JPH08291419A - Hanger-type needle detector - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a hanger-type needle detector capable of detecting metal in a state in which clothes are hung on a hanger and enabling the improvement of productivity. CONSTITUTION: In this hanger-type needle detector 1, clothes hung on a hanger move to a transfer apparatus 41 and pass a needle detecting part 11. The transfer apparatus 41 is composed of a pair of parallel guiding parts 43, a table 42 on which one of the guiding parts 43 is placed along the needle detecting part 11, a pair of pulleys 44, 45 which are placed at both the ends of the table 42 in a rotatable state and whose upper faces are provided with guiding parts 48, a belt 46 stretched over the pulleys 44, 45, a hanging member 51 having a hook which is hung down from the guiding parts 43 and 48 and moves in a state connected to the belt 46, and a cam 67 placed on the table 42 and controlling the direction of the hook by touching rollers 65, 66 when the hanging member 51 moves to the pulley 45.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a hanger type needle detecting device for detecting hook needles, insect pins, broken pieces of sewing needles and the like remaining on garments after sewing, while the clothes are hung on a hanger.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Garment after sewing is hung on a hanger and sent to the next work step. Although the probability is extremely low in the garment after being sewn, a needle, an insect pin, a broken piece of a sewing needle, etc. may remain, and it is necessary to detect the garment containing these metals in order to remove it. Conventionally, as a detection device, a detection device which puts clothes on a horizontal table and detects metal while moving the clothes on a conveyor or the like is widely used. However, with this detector,
There is a problem that metal cannot be detected when clothes are suspended on a hanger.

Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 6-30122 discloses a "measuring device for clothing accessories" capable of detecting metal in a state of being suspended on a hanger. This is a reciprocating movement of a hanger hanging accessory by a transfer mechanism using an air cylinder,
The needle is detected by passing through the meter-reading unit during the forward movement. And when the clothing is discharged to the discharge line,
The transfer mechanism is configured to return to the original position.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In the above-mentioned "apparatus needle-reading device", the garment is moved by a reciprocating transfer mechanism. After the transfer mechanism once returns to its original position, the next garment is Since it is supplied to the meter-reading unit, there is a problem that work efficiency is poor and productivity is reduced.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to detect a metal in a state in which clothes are suspended on a hanger and further improve productivity. To provide the equipment.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, clothes that are hung on a hanger and conveyed to a standby position are transferred to a conveying device and passed through a needle detector to remove metal such as needles remaining on the clothes. In the hanger type needle detecting device for detecting, the conveying device has a base having two parallel guide parts, and one guide part is arranged along the needle detecting part, and is rotated at both ends of the base. A pair of pulleys that are arranged so that they can be connected to the guides of the base on the upper surface, a belt that is stretched around the pair of pulleys, and a belt that is hung from the guides and connected to the belt. A suspension member provided with a frame that is moved by being moved and a hook portion that is rotatably attached to the frame; and the hook portion when the suspension member provided on the base is moved to the pulley on the standby position side. Roller attached to Characterized in place and a cam member for regulating the direction of the hook portion abuts.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the frame of the suspension member is provided with an abutting member that straddles the guide portion and abuts against an inner surface thereof, and the pulley is such that the frame enters the pulley. Alternatively, it is characterized in that it has a notch portion through which the corresponding contact member passes when it is detached.

[0008]

According to the first aspect of the invention, the suspending member is suspended by the base and the guide portion of the pulley, is connected to the belt, and is continuously moved. When the suspending member enters the pulley on the standby position side, the roller attached to the hook portion of the suspending member abuts on the cam member and aligns the tip of the hook portion with its traveling direction. When the hook portion of the suspension member advances to the standby position, the tip of the hook portion is inserted into the suspension ring portion of the hanger that suspends the clothes and the clothes hanger and the clothes are suspended. Further, when the hanging member separates from the pulley, the roller of the hook portion comes into contact with the cam member to regulate the hook portion so as to be orthogonal to the traveling direction thereof. As a result, the clothes hung on the hanger are introduced into the needle detection unit in parallel with the passage.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the frame of the suspension member straddles the guide portion and the contact portion is in contact with the inner side surface of the guide portion. Therefore, the suspension member tilts or vibrates. And keep your clothes in a vertical position,
It will never fall out. Further, since the contact member passes through the notch when the frame enters or leaves the pulley, the movement is smoothly performed.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2, in the hanger type meter reading device 1, a needle detecting unit 11 is attached to the front of a machine frame 2 in which angle materials are combined in a cubic shape, and on the left side of the needle detecting unit 11,
The carry-in line 21 for carrying in the clothes 23 hung from the hanger 22 is provided, and the discharge line 31 for separating the detected clothes 23 into a good product and a defective product is provided on the right side. A transport device 41 is attached to the.

The needle detection unit 11 detects metal such as needles remaining in the clothes 23 while the clothes 23 suspended on the hanger 22 pass through the inside of the passage 12. A pair of guide plates 13 having a gradually narrower width is provided, and when a needle or the like is detected from the clothes 23, a signal is sent from the control unit 14 to the discharge line 31.

The carry-in line 21 is, as shown in FIG.
It is composed of a spiral feeder 25 that is rotated by a motor 24 and is disposed obliquely above, and a slide 26 that is connected to the tip of the feeder 25 and that descends sequentially. The tip of the slide 26 faces a pin 27a at a standby position 27. are doing. The discharge line 31 is a shooter 32 connected to the needle detection unit 11.
A sorting lever 33 provided at the end of the shooter 32 and switched by a signal from the control unit 14, and a non-defective line 34.
And a defective product line 35.

Next, the conveying device 41 will be described with reference to FIGS. The base 42 has a rectangular shape,
On both end surfaces on the long side, parallel guide portions 43 having a rectangular cross section are provided in a projecting manner, and one guide portion 43 is arranged along the passage 12 of the needle detecting portion 11.

A pair of pulleys 44, 45 are rotatably arranged at both ends of the base 42 on the short side. Teeth (not shown) that mesh with the toothed belt 46 are formed on the pair of pulleys 44 and 45.
6 (timing belt) is stretched over and the toothed belt 46
The middle part of the table moves along the side surface of the base 42. And
One pulley 44 is rotationally driven by a motor 47.

A ring-shaped guide portion 48 is formed on the upper surfaces of the pulleys 44 and 45. The guide portion 48 is continuous with the guide portion 43 of the base 42 and has an endless oval shape as a whole. Further, the guide portion 48 is formed with three notches 49 at equal intervals.

The hanging member 51 comprises a frame 52 and a hook portion 53 attached to the frame 52. The suspension members 51 are connected to the toothed belt 46 at three equal intervals by connecting means (not shown). The frame 52 has a U-shape with its side opening, and its inner side surfaces face the upper surface, outer side surface, and lower surface of the guide portions 43 and 48, and rollers 54, 55, 56, respectively.
Are in contact through.

Further, a shaft 57 is erected vertically downward at the tip of the upper surface of the frame 52, and a roller 58 as an abutting part is attached to the shaft 57. The roller 58 is in contact with the inner side surface of the guide portion 43 or the guide portion 48, whereby the frame 52 is suspended so as to straddle the guide portions 43 and 48.

Two bearings 60 are provided on the side surface of the frame 52.
Is provided so that the rotary shaft 61 is vertically rotatably attached thereto. An arm 62, which is inserted into the suspension ring portion 22a of the hanger 22, is projectingly provided at a lower end of the hook portion 53, and an upper end portion thereof is connected to the rotating shaft 61. In addition, FIG.
In FIG. 7 and FIG. 7, the hook portion 53 is formed with a first arm portion 63 and a second arm portion 64 located on both sides of the rotary shaft 61. The second roller 66 is attached.

The base 42 is provided with a cam member 67 which is located in the peripheral portion of the pulley 45 and is composed of a first cam 67a and a second cam 67b. Of these, the first cam 6
The pulley 7a is attached to the center of the pulley 45, and the outer peripheral portion of the pulley 7a contacts the first roller 65 to rotate the hook portion 53 in the arrow A direction. In addition, the second cam 6
7b is attached to the outside of the pulley 45 (see FIGS. 1 and 8), and the inner peripheral portion contacts the second roller 66 to rotate the hook portion 53 in the direction opposite to the arrow A direction. To do.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8. The sewn garment 23 is hung on the hanger 22 and carried in from the carry-in line 21, passes through the feeder 25 and the slide 26, and the suspension ring portion 22a of the hanger 22 is hung on the pin 27a at the standby position 27. The suspending member 51 is suspended across the guide portion 43 of the base 42, and the roller 58 is connected to the toothed belt 46 and continuously moves while the roller 58 is in contact with the inner surface of the guide portion 43.

The suspension member 51 moves inside the toothed belt 46 while its roller 58 contacts the inner surface of the guide portion 43. The hanging member 51 is shown in FIG.
When the roller 58 reaches the point B, the roller 58 passes through the cutout portion 49 of the guide portion 48 and comes into contact with the inner surface of the guide portion 48 of the pulley 45, and the suspension member 51 enters the pulley 45. Further, the first roller 65 contacts the first cam 67a, the hook portion 53 is rotated in the direction of arrow A, and the tip of the arm 62 (shown by the arrow in FIG. 8) advances in the toothed belt 46. Match the direction. After that, up to point C, the tip of the arm 62 faces the moving direction of the toothed belt 46.

When the hook portion 53 reaches the point C, the arm 6
2 is the suspension ring portion 22a of the hanger 22 at the standby position 27
And hang up the hanger 22 and the clothes 23 (Fig. 5).
reference). When the hook portion 53 reaches the point D, the second roller 66 comes into contact with the second cam 67b, and the hook portion 53
Is rotated in the opposite arrow A direction to regulate the tip of the arm 62 so as to be orthogonal to the direction of travel thereof. As a result, the clothes 23 hung on the hanger 22 will not pass through the passage 1 of the needle detection unit 11.
Held parallel to 2.

When the hook portion 53 reaches the point E, the moving speed of the roller 58 (same as that of the toothed belt 46) becomes equal to that of the guide portion 4.
8 is faster than the moving speed of roller 8,
The suspension member 51 moves from the pulley 45 to the base 42 while passing through 9 and coming into contact with the inner surface of the guide portion 43. Then, the clothes 23 are introduced into the needle detector 11 through the guide plate 13. Here, if the needle detector 11 does not detect the needle, the clothes 23 are carried out to the non-defective line 34. When the needle detection unit 11 detects a needle, a signal is issued from the control unit 14, the sorting lever 33 is switched, and the clothes 23 are carried out to the defective product line 35.

In the above process, when the hook portion 53 lifts the hanger 22 and the garment 23 at the standby position 27, the next garment 23 moves from the carry-in line 21 to the standby position 27.
Be delivered to. Then, the previous clothes 23 are the needle detection unit 11
Next, the hanging member 51 moves to the hanger 22 and the clothes 2 at the standby position 27 while being carried into the container and detecting the presence or absence of the needle.
3 is lifted and moved toward the passage 12. Saki clothes 23
When the item passes through the needle detection unit 11, the next garment 23 is immediately carried into the needle detection unit 11.

According to the above embodiment, the following effects can be obtained. 1. When the suspension member 51 enters the pulley 45, the roller 65 contacts the cam member 67a and the hook portion 53
Since the tip end of the
1 can lift the hanger 22 and the clothes 23 while moving. In addition, the hanging member 51 is the pulley 45.
When it is separated from the roller, the roller 66 contacts the cam member 67b and holds the clothes 23 suspended on the hanger 22 in parallel with the needle detection unit 11, so that the clothes 23 can be smoothly carried into the needle detection unit 11. Will be done.

2. Since the suspending member 51 is connected to the toothed belt 46 and moves continuously, the play time of the conventional needle detecting section 11 can be remarkably reduced and the productivity is improved. be able to. Conventionally, the detection capability of the detection device by the reciprocating movement was about 400 pieces per hour, but according to the present embodiment, this can be increased to about 700 pieces.

3, the hanging member 51 includes guide portions 43, 4
Since it is hung across 8 pieces, the hanging member 51 does not incline or vibrate, and the clothes are always held in the vertical state and do not fall off. Since the notch 49 is provided in the pulleys 44 and 45, the suspension member 51 can be moved smoothly.

[0028]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the clothes hung on the hanger and conveyed to the standby position are transferred to the conveying device and passed through the needle detecting section to detect metal such as needles remaining on the clothes. In the hanger type meter reading device, the transport device,
A base having two parallel guides and one guide arranged along the needle detector, and rotatably arranged at both ends of the base, and a guide of the base on the upper surface. A pair of pulleys each having a continuous guide section, a belt hung on the pair of pulleys, a frame suspended by the guide section and connected to the belt to move, and a rotatably mounted frame. A hanging member having a hook portion attached thereto, and when the hanging member provided on the base moves to the pulley on the standby position side, the roller comes into contact with the roller attached to the hook portion, Since the cam member for controlling the direction is provided, clothes can be carried into the needle detection unit in a state of being hung on a hanger and metal such as a needle can be detected. In addition, since the hanging member that suspends the clothes is connected to the belt and moves continuously in one direction, unlike the conventional needle-reading device that moves the clothes back and forth, the needle of the clothes in the needle detector is different. Since the next clothes can be carried in immediately after the detection is completed, there is an excellent effect that the detection ability can be remarkably increased and the productivity can be remarkably improved.

According to the second aspect of the invention, since the frame of the hanging member is hung over the guide portion, the hanging member does not tilt or vibrate, and the clothes are always in the vertical state. It will be retained and will not fall out. Furthermore, since the notch is provided in the pulley, the suspension member can be moved smoothly.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a front view.

FIG. 3 is a side view of a carry-in line.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing a state where the suspension member is suspended on the base.

FIG. 5 is a side view showing a state where the suspension member is suspended on a pulley.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the suspension member as seen from below.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing a moving process of the suspension member.

FIG. 8 is a view for explaining the action of the suspension member.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Hanger type needle detecting device 11 Needle detecting part 21 Carrying line 22 Hanger 23 Clothes 27 Standby position 41 Conveying device 43 Guide part 44 Pulley 45 Pulley 46 Toothed belt 48 Guide part 49 Notch part 51 Hanging member 52 Frame 53 Hook part 58 Roller (Abutting part) 62 Arm 65 First roller 66 Second roller 67 Cam member 67a First cam 67b Second cam

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A hanger-type needle detecting device for detecting a metal such as a needle remaining on a garment, which is hung on a hanger and conveyed to a standby position, is transferred to a conveying device and passed through a needle detecting section, The transfer device has a base having two parallel guide parts, one guide part being arranged along the needle detection part, and a rotatably arranged at both ends of the base, and the upper surface is A pair of pulleys provided with a guide portion that is continuous with the guide portion of the base, a belt that is stretched over the pair of pulleys, a frame that is hung by the guide portion and moves while being connected to the belt, and this frame A suspension member having a hook portion rotatably attached thereto, and the suspension member provided on the base comes into contact with the roller attached to the hook portion when the suspension member is moved to the pulley on the standby position side. Of the hook A hanger-type meter reading device, comprising: a cam member that regulates a direction. 2. The frame of the suspension member is provided with an abutting member that straddles the guide portion and abuts on an inner surface thereof, and the pulley is provided when the frame enters or leaves the pulley. The hanger-type needle detecting device according to claim 1, further comprising a cutout portion through which the contact member passes.