JPH0752360A - Feeding equipment of electronic component - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To execute consecutive printing by constructing an equipment of a carrying device which supports electronic components on a guide surface and carries them, a moving device which holds the carried electronic components one by one and moves them to a printing position and a delivering device which delivers the electronic components subjected to printing. CONSTITUTION:A plurality of noise filters 1, for instance, which are put on a slide surface 11a of a linear feeder 11 are carried by an electromagnetic force. When a noise filter 1A in the forefront is put in engagement at an engagement position, it is held by a pawl part of a chuck member 21 of a moving device 19 and then the chuck member 21 is pushed forward by a cylinder device 23, so as to be moved to a printing position. Next, a second moving stage 34 is projected and the position of the noise filter 1A is fixed by a chuck part 35 of the second moving stage 34. After the fixing, printing is made on the surface by a laser printer 18, and after the printing, a first moving stage 33 is moved in the direction of delivery. When the stage reaches a prescribed position, the noise filter 1A is released from the holding by the chuck member 35, the second moving stage 34 is withdrawn and the first moving stage 33 is returned to a position corresponding to the printing position.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a feeding device for feeding electronic components one by one to a printing position in order to perform printing on the electronic components.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a predetermined printing (marking) is performed on the surface of an electronic component such as a noise filter by using, for example, a laser printer, a plurality of noise filters 101 are provided as shown in FIG. The laser printers 111 were collectively attached to one plate-shaped holding jig 103 via the respective leg portions 102, and printing was performed by the laser printer 111.

[0003]

When printing is performed on each noise filter 101 by using the holding jig 103 as in the above-mentioned conventional technique, a large number of noise filters 101 are held by the holding jig 103.
However, this is a very troublesome work and there is a problem that continuous printing cannot be performed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an electronic component feeding device which can solve the above problems.

[0005]

In order to solve the above problems, an electronic component feeding device of the present invention is a feeding device for feeding electronic components one by one to a printing position, and guides the electronic components in a predetermined manner. A transporting device that is supported on a surface and transports in a predetermined direction, a moving device that holds one electronic component supported on the guiding surface of the transporting device and moves it to a printing position, and a printing device that prints The feeding device is configured to hold an electronic component that has been moved to a position and send the printed electronic component to a predetermined position.

[0006]

According to the above construction, after a plurality of electronic components are conveyed one by one to the printing position, they are held at the printing position, and in this state, for example, by a laser printer,
Printing is automatically performed on the surface.

[0007]

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

The electronic component feeding apparatus according to the present embodiment is for feeding the noise filters one by one to the printing position in order to perform predetermined printing (marking) on the surface of the noise filter by the laser printing apparatus. Is.

The feeding device will be described below with reference to FIG. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 11 denotes a linear feeder (conveying device) for conveying the noise filter 1 including the filter body 2 and the leg portion 3 along a predetermined path, and the filter body 2 has a sliding surface (upper surface) ( It is placed on the guide surface) 11a, and the leg portion 3 is inserted into the groove portion 11b and conveyed in a predetermined direction (indicated by an arrow a) by, for example, electromagnetic force.

On the upper side (carry-in side) of the linear feeder 11 in the conveying direction, the first of the plurality of noise filters 1 arranged in a line on the sliding surface 11a of the linear feeder 11 in a straight line. A locking device (also referred to as a gate device) 12 that holds the front end surface of the noise filter 1A from both sides and temporarily stops at that position is arranged. This locking device 12 is swingable in a horizontal plane through support bases (only one side is shown) 13 arranged on both sides of the linear feeder 11 and support pins 14 on these both support bases 13. And a swinging member 15 having a bent portion 15a for holding the noise filter 1 on one end side,
An urging member (for example, a spring body) 16 for urging the other end of the swinging member 15 in a predetermined direction to cause the bent portion 15a on the one end side to project on the conveyance path, and the urging member. Positioning pin 17 for restricting the swing position of the swing member 15
It consists of and.

Of the noise filter 1 locked by the locking device 12, only the leading noise filter 1A is held, and the noise filter 1A is resisted against the biasing member 16 of the locking device 12. Is provided for moving the noise filter 1A to the printing position corresponding to the laser printing device 18 while forcibly passing the noise filter 1A.

The moving device 19 includes a chuck member 21 having a claw portion 22 that can hold and release both side surfaces of the leading noise filter 1A, and the chuck device 21 for locking the chuck member 21.
Cylinder device 2 that reciprocates between the locking position (a) by 2 and the printing position (b) as indicated by arrow b.
3 and 3.

Further, a holding device 25 for holding the second noise filter 1B from the top and preventing the following noise filters 1 from being conveyed is arranged. The holding device 25 is composed of a chuck member 26 having a claw portion 27 that can hold and release both side surfaces of the second noise filter 1B.

At the position opposite to the laser printing device 18 of the linear feeder 1 at the printing position (b), the noise filter 1 sent by the moving device 19 is positioned and noise after printing is generated. A delivery device 31 for forcibly delivering the filter 1 to the lower side
Are arranged.

This feeding device 31 is used for the linear feeder 1
Freely reciprocating along the transport direction of 1 (indicated by arrow c)
The first moving table 33 guided and supported on the base 32 side and the upper surface of the first moving table 33 and the conveying direction a are orthogonal to each other (indicated by an arrow d, hereinafter referred to as a withdrawal direction). The second moving table 34 is movably guided and supported by the second moving table 34 and the printing position (b) provided on the upper surface of the second moving table 34.
The chuck member 35 having the claw portion 36 that can hold and release the noise filter 1 in FIG. 3, an electric motor 37 that is arranged behind each of the movable bases 33 and 34 and has a vertical output shaft 37 a, and an output shaft of the electric motor 37. A first cam plate 38 and a second cam plate 39 attached to the upper and lower portions of 37a,
The base 32 is swingably supported in a horizontal plane via a support pin 40, and one end is in contact with the outer peripheral cam surface of the first cam plate 38 and the other end is the first moving base. 33
Lever-like first cam follower 41 abutting on one side surface
Similarly, it is guided in a guide groove 32a also provided on the base 32 side and is movably arranged in the outgoing / retracting direction d, and one end portion thereof is brought into contact with the outer peripheral cam surface of the second cam plate 39. The other end of the rod-shaped second cam follower 42 is in contact with one side surface of the second moving base 34 via the guide roller 43.
It consists of and. The guide roller 43 is attached to the second cam follower 42. The second cam follower 42 can move the second moving table 34 in the moving direction d regardless of whether the first moving table 33 is moving or stationary. To do so.

In the above structure, a plurality of noise filters 1 are placed on the sliding surface 11a of the linear feeder 11 and conveyed by the electromagnetic force of the noise filter 1A so that the leading noise filter 1A is at the locking position (a). Locked and 2
In a state where the second noise filter 1B is held by the holding device 25, first, the claw portion 22 of the chuck member 21 provided on the moving device 19 holds the leading noise filter 1A, and then the cylinder device 23 is operated. The chuck member 21 is pushed forward along the transport direction.

Then, the noise filter 1A held by the chuck member 21 is moved forward by pushing the rocking member 15 of the locking device 12 against the biasing member 16 and moving forward. Can be moved to.

When the noise filter 1A is moved to the printing position (B), the second cam plate 39 rotated by the electric motor 37 causes the second moving table 34 to protrude toward the conveyance path via the second cam follower 42. Then, it is held by the claw portions 36 of the chuck member 35 arranged on the second moving table 34, and its position is fixed.

When the position of the noise filter 1 is fixed,
A laser beam is emitted from the laser printing device 18, and predetermined printing is performed on the surface of the noise filter 1. When this printing is completed, the first moving table 33 is moved to the lower side (carry-out side) in the conveying direction via the first cam plate 38 and the first cam follower 41, and then to a predetermined place. The holding by the chuck member 35 is released, and then the second movable table 34 is retracted and the first movable table 3 is moved.
3 is also returned to the position corresponding to the original print position (b).

Incidentally, the reason why the noise filter 1 after printing is sent out to the lower side by the device 31 is that the linear feeder 1 is slow in feeding, so that the noise filter 1 after printing is quickly moved to the printing position. This is because the noise filter 1 can be moved from (b) to the next printing position (b).

Although not described in the above-mentioned structure, one end of each cam follower 41, 42 is attached to each cam plate 38, 39 by a biasing member (not shown, for example, a spring body). The first and second movable bases 33 and 34 are also urged to come into contact with the outer peripheral cam surface and follow the other end side when the other end of each cam follower 41, 42 is separated. A biasing member (not shown, for example, a spring body or the like) is provided.

The noise filter 1 released from the chuck member 35 is conveyed to the next step by the electromagnetic force of the linear feeder 11. After the top noise filter 1A is pushed out from the locking device 12, the claw portion 27 of the chuck member 26 on the holding device 25 side is released, and the remaining noise filter 1 is conveyed forward,
It is stopped by the rocking member 15 of the locking device 12.

After that, the head noise filter 1A is held again by the claw portion 22 of the chuck member 21 returned from the printing position (b) by the cylinder device 23, and the second noise filter 1 is also held. It is held by the claw portion 27 of the chuck member 26 of 25.

Then, the above-described procedure is repeated, and predetermined printing is performed on the next noise filter 1. The shape of the tip of the claw portion 36 of the chuck member 35 mounted on at least the second moving table 34 in the above embodiment is
It is configured to match the shape of the side part of the electronic component to be held, that is, the noise filter 1, so that the positioning accuracy is increased and the printing accuracy can be improved.

In this way, the plurality of noise filters 1 are held one by one and moved to the printing position, and the laser printing device 18 automatically carries out predetermined printing on the surface thereof. Further, it is not necessary to collectively attach a plurality of noise filters to the holding jig, and continuous printing can be performed.

[0026]

As described above, according to the configuration of the present invention, a plurality of electronic components can be held and moved one by one at the printing position provided in the middle of the predetermined path.
Unlike the conventional case, it is not necessary to attach a plurality of noise filters together to the holding jig, and printing can be continuously performed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cutaway perspective view of an essential part showing a schematic configuration of an electronic component feeder according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a main part perspective view showing a printed state of an electronic component in a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Noise Filter 11 Linear Feeder 11a Sliding Surface 12 Locking Device 15 Swinging Member 18 Laser Printing Device 19 Moving Device 21 Chuck Member 23 Cylinder Device 25 Holding Device 26 Chuck Member 31 Feeding Device 33 First Moving Stand 34 Second Movement Table 35 Chuck member 37 Electric motor 38 First cam plate 39 Second cam plate 41 First cam follower 42 Second cam follower

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A feeding device for feeding electronic components one by one to a printing position, which conveys electronic components on a predetermined guide surface and conveys them in a predetermined direction, and a guide surface of the conveying device. A moving device that holds the electronic components supported above one by one and moves to the printing position, and an electronic component that has been moved to the printing position by this moving device are held, and the electronic components that have been printed are predetermined. A feeder for electronic parts, comprising a feeder for feeding to a position.