JPH0724373Y2 - Bobbin carrier - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for transporting a spinning bobbin to a winder in the next process.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There are various kinds of apparatuses for feeding and supplying a spinning bobbin produced by a spinning machine to an automatic winder, depending on the kind of the winder.

For example, a bobbin box containing randomly packed spinning bobbins is transferred by a trolley or the like, and is supplied to a bobbin receiving portion of a bobbin aligning and delivering device using a high-frequency vibrating plate installed in each winder, or one unit. There is a type in which a bobbin sent from the bobbin supplying device is placed on a conveyer, transferred, and supplied to the bobbin storage section of each winder.

[0004]

In the case of the bobbin transport system as described above, that is, in the former case, each winder requires a bobbin yarn end dispensing device, and in the latter case, the bobbin supply device has a dispensing function. However, the bobbin delivered from the device is limited to one type.

However, in the recent production of a wide variety of products in small quantities, there is a demand for a system for automatically transporting different types of bobbins to a plurality of existing winders. Moreover, a flexible bobbin transport system is desired without modifying the existing winder.

The above-mentioned existing winder is, for example, a winding type cyclic winder disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 53-4284, or Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No.
A winder having a winding unit fixed type winder disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2-107344 and the like, each winding unit has a peg for supporting the bobbin at the winding position.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, a bobbin replenishing station, an outlet station, and a plurality of winders are connected by a bobbin transfer path, and bobbins are housed and transferred in independent bobbin transfer media on the transfer path. The bobbin is supplied to the predetermined position of the winder by separating it from the carrier medium, and the empty carrier medium is returned to the bobbin replenishing station to accept a new bobbin again.

[0008]

[Function] The spinning bobbin is stored in the carrier medium, and is transferred on the carrier path in a state in which the bunch winding is unwound and the predetermined yarn end processing is performed through the spout station, and to the predetermined winder, A bobbin separated from the carrier medium is supplied to the bobbin storage section of the winder, which is transferred through a path branched from the carrier path, and the empty carrier medium is a bobbin replenishing station on a carrier path different from the carrier path. Is transported to.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In this embodiment, in the existing automatic winder of the type in which a plurality of winding units circulates in a closed loop and winds a yarn, the bobbin is supplied to a bobbin storage portion arranged on one side of the winder. An example applied to the system is shown.

FIG. 1 shows a plan layout of the device of the present invention. Between the multiple automatic winders (WA) (WB) and the bobbin replenishing station (ST1), the bobbin transfer paths (F1) (F2) (F3) and the empty transfer medium (hereinafter referred to as tray) are returned. Tray transport path (R1) (R2) (R
3) is provided, and next to the bobbin transport path (F1), the bunch winding of the spinning bobbin is unwound and the yarn end dispensing station (ST2) that processes the dispensed yarn end into a predetermined state Are placed. In this embodiment, a system for transporting two types of bobbins is shown. The bobbin replenishing station (ST1A) replenishes a bobbin of A type to a tray (TA) dedicated to the bobbin, and the station (ST1B) bobbins of B type. Are fed to the tray (TB) dedicated to the bobbin, and the bobbin of the above two types is fed by the yarn end feeding device (ST2), and the feeding path (F1) (F)
2) Transferred on (F3). From the transport path (F3), the branch path (f1) connecting to the winder (WA) for A type is
In addition, a branch road (f) connected to the winder (WB) for B type
2) is connected.

The transport path (F3) is located at a height (H) from the floor surface (FL) as shown in FIG.
A passage is formed below 3) so that workers can freely pass therethrough. Therefore, the conveyance paths (F1) (F3), (R1)
The transport paths (F2) and (R2) connecting (R3) are provided as a substantially vertical transport section, and the space is effectively used.

That is, the bobbin transporting path (F2) is composed of a single endless belt conveyor (1) which will be described later, and the rollers (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) are wound around to form an arrow ( 7) direction so that the bobbin is received from the conveyor (F1) in the lower part and is delivered to the upper rotating part (8a) of the conveyor (8) rotating in the upper part on the winder side. A transport path is formed. On the other hand, the empty tray transport path (R2) is also composed of one endless belt conveyor (9), and the rollers (10), (11), (12), (13) and (14) are wound around the direction of the arrow (15). The guide plate and the conveyor are rotated so that the upper part receives the empty tray (TA) or (TB) on the lower rotating part (8b) of the conveyor (8) at the upper part and transfers it to the conveyor (R3) at the lower part. It is composed of
The above conveyors (1) and (9) are driven by rotating the rollers (2) and (10) by a drive motor.

Since each of the above-mentioned transport paths (F2) (R2) has almost the same structure, only the bobbin transport path (F2) will be described.

In FIGS. 3 to 5, the frames (16) (17)
Guide plates (18) and (19) for supporting the conveyor belt (1) are fixed to the inner surface of the plate with a gap (S1), and above the guide plates (18) and (19) there is a tray (TA). ) A guide plate (21) (22) for supporting the tray (TA) at a distance (T1) equal to the thickness (T) of the substrate (20)
Is fixed, and a gap (23) for passing through the base portion (20) of the tray (TA) extends all over the guide plate (21) (22).

The conveyor belt (1) for transferring trays has a thickness (t) and a width (S2) at the center of the belt width.
The friction body (24) of is fixed over the entire length of the belt,
With the base body (20) of the tray (TA) clamped between the friction body (24) and the guide plates (21) and (22), the curved and vertical portions of the transport path (F2) of FIG. 2 are transferred. Is done. That is, during transfer of the tray (TA) through the transport path (F2), the belt (1) is rubbed (S) by the friction body (24).
The belt 1 is bent toward the side (FIG. 5), and the elastic force of the belt (1) causes the friction body (24) to press the tray (TA) toward the guide plates (21) and (22). Therefore, the width (S2) of the friction body (24) and the guide plate (21)
(22) It is necessary to have a relationship of S1> S2 with the gap (S1).

In FIGS. 3 and 4, (25) is a guide plate for facilitating the entry of the tray into the transport path (F2).

The transfer from the conveyor (F1) to the conveyor (F2) and the transfer from the conveyor (F2) to the conveyor (F3) shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 are indicated by arrows (26) and (27) in FIG. This is performed by a guide plate (not shown) that regulates the movement of the tray in the direction.

Next, the upper conveying path (F3) and
Regarding a sorting device for feeding a tray having a predetermined bobbin from the carrying path (F3) to a corresponding winder,
This will be described with reference to FIGS.

In this embodiment, the bobbins are conveyed by being classified according to the tray (TB) having the identification groove and the tray (TA) having no identification groove. Therefore, at the branch point for the winder (WA) of the transport path (F3),
A sorting device (30) having a gauge plate (29) provided at a position corresponding to the identification groove (28) of the tray is provided. That is, in FIGS. 6 and 7, the trays (TA) (TB) transferred on the conveyor (8a) are provided with slits (33) between the guide plates (31) and (32) at positions separated from the upper surface of the conveyor (8a). ), The transfer route is decided.

On the front side of the branch path (34), the guide plate (3
The notch recess (35) is formed in 2), and the tray (T
The gauge plate (29) is pivotally supported (37) on the guide plate (32) on the frame (36) at a height corresponding to the identification groove (28) of B). A reference plate (38), which is in contact with the upper surface (20a) of the base body (20) of the tray (TB), is integrally provided on the gauge plate (29) integrally with the gauge plate (29). Entry of the identification groove (28) is ensured.

The tray (TA) (TB) is temporarily attached to the gauge plate (2) on one guide plate (31) on the transport path.
The fixed guide plate (39) that pushes it toward the 9) side is the guide plate (31).
It is screwed on (40).

Further, a sorting guide (41) for sorting the tray displaced by the gauge plate (29) in the width direction of the belt conveyor (8a) into a branch path (34) and a transport path (F3B) to another winder. Are formed on the guide plate (42). That is, the tray (TA) having no identification groove moves forward while being displaced to the solid line position (TA) by the gauge plate (29), and moves to the apex (41a) of the sorting guide (41) at the base (20a) of the tray (TAa). ) Are pressed against each other due to the position of the chain double-dashed line, and the rotational force of the belt regulates the traveling direction of the tray (TAa) toward the branch path (34). On the other hand, the tray (TB) having the identification groove passes without interfering with the gauge plate (29), reaches the part of the sorting guide (41a) at the position of the alternate long and two short dashes line (TB), and is on the conveying path (F3B) side. The direction of travel is regulated.

In FIG. 8, the bobbin supply branch path (34) to the winder is connected to the bobbin transport path (F3) and is composed of an inclined chute (43).
The tray (TA) having a) slides along the chute (43) by its own weight, the leading bobbin (Ba1) stops positioning at a position above the bobbin storage part (44) of the winder, and the following bobbin (Ba2). ~ (Ban) shoots sequentially (43)
Stocked on top.

8 and 9, on the side of the chute (43), the empty tray (TA) whose bobbin has been emptied by a bobbin separating device, which will be described later, is replaced with an empty tray transfer path (R1). An inclined conveyor (45) for empty trays for returning to is provided.

In FIG. 8, the bobbin chute (43)
The sensors (46) and (47) for detecting the bobbin or the tray are provided in the middle of. The lower sensor (46) is a bobbin request signal sensor, and a new bobbin replenishment command signal is issued to the bobbin replenishing station or the dispensing device by detecting that there is no bobbin at the sensor position.

When the upper sensor (47) detects the bobbin, the bobbin supply to the chute (43) is stopped.

Next, a bobbin / tray separation station (ST) provided subsequent to the tip of the chute (43).
An example of 3) will be described with reference to FIGS.

The separating device (50) includes a bobbin passage hole (5
1) formed of a base plate (52), a slider (53) reciprocating on the base plate (52), and a drive source such as a fluid cylinder (54) for operating the slider (53).

The base plate (52) has the bobbin passage hole (51) formed on one side with the bobbin (Ba1) at the tip of the chute (43) as an intermediate portion, and the bobbin passage hole (51) on the other side in the front-back direction of the paper of FIG. A passage recess (55) for the traveling empty tray carrying conveyor belt (45) is formed. On the base plate (52), fixed guides (56a) (56b) in half shape for guiding the slider (53) are screws (57) (58) (61),
Further, the slide guides are integrally fixed and installed by the fixing pieces (59) (60) and the like.

On the upper surface of the slide guide, there is a width (b1) for passing the guide pieces (62a) and (62b) fixed to the upper surface of the slider.
A long groove (63) is formed. Further, on the fixed guide (56b) side of FIG. 12, there is formed a passage notch (64) for the tray sliding from the chute (43) as shown in FIG.

On the other hand, the slider (53) is formed by a U-shaped member opened downward in the side view of FIG.
The upper plate (65) has a chute (4
3) A notch (67) having an opening corresponding to the tray passage (66) and a notch (68) formed at a right angle to the notch (67). Also, the above slider (53)
On both sides of the notch (68) of the upper plate (65), attach the bobbin (B
Guide pieces (62a) (6a) that enter between the lower end surface of a) and the tray (TA) to forcibly separate and guide the bobbin from the tray.
2b) is stuck.

Inclined surface (69) of the guide pieces (62a) (62b)
The bobbin moves upwards along with, and after the supporting member (70) at the lower part of the tray moves and the tray drops onto the base plate (52), the bobbin moves to the guide piece (62a).
(62b) Sliding further down, it falls into the bobbin accommodating hole (72) of the slider block (71) fixed to the slider (53). Both side walls (72) of the slider (53)
Tray support members (70) and (70) are fixed to the (73) to temporarily support the tray supplied from the chute (43).
Along with the movement of the slider in the direction of the arrow (74) in FIG. 11, the support members (70) (70) also move and finally move to a position away from the lower surface of the tray (TA) to move the tray (TA).
Since 1) no longer has any supporting members, it will drop onto the lower base plate (52).

The one end face (7
Cylinder arm (76) is fixed to 5), and the cylinder arm (76) is attached to the piston rod (78) of the fluid cylinder (54) which is attached to the fixed guide (56a) through the brackets (77) and (77). , One end of which is connected, and the slider (53) reciprocates in the left-right direction in FIGS. 11 and 12 with a constant stroke as the piston rod (78) moves back and forth. That is, one bobbin is separated from the tray by one stroke of the slider, is supplied to the bobbin storage section on the winder side, and the empty tray is transferred onto the conveyor (45), and the empty tray transfer conveyor (FIG. 8). (R1)).

The operation of the slider will be described.
In the state shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, when the leading tray in the inclined chute (43) enters on the tray support members (70) and (70) of the slider (53) by its own weight, the bobbin storage portion on the winder side is placed at a predetermined position. The cylinder (54) shown in FIG. 10 starts operating upon confirmation of the absence of a bobbin and the bobbin request command signal.

FIG. 13 shows a state where the piston rod has advanced to the intermediate position. That is, as the slider (53) moves, the tray supporting member (70) integrated with the slider reaches a position separated from the lower surface of the tray (TA), and the tray (T
Only A) falls onto the base plate (52). At this time, the lower end surface of the bobbin of the slider (53) of the bobbin (Ba1) is guided from above the upper plate (79) (79) to the guide pieces (62a) (62a).
Moves relative to the sloped surface (69) of b) and then the fixed guide (56b)
It moves slightly upward along the bobbin guide plate (80) which is integrally provided on the. At this time, since the tray passage opening (81) formed in the side wall (73) of the slider (53) on the chute (43) side is displaced from the chute position, the succeeding tray (TA2) in the chute is shown in FIG. As such, it abuts against the side wall (73) of the slider and is blocked from entering.

Then, the slider (53) further advances to reach the position shown in FIG. At this time, the piston rod is in the most advanced position. The tray (TA1) dropped on the base plate (52) is pushed by the front surface (82) of the block (71) which is integral with the slider (53), and moves to the left to move onto the empty tray unloading inclined conveyor (45). Listed. Furthermore, when the block (71) moves while pushing the empty tray, the bobbin (Ba1) on the upper surface of the slider is blocked by the bobbin guide (80) and moves over the guide pieces (62a) (62b), It drops into the bottomless hole (71) formed in (71) and is placed on the base plate (52).

Then, as the piston rod retreats, the slider (53) moves toward its original position and the block (7
The bobbin (Ba1) in 1) moves to the right while sliding on the base plate (52), and when reaching the position shown in FIG. 15, the bobbin connected to the hole (72) of the block (71) and the bobbin storage portion of the winder. At the moment when the chutes (82) match, the bobbin (Ba1) in the block (71) passes through the bobbin passage hole (51) of the base plate (52) and falls into the bobbin chute (82). At this time, the empty tray (TA1) is transferred on the conveyor (45) through the empty tray passage opening (81) formed in the side wall (73) of the slider (53) on the chute side. Further, since the other tray passage holes (83) coincide with the tray passage holes of the same shape formed on the chute side fixed guide (56b), the next bobbin (Ba2) waiting on the chute (43) is The tray (TA2) that you have is a slider (5
As it enters the tray support member (70) of 3), the state shown in FIG. 10 is again established, and the next bobbin supply is prepared.

The bobbin chute (82) shown in FIG. 15 is used.
8 is continuous with the chute (82) of FIG. 8, and the bobbin falling in the chute is supplied to one bobbin storage can (84) of the bobbin storage section (44) of FIG. The canister (8
When the bobbin is supplied to 4), the storage section (44) is rotated by one pitch and the next storage can (85) is controlled so as to be positioned immediately below the chute.

The operation of the bobbin transfer system having the above-mentioned device will be described below.

The bobbin supply station (S
In T1A) (ST1B), the bobbin of the specific type is supplied to the tray dedicated to the bobbin, and in the case of the present embodiment, the bobbins of the A type and B type are inserted in the dedicated trays to form a common bobbin transport path. (F1) Randomly transported on top.
The bobbin supply station (ST1) may be the bobbin supply device disclosed in, for example, JP-A-60-48871, or may be directly connected to a spinning machine.

Each of the bobbins described above is unwinding the bunch by a yarn end tapping device (ST2) provided in the middle of the transport path (F1), and the winder is held with the yarn ends held at appropriate positions on the bobbin. Is transported to. The device disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 59-69372 can be applied as the above-mentioned output device.

Subsequently, the bobbin transported along the transport path (F1) in the direction of the arrow (26) is transported on the vertical transport path (F2) shown in FIGS. 2 to 5, and the upper horizontal transport path (F3). Transferred to the top. The bobbin moving along the vertical transport path (F2) has a substantially horizontal axis, but the tray has a friction body (24) on the belt and guide plates (21) (2) as shown in FIG.
2) Since the peg (84) is conveyed while being sandwiched between the peg (84) and the horizontal direction, the bobbin does not fall out of the peg (84). It should be noted that, for further safety, it is possible to provide a cover over the entire area of the vertical transport path.

As described above, the bobbin transferred to the carrying path (F3) is carried toward the winder in the direction of the arrow (85) in FIG. 1, and the bobbin is selected at the first branch point. That is, by the sorting device shown in FIGS. 6 and 7,
Only the bobbin of the A type is distributed to the branch road (f1) and transferred, and slides on the chute (43). In the case of this embodiment, only the tray (TA) having no identification groove in the tray, that is, only the bobbin of the A type is transferred onto the chute (43). Of course, if the gauge plate (29) of FIG. 6 is provided on the opposite side of the passage (33), the reverse operation is performed, and only the tray having the identification groove is transferred into the chute (43).

In this way, bobbins of the A type are stocked in the shoot (43) of FIG. 1 and bobbins of the B type are stocked in the chute (43b) as shown in FIG. Therefore, the same type of bobbin is supplied to each winder (WA) (WB), and bobbins of other types are not mixed.

In each winder, the bobbin is supplied from the bobbin storage section (44) to each winding unit by a known means as the winding operation progresses, and the bobbin storage section (44) is supplied with the bobbins shown in FIGS. The bobbin is separated from the tray and supplied by the bobbin separating device (50) shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 8, the empty tray (TA) is transferred to the empty tray transfer path (R1) along the inclined conveyor (45) and is placed on the common transfer path (R1). On the transport path (R1), trays for A type and B type are randomly transported, and through the descending vertical transport path (R2),
It is transferred onto the transport path (R3) at the bottom of FIG. The empty trays transferred from the empty tray transport path (R3) in the direction of the arrow (86) in FIG.
A) (ST1B) is sorted and transferred by the sorting device similar to that shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, and one cycle of the tray bobbin transport is completed. In this manner, the trays supply the specific bobbins one after another to the corresponding winders.

In the above example, a system for supplying two kinds of bobbins to two winders is shown.
A similar system can be used to supply four types of bobbins to three and four winders. Furthermore, the present invention is applicable to a winder having a fixed winding unit as an existing winder, and a winder in which each winding unit has a plurality of magazines. That is, FIG.
An endless conveyor that runs along the winding unit is provided following the branch path (f1), and a movable guide is openably and closably provided at the branch path for branching the bobbin from the conveyor to the magazine of each winding unit and at the branch point. For example, a specific bobbin can be supplied to a specific winder.

Further, as a means for separating the bobbin from the tray which is the bobbin carrying medium, the bobbin at the foremost end of the chute (43) is grasped by a chuck instead of the separating device shown in FIGS. The bobbin can be separated and the empty tray can be conveyed by a device such as a pusher that drops the chute (82) and pushes the empty tray to the side of the conveyor, and is not limited to the illustrated device.

[0050]

As described above, according to the present invention, even for an existing winder having a spinning bobbin storage unit on each winder machine base, only the bobbin is supplied individually and independently using the tray. It was possible to separate the bobbin from the tray and return the empty tray to the bobbin replenishing position again, so that the bobbin can be efficiently conveyed and supplied with a small number of trays.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an embodiment of the device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing a schematic configuration of a vertical transport path.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing a configuration of an entrance side portion of a bobbin carrying vertical carrying path.

4 is a sectional view taken along the line IV-IV in FIG.

5 is a sectional view taken along line VV of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing an example of a tray sorting device provided in a transport path (F3).

7 is a sectional view taken along line VII-VII in FIG.

FIG. 8: Bobbin storage part of winder and transfer path (F3) (R
It is a side view which shows the branch path of the bobbin and the inclination conveyor for empty tray conveyance provided between 1).

FIG. 9 is a schematic plan view of the same plane.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of an apparatus for separating a tray and a bobbin.
11 is a sectional view taken along line XX of FIG.

FIG. 11 is a plan view of a tray / bobbin separation device.

FIG. 12 is a right side view of FIG. 11.

FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view showing the operation of the same device, and is a view showing an intermediate advancing position of the slider.

FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view showing the operation of the same device, and a diagram showing a position where the slider has advanced to the leftmost end.

FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional view showing the operation of the same device, and a diagram showing a state where the slider has returned to its original position.

[Explanation of symbols]

 ST1 Bobbin supply station ST2 Feeding station ST3 Bobbin separation station WA Winder WB Winder F1 Bobbin transfer path F2 Bobbin transfer path F3 Bobbin transfer path TA Bobbin transfer tray TB Bobbin transfer tray Ba Spinning bobbin Bb Spinning bobbin R1 Empty tray transfer path R2 empty tray transport path

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A bobbin replenishment station and an existing winder having a bobbin storage section are connected by a tray transfer path,
In the bobbin replenishing station, the bobbin upstream of the spinning machine is inserted into the empty tray, and each independent tray is transported on the transport path, and in the vicinity of the bobbin storage section of the winder, the spinning bobbin is moved from the tray. And a bobbin separating device for separating only the bobbin to the storage section and an empty tray conveying path for returning the empty tray to the bobbin replenishing station again.