JPH06144661A - Hoop material feeder - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a hoop material feeder reducing the time and labor for changing the reel of hoop material so as to shorten the stop time of the hoop material feeder for the change of the reel. CONSTITUTION:A hoop material feeder has first and a second supply sources 2, 3 for winding hoop material out of reels; rollers 4 rotatable in the reverse direction, for feeding the hoop material toward a hoop material processing position; a guide 5 formed of a first guide member 7 with a first guide face 6, and a second guide member 10 with a second guide face 9 forming a passage 8 for guiding the hoop material in cooperation with the first guide face 6 so as to move between the passage forming position forming the passage 8 and the passage non-forming position; and a sensor 11 for detecting the end of the hoop material in the passage 8. A control means is further provided to control the first and second supply sources 2, 3, the feed rollers 4 and the second guide member 10 in response to signals from the sensor 11.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a hoop material feeding device for feeding a long hoop material wound on a reel to a hoop material processing position.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A hoop material feeding device is used to feed a long hoop material such as a material for an IC terminal to a hoop material processing position. This apparatus is equipped with a hoop material wound on a reel, and is provided with a supply source that unwinds the hoop material from the reel, and a feed roller that sends the hoop material from the supply source toward the hoop material processing position, The hoop material is sent out toward the hoop material processing position by a certain size. The sent out hoop material is cut into a certain size at the hoop material processing position and used.

[0003]

By the way, in the conventional hoop material feeder, there is a problem that it takes time and labor to replace the reel of the hoop material when the hoop material is used up. When the hoop material runs out, the sensor disposed between the supply source and the feed roller detects the end of the hoop material and automatically stops the hoop material feeding device. The worker removes the rest of the hoop material sandwiched between the feed rollers, removes the empty reel from the supply source, installs a new reel of hoop material in the supply source, unwinds the hoop material from the reel, and Attach the tip to the feed roller,
The feed roller must be driven to feed the tip of the hoop material to the indexing position. This work is very troublesome and time-consuming, and since the machine is stopped during this time, it causes deterioration of production efficiency, and improvement has been demanded.

In view of this, the present invention reduces the time and labor required for replacing the reels of hoop material, and also reduces the time during which the hoop material feeding device is stopped to replace the reels. An object is to provide a device.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the hoop material feeding device of the present invention is a hoop material feeding device for feeding a long hoop material wound on a reel to a hoop material processing position while unwinding the long hoop material. In a feeding device, a first supply source and a second supply source that unwind a hoop material from a reel, and a feed roller that feeds the hoop material supplied from the first and second supply sources toward a hoop material processing position. A feed roller rotatable in opposite directions and a guide for guiding the hoop material supplied from the first and second supply sources to the feed roller, the first and second supply sources and the feed roller A first guide member having a first guide surface extending between the first and second guide surfaces;
A second guide surface that forms a passage for guiding the hoop material in cooperation with the first guide surface of the first guide member, and moves between a passage forming position forming the passage and a passage non-forming position. A second guide member and a sensor for detecting the end of the hoop material in the passage, and the first and second supply sources, the feed roller, and the second guide member in response to a signal from the sensor. And a control means for controlling
When the sensor detects the end of the hoop material supplied from one of the supply sources, the control means moves the second guide member to the passage non-formation position and rotates the feed roller in the opposite direction to remove the remaining hoop material. It is characterized in that the hoop material is discharged and the hoop material is supplied to the other supply source. In addition,
When the first and second guide surfaces are formed so that the passage extends from the first and second supply sources while curving toward the feed roller, when the second guide member moves to the passage non-formation position, the passage is formed. The inner curved hoop member returns to the linear shape by the elasticity of the hoop member and is separated from the first guide surface, so that the hoop member is easily discharged when the feed roller is rotated in the reverse direction.

[0006]

When the sensor detects the end of the hoop material supplied from one supply source, the control device moves the second guide member to the non-passage formation position and rotates the feed roller in the opposite direction to move the hoop material. The rest is discharged, and the hoop material is supplied to the other supply source.

[0007]

EXAMPLES Examples of the present invention will be described below. A hoop material feeding device 1 of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 is for feeding a long hoop material such as a material for an IC terminal to a hoop material processing position, and is a long material wound on a reel. The first supply source 2 that attaches the hoop material and unwinds the hoop material from the reel 2
And the second source 3 and the first source 2 and the second source 3, which are arranged below the first source 2 and the second source 3.
The feed roller 4 that feeds the hoop material supplied from the supply source 3 toward the hoop material processing position and is rotatable in the opposite direction.
And the hoop material provided between the first supply source 2 and the second supply source 3 and the feed roller 4 and supplied to the feed roller 4 from the first supply source 2 and the second supply source 3. A guide 5 for guiding, a first guide member 7 having a first supply source 2 and a first guide surface 6 extending between the second supply source 3 and the feed roller 4, and a first guide. It has a second guide surface 9 which cooperates with the first guide surface 6 of the member 7 to form a passage 8 for guiding the hoop material, and between the passage forming position forming the passage 8 and the passage non-forming position. Second to move
And a sensor 11 for detecting the end of the hoop material in the passage 8, and the first supply source 2 and the second supply source 2 in response to a signal from the sensor 11.
And a control means for controlling the feed roller 3, the feed roller 4, and the second guide member 10.

The first source 2 and the second source 3 are
A supply roller 12 rotated by a motor, a pressure-contact roller 14 arranged to face the supply roller 12 and rotating around a shaft 13, and a guide member 16 having a guide groove 15 extending between the supply roller 12 and the pressure-contact roller 14. It has and. The pressure roller 14 is swingably supported about a support shaft 17 and is pressure-bonded to the supply roller 12 by a spring. The front end of the hoop material unwound from the reel is sandwiched between the supply roller 12 and the pressure bonding roller 14, and the supply roller 1
When 2 is driven, the hoop material is fed while being guided by the guide groove 15. The pressure roller 14 is connected to the sensor via the rod 18, and the sensor is connected to the control means. The sensor can detect the movement of the pressure bonding roller 14 and detect that the seam of the hoop material or the hoop material has disappeared.

The feed roller 4 is composed of an upper roller 20 which rotates around a shaft 19 and a lower roller 21 which is rotated by a stepping motor. The upper roller 20 is supported so as to be vertically swingable, and the lower roller is It is crimped to 21. When the hoop material is sandwiched between the upper roller 20 and the lower roller 21 and the lower roller 21 is driven, the hoop material is fed to the right in FIG. 1 by a predetermined size and supplied to the hoop material processing position. There is. Upper roller 2
The 0 and lower roller 21 can rotate in opposite directions, and the hoop material can also be fed to the left in FIG. The upper roller 20 is also connected to a sensor, which is connected to the control means. The sensor can detect the movement of the upper roller 20, and can detect the protruding portion of the hoop material caused by buckling or the like.

The second guide member 10 of the guide 5 is the support shaft 2.
2 is rotatably supported by the feeder main body,
The support shaft 22 is connected to a rotating actuator. Further, the second guide member 10 is a gate 23 for guiding the hoop material supplied from the first supply source 2 to the passage 8.
And a gate 24 for guiding the hoop material supplied from the second supply source 3 to the passage 8.

A sensor 25 is provided at a position where the feed roller 4 feeds the hoop material toward the hoop material processing position, and the sensor 25 is connected to the control means. The sensor 25 can detect the tip of the hoop material. A discharge guide 26 for guiding the hoop material discharged from the feed roller 4 is provided below the position where the hoop material is supplied to the feed roller 4.

Next, a method of using the hoop material feeding device 1 will be described. When a reel of hoop material is attached to the first supply source 2, the hoop material is unwound from the reel, the tip of the hoop material is sandwiched between the supply roller 12 and the pressure roller 14, and the supply roller 12 is driven to guide the hoop material. Guided by the groove 15, it enters the gate 23 of the second guide member 10 of the guide 5, reaches the feed roller 4 through the passage 8, and is fed to the right by the feed roller 4. When the sensor 25 detects the tip of the hoop material, the control means stops the feed roller 4 and the supply roller 12. Then, another reel of hoop material is attached to the second supply source 3, the supply roller 12 is driven, the tip of the hoop material is sent to the vicinity of the tip of the guide member 16, and the supply roller 12 is stopped.

The feed roller 12 and the feed roller 4 of the first supply source 2 are driven to feed the hoop material toward the hoop material processing position by a predetermined size. The hoop material is used after being cut into a certain size at the processing position. And the first
When the hoop material wound on the reel attached to the supply source 2 of No. 1 disappears and the end of the hoop material passes through the pressure roller 14, the pressure roller 14 moves toward the supply roller 12, and the sensor detects it. Send a signal to the controller. The hoop material is further fed several shots by the feed roller 4, and when the sensor 11 detects the end of the hoop material, the control device stops the feed roller 4.

Then, the control unit controls the second guide member 10
1 is rotated in the clockwise direction of FIG. 1 about the support shaft 22, and as shown in FIG. 2, the second guide member 10 is moved to the passage non-forming position, it is stored in the passage 8. The end portion 27 of the hoop material is opened and bent downward. Then, when the control device rotates the second guide member 10 in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. 2 to move the second guide member 10 to the passage forming position, the second guide member 10 causes the hoop material to move. The end 27 is pushed down. FIG. 3 shows the state. Then, the control device rotates the feed roller 4 in the opposite direction, the hoop material drops from the feed roller 4 onto the discharge guide 26, slides down along the discharge guide 26, and inside the container placed under the discharge guide 26. To fall. When the discharge of the hoop material is completed, the control device drives the supply roller 12 of the second supply source 3 to supply the hoop material to the second supply source 3, and the feed roller 4 is rotated so that the tip of the hoop material is removed. When the position of the sensor 25 is reached, the supply roller 12 and the feed roller 4 are stopped. Therefore, the work of discharging the rest of the hoop material from the feed roller 4 and the work of feeding the next hoop material to the indexing position can be automatically performed.

Then, the supply roller 12 of the second supply source 3
The feed roller 4 is driven to feed the hoop material toward the hoop material processing position by a predetermined size. While the hoop material is being supplied from the second supply source 3, the empty reel of the first supply source 2 is removed, a new reel is attached, the hoop material is unwound from the new reel, and the supply roller 12 Is driven to feed the tip of the hoop material to the vicinity of the tip of the guide member 16. Then, when the hoop material of the second supply source 3 is used up, the control device causes the first supply source 2 to supply the hoop material. Thus, by alternately using the first supply source 2 and the second supply source 3, it is possible to replace the reel of the other supply source while the hoop material is being supplied from one supply source. it can. Therefore, the time during which the hoop material feeding device is stopped can be shortened.

[0016]

As described above, according to the hoop material feeding device of the present invention, the work of removing the rest of the hoop material from the feed roller 4 and the work of feeding the next hoop material to the indexing position are automatically performed. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the labor for replacing the reel of hoop material. Further, while the hoop material is being supplied from one supply source, the reel of the other supply source can be replaced, and the time during which the hoop material feeding device is stopped can be shortened, thus improving the production efficiency. Can be improved. Therefore, the intended task can be achieved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a hoop material feeding device 1.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the hoop material feeding device 1 showing a state in which a second guide member 10 is moved.

FIG. 3 is a hoop material feeding device 1 showing a state where an end portion 27 of the hoop material is pressed by a second guide member 10.
FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Hoop Material Feeding Device 2 First Supply Source 3 Second 1 Supply Source 4 Feed Roller 5 Guide 6 First Guide Surface 7 First Guide Member 8 Passage 9 Second Guide Surface 10 Second Guide Member 11 Sensor

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A hoop material feeding device for feeding a long hoop material wound on a reel to a hoop material processing position while unwinding the long hoop material, wherein a first supply source and a second hoop material for unwinding the hoop material from the reel are provided. A supply source, a feed roller that feeds the hoop material supplied from the first and second supply sources toward a hoop material processing position, and the feed roller that is rotatable in a reverse direction; And a guide for guiding the hoop material supplied from the second supply source to the feed roller, the guide having a first guide surface extending between the first and second supply sources and the feed roller. A first guide member and the first
A second guide surface that forms a passage that guides the hoop member in cooperation with the first guide surface of the guide member, and between the passage forming position and the passage non-forming position that form the passage. A guide including a moving second guide member; and a sensor for detecting an end of the hoop material in the passage, and the first and second supply sources in response to a signal from the sensor. The feed roller and a control means for controlling the second guide member are provided, and the control means, when the sensor detects the end of the hoop material supplied from one of the supply sources, the second guide. The member is moved to the passage non-formation position, the feed roller is rotated in the opposite direction to discharge the rest of the hoop material, and the other hoop material is supplied with the hoop material. F Up material feeding device. 2. The hoop material feeding device according to claim 1, wherein the passage extends while curving from the first and second supply sources toward the feed roller.