JPH09119065A - Needle inspection and apparatus therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase the operating efficiency and reduce the cost by automating needle inspection treatment. SOLUTION: Each hanger 14 is scooped up with a scooping up part 15 and dress accessories 10 conveyed with a trolley 12 on a trolley line 11 are scooped up one by one and retained in a retention part 23. The hangers 14 and the dress accessories 10 in the retention part 23 are delivered with a tilted feeding part 27 to inspect needles in a metal detecting part 32. The hangers 14 and dress accessories after the needle inspection are retained in a part 33 for classifying the quality and then classified into non-defectives and defectives. The hangers 14 and dress accessories 10 of the non-defectives are pulled up with a pulling up part 34, returned to the trolley part 12 in a return part 40 and then conveyed to the next step, e.g. pricing. Since the needle inspection apparatus 1 is capable of automatically carrying out the whole process ranging from takeout of the dress accessories 10 from the trolley 12 on the trolley line 11 crossing various treatment steps, inspection of the needles and then returning of the dress accessories 10 to the trolley 12, the operating efficiency can be improved to reduce the cost of the needle inspection treatment.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a needle-reading device for detecting a waiting needle, metal needles such as insect pins, and broken pieces thereof remaining in a garment after sewing. And a device therefor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional meter-reading device, as in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 6-30122 shown in FIG. 8, clothing 61 suspended from a hanger 60 is provided with meter-reading units (not shown) provided on both sides of a passage 62. No.) indicates that the meter is to be read. A wall pressing mechanism (not shown) is provided in the vicinity of the meter reading unit on both sides of the passage 62, and the wall pressing mechanism can adjust the width of the passage 62 by operating the handle. A meter reading transfer mechanism 63 is provided above the passage 62, and the meter reading transfer mechanism 63 places the hanger 60 on which the garment 61 is suspended on the loading side of the path 62 (the left side in FIG. 8).
To the carry-out side (right side in FIG. 8). A feeder 64 and a delivery mechanism 65 are provided on the carry-in side of the passage 62.
In addition, a non-defective product transfer line 66 and a defective product stock line 67 are provided on the carry-out side of the passage 62.

The feeder 64 is connected to the meter-reading transfer mechanism 63 via a delivery mechanism 65, and the feeder shaft 6
The hanger 60 on which the garment 61 is suspended by rotating the motor 8 and the screw portion 69 by the motor 70.
Are carried into the meter-reading transfer mechanism 63. Good product transfer line 66
The defective stock line 67 is connected to the meter-reading transfer mechanism 63 via the sorting mechanism, and transfers or retains the hanger 60 from the meter-reading transfer mechanism 63 sorted by the sorting mechanism.

In this needle inspection device, the clothes hanger 60 on which the garment 61 is suspended is conveyed to a delivery mechanism 65 by a feeder 64, and is transferred from a feeder shaft 68 to a chute bar (not shown) of the delivery mechanism 65. Then, the hanger 60 is lifted by the delivery mechanism 65, and is transferred from the shoot bar of the delivery mechanism 65 to the hook portion (not shown) of the meter reading transfer mechanism 63, and is carried out from the loading side in the passage 62 by the meter reading transfer mechanism 63. Be transported to the side. At this time, the clothing item 61 is in the passage 6
2 The meter is read by the meter reading units on both sides. After that, the hanger 60 is transferred to the non-defective product transfer line 66 or the defective product stock line 67 via the chute lever 71 of the sorting mechanism.

In this meter reading device, the width of the passage 62 can be adjusted by the wall pressing mechanism. Therefore, the accessories 61 having different thicknesses can be surely brought into contact with the meter-reading unit, and it is possible to suppress variations in the accuracy of meter reading even when the accessories 61 having different thicknesses are continuously metered.

Further, in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 6-12499, as shown in FIG. 9, a clothing accessory 81 hung on a hanger 80.
Is carried on a belt conveyor 82, and a needle detector 83 provided in the carrying path detects a sewing needle or the like mixed in the garment 81.

The belt conveyor 82 moves the conveyor belt 85 as the pulley 84 rotates, and
The clothing article 81 placed on is transported. Belt conveyor 8
Above the second conveyor belt 85, a pair of timing belts 86 are provided at a predetermined interval in the width direction of the conveyor belt 85. A plurality of slide pipes 87 are fixed between the timing belts 86 at predetermined intervals in the longitudinal direction of the timing belts 86, and each slide pipe 87 is provided with a mooring hook 88 for hooking a hanger 80. To be

The respective timing belts 86 are operated in synchronization with the belt conveyor 82 so that the hangers 80 are
Is hooked on the mooring hook 88 and moved in accordance with the conveyance of the garment 81 by the belt conveyor 82. The carry-in of the clothing accessories 81 to the belt conveyor 82 is performed by moving the hanger 80 on which the clothing accessories 81 are hung, by the carry-in side screw feeder 89. Belt conveyor 8
The garment 81 is carried out of the apparatus 2 by moving the hanger 80 by the swing-type discharge chute 90 and the carry-out side screw feeder 91.

That is, the carry-in side and carry-out side screw feeders 89 and 91 are hooked on the feeder pipe 92 by rotating a spiral member 93 provided around the feeder pipe 92 integrally with the feeder pipe 92. The hanger 80 is slid and moved along the feeder pipe 92. Swing type discharge chute 90
Is swung at a required timing by an actuator (not shown) that is operated in conjunction with the timing belt 86, and the hanger 80 hooked on the mooring hook 88 of the timing belt 86 is transferred to the unloading side screw feeder 91.
Replace with the feeder pipe 92.

In this needle detector, the hanger 80 on which the garment 81 is suspended is conveyed by the carry-in side screw feeder 89 to the vicinity of the left end portion of the timing belt 86 in FIG. 9, and the timing belt 86 is moored from the feeder pipe 92. It can be hung on the hook 88. Then, the hanger 80 is moved in synchronization with the clothing accessories 81 conveyed by the belt conveyor 82 along with the movement of the timing belt 86. At this time, the clothing accessories 81 on the belt conveyor 82 are meter-read by the needle meter 83. Thereafter, the hanger 80 is swung by the actuator to swing the swing-type discharge chute 90 so that it is hooked from the mooring hook 88 of the timing belt 86 to the feeder pipe 92 of the unloading-side screw feeder 91, and is unloaded by the unloading-side screw feeder 91.

[0011]

However, in the conventional meter-reading apparatus as described above, various processes such as a meter-reading process and a price-setting process are performed on the dressed clothes, so that a large number of clothes are processed in each step. From the transport means for transporting across, the clothing is pulled out and subjected to the meter-reading process, and the non-defective item after the meter-reading process, that is, the clothing item judged not to have metal needles returned to the transport means again, In the case of carrying to the processing step of 1, the work of pulling out from the carrying means and the work of returning to the carrying means must be performed manually, so that there is a problem that work efficiency is lowered and cost is increased.

Further, in order to save labor of the working personnel,
Since it is necessary to make the meter-reading process part of the fashion product transfer process, the placement of the meter-reading process is decided at the design stage of the entire transfer process, and it is difficult to move the meter-reading processing unit after the completion of the entire transfer process. There was a problem that was.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, to fully automate the meter-reading process of the garment conveyed by the conveying means, and further, at any position in the garment conveying process. An object of the present invention is to provide a meter-reading device that can increase the work efficiency and reduce the cost by enabling the meter-reading process.

[0014]

The above object of the present invention is to scoop up the garments being conveyed one by one by scooping the hangers from the conveying means for conveying the garments held on the hangers. Collecting means, retention means for retaining the hangers and clothing items scooped by the scooping means, delivery means for delivering the hangers and clothing items retained by the retaining means one by one, and the delivery means Meter reading means for detecting the metal needles remaining in the sent out hanger and clothing, and staying the hanger and clothing read by the needle reading means and a good article of clothing depending on the meter reading result by the needle reading means Good / bad sorting means for sorting into defective clothing items,
The present invention can be achieved by a meter reading apparatus and a method thereof, which is configured to include a return means for returning the non-defective hanger and the apparel that have been sorted by the quality sorting means to the transport means.

In this needle-reading device, the hangers hanging the clothes conveyed by the conveying means are scooped by the scooping means, and the clothes are picked up one by one, and the hangers and the clothes are retained by the retaining means. Be retained in. The hangers and clothing items in the retention means are sent out one by one by the delivery means, and the hangers and clothing items are metered by the meter reading means.

Further, it is possible to provide a lifting means for lifting the above-mentioned non-defective hangers and garments which have been sorted by the quality sorting means to a predetermined height. In other words, the hangers and clothing items after the meter reading are retained in the quality sorting means and are sorted into good products and defective products. Here, at least good hangers and garments are pulled up by the pulling means so as to be upright, then returned to the transporting means by the returning means, and transported to the next step such as pricing.

In this meter-reading device, for example, the entire process from pulling out clothing accessories from the conveying means that traverses various processing steps such as meter-reading processing and price-setting processing, measuring the needles, and then returning them to the conveying means again automatically. Since it is performed, the work efficiency is improved, and since it can be arranged at any position in the transfer process, it can be applied to the transfer of an existing clothing item in which the meter reading process is not used. The cost of meter reading processing can be reduced.

[0018]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of a meter-reading apparatus and a meter-reading method therefor according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a meter-reading device and a meter-reading method according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a scooping rod of a scooping part according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of a meter-reading unit according to the present invention, FIG. 5 is a view showing an inclined feeding unit of the meter-reading unit according to the present invention, FIG. 6 is a BB cross section of FIG. 1, and FIG. 7 is a feed unit according to the present invention. It is a block diagram of.

Referring to FIG. 1, a meter-reading device 1 according to the present invention.
Is arranged in the vicinity of the trolley line 11, which is a transporting unit that transports the clothing 10 across a plurality of processing steps such as the meter reading processing and the pricing processing for the clothing 10. A plurality of hangers 14 are moored to the mooring shaft 13 of the trolley 12 moving on the trolley line 11, and the clothes 10 are hung and held on the hangers 14, respectively.

At a predetermined position near the trolley line 11, a scooping portion 15 for scooping up the clothing 10 by picking up the hangers 14 moored to the trolley 12 one by one is arranged. This scooping portion 15 has a curved rake rod 1 as shown in FIG.
One end of 6 is fixed to the swing plate 17. The oscillating plate 17 is rotatable around a fulcrum 18, and when it is rotated by a cylinder 19, the rake rod 1
The free end of 6 moves up and down, mooring shaft 1 of trolley 12
Abut or separate from 3.

On the other hand, in the vicinity of the tip of the scooping rod 16, as shown in FIG. 3, a guide plate 20 which can contact the side surface of the mooring shaft 13 is fixed. This guide plate 20 scoops the mooring shaft 13 of the trolley 12 to scoop the rod 1
It is arranged at a position sandwiched by 6 and 6. The guide plate 20 is gradually raised from the entry side of the trolley 12 to the discharge side. A curved guide rail 21 is arranged on the side of the rocking plate 17 opposite to the rake rod 16. The guide rail 21 is lowered from the tip on the swing plate 17 side to the other end.

The trolley 12 has a scooping portion 15
When it reaches that position, the tip of the hook 22 of the hanger 14 moored to the mooring shaft 13 rises along the guide plate 20. When the hook 22 rises to a certain height, the hook 22 disengages from the mooring shaft 13 and rides on the rake rod 16. After this, the hanger 14 and the clothing article 10 hung on the hanger 14 are the scoop rod 1
6 slides on the guide rail 21 by its own weight, and further falls and is retained by the retaining portion 23 by its own weight as shown in FIG.

The hanger 14 and the clothing article 10 retained in the retention portion 23 are taken out from the meter reading portion 25 (not shown).
As shown in FIG. 4, the hangers 14 that have been pulled out are sent to the inclined feed portion 27 through the downwardly inclined guide rod 26. The inclined feed unit 27 is
As shown in FIG. 5, the rotary belt 2 is moved along the inclined rod 28.
9 are arranged, and the rotary belt 29 is provided with projections 30 that come into contact with the inclined rod 28 at predetermined intervals.

In the inclined feed section 27, the guide rod 2
The hanger 14 sent from 6 is stopped from falling by the projection 30 of the rotating belt 29 immediately before contacting the inclined rod 28. Then, with the rotation of the rotating belt 29, the projection 30 on which the hanger 14 is caught moves downward along the inclined rod 28, so that the hanger 14 and the accessory 10 descend along the inclined rod 28.
As shown in FIG. 4, the presence or absence of metal such as a sewing needle is detected by being sent to the metal detector 32. The metal detection unit 32 may be the same as the detection unit of the meter reading device shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted here.

The hanger 14 and the garment 10 that have passed through the metal detection unit 32 are sent to the quality sorting unit 33 and retained therein. Then, the hanger 14 and the garment 10, which are determined to be non-defective, are pulled up to a predetermined height H by the pulling-up portion 34 and sent to the downwardly inclined delivery rod 35.
Although the detailed configuration of the pull-up portion 34 is not illustrated, for example, a configuration in which a locking claw that locks the hook 22 of the hanger 14 is provided on a belt that circulates and rotates vertically can be applied. In addition, the hanger 14 and the garment 10 that are determined to be defective products are provided on a different line (not shown) from the quality sorting unit 33.
Then, the sewing needle and the like are removed by an appropriate method.

The hanger 1 sent by the sending rod 35
4 and the clothing item 10 are transferred to the curved guide rail 41 of the returning portion 40 in order to return the hanger 14 and the clothing item 10 to the trolley 12 as shown in FIG. Guide rail 4
As shown in FIG. 6, one end 42 of the No. 1 is arranged below the delivery rod 35. As shown in FIG. 1, the other end 43 of the guide rail 41 is gradually lowered. As a result, the hanger 14 and the garment 10 fall on the guide rail 41 under its own weight.

A feed portion 45 is arranged on the other end portion 43 side of the guide rail 41. This feed section 45
Is the tip of the feed pipe 47 and the feed screw 48 that are driven to rotate by the motor 46.
It is arranged close to the two mooring shafts 13. The other end portion 43 of the guide rail 41 is disposed close to the middle portion of the feed pipe 47 and the feed screw 48, and the hanger 14 and the clothing article 10 that have fallen on the guide rail 41.
However, it is adapted to transfer to the feed pipe 47.

As shown in FIG. 7, a feed screw 48 is wound around and fixed to the feed pipe 47. The hook 22 of the hanger 14 has a feed pipe 47.
Is locked. When the motor 46 rotates, the feed pipe 47 and the feed screw 48 rotate, and the hanger 14 on the feed pipe 47 moves the feed screw 48.
It is pushed to the side of the trolley 12 and finally falls from the feed pipe 47 to transfer onto the mooring shaft 13 of the trolley 12 waiting at a predetermined position.

The feed section 45 can be moved back and forth in the axial direction as a whole by, for example, a cylinder (not shown). This makes the trolley 1 moving
It is possible to avoid contact of the feed pipe 47 with the 2 and to hang a hanger on the trolley 12. In this way, when a predetermined number of hangers 14 and clothing 10 are moored to the mooring shaft 13 of one trolley 12, the trolley 12 moves on the trolley line 11 and is sent to the next step.

As described above, in the meter-reading apparatus 1, the hangers 14 and the clothing 10 are scooped one by one from the trolley 12 transported on the trolley line 11 by the scooping section 15, and the hangers 14 and the clothing 10 are taken. Stay part 2
After staying in No. 3, the hangers 14 and the accessories 10 are sent to the meter inspection unit 25 one by one, and after the accessories 10 are metered, they are retained in the non-defective product sorting unit 33 and sorted into non-defective products and defective products. Next, the hanger 14 and the garment 10 sorted as non-defective products by the non-defective product sorting unit 33 are pulled up to a predetermined height H by the pull-up unit 34, and then returned to the trolley 12 by the return unit 40. in this way,
Since this meter-reading apparatus 1 can fully automatically perform the steps of scooping the hanger 14 and the clothing article 10 from the trolley 12 and returning it to the trolley 12 again, the efficiency of the meter-reading work can be increased and the cost can be reduced. .

[0031]

As described above, according to the present invention, the scooping means for scooping out the garments being conveyed one by one by scooping the hangers from the conveying means for conveying the garments held on the hanger. And a retention means for retaining the hanger and the clothing items that have been scooped by the scooping means, a delivery means for delivering the hanger and the clothing items retained by the retention means one by one, and a delivery means for the delivery means. A meter reading means for detecting a metal needle remaining in the hanger and the accessory, and a hanger and the accessory that have been read by the meter reading means are retained and a good article and a defective article depending on the result of the meter reading by the meter reading means. Goods / goods sorting means for sorting the clothes into the clothes and the clothes, and the hangers and the clothings that are good products sorted by the good / bad sorting means have a predetermined height. In order to perform a plurality of processes such as a meter-reading process and a pricing process on the garment, since the garment is equipped with a pulling-up unit and a returning unit for returning the hanger and the garment pulled up by the pulling-up unit to the conveying unit. It is possible to fully automate the process of scooping the hangers and the clothing items held on the hangers one by one from the transportation means that crosses the steps, subjecting the clothing items to the meter reading process, and returning them to the transportation means again. It is possible to improve efficiency and reduce costs.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a meter-reading device and a meter-reading method according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a scooping rod of a scooping portion according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of a meter reading unit according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an inclined feed portion of the meter-reading portion according to the present invention.

6 is a BB cross section of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram of a feed unit according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a first example of a meter-reading device according to a conventional example.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a second example of a meter-reading apparatus according to a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Meter-reading device 10 Apparel 11 Trolley line 12 Trolley 14 Hanger 15 Scooping part 23 Retaining part 27 Tilt feed part 32 Metal detection part 33 Good / bad sorting part 34 Pulling part 40 Return part

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. The hangers 14 holding the garment 10 are scooped one by one from the conveying means 11, 12 by the scooping means 15, and the hangers 14 and the garment 10 are moved from the scooping means 15 to the stagnant means 23 to stay therein. Then, the hanger 14 and the clothing article 1 staying in the staying means 23.
0s are sent out one by one by the sending out means 27, the metal needles and the like remaining on the hanger 14 and the clothing 10 sent out by the sending out means 27 are detected by the meter reading means 32, and the hanger 14 and the clothing 10 detected by the needle reading means 32 are detected.
According to the result of the meter reading by the meter reading unit 32, the good and bad sorting unit 33 sorts the hanger 14 into a good product and a defective product, and the hanger 14 suspending the good article 10 is returned to the transporting units 11 and 12 by the returning unit 40. Characteristic meter reading method. 2. The hanger 1 from the transporting means 11, 12 for transporting the garment 10 held by the hanger 14.
4, a scooping means 15 for scooping out the clothing 10 being conveyed one by one, and a retaining means 23 for retaining the hanger 14 and the clothing 10 scooped by the scooping means 15, Sending-out means 27 for sending out the hanger 14 and the clothing 10 retained by the retaining means 23 one by one, and the hanger 14 delivered by the delivering means 27
And a meter reading means 3 for detecting a metal needle remaining in the clothing item 10.
2, and the hanger 14 and the accessory 10 that have been metered by the meter reading unit 32 are retained, and according to the result of the meter reading by the meter reading unit 32, a non-defective item 10 and a defective item 10 are classified. A meter-reading device comprising: means 33; and a returning means 40 for returning the non-defective hanger 14 and the apparel 10 sorted by the quality sorting means 33 to the transport means 11, 12.