JPH0445165Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a microfloppy disk feeding mechanism having a structure in which a magnetic disk sheet is housed in a resin hard case (shell).

(Prior Art and Problems) Conventionally, a micro-floppy disk 1 is manually operated by a micro-floppy disk drive device, etc., which writes electric signals for inspection on the micro-floppy disk and reads them to check whether the signals are good or bad. Since each sheet was inserted, the inspection work efficiency was poor. Furthermore, transporting and storing microfloppy disks as they are causes problems in terms of product management.

(Means for solving the problem) In view of the above points, the present invention utilizes a magazine partitioned into multiple micro floppy disks, and also devises a mechanism for taking out micro floppy disks from the magazine. By adding this, we have developed a micro-floppy disk that can automatically feed micro-floppy disks one by one in a horizontal state to a micro-floppy disk drive device for inspection or other micro-floppy disk receiving devices. It attempts to provide a supply mechanism.

The present invention comprises a supply magazine that divides a storage recess into a plurality of compartments using plate-like protruding partitions at equal intervals and supports a micro floppy disk vertically in each compartment; A finger that holds and pulls out a plurality of micro floppy disks for each section, a mechanism that drives the fingers in a direction in which the micro floppy disks are pulled out, and a plurality of micro floppy disks in a vertical state that are pulled out by the fingers. A guide rail that guides the disk toward a supply tray, the supply tray that vertically receives a plurality of microfloppy disks pulled out by the finger, and rotates the supply tray from a vertical position to a horizontal position. a hopper that regulates the position of the plurality of micro floppy disks held in a horizontal state by the supply cradle and has a slit hole corresponding to the micro floppy disk in the lowermost tier; The above-mentioned problems of the conventional art are solved by means including a pushing plate for feeding out the floppy disk and a pushing mechanism consisting of a cylinder for sliding the pushing plate.

(Function) In the present invention, a plurality of micro floppy disks corresponding to one partition are vertically pulled out from a supply magazine by a finger onto a supply tray that is waiting in a vertical position. When the supply tray receives a plurality of micro-floppy disks, it rotates horizontally and supports the plurality of micro-floppy disks in a horizontally stacked state. Then, the micro-floppy disks are automatically fed one by one in a horizontal state to a micro-floppy disk drive device or other micro-floppy disk receiving device by a push-out mechanism having a pushing plate or the like.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of a microfloppy disk supply mechanism according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a side view, and FIG. 2 is a plan view, showing the overall configuration of the present invention. As shown in these figures, the supply magazine 1 is movable (slidable) in the horizontal direction (in the direction of arrow M in Fig. 2) by the device frame 20.
is supported by

The supply magazine 1 is shown in the top view of FIG.
As shown in the cross-sectional view of the figure, it is shaped like a substantially rectangular parallelepiped box, and has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped storage recess 32 that is open to the front (front surface) inside. This storage recess 32 can store a plurality of micro floppy disks 18 by means of equally spaced partitions 17 protruding from the inner wall in a plate shape.
For example, a plurality of sections 34 that collectively support every 10 sheets
(for example, into 10 sections). and,
On the back side of the magazine 1, feeding claws 35 are formed as feeding engagement portions at equal intervals and at positions that coincide with the partition portions 17. For example, such a magazine 1 is provided in each compartment 34 as shown in FIG.
Ten micro floppy disks 18 can be supported and stored together in a vertical state.

A microfloppy disk drive device (one that writes electrical signals for inspection on the microfloppy disk 18 and reads them out to detect the quality) shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is mounted horizontally on a slide device 7. The micro-floppy disk 18 is placed in a horizontal position and receives one micro-floppy disk 18 one by one.

A finger 3, a guide rail 21, and a supply receiving table 4 are arranged between the supply magazine 1 and the drive device 6.

The finger 3 is a micro floppy disk 1 supported vertically in the supply magazine 1.
This system is designed to clamp and pull out 10 micro floppy disks at once, and is provided on both sides of a small air cylinder 22, and by changing the spacing between the tips, a set of 10 micro floppy disks can be clamped. This movement of the finger 3 in the direction of arrow P is performed by the slide cylinder 2 as a slide guide for the finger.

The guide rail 21 guides a set of 10 micro floppy disks pulled out by the finger 3 in the direction of the supply tray 4.

The supply tray 4 is connected to the horizontal shaft 2 as shown in FIG.
3, and the supply receiving table 4 has an arm 2.
4 is fixed. An air cylinder 2 is placed between the tip of the arm 24 and the device frame 20 side.
5 is placed. As a result, when the air cylinder 25 is retracted, the supply tray 4 stands vertically as shown by the solid line in FIG. Air cylinder 25
When the microfloppy disk is extended, it becomes horizontal as shown by the imaginary line in FIG.

A separate air cylinder 26 and a popper 27 are arranged in association with the supply receiving table 4 as shown in FIG. The air cylinder 26 is supported on the device frame side, and an alignment plate 28 is fixed to the tip of the rod to align the tip surfaces of a set of 10 micro floppy disks 18 held by the supply tray 4 that stands vertically. has been done. The hopper 27 is for regulating the position of the micro-floppy disk 18 which has been brought into a horizontal state by the supply cradle 4, and has a slit hole corresponding to the lowest micro-floppy disk 18 to be inserted into the micro-floppy disk drive device 6. have.

A push-out mechanism for inserting the lowest micro-floppy disk 18 from the supply receiving table 4 into the micro-floppy disk drive device 6 is composed of a push-in plate 5 and a slide cylinder 30 for sliding this.

The micro floppy disk drive device 6
is movable in the horizontal direction by a slide device 7, and stops at the solid line position in FIG. 2 when receiving the microfloppy disk 18, and moves in the direction of arrow R in FIG. 2 during inspection and subsequent ejection of the microfloppy disk. Move to.

As shown in FIG.
It is designed to be driven by a pitch feed mechanism having a pitch feed mechanism. That is, the supply magazine 1 has 10
When the set of 10 micro floppy disks is pulled out, the set of 10 micro floppy disks is fed in pitch in the direction of arrow M in FIG. .

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be explained.

10 micro floppy disks 1 that are one partition from the supply position section of the supply magazine 1
8 is vertically held by the fingers 3 from both sides, and by the action of the slide cylinder 2, it is moved through the guide rail 21 as shown by the arrow P to the imaginary line 4A in FIG.
Pull it out onto the supply tray in a vertical position.

After that, the alignment plate 28 at the tip of the air cylinder 26
moves forward to align the front end surfaces of the micro floppy disks 18 supported by the vertical supply tray 4.

Then, the supply tray 4 is rotated 90 degrees by the air cylinder 25 to be in a horizontal state, and the slide cylinder 30 is moved from the bottom of the 10 micro floppy disks 18 that have become horizontal by a signal from the control device. The advancing pushing plate 5 inserts the microfloppy disks one by one into the microfloppy disk drive device 6 as shown by arrow Q.

The drive device 6 that has received the microfloppy disk 18 is moved in the direction of arrow R by the slide device 7, stops at a predetermined position, and inspects the quality of the microfloppy disk 18.

In the above embodiment, a case has been shown in which the microfloppy disk is supplied to the driving device 6 for inspection, but it is also possible to automatically supply other microfloppy disks to the receiving device in the same way.

(Effects of the invention) As described above, the micro floppy disk feeding mechanism of the present invention utilizes a magazine partitioned into multiple micro floppy disks, and has a mechanism for taking out micro floppy disks from the magazine. By adding some ingenuity, microfloppy disks can be automatically fed one by one in a horizontal state to a microfloppy disk drive device for inspection or other microfloppy disk receiving device. In addition, the operator only has to transfer the micro floppy disk to this supply device while it is stored in the magazine.
It is easy to transport, store, etc. the microfloppy disk. Furthermore, taking out the micro floppy disk from the supply magazine and changing the posture of the micro floppy disk from a vertical state to a horizontal state using the supply cradle is possible when multiple micro floppy disks stored in one section of the supply magazine are removed. Because it is executed all at once for the tsupi disk,
The feeding operation is efficient and quick.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a side view showing an embodiment of the microfloppy disk feeding mechanism according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof, Fig. 3 is a plan view of the feeding magazine, and Fig. 4 is the same as Fig. - A cross-sectional view, and FIG. 5 is a front view of the supply tray and the associated mechanical parts. 1... Supply magazine, 3... Finger, 4
... Supply cradle, 5 ... Pushing plate, 6 ... Micro floppy disk drive device, 7 ... Slide device, 17 ... Partition section, 18 ... Micro floppy disk, 21 ... Guide rail.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A supply magazine 1 in which a storage recess 32 is divided into a plurality of compartments 34 by protruding plate-like partitions 17 at equal intervals and each compartment supports a plurality of micro floppy disks 18 in a vertical state; a finger 3 that grips and pulls out a plurality of micro floppy disks corresponding to one compartment from a magazine for use, a mechanism that drives the fingers in the direction of pulling out the micro floppy disks, and a plurality of micro floppy disks pulled out by the fingers in a vertical state. A guide rail 21 that guides a plurality of micro floppy disks in the direction of a supply holder 4, the supply holder 4 that vertically receives a plurality of micro floppy disks pulled out by the fingers, and the supply holder 4. A mechanism for rotating the micro-floppy disk from a vertical state to a horizontal state, a mechanism for regulating the position of a plurality of micro-floppy disks brought into a horizontal state by the supply receiving table, and a slit hole corresponding to the lowest micro-floppy disk. A micro floppy disk feeding mechanism comprising a hopper 27, a pushing plate 5 for feeding out the micro floppy disk at the lowest stage, and a cylinder for sliding the pushing plate 5.