JPH09141740A - Manufacture and device for reboil tile - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a manufacturing device for reboil tiles of good forming state to be manufactured in mass production. SOLUTION: A coating material is fed from a hopper 46 onto a base while the base for reboiling is carried by a roller conveyor 12 of a manufacturing device 1, and the coating material is applied to the surface of the base by a coating roller 57, and then rolled by a molding roller 86. The coating roller 57 and the molding roller 86 are rotated and controlled so that a contact section with the coating material is moved in the direction reverse to the carrying direction of the base. The coating material adhered to the molding roller 86 is cleaned by a cleaning brush 92. As the application of the coating material can be carried out automatically by the reboil tile manufacturing device 1, mass production is available. As respective rollers 57 and 86 are rotated in the direction reverse to the moving direction of the base, and the coating material adhered to the molding roller 86 is cleaned by the cleaning brush 92, the application of the coating material and molding can be carried out precisesly.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for manufacturing a revolving tile used as a fence or the like as a substitute for an ordinary tile.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Ribbon tiles (reboring tiles) have been developed as substitutes for general tiles. This reball tile is one in which a coating material made of sand and an acrylic resin is fixed on the surface of a plate-shaped styrofoam base.

In order to manufacture this reball tile,
It is general that a coating material is applied to the surface of a styrofoam base by manual work, and the coating material is further pressed by hand to be molded into a predetermined shape.

[0004]

However, if the coating of the coating material and its molding are carried out manually, there is a problem that mass production is difficult. Also, there is a method of manually applying the coating agent on the styrofoam base and performing pressure molding of the coating agent with a roller, but in this method, the coating agent adheres to the roller and the molding state is There is a problem of getting worse.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides a method and an apparatus for producing a reball tile, which can be mass-produced and in which a coating material can be molded well.

[0006]

The present invention is a method for manufacturing a revolving tile, which is configured as follows in order to solve the above-mentioned technical problems. That is, the method for producing a reball tile of the present invention is a method for producing a reball tile in which a coating agent is fixed to the surface of a base formed of styrofoam, wherein the base is conveyed from the coating agent supply means during transfer. It is characterized in that the coating material is supplied to the surface of the base, the coating material is applied to the surface of the base by a coating means, and then the coating material is molded by a molding means.

Further, the present invention is a reball tile manufacturing apparatus, which is a reball tile manufacturing apparatus in which a coating material is adhered to the surface of a base formed of styrofoam, and a conveying means for conveying the base. A hopper for supplying the coating material to the surface of the base, an application roller for applying the coating material supplied to the surface of the base to the surface of the base, and a coating roller applied to the surface of the base. At least one forming roller for forming the coating material is provided. Hereinafter, each component will be described.

(Conveying Means) As a conveying means of the reball tile manufacturing apparatus to which the present invention is applied, a pallet on which a plurality of reball tiles can be placed and a roller conveyor for moving the pallets can be used.

(Hopper) As the hopper, it is possible to use one in which a fluid coating material containing sand and acrylic resin is dropped by a substantially constant amount.

(Coating Roller) The coating roller is provided with a plurality of pressing portions so that the coating material supplied to the surfaces of the plurality of bases can be simultaneously pressed and applied to the surfaces of the bases. it can.

(Molding Roller) Like the coating roller, the molding roller can be provided with a plurality of pressing portions so that the coating material applied to the surfaces of the plurality of bases can be simultaneously pressed to be molded.

(Additional Configuration of the Present Invention) The reball tile manufacturing apparatus of the present invention is composed of the above-mentioned essential components, but is also applicable when the following components are added to these components. The component is to rotate the coating roller and the molding roller so that the contact portion with the coating material moves in a direction opposite to the moving direction of the base. Further, it is possible to provide a cleaning means for cleaning the coating material adhering to the molding roller.

[0013]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION A method and an apparatus for manufacturing a reball tile according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a front view showing the structure of a reball tile manufacturing apparatus 1 according to the present invention. The reball tile manufacturing apparatus 1 can manufacture a large amount of reball tiles (revolving tiles) in a favorable molding state.

Here, an example of the reball tile will be described. FIG. 2 shows a cross section of a revolving tile 2 according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, this revolving tile 2 is
The base 21 is formed of plate-shaped styrofoam.
A coating material 22 made of sand and acrylic resin is adhered to the surface of the sheet in a predetermined thickness. The surface of the coating material 22 is formed into a predetermined shape. A corrugated portion 23 is provided on the right half of the lower surface of the base 21, and a recessed groove 24 is provided substantially at the center of the corrugated portion 23. A protrusion 25 is provided on the left side of the corrugated portion 23.

A lower protrusion 26 having a thickness of about half is provided at the right end of the base 21, and an upper protrusion 27 slightly thinner than the lower protrusion 26 is provided at the left end. As shown in FIG. 3, a vertical corrugated portion 28 perpendicular to the corrugated portion 23 is provided on the lower surface of the lower protruding portion 26. Further, a vertical corrugated portion 29 is also provided between the protrusion 25 and the upper protruding portion 27.

These corrugated portion 23, concave groove 24, and projection 25
The vertical corrugated portions 28 and 29 are provided to increase the adhesive strength when the revolving tile 2 is attached to, for example, the wall surface of a building. When the revolving tiles 2 are continuously attached to the wall surface, the upper protruding portions 27 of the revolving tiles 2 adjacent to each other are overlapped and adhered on the lower protruding portions 26 of the reball tiles 2. An example of construction of the revolving tile 2 will be described later.

In FIG. 1, a reball tile manufacturing apparatus 1 includes a pallet 11 on which a plurality of bases 21 of the reball tile 2 are placed, and a roller conveyor 1 for conveying the pallet 11.
2, a supply coating section 13 for supplying and applying the coating material 22 on the surface of the base 21 on the pallet 11 while the pallet 11 is being conveyed, and the coating material 22 applied on the surface of the base 21. It is composed of a first molding portion 14 and a second molding portion 15.

The pallet 11 has a rectangular shape as shown in FIG. 4, and is formed in such a size that a plurality of bases 21 of the revolving tile 2, 40 in this example, can be placed. The pallet 11 is provided with a frame portion 31 around the bottom portion 30, and on the upper surface of the bottom portion 30, three strip-shaped projecting sides 32 extending in the longitudinal direction are provided. Between the frame portion 31 and the projecting side 32 or between the projecting side 32 and the projecting side 32, the bases 21 of the reball tiles 2 are mounted in a total of 10 pieces of 5 pieces × 2 rows (only a part). (Shown). The pallet 11 can be conveyed by the roller conveyor 12 continuously or intermittently.

As shown in FIG. 5, the base 21 on the pallet 11 is placed so that the upper protruding portion 27 is above the frame portion 31 and the protruding side 32. Therefore, the bases 21 and 21 that are laterally adjacent to each other face each other on the same side surface. Furthermore, the bottom portion 30 of the pallet 11 is provided with eight rows of recessed grooves 33 extending in the longitudinal direction, and the protrusions 25 of the base 21 are provided in the recessed grooves 33.
Is inserted.

As shown in FIG. 1, a long roller holding portion 35 is provided on the upper side of the roller conveyor 12, and the roller holding portion 35 is arranged at a predetermined height by a plurality of legs 36. There is. A plurality of rollers 38 are rotatably attached to the roller holding portion 35 at appropriate intervals.
A sprocket 39 is attached to one end of the roller 38, and a chain 40 is meshed with all the sprockets 39.

A rectangular base 41 is attached to the lower surface of the right end portion of the roller holding portion 35 in the figure.
The motor 42 is fixed at 1. A sprocket 44 is attached to a rotary shaft 43 of the motor 42, and the tune 40 is wound around the sprocket 44.

When the chain 40 is rotationally driven by the motor 42, all the rollers 38 are rotated, so that the pallet 11 is conveyed forward, that is, rightward in the drawing. The motor 42 has a variable speed, and the conveyance speed of the pallet 11 can be changed by changing the rotation speed of the chain 40, that is, the rotation speed of the roller 38. The pallet 11 is provided on the upper surface of the roller holding portion 35.
A guide (not shown) that regulates the transport direction of the is provided.

As shown in FIG. 6, the supply coating section 13 has a pedestal 45 which is made of, for example, L-shaped steel and has a width across the roller conveyor 12. This mount 45 has
Paint 2 on the base 21 of the reball tile 2 on the pallet 11
A hopper 46 is attached to supply 2.
At the upper end portion of the hopper 46, a front support portion 47 and a rear support portion 4 located on both front and rear sides with respect to the conveying direction of the pallet 11.
And 8 are provided. The front support portion 47 is rotatably attached to a bracket 68 of the pedestal 45 with a pin 49.

A lower eyebolt 74 of the turnbuckle portion 50 is attached to the rear support portion 48 with a pin 51. Upper eyebolt 75 of turnbuckle part 50
As shown in FIG. 7, is attached to the bracket 69 of the beam portion 52 provided on the upper side of the gantry 45 by the pin 53. The lower eyebolt 74 and the upper eyebolt 75 are provided with right and left threads, respectively. A plurality of handles 54 are provided on the main body 76 that connects the upper and lower eyebolts 74 and 75. The turnbuckle 50 is attached to the left and right sides of the pedestal 45.

The hopper 46 described above includes a turnbuckle 50.
By expanding and contracting the upper and lower eyebolts 74, 75 of
The inclination angle can be changed according to the characteristics of the coating material 22 put inside. That is, as shown in FIG. 6, when the handle 54 is rotated so that the upper and lower eyebolts 74 and 75 of the turnbuckle 50 are elongated, the hopper 46 rotates counterclockwise in the drawing with the pin 49 as a fulcrum, and the original Incline to the left from the position. When the handle 54 is rotated so that the upper and lower eyebolts 74 and 75 of the turnbuckle 50 are shortened, the hopper 46 rotates clockwise about the pin 49 as a fulcrum and tilts to the right from the original position.

The front plate 135 of the hopper 46 is coated with the internal coating material 2
It is formed in a V shape so that 2 can be easily dropped.
A bracket 137 is attached to the upper end of the rear plate 136 as shown in FIG. 8, and the bracket 137 is provided on the flange 138 of the hopper 46.
The pin 140 is rotatably attached.

As a result, the rear plate 136 is fixed to the pin 140.
The front plate 135, the rear plate 136, and the side plate 59 can be rotated forward and backward with the fulcrum as a fulcrum, and when the rear plate 136 is rotated forward.
It is possible to adjust the width of the coating material 22 formed at the lower end portion of the coating material 22 in the front and rear of the drop opening 56. The left and right lengths of the drop port 56 are
The pallet 11 is formed to have a size that covers eight horizontally arranged bases 21.

A vibrator 141 is attached to the rear plate 136, and by vibrating the rear plate 136,
The coating material 22 can be dropped by a fixed amount. Rear plate 1
As shown in FIG. 9, a rib 142 is provided at the rear of 36 by bending the rear end of the side plate 59 inward. A U-shaped support portion 143 is bridged and fixed to the ribs 142 on both sides.

The support portion 143 has two adjusting bolts 14
Nos. 4, 144 are screwed in at appropriate intervals and locked by a nut 145. When the screwing length of the adjusting bolts 144 and 144 is increased, the rear plate 136 is pushed and rotated forward, and the width of the drop port 56 becomes narrow. Conversely, adjusting bolt 1
When the screwing length of 44, 144 is shortened, the rear plate 136
Rotates backward, and the width of the drop port 56 increases. In this way, the size of the drop port 56 can be adjusted according to the characteristics of the coating material 22. A packing 147 is attached between the rear plate 136 and the side plates 59 on both sides, so that water can be prevented from leaking out from the gap between the rear plate 136 and the side plates 59.

As shown in FIG. 6, the front plate 13 of the hopper 46 is
An application roller 57 is arranged on the lower side of 5. The coating roller 57 is used to coat and pressure-bond the coating material 22 supplied from the hopper 46 onto the surface of the base 21 over the entire upper surface of the base 21. As shown in FIG. 10, a plurality of, in this example, four first annular protrusions 70 are provided on the surface of the coating roller 57 at predetermined intervals. A second annular protrusion 71 having a relatively narrow width is provided at the center of the adjacent first annular protrusions 70, 70.

Further, third annular protrusions 72 are provided on both ends of the coating roller 57. These first annular protrusions 7
0, the second annular projection and the third annular projection 72 simultaneously apply and press the coating material 22 of the bases 21 arranged on the left and right on the pallet 11, so that a cylindrical pressing portion having a predetermined diameter. A plurality of 77s, eight in this example, are provided. The outer peripheral surface of the coating roller 57 is, for example, plated with chrome to be finished smoothly.

The rotation direction of the coating roller 57 is controlled so that the contact portion with the coating material 22 moves in the direction opposite to the moving direction of the base 21. This is because when the contact portion of the coating roller 57 with the coating material 22 moves in the same direction as the moving direction of the base 21, the coating material 22 easily peels off from the base 21.

As shown in FIG. 11, the first annular projection 70 is relatively wide and is aligned with the lower protrusions 26, 26 of both adjacent bases 21, 21 mounted on the pallet 11. Are arranged as follows. Base 21 and first annular protrusion 70
A gap that is slightly larger than the final thickness of the coating material 22 is provided between and.

The second annular protrusion 71 has an acute tip, and is arranged so as to come to the boundary between the upper protrusions 27, 27 of both adjacent bases 21, 21. Second annular protrusion 71
A predetermined gap is provided between and the base 21.
Further, the third annular protrusion 72 is arranged so that the inner inclined surface 73 thereof is above the upper protruding portion 27 of the base 21 at the side end.

As shown in FIG. 6, the central axis 58 of the coating roller 57 is the support plate 6 fixed to the side plate 59 of the hopper 46.
It is rotatably attached to zero. A sprocket 61 is attached to the end of the central shaft 58. A variable speed motor 63 is attached to a front base 62 provided on the front side of the hopper 46. A sprocket 65 is attached to the rotary shaft 64 of the variable speed motor 63, and the sprocket 65 and the sprocket 61 of the coating roller 57 are attached.
A chain 66 is wound around and. Sprocket 6
1, 65 and the chain 66 are covered with a safety cover 67.

As shown in FIG. 1, on the upper surface of the roller holding section 35 of the roller conveyor 12, the pedestal 4 of the supply coating section 13 is provided.
Four side rollers 120 located at the front, rear, left, and right of 5 are arranged. As shown in FIG. 6, the side roller 120
A central shaft 121 is attached to the belt conveyor 12
A central shaft 121 is rotatably attached to a support plate 122 fixed to the roller holding portion 35. A wheel gear 123 is attached to the lower end of the central shaft 121.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 7, two rotary shafts 124, 124 parallel to the roller 38 are rotatably attached to the roller holding portion 35 of the roller conveyor 12, and worms 125 are attached to both ends thereof. Has been. A sprocket 126 is also attached to the rotary shaft 124, and the chain 40 is hung on the sprocket 126.

The worm 125 is the wheel gear 1 described above.
23 is meshed. However, each wheel gear 123
The direction of the teeth of the worm and the worm 125 is the left and right side rollers 1.
20 and 120 are set to rotate in opposite directions. Further, the interval L between the left and right side rollers 120, 120 is set to a predetermined dimension so that the pallet 11 is forcibly conveyed by the left and right side rollers 120, 120.

Next, the first molding part 14 and the second molding part 15 of FIG. 1 will be described. The first molding part 14 and the second molding part 15 have the same structure. Will be described only.

As shown in FIG. 12, the first molding section 14 is provided with a gate-shaped frame 80 formed to have a width across the roller conveyor 12, and a horizontal base 81 is attached to the upper surface of the frame 80. There is. The horizontal base 81 includes a variable speed motor 8
2 are installed. A sprocket 84 is attached to the rotary shaft 83 of the variable speed motor 82.

On the lower surface of the horizontal base 81, two mounting plates 85, 85 are provided on the left and right at appropriate intervals. A central shaft 87 of a forming roller 86 is rotatably attached to the attachment plates 85, 85 via an adjusting plate 118. The adjusting plate 118 is attached to the attaching plates 85, 85 by two bolts 119 so that the position of the adjusting plate 118 can be adjusted. By moving the adjusting plate 118, the position of the forming roller 86 can be adjusted.

A sprocket 88 is attached to one end of the central shaft 87.
A chain 89 is wound around the sprocket 88 and the sprocket 84 of the variable speed motor 82. The sprockets 84, 88 and the chain 89 are
It is covered with a safety cover 90.

The forming roller 86 is for forming the coating material 22 applied to the base 21 on the pallet 11 in the supply coating section 13 into a predetermined shape and size, and is similar to the coating roller 57 shown in FIG. A first annular protrusion 70, a second annular protrusion 71, a third annular protrusion 72, and a pressing portion 77 are provided on the.

However, the molding roller 86 is used for the coating agent 22.
Since the final shape and size of the
Are arranged so that the distance between them is the same as the thickness of the coating material 22 of the final product. The outer peripheral surface of the forming roller 86 is, for example, plated with chrome to be finished smoothly. The rotating direction of the forming roller 86 is also controlled so that the contact portion with the coating material 22 moves in the opposite direction to the moving direction of the base 21, similar to the above-mentioned applying roller 57.

As shown in FIG. 12, a washing tank 91 located at the rear of the molding roller 86 is attached to the frame 80 of the first molding section 14. In the cleaning tank 91,
A cleaning brush 92, which has substantially the same length as the forming roller 86 and is parallel to the forming roller 86, is arranged. A part of the cleaning brush 92 is the cleaning tank 9.
One of the openings 116 protrudes outward from the opening 116 (FIG. 14), and the protrusion contacts the outer peripheral surface of the molding roller 86 to clean the coating material 22 adhering to the molding roller 86.

As shown in FIG. 13, the central shaft 93 of the cleaning brush 92 is rotatably attached to the side plate 94 of the cleaning tank 91. A sprocket 95 is attached to one end of the central shaft 93. This sprocket 9
5 is attached to the opposite side of the sprocket 88 of the forming roller 86.

On the upper surface of the pedestal 80, the forming roller 8 is
The variable speed motor 96 for the cleaning brush 92 is attached to the opposite side of the variable speed motor 82 for the No. 6 motor.
A sprocket 98 is attached to the central shaft 97 of the variable speed motor 96, and the sprocket 98 and the cleaning brush 92 are attached.
A chain 99 is wound around the sprocket 95.

As shown in FIG. 14, a packing 117 such as a relatively soft rubber plate is attached to the peripheral edge of the opening 116 provided to let a part of the cleaning brush 92 out from the cleaning tank 91. . This packing 117
Is in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the forming roller 86 with an appropriate pressing force, and it is possible to prevent the water in the cleaning tank 91 from flowing out from around the cleaning brush 92 and the forming roller 86. A transparent tank 146 is attached to the top of the cleaning tank 91.

As shown in FIG. 15, a pipe 102 is attached to the upper surface of the flange 101 of the cleaning tank 91 along the longitudinal direction of the cleaning brush 92, and a plurality of nozzles 103 are connected at appropriate intervals along the pipe 102. Has been done. Nozzle 1
The jet port of 03 is directed to the cleaning brush 92.

On the other hand, the pipe 102 is connected to the discharge port 107 of the pump 106 via the joint 104 and the tube 105. This pump 106 is provided on the roller conveyor 12
Receiving tank 10 arranged below the roller holding portion 35 of
8 is attached to the upper surface. The tip of the pipe 110 connected to the water intake port 109 of the pump 106 is the water receiving tank 1
It is arranged in the washing water 111 in 08.

A drainage channel 112 protruding laterally is provided at the bottom of the above-mentioned cleaning tank 91, and a pipe 113 is provided at the tip thereof.
Is connected. The tip of the pipe 113 is the water receiving tank 1
It is arranged in 08. At the bottom of the water receiving tank 108, a drain plug 114 and a moving caster 1 are provided.
15 are attached.

Next, the operation of the reball tile manufacturing apparatus 1 will be described. As shown in FIG.
As shown in, the pallet 11 (FIG. 4) is supplied from the rear end of the roller conveyor 12. On the pallet 11, for example, 40 pedestals 21 of the revolving tiles 2 (FIG. 2) are placed in a predetermined orientation (FIG. 5).

When the pallet 11 is conveyed by the roller conveyor 12 and approaches the supply coating section 13, the pallet 11 is sandwiched by the left and right side rollers 120 behind the supply coating section 13 and is forcibly sent forward. When the pallet 11 reaches the drop opening 56 (FIG. 8) of the hopper 46, the pallet 11
Are detected by an appropriate detection means (not shown), and the hoppers 46 are attached to the surfaces of the bases 21 arranged on the left and right of the pallet 11.
A predetermined amount of coating material 22 is supplied from. The coating material 22 supplied to the surface of the base 21 is then applied to the coating roller 57 (FIG. 11).
It is pressed by, is spread over the entire upper surface of the base 21, and is applied to a predetermined thickness. At this time, the coating material 22 is pressure-bonded to the base 21.

Since the pallet 11 is forcibly conveyed by the side rollers 120 in the supply coating section 13,
Apply roller 5 to base 21 and paint 22 on pallet 11
Even when the pressing force of 7 is applied, the pallet 11 moves at a constant speed without stopping, so that the coating material 22 can be applied and pressure-bonded with a constant thickness.

At this time, the rotation direction of the coating roller 57 is controlled so that the contact portion of the coating roller 57 with the coating material 22 moves in the direction opposite to the conveying direction of the base 21. Therefore, the coating material 22 is well coated and pressure-bonded without being peeled off from the base 21 by the coating roller 57.

The coating agent 22 applied to the surface of the base 21 in this manner is then used to form the forming roller 8 of the first forming unit 14.
The surface is pressed by 6 (FIG. 11) and is molded into a predetermined shape. The forming roller 86 is also controlled to rotate in the same direction as the applying roller 57. Therefore, the coating material 22 does not peel off from the base 21 and can be favorably molded.

The pressing force of the molding roller 86 against the coating material 22 and the number of revolutions of the molding roller 86 can be appropriately set according to the characteristics such as the hardness of the coating material 22. Forming roller 8
The pressing force applied to the coating material 22 by 6 can be adjusted by changing the mounting position of the adjusting plate 118 and changing the distance between the forming roller 86 and the pallet 11. Further, the rotation speed of the forming roller 86 can be adjusted by changing the rotation speed of the variable speed motor 82.

The coating material 22 adhering to the forming roller 86 is washed by the rotating cleaning brush 92 (FIG. 14), so that the surface of the forming roller 86 is always kept in a regular size and shape, and The molding can be performed accurately.
Further, since the cleaning brush 92 is cleaned by the cleaning water 111 sprayed from the nozzle 103 (FIG. 15), it is possible to prevent the coating material 22 adhered to the cleaning brush 92 from re-adhering to the forming roller 86. it can.

At the periphery of the opening 116 (FIG. 14) of the cleaning tank 91, since the packing 117 that comes into contact with the outer peripheral surface of the molding roller 86 with an appropriate pressing force is provided, the cleaning water 111 in the cleaning tank 91 is It is possible to prevent the cleaning brush 92 and the molding roller 86 from flowing out around the periphery thereof.
Therefore, it is possible to prevent the cleaning water 111 in the cleaning tank 91 from being transmitted to the coating material 22 on the base 21 via the cleaning brush 92 and the molding roller 86 and failing in molding.

After the coating material 22 on all the bases 21 on the pallet 11 is molded by the first molding section 14, the pallet 11 is conveyed to the second molding section 15. Then, the second molding unit 15 performs the same molding process as the first molding unit 14, and the coating agent 22
The coating and molding process of is completed.

In this example, the case where the first molding section 14 and the second molding section 15 perform the molding process a total of two times has been described, but the molding process may be performed at least once, and the molding process may be performed at least once. The number of times can be increased. The greater the number of molding processes, the better the finished condition such as the gloss of the surface of the coating material 22. The pallet 11 that has undergone the molding process in the second molding unit 15 is conveyed forward by the roller conveyor 12 and taken out. Then, the coating material 22 is dried and solidified for a predetermined time, whereby the reball tile 2 is completed.

As described above, the reball tile manufacturing apparatus 1 includes the styrene foam base 2 of the reball tile 2.
1 is placed on the pallet 11 and the roller conveyor 12
The coating material 22 is dropped from the hopper 46 to be supplied to the surface of the base 21 during the conveyance by, and the coating roller 57 applies the coating material 22 to the surface of the base 21 with a predetermined thickness, and then the molding is performed. The molding process is performed at least once by the roller 86, and twice in this example.

Therefore, the reball tile manufacturing apparatus 1 can automate the coating and forming process of the coating material 22 on the base 21, and therefore, the reball tile 2 can be manufactured in large quantity without any trouble. . Further, the coating roller 57 and the molding roller 86 are rotationally controlled so that the contact portion with the coating material 22 moves in the direction opposite to the conveying direction of the base 21, so that the coating material 22 peels from the base 21. The coating agent 22 can be surely applied and molded without dropping. Further, the coating material 22 attached to the molding roller 86 is cleaned by the cleaning brush 92, so that the outer peripheral surface of the molding roller 86 is always kept clean, whereby the coating material 22 can be accurately molded.

16 to 19 show examples of construction of the above-mentioned revolving tile 2. This reball tile 2 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, the fence 130 is made of iron or the like. As shown in FIG. 17, the fence 13
0 is formed by combining the vertical wire 131 and the horizontal wire 132.

As shown in FIG. 18, since the reball tile 2 is flat, it is used on the side surface of the fence 130, and the curved reball tile 3 can be used on the top of the fence 130. This reball tile 3 can also be molded by the above-described reball tile manufacturing apparatus 1. However, in this case, the base 21, the pallet 11,
It is necessary to change the shapes of the applying roller 57, the forming roller 86 and the like.

On the side surface of the fence 130, FIG.
As shown in, the horizontal wire 132 protruding outside the vertical wire 131 is provided with the concave groove 24 of the base 21 of the reball tile 2.
(Fig. 2) is fitted. Also, the protrusion 2 of the base 21
5 is applied to the horizontal wire 132 located inside the vertical wire 131.

In the revolving tiles 2 that are vertically adjacent to each other, the upper protruding portions 27 of the upper revolving tiles 2 are superposed on the lower protruding portions 26 of the lower reball tile 2. After the reball tiles 2 and 3 are assembled, the surface of the reball tiles 2 and 3 is coated with a waterproofing agent, whereby the reball tiles 2 and 3 are fixed. in this way,
When the reball tiles 2 and 3 are used for a fence or the like, the reball tiles 2 and 3 are lightweight, so that the work is easy and the man-hours and the construction period can be shortened.

[0069]

As described above, the invention of claim 1 supplies the coating agent from the supply means onto the surface of the base while the base of the reball tile is being transferred by the transfer means. Is coated on the surface of the base by a coating means, and then the coating material is molded by a molding means.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a conveying means for conveying the base of the revolving tile, a hopper for supplying the coating material onto the surface of the base, and the coating material supplied onto the surface of the base. An application roller for applying the agent to the surface of the base, and at least one forming roller for forming the application agent applied to the surface of the base are provided.

Therefore, according to the invention of claim 1 or 2, the coating and the molding of the coating material on the base can be automatically performed without using human hands, so that the reball tile can be efficiently manufactured in a large amount. can do.

According to the third aspect of the invention, the coating roller and the molding roller are formed so that the contact portions of the coating roller and the molding roller with the coating material move in the opposite direction to the conveying direction of the base. It is characterized by controlling the rotation of the roller. Therefore, according to the third aspect of the invention, the coating and the molding can be reliably performed without the coating agent being peeled off by the coating roller and the molding roller.

The invention of claim 4 is characterized in that cleaning means for cleaning the coating material adhering to the molding roller is provided. Therefore, according to the invention of claim 4, since the surface of the molding roller is always kept clean, the molding of the coating agent can be performed accurately.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an apparatus for manufacturing a revolving tile according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a reball tile according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a view taken in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a view on arrow B in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line CC of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a front view illustrating a supply coating unit according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along line DD of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken along line EE of FIG. 7;

9 is a sectional view taken along line FF of FIG.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a coating roller and a forming roller according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a coating state of a coating roller and a molding state of a molding roller according to the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a front view showing a first molding part according to the present invention.

13 is a view on arrow G in FIG.

FIG. 14 is a sectional view taken along line HH of FIG.

15 is a sectional view taken along line JJ of FIG.

FIG. 16 is a perspective view showing an example of construction of a revolving tile according to the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a general fence.

18 is a sectional view taken along line KK of FIG.

FIG. 19 is a cross-sectional view showing an assembled state of the reball tile according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Re-ball Tile Manufacturing Equipment 2, 3 Re-ball Tile 11 Pallet 12 Roller Conveyor 13 Supply Coating Section 14 First Molding Section 15 Second Molding Section 21 Base 22 Coating Agent 46 Hopper 57 Coating Roller 77 Pressing Section 86 Molding Roller 92 Cleaning Brush

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A method of manufacturing a reball tile in which a coating material is adhered to the surface of a base formed of Styrofoam, wherein the coating material is supplied to the surface of the base from a coating material supply means while the base is being transported. A method for producing a revolving tile, comprising supplying a coating agent, applying the coating agent on the surface of the base by a coating means, and then molding the coating material by a molding means. 2. A manufacturing apparatus of a reball tile in which a coating material is adhered to the surface of a base formed of Styrofoam, the conveying means conveying the base, and the coating material on the surface of the base. A hopper for supplying, a coating roller for coating the surface of the base with the coating material supplied for the surface of the base, and at least one molding roller for molding the coating material applied on the surface of the base. An apparatus for manufacturing a revolving tile, comprising: 3. The reball according to claim 2, wherein the coating roller and the molding roller rotate so that a contact portion with the coating material moves in a direction opposite to a moving direction of the base. Tile manufacturing equipment. 4. The manufacturing apparatus for a revolving tile according to claim 2, further comprising cleaning means for cleaning the coating material adhering to the forming roller.