JPH06179521A - Arranging device for long member - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide an arranging device which can arrange long members with a high stability and efficiency. CONSTITUTION:This device 1, which aligns required number of long members (a) in a complex condition, is provided with an aligning conveyer 2 which is operated intermittently with a specific distance D, a sliding means 3 which is mounted above the arranging conveyer 2 and slides along the longitudinal direction of the long material (a) interlockingly with the arranging conveyer 2, comb part 4 which is mounted on the sliding means 3 and intervenes between the long members (a) on the arranging conveyer 2, and a roller part 5 which is mounted on the sliding means 3 adjacently to the comb part and is brought into elastic contact with the long material (a) on the arranging conveyer 2. The long member (a) fed intermittently by the arranging conveyer 2 is unraveled at the comb part 4 along the axial direction of the long material (a), and the unraveled long material (a) is pressed elastically at the roller part 5.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an aligning device for aligning long flexible members such as synthetic resin pipes having a small diameter and a long length.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, when a large amount of a flexible body such as a synthetic resin pipe having a small diameter and a long length is stored in a pallet or the like, they are entangled with each other and taken out one by one. It becomes annoying.

Therefore, conventionally, as a device for taking out the entangled elongated body one by one, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. Sho 5
An aligning device as disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 8-95026 is known. That is, this aligning device presses and swings the long body supplied onto the gantry in a direction orthogonal to the long body by the pressing rocker, and presses the long body in the axial direction of the long body by the pressing roller. It was done like this.

[0004]

However, in the case of the above-mentioned conventional aligning device, the long body escapes to the side during the pressure swing, and when the intersecting state is severe, the pressure by the roller becomes uncertain. Can be considered.

Further, since the pressing roller is pressed at the same work position while swinging the press, the work stoppage time at this position becomes long, and it becomes impossible to align the work efficiently.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide an aligning device capable of aligning elongated bodies more stably and efficiently.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An elongated body aligning apparatus of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems is an apparatus for aligning an appropriate number of elongated bodies in an intersecting state, and has a predetermined transport distance. An aligning conveyor adapted to be operated intermittently in the above, and a sliding means provided above the aligning conveyor and adapted to slide along the longitudinal direction of the elongated body in conjunction with the aligning conveyor. , A comb portion provided on the sliding means so as to intervene between the elongated bodies on the alignment conveyor, and a sliding means provided adjacent to the comb portion on the elongated body on the alignment conveyor. A long body, which is provided with a roller portion that is elastically contacted and is intermittently sent by an alignment conveyor, is loosened at the comb portion along the axial direction of the long body, and at this time, is loosened. Later long body is elastically pressed by the roller part. This invention was made as.

[0008]

According to the present invention, the long body intermittently fed by the aligning conveyor is loosened at the comb portion along the axial direction of the long body, and at this time, the long body is loosened. It is elastically pressed by the roller part to be aligned further.

Further, the disentanglement by the comb portion and the pressing by the roller portion are performed all at once by the sliding means.

[0010]

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

FIG. 1 shows an outline of the entire structure of an aligning device 1 for a long body a, and FIG. 2 shows a feeding device 1 equipped with the aligning device 1.
1 shows an outline of the entire configuration of No. 1.

That is, the aligning device 1 includes an aligning conveyor 2, a sliding device 3 provided above the aligning conveyor 2, a comb portion 4 provided on the sliding device 3, and a comb portion 4. And a roller portion 5 provided on the sliding device 3 adjacent thereto.

The aligning conveyors 2 are arranged in parallel on the gantry 20 in the same conveying direction, and convey the elongated body a supplied on the gantry 20 in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction. Further, this transportation is performed intermittently at a predetermined distance D.

The sliding device 3 comprises a carriage 32 provided between rails 31 arranged along the longitudinal direction of the elongated body a. The carriage 32 is connected to an endless chain 33 arranged along the rail 31. The endless chain 33 is connected so as to rotate forward and backward when the motor 34 rotates forward and backward. That is, the carriage 32 can be freely moved along the rail 31 by driving the motor 34. In addition, a board 36 is provided on the carriage 32 via an air cylinder 35. The substrate 36 is moved up and down between the carriage 32 and the alignment conveyor 2 by the air cylinder 35.

The comb portions 4 are plate-like members projecting from a plurality of locations on the lower surface of the substrate 36.
Are arranged along the moving direction of the carriage 32. Then, the comb portion 4 is adapted to move into the gap between the elongated bodies a of an appropriate number conveyed on the alignment conveyor 2 at a distance of 2 to 3 by the downward movement of the substrate 36. Further, by moving the carriage 32 in this state, the comb portion 4 is adapted to loosen the elongated body a every two or three elongated bodies a.

In addition, when the comb portion 4 is used,
Although it is not particularly limited to performing every 2 to 3 pieces, the interval of the comb portion 4 has to be changed every time it is loosened every time to correspond to the elongated body a of various sizes,
Further, the movement resistance of the carriage 32 also increases, which is technically difficult. Therefore, it is preferable to set the interval between the comb portions 4 so that the elongated body a having a desired size range can be loosened loosely every two to three or more.

Further, at this time, stoppers 6 are provided at both ends of the elongated body a located in the comb portion 4 so that the elongated body a is not displaced in the longitudinal direction at the time of loosening. The stopper 6 is attached to the frame 37 that supports the rail 31, and the width can be adjusted according to the length of the long body a being conveyed.

Further, the comb portion 4 is arranged over a width substantially equal to the predetermined distance D so that the elongated body a conveyed at every predetermined distance D is evenly disentangled.

The roller portion 5 is provided on the lower surface of the substrate 36 adjacent to the comb portion 4, and the roller 51 is provided with the carriage 32.
It is designed to be able to rotate along the moving direction of. Further, the roller portion 5 is configured to elastically press the appropriate number of the long bodies a conveyed on the alignment conveyor 2 when the substrate 36 moves downward. By moving the carriage 32 in this state, the roller portion 5 squeezes the elongated body a, and the elongated bodies a are arranged in one stage over the entire length. In addition, this roller part 5
Is provided with a roller 51 having a width substantially equal to the predetermined distance D so as to uniformly press the elongated body a conveyed at each predetermined distance D.

Next, the operation of the aligning device 1 will be described.

First, a large number of long bodies a loaded on the pallet 71 are supplied onto the separation table 72 in a collapsing manner, and the separation pieces 73 and the receiving pieces 74 of the separation table 72 are moved up and down to a suitable number. Each is separated and supplied to the aligning device 1. In this state, the intersecting state of the elongated body a is relaxed to some extent.

In the aligning device 1, this appropriate number of elongated bodies a is used.
Are conveyed by the alignment conveyor 2 at every predetermined distance D, and are first conveyed to the lower part of the comb section 4.

After lowering the substrate 36, the carriage 3
Move 2 Then, the comb portion 4 enters into the gap of the elongated body a, and the carriage 32 moves in this state, so that the elongated body a is loosened in the longitudinal direction.

It should be noted that the movement by the carriage 32 is one way,
The long body a is sufficiently loosened by performing the reciprocal movement or the reciprocating movement according to the diameter of the long body a.

Next, after the substrate 36 is moved upward to separate the comb portion 4 from the elongated body a, the alignment conveyor 2 again conveys the predetermined distance D. Then, at the bottom of the comb part 4,
The new elongated body a before being loosened is supplied, and the elongated body a after loosening is supplied to the lower portion of the roller portion 5 adjacent to the comb portion 4.

Then, after moving the substrate 36 downward as in the above, the carriage 32 is moved. Then, in the comb section 4,
Similar to the above, the elongated body a is sometimes loosened. Further, in the roller portion 5, the elongated body a after occasional loosening is squeezed by the pressing movement of the roller 51 and arranged in one stage.

That is, the comb section 4 and the roller section 5 are simultaneously operated by the intermittent conveyance by the alignment conveyor 2 at the predetermined distance D and the series of operations of the substrate 36 and the carriage 32 which are interlocked with each other, which is efficient. Alignment can be done.

Then, the aligned long bodies a are conveyed in a state of being arranged in a single stage by the supply conveyor 8 or the like, and extracted one by one by the extraction device 9 provided at the rear end of the conveyance of the supply conveyor 8. You can

The elongated body a to which this aligning device 1 is applied is particularly limited as long as it is a flexible elongated body a which is likely to be entangled with each other. Instead of a thing, it may be tubular or rod-shaped. Specific examples of the long body a include a synthetic resin tube body having a diameter of 15 to 40 mm and a length of about 5 m.
Among them, those having a diameter of 15 to 25 mm are particularly effective to use the present device because they are easily entangled with each other.

[0030]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the long body which has been at least severely disentangled by loosening at the comb portion is elastically pressed and aligned by the roller portion, it is possible to stably Can be aligned.

Further, since the elongated members are aligned by simultaneously sliding the comb portion and the roller portion by the sliding means, the alignment can be performed efficiently.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing the outline of the overall configuration of an alignment device.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a long body supply device including an alignment device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Aligning device 2 Aligning conveyor 3 Sliding device (sliding means) 4 Cushion part 5 Roller part a Long body D Predetermined distance (conveyance distance)

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An apparatus for arranging an appropriate number of elongate bodies in an intersecting state, which is provided above the alignment conveyor and an alignment conveyor adapted to intermittently operate at a predetermined transport distance. , Sliding means adapted to slide along the longitudinal direction of the elongated body in conjunction with the aligning conveyor, and intervening between the elongated bodies on the aligning conveyor provided on the sliding means. Equipped with a comb part and a roller part which is provided on the sliding means adjacent to the comb part so as to elastically contact the elongated body on the alignment conveyor, and is intermittently fed by the alignment conveyor. The long body is loosened at the comb portion along the axial direction of the long body, and the long body after being loosened at this time is elastically pressed by the roller portion. Aligning device for long objects.