JPH078327U - Clothing carrier - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] Automatically discharge clothing that flows on the conveyor belt to a specified location without stagnation on the conveyor belt or getting caught in the conveyor belt, even if there is a work delay. By doing so, the work efficiency can be improved and the versatility of the work can be improved. [Structure] A clothing guide scraper 15 is arranged on a conveyor belt 6 stretched over the main body frame 1, while a pedestal 12 and a support 1 are provided on both side guide rails 11 of the main body frame 1.
3, 14 are movably provided, and a scraper 15 is provided for the support 1.
It can be swingably supported by 3, and can be switched between a posture in which clothes are slid sideways by guiding the conveyor belt 6 with respect to the conveying direction, and a non-guide posture in which the conveyor belt 6 is retracted to the side. In addition to the above configuration, the scraper 15 can be moved in the transport direction of the transport belt 6 so that the setting can be arbitrarily changed to the position.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a clothing article transporting apparatus used for sewing various clothing items such as T-shirts and polo shirts, or when performing work such as buttoning on clothing items.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Conventionally, as a transfer device of this type, for example, an endless transfer belt is stretched between a pair of pulleys mounted on a body frame, and a plurality of postures orthogonal to the transfer direction are provided on the transfer belt. By placing the stop plate on the conveyor belt and applying the clothes conveyed on the conveyor belt to the stopper plate, the operator removes the clothes from the conveyor belt and stops the clothes when the clothes are stopped. The work process was performed, and after the work process was completed, the clothes were placed on the conveyor belt again and conveyed to the next process.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, when the clothing flowing on the conveyor belt is configured to be stopped by the stop plate as described above, if the removal of the clothing from the conveyor belt is delayed due to the operator's wobbling, the clothes on the conveyor belt will be delayed. When the clothing is taken out from the conveyor belt and the prescribed work processing is performed, it takes time and effort to take out the clothing, which lowers the work efficiency. There is a risk that clothing may be caught between the stopper plate and the stop plate, causing damage, etc. However, there is a problem that such a conventional device is a dedicated machine and lacks versatility.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is possible to reliably take out a clothing item at a predetermined position without the need to manually take out the clothing item. It is an object of the present invention to provide a highly versatile apparel transfer device without causing damage to apparel.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, in the clothes conveying apparatus according to claim 1 of the present invention, an endless conveying belt is stretched between a pair of pulleys which are installed on a main body frame and face each other at a predetermined interval. Then, a plurality of clothing guide scrapers are arranged on the conveyor belt, while guide rails extending in the same direction as the conveyor belt are provided on both sides in the width direction of the main body frame. The pedestal is movably attached, and a plurality of pivot supports for pivotally supporting one end of each scraper and a plurality of engagements for detachably fixing the other end of each scraper. A stopper support is attached so that it can move and be fixed in the transport direction, and each scraper is swung with one end of the pivotal attachment to the above-mentioned pivot support as a fulcrum, whereby each scraper is transported. In is obtained by switching freely configured and non-guiding position that is retracted to the side of the tilted with respect to the transporting direction the conveyor belt and attitude you guide the conveying clothing to laterally.

Further, in the clothes conveying apparatus according to a second aspect of the present invention, in the above structure, a clothes passage detecting sensor is attached to the scraper arranged on the conveying belt, and the conveying belt is driven by the passage detection. The sensor is configured to be temporarily stopped, and the sensor is configured to operate at the sideward retracted position of the scraper.

Further, in the clothes conveying apparatus according to a third aspect of the present invention, in the construction described above, a plurality of base plates extending in the conveyance direction of the conveyor belt are provided on the lower surface of the conveyor belt, and the base plates are provided. A plurality of strip-shaped sliding strips extending in the transport direction are interposed between the belt and the transport belt.

[0008]

[Action]

 According to the first aspect of the present invention, by switching the scraper to the guiding posture inclined with respect to the conveying direction, the clothing articles linearly conveyed on the conveyor belt are slanted along the scraper. As it will be slid down from the conveyor belt to the pedestal while being guided, it is possible to omit the manual work for taking out the clothes, and the clothes may become stagnant on the conveyor belt. Therefore, it is possible to smoothly carry out a predetermined operation without causing a situation in which clothing is caught between the conveyor belt and the scraper. Furthermore, the scraper can be moved to an arbitrary position in the transport direction by moving and fixing the pivotal support body, the locking support body, and the pedestal on both sides of the main body frame in the transport direction of the transport belt. Since it is possible to freely set the slip-off position for clothing, simply changing the scraper position to suit different clothing types, work contents, work processes, etc. Can be increased.

Further, according to claim 2, when the scraper is in the non-guiding posture in which the scraper is retracted to the side of the conveyor belt, the clothing article reaches a predetermined position by the passage detection sensor attached to the scraper. It is also possible to detect the fact that the transportation of the clothing is temporarily stopped, and thereby a wider range of transportation modes can be obtained.

Further, according to claim 3, it is possible to smoothly move the conveyor belt without bending.

[0011]

【Example】

 An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic vertical sectional view of a clothing conveying device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view, FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view, and FIG. 4 is a perspective view of essential parts. In each of the above figures, 1 is a main body frame having opposing portions 1a and 1b having a U-shaped cross section except for both ends in the longitudinal direction, 2 is a support table on which the main body frame 1 is mounted, and the main body frame 1 is fixed to Supports the height. Reference numeral 3 denotes a drive pulley axially mounted on one end side of the main body frame 1 in the longitudinal direction, and is linked to a drive motor 4 mounted on the main body frame 1 via a chain or the like. Reference numeral 5 is a driven pulley axially mounted on the other end side of the main body frame 1 in the longitudinal direction so as to face the drive pulley 3 at a predetermined interval, and 6 is stretched between the drive and driven pulleys 3 and 5. Endless conveyor belt, 7 is a tension pulley for tensioning the conveyor belt 6 near the pulleys 3, 5, 8 is a guide pulley for guiding the return side (back side) of the conveyor belt 6, and 9 is A plurality of base plates arranged on the lower surface of the conveyor belt 6 in a column shape in the conveying direction of the conveyor belt 6 are erected and supported across the opposing portions 1a and 1b of the main body frame 1.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a plurality of strip-shaped sliding strips which are interposed between the base plate 9 and the conveyor belt 6 and extend in the conveying direction of the conveyor belt 6 without causing the conveyor belt 6 to bend. The conveyor belt 6 is supported with good slipperiness. Reference numeral 11 denotes a guide rail having a U-shaped cross section that extends in the same direction as the conveyor belt 6, and is fixed to the outer surfaces of the facing portions 1a and 1b of the main body frame 1. Reference numeral 12 denotes a plurality of pedestals suspended by the guide rails 11, and a supporting plate portion 12a having a U-shaped cross section which is movably fixed to the guide rails 11 and a vertical position changeable fixing member for the supporting plate portion 12a. It is constituted by a box-shaped saucer portion 12b fixed to the.

Reference numeral 13 denotes a plurality of pivotally-supporting bodies that are movably and fixedly attached to the guide rails 11, and a pivot shaft 13 a is erected on each supporting body 13. A plurality of locking supports 14 are movably and fixedly attached to the guide rails 11. Each of the supports 14 is provided with a stop rod 14a having a stop nut 14b. Reference numeral 15 denotes a plurality of clothing guide scrapers arranged on the conveyor belt 6. One longitudinal end of the scraper is pivotally supported by the pivot shaft 13a of the support body 13, whereby the scraper is supported. 15 is swingable about a pivot shaft 13a, and this swinging causes the scraper 15 to incline about 45 ° with respect to the transport direction of the transport belt 6 to guide the transport clothing sideways (the solid line in FIG. 2). Posture) and a non-guide posture retracted to the side of the conveyor belt 6 (virtual line posture in FIG. 2).

Reference numeral 16 denotes a stopper having cutouts 16a and 16b, which is fixed to the other end of the scraper 15 in the longitudinal direction and supports the cutout 16a or 16b in the guided posture and the non-guided posture of the scraper 15. The scraper 15 is structured so that the scraper 15 can be retained in its respective postures by being engaged with the stop rod 14a of the body 14 and being fixed by the stop nut 14b. Reference numeral 17 denotes a clothing passage detection sensor, which is formed on the scraper 15 by being attached to the rear surface of each scraper 15 on the side opposite to the clothing guide surface, substantially at the center in the longitudinal direction thereof. Light is emitted from the through hole 15a, and the drive motor 4 is temporarily stopped by detecting passage of clothing by blocking the light. Further, the passage detecting sensor 17 is provided with an on / off switch (not shown), which is normally used so as to operate when the scraper 15 is in a sideward retreat posture. Reference numeral 18 is a guide plate for sliding guide extending from the lower surface of both ends of the conveyor belt 6 to the guide rails 11 so that the clothes can be smoothly slid off from the conveyor belt 6 to the pedestal 12.

Next, the operation of the clothing conveying apparatus having the above-mentioned configuration will be described together with the work process at the time of T-shirt sewing. This work process is an excerpt of several processes, and the other work processes are omitted. As the first step, the left and right side seams of the front body and the back body, which are parts of the T-shirt, are sewn. At the second step, the left and right shoulder joints of the front body and the back body are sewn, and as the third step, Left and right sleeve sewing work shall be performed.

First, the support 13 that supports the pedestal 12 and the scraper 15 is moved along the guide rails 11 to set the pedestal 12 and the support 13 at the positions corresponding to each process, and The scraper 15 at the process position is swung about the pivot shaft 13a of the support 13 as a fulcrum to move each scraper 15 to the guide posture inclined with respect to the conveying direction of the conveyor belt 6, and in this state, the stopper 16 The notches 16a of the above are engaged with the stop rods 14a of the support 14 and fixed by the stop nuts 14b, and the scrapers 15 are fixed in the guide posture. Then, the conveyor belt 6 is driven via the drive motor 4, and the front body and the rear body as parts to be T-shirts are continuously supplied on the conveyor belt 6 as a set (T-shirt parts). To do. At this time, since the conveyor belt 6 is received on the base plate 9 through the sliding strips 10, the conveyor belt 6 rotates smoothly without bending, and sliding guide by the scraper 15 of the T-chairs part described later is performed. Do exactly.

In this state, the set of the front body and the back body conveyed on the conveyor belt 6 is slanted in an oblique direction by the scraper 15 on the most upstream side (first) in the conveying direction shown by the arrow in FIG. It is guided and slid down to the first pedestal 12 located outside the conveyor belt 6. At this time, the T-shear component is slid down while being guided in an oblique direction without stopping on the transport belt 6, so that the T-shear component may be caught between the transport belt 6 and the scraper 15. Instead, they are smoothly slid down by the guide plate 18 onto the pan portion 12b of the cradle 12 and stacked in order.

After that, the worker in the first step takes out the T-shirt parts stacked on the tray portion 12b of the pedestal 12 and performs the left and right side stitching work as the first step, and Is again placed on the conveyor belt 6 and sent to the second scraper 15 side, and similarly, the worker of each process performs the left and right shoulder joint sewing work as the second process, and the left and right sleeve attachment as the third process. The sewing work is performed.

When there is an unnecessary step in each of the above steps, such as when sewing clothing of different types and work contents, the scraper 15 at the step is attached to the pivot 13a of the support 13. It swings as a fulcrum, moves to the side retracted position of the conveyor belt 6, and switches to the non-guide posture to accommodate it. When the driving of the conveyor belt 6 is temporarily stopped at each of the above process positions, the scraper 15 is moved to the side retracted position of the conveyor belt 6 as described above, and the switch of the sensor 17 is switched. Then, when the T-chassis component conveyed on the conveyor belt 6 passes the position of the sensor 17, the drive motor 4 is temporarily stopped based on the detection of the passage and the conveyor belt is stopped. The transfer of the T-shirt parts by 6 is temporarily stopped, and the operator can take out the T-shirt parts on the transfer belt 6 by himself / herself. The driving of 4 is restarted, and the T-shirt parts are transported by the transport belt 6.

[0020]

[Effect of device]

 As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, by switching the scraper to the guide posture inclined with respect to the conveying direction, the clothing articles linearly conveyed on the conveyor belt are guided along the scraper. Since it can be automatically slid down from the conveyor belt onto the pedestal by guiding it diagonally, it is possible to omit manual work for taking out the clothes, and the clothes are stagnant on the conveyor belt. And to carry out certain work processes smoothly and surely without causing a defect such as clothing being caught between the conveyor belt and the scraper, and improving overall work efficiency. You can In addition, the scraper can be moved to an arbitrary position in the transport direction by moving and fixing the pivot support and the lock support on both sides of the main body frame and the pedestal in the transport direction of the transport belt. Since it is possible to freely set the slip-off position of clothing, the versatility can be improved by simply changing the position of the scraper according to the type of clothing, work content, work process, etc. Can be increased.

Further, according to claim 2, when the scraper is in a non-guiding posture in which the scraper is retracted to the side of the conveyor belt, the clothing article reaches a predetermined position by the passage detection sensor attached to the scraper. It is also possible to temporarily stop the transportation of the clothing by detecting such a situation, and by doing so, it is possible to obtain a wider variety of transportation modes and further increase versatility.

Further, according to claim 3, the conveyor belt can be smoothly moved without bending, and a predetermined clothing material conveying function can be maintained for a long period of time.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic vertical cross-sectional view showing a clothing conveying device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the same.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of a main part.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Main Frame 3 Drive Pulley 5 Followed Pulley 6 Conveyor Belt 9 Base Plate 10 Sliding Strip 11 Guide Rail 12 Receiving Stand 13 Pivot Support 14 Locking Support 15 Scraper 17 Passage Detection Sensor

Claims (3)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. An endless conveyor belt is stretched between a pair of pulleys that are installed to face each other at a predetermined interval on a main body frame, and a plurality of clothing guide scrapers are arranged on the conveyor belt. Guide rails extending in the same direction as the conveyor belt are provided on both sides in the width direction of the main body frame, a plurality of pedestals are movably attached to the guide rails on both sides, and one end of each scraper is pivotally supported. A plurality of pivot supports and a plurality of locking supports for releasably fastening the other ends of the scrapers are attached so as to be movable and fixable in the transport direction, A shape in which each scraper is guided on the conveyor belt to the side by inclining with respect to the conveyor direction by swinging with one end pivotally attached to the support for pivot as a fulcrum. An apparel carrying device characterized by being configured so as to be freely switchable between a force and a non-guided posture retracted to the side of the carrying belt. 2. A sensor for detecting the passage of clothing is attached to a scraper arranged on the conveyor belt, the driving of the conveyor belt is temporarily stopped by the passage detection, and the sensor is provided on the side of the scraper. 2. It is configured to operate in a retracted position to
The clothing transfer device described in. 3. A plurality of bed plates extending in the carrying direction of the carrying belt are provided on the lower surface of the carrying belt, and a plurality of strip-shaped sliding strips extending in the carrying direction are provided between the bed plate and the carrying belt. The clothing transfer device according to claim 1, wherein a piece is interposed.