JPH0529427U - Device for handling rod-shaped articles - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] It is possible to supply a bundle of rod-shaped articles whose both ends are aligned without disturbing the alignment of the bundle end faces with a simple device configuration. A device for handling a rod-shaped article for supplying a bundle of bristles 1 whose both ends are aligned has a gripper 50 for gripping the bristles 1 from both sides, and the bristles gripped by the gripper 50. The group 1 of bristle hairs is conveyed to the supply destination, and the gripper 50 is opened to both sides to supply the bundle 1 group of bristle hairs.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a rod-shaped article handling apparatus, and more particularly to a rod-shaped article handling apparatus suitable for supplying bristles or the like for toothbrushes in a bundle.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 As a bristle feeder for supplying bristle such as a toothbrush, the one described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 62-57324 has been proposed. This bristle feeding device bundles the bristle with an elastic ring and pushes it into the supply destination, and then inserts the protruding plate of the pusher plate into the bristle bundle to create a space tension portion in the ring, thereby The toes are locked to the space tensioned portion of the raised ring, and the ring is removed from the tuft by raising the toes.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, the conventional techniques have the following problems.

In order to lock the toes on the ring, it is necessary to insert the protrusion plate of the pusher plate into the bristle tufts to form a space tension portion in the ring, which complicates the device configuration.

When the toe locked on the ring rises, when the ring is detached from the bristle bundle, the ring is accompanied by the bristle on the outer surface side of the bristle bundle, and it is easy to disturb the end face of the bundle that is aligned in one plane. ..

When both ends of the bristle are bulged and shaped like a sphere, the ring detached from the bristle bundle as described above catches on the spherical end of the bristle, It easily accompanies and more easily disturbs the bundle end surface.

In order to bundle a fixed amount of hair with an elastic ring at a hair supply source, it is necessary to bundle a fixed amount of hair with some sort of collecting means and take it out, which complicates the apparatus configuration.

An object of the present invention is to make it possible to supply a bundle of rod-shaped articles whose both ends are aligned with a simple device configuration without disturbing the alignment of the bundle end faces.

[0009]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The present invention according to claim 1 is a rod-shaped article handling apparatus that supplies a bundle of rod-shaped articles whose both ends are aligned, and has a holding tool for holding the rod-shaped articles from both sides. The bundle of rod-shaped articles is conveyed to a supply destination and the bundle of rod-shaped articles is supplied to both sides by opening the grasping tool to both sides.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the first aspect of the present invention, both ends of the rod-shaped article are bulged.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the first or second aspect of the present invention, the gripping tool grips a bar-shaped article group of a substantially constant amount accumulated by the bar-shaped article accumulating device. This is what I was supposed to do.

[0012]

[Action]

 According to the present invention, there are the following actions.

The gripping tool grips the rod-shaped article group from both sides, and opens to both sides to release the grip and supply to the supply destination, and the device configuration is simple.

Since the grasping tool releases the grasping of the rod-shaped article group by opening the grasping tool to both sides, no hair is entrained when releasing the grasping. Therefore, there is no possibility of disturbing the bundle end faces aligned on one plane of the rod-shaped article group.

When both ends of the bristle are bulged and shaped like a sphere, the above action is particularly effective, and the gripping tool catches on the spherical end of the bristle when the grip is released. Is not accompanied, and the alignment state of the bundle end faces is not disturbed.

When a fixed amount of hair is bundled with the gripping tool at the hair supplier, the fixed amount of hair is bundled and taken out by the gripping tool itself, and it is not necessary to use other hair collecting means. The device configuration is simple.

[0017]

【Example】

 1 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a hair handling device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an operation process of the hair handling device, FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a hair feeding device, and FIG. 4 is a diagram. 3 is a plan view of FIG.

The hair treating device 10 comprises a hair collecting and separating device 11 and a hair bundle discharging device 12. The bristle stacking / separating device 11 stacks the bristle 1s (rod-shaped articles) that are aligned and conveyed one by one, and separates the stacked bristle 1s by a substantially constant amount. The bristle bundle discharging device 12 holds and discharges a substantially constant amount of the bristle 1 separated by the bristle collecting and separating device 11.

The bristle 1 is cut into a predetermined length in the preceding stroke, and is heat-treated at both ends with a flame, a laser beam, or the like to be spherically bulged.

Hereinafter, each structure of the hair collecting and separating device 11 and the hair bundle discharging device 12 will be described in detail.

(Structure of Hair Collection and Separation Device 11) The hair collection and separation device 11 includes a pair of upper and lower upper guides 21, a lower guide 22 (guides), a pair of left and right aligning plates 23, and a pair of left and right tapping arms 24. The article receiving arm 25 (article receiving member), the wedge arm 26 (suppressing member), and the separating arm 27 (separating member).

The guides 21, 22 are connected to the transfer line of the apparatus 11 and form a cavity 28 for receiving the bristle 1 continuously supplied from the transfer line. The void portion 28 is provided for the purpose of continuously accumulating at the end of the slanted void portion 28A and the slanted void portion 28A through which the hair 1 supplied from the transport line can be smoothly lowered and introduced under the action of gravity. It is composed of a wide-mouth-shaped void portion 28B having a spread of the bundle diameter dimension of the hair bundle.

The aligning plates 23 are arranged on both sides of the guides 21 and 22, and align the positions in the longitudinal direction of the bristle 1 accumulated in the void portion 28. At this time, the spacing between the aligning plates 23 on both sides is set to be wider than the length of the bristle 1 to form a gap with the bristle 1, and each aligning plate 23 makes frictional contact with the end of the bristle 1. It is set so as not to exert resistance against the downward movement of the hair 1.

The tapping arms 24 are arranged so as to face the outer surfaces of the alignment plates 23 on both sides, and the corresponding cylinders 23 are tapped by the operation of the tapping cylinders 29. As a result, the alignment plates 23 are struck so as to eliminate the gaps between the bristles 1 and the bristles 1, and the positions of the bristles 1 in the longitudinal direction are accurately aligned.

The article receiving arm 25 can oscillate laterally of the guides 21 and 22 about the support shaft 31 and does not support the most advanced gathering portion of the bristle 1 continuously supplied to the space 28. However, in accordance with the accumulation of the bristles 1, the hair gradually moves in the clockwise direction in FIG. 1 from the inlet end side of the inclined void portion 28A toward the outlet end side of the wide mouth void portion 28B. At this time, the article receiving arm 25 is given a counterclockwise return torque in FIG. 1 based on the gravity acting on the weight 33 on the pulley 32 fixed to the support shaft 31, and the portion for collecting the hair 1 is collected. When the hair 1 is supported, the pushing torque based on the gravity acting on the hair 1 and the line pressure moves toward the outlet end side of the wide-mouthed void 28B to overcome the return torque, and the hair 1 When it does not support the accumulation part of the above, it returns to the counterclockwise direction in FIG.

A detection plate 34 is fixed to the support shaft 31 of the article receiving arm 25. The detection plate 34 operates the first sensor 35 and the second sensor 36. The first sensor 35 detects the timing when the bristle 1 supported by the article receiving arm 25 has entered the side of the wide gap 28B from the side of the inclined gap 28A, and activates the wedge arm 26 described later. The second sensor 36 detects the timing when the bristle 1 supported by the article receiving arm 25 is filled in the wide-mouth-shaped space 28B, and activates the separating arm 27, which will be described later.

The wedge arm 26 is driven by the operation of the push-up cylinder 37 and the operation of the inhibition cylinder 38.

That is, the push-up cylinder 37 starts its operation on the condition that the first sensor 35 detects the timing at which the bristle 1 that is being accumulated in the void 28 enters the side of the wide-mouth void 28. , The wedge arm 26 is intermittently moved up and down between a retracted position outside the void 28 and a thrust position inside the void 28. As a result, the wedge arm 26 pushes up the bristle 1 in the wide-mouthed cavity portion 28B by the wedge surface 26A having the shape of a quadrangular pyramid, and the bristle 1 introduced from the side of the slanted cavity portion 28A is pushed into the wide-mouthed cavity portion 28B. Push and fill from the upper area to the outlet side area. At this time, since the distal end of the wedge arm 26 has a protruding shape, the bristle 1 is regularly arranged in the entire region including the upper area to the outlet side area of the wide mouth-shaped void 28B without tilting the bristle 1 from the horizontal state. Can be filled.

Further, the restraining cylinder 38 detects that the second sensor 36 has detected the timing when the bristle 1 accumulated in the void portion 28 is accumulated in the wide mouth void portion 28B by a predetermined amount and becomes full. The operation is started under the condition, and the wedge arm 26 is lifted to the thrust position in the cavity 28 and stopped. As a result, the wedge arm 26 is inserted into the intermediate position between the inclined void portion 28A side portion and the wide-mouth shaped void portion 28B side portion of the hair 1 accumulated in the void portion 28, and the inside of the void portion 28 is not moved. The bristles 1 on the outlet side are prevented from moving toward the article receiving arm 25 located on the outlet side.

The separation arm 27 includes a pair of separation claws 40 that can move up and down along both side surfaces of the wedge arm 26, and is driven by the operation of the vertical separation cylinder 41 and the operation of the horizontal separation cylinder 42.

That is, the vertical separation cylinder 41 operates continuously after the restraining cylinder 38 raises the wedge arm 26 to the push-up position and stops it, and causes the separation claw 40 of the separation arm 27 to move to the retracted position outside the cavity 28B. To the rising end along the both side surfaces of the wedge arm 26 at the thrusting position in the void 28 to be stopped, and as a result, between the hairs 1 accumulated in the void 28, the wedge arm 26 already exists. The separation claw 40 of the separation arm 27 is inserted at a predetermined intermediate position where is inserted.

The horizontal separation cylinder 42 operates following the operation of the vertical separation cylinder 41 to horizontally move the separation claw 40 of the separation arm 27 to the outlet side of the void 28 at the rising end position, A predetermined amount of bristles 1 positioned on the outlet side from the insertion position of the separating claw 40 in the wide mouth space 28B are moved to the article receiving arm 25 side along the guides 21 and 22.

As a result, in the hair collecting and separating device 11, a part of the hair 1 in a predetermined amount accumulated in the void 28 is moved to the article receiving arm 25 side by the separating arm 27. In addition, the remaining hair 1 is retained by the wedge arm 26 on the side opposite to the outlet side, and as a result, a substantially constant amount of hair 1 is separated between the separating arm 27 and the article receiving arm 25.

In the separating operation of the bristle 1 by the separating arm 27, the horizontal movement amount of the separating arm 27 by the lateral separating cylinder 42 is determined by the amount of the hair 1 on the side of the article receiving arm 25 to be separated by the separating arm 27. And the amount of movement sufficient to form an insertion space for the claws 50A, 50B of the gripper 50 (grasping tool) that forms the hair bundle discharging device 12 to be described later between the hair and the remaining hair 1 fastened by the wedge arm 26. Is.

(Structure of Hair Bundle Ejection Device 12) The hair tuft ejection device 12 uses the claws 50A and 50B of the gripper 50 on both sides of the hair 1 of a substantially constant amount separated by the hair accumulation and separation device 11. It is grabbed from one person and discharged.

The hair tuft discharging device 12 supports the gripper holding table 51 on the guide rail 53 so that the gripper holding table 51 can be moved toward and away from the hair collecting and separating device 11 by the operation of the gripper moving cylinder 52, and the gripper holding device 51 is supported. The holding table 51 is provided with a gripper holding magnet 54. The magnet 54 attracts the base portion 50C of the gripper 50 and holds the gripper 50 on the gripper holding base 51.

Further, the gripper 50 is (a) closed by a spring force provided between the base ends of the claws 50A and 50B to close the front ends of the claws 50A and 50B, and (b) held by the gripper holder 51. In this state, the opening head 56 of the gripper opening cylinder 55 provided on the gripper holding base 51 is pushed between the base end portions of both the claws 50A and 50B to open the front end portions of both the claws 50A and 50B.

That is, in the gripper 50, the gripper opening cylinder 55 pushes the opening head 56 to open the space between the tips of the pawls 50A and 50B, and the gripper moving cylinder 52 operates to move the gripper 50 from its original position. After moving to a position where a substantially fixed amount of hairs 1 separated by the above-mentioned hair collecting / separating device 11 can be grasped, the gripper opening cylinder 55 retracts the opening head 56 so that both claws 50A, The tip portion of 50B is closed, and the above-mentioned approximately constant amount of hair 1 is grasped between the tip portions. Then, by operating the gripper moving cylinder 52, the gripper 50 that has grasped the hair 1 is returned to the original position, and the hair 1 is completely discharged.

Next, the operation sequence of the hair handling device 10 will be described.

(1) The bristle 1 continuously supplied from the transport line is received in the inclined void portion 28A of the void portion 28 formed by the guides 21, 22 of the bristle accumulating / separating device 11, and the accumulation is started. (See FIG. 2A).

At this time, the bristle 1 in the inclined void portion 28A is supported by the article receiving arm 25, and the article receiving arm 25 gradually descends.

(2) When the first sensor 35 detects the timing when the bristle 1 that is being accumulated in the void 28 enters the side of the wide mouth void 28B, the push-up cylinder 37 starts to operate, The push-up operation is performed by the wedge arm 26 (see FIG. 2B).

As a result, the bristle 1 is regularly filled in the entire region including the upper region to the outlet side region of the wide-mouthed void portion 28B.

(3) When the second sensor 36 detects the timing when the bristle 1 accumulated in the void 28 is filled with a predetermined amount in the wide-mouth void 28B and becomes full, the inhibition cylinder 38 Starts to operate, and the restraining operation is performed by the wedge arm 26 (see FIG. 2 (C)).

As a result, the wedge arm 26 is inserted at a predetermined intermediate position between the inclined space portion 28A side portion and the wide mouth inclined portion 28B side portion of the hair 1 accumulated in the space portion 28, and the space portion 28 is formed. The hair 1 on the side opposite to the exit side is prevented from moving toward the article receiving arm 25 located on the exit side (see FIG. 2D).

(4) Following the restraining operation by the wedge arm 26, the vertical separation cylinder 41 starts to operate, and the intermediate predetermined position where the wedge arm 26 has already been inserted between the hairs 1 accumulated in the void 28. Then, the separation claw 40 of the separation arm 27 is inserted (see FIG. 2E).

(5) Following the operation of the vertical separating cylinder 41, the horizontal separating cylinder 42 starts to operate, and the separating claw 40 of the separating arm 27 is horizontally moved from the insertion position between the bristles 1 to the outlet side, and is kept constant. A predetermined amount of hair 1 is separated, and an insertion space for the claws 50A and 50B of the gripper 50 is formed between the separated hair 1 (see FIG. 2 (F)).

(6) The gripper 50 constituting the hair bundle discharging device 12 is held on the gripper holding base 51, and the gripper opening cylinder 55 is operated to open the claws 50A and 50B (see FIG. 2F).

(7) The gripper moving cylinder 52 is actuated to move the gripper 50 from its original position to a position where the separated bristles 1 can be gripped in the above (5), and then the gripper opening cylinder 55 is actuated. The claws 50A and 50B are closed, and the hair 1 having a substantially constant amount is grasped (see FIG. 2 (G)).

(8) By operating the gripper moving cylinder 52, the gripper 50 that has grasped the bristles 1 is returned to the original position, and the bristles 1 are completely discharged from the wide-mouthed void portion 28B (FIG. 2). (See (H)).

The gripper 50 is removed from the gripper holding magnet 54 while holding the bristle 1 and is transferred to the next step together with the bristle 1.

(9) After the gripper 50 discharges a substantially constant amount of the bristle 1 from the wide-mouth space 28B, the article receiving arm 25 is returned to the wide-mouth space 28B by the return torque caused by the weight 33. It moves back to a position where it can support the remaining hair 1. After that, the wedge arm 26 and the separation arm 27 return to the retracted position outside the wide-mouthed void portion 28B (see FIG. 2 (H)).

In the above (1) to (9), the tapping arm 24 always strikes the left and right aligning plates 23 by the operation of the tapping cylinder 29, so that the longitudinal position of the bristle 1 accumulated in the cavity 28 is set. Accurately align.

According to the above-described embodiment, the wedge arm 26 and the separating arm 27 are inserted and accumulated between the hairs 1 that are supplied and accumulated in the gap 28 formed between the pair of guides 21 and 22. A part of the bristles 1 is moved to the article receiving arm 25 side by the separating arm 27, and the remaining remaining bristles 1 are restrained from moving to the article receiving arm 25 side by the wedge arm 26. You can Therefore, the accumulated hairs 1 can be separated by moving the collected hairs 1 by the separating arm 27 toward the article receiving arm 25.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the bristle feeder 110 receives the bristle 1 that is bundled and supplied to the gripper 50, and the bristle 1 is supplied to the brush processing machine 1 13 via the picker 112. Is supplied to.

The gripper 50 is provided with a pair of claws 50A and 50B supported on the base 50C in an X shape, and is driven by the spring force of a spring 50D provided between the base ends of the claws 50A and 50B. The bristles for hair 1 can be held between the tips of the claws 50A and 50B.

In the picker 112, the inner blade 118 is housed in the picker body 117, and while the hair is reciprocating in an arc shape, the bristle 1 is taken in and taken in the notch 119 provided in the picker body 117. The hair 1 is held by the inner blade 118 so that the hair 1 can be carried out.

Here, the bristle feeding device 110 is configured to have a gripper carry-in device 120, a bristle pushing device 130, and a bristle feeding guide device 150 on the gantry 110A.

At this time, the gripper carry-in device 120 includes a movable base 122 that can reciprocate along the guide rails 121 provided on the gantry 110 A, a gripper carry-in cylinder 123 that reciprocates the movable base 122, and a movable base 122. And a gripper opening cylinder 124 arranged above.

In this gripper carry-in device 120, the gripper 50, which is pinched and supplied with the bristles 1 for hair, is provided on the upper surface of the moving base 122 which is stopped at the gripper supply position, which is not shown. It is positioned by a positioning pin and is adsorbed and held by a magnet (not shown) provided on the upper surface of the movable table 122. Then, the gripper 50 is carried into the bristle pressing position by the hair pressing device 130 together with the movable table 122 which is moved forward by the operation of the gripper loading cylinder 123. When the movable table 122 stays at the forward end and the bristle 1 held by the gripper 50 is pressed and held by the bristle pushing device 30 at the bristle pushing position as described later, the gripper opening cylinder 124 operates. The opening head 124A is projected and pushed between the base ends of the claws 50A and 50B forming the gripper 50, and the tips of the claws 50A and 50B are opened to release the grip on the hair 1. .. Next, the gripper 50 returns to the gripper supply position together with the movable table 122 that is retracted by the operation of the gripper carrying-in cylinder 123, and further the contraction of the opening head 124A of the gripper opening cylinder 124 closes the tips of both the claws 50A and 50B. In this state, it can be taken out from the moving table 122.

The bristle pushing device 130 includes a first pusher 131 that holds the bristle 1 that has been gripped from the gripper 50 from the back side at the bristle pushing position, and the above-mentioned bristle that is held by the first pusher 131. And a second pusher 132 that pushes 1 from the back side to the hair supply guide device 150 side.

The first pusher 131 is rotatably supported around a pin 135 by a movable base 134 that can move back and forth along a guide rail 133 provided on the gantry 110A. The movable table 134 is reciprocated by the first pusher moving cylinder 136, and the first pusher 131 is rotated by the first pusher opening / closing cylinder 137 in and out of the holding area for the bristle 1.

The second pusher 132 is orthogonal to the guide rail 138 along the guide rail 141 provided on the movable table 139 on the movable table 139 that can move back and forth along the guide rail 138 provided on the gantry 110A. It is fixed to a traverse table 142 that can reciprocate in any direction. The moving table 139 is reciprocated by the second pusher moving cylinder 143, and the traverse table 142 is a rack that meshes with the second pusher opening / closing gear 145 driven by the second pusher opening / closing cylinder 144 (rotary air cylinder). For this purpose, the hair 1 is linearly moved in and out of the pressing area.

In the bristle pushing device 130, when the gripper carry-in device 120 carries the bristle 1 held by the gripper 50 into the bristle pushing position, the first pusher 131 moves to the first pusher opening / closing cylinder 137. Is set outside the holding area for the bristle 1 and is stopped at the retracted end by the first pusher moving cylinder 136, and the second pusher 132 is set as the pushing area for the bristle 1 by the second pusher opening / closing cylinder 144. Further, the second pusher moving cylinder 143 continues to push the bristle 1 already pushed to the bristle feeding guide device 50 side. When the bristle 1 is carried into the bristle pushing-in position by the gripper carry-in device 120, the first pusher 131 is set within the holding area for the bristle 1 by the first pusher opening / closing cylinder 137, and The pusher moving cylinder 136 advances to the forward end and presses and holds the back surface of the bristle 1 from behind the gripper 50. Next, when the gripper 50 releases the bristle pushing position and returns to the grip feeding position side, the second pusher 132 is pulled out of the pushing region for the bristle 1 by the second pusher opening / closing cylinder 144, and It is retracted by the 2 pusher moving cylinder 143, further inserted by the second pusher opening / closing cylinder 144 into the pushing area for the back surface of the bristle 1 immediately after the above-mentioned loading, and advanced by the second pusher moving cylinder 143. The bristle 1 is pushed into the bristle feeding guide device 150 side. After that, the first pusher 131 is set outside the holding region for the bristle 1 by the first pusher opening / closing cylinder 137, and is moved to the retreat end by the first pusher moving cylinder 136, and the new bristle 1 is pinched. The gripper 50 is waiting to be supplied.

The hair supply guide device 150 is provided with a supply guide 151 including a pair of arc-shaped plates 152A and 152B extending from the hair press position of the hair press device 130 to the hair supply position of the picker 112. And forms a transport passage for the bristle 1. Gear-shaped rotating bodies 153 are arranged at three positions along the transfer path of the arcuate plate 152A on the outside of the supply guide 151 and at two positions along the transfer path of the arcuate plate 152B on the inside. Each rotating body 153 is provided with a groove 154 in a direction parallel to the bristle 1 and is arranged so as to project in a conveying passage formed by the supply guide 151. Then, the rotating force of a drive motor (not shown) is transmitted to each of the rotating bodies 153 by a belt (not shown), and is normally and reversely rotated at a constant cycle.

In the bristle feeding guide device 150, while the bristle 1 to be pushed in by the bristle pushing device 130 as described above is transported to the picker 112 side on the transport passage of the feeding guide 151, It is possible to take the bristle 1 on the upstream side of the conveyance into the groove 154 of each rotating body 153 that rotates in the forward and reverse directions, and send the bristle 1 in the upright state to the downstream side of the conveyance sequentially.

The forward / reverse rotation amount of each rotator 153 can be set such that the forward rotation amount of the bristle 1 in the feeding direction A is larger and the reverse rotation amount in the take-in direction B is smaller.

Next, the operation of the hair supply device 110 will be described.

(1) The gripper 50 that holds the hair 1 in a bundled state is positioned and held on the moving base 122 of the gripper carry-in device 120. Then, by operating the gripper carry-in cylinder 123, the gripper 50 is carried into the bristle pushing device 130 to the position just before the second pusher 132 in the pushing area for the bristle 1.

(2) The first pusher 131, which has been set and retracted outside the holding area for the bristle 1, is set in the holding area by the first pusher opening / closing cylinder 137, and the first pusher moving cylinder At 136, the first pusher 131 holds the back surface of the bristle 1 from behind the gripper 50.

(3) The claws 50 A and 50 B of the gripper 50 are opened to both sides by the gripper opening cylinder 124, the gripper 50 is retracted by the gripper loading cylinder 123, and then the gripper 50 is closed by the gripper opening cylinder 124.

(4) In the above (1), the second pusher 132, which is set in the pushing area for the bristle 1 and applies the pushing force to the already loaded bristle 1 in the bristle feeding guide device 150, 2 The pusher opening / closing cylinder 144 pulls out from the pushing area, and the second pusher moving cylinder 143 retracts, and further the second pusher opening / closing cylinder 144 pushes the back of the bristle 1 immediately after carrying in the above (2). Insert it in the area and move it forward with the second pusher moving cylinder 143. As a result, the bristle 1 is pushed into the bristle feeding guide device 150 side.

(5) The first pusher 131 holding the back surface of the bristle 1 in the above (2) is set outside the holding area by the first pusher opening / closing cylinder 137, and is set to the first pusher moving cylinder 136. Then, it is retracted and the supply of new gripper 50 is awaited.

(6) By repeating the above (1) to (5), the bristle 1 is intermittently pushed into the bristle feeding guide device 150 and fed.

(7) In the hair feeding guide device 150, the hair 1 is guided to the picker 112 side on the feeding passage of the supply guide 151 while being pushed by the second pusher 132 of the hair pushing device 130. Be transported. In this process, the bristle 1 is taken into the groove 154 of each rotating body 153 that rotates in the forward and reverse directions from the upstream side of the conveyance, and is sequentially sent out in the standing state to the downstream side of the conveyance.

However, according to the bristle feeder 110, the presence of the rotary body 153 which projects into the conveying passage formed by the feeding guide 151 and has the groove 154 parallel to the bristle 1 causes the feeding guide 151 It is possible to apply a constant pressure to the bristle 1 located at the tip end of the bristle 1 and to convey the bristle 1 along the supply guide 151 without disturbing the posture of the bristle 1.

Therefore, although the bristle pushing device 130 is provided only on the proximal end side of the supply guide 151 and the supply guide 151 has an arc shape, the rotating body 153 is provided at the tip of the supply guide 151. It is possible to apply necessary and sufficient pressure to the hair 1 positioned.

Further, since the rotating body 153 is provided with the groove 154 in the direction parallel to the upright hairs 1, even when a spherical bulge is formed at the end of the hair 1, When the hair 1 is taken in and sent out, it can be conveyed while correcting the tilted posture of the hair 1.

Further, since the rotator 153 takes in and feeds the bristle 1 while rotating forward and backward, it is possible to take in the bristle 1 without forming a void in the entire concave portion of the groove 154. The posture can be surely corrected.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described.

The gripper 50 grips the first bristle group from both sides, and by opening to both sides, the gripping can be released and supplied to the supply destination, and the device configuration is simple.

Since the gripper 50 releases the group of hairs 1 by opening it on both sides, the hairs 1 are not accompanied by the release of the hairs. Therefore, there is no possibility of disturbing the bundle end faces which are arranged in one plane of the first bristle group.

The above operation is particularly effective when both ends of the bristle 1 are bulged and shaped like a sphere, and the gripper 50 catches on the spherical end portion of the bristle 1 when releasing the grip. As a result, the bristles 1 do not accompany the bristles 1, and the alignment of the bundle end faces is not disturbed.

When a certain amount of hairs 1 are bundled by the gripper 50 at the supplier of the hairs 1, a fixed amount of the hairs 1 are bundled by the gripper 50 itself and taken out. There is no need to accompany it, and the device configuration is simple.

[0085]

[Effect of the device]

 As described above, according to the present invention, a bundle of rod-shaped articles whose both ends are aligned can be supplied with a simple device configuration without disturbing the alignment of the bundle end faces.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing an example of a hair handling device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing an operation process of the hair handling device.

FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing an example of a hair supply device.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 hair 50 gripper (grasping tool)

Front page continuation (72) Fumiaki Saito, 41-3 Nakamachi, Matsuyama-cho, Sumikai-gun, Yamagata Prefecture (72) Ryoichi Sato 80-3, Rokuroki, Amarume-cho, Higashidagawa-gun, Yamagata Prefecture

Claims (3)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A bar-shaped article handling device for supplying a bar-shaped article group in a bundle shape with both ends aligned, comprising a gripping tool for gripping the bar-shaped article group from both sides, and a bundle shape gripped by the gripping tool. An apparatus for handling rod-shaped articles, characterized in that the group of rod-shaped articles is conveyed to a supply destination and the gripping tool is opened to both sides to supply the bundle of rod-shaped articles. 2. The rod-shaped article handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein both ends of the rod-shaped article are bulged. 3. The rod-shaped article handling device according to claim 1, wherein the gripping tool grips a substantially constant amount of the rod-shaped article group accumulated by the rod-shaped article accumulation device.