JPH05330640A - Automatic clip guide device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To array clips regularly and guide them smoothly by hanging a band like clip guide plate from the upper end of a parts feeder, and providing a clip stopper at the lower end of the clip guide plate. CONSTITUTION:When a parts feeder 20 is vibrated, clips 10 are delivered successively from the upper end of the parts feeder 20 and transferred to a guide plate 30, and the clips 10 fall downward being held in the state of the leg parts 11 being caught in a groove 31. The clip 10 reaching a horizontally reciprocating clip stopper 50 is held horizontally with its expanded part 12 received by a receiving arm 51 in the pull state of the stopper 50. In the push state of the stopper 50, the clip 10 is pushed down by a push arm 52 and simultaneously falls since the clip passing hole comes directly below it. At this time, the leg part 11 of one clip 10 directly above is supported by the push arm 52 so as to keep this clip 10 from falling. With the repetition of this action, the clips 10 delivered from the parts feeder 20 are fed successively in the constantly fixed attitude to the following process.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention stores a clip used for attaching a weather strip to a vehicle body or a door of an automobile, and attaches the clip to a parts feeder which is continuously and successively fed out. The present invention relates to a clip automatic guide device that arranges and guides to send without delay.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A description will be given with reference to FIGS. Conventionally, the parts feeder 20 in which the clips 10 are stored and continuously fed out is provided with a strip-shaped clip guide plate 90 in which a groove is formed along the center line so as to guide the clips 10 by sandwiching the legs 11 thereof. The parts feeder 20
When is vibrated, the vibration is transmitted to the guide plate 90, and the clip 10 automatically moves along the guide plate 90.

However, the vibration is difficult to be transmitted to the guide plate 90, the vicinity of the tip far from the parts feeder 20 hardly vibrates, and the movement of the clip 10 becomes worse as the distance from the parts feeder 20 increases. There is a problem that the directions of the two may become uneven and overlap, and they may get stuck and get stuck.

[0004]

The problem with the conventional guide plate is that the vibration of the parts feeder is difficult to be transmitted to the guide plate, and the movement of the clip 10 becomes worse as the distance from the parts feeder 20 increases. Furthermore, the directions of the enlarged portions 12 of the clip 10 may become uneven, and they may overlap and get stuck, resulting in immobilization.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems An explanation will be given with reference to FIGS. According to the present invention, the clip 10 is guided along the center line from the upper end of the parts feeder 20 in which the stored clips 10 are continuously and successively fed out by vibrating. The band-shaped clip guide plate 30 provided with the groove 31 is hung down, and further the lower portion of the clip guide plate 30 is driven by the air cylinder 40 to reciprocate.
The receiving arm 51 that receives 2 horizontally and the pressing arm 52 that faces the receiving arm 51 and the guide plate 30 as a boundary and pushes the leg portion 11 of the clip 10 downward is integrally connected, and the receiving arm 51 is Further, a clip stopper 50 having a clip passage opening 53 through which the enlarged portion 12 of the clip 10 can pass is provided.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Explaining an embodiment, 10 is a clip, which is a leg portion 11, an enlarged portion 12 connected to one end of the leg portion 11, and a flange portion 1 provided around the leg portion 11.
Equipped with 3. Reference numeral 20 denotes a parts feeder adapted to continuously and successively feed out the stored clips 10 by vibrating. Reference numeral 30 denotes a strip-shaped clip guide plate 30 hung from the upper end of the parts feeder 20, which extends along the center line. The leg portion 11 of the clip 10 is sandwiched in the groove 31 provided so as to guide the clip 10 downward. Reference numeral 50 denotes a clip stopper provided below the clip guide plate 30, which is driven by the air cylinder 40 to reciprocate, and has the following structure. Reference numeral 51 denotes a receiving arm that horizontally receives the enlarged portion 12 of the clip 10, and 52 is a pushing arm that pushes the leg portion 11 of the clip 10 downward, and its tip portion is tapered so as to push down the leg portion 11 when pushed. And the receiving arm 51 is inclined.
And are integrally connected to the opposite side of the guide plate 30. Reference numeral 53 is a clip passage opening formed in the receiving arm 51 so that the enlarged portion 12 of the clip 10 can pass therethrough.

The operation will be described with reference to the drawings. When the parts feeder 20 is vibrated, the clip 10 is sequentially fed out from the upper end thereof, is moved to the guide plate 30, and the leg portion 11 is held in a state of being sandwiched in the groove 31. Parts feeder 20
The vibrations transmitted from it cause it to fall downward. The clip 10 that reaches the clip stopper 50 that reciprocates horizontally
In the pulled state of the stopper 50, the enlarged portion 12 is received and held horizontally by the receiving arm 51, but when it is in the pushed state, it is pushed down by the pushing arm 52 and, at the same time, the clip passage opening 53 comes directly below. To fall. At this time, the leg portion 11 of the clip 10 one above is not dropped because it is supported by the push arm 52. By repeating the above-described operation, the clips 11 fed from the parts feeder 20 are always supplied to the next process sequentially in a constant posture.

[0008]

Since the present invention is constructed as described above,
Vibration is difficult to be transmitted as seen in the conventional clip guide plate 30, almost no vibration occurs near the tip far from the parts feeder 20, and as the distance from the parts feeder 20 increases,
The problem that the movement of the clip 10 becomes worse, and the enlarged portions 12 of the clip 10 are unevenly aligned and overlap with each other to be stuck and stuck is completely solved, and the clip 11 fed from the parts feeder 20 is completely eliminated.
Is always supplied in a constant posture and is stably supplied to the next process.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing a conventional example.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a clip.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the clip.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a front view of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing a process of sending one received clip.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a front view showing a state in which the upper clip is pressed and the clip is dropped.

9 is a plan view of FIG. 8. FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Clips 11 Legs 12 Enlarged Parts 13 Flange Parts 20 Parts Feeders 30 Clip Guide Plates 31 Grooves 40 Air Cylinders 50 Clip Stoppers 51 Receiving Arms 52 Push Arms 53 Clip Passage Ports 90 Clip Guide Plates

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A clip (10) sandwiching its leg portion (11) from the upper end of a parts feeder (20) which is adapted to continuously feed out the retained clips (10) by vibrating them. A strip-shaped clip guide plate (30) provided with a groove (31) along the center line is hung down as shown in FIG. 1, and further reciprocated by being driven by an air cylinder (40) below the clip guide plate (30). However, the receiving arm (51) that receives the enlarged portion (12) of the clip (10) and makes it horizontal, and the receiving arm (51) and the guide plate (30) face each other and face each other and the leg portion (of the clip 10). 11) Pushing downwardly pushes arm (52) together,
Further, an automatic clip guide device in which the receiving arm (51) is provided with a clip stopper (50) having a clip passage opening (53) through which the enlarged portion (12) of the clip (10) can pass.