JPH07196257A - Bobbin tube supply device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To efficiently store many pieces of bobbin tubes in a small space by storing a plurality of bobbin tubes in a mutually fittedly inserted state, and getting one bobbin tube out of a plurality of bobbin tubes. CONSTITUTION:Bobbin tubes T are mutually fittedly inserted and stored in the magazines 9, 10, 11 of a storing device 2 one unit by one unit. When a sensor 36 confirms that even one piece of bobbin tube does not exist on a belt conveyer 21, air-cylinders 16, 17 of a unit getting out device 3 are actuated to make a pusher 14 transfer each one unit of bobbin tubes T onto the belt conveyer 21 of a getting out device 4. Next, the belt conveyer 21 is driven by a motor 26 to press the bobbin tube T against a locking member 28, and a holding member 31 holds the second bobbin tube 2. When the bobbin tube is required from the side of a machine base in this state, a pressing member 33 presses the large diameter end part of the front bobbin tube T1 to make the bobbin tube T1 slip out of the bobbin tube T2 for sending out the bobbin tube T1 to a chute 35, and a conveyer 5 supplys the bobbin tube T1 to the side of the machine base.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cone winding tube (Cone Tub) for an automatic doffing device attached by a spinning machine, a winder or the like, or any other device requiring an empty winding tube.
The present invention relates to a winding tube supply device for automatically supplying e).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an automatic doffing device is attached to a machine stand equipped with a large number of winding devices such as a spinning machine and a winder, and the automatic doffing machine is a track provided over the entire length of the machine stand. It is attached to a work carriage that can move between the weights along with an automatic yarn joining device and the like. Then, when the package of the winding device is fully wound, the work carriage moves to position the automatic doffing device on the weight, and the package that has been fully wound is doffed and replaced with an empty winding tube. It was

At this time, since it is impossible to store a large number of winding tubes in the automatic doffing device, a belt conveyor is provided over the entire length of the machine base in parallel with the track of the work carriage, and at the machine base end. Zigzag chute for storing a large number of winding pipes in the section, or a magazine type stocker was provided, and the empty winding pipe was supplied from the stocker to the automatic doffing device via the belt conveyor. Was unsuitable for storing and supplying a conical winding tube for winding a cone.

Therefore, a large number of pins are provided at appropriate intervals on an endless chain that can circulate in the winding pipe storage space at the machine base end, and the winding pipe is hooked on the pins to store them. A take-up tube supply device has been developed in which a take-up tube is pulled out from a pin by a pusher or the like and is fed onto a belt conveyor to be supplied.

However, in such a winding tube supply device, it is necessary to align the winding tubes one by one and hang them on the pins, which is troublesome, and the size of the apparatus is relatively small. The number of winding tubes that can be stored was small.

[0006]

In view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, the present invention can store a large number of cone winding tubes in a small space and is easy to handle. It is an object of the present invention to provide a winding tube supply device.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems] A means for storing a plurality of take-up tubes in a state of being fitted into each other and a means for cutting one take-up tube from the plurality of take-up tubes are provided. Further, a unit for storing a plurality of winding pipes with a plurality of the winding pipes inserted into each other as one unit, a unit for cutting out one winding pipe from the plurality of winding pipes, And a means for cutting out one winding tube from the unit winding tube. As means for cutting out the one winding tube, a means for simultaneously advancing a plurality of winding tubes inserted into each other and a second winding tube from the frontmost portion of the plurality of winding tubes are engaged. A means for stopping and a means for discharging the frontmost winding tube were provided.

[0008]

The take-up tubes are stored in a state of being fitted into each other, and are cut out one by one from the frontmost (or the rearmost) take-up tube and supplied. Further, if a plurality of winding tubes inserted into each other is taken as one unit, the winding tube of one unit can be handled as a cylindrical body such as a parallel tube.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An example of the embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings.

1 to 5 show a winding pipe supply device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention and a winding pipe supply process by the winding pipe supply device 1. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, the cone-shaped winding tube for cone winding is fitted so that when the winding tubes are fitted into each other, they do not come into close contact with each other more than necessary. A take-up tube T that can be easily inserted and removed is provided with a stopper S that restricts the take-up tube T, and the take-up tube T is inserted into each other and six pieces are connected as shown in the figure to form one unit.

In the figure, the winding tube supply device 1 is the above-mentioned 1
A storage device 2 that stores a large number of winding pipes T for each unit, and a unit cutting device 3 that cuts out one unit of the winding pipes T that are inserted into each other from the large number of winding pipes T stored in the storage device 2. ,
One unit of winding tube T cut out by the unit cutting device 3
Cutting device 4 for cutting and supplying the winding tubes T one by one from the
The conveyor 5 is mainly configured, and 5 is a conveyor for feeding the cut-out winding tube T to an automatic doffing device (not shown).

In the storage device 2, the inside of the case 6 is divided by two partition walls 7 and 8 and three parallel rows of magazines 9, 10 and 11 are used.
To form a winding tube T in the magazines 9, 10 and 11
The units can be stacked and stored. Further, the front and back lower ends of the case 6 are openings 12 and 13 over the entire width of the case 6.

The unit cutting device 3 is provided with a pusher 14 provided so as to face the rear opening 13 of the storage device 2, and
It is composed of two air cylinders 16 and 17 which fix the tip of the piston rod to the pusher 14,
At the upper end of the pusher 14, the bottom surface 1 of the storage device 2 is attached.
The locking plate 15 parallel to the plate 8 is integrally provided.

The cutting device 4 is provided with a guide groove 20 along the front opening 12 of the storage device 2, and a belt conveyor 21 is provided in the guide groove 20 as a means for simultaneously advancing a plurality of winding tubes T. It is provided. The belt conveyor 21 is stretched between a pair of pulleys 22 and 23, and a belt 24 is stretched between a drive-side pulley 23 and a pulley 25 of an output shaft of a motor 26.

On the delivery side of the belt conveyor 21, the L-shaped locking member 2 faces the delivery path of the take-up tube T by the belt conveyor 21 from the notch 27 in the bottom surface of the guide groove 20.
8 is provided, and the locking member 28 is fixed to the tip of the piston rod of the air cylinder 29.

Of the one unit of the take-up tube T fed onto the belt conveyor 21, the take-up tube T that is the second from the foremost part is taken up.
At the position 2, gripping members 30 and 31 are provided as means for locking the take-up tube T2 at the position. The upper gripping member 30 is fixed to the side wall of the case of the storage device 2, and the lower gripping member 31 is movable to the tip of the piston rod of the air cylinder 32. Each of the gripping members 30 and 31 has a bifurcated distal end, and is capable of supporting and gripping the winding tube T2 at each of two points on the circumferential side surface, that is, at four points in total, and particularly on the movable side. The holding member 31 can be retracted from both sides of the belt conveyor 21 into and out of the feeding path of the winding tube by the belt conveyor 21.

Further, in front of the grip member 30, a pressing member 33 is provided as a means for paying out the frontmost take-up tube T1 of the one-unit take-up tube T, and the press member 33 is an air cylinder 34. It is fixed to the tip of the piston rod.
A chute 35 is formed integrally with the guide groove 20 on the delivery side of the guide groove 20, and the chute 35 is continuous with the conveyor 5 described above. Reference numeral 36 is a sensor for detecting the presence or absence of the winding tube T1 at the forefront.

Next, the supply process of the winding tube will be described based on an embodiment.

The take-up tubes T are fitted into each other, and six tubes are transferred to and stored in three rows of magazines 9, 10, and 11 of the storage device 2 by a unit not shown in the figure. And
By the sensor 36, the belt conveyor 2 of the cutting device 4
When it is confirmed that there is no take-up tube T on 1, the air cylinders 16 and 17 of the unit cutting device 3 are operated and the pusher 14 reciprocates for one stroke as shown in FIG. As a result, the winding tubes TA, TB, and TC of one unit at the bottom of each magazine 9, 10, and 11 are sequentially pushed by the pusher 14 and moved forward, and one unit of the six winding tubes TA, TB, and TC located in the frontmost magazine 11 are replaced. The take-up tube TC is transferred onto the belt conveyor 21 of the cutting device 4, and the pusher 14
However, when returning to the original position indicated by 14 'in FIG. 2, the winding tube TD for each one unit in the rearmost magazine 9 is set to 1
Prepare for the next delivery by dropping all at once.

On the other hand, the belt conveyor 21 of the cutting device 4
With respect to the above-described one unit of six winding tubes TC, the winding tubes T1 to T6 may be loosely fitted as shown in FIG. Therefore, in preparation for such a case, the positions of the respective winding tubes T1 to Y6 are corrected by the following operation.

When one unit of the take-up tube TC is transferred onto the belt conveyor 21, the L-shaped locking member 28 is
As shown in FIG. 2, the lower bottom portion 28b projects into the feeding path of the winding tube so as to be located on the same virtual plane as the upper surface of the belt conveyor 21.

As described above, when one unit of the take-up tube TC is transferred onto the belt conveyor 21, the belt conveyor 21 is driven by the motor 26 to operate the one-unit take-up tube TC. All of the take-up tubes T1 to T6 are fitted and inserted to the position of the stopper S shown in FIG. 6 by advancing all at once and pressing them against the locking member 28. At this time, the locking member 28 slightly moves up while the frontmost take-up tube T1 is locked as shown in FIG.
The large diameter portions of 1 to T6 are reliably brought into contact with each other by the belt conveyor 21 and the positions thereof are promptly corrected.

Then, the belt conveyer 21 is stopped, the locking member 28 is retracted to the lower position of the winding tube feeding by the operation of the air cylinder 29, and the movable holding member 31 is moved to the air cylinder as shown in FIG. 32 is raised by the operation of
While supporting and lifting the second winding tube T2, the winding tube T2 is held by the holding-side holding member 30.

When a take-up tube is requested from the machine base side in such a waiting state, in the cutting device 4, the pressing member 33 is moved forward by the operation of the air cylinder 34 as shown by 33 'in FIG. By the pressing member 33, the frontmost take-up tube T
The large diameter side end of No. 1 is pressed to remove the take-up tube T1 from the second take-up tube T2 as shown by T1 ', and the chute 35
The take-up tube T1 is supplied to the automatic doffing device on the machine side by the conveyor 5 following the chute 35.

Subsequently, the grip member 31 is replaced by the air cylinder 32.
Is released to release the grip of the take-up tube T2, the locking member 28 is moved up to its original position again by the operation of the air cylinder 29, and the belt conveyor 21 is operated to cause the belt conveyor 21 to move. The remaining 5 winding tubes T2
~ T6 are advanced all at once and pressed against the locking member 28 to position the five winding tubes, and then the holding member 31
Is lifted by the operation of the air cylinder 32, and the gripping member 31 and the gripping member 32 on the fixed side grip the second (third in total) take-up tube T3 from the forefront portion to make a request for the next take-up tube. Prepare

After repeating the above-mentioned supply process in response to a request for a further take-up tube from the machine base side, the sensor 36 detects that there is no take-up tube in the portion, and the belt conveyor of the cutting device 4 is detected. When it is confirmed that all the six winding tubes on one unit 21 have been consumed, the air cylinders 16 and 17 of the unit cutting device 3 reciprocate for one stroke, and as described above, the magazines 9, 10 and 11 Each one unit of the take-up tubes at the bottom is sequentially pushed, and six take-up tubes at the bottom of the frontmost magazine 11 are fed to the belt conveyor 21 of the cutting device 4.

When the above-described process is repeated and the plural units of the take-up tubes in the rearmost magazine 9 are all consumed, the air cylinders 16 and 17 of the unit cutting device 3 and the pistons of the air cylinders 16 and 17 are consumed. The pusher 14 fixed to the rod advances by one stroke as a whole, and the pusher 14 reciprocates between the partition 7 and the partition 8 of the storage device 2 by the operation of the air cylinders 16 and 17, so that the pusher 14 moves to the second position. The plurality of winding tubes stored in the magazine 10 are fed.

Similarly, when the plurality of winding tubes in the magazine 10 are all consumed, the pusher 14 moves forward by one stroke to reciprocate between the opening 12 and the partition wall 8, 1 unit of winding tubes in multiple magazines 11
The unit is fed to the cutting device 4. In addition, the pusher 1
As means for advancing the reciprocating position of No. 4 in two steps by one stroke, the air cylinders 16 and 17 may be multiple stroke (triple stroke) cylinders, or the mounting base of the air cylinders 16 and 17 (see FIG. (Not shown) itself may be advanced by one stroke by appropriate means.

[0029]

Since the winding tube supply device of the present invention is constructed as described above, it has the following effects.

Since a means for storing a plurality of winding tubes in a state of being fitted into each other and a means for cutting out one winding tube from the plurality of winding tubes are provided, the winding for cone winding is performed. In supply of pipes, a large number of winding pipes can be stored in a small space, and the storage space of the winding pipes can be significantly reduced.

Means for storing a plurality of units of winding tubes with a plurality of winding tubes inserted into each other as one unit; means for cutting out one unit of the winding tubes from the plurality of units of winding tubes; Since there is provided means for cutting out one winding tube from one unit of winding tube, it is possible to efficiently store a large number of winding tubes in a small space when supplying the winding tube for cone winding. Not 1
Since the unit take-up tube can be handled as a cylindrical body such as a parallel tube, the take-up tube can be easily handled, and the storage device, chute, and the like can be easily configured.

Means for simultaneously advancing a plurality of winding tubes inserted into each other, means for locking a second winding tube from the front part of the plurality of winding tubes, and winding of the front part Since the pipe is provided with a means for delivering the pipe, it is possible to reliably deliver and supply one winding pipe from the plurality of winding pipes fitted into each other.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a winding tube supply device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front sectional view showing a winding pipe supply device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing a process of supplying the winding tube by the winding tube supply device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing a winding tube supply process by the winding tube supply device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a side view showing a process of supplying the winding tube by the winding tube supply device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing two winding tubes inserted into each other.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Winding pipe supply device 2 Storage device 3 Unit cutting device 4 Cutting device 5 Conveyor 9, 10, 11 Magazine 14 Pusher 16, 17, 29, 32, 34 Air cylinder 21 Belt conveyor 28 Locking member 30, 31 Gripping member 33 Pressing member 35 Chute 36 Sensor T, T1 to T6 Winding tube TA, TB, TC, TD Winding tube (1 unit)

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A means for storing a plurality of take-up tubes in a state of being fitted into each other, and a means for cutting out one take-up tube from the plurality of take-up tubes. Winding tube supply device. 2. A means for accommodating a plurality of winding tubes, wherein a plurality of winding tubes inserted into each other are taken as one unit, and a means for cutting out one winding tube from the plurality of winding tubes. And a means for cutting out one take-up tube from the one-piece take-up tube. 3. A means for simultaneously advancing a plurality of winding tubes inserted into each other, and 2 from the foremost part of the plurality of winding tubes.
A take-up tube supply device comprising a means for locking the take-up tube of the first and a means for paying out the take-up tube at the forefront.