JPH05338771A - Clip reversing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To smoothly and surely reverse a clip in the course of carrying by providing a semi-cylindrical reversing guide and a pusher reciprocated in the right-angled direction thereto. CONSTITUTION:On one side of a carrying passage 23B, a reversing guide 34 having nearly a semi-circular section and recessed on the carrying passage 23B side is arranged. On the other side of the carrying passage 23B, a clip reversing pusher 35 reciprocated in the right-angled direction to the carrying direction of a clip C by a cylinder 36 is provided in opposition to the guide 34. The pusher 35 is advanced by a driving cylinder 36 to push up the clip C in the width direction along the clip reversing guide 34 and also reverse it, and the clip C is received by the inclined surface 35A of the pusher 35. Thereafter, the pusher 35 is retreated, and the reversed clip C is transferred to a distributing passage.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is a method of transporting a clip when it is automatically fastened to an article such as folded underwear when the clip is transported as the front side or the back side as an upper side or alternately as the front side and the back side. In regard to the device for inverting.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, when an article such as underwear is folded and put in a bag, a clip (C) illustrated in FIG. 15 is used.
However, as shown in FIG. 14, the underwear (shirt) (W) is fastened to two places on the folded end. Conventionally, folding of underwear (W) and the like, insertion of a mount, and bag insertion work have been automated, but the clip fastening work is performed one by one by an operator in an automated line.

[0003]

By the way, when automating the clip fastening operation of clothes such as underwear, it is necessary to transport the clip in a fixed direction with the front side or the back side facing upward, or the front side and the back side alternating with the upper side. It is indispensable to reverse the front and back of the clip. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a clip reversing device that can smoothly and reliably reverse the front and back of a clip in the middle of conveyance. It is in.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention takes the following technical means. That is, the present invention is a device for reversing the front and back of a clip during transportation, which is provided on one side of the transportation path and has a side surface of the transportation path recessed parallel to the clip transportation direction and a clip reversal guide facing the guide. The clip reversing pusher is disposed on the other side of the transport path and reciprocates in the direction orthogonal to the clip transport direction.

[0005]

According to the present invention, when a clip which is being conveyed by the clip feeder is pushed on one side in the width direction by the clip reversing pusher, the other side of the clip rises along the reversing guide, and after standing upside down, it descends. At the same time when the pusher comes in contact with the pusher, the pusher retracts so that the front and back are completely inverted.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the drawings, 1 is the whole frame of the apparatus, 2 is a first conveyor for conveying clip-fastened articles arranged under the frame 1, 3 is the same second conveyor, 4 is a guide plate for positioning the article W in the left-right width direction, 5 Is an article positioning stopper, 6 is a stopper lifting cylinder, 7 is a lower article holding means, 8 is a vibrating clip feeder, and the feeder 8 is mounted on the frame 1 above the first conveyor 2.

Reference numeral 9 denotes a clip aligning and distributing section arranged at the outlet of the clip feeder 8, 10 a clip reversing device incorporated in the distributing section 9, 11 a pair of left and right clip transferring sections,
12 is a pair of left and right clip feeding devices, 13 is a pair of left and right clip push-stop attachment means, 14 is a pair of left and right clip expanding means,
Reference numeral 15 is a pair of left and right upper article holding means. As shown in FIG. 1, the conveying surfaces of the first conveyor 2 and the second conveyor 3 are flush with each other, and the second conveyor 3 is composed of three belts 3A, 3B and 3C on the center and left and right sides, and The stopper 5 is disposed between the belts 3A to 3C, and the article holding press plate 7A of the lower article holding means 7 does not interfere between the belts 3A to 3C and the first and second conveyors 2 and 3. It is arranged as follows.

The left and right widthwise positioning guide plates 4 are mounted on the left and right sides of the first conveyor 2 on the frame 1 so that the spacing can be adjusted according to the width of the article W. The lower article holding means 7 is provided with the press plate 7A having a substantially Π shape in plan view.
And a cylinder 7B for moving the press plate 7A up and down by a predetermined height from the transfer surface of the conveyor 3, and the article W is transferred to the second conveyor.
3 is lifted from 3 and clamped between the upper article clamping means 15 and is in a pressed state, the clip C is attached to the article W without wrinkling, and then the article W is lowered to place the article W on the second conveyor 3. Then, it is guided to the article bagging machine of the next step.

A pair of left and right clip guide grooves 16 are provided at the clip fixing positions of the press plate 7A of the lower article holding means 7.
Is provided, and as shown in FIG. 11, clip fastening confirmation means
17 are stored. The fastening confirmation means 17 includes a clip detection lever 18 that is pivotally attached to a pair and is vertically movable.
The clip C is composed of a coil spring 19 for constantly urging the lever 18 upward and a detector 20 such as a photo sensor.
The clip C causes the lever 18 to descend, and the detector 20 detects the movement of the lever 18 to confirm the fixed state.
If it is not properly fastened or is cracked, the lever
Since 18 does not move normally, the detector 20 does not operate, a misclip is detected, and a detection signal is input to the control device.

The clip feeder 8 is a known vibration feeder, and the clip carrying-out path 21 at the upper end is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of reverse clip drop holes 22 are provided at a plurality of positions so that only the tips C1, CF2 of the clip C oriented in the traveling direction are advanced. The clip aligning and distributing section 9 is provided on the same plane as the surface of the carry-out path 21.

As shown in FIGS. 4 to 7, the clip aligning and distributing section 9 includes a clip distributing table 23, a clip shift pusher 24 and a drive cylinder 25 thereof, and a clip 2.
Simultaneous individual feeding means 26, the clip reversing device 10, a clip front / back surface discrimination sensor 27, and a clip distribution pusher
28 and its driving cylinder 29, a pair of left and right feeding pushers 30, 31 to the transfer section 11, and its driving cylinder 3
2, 33, and the sensor 27 is arranged immediately before the clip reversing device 10.

The clip reversing device 10 reverses the front and back of the clip C and is arranged between the two simultaneous feeding means 26 and the clip distribution pusher 28, and is provided on one side of the table 23 in the vertical feeding conveying path 23B. A clip reversing guide 34 provided on the other side, a clip reversing pusher 35 disposed on the other side of the conveying path 23B facing the guide 34 and reciprocating in a direction orthogonal to the clip conveying direction, and a drive cylinder 36 thereof. ing.

The reversing guide 34 has a substantially semi-cylindrical shape, and the side surface of the conveying path 23B is recessed in parallel with the clip conveying direction. The reversing pusher 35 has a tip upper surface inclined as shown in FIG. The size is 35A, and the clip C is sure to be flipped sideways. This clip reversing device
In the present embodiment, since the clip C is fastened to two positions of the article W at the same time in this embodiment, it is necessary to transfer the clips C in two rows, and the left side is the front side and the right side is the back side. Operates so that the reverse side alternates.

Therefore, the clip front / back discrimination sensor 27
Then, when the front side or the back side is detected, the pusher 35 is moved forward by the drive cylinder 36 to push up the clip C in the width direction along the clip reversing guide 34 and reverse the clip C at the inclined surface 35A of the pusher 35. , The pusher 35 retracts and the inverted clip C
It is transferred to the distribution path 23C by the individual simultaneous feeding means 26.

The table 23 has a clip lateral shift path 23.
A, a vertical clip feed path 23B in which the reversing device 10 is disposed, and a clip distribution path 23C, and the shift path
The shift pusher 24 and the drive cylinder 25 are provided in 23A, and the vertical feed conveyance path is provided from the shift path 23A to the distribution path 23C.
The two-piece simultaneous feeding means 26 for longitudinally feeding two clips C simultaneously via 23B is arranged from the shift path 23A to the distribution path 23C.

As shown in FIG. 7, the two-clip simultaneous feeding means 26 includes a front-stage pusher 37, a rear-stage pusher 39 which is vertically swingable to the pusher 37 via a horizontal shaft 38, and a pusher reciprocating cylinder 40. And the rear-stage pusher pull-down cylinder 41 and the rear-stage pusher pushing-up spring 42. When the front-stage pusher 37 moves forward, the clip C on the transport path 23B where the clip inverting device 10 is located is lightly pressed by the rear-stage pusher 39. (Or, in a state where they are close to each other so that they do not contact each other), the reciprocating cylinder 40 simultaneously feeds two clips C longitudinally via both pushers 37 and 39.

Then, the clip front / back discrimination sensor 27
Is arranged at the position where the tip CF1 of one (longer) side of the clip C is located when the clip C is shifted in front of the preceding pusher 37, and the clip C is detected twice or twice. A signal is then issued to activate the drive system of the clip reversing means 10 when not subsequently detected.

The clip distribution pusher 28 pushes the front clip C1 to the left when moving forward and the back clip C1 when moving backward.
It reciprocates laterally to pull C2 to the right, and pushes and pulls the front and back clips C1 and C2 alternately to distribute. The feed pushers 30 and 31 are attached to the guide rails 47 and 48 of the clip transfer portion 11 which are respectively inserted into the openings 45 and 46 provided at the ends of the table 23, and the clips C1 and C2 are provided.
Is externally fitted and is adapted to reciprocate in the vertical direction orthogonal to the distribution pusher 28 so as not to interfere with the distribution pusher 28.

The clips which are turned upside down are not fed to the guide rails 47 and 48 of the clip transfer section 11 by the feeding pushers 30 and 31 in the form of external fitting, and the clips are respectively placed on the table.
It is designed to fall into the drop holes of openings 45 and 46 provided at the end of 23. The clip transfer unit 11 is shown in FIGS.
~ As shown in FIG. 10, a pair of left and right guide rails 47, 48 in which the upper half portion is straight and the lower portions are curved outward in the left and right directions, respectively,
The guide rails 47 and 48 are composed of grooved clip-shaped clip turning and fixing guides 49 and 50 into which the curved lower parts are inserted and the curved inner side is opened, and the clips C1 and C2 are respectively placed from the front and back sideways to the vertical (upright ) And feed it to the fixed supply guides 51 of the pair of left and right clip supply devices 12.The clip fixing guides 49 and 50 are fixed supply guides.
The whole frame of the device through the fixed frame 52 together with 51
Installed in 1.

The clip supply device 12 is a left and right pair, and each of the fixed supply guides 51, a clip supply means 54 for sliding back and forth in the guide groove 53 of the fixed supply guide 51 in parallel with the conveyor 3, and a clip pusher. A moving supply guide 55 for supplying the clip C to the stationary attachment means 13 and a clip guide rail capable of holding the clip inserted in the guide 55 in an upright state.
56, a clip pushing member 57 slidably fitted on the guide rail 56, and a constant feeding guide 55 for moving the pushing member 57.
It consists of a biasing spring 58 that biases the moving table 59 toward and the moving table 59.

The fixed supply guide 51 has a U-shape and is attached to the lower surface of the fixed frame 52 in parallel with the conveyors 2 and 3 so that the guide grooves 53 face each other in the left and right directions. 50 grooves communicate with each other at right angles,
The clips C are sequentially fed in an upright state, and the clip replenishing pusher 60 of the replenishing means 54 is slidably fitted into the guide groove 53 of the fixed supply guide 51. The cylinder 61 fixed to the fixed frame 52 reciprocates.

Further, in the front part of the fixed supply guide 51 (on the lower side in the article conveying direction), a through slide hole 62 of the clip pushing member 57 is provided in the bottom of the guide groove 53 facing the moving supply guide 55. The clip guide rail 56 and the clip pushing member 57 are slidably fitted in the hole 62. Each outer end of the clip guide rail 56 is fixed to the frame 1, and a coil-shaped urging spring 58 is fitted between the frame 1 and the clip pushing member 57 on both front and rear sides of the rail 56. Thus, the clip C in the moving supply guide 55 is always urged forward so as to be supplied to the clip push-stop attachment means 13.

The clip replenishing means 54 sends the clip C from the turning fixed guides 49, 50 to the movable supply guide 55 via the fixed supply guide 51, and the pusher 60.
And a cylinder 61, and one clip C is interrupted and replenished between the clip pushing member 57 and the clip C in contact with the pushing plate 57. The clip contact surface of the clip pushing member 57 is inclined on the clip interruption side so that the clip interruption can be performed smoothly.

The moving supply guide 55 has a lip-shaped groove in cross section so that the clip C can be fed in the upright state, and is placed on the moving table 59 so that the groove is orthogonal to the guide groove 53 of the fixed supply guide 51. The guide rail 56 is fixed, and the guide rail 56 is inserted into the groove of the guide 55 for a considerable length so that the clip C can be held in an upright state. Clip fastening position,
The position can be adjusted according to the width.

The moving table 59 is provided on the upper and lower sides of the conveyor 2 so as not to interfere with the transfer of the articles W.
It is movably supported in the left and right directions (orthogonal to the conveyor 2) via guide shoes 64 on rails 63, 63 that are installed between them. The screw shaft 66 pivotally supported by 1 is rotated by a handle 67 fixed to the screw shaft 66 to reciprocate in the left-right direction (see FIGS. 8 to 9).

As shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 8, FIG. 9, and FIG. 11, the clip push-stop means 13 is a clip push-out guide 68 and a clip that slides in a guide groove 69 of the guide 68. Fastening pusher 70 and pusher drive cylinder 71
The guide 68 and the cylinder 71 are fixed on the moving table 59 orthogonally to the moving supply guide 55.

The clip push-out guide 68 has a U-shaped cross section, and the guide groove 69 is fixed to the guide groove 69 so as to be orthogonal to the groove of the moving supply guide 55 and to communicate with each other. From within the moving supply guide 55, the biasing spring 58
The clip C in the guide groove 69 is pushed out by the fastening pusher 70.

The upper article holding means 15 is continuously provided at the front end of the clip pushing-out guide 68, and the clip is expanded on the moving table 59 between the upper article holding means 15 and the moving supply guide 55. Means 14 are provided, and the moving supply guide 55, the clip push-stop means 13, the clip expanding means 14, and the upper article holding means 15 are movable in the left-right direction.

The clip expanding means 14 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIGS. 11 to 13, an expanding member 72 that is provided adjacent to the moving supply guide 55 and that moves in and out of the guide groove 69 of the clip pushing guide 68, and a cylinder 73 that reciprocates the member 72. The front surface of the expansion member 72 facing the guide groove 69 has a substantially triangular shape.
The expanding claw 74 shown in FIG. 3 (a) is provided so as to project with the tapered portion 74A in the direction opposite to the clip pushing direction.

The side of the expanding member 72 opposite to the expanding claw 74 is fixed to the outer end of the piston rod 73A of the cylinder 73,
Only the expansion claw 74 is designed to come in and out of the guide groove 69. After being inserted into the guide groove 69, the clip C is advanced by the fastening pusher 70, and the expansion claw 74 is shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, it is inserted into the clip C to be in an expanded state, and at the same time, it is retracted by the cylinder 73 and extracted from the clip C.

Further, when the clip C is in the expanded state and the expanding claw 74 is inserted, as shown in FIG. 11, the tips CF1 and CF2 of the clip C sandwich the article W above and below the fastening portion. In this state, the clip C is pushed out by the pusher 70 at the same time when the expanding claw 74 comes out and is fixed to the fixing portion of the article W, and these operations are sequentially and instantaneously performed.

The upper article pinching means 15 comprises an article pinching press plate 15A horizontally mounted on the moving table 59 via a mounting member 75 so as to contact the front end of the clip pushing guide 68, and the press plate 15A. The lower surface of the guide groove 69 of the clip pushing-out guide 68 is the upper surface 69A as shown in FIG.
A clip guide groove 76, which is located below the upper surface 76A and is flush with the upper surface 69A of the guide groove 69, is provided. The guide groove 76 faces directly above the clip guide groove 16 of the lower article holding means 7.

Further, the press plate 15A has a clip detection lever fitting hole 77 which communicates vertically with the clip guide groove 76.
Is provided and the clip fastening confirmation means 78 is attached. The clip fastening confirmation means 78 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in Fig. 7, it comprises a clip detection lever 79 and a detector 80 such as a photo sensor. The clip detection lever 79 has its lower end inserted into the clip guide groove 76 and its upper end fixed to the upper surface of the press plate 15A. Bracket 81 on horizontal axis
It is attached so that it can swing up and down via 82 etc., and the lever 79
When the clip C pushes up the lower end of the
Emits a clip fastening confirmation signal.

Next, the clip fastening according to the above embodiment will be described. First, as shown in FIG. 3, the clip C is sorted out by the feeder 8 in the clip carrying-out path 21 with its tip facing backward (opposite direction) and dropped from the drop hole 22. Table is positive
23 is fed into the lateral feed shift path 23A, and in FIG.
The clips C1 and C2 are shifted to the front of the preceding pusher 37 by the shift pusher 24, the front and back of the clip front and back are discriminated by the clip front and back discrimination sensor 27, and when the front facing clip C1 or the back facing clip C2 is detected twice, An operation command of the reversing device 10 is issued.

When the clip C1 or C2 is sent to the clip reversing device 10 by the pre-stage pusher 37, the cylinder 36 is operated to reverse the clip when the reverse signal is received, and when the clip is not received. Is a cylinder
36 does not operate, and as shown in FIG. 7, the clips C1 and C2 are fed forward by the front and rear pushers 37 and 39, and are sequentially fed from the vertical feed transport path 23B to the distribution path 23C.

As shown in FIG. 4, the clips sent to the distribution path 23C are alternately pushed to the left by the distribution pusher 28 for the front facing clip C1 and pulled to the right side for the back facing clip C2 by the distribution pusher 28. To the guide rails 4 of the clip transfer unit 11 by the feed pushers 30 and 31.
It is pushed into 7,48 as an external fit. In the unlikely event that the clips, which are turned upside down, are not pushed into the guide rails 47 and 48 in an externally fitted shape, but dropped from the drop holes of the openings 45 and 46.

The clips C1 and C2 sent to the clip turning and fixing guides 49 and 50 at the lower part of the clip transfer section 11 are in the vertical direction (upright state), and the fixed feeding guide of the clip feeding means 12 is provided.
Clip feeding means 54 are fed into the guide grooves 53 of 51 respectively.
Thus, they are sequentially fed into the moving supply guide 55 one by one in cooperation with the clip pushing member 57. Mobile supply guide 55
The clip C in the inside is biased by the biasing spring 58 via the pushing member 57.
Thus, the clips are pushed one by one into the guide groove 69 of the clip pushing guide 68. Then, the clip C in the guide groove 69
Is extruded by the pusher 70 of the push-fastening means 13 and both ends CF1 and CF2 are opened vertically by the expanding claw 74 of the clip expanding means 14 and extruded to the fixing part of the article W.

On the other hand, the article W sent on the first conveyor 2 is positioned on the first conveyor 2 in the left-right width direction by the guide plate 4 and then sent on the second conveyor 3, where the article W is sent. After being stopped and positioned by the positioning stopper 5, the press plate 7A of the lower article holding means 7
Is lifted to lift the article W, and the article W is clamped between the lower surface of the press plate 15A of the upper article clamping means 15 and the press plate 7A, and is in a pressed state to facilitate clip fastening. It is said that.

Then, when the article W is lifted and pressed, the clip C is pushed out by the fastening pusher 70 and fixed to the article W. At this time, the clip C which is fastened to the article W is pushed by the clip detection levers 18,79 of the clip fastening confirmation means 17,78, and the levers 18,79 are pushed.
The motion of the clip C is detected by the detectors 20 and 80, and the fixation of the clip C is confirmed.

Therefore, if the clip C is not completely attached to the attachment portion of the article W or the clip C is cracked, the clip detection levers 18,79 will not be driven properly and the detectors 20,80 will cause damage. Since no clip is detected, a miss clip signal is issued, the miss clip is displayed, and the operation of the entire device is stopped. Therefore, the above-mentioned operation is repeated again by removing and resetting the article with the misclip.

When the clip fastening is completed, the stopper 5 is lowered along with the lowering of the press plate 7A of the lower article holding means 7, the article W is placed on the second conveyor 3, and the bag is put into the bag inserting machine of the next step. Sent. As described above, the articles W are sequentially transferred onto the press plate 7A, sandwiched and brought into a pressed state, and clip fastening is automatically performed. Note that the article W
If the size of the article W, that is, the width of the attachment, in particular, changes, the handle 67 can be operated to move the pair of left and right moving tables 59 left and right to freely adjust the attachment position. When the fastening width is widened, the clip C in the moving supply guide 55 is pulled out by the manual insertion switch by a required amount, and then the moving table 59, that is, the moving supply guide 55 is moved to the fixed feeding guide 51 side, respectively. When the width becomes narrow, the left and right moving supply guides 55 are separated from the facing inward, that is, the fixed supply guide 51, and then the clip C is moved into the moving supply guide 55 by the clip supply switch.
Supply within 55.

The above-described embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail with respect to the fastening device when the fastening positions to the article W are two.
In the above-described embodiment, by suspending either one of the left and right clip transfer units 11, the clip supply device 12, etc., the clip can be attached to only one place, and further, only one place can be attached. It can be worn at 3 to 4 places. Also, the clip C tip CF1 in FIG.
It can be fastened even if CF2 is opposite.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but can be modified in design as appropriate.

[0044]

As described above, the present invention is a device for reversing the front and back of a clip during transportation, which clip is provided on one side of the transportation path and the side surface of the transportation path is recessed parallel to the clip transportation direction. It is characterized in that it is composed of a reversing guide and a clip reversing pusher that is arranged on the other side of the conveying path so as to face the guide and reciprocates in the direction orthogonal to the clip conveying direction. In addition, it can be obtained inexpensively, can be quickly and smoothly reversed, and can be easily incorporated into the clip aligning / distributing part of the clip fastening device on an article, and contributes to automation. ..

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall schematic partially broken side view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a partially omitted front view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a schematic plan view of a vibrating clip feeder.

FIG. 4 is a schematic enlarged plan view of a clip alignment distribution unit.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the clip reversing device.

6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged side view of a means for simultaneously feeding two clips.

8 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line BB of FIG.

9 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line CC of FIG.

FIG. 10 is a partially omitted perspective view of a clip supply unit.

11 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line DD of FIG.

FIG. 12 is a view on arrow E of FIG. 11.

FIG. 13 shows a clip expanding member, (a) is a front view,
(b) is a left side view.

FIG. 14 is a perspective view showing an example in which a clip is fixed to an article.

FIG. 15 is a plan view showing an example of a clip.

[Explanation of symbols]

 8 Clip Feeder 9 Clip Alignment / Distributor 10 Clip Reversing Device 23 Table 23B Vertical Feed Conveying Path 34 Clip Reversing Guide 35 Clip Reversing Pusher 36 Drive Cylinder C Clip

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A device for reversing the front and back of a clip during transportation, comprising a clip reversing guide provided on one side of the transportation path and having a side surface of the transportation path recessed parallel to the clip transportation direction, and a clip reversing guide facing the guide. And a clip reversing pusher which is disposed on the other side of the conveying path and reciprocates in a direction orthogonal to the clip conveying direction.