JPH07137714A - Method for attaching tag - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a method for attaching a tag which enables hanging a tag at the end of a bundle of products securely and efficiently. CONSTITUTION:A wire W is wound around a horizontal axis, passed through a tag T, and formed into a loop L. With the tag T held at the top of the loop L and the top of the loop L in a state of being fastened by a fastening member 5, the loop L is braced tight to have the same wire W around a bundle of products A and also on the fastening member 5. Then the parts of the wire W extending at the bottom of the loop L and the part between the bundle of products A and the fastening member 5 are twisted so as to have the wire W around on the bundle of products A. The twisted part of the wire W between the bundle of products A and the fastening member 5 is laid down on the top of the bundle of products A with the tag T hanging at one end A1 of the bundle of products A.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of attaching a tag to a product bundle bound by a binding wire.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a long number of long bar steel materials such as angle materials, H-section steels, reinforced steel bars and the like are automatically bundled by a predetermined number with a numbering wire as a binding wire, and then attached with identification tags for shipment. Is being done. The product bundle obtained by binding the above-mentioned steel strips is often stacked in multiple stages at any of the production site, producer warehouse, shipping truck, intermediate warehouse, consumer warehouse, consumer site and the like. For this reason, it is necessary to hang the luggage tag on the end face side of the product bundle so that the luggage tag can be confirmed even in the stacked state. Therefore, a luggage tag is hung on one end of a long wire, and the other end of the wire is wrapped around the numbered wire that bundles the products, or the bundled steel bar They are sandwiched between each other.

[0003]

The work of attaching the luggage tag to the above-mentioned product bundle is all performed manually, and in particular, the wire material for attaching the luggage tag is wound around the numbered wire or sandwiched between the steel strips. Since the work to do is troublesome and time-consuming, there is a problem that work efficiency is poor. In addition, when a luggage tag is attached by sandwiching the wire rod between the steel bars, the wire rod is easily disengaged from each other when the product bundle is stacked or transferred, and the luggage tag is easily lost. was there.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a method for attaching a luggage tag which enables efficient and reliable attachment of the luggage tag.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a method of attaching a load tag according to a first aspect of the present invention is such that a wire rod is wound around a horizontal axis along a guide ring to form a loop, and the wire rod is also attached. Pass the wire rod through the load tag during the course of, and hold the load tag on the upper part of the loop, and with the upper part of the loop locked by the locking member, draw the loop and lock the wire rod with the product bundle. After being wound around the member and twisting the wire rod between the product bundle and the locking member and the root of the loop to wind the wire rod around the entire circumference of the product bundle, the product bundle and the locking member It is characterized in that the twisted wire rod between them is laid down along the upper part of the product bundle and the tag is hung on the end face side of the product bundle.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for attaching a load tag according to the first aspect, wherein the wire rods which are separated from each other between the product bundle and the locking member are attracted to each other. While twisting, the above-mentioned locking member is lowered by following the twisting motion of this wire.

[0007]

According to the method of attaching the load tag according to the above-mentioned claim 1, the wire is passed through the load tag at the same time when the loop is formed, and the loop is wound around the product bundle and the engaging member above the product bundle, and then the product bundle is removed. By simply twisting the wire between the locking member and the root of the loop and tilting the twisted wire between the product bundle and the locking member, the luggage tag can be hung on the end face side of the product bundle. . In particular, since the wire rod is passed through the luggage tag at the same time when the loop is formed, the wire rod can be easily and quickly passed through the luggage tag. Further, since the wire rod is wound around the product bundle, the wire rod can be securely attached to the product bundle.

According to the method of mounting the load tag according to the second aspect, the wire rods are twisted while the wire rods that are separated from each other between the product bundle and the locking member are pulled together, and the wire rods are twisted. Since the locking member is moved down in accordance with the movement of the wire, the wire rod wound around a large product bundle can be twisted without difficulty.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 2 is a schematic front view showing a load tag attaching device used for implementing the load tag attaching method of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a schematic right side view. The above-mentioned luggage tag attaching device attaches the luggage tag T in a state of being suspended from the end surface A1 side of the product bundle A in which the steel strips and the like are bundled (see FIG. 1).
f)), on the carriage 1 arranged at the end of the product bundle A,
Wire rod supply means 2 for feeding back the wire rod W for attaching the luggage tag in a retractable manner, and the wire rod W supplied by the wire rod supply means 2.
The guide ring 3 that forms a loop L by rotating around the horizontal axis, the tag supply means 4 that supplies the tag T to the upper part of the guide ring 3, and the locking that temporarily locks the upper part of the loop L. The member 5, the twisting member 6 for twisting the wire rod W wound around the product bundle A and the locking member 5, and the wire rods separating the product bundle A and the locking member 5 from each other. W each other (Fig. 2
(Refer to the chain double-dashed line) The pulling wire member 7 for pulling, the twist cutting means 8 for twisting the root of the loop L and cutting the wire W, and the wire W twisted by the twisting member 6,
A wire rod collapse member 9 is mounted which cooperates with the trolley 1 to lie down along the upper part of the product bundle A and bend downward at the end of the product bundle A.

The carriage 1 can be reciprocally moved by a motor 12 mounted on the carriage 1 along a track 11 provided along the longitudinal direction of the product bundle A. The wire rod supply means 2 feeds a coiled wire rod from a magazine (not shown) and supplies it to the guide ring 3, and also pulls back the wire rod W supplied to the guide ring 3 to draw the loop L. It is provided with a pinch roller 21 for winding and running the wire W, a motor (not shown) for rotationally driving the pinch roller 21 in both forward and reverse directions, and the like.

The guide ring 3 is composed of an annular body having a groove formed on the inner peripheral side thereof, and the wire rod W fed from the wire rod supplying means 2 is circulated along the groove so that A loop L can be formed. Tag supply means 4
Is a slit 31 formed on the upper side surface of the guide ring 3.
The tag T is automatically inserted into the slit 3
The luggage tag T inserted in 1 is held by the luggage tag supply means 4 in a state in which the wire rod passing through the wire rod passing through the guide ring 3 is passed through the wire rod insertion hole of the tag T. . Note that the tag T inserted in the slit 31 is
Can be removed downwards when required.

The locking member 5 is arranged so as to cross the inner circumference of the upper portion of the guide ring 3. The locking member 5 can be lifted and lowered by an elevating mechanism 51 that elevates and lowers the elevating member 51b by rotationally driving the screw shaft 51a, and can be horizontally slid by a slide mechanism 52 formed on the elevating member 51b. By this sliding in the horizontal direction, the locking member 5 can be retracted from the inside of the guide ring 3 or advanced into the inside.

The twisting member 6 is composed of a pin which is rotatable along a horizontal plane with its axis oriented in the horizontal direction. The twisting member 6 is an elevating mechanism 61 that elevates and lowers an elevating member 61b by rotationally driving a screw shaft 61a.
It can be moved up and down by the slide mechanism 62 and can be horizontally slid by the slide mechanism 62. By this horizontal sliding, the twisting member 6 is retracted from the inside of the guide ring 3 or advanced into the inside. be able to.

The wire pulling member 7 is composed of a pair of holding claws 71 which can be horizontally contacted and separated from each other between the twisting member 6 and the product bundle A. The holding claws 71 are separated from each other in a separated state. By approaching each other, in the vicinity of the product bundle A, the wire members separated from each other between the locking member 5 and the product bundle A can be pulled toward the center side. The wire drawing member 7 is attached to the elevating member 61b so that the wire drawing member 7 can be moved up and down together with the twisting member 6, and can be slid horizontally by a slide mechanism 72. It is possible to advance the 7 into the guide ring 3 or to retract it.

The twist cutting means 8 twists the root of the loop L by a rotating member that can be inserted in a state where the wire rods W intersect with each other, and at the same time cuts the wire rod W on the wire rod supplying means 2 side by a cutter. It has the same structure as the known twisting and cutting means of a wire rod provided in a binding device that automatically binds steel strips and the like by a wire. Wire collapse member 9
Includes a roller 91 that can roll along the upper part of the product bundle A, and pushes down the wire rod W twisted by the wire rod twisting member 6 as the carriage 1 moves in the arrow X direction. However, the wire W can be laid down on the end surface A1 side of the product bundle A, and the product bundle A of the laid down wire W can be obtained.
The part protruding from the end face of can be bent downward.

The wire feeding means 2, the guide ring 3,
The tag supply means 4 and the tag supply means 4 can be integrally moved up and down by the elevating means 13 to be aligned with the product bundle A. The elevating means 13 is for vertically moving a base 13a rotatably supported at one end of the carriage 1 by a cylinder 13b connected to the front end side of the rotation. Further, the roller 91 of the wire rod collapse member 9 can also be moved up and down according to the size of the product bundle A.

The method of attaching the tag according to the present invention using the tag attaching device having the above-mentioned structure is as follows. First,
The luggage tag supply means 4 supplies the luggage tag T to the slit 31 above the guide ring 3, and then the wire rod supply means 2 supplies the wire rod W to the guide ring 3 to form a loop L (see FIG. 1a). With the formation of the loop L, the wire rod W can be passed through the wire rod insertion hole of the luggage tag T. Then, the load tag T is held on the upper part of the guide ring 3 by the load tag supply means 4, and the upper part of the loop L is locked by the locking member 5 which is advanced into the guide ring 3, and the wire rod supply means 2 By reversing the wire W to pull it back,
The wire L is wound around the product bundle A and the locking member 5 by drawing the loop L (see FIG. 1b).

Next, the twisting member 6 is advanced into the guide ring 3 (see FIG. 1c), and the pair of pinching claws 71 of the wire drawing member 7 are moved to the center side. The wire rods W separated from each other between the product bundle A and the locking member 5 are pulled to the center side (see FIG. 1d). At this time, the lifting member 51 lowers the locking member 5 while applying tension to the wire W,
Make it easier to pull in. Due to the pulling of the wire rod W, the wire rod W comes into close contact with the twisting member 6 and extends along substantially the entire circumference of the product bundle A.

Then, the twist cutting means 8 is driven to twist and cut the root of the loop L, and the twist member 6 is rotated so that the locking member 5 and the product bundle A are separated from each other. The wire W in between is twisted a predetermined number of times to wind the wire W around the product bundle A (see FIG. 1e). At this time, the lifting member 51 lowers the locking member 5 while applying tension to the wire W so that the wire W is twisted without difficulty. The distance D between the locking member 5 and the product bundle A after twisting the wire W is greater than the length E from the position where the wire W is wound around the product A to the end surface A1 of the product A. Set it to be slightly longer. Further, the twist cutting means 8 and the twist member 6 may be driven first, or may be driven at the same time.

Next, the locking member 5 and the twisting member 6
Are retracted from the inside of the guide ring 3 to be pulled out from the wire W and the holding claws 71 of the wire pulling member 7 are separated from each other. Then, in this state, the carriage 1 is moved in the direction indicated by the arrow X in FIG. 3, and the twisted wire W is pushed down by the wire collapse member 9 toward the end face A1 side of the product bundle A, so that the product bundle Along the upper part of A, the portion of the wire W projecting from the end surface A1 of the product bundle A is bent downward to hang the tag T on the end surface A1 side of the product bundle A (see FIG. 1f).

As described above, the tag T can be easily and efficiently attached to the product bundle A. In particular, since the wire W is passed through the luggage tag T at the same time when the loop L is formed, the wire W can be easily and quickly passed through the luggage tag. Further, since the tag T is attached to the product bundle A while the wire W is wrapped around the product bundle A, there is no fear that the wire W will come off the product bundle A during the stacking or movement of the product bundle A, and the tag T Can be securely attached. Further, the attachment of the luggage tag T can be easily automated. Moreover, while the wire rods W that are separated from each other between the product bundle A and the locking member 5 are pulled together, the wire rods W are twisted and
Since the locking member 5 is moved down following this twisting motion, even when the wire W is wound around a large product bundle,
That is, even if the wire rods are largely separated from each other between the locking member 5 and the product bundle A, the wire rod W can be twisted smoothly without resistance. Therefore, the wire W can be reliably wound around the product bundle A.

The method of attaching the luggage tag according to the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and for example, the locking member 5 can be used.
The separated wire rod W between the product bundle A and the product bundle A may be pulled as necessary according to the size of the product bundle A. Also,
The wire W between the product bundle A may be twisted by rotating the locking member 5.

[0023]

As described above, according to the method of attaching the load tag according to the first aspect, the wire is passed through the load tag at the same time when the loop is formed, and the loop is wound around the product bundle and the locking member above it. After that, twist the wire between the root of the loop and the product bundle and the locking member, and tilt the twisted wire between the product bundle and the locking member to move the luggage tag to the end face side of the product bundle. Can be hung. Therefore, the tag can be attached to the product bundle easily and efficiently. Moreover, because the tag is attached while the wire is wrapped around the product bundle,
The tag can be securely attached to the product bundle.

According to the method of attaching the load tag according to the second aspect, the wire rods are twisted and the wire rods are twisted in a state where the wire rods separated from each other between the product bundle and the locking member are attracted to each other. Since the locking member is moved down in accordance with the pulling motion, the wire can be twisted without difficulty. Therefore, the wire can be reliably wound even on a large product bundle.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a process diagram showing an embodiment of a method for attaching a luggage tag according to the present invention, in which a is a schematic view showing a state in which a loop is formed, and b is a state in which a wire is wound around a locking member and a product bundle. , C is a schematic diagram showing a state in which a twisting member is advanced between wire rods, d is a schematic diagram showing a state in which the wire rod is drawn, e is a schematic diagram showing a twisting step of the wire rod, f is a perspective view showing a state in which the tag is hung on the end surface of the product bundle.

FIG. 2 is a schematic front view showing an apparatus used for carrying out the method for attaching a luggage tag according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic right side view of the device shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 3 Guide ring 5 Locking member W Wire rod T Tag L loop A Product bundle

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A wire rod is wound around a horizontal axis along a guide ring to form a loop, the wire rod is passed through a load tag in the middle of the winding of the wire rod, and the load tag is held above the loop. While the upper part of the loop is locked by the locking member, the loop is squeezed to wind the wire around the product bundle and the locking member, and the wire between the product bundle and the locking member and the root of the loop. After winding the wire rod around the entire circumference of the product bundle by twisting, twist the wire rod between the product bundle and the locking member along the upper part of the product bundle and lay it down to put the tag on the product. A method for attaching a luggage tag, which is characterized in that it is hung on the end face side of the bundle. 2. The wire rod is twisted in a state where the wire rods separated from each other between the product bundle and the locking member are attracted to each other, and the twisting operation of the wire rod is followed so that the locking is performed. The method for mounting a tag according to claim 1, wherein the member is lowered.