JPH04371420A - Unpackaging device for package - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To unpackage a package unit and fit the package into a tray with simple constitution. CONSTITUTION:This unpackaging device for package consists of an overhead traveling device 6 which carries the sheet material Tu of a package unit Pu placed on the first position A of a reciprocating conveyer 2 to a sheet material stacking device TL, and an overhead traveling carrier device OH which carries and fits a package P into an adjacent tray 32 at the second position B of the reciprocating conveyer 2. It is thus possible to unpackage the package and fit the package into the tray.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a package unpacking device for transporting a plate on which a package unit is placed to a plate stacking device and inserting the package into a tray.

0002

[Prior Art] When supplying a large number of package units produced in a spinning factory and placed on a board to a knitting factory or weaving factory equipped with knitting machines, looms, etc., the package units are unpacked and disposed of as unnecessary. The used planks are stacked and sent back to the spinning factory. Moreover, after these packages are taken out in order in a yarn end preparation device, a creel is provided on a movable truck, the truck is moved, and the packages are inserted by a creel insertion device.

0003

In the above-mentioned conventional apparatus, the plate material is transported to the board stacking device in the board material unpacking device, and the package is transported to the tray waiting in the next process. This required insertion and insertion work, and because many operations were performed at the same location, various transportation equipment became complicated, causing problems with the layout of equipment in the factory and hindering smooth unpacking operations.

[0004] Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to enable unpacking of a package unit and insertion of the package into a tray with a simple structure.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks of the conventional devices, the present invention provides an overhead traveling device for conveying the plate material of the package unit placed at the first position of the reciprocating conveyor to the plate stacking device. and a second reciprocating conveyor.
The package unpacking device consists of an overhead transport device that transports packages to and inserts them into trays arranged adjacent to each other at a certain position. This has been made possible with a simple configuration.

[0006]

[Operation] Since the present invention is configured as described above, the package unit placed at the first position of the reciprocating conveyor conveys the plate material to the plate stacking device by the overhead traveling device at this position, and When the package unit is transported to the second position by the reciprocation of the conveyor, the package is transported to the waiting tray arranged adjacently by another overhead traveling transport device, and the package is inserted by lowering it from above. do. When all the packages on the plate have been conveyed, the reciprocating conveyor returns to the first position and again conveys the plate to the plate stacking device by the overhead traveling device.

[0007]

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the overall configuration of a series of systems for unpacking a package unit and inserting the package into a creel, which is equipped with the processing device for package packaging plate materials of the present invention, is as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. The package unit Pu is processed by the package unpacking device BO. Board material T
The upper package P is transported to the yarn end preparation device YE by the overhead traveling transport device OH. The packages P with their yarn ends pulled out are supported one by one on the hangers 50 of the ceiling conveyor OC, and are circulated through the conveyor path. Variety discriminator 6
When a desired type of package P is circulated at 0, the traverser TR operates to receive the package P from the hanger 50 and insert it into the pegs of the creel C installed on both sides of the knitting machine N.

In the above package supply system, the package unpacking device BO performs the following operations. That is, as shown in FIG. 3, the package unit Pu waiting on the standby conveyor 1 is conveyed to the reciprocating conveyor 2. In the package unit Pu on the reciprocating conveyor 2, at position A in the figure, the uppermost plate Tv is attracted to the suction pad 4 of the descending plate lifting table 3 and lifted upward. The board lifting platform 3 is provided with a ceiling traveling device 6 that is movable on a rail 5 provided at the top.
The plate material Tv that is suspended from the plate material transport platform 3 is lifted by the plate material stacking device T provided adjacent to the plate material stacking device T.
It is conveyed to the upper part of L by the traveling of the ceiling traveling device 5,
At that position, the board lifting platform 3 is lowered.

As shown in FIG. 4, the plate stacking device TL includes a plate reversing device 8 supported by pillars 7, 7 erected on both sides. The plate reversing device 8 consists of a support plate 11 having a plurality of suction pads 10 fixed to a rotating shaft 9, and is normally stopped with the suction surface of the suction pads 10 facing upward. The plate material Tv transported by the ceiling traveling device 6 is lowered onto this suction pad 10 and supported by suction.
Next, the motor 12 is driven to rotate the rotary shaft 9 by 180 degrees, and the suction pad 10 is released. As a result, the plate material Tv is placed on the unloading conveyor 13, which is stopped in an inverted state. Thereafter, the rotating shaft 9 is rotated 180 degrees to return to its original state. After lifting the board lifting platform 3,
The overhead traveling device 5 returns to the reciprocating conveyor 2 again and waits to perform the next similar operation.

When the veneer plate Tv, which is the uppermost plate material, is removed as described above, the package unit Pu is moved forward from position A in FIG. 3 on the reciprocating conveyor 2 and sent to position B in the same figure. . At this position B, when the packages P are placed in three rows as shown in FIG. 3, they are advanced one pitch at a time by the distance between each row. When the package unit Pu is first moved to position B, the front row of packages P stops at a position directly below the package lifting table 15 located above it. The package elevating table 15 is vertically suspended from an overhead transport device 17 that runs on rails 16 disposed in a closed loop in an upper part. Therefore, when the package lifting table 15 is lowered, the package P in the front row is first held by the gripping tool 18 fixed to the package lifting table 15.
Next, the package elevating table 15 is raised and the overhead running conveyance device 17 is run, and the package P is placed on the tray 32 at the unloading position 31 of the conveyor 30 of the yarn end preparation device YE.
Transport and insert.

Next, the package unit Pu at position B on the reciprocating conveyor 2 moves forward by one row of packages;
At this position, the package lifting platform 15
descends, grips the next row of packages P, and conveys them to the yarn end preparation device YE. Similarly, the top package P
When all of the packages have been conveyed, the package unit Pu returns to position A in FIG. 3 as the reciprocating conveyor 2 retreats. At this position, the board lifting platform 3 descends again, and the next board T
is suction-supported and raised, and is conveyed to the upper part of the board stacking device TL by the overhead traveling device 6. By the same operation as described above, the board stacking device TL is first reversed and placed on the carry-out conveyor 20. The next plate material T is inverted and stacked on top of the current plate material T.

[0012] When all of the package units Pu are lost due to the conveyance of packages and the stacking of plates, as shown in FIG.
v, upper plate Tu, middle partition plate Tm, lower plate Tb, veneer plate Tv
One unit of plate material Tu stacked in stacks is carried out, and the plate material unit Tu is transferred to a conveyor 21, banded by a banding device 22, and then transferred to a label pasting device 23.
A label is affixed thereto, and the product is conveyed to the storage conveyor 24. Meanwhile, the next package unit is transferred from the standby conveyor 1 to the reciprocating conveyor 2.

As shown in FIG. 5, a predetermined number of empty trays 32 are lined up on the circulation conveyor 30 at the unloading position 3.
1, the package lifting platform 15 is lowered, the package P is inserted into the waiting empty tray 32, and after the gripping tool 33 is released, the package lifting platform 1 is stopped.
5 is raised and the overhead traveling conveyance device 17 is made to travel.

The packages P inserted into the tray 32 on the circulation conveyor 30 are conveyed to the tail yarn and yarn end pulling device 35, and after the yarn ends and tail yarn are pulled out one by one, the packages P are removed by the circulation conveyor 30. It is sent to the transfer device 36. Figure 6
As shown in , the transfer device 36 includes a U-shaped arm 39 that rotates around an axis 37 and has a pneumatic pad 38 inside, and an operating rod 42 that has a cylinder 40 and a mounting tray 41. and a lifter 43.

As shown in FIG. 7, the package P is gripped by the inner pad 38 of the U-shaped arm 39 and
The package P is transferred to a horizontal position by rotating the U-shaped arm 39 90 degrees around the package P. Next, the lifter 43 introduces high-pressure air into the cylinder 40 to raise the operating rod 42, and lowers the air pressure from the inner pad 38 of the U-shaped arm 39, opening the package P while horizontally placing the package P on the mounting tray 41. Transfer it in the same state. This transfer device 36
A hanger 50, which is transported by a circulating ceiling conveyor OC, is located on the upper part of the hanger 50. By raising the mounting tray 41, the package P thereon is lifted and carried by the support arm 51 of the hanger 50. I will support you.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 8, the ceiling conveyor OC is provided so as to circulate along the creel row C, and packages P are inserted into the creel C. Various packages P are on hangers 50 on the ceiling conveyor OC.
It is supported and circulated by The traverser TR having the transfer device 52 is movable along the creel row C while being guided by an upper guide rail 53 and a lower guide rail 54. The transfer device 52 includes a base portion 56 pivotally attached to a rotating support shaft 55, an arm 57 extending from the base portion 56, and a slide table 58 provided at the end of the arm 57.

A type discriminator 60 is provided at the upper part of the traverser TR to discriminate the type written on the hanger 50, and is adapted to discriminate the type of the package P circulating on the upper part of the creel C. On the other hand, the traverser TR travels along the creel row C, and the empty peg 6 of the creel
1 is detected, the type to be inserted next into the insertion peg 61 of the creel is identified, and when the package of that type is circulated, the transfer machine 52 supported on the rotating support shaft 55 is operated. The package P supported by the arm 51 of the hanger 50 is transferred onto the slide table 58.

Reception of the package is performed by vertical movement of the transfer machine 52, and insertion of the package into the empty peg 61 is performed by the vertical movement and rotation of the transfer machine 52 and the slide table 58.
This is done using slides. The vertical movement of the transfer device 52 is performed by rotating the rotation support shaft 55 that stops the rotation of the transfer device 52 by means of a male threaded rotation support shaft 55 and a female thread of the transfer device 52 that is screwed together. be exposed. Here, the slide mechanism and the swing mechanism may be separate mechanisms, and the transfer machine 52 may be slid along a slide axis parallel to the rotation support shaft 55. After the package P is transferred to the slide table 58, the rotation support shaft 55 is reversely rotated and the transfer device 52 is lowered. At this time, the transfer machine 52 is lowered to the position of the peg detected by the peg sensor 63, and when it has descended to a predetermined position, the prevention of the transfer machine 52 from being dragged around is released.

Due to the rotation, the transfer machine 5 together with the rotation support shaft 55
2 and the slide table 58 rotate, the slide table 58 slides in the direction of the package, and the center hole of the package P is inserted into the insertion peg 61 of the creel C. After insertion, the slide table 58 is moved backward, the anti-rotation device is activated, and the transfer machine 5 is rotated by the rotation of the rotation support shaft 55.
After returning 2 to its original position, unraveling the anti-trailing mechanism,
The transfer machine 52 rises to the standby position. Similarly, a package of a predetermined type is inserted into a predetermined insertion peg. When the package P is inserted into the insertion pegs 62 of one row of the creel, the traverser TR is moved by one row of the creel, and the same package insertion operation is performed on the next row of the creel.

Traverser TR, which is a package insertion device
Another example is shown in FIG. In this device, a transfer device 52 which is rotatable and movable up and down on a rotary support shaft 55 and an intermediate creel 67 which is rotatable around the support shaft 65 and equipped with a transfer pusher 66 are provided. The transfer machine 52 has a base portion 56
It consists of an arm 57 extending from a base part 56 and a table 58 provided at the end thereof. The intermediate insertion pegs 68 arranged in a row on the intermediate creel 67 are oriented in the rotating direction of the transfer machine 52, and the package P is inserted close to the intermediate insertion pegs 68. Next, a transfer pusher 66 provided on the intermediate creel 67
pushes the package P inserted into the intermediate insertion peg 68 to the creel C.

As shown in FIG. 10, the transfer pusher 66 moves the intermediate insertion and loading by moving a pair of left and right hydraulic cylinders 70 provided on the intermediate creel 67 forward and backward through a piston 71 on a fork 72. The package P on the peg 68 can be pushed out.

When all the predetermined packages P have been inserted into one row of intermediate insertion pegs 68, the intermediate insertion pegs are oriented in the same direction as the insertion pegs of the same creel as described above located opposite to the intermediate creel 67. 68 and actuates the transfer pusher 66 to transfer the package from the intermediate insertion peg 68 to the insertion peg of the creel. By providing such an intermediate creel 67, the insertion of packages into the creel is ensured, and the transfer pusher 66 allows packages to be inserted into one row of pegs all at once.
Transfer will be faster.

[0023]

As the present invention is structured and operates as described above, at the package unpacking position, an overhead traveling conveyance device for conveying plate materials, an overhead traveling conveyance device for conveying packages,
The plate material stacking device and the package insertion part for the tray can be arranged in a simple layout, and each operation can be performed smoothly.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the overall configuration of a series of systems for unpacking a package unit and inserting the package into a creel, which is equipped with a package packaging board processing apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the overall configuration of a series of systems for unpacking a package unit and inserting the package into a creel, which is equipped with the processing device for package packaging plate materials of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a package packing board processing device and a package unpacking device, both of which are equipped with an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a processing apparatus for packaging board materials provided with an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a tail end pick-up device and a package feeding device to a creel, including an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing a state before operation of the package transfer device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a front view showing the state after operation of the package transfer device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a creel insertion device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing another example of the creel insertion device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a sectional view of a transfer pusher of a creel insertion device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing a plate unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

BO Package unpacking device OH Ceiling transport device YE Yarn end preparation device OC ceiling conveyor TL Plate stacking device TR Traversa C Creel 1 Waiting conveyor 2 Reciprocating conveyor 3　　　Plate lifting platform 4 Suction pad 5 Rail 6 Ceiling traveling device 8　　　Plate reversing device 13 Unloading conveyor 15 Package lifting platform 16 Rail 17 Ceiling transport device 30 Conveyor 31　Unloading position 32 Tray 35 Tail thread, thread end outlet device 36 Transfer equipment 43 Lifter 50 Hanger 52 Transfer machine 55 Rotation support shaft 58 Slide table 52 Peg sensor 60 Type discriminator 65 Support shaft 66 Transfer pusher 67 Intermediate creel 68 Intermediate insertion bag Pu package unit Tu plate unit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An overhead traveling device for conveying the plate material of a package unit placed at a first position of a reciprocating conveyor to a plate stacking device, and packages arranged adjacent to each other at a second position of the reciprocating conveyor. A package unpacking device comprising an overhead conveying device that conveys and inserts a package into a tray.