 78° 104.126 and sensor 176
is connected to the controller.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 10 and 11.

When the power switch is turned on, the unit holder 66
It moves to an initial setting position intermediate between the core supply tank stocker 82 and the writing instrument stocker 16, and waits at that position.

Next, the controller determines whether there is a pen presence/absence detection command to determine whether each writing holding means 30 of the writing instrument stocker 16 holds the pencil holder 12 (block 1), and if it determines affirmatively.

The controller drives the motor 22 to rotate the writing instrument stocker 16 and remove the writing instrument holding means 3 of the stocker 16.
0 in front of sensor 176. Each time the writing instrument holding means 30 moves, the sensor 176 detects the opposing writing instrument holding means 30 at a timing from the controller.
detecting whether or not the person is holding the pencil holder 12;
Input the detection signal to the controller (block 2)
.

The controller uses the detection signal from the sensor 176 to
A signal indicating the presence or absence of the pencil holder 12 is written in the No position corresponding to each writing instrument holding means 30 of the writing instrument stocker 16 in the table in the memory. Then the controller
It is determined whether or not there is a core supply command (block 3). If the controller determines yes, the controller drives the motor 22 to rotate the stonker 16 and remove the core from the pencil holder 12 to be cored.
The writing instrument holding means 30 that holds the unit holder 66
have them face to face. Next, the controller drives the motor 78 to rotate the belt 80, and the rotation of the belt 80 moves the unit holder 66 in a direction approaching the writing instrument stocker 16 along the guide shafts 70, 72. let This movement causes the writing instrument holding means 68 of the unit holder 66 to
grips the pencil holder 12 held by the writing instrument holding means 30 of the writing instrument stocker 16. Here, the controller determines whether or not the unit holder 66 has moved to a position where the pencil holder 12 can be taken from the writing instrument stocker 16 (block 4). For example, if the power is turned off while the writing instrument holding means 68 of the unit holder 66 is holding the pencil holder 12 in the previous core feeding operation, the unit holder 66 remains holding the pencil holder 12. Complete the core feeding operation. When the current core feeding operation is restarted from this state, the unit holder 66 moves to pick up the designated pencil holder 12 of the writing instrument stocker 16 while holding the pencil holder 12, as shown in FIG. I'm going to go. In this case,
The pencil holder 12 on the unit holder 66 side and the pencil holder 12 on the writing instrument stocker 16 side collide, and the unit holder 66 is locked at a distance G away from the pencil holder exchange position in FIG. 9. This state can be detected by the controller comparing the set movement amount of the unit holder 66 with the actual movement amount and detecting the difference G. In this case, the controller makes a negative determination in block 4 and then
It is determined whether there is any writing instrument holding means 30 on the side that is empty, ie, does not hold the pencil holder 12 (block 8). If the controller determines negative, the controller displays on the display unit that there is no space on the writing instrument stocker 16 (block 11), then determines whether to reset the writing instrument stocker 16 (block 12), and selects an affirmative. Once determined, the writing instrument stocker 16 is reset and initial operations such as setting the origin position of the stocker 16 are performed (block 13). The controller then moves to block 8. When the controller makes an affirmative determination in decision block 4, it drives and controls the writing instrument stocker 16 so that the empty writing instrument holding means 30 thereof faces the writing instrument holding means 68 of the unit holder 66, and in this state, the unit holder 66 is held as a writing instrument. The pencil holder 12 held by the unit holder 66 is returned to the writing instrument stocker 16 by driving in the direction of the stocker 16 (block 9). Next, the controller moves the unit holder 66 along the guide shafts 70 and 72 to a position separated from the writing instrument stocker 16 by a predetermined distance, and then rotates the writing instrument stocker 16 to select the selected writing instrument holding means. 30 to face the unit holder 66. From this state, the controller moves the unit holder 66 toward the writing instrument stocker 16, causes the writing instrument holding means 68 of the unit holder 66 to grip the pencil holder 12 held by the selected writing instrument holding means 30 of the writing instrument stocker 16, and then later.

The unit holder 66 is moved back relative to the stocker 16 along the guide shaft 70.72 by a predetermined amount. As a result, the unit holder 66 takes the selected pencil holder 30 from the writing instrument stocker 16 and holds it (block 1
0), when the writing instrument holding means 68 of the unit holder 66 has taken the selected pencil holder 12 from the writing instrument stocker 16, the controller next controls the motor 78.
drive the unit holder 66 to the core supply tank stocker 8
Move it below 2. The operation of exchanging the pencil holder 12 between the writing instrument holding means 68 of the unit holder and the writing instrument holding means 30 of the writing instrument stocker 16 is the same as the operation of exchanging the pencil holder 12 between the drawing head 6 and the writing instrument stocker 16.

Before the unit holder 66 moves to the core supply operation, the controller previously controls the rotation of the core supply tank stocker 82, selects one of the plurality of core tanks 106, and selects one of the core tanks 106. is positioned directly above the upper knock plate 132. In this state, the unit holder 66
moves to the core feeding position below the upper knock plate 132, the knock mechanism 34 of the pencil holder 12 is inserted into the forked part of the upper knock plate 132, and the flange 134 of the pencil holder 12 is placed on the lower surface of the knock plate 132. opposite. Next, the controller drives the motor 126 to rotate the arm rotation shaft 124. This causes the pin 130 of the arm 128 to push the shutter plate 116. When the shutter plate 116 is pushed, the lead guide 112 protrudes from the shutter plate 11, and the other writing lead 108 moves to the lead guide 1.
12. Shutter plate 116
is pushed to a predetermined locking position by the pushing force of the arm 128, the shutter hole 122 of the shutter plate 116 closes.
coincides with the lower end of the lead guide 112, and the writing lead 108 in the lead guide 112 falls due to its own weight and falls into the lead passage 44 of the knocking mechanism 34 of the pencil holder 12. Next, the controller moves the unit holder 66 within a predetermined range.
, in the left and right direction in FIG.
The roller 136 is pushed down by the protrusion 140a of 0. As a result, the upper knock plate 132 swings clockwise in FIG. 12, and by swinging the knock plate 132,
Flange 134 is pushed down.

The writing lead 1 is placed inside the lead chuck mechanism 36 of the pencil holder 12.
08 is led. This completes the operation of pushing the lead into the pencil holder 12 held by the unit holder 66. The controller returns the arm 4128 to its original position, moves the unit holder 66 beyond the core feeding position to the left in FIG. The small diameter portion 38a of the pencil lead displacement mechanism 38 of the pencil holder 12 is inserted into the portion.

Further, when the unit holder 66 is moved to the left in FIG. 12, the tapered portion 148 of the unit holder 66 collides with the roller 144 and pushes it down. Kokoro 14
4, the knock plate 142 rises and pushes up the pencil lead displacement mechanism 38 of the pencil holder 12 held by the writing instrument holding means 68 of the unit holder 66. This pushing up action and pushing down action of the upper knock plate 132 are alternated.

By reciprocating the unit holder 66 several times, the remaining lead in the pencil holder 12 is removed from the remaining lead discharging hole 15.
0, and a new lead protrudes a predetermined amount from the tip of the pencil holder 12. The remaining core is detected by the remaining core detection sensor 156 and input to the controller. As the unit holder 66 moves to the core supply position and the remaining core discharge position, the rollers 158 and 160 engage with the rising portions 152a and 152b of the sensor mounting plate 152, so that the sensor mounting plate 152 is moved to the unit holder 66. In conjunction with this, when discharging the remaining lead, the remaining lead detection sensor 156 is always located directly below the pencil holder 12 held by the unit holder 66. The mechanism for interlocking the core test sensor 156 with the movement of the unit holder 66 is to move the sensor mounting plate 152 to the unit holder 6.
The structure is not particularly limited to a configuration in which the remaining core detection sensor 1
56 to the holder unit 66 via the mounting bracket 157.
It may be attached directly to. Next, the controller moves the unit holder 66 toward the writing instrument stocker 16, and as shown in FIG.
08, and by the moving force of the unit holder 66, the core 1
Fold 08 from the middle to make an appropriate protrusion length. Furthermore, when the unit holder 66 is moved toward the writing instrument stocker 16, the lead 10 protruding from the tip of the pencil holder 12
8 moves to the upper surface of the 8 adjustment plate 162.

At this time, the rollers 158 and 160 of the unit holder 66 are 8
The rollers 168 and 170 of the adjustment plate 162 are pushed down as shown in FIG. 7, and the eight adjustment plate 172 swings counterclockwise in FIG.
The lead 108 protruding from the tip of the pencil is pushed up into the pencil holder 12. During this push-up operation, the other protrusion 140b of the push-down plate 140 is located directly above the roller 136,
This roller 136 is pushed down, and the upper knock plate 132
As a result, the flange 134 is pushed down, and the knock mechanism 34 of the pencil holder 12 is in an open state. When the above operations are completed, the controller moves the unit holder 66 to the writing instrument stocker 1.
Block 6) for returning the pencil holder 12, which has completed core feeding and is held by the writing instrument holding means 68 of the unit holder 66, to its original position in the writing instrument stocker 16, for the next processing. Migrate (block 7).

When the operator turns off the power switch (block 14)
), the controller determines that the writing instrument holding means 68 of the unit holder 66 is in the pencil holder 12 at the judgment point 15.
It is determined from the table in the memory whether or not the unit holder 66 is holding the pencil holder 12. If the determination is affirmative, the display section displays that the pencil holder 12 is present in the unit holder 66 (block 16), and then the core feeding operation is in progress. (block 17). If it is affirmative, the display section displays that the core feeding operation is in progress (block 18), and the core feeding operation is completed (block 19). Next, the controller displays a message indicating that the pencil holder is being returned on the display (block 2o), and returns the pencil holder 12 held by the unit holder 66, which has completed the core feeding operation, to its original position in the writing instrument stocker 16 (block 21). . Next, the controller turns off the power to the controller and drive unit of the automatic drafting machine main body.

Through the above sequence, the unit holder 66 is placed in the writing instrument stocker 16 as shown in FIG.
It is possible to prevent the pencil holder 12 from colliding with each other when going to pick up the pencil holder 2.

In carrying out the present invention, the wick tank 128 is not particularly limited to having a plurality of structures, but may be one having a single structure. In addition, the push-down plate 140 and the upper knock plate 13
2. The knocking mechanism 34 of the pencil holder 12 constitutes a lead pushing means, but this means is not limited to the above-described structure shown in the figure, and is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 1-78899, etc. A core pushing means using a known cam can be used.

〔effect〕

As described above, in the present invention, since the lead tank is provided at a location different from the writing instrument stocker, lead can be supplied from the lead tank to the pencil holder even when the writing instrument stocker is in operation. Further, since the writing instrument stocker and the lead tank are separate, the mechanical structure of each can be simplified, and each can be made lightweight, making maintenance easier.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is an explanatory drawing, Fig. 2 is an external view, Fig. 3 is an external view, Fig. 4 is an external view, Fig. 5 is an external view, Fig. 6 is a side view, Fig. 7 is an external view.
The figure is a side view, Figure 8 is an external view, Figure 9 is an explanatory plan view,
Figures 10 and 11rj! i is flowchart, 12th
The figure is a side view, Fig. 13 is an external view, Fig. 14 is an external view, Fig. 15 is an external view, Fig. 16 is a side view, Fig. 17 is a front view, Fig. 18 is a sectional view, and Fig. 19 FIG. 3 is a side view showing another embodiment. 2... Body, 4... Platen, 6... Drawing head, 8... Steel belt, 10... Writing instrument holding means, 12... Pencil holder, 14... Base, unit 6
...Writing instrument stocker, 18...Spindle, 20...
Board, 22... Motor, 24... Board, 26... Mark, 28... Sensor, 30... Writing instrument holding means,
34... Knock mechanism, 36... Core chuck mechanism, 3
8...Pencil lead displacement mechanism, 4°...Case, 42b...
・Core, 44... Core passage, 46... Knock spring,
48... Chuck member, 50... Ball, 52...
・Chuck case, 54.56...Chuck spring, 58...Spring, 6o...Rubber ring, 62.
...Inner case, 64...Spring, 66...Unit holder, 68...Writing instrument holding means, 70°72.
...Guide shaft, 74, 76...Pulley, 78...Motor, 80...Belt, 82 River core supply tank stocker, 8
4...Disc, 86...Box, 88...Disc body,
9°...mark, 92...sensor, 94.96...
・Pin hole, 98.100... Pin, 102... Gear, 104... Motor, 106... Core tank, 108
... Core, 110 ... Core storage section, 112 ... Core guide, 114 ... Spring, 116 ... Shutter plate, 11
8... Recessed part, 120... Protrusion, 122... Shutter hole, 124... Arm rotation axis, 126... Motor, 128... Arm, 130... Pin, 132...
...Knock plate, 134...flange. 136... Roller, 140... Push down plate, 142...
... Knock plate, 144 ... Roller, 146 ... Shaft, 1
48・Taber part, 150...remaining core discharge hole, 152・
...Sensor mounting plate, 154...Slide guide member,
156...sensor, 158,160...coro, 16
2... Core adjustment plate, 164, 166... Shaft, 168, 1
70... Roll, 172... Core fold edge, 174...
・Remaining core drainage hole, 176...sensor.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) It has a plurality of writing instrument holding means 30 for detachably holding the pencil holder 12, and a writing instrument stocker 16 rotatably disposed on the body side, and a writing instrument stocker 16 in the X-Y direction relative to the drawing surface. In an automatic drawing machine that is equipped with a drawing head 6 that is movable, and that allows the pencil holder 12 to be exchanged between the drawing head 6 and the writing instrument stocker 16, on the machine body side, A unit holder 66 is disposed so as to be movable toward and away from the writing instrument stocker 16, and a writing instrument holding means 68 for detachably holding the pencil holder 12 is provided on the unit holder 66. The pencil holder 12 can be mutually exchanged between the holding means 68 and any writing instrument holding means 30 of the writing instrument stocker 16, and a plurality of pencil holders are arranged above the moving path of the writing instrument holding means 68 of the unit holder 66. Lead tank 106 that stores writing leads
The wick tank 106 is placed below the wick tank 106.
An automatic core feeding device characterized by being provided with a shutter mechanism for dropping the writing leads one by one inside the pencil holder 12, and lead pushing means for pushing the writing leads that have fallen into the pencil holder 12 to a predetermined position.