JPH06156793A - Plate shaped member feeding device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To release an operator from the material transporting work, reduce the danger, and remarkably improve the working efficiency by automatically carrying out the supply of plate shaped members to a working machine. CONSTITUTION:A guide frame 3 is fixed at one edge of a rack 2 for placing a plate shaped member, and a crane motor 5 is arranged on the undersurface of a bracket 4 installed on the guide frame 3, and a sliding frame 7 which is arranged in a slidable manner on the guide frame 3 and is equipped with a sucking means on the undersurface is suspended at the edge part of the wire 6 of the crane motor 5. Further, a frame 9 is fixed at the other edge of the rack 2, and a plate 11 swung by a cylinder 10 is installed in a swingable manner at the upper edge part of the frame 9, and a chute 12 is arranged on the upper surface of the frame 9.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a plate-like material supplying apparatus for automatically supplying a plate-like material made of metal, paper, plastic, etc. stacked on a pallet to a processing machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a worker manually feeds a relatively heavy plate-shaped material, which has been stacked and carried on a pallet, to a processing machine one by one.

[0003]

However, the weight of a plate-shaped material per sheet is 20 kg to 30 kg when it is made of metal, and it is dangerous for an operator to handle, and causes occupational diseases such as low back pain. It was. Further, there is a problem that work efficiency is lowered due to heavy work.

The present invention has been made in order to eliminate the above-mentioned problems, and by automating the supply of material to a processing machine, the operator can be freed from a heavy work that is dangerous and the work efficiency can be improved. The purpose is to do.

[0005]

According to the present invention, a substantially inverted L-shaped guide frame having a bracket fixed to the upper end is vertically fixed to the upper surface of one end of a pedestal on which a plate-shaped material is placed,
A crane motor is attached to the lower surface of the bracket, a sliding frame slidably arranged on the guide frame is suspended on the wire end of the crane motor, and a suction means is attached to the lower portion of the sliding frame. , A cylinder is swingably attached to a frame provided on the upper surface of the other end of the frame, and a plate operated by a rod of the cylinder is swingably attached to the upper end of the frame, and the plate is substantially L at the upper end of the frame. By fixing the character-shaped chute, the plate-shaped materials are adsorbed one by one by the adsorption means and hoisted, placed on the plate that receives the material, the plate is rotated and the material is transferred to the chute, and processed. The present invention provides a device for supplying a plate-shaped material to be supplied to a machine.

[0006]

When the plate-like materials piled up on the gantry are placed on the gantry of the feeding device, the crane motor attached to the bracket fixed to the guide frame formed in a substantially inverted L shape is rotated and the wire is paid out. The sliding frame suspended by the wire starts descending along the guide frame. When the suction means attached to the lower part of the sliding frame comes into contact with the plate-shaped material, the sliding frame stops descending,
At the same time, the adsorbing means operates to adsorb only the uppermost one of the stacked plate-shaped materials. When the plate-shaped material is adsorbed, the crane motor reversely rotates, the wire is wound up, the sliding frame rises, and the plate-shaped material is lifted. When the upper end surface of the sliding frame comes into contact with the detection means provided on the guide frame, the sliding frame stops rising and the cylinder operates. The plate is rotated by the operation of the cylinder, the plate becomes horizontal, and at the same time, the cylinder stops, and the sliding frame for lifting the plate-shaped material starts descending again.

When the plate-shaped material suspended by the sliding frame comes into contact with the plate, the suction means is released, and the plate-shaped material suspended by the sliding frame is placed on the plate and, at the same time, no load is applied. The sliding frame that has become is raised. The sliding frame is detected by hitting the detecting means provided on the guide frame, and its ascending stops. The plate on which the plate-shaped material is placed is rotated by the cylinder, and when the plate stands vertically, the plate-shaped material is transferred onto the chute.

Next, the plate-shaped material transferred on the chute moves on the chute and is supplied to the processing machine. When the passage of the material is confirmed by the passage confirmation detecting means provided on the chute or in the middle of the processing machine, and the stopper provided on the chute stands up, the crane motor rotates,
The series of operations described above is repeated, and the plate-shaped materials stacked on the gantry are automatically supplied to the processing machine up to the last one.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, a bracket 4 is fixed to the upper end of the pedestal 2 on which the plate-like materials W stacked on the pallet P are placed to form a substantially inverted L-shape. The guide frame 3 is vertically fixed. A crane motor 5 is arranged on the lower surface of the bracket 4, and a sliding frame 7 slidably arranged on the guide frame 3 is suspended on the end of a wire 6 that is unwound or wound up by the crane motor 5. ing. A magnet 8 for attracting the material W is attached to the lower part of the sliding frame 7.

A frame 9 is arranged on the upper surface of the other end of the frame 2 in parallel with the guide frame 3. A cylinder 10 is swingably attached to the frame 9 in the direction of arrow A by a shaft 16, and a material W is attached to the tip of the rod of the cylinder 10.
The plate 11 for receiving is attached swingably in the direction of arrow B via the shaft 17.

Further, the material W is attached to the upper end of the frame 9.
A substantially L-shaped chute 12 for supplying a sheet material to a processing machine (not shown) is fixed to form a plate-shaped material supply device 1.

Reference numeral 18 in the drawing denotes a hinge for attaching the plate 11 to the frame 9.

Although the cylinder 10 is used in the above embodiment, a hydraulic cylinder or an air cylinder can be used as the cylinder 10, and the cylinder 10 is operated by a pump or a compressor.

Further, although the magnet 8 is used as the attracting means for attracting the material W, it is possible to use the attracting means for attracting with the air. According to this, not only the metal plate but also the paper plate material and the synthetic resin are used. It can be applied to plate making materials.

Further, the detecting means for setting the sliding range of the sliding frame 7 and the limit switches 13, 14 and 15 are appropriately arranged, but the invention is not limited to the limit switches, and a proximity switch or another detecting means is used. It is possible to properly select the position where the detecting means is provided. The electric signals obtained by the above-mentioned detection means are sent to the drive means of the crane motor 5 and the cylinder 10, and the crane motor 5 and the cylinder 10 are interlocked by the electric control means.

Next, the operation of the material supply device 1 configured as described above will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, the plate-shaped materials W stacked on the pallet P are the material supply devices 1
When mounted on the pedestal 2, the crane motor 5 attached to the bracket 4 fixed to the upper end of the guide frame 3 having a substantially inverted L shape rotates, the wire 6 is paid out, and the wire 6 is suspended on the end of the wire 6. The sliding frame 7 thus guided is guided by the guide frame 3 and starts descending.

When the limit switch 13 provided in parallel with the magnet 8 attached to the lower part of the sliding frame 7 comes into contact with the material W, the crane motor 5 stops and the sliding frame 7 stops descending. At the same time, the magnet 8 is energized to adsorb only the uppermost one of the stacked materials W.

When the material W is attracted to the magnet 8 as described above, as shown in FIG. 3, the crane motor 5 rotates in the reverse direction, the wire 6 is wound up, and the sliding frame 7 is lifted to load the material W. lift.

When the upper end surface of the sliding frame 7 comes into contact with the limit switch 14 arranged on the guide frame 3, the sliding frame 7 stops rising, and at the same time, the cylinder 10 works to contract the rod and the cylinder 10 Rotates in the direction of arrow A about the shaft 16 while pulling down the plate 11 attached to the tip of the rod, and the plate 11 moves in accordance with this.
Rotate around 17 in the direction of arrow B. As shown in FIG. 4, when the plate 11 becomes horizontal, the cylinder 10 stops, and at the same time, the sliding frame 7 that has lifted the material W begins to descend again, so that the material W that has been lifted by the sliding frame 7 moves to the plate 11. When the limit switch 15 provided is abutted, the magnet 8 is de-energized and the material W is placed on the plate 11.

At the same time, as shown in FIG. 5, the sliding frame 7 having no load is guided by the guide frame 3 and ascends, and the limit switch provided on the upper portion of the guide frame 3 is lifted.
When the cylinder 10 is stopped by abutting against it, the cylinder 10 moves, the rod of the cylinder 10 extends and rotates in the direction of arrow A, and the material W
The material receiving plate 11 on which is mounted rotates in the direction of arrow B. When the plate 11 stands vertically, the material W is transferred onto the chute 12.

Next, the material W transferred on the chute 12 moves on the chute 12 and is supplied to the processing machine. At this time, the passage of the material W is confirmed by the passage confirmation limit switch (not shown) provided between the chute 12 and the processing machine, and when the stopper (not shown) provided on the chute 12 stands up, the crane motor 5 rotates, the above series of operations are repeated, and the material W piled up on the pallet P is automatically supplied to the processing machine up to the last one.

[0023]

As described above, according to the present invention, even a relatively heavy plate-shaped material can be transferred very easily, automation of material supply can be achieved, and work efficiency is greatly improved. Moreover, it has an excellent effect that the worker can be freed from the heavy work which is dangerous.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of a plate-shaped material supplying apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an operating state of the plate-shaped material supply device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an operating state of the plate-shaped material supply device of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an operating state of the plate-shaped material supply device of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an operating state of the plate-shaped material supply device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Plate Material Supply Device 2 Frame 3 Guide Frame 4 Bracket 5 Crane Motor 6 Wire 7 Sliding Frame 8 Magnet 9 Frame 10 Cylinder 11 Plate 12 Chute 13, 14, 15 Limit Switch 16, 17 Axis 18 Hinge P Pallet W Material

Continuation of the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁵ Identification code Office reference number FI technical display location B65H 5/08 B 7111-3F

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A substantially inverted L-shaped guide frame having a bracket fixed to the upper end is vertically fixed to the upper surface of one end of a pedestal on which a plate-shaped material is placed, and a crane motor is attached to the lower surface of the bracket. , A wire frame of the crane motor is hung on a slide frame slidably arranged on the guide frame, a suction means is attached to a lower part of the slide frame, and an upper surface of the other end of the frame is mounted. A cylinder is swingably attached to a frame provided on the frame, a plate operated by the rod of the cylinder is swingably attached to the upper end of the frame, and a substantially L-shaped chute is fixed to the upper end of the frame. A plate-shaped material supply device.