JPH03616A - Flat roofing tile binding device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make a lifting device unnecessary and to speed up the carrying drastically by a method wherein piled up flat roofing tiles are carried with its side surface or end surface projecting from the side surface of a conveyor, and the side surface of the piled up flat roofing tiles is made to coincide with a tape adhesive surface of a lateral tape binding machine. CONSTITUTION:Piled up flat roofing tiles with their rear sides facing up are carried on a conveyor 6 for a first section from a carrying conveyor with their longitudinal direction as a carrying direction. Then, by a side part positioning mechanism 36 for a first positioning device 34, positionings in the longitudinal direction and cross direction are performed. The flat roofing tiles for which a lateral binding has been performed by a lateral tape binding machine 33 arem moved to a step-aside position, and then are inverted by 90 deg. counter-clockwise together with an inverting table by a turning pivot by the operation of a hydropneumatic cylinder of an elevating inverting device. Then, by an end part positioning mechanism 71 for a third positioning device 69, positionings in the cross direction and longitudinal direction are performed. The flat roofing tiles, for which a longitudinal binding has been performed by a longitudinal tape binding machine 68, are moved to a step-aside position, and then are carried to a carrying-out conveyor through a direction changing device.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a tile binding device for binding a required number of tile tiles (usually 5 tiles) in a vertical or horizontal criss-cross pattern using tape.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, this type of tile binding device includes a cantilever roller conveyor that longitudinally conveys tile tiles stacked face up, and a cantilever roller conveyor that is disposed close to the open end of the cantilever roller conveyor to transport tiles stacked face up. It consists of a tape groove tying machine that binds tile tiles in the direction of the ends with tape, and a parallel link mechanism, which lifts the stacked tile tiles on the holding roller conveyor and connects the sides with tape to the horizontal tape tying machine. a lifting device for aligning the horizontally bound tiles with tape in the longitudinal direction; a vertical tape binding machine for binding the horizontally bound tiles in the longitudinal direction; and a receiver for taking the horizontally bound tiles from the cantilever roller conveyor, The receiver of the tape vertical binding machine is equipped with a reversing transfer device for inverting and transferring the vertically bound tiles onto a table, and a transfer device for transferring the vertically and horizontally bound tiles from the platform to an unloading conveyor. It is composed of

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional tile binding device,
Since the conveyor is a cantilever roller conveyor, a lifting device is required to align the side surfaces of the stacked tiles with the tape adhesion surface of the horizontal tape binding machine, resulting in a problem that the configuration of the device becomes complicated.

In addition, since the transfer by the reversing transfer device and the transfer device is performed by a linear reciprocating device such as a hydraulic cylinder, the transportation of the tiles tied horizontally or vertically and horizontally becomes intermittent.
There is a problem in that it is not possible to speed up conveyance.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a tile binding device that can be simplified in structure and speed up conveyance.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to solve the above three problems, the present invention provides two lobes or belts, each with two strips, for conveying the stacked tiles with their backs facing upward, spaced apart at intervals suitably smaller than the width of the tiles. A conveyor with three sections connected in a straight line with a required gap, and a conveyor with an endless load conveying belt of A horizontal tape binding machine located close to each other,
a lifting and reversing device disposed between the endless load carrying strips of the conveyor of the second section so as to be able to lift and lower and turn over 90″;
The apparatus includes a tape vertical binding machine disposed close to the side of the gap between the second section conveyor and the third section conveyor.

[For production]

In the above means, the stacked tiles are conveyed with their side surfaces or end surfaces protruding from the side surface of the conveyor.

In addition, when the stacked roof tiles are conveyed not only on the conveyor of each section but also over the gap between the conveyors of adjacent sections in the longitudinal direction and the end direction, they can be conveyed continuously without causing problems such as falling. transported to.

It is preferable to provide a positioning device for positioning the stacked tiles in the longitudinal direction and the end direction during horizontal binding.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIGS. 1 and 2 are a plan view and a side view of a tile binding device according to the present invention.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a linear base extending horizontally, and the level can be adjusted by a cup jack (not shown) attached to the lower end of the leg 1a.

On one side (upper side in Figure 1) of the base 1, there is an H
Three conveyor frames 2.3.4 made of shaped steel or the like are arranged in series at appropriate distances in the longitudinal direction of the base 1, and on each conveyor frame 2.3.4 there is a frame as described below. Two rows each carry the Noshi tiles 5 (see Figures 4 and 5) stacked with their backs facing upward, and are separated by an interval appropriately smaller than the width of the Noshi tiles 5 (see Figure 3). The conveyors 6, 7.8 of the first, second and third sections have the required clearance 9. The base 1 is connected in a straight line in the longitudinal direction of the base 1.

The conveyor 6 of the first section cooperates with the conveyor 7 of the second section to transport the shingle tiles 5 carried in from a carry-in conveyor (not shown) to the conveyor 6 of the first section and the conveyor of the second section, which are at the horizontal binding position. gap between 7 and 9
It is used for upward conveyance, and uses an endless round belt 11 as two parallel endless load carrying bands, and is driven by a motor 12 mounted on the base 1.

The conveyor 7 of the second section conveys the horizontally bound roof tiles 5 as will be described later onto a lifting and reversing device (described later) provided in the conveyance path of the conveyor 7 of the second section,
From this reversal position, it cooperates with the conveyor 8 of the third section to convey it onto the gap lO between the conveyor 7 of the second section and the conveyor 8 of the third section, which is the vertical binding position, and the first A front stage conveyor 13 carries in and out the above-mentioned shingle tiles 5 to and from the horizontal bundling position in cooperation with the conveyor 6 of the section, and receives and takes the horizontally bound shingles 5 from the front stage conveyor 13 to the above-mentioned reversing position. a middle stage conveyor 14 that transports the horizontally bound and inverted tiles 5 from the middle stage conveyor 14 and conveys them to the vertical binding position in cooperation with the conveyor 8 of the third section.
In order to smooth the transfer of the shingles 5 between the middle stage conveyor 14 and the rear stage conveyor 15, both ends are overlapped with the ends of the middle stage conveyor 4 and the rear stage conveyor 5 in the horizontal direction. 14. 15 and an auxiliary conveyor IB placed inside the conveyor belt. The front-stage conveyor 13 and the middle-stage conveyor 14 are constructed using two parallel endless round belts 17. The rear conveyor 15 uses an endless flat belt 21 as two parallel endless load carrying strips and is driven by a separate motor 19, 20 mounted on the base 1. While driven by an attached motor 22, the auxiliary conveyor 16 is driven by the same motor 20 as the middle conveyor 14, using an endless round belt 23 as two parallel endless load carrying bands.

In addition, in order to smoothly transfer the horizontally bound tiles 5 to the middle conveyor 14, the front conveyor 13 is arranged inside the middle conveyor 14 so that its end overlaps the end of the middle conveyor 14 in the horizontal direction. There is.

The conveyor 8 of the third section picks up the tiles 5 bound vertically and horizontally from the vertical binding position, transfers them to a conveyor (both not shown) via a direction changing device provided at the terminal end thereof
The first stage conveyor 24 cooperates with the second section conveyor 7 to carry in and out the vertical binding device, and the first stage conveyor 24 carries out the vertically and horizontally bound tiles 5 from the front stage conveyor 24. It is comprised of a middle stage conveyor 25 which transports the tiles 5 to the direction changing device, and a rear stage conveyor 20 which receives the tiles 5 from the middle stage conveyor 25 and transports them onto the direction changing device. The front-stage conveyor 24 has an endless flat belt 27 as two parallel endless load conveying belts.
The intermediate conveyor 25 and the rear conveyor 2B are driven by a motor 28 mounted on the base 1, while the middle conveyor 25 and the rear conveyor 2B both use endless round belts 29 and 30 as two parallel endless load conveying belts. Driven by a separate motor 31.32 mounted above. Note that, in order to smoothly transfer the vertically and horizontally bound tiles 5 from the front conveyor 24 to the rear conveyor 26, the middle conveyor 25 has an end that is horizontally connected to the ends of the front conveyor 24 and the rear conveyor 2B. They are placed inside each other in a superimposed manner.

On the side of the gap 9 between the conveyor 6 of the first section and the conveyor 7 of the second section, there is a normal horizontal tape binding machine that binds the tiles 5 stacked with their backs facing upwards with tape in the direction of the ends. 33 are arranged in close proximity. Also, gap 9
A first positioning device 34 is provided near the gap 9 to position the shingle 5 conveyed onto the gap 9 in the longitudinal direction and the end direction. As detailed in FIG. 3, FIG. 4, and FIG. It is composed of front, side, and rear positioning mechanisms 35, 36, and 37 for positioning the rear part.

That is, on the side of the conveyor frame 3 of the conveyor 7 in the second section, a bracket 38 is provided that projects horizontally to the other side of the base 1. A rotation shaft 35, which constitutes a part of the rotation shaft 35, is rotatably erected. Two horizontally extending wooden arms 40 are attached to the upper part of the rotation shaft 35 and are positioned above the endless load carrying belt of the conveyor 7 of the second section. A stopper plate 41 is attached.

Further, a lever 42 is protruded from the lower part of the rotation shaft 35, and this lever 42 moves the stopper plate 41 via the rotation shaft 35 to the stop position shown in FIG. ＠In order to position the cylinder in two positions with the rotated shelter position, the end of the piston rod 44a of the hydraulic cylinder 44 whose base is shaped like an inverted bracket 43 installed on the base 1 and the conveyor frame 3 is connected to the end of the piston rod 44a. It is worn.

Further, on the other side of the base 1 on the side of the end on the gap 9 side between the conveyor 6 of the first section and the conveyor 7 of the second section, struts 45 are respectively erected, and these struts 45 A guide plate 4B, which constitutes a part of the side positioning mechanism 36, is attached to the upper part. A slide member 47 is provided on each guide plate 46 so as to be movable toward and away from the conveyor 6.7 of the first and second sections by means of a screw mechanism.
7 is provided with a suppression plate 48 that presses the side surface of the roof tile 5 that has been conveyed to the horizontal binding position so as to be movable back and forth in the same direction as the moving direction of the slide member 47 by a fluid pressure cylinder 49, a guide bar 50, etc. It is being

Further, on the other side of the base 1 on the side of the conveyor 6 in the first section, an inverted support column 51 is erected.
A support plate 52 attached to the upper part of the support column 51 rotatably supports the base of a rotation shaft 53 that constitutes a part of the rear positioning mechanism 37. The co-moving shaft 53 is the first
Suppressing plates 55 are attached to two arms 54 which extend horizontally and perpendicularly to the conveyor 6 of the section and are planted perpendicularly to the ends located above the conveyor 6. Further, a lever 56 is provided at the base of the rotation shaft 53.
is provided in a protruding manner, and this lever 5G is used to position the suppression plate 55 in two positions, the suppression position shown in FIG. , is pivotally connected to an end of a piston rod 57a of a fluid pressure cylinder 57 whose intermediate portion is pivotally supported by the support plate 52.

The conveyor frame 3 of the second section conveyor 7 is
As shown in FIGS. 6, 7, 8, and 9, the middle conveyor 14 is divided into two parts at the middle, and on the base 1 at this point there are Raise and lower tiles 5 and 9
A lifting and reversing device 58 with a 0" reversal is arranged between the endless load carrying strips of the intermediate conveyor 14.

That is, on a cylinder base 59 located in the middle of the conveyor frame 3 and mounted on the base 1, an elevating frame 60, which constitutes a part of the elevating and reversing device 58, is mounted by a fluid pressure cylinder 61, a guide bar 62, etc. It is set up so that it can be raised and lowered. The lifting frame 60 has a vertical rotation axis 6.
3 is rotatably inserted between the endless load carrying bands of the middle stage conveyor 14, and the upper end of this rotating shaft 63 is provided with A reversing table 64 is attached which has a small width and length and can place horizontally bound tiles 5. Further, a lever 65 is provided protruding from the lower part of the rotation shaft 63, and this lever 65 moves the reversing table 64 through the rotation shaft 63 to the receiving position shown in FIG. In order to position the bridge which has been inverted by 90 degrees to the transfer position, it is pivotally connected to the end of a piston rod 68a of a fluid pressure cylinder 66 whose end is pivotally supported by the elevating frame 60.

In addition, on the side of the middle conveyor 14 of the second section conveyor 7, as shown in FIGS. In order to stop the device 58 at a position above the reversing table 64, a second positioning device 67 is provided for positioning the device 58 in the longitudinal direction. The second positioning device 67 is substantially similar to the front positioning mechanism 35 of the first positioning device 34? Since this is the i number, its explanation will be omitted.

On the side of the gap 10 between the conveyor 7 of the second section and the conveyor 8 of the third section, there is a conventional tape vertical binding machine 6 for binding the horizontally bound tiles 5 in the longitudinal direction.
8 are arranged close to each other. Further, a third positioning device 69 is provided in the vicinity of the gap 10 to position the tiles 5 in the edge direction and the longitudinal direction, which are laterally bundled and transported in the edge direction and transferred onto the gap 10. . The third positioning device 69 is composed of side and end positioning mechanisms 70 and 71 that position the sides and ends of the shingle 5, and the side positioning mechanism 70 is configured by the first positioning device 3
4, the front positioning mechanism 35, and the end positioning mechanism 7.
1 has almost the same configuration as the side positioning mechanism 36 of the same device, so the explanation thereof will be omitted.

In the tile binding device having the above configuration, the tile tiles 5 stacked with their backs facing upward are carried from the carry-in conveyor onto the conveyor 6 of the first section with the longitudinal direction as the conveyance direction, and 6 and the front stage conveyor 13 of the conveyor 7 of the second section.
When the conveyor 6 of the first section and the front conveyor 13 are moved upward, the front part first collides with the stopper plate 41 of the front positioning mechanism 35 of the first positioning device 35 to stop the forward movement, and the conveyor 6 of the first section and the front conveyor 13 are stopped 1. ．． do. Then, the above-mentioned shingle 5 is pressed on one side by the suppression plate 48 of the side positioning mechanism 36 of the first positioning device 34 and pressed on the other side against the tape adhesive surface of the tape horizontal binding machine 33. After that, the suppression plate 5 of the rear positioning mechanism 87 of the device is
5, the rear part is pressed, positioning is performed in the longitudinal direction and the end direction, and horizontal binding is performed by the tape horizontal binding machine 33.

The horizontally bound roof tiles 5 are placed in the first section after each plate 41 , 48 , 55 of the front, side and rear positioning mechanism 35 , 36 , 37 of the first positioning device 34 is moved to the retracted position. By the operation of the conveyor 6 and the pre-stage conveyor 13, it is conveyed from above the gap 9 via the pre-stage conveyor 13 to the middle-stage conveyor 14, and is conveyed by this conveyor 14 and transferred onto the reversing table 64 of the elevating and reversing device 58. Its forward movement is stopped by the stopper plate of the second positioning device 67, and the middle stage conveyor 14 is stopped. Next, after the stopper plate moves to the retracted position, the horizontally bound tiles 5 are placed on the reversing table 64 by the operation of the hydraulic cylinder 61 of the bamboo reversing device 58, and are transferred to the endless load on the middle conveyor 14. After being lifted above the conveyor belt, the hydraulic cylinder 66 is operated to rotate the inverted table 64 together with the inverting table 64 by 90'' counterclockwise in FIG. The tiles 5 are placed on the endless load conveying belt of the middle conveyor 14 with the edge direction as the conveyance direction by lowering the reversing table 64 by the operation of the fluid pressure cylinder 61, and the tiles 5 are placed on the endless load conveying belt of the middle conveyor 14, with the edge direction being the conveying direction. When the three-section conveyor 8 is transferred onto the gap lo by the operation of the front-stage conveyor 24, the side portion first collides with the stopper plate of the side positioning mechanism 70 of the third positioning device 69, and the forward movement is stopped. , each conveyor 14, 10, 15° 24 stops.Then, one end of the shingle 5 is pushed by the suppression plate of the end positioning mechanism 71 of the third positioning device 69, and the tape vertical binding machine 68 is pressed. The other end is pressed against the tape adhesive surface to position the tape in the end direction and longitudinal direction, and vertical binding is performed by the tape vertical binding machine 68.

After the side and end positioning mechanisms 70, 71 of the third positioning device 69 move the plates 5 to the retracted position, the vertically and horizontally bound tiles 5 are transferred to the rear conveyor 15 of the second section conveyor 7, By the operation of the front conveyor 24, middle conveyor 25, and rear conveyor 26 of the three-section conveyor 8, the conveyor belt is transferred from above the gap 10 through the front conveyor 24 and the middle conveyor 25 to the rear conveyor 26, and is provided at the terminal end of the rear conveyor 26. The material is conveyed to an output conveyor via a direction changing device.

In the above embodiment, the second positioning device 67 and the third positioning device 69 are provided at the reversal position and the vertical binding position, but the conveyors 6.7 of the first to third sections are
．． It is not necessary to provide this if the conveyance posture of the tiles 5 horizontally bound by the tile 8 is not disturbed.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, the stacked tiles are conveyed with their side surfaces or end surfaces protruding from the side surface of the conveyor. There is no need for a lifting device to match the adhesive surface of the tape, and the configuration of the device can be simplified.

In addition, when the square tiles are conveyed not only on the conveyor of each section but also over the gaps between the conveyors of adjacent sections in the longitudinal direction and the end direction, they do not fall, etc. as with conventional roller conveyors. Since the material is transported continuously without any hindrance, the transport speed can be significantly increased compared to the conventional technology.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The figure shows one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 2 is a plan view and a front view of the tile binding device, and FIGS. 3, 4, and 5 are plan views of the first positioning device. Front view, side view, Fig. 6, Fig. 7, Fig. 8 are a plan view, top view, and side view of the lifting and reversing device, and Fig. 9 is a cross-sectional view taken along line IX-IX in Fig. 7. . 5... Tile 6... Conveyor 7 of the 1st section... Conveyor 8 of the 2nd section... Conveyor 9 of the 3rd section, IO... Gap +1.17. 18... Endless round bell 21...
Endless flat belt 23...Endless round belt 33...Tape horizontal binding machine 58...Elevating and reversing device 34...First positioning device 68...Tape vertical binding machine Applicant Koomei Kogyo Co., Ltd.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) Conveying two Noshi tiles stacked with their backs facing upward, spaced apart at intervals appropriately smaller than the width of the Noshi tiles.
A three-section conveyor has an endless load carrying belt in the form of parallel ropes or belts, and is connected in a straight line with a required gap, and a conveyor in the first section and a conveyor in the second section. a horizontal tape binding machine disposed close to the side of the gap between the two; an elevating and reversing device disposed between the endless load conveying belt of the second section conveyor so that it can be raised and lowered and reversed by 90 degrees; and the conveyor of the second section. and third
A tile binding device characterized by comprising a tape vertical binding device disposed close to the side of the gap between the section and the conveyor.