JPH09272510A - Ringlike-body-packing device and automatic packing device using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a ringlike-body-packing device which packs ringlike bodies such as endless belts so that they are neatly aligned. SOLUTION: In a receiving position P1, a bundle of endless belts 7A is carried into a carrying cartridge 152 via a carrying-in port, and carried to an ejecting position P2. In the ejecting position P2, the endless belts 7A are carried out via an ejecting port and cast into a packing box 9 a slide base 162 supports. After the cast, a motor 176 is controlled by a movement control means to move the packing box 9 according to the size of the bundle of endless belts 7A, the bundle of endless belts 7A is neatly aligned in the packing box 9 and carried in.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a packing device for a fixed number of annular bodies such as endless belts and an automatic packing device using the packing device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, it has been practiced to count endless belts, which are annular bodies, by a predetermined number, bundle them together using a tie wire, bundle them, and then pack them in a packing box. The work is manually performed by the worker.

Therefore, there is a demand for automatic packing work in order to carry out the work efficiently.

[0004]

However, since it is randomly placed in the packing box and packed by merely putting it in the packing box, the number of endless belts that can be packed in the packing box cannot be increased too much. .

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a packing device for a ring-shaped body capable of packing a ring-shaped body such as a belt in an orderly manner.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an annular body packing apparatus for aligning and packaging annular bodies, wherein a carry-in port into which the annular bodies are carried and a discharge port from which the annular bodies are discharged. And a cartridge moving means for moving the transport cartridge between a receiving position and a discharge position, a box support member for movably supporting a packaging box near the discharge position of the transport cartridge, and the box. The support member includes a movement control unit that moves the support member according to the size of the annular body.

According to the first aspect of the invention, at the receiving position, the annular body is carried into the carrying cartridge through the carry-in port and carried to the discharging position. At the discharge position, the annular body is discharged through the discharge port and discharged into the packing box supported by the box supporting member. After discharging, the movement control means moves the packaging box in accordance with the size of the annular body, and the annular body is aligned and carried into the packaging box.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the transport cartridge has a cartridge main body having an upper opening serving as a carry-in opening and a lower opening serving as a discharge opening, and the lower opening of the cartridge main body is openably and closably closed. And a wheel provided on the bottom plate, the cartridge moving means has a guide plate on which the wheel rolls, and the guide plate has the bottom plate opened at the discharge position. It has a shape.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the wheels of the bottom plate are conveyed to the discharging position while being guided by the guide plate, and at the discharging position, the bottom plate is opened by its own weight, and the annular body is discharged by the opening. It is thrown into the packing box through.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an automatic packing device for an annular body for bundling and packing a certain number of annular bodies such as endless belts, and an annular body folding means for folding the annular body concentrically. An annular body binding means for binding the annular bodies folded by the annular body folding means, and an annular body packing means for packaging the annular bodies bound by the annular body binding means, wherein the annular body packing means is an annular body A transport cartridge having a carry-in port for carrying in and a discharge port for discharging the annular body;
Cartridge moving means for moving the carrying cartridge between a receiving position and a discharging position, a box supporting member for movably supporting a packing box near the discharging position of the carrying cartridge, and a box supporting member for supporting the box. And a movement control means for moving according to the size.

According to the invention of claim 3, the annular body is concentrically folded by the annular body folding means, and then,
The ring-shaped bodies are bound by the ring-shaped body binding means, and the ring-shaped bodies bound by the ring-shaped body binding means are transported by the transport cartridge and are regularly arranged and packed in the packing box supported by the box support member.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 showing a schematic structure, 1
Is a packing device for the endless belt 7, which is an annular body, and bundles a fixed number (for example, 5) of the endless belt 7 with a binding wire 8 and aligns and packs the endless belt 7 in a packing box 9 (FIG. 29 and FIG. 29). 30).

Specifically, the packing apparatus 1 has a belt conveying device 2 for conveying the endless belt 7 to a site separated by a certain distance, and a predetermined number of endless belts 7 conveyed by the belt conveying device 2 to the outside in order. A belt folding device 3 that stacks and folds it into a heart shape, a holding and conveying device 4 that holds and conveys a group of endless belts 7 that are heart-folded by the belt folding device 3, and the above-mentioned one group during holding and conveying by the holding and conveying device 4. The bundling device 5 for integrally bundling the endless belt 7 with the bundling wire 8 and the group of bundled endless belts 7 held and transported by the holding and transporting device 4 are loaded into the transport cartridge 152 at the cartridge loading portion 6A, It is transported through the cartridge unit 6B and is loaded into the packaging box 9 transported by the box slide unit 6C. And a belt loading device 6.

The belt conveying device 2 conveys the endless belt 7 for a predetermined distance, and when carrying out a plurality of endless belts 7 carried in from a previous process (not shown) to the belt folding device 3 which is the next process, Are configured so that they can be separately supplied one by one.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the belt conveying device 2 is mounted on the vertical support member 11 which is rotatably supported and is driven to rotate by the rotary motor 10, and on the upper end of the support member 11. Support member 12 and two separate supply means 1 symmetrically attached to the support member 11.
3 and 13 are provided. Then, each separating and supplying means 13, 1
3 is a belt carry-in position where the endless belt 7 is carried in (left side position in FIG. 3) or a separation supply position where the endless belts are separately supplied (right side position in FIG. 3).
And are taken alternatively, and their two positions are offset by 180 degrees in the horizontal plane.

Each of the separating and supplying means 13, 13 has outer belt conveyor means 14, 14, inner belt conveyor means 15, 15 having a longer transport distance than the outer belt conveyor means 14, 14, both belt conveyor means 14, 13. Separation roll means 16 interposed between 15 and a holding belt conveyor means 18 corresponding to each of the inner belt conveyor means 15 and provided above the support belt 17 via a supporting member 17.

The outer belt conveyor means 14 is shown in FIG.
As shown in detail in FIG. 7, two pulley members 21 and 21 to which pulleys 21b and 21b are attached and fixed to both ends of a shaft member 21a, and corresponding front and rear pulleys between the pulley members 21 and 21. It is provided with two left and right belts 22 and 22 wound around 21b and 21b. Shooters 23, 23 for guiding the fall of the endless belt 7 onto the belt folding device 3 are attached and fixed to the outer end portion of the outer belt conveyor means 14. A reflector (not shown) is provided in the vicinity of the shooters 23, 23, while a sensor (not shown) for detecting the reflected light from the reflector is arranged above the shooter 23, whereby the endless belt 7 is provided. When reaches the vicinity of the shooter 23, the endless belt 7 blocks the reflection plate, so the sensor detects it and stops feeding the belt for a certain period of time so that the endless belts 7 are surely dropped one by one. It is configured.

Like the outer belt conveyor means 14, the inner belt conveyor means 15 also includes a pulley member 24 having pulleys 24b, 24b attached and fixed to both ends of a shaft member 24a, and between the pulley members 24, 24. A belt stopper 26, which includes two belts 25, 25 wound between corresponding front and rear pulleys 24b, 24b, and which restricts the movement of the endless belt 7, is attached and fixed. In addition, the pulley member 24 on the support member 11 side is provided with an upper friction urethane roll 27 coaxially with the pulley 24b.

The separating roll means 16 comprises a shaft member 31a.
Separation roll 31 with knurled surface on both ends of
It has a pulley member 31 to which b and 31b are attached. The distance L1 between the center of the separation roll 31b and the upper position of the belt 25 of the inner bell conveyor means 15 is set to be twice the distance L2 between the center of the separation roll 31b and the pulley member 24 (see FIG. 5). ).

Outer and inner belt conveyor means 1
Intermediate pulleys 21c and 24 are provided at intermediate positions of the shaft members 21a and 24a of the pulley members 21 and 24 on the opposite sides of 4, 4 and 15, respectively.
c is fixed, and the two intermediate pulleys 21c and 24c are linked via another belt 32 to another intermediate pulley 31c fixed to the intermediate position of the shaft member 31a of the pulley member 31 of the separating roll means 16. The diameter of the intermediate pulley 24c of the inner belt conveyor means 15 and the diameter of the intermediate pulley 31c of the separation roll means 16 are set to double the diameter of the intermediate pulley 21c of the outer belt conveyor means 14. Therefore,
Their speed ratio is v1: v2: v3 = 1: 2: 2.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, a lower friction urethane roll 36 which frictionally contacts the upper friction urethane roll 27 to transmit a driving force corresponds to the upper friction urethane roll 27. It is arranged on the lower side so as to be able to come into contact with and separate from the upper friction urethane roll 27. The lower friction urethane roll 36 is attached and fixed to a motor shaft of a drive motor 37, and the drive motor 37 is placed on a support 38.

The upper ends of four support rod members 39 are connected to the lower surface of the support base 38, and the lower ends of the support rod members 39 are connected to the upper connection plate 40. A guide rod 42 extending in the vertical direction is slidably inserted into the upper connecting plate 40 via a bush 41. Further, below the upper connecting plate 40, a lower connecting plate 44 that is slidably inserted into the guide rod 42 via a bush 43 is also provided. And the upper and lower connecting plates 4
A cushioning coil spring 45 is interposed between the bushes 41 and 43 between 0 and 44, and the coil spring 45 constantly urges both plates 40 and 44 in a direction in which the distance between them increases. .

A cam follower 46 is rotatably provided on the lower surface side of the lower connecting plate 44.
6 is configured to engage an eccentric cam 48 that is rotationally driven by a drive motor 47. When the eccentric cam 48 is driven to rotate, the eccentric cam 48 and the cam follower 46 are engaged with each other so that the connecting plate 40,
The support base 38 is moved up and down within a certain range through the 44 and the support rod member 39, so that both friction urethane rolls 27, 36
Are configured to control contact and separation of the.

The belt folding device is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 6, a frame 61 placed on the ground, a heart folding table 62 rotatably supported on the next process side with respect to the frame 61, and a heart folding table 62 provided on the heart folding table 62. Bending means 63 for bending the endless belt 7 in a heart shape and belt feeding means 64 for delivering the heart-folded endless belt 7 arranged on the upper part of the frame 61 to the next step.
With.

The heart folding table 62 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 13, a pair of left and right belt support rods 66, 66 to which the endless belt 7 conveyed from the previous step and put on the heart-shaped folding table 62 is locked are provided so as to be vertically movable. A folding bar 67 passing between the belt support bars 66, 66, a first belt set bar 68 movably provided in the vertical direction, and a pair of second belt set bars 69 fixed at left and right fixed positions. , 69. Further, a heart folding table lifting motor 73 is placed on the frame 61, and a winding pulley 74 rotated by the motor 73 is attached to the heart folding table 62.
The heart folding table 62 is moved up and down by winding up or down the lifting wire 73 connected to the previous process side.

The belt folding rod 67 is provided on a movable member 71 which is movable in the vertical direction.
1 is a base 71a connected to the drive unit 72
And a slide base 71b movably provided on the base base 71a, and a spring 71c interposed between the slide base 71b and the base base 71a. The spring 71c extends when the heart folding is completed. The heart-folding completion sensor 73 arranged at a specific position detects it and detects the heart-folding completion.

The belt support rods 66, 66 are arcuately curved upward and are mounted on the movable bases 81, 81. The movable bases 81 are slidably inserted in guide rods 82, 82 extending in the left-right direction, and are constantly urged by springs 83, 83, 83, 83 in directions toward each other.

As shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, the first belt set bar 68 is slidably engaged with a guide rail 86 mounted and fixed to the frame.
7, a pair of left and right bar members 88, 88 attached to the moving base 87 at an angle, and an abutting member 8 disposed between the bar members 88, 88 and abutting on the belt folding bar 67.
9 is provided. When the belt folding bar 67 moves up, it comes into contact with the contact member 89, so that the first belt set bar 68 is moved up.

The first belt set bar 68 is slidable along the guide rail 86.
The bar member 88 thereof has a belt guide surface 88a, and the upper end portion thereof is formed in a step shape so that the endless belt 7 can be easily locked.

The second belt set bar 69 has a first
At the time of intersection with the belt set bar 68, a belt guide surface 88
The upper portion is provided with a triangular portion having an inclined belt lifting surface 69a which forms a substantially V-shaped valley portion with a.

The belt feeding means 64 has a contact portion 91a for contacting the endless belt 7, and the discharge arm 9 has a contact portion 91a.
1, the discharge arm 91 is driven by a discharge motor 92 in the discharge direction. That is, the belt 95 is wound around the drive pulley 93 and the driven pulley 94 which are rotationally driven by the discharge motor 92, and the slide portion 91 a of the discharge arm 91 is connected to the belt 95. In addition, the slide portion 91a includes the guide rail 96.
Is also slidably engaged.

The holding and conveying device 4 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 30, a certain number of endless belts 7 folded in a predetermined state are combined with a binding wire 8 as shown in FIG.
Constant pressure holding device 1 for holding a constant pressure in order to bind by
00, the constant pressure holding device 100 is mounted on the movable base 101. That is, the support member 10 is mounted on the movable base 101.
A mounting base 103 is provided via the base 2, and an elevating base 104 is provided so as to be capable of moving up and down with respect to the mounting base 103. The lifting platform 104 has a cam member 105, and the cam member 105
Is controlled by an eccentric cam 107 that is rotationally driven by a drive motor 106, and the lifting platform 104 is moved up and down.

The movable base 101 has a slider 108 on the lower side.
The slider 108 is slidably fitted on the guide rails 109, 109 extending in the carrying direction. A drive belt 110 is fixed to the slider 108, and the drive belt 110 is wound around a drive pulley 111 and a driven pulley 112.

The holding and conveying device 4 is shown in FIG. 16 and FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, a constant pressure holding device 100 for holding a constant number of endless belts 7 folded in a predetermined state for holding the binding device 5 is provided, and the constant pressure holding device 100 is mounted on a movable table 101. It has been placed. That is, the mounting base 103 is provided on the movable base 101 via the support member 102, and the elevating base 104 is movable up and down with respect to the mounting base 103.
Is provided. That is, the engaging protrusion 10 of the mounting base 103
3a and the engaging recess 104a of the elevating table 104 can be moved up and down.

Then, the lift 104 is provided with a cam member 105.
The cam member 105 is controlled by an eccentric cam 107 which is rotationally driven by a drive motor 106, and the elevator 104 is moved up and down.

The movable base 101 has a slider 108 on the lower side.
The slider 108 is slidably fitted on the guide rails 109, 109 extending in the carrying direction. Further, a drive belt 110 is fixed to the slider 108, and the drive belt 110 is wound around a drive pulley 111a and a driven pulley 111b, and the drive pulley 11
1 a is connected to the motor shaft of the drive motor 112.

The constant pressure holding device 100 is shown in FIGS.
As will be described in detail below, a fixed member 113 mounted and fixed to the elevating table 104 and a movable member 114 movably supported in parallel to the fixed member 113 are provided. A certain number of endless belts 7 to be bound are sandwiched between them to maintain a predetermined state. On the free end sides of the fixed member 113 and the movable member 114, protective cylinder means 115, 115 having piston rods 115a, 115a are provided.

The movable member 114 is slidably supported by the pair of rail members 116, 116 via bushes 114a, 114a, and one end of the movable member 114 has a motor 117.
The other end of the wire member 119 that is connected to the winding drum 118 that is driven to rotate is connected to the movable member 114 and the fixed member 1 by winding the wire member 119.
The distance from 13 can be adjusted.

The movable member 114 and the wire member 119.
As shown in detail in FIGS. 20 and 21, the connection with is connected to one end of a rod member 122 that is slidably inserted through an extension 114b of the movable member 114 via a bush 121. The other end of the rod member 122 is
A spring member 123 is interposed between the movable member 114 and the flange 122a at the end of the wire member 119, which protrudes to the side opposite to the side where the wire member 119 extends.

Further, a proximity sensor 125 is provided via a sensor bracket 124 corresponding to the sliding direction of the rod member 122, and the spring member 123 contracts by the pulling force of the wire member 119 and the flange portion 12
2a approaches the movable member 114, and the proximity sensor 12
When 5 is detected, the driving of the motor 117 that pulls the wire member 119 is stopped, whereby the position is controlled so that the holding pressure becomes constant. Therefore, the proximity sensor 125
The holding pressure can be changed by changing the position of.

In this way, a fixed number of the endless belts 7 are bound by the binding wires 8 while being held with a constant holding pressure, and the bound endless belt 7A.
(See FIG. 30).

As shown in FIG. 22, the belt carrying-in device 6 discharges the binding endless belt 7A into the packing box 9 at a receiving position P1 into which the binding endless belt 7A is loaded and at a position higher than the receiving position P1. A transport cartridge 152 that moves to and from the discharge position P2 is provided.

The transport cartridge 152 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 25, a cylindrical main body portion 152 having a box shape having an upper opening serving as a carry-in port and a lower opening serving as a carry-out port, the opening area of which gradually decreases from the upper side to the lower side.
A bottom plate 152b is attached to the bottom of a through a hinge member 152c, and the lower opening of the main body 152a is openably and closably closed. The bottom plate 152b has a roller member 153.
(Wheels) are rotatably supported.

The roller member 153 is adapted to roll on a traveling plate 155 mounted on the frame 154 in an inclined manner. The traveling plate 155 has the bottom plate 152b opened at the discharge position P2. The curved portion 155a has a curved upper surface shape, that is, at the discharge position P2, by releasing the support from the lower side of the roller member 153, the bottom plate 152b rotates by its own weight and the lower opening is opened. The bundling endless belt 7A in the carrying cartridge 152 is opened and dropped into the packing box 9 located below it.

Further, on the frame 154, a cartridge carrying motor 15 for rotationally driving a carrying belt 156, a part of which is fixed to the mounting portion 152d of the carrying cartridge 152.
7 is attached. In addition, the transport cartridge 15
An engaging member 158 is attached to the side portion of the frame 2, slidably engages with a slide rail 159 on the frame 154 side, and guides the slide movement of the transport cartridge 152. In this way, the cartridge moving means for moving the carrying cartridge 152 between the receiving position P1 and the discharging position P2 is configured.

On the other hand, the packing box 9 is, as shown in FIG.
The slide base 162 (box support member) mounted on the support plate 161 is placed, and the slide base 162 is movable near the discharge position P2 of the transport cartridge 152. Transport cartridge 15
2 Ending belt 7A at the discharging position P2 from 2
When it is loaded, it is lowered by an amount corresponding to the belt width, and the next binding endless belt 7A is ready to be loaded. Therefore, the binding endless belts 7A are regularly arranged in the packing box 9 (see FIG. 27).

Bushing members 171 and 171 are provided on both sides of the slide base 162.
1, 171 are slidably inserted in the rail members 172, 172. A screw rod member 173 is disposed between the rail members 172 and 172, and the screw rod member 173 is provided.
A female screw member 174 fixed to the bottom surface of the slide base 162 is rotatably screwed onto the slide base member 3. Screw rod member 173
The rotary encoder 175 is linked to the upper end portion of the motor and the motor 176 is linked to the lower end portion thereof. The rotary encoder 175 detects the rotation amount of the screw rod member 173, and the slide base 162 is bound to a distance corresponding to the width of the endless belt 7A. The motor 176 is drive-controlled so as to be moved one by one (movement control means).

The support plate 161 is a frame 17
The tilt angle can be changed at 7 and the slide direction can be changed by operating the angle adjusting lever 178 depending on the size of the binding endless belt 7A and other factors.

Next, a series of operations of the packing device 1 for the endless belt 7 will be described. -Rotary Conveying Operation-First, at the belt carry-in position, a fixed number of endless belts 7 are sequentially arranged from the previous process to the outer belt conveyor means 14.
Is delivered so that it is inserted into it. The endless belt 7 that is first loaded is the outer belt cover means 1
4 is conveyed to the inner belt conveyor means 15 through the separation roll means 16 and abuts on the belt stopper 26, so that the entrance is stopped.

Then, similarly, the endless belts 7 are sequentially carried in, and when the predetermined number (five in this example) of endless belts 7 have been loaded, the drive motor 47 drives the eccentric cam 48 to rotate. The elevation of the support base 38 is controlled by the engagement relationship with the cam follower 46.
Is lowered, and as a result, the contact between the upper friction urethane roll 27 and the lower friction urethane roll 36 is released and separated, a gap is created between them, and power transmission is interrupted. Therefore, the driving of both belt conveyor means 14 and 15 is stopped.

In this state, the support member 11 is rotated 180 degrees by driving the rotary motor 10 so that the positions of the two separating and supplying means 13, 13 are changed.
Rotated by degrees. At the time of this rotary conveyance, the endless belt 7
Is held between the inner belt conveyor means 15 and the pressing belt conveyor means 18, the endless belt 7 does not swing and the belts do not overlap with each other.

In this way, when the separating / supplying means 13 into which the endless belt 7 has been inserted reaches the separating / supplying position, the endless belt 7 is separated / supplied and the endless belt 7 is separated.
The separating / supplying means 13 in which there is no remaining is at the belt loading position.

Then, the eccentric cam 48 is rotationally driven, the support base 38 is raised, and the lower friction urethane roll 36 is brought into frictional contact with the upper friction urethane roll 27 to drive both belt conveyor means 14, 15. It will be in a state. -Separation and supply operation-A set of five endless belts 7 at the separation and supply position
Are unloaded from the inner belt conveyor means 15 toward the outer belt conveyor means 14.

Then, first, the first one moves onto the pulley member 31 of the separating roll means 16 and the supply of the endless belt 7 is started.

The first one is the outer belt conveyor means 14
Moving to the inner belt conveyor means 15 or the separation roll means 1
Since it is faster than the conveyance speed of No. 6, it is conveyed without contacting the second endless belt 7 following it. still,
The transition from the inner belt conveyor means 15 to the outer belt conveyor means 14 is smoothly performed because the separating roll means 16 is interposed therebetween.

In this manner, since the first endless belt 7 reaches the vicinity of the shooter 23 and immediately before it falls, the endless belt 7 blocks the reflection plate (not shown) near the shooter 23, The sensor 28 located above detects it, controls the drive motor 37 and stops it, and stops the belt conveyor means 14 and 15 and the separation roll means 16, so that the feeding of the endless belt 7 is stopped for a certain period of time.

In this way, all five endless belts 7 are sequentially dropped through the shooter 23 while the feeding of each endless belt 7 is stopped. And
The endless belts 7 are reliably separated and supplied one by one. -Belt folding operation-Five endless belts 7 separated one by one from the previous process
However, when the first endless belt 7 is loaded, the loaded endless belt 7 becomes 2
The belt support rods 66, 66 are engaged with each other. At this time,
The belt folding bar 67 (movable member 71) and the first belt set bars 68, 68 are located above the belt support bars 66, 66 and the second belt set bars 69, 69.

Then, the movable member 71 is driven by the drive unit 72, and the belt folding rod 67 provided on the movable member 71 passes through between the belt supporting rods 66, 66 and further descends downward to form an endless belt. Fold 7 into hearts. At this time, first, the drive unit 72 is driven to drive the base table 71a of the movable member 71 and the slide table 7
1b and 1b are integrally moved downward, but when the endless belt 7 is completely folded in a heart shape, the endless belt 7 restricts the further downward movement of the belt folding rod 67, so that the belt folding rod 67 is provided. The slidable base 71b does not move further downward, and only the base 71a moves downward.
Therefore, the spring 71c extends and the slide base 71b extends.
Is projected from the base 71a, and the heart-folding completion sensor 73 detects the projection and detects the completion of heart-folding.

Then, when the completion of the heart folding is detected, the belt folding rod 67 is slightly raised to prepare for the insertion of the second endless belt 7, which is heart-folded outside the first endless belt 7. As a result, the base stand 71a and the slide stand 71b are integrated by the spring force of the spring 71c, and the above-mentioned protrusion of the slide stand 71b is eliminated. At this time,
The first belt set bars 68, 68 are the belt support rods 6.
It has descended to around 6,66.

In this state, the second endless belt 7
Is dropped and drops onto the first belt set bars 68, 68. At this time, the belt folding bar 67 is located inside the second endless belt 7 that has fallen.

By driving the drive unit 72,
The belt folding bar 67 is raised, and the first belt set bars 68, 68 are also raised along with the rise.
Pull up the second endless belt 7 in the upward direction, and
The second endless belt 7 is set outside the second endless belt 7.

That is, the second endless belt 7 is loaded in a state in which the first endless belt 7 has been heart-folded and the preparation for loading the second endless belt 7 is completed. After the charging, the belt folding bar 67 rises together with the first belt set bars 68, 68. At the time of this rise, the second endless belt 7 is also the belt of the bar members 88, 88 of the first belt set bars 68, 68. Guide surface 88
They are pulled up together while being guided by a and 88a. Due to this rise, the second endless belt 7 has the belt guide surface 88a of the bar member 88 and the belt holding upper surfaces 69a and 69a of the second belt set bars 69 and 69 in the first belt set bar 68. 68,6
An almost V-shaped valley is formed at the intersection of 9 and gradually increases upward, that is, the belt guide surfaces 88a, 8a of the first set bar 68.
8a is lifted in a direction in which the contact with the 8a is released, and finally, the first belt set bars 68, 68 (belt guide surface 88a of the bar member 88) are overcome, and the first belt set bars 68, 68 come off. First endless belt 7
Will be located outside of.

Then, the second endless belt 7
Then, the belt folding rod 67 is lowered to fold it, and thereafter, in the same manner, the third and fourth folds are sequentially foldd outward.

After folding the fourth endless belt 7, the fifth endless belt 7 is loaded, and after the loading is completed, the fifth endless belt 7 is loaded in the same manner as described above.
When the heart folding is completed and the heart folding is completed, the heart folding table elevating motor 73 is driven to wind up the elevating wire 75 for discharging to the next process. Is lifted, and as a result, the heart-shaped folding table 62 is lifted, and the five endless belts 7 are lifted.

In this state, the discharge motor 92 is driven,
The drive causes the belt 95 to rotate. This belt 9
By the rotation of 5, the discharging arm 91 is guided in the discharging direction while being guided by the engaging relationship between the slide portion 91a and the guide rail 96, and the five endless belts 7 are pressed by the abutting portion 91a. And is discharged to the binding device 5 side. -Constant Pressure Holding and Conveying Operation-Five endless belts 7 folded in a predetermined state in the previous step are first placed between the fixed member 113 and the movable member 114 for holding when bound. .

Then, the motor 117 is driven to wind the wire member 119, the distance between the movable member 114 and the fixed member 113 is shortened, and the holding pressure of the set of five endless belts 7 is gradually increased. At this point, the flange portion 122a and the proximity sensor 125 are separated from each other, and the proximity sensor 125 is in the OFF state.

Then, as both members 113 and 114 come close to each other and the holding pressure by them increases, the spring member 123 contracts and the flange portion 122a is biased, and the amount of bending of the spring member 123 becomes constant. Then,
The proximity sensor 125 detects it. At this time, since the holding pressure has risen to the predetermined pressure, the winding of the wire member 119 is stopped and the holding pressure is kept constant. In this state, the piston rods 115a, 115a of the protection cylinder means 115, 115 are projected and extend to the vicinity where they are bound by the binding device 5 using the binding wire 8.

Then, in this state, the binding device 5 winds the binding wire 8 around the fixed number of endless belts 7 via the piston rods 115a, 115a. Therefore, the force from the binding wire 8 is
It does not directly act on the fixed number of endless belts 7 that are bundled.

After the binding operation by the binding wire 8 is completed, the piston rods 115a, 115a of the protective cylinder means 115, 115 are housed in the cylinder body, the engagement relationship with the binding wire 8 is released, and the binding wire 8 is released. It is directly wound around a certain number of endless belts 7,
It is a binding endless belt 7A.

When the bundling is completed in this way, the movable member 114 is returned to its original position, and the bound endless belt 7A is moved by the drive motor 112 to move the movable base 101 for packing. , Is transported to the receiving position P1 for packing. -Packing Operation- At the receiving position P1, the binding endless belt 7A is put into the transport cartridge 152. Then, the transport cartridge 152 is transported along the slide rail 159 via the transport belt 156 by driving the cartridge transport motor 157. During this conveyance, since the wheels 153 roll on the traveling plate 155, the bottom plate 152b does not open.

At the carry-out position P2, since the traveling plate 155 is curved downward, the bottom plate 152b rotates downward by its own weight, the bottom opening of the main body portion 152a is opened, and the binding endless belt 7A is opened through the bottom opening. Are placed in the packaging box 9.

After this charging, the motor 176 is driven, and the packing box 9 is moved by an amount corresponding to the width of the binding endless belt 7A.
Can be moved. As a result, the binding endless belt 7A that is next conveyed by the conveyance cartridge 152 is the binding endless belt 7 that has been previously fed.
It is thrown in next to A, and by repeating this in sequence, the binding endless belt 7A is arranged in the packing box 9 in an orderly manner.

In addition to the above-described embodiment, the packing box 9 may be loaded as shown in FIGS. 27 and 28, for example.

The heart folding belt conveying table 201 is constructed to be movable, and the heart folding belt conveying table 20 is moved.
It is also possible to configure the apparatus 1 so that, with the binding endless belt 7A placed thereon, it first enters the packing box 9 and is taken in by the gate 203.

That is, the packing box 9 is moved up and down (not shown).
The gate 203 is mounted on the packaging box overturning elevating table 204 that can be moved up and down in the vertical direction and can be tumbled, and the gate 203 is provided at the opening 202a (insertion side) of the packaging box 9 so as to be vertically movable. Then, in the loading into the packaging box 9, first, the heart-folded transport table 201 is transported in the A direction with the binding endless belt 7A placed thereon, and is loaded into the packaging box 9. In this state, the gate 203 descends in the direction B to directly above the heart folding belt conveyance table 201. Then, when the heart folding conveyance table 201 is retracted in the C direction, the retraction of the endless belt 7 is restricted by the gate 203, and as a result, the binding endless belt 7A remains in the packing box 9 and only the heart folding belt conveyance table 201 is retracted. .

Then, the packaging box tumbling lift table 204 descends in the direction D by an amount corresponding to the belt width, and subsequently, in the same manner, the next binding endless belt 7A is placed above the binding endless belt 7A previously carried in. Is delivered. Thus, thereafter, the same operation is repeated until the inside of the packing box 9 is filled with the binding endless belt 7A.

When the inside of the packing box 9 becomes full, as shown in FIG. 28, the packing box overturning elevating table 204 is rotated by 90 degrees in the E direction and turned over, and the full packing box 9 is turned over. Discharge from the top 204 to the rear.

Then, the packaging box inversion elevator 204
Then, the packaging box 9 is put on the packaging box 9, and the packaging box inversion lifting platform 204 is rotated 90 degrees to return it to its original position.

[0080]

As described above, according to the invention of claim 1, at the receiving position, the annular body is carried into the carrying cartridge through the carry-in port and carried to the discharging position, and at the discharging position, the annular body is carried through the discharging port. Is discharged and is carried into the packing box supported by the box supporting member, it is possible to automatically carry into the packing box of the annular body, and after the carrying in, by the movement control means, Since the packing box is moved according to the size of the annular body, the annular body can be aligned and carried into the packing box.

According to a second aspect of the invention, there is provided a transport cartridge,
The wheels of the bottom plate move to the discharging position while being guided by the guide plate, and at the discharging position, the bottom plate is opened by its own weight, so that the annular body is packed through the discharging port with a simple structure. Can be thrown into.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the annular body is concentrically folded by the annular body folding means, is then bound by the annular body binding means, and the annular body bound by the annular body binding means is conveyed by the conveying cartridge. Since the packing boxes supported by the box supporting member are arranged and packed in an orderly manner, the annular bodies can be automatically arranged and packed in the packing box.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a schematic configuration of a belt packing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a layout of a belt packing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a belt transport device according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a side view of the same.

FIG. 5 is a front view of a separation / supply unit.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of the same.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a speed difference.

FIG. 8 is a front view of a power transmission system.

FIG. 9 is a side view of the same.

FIG. 10 is a plan view of the belt folding device.

FIG. 11 is a front view of the same.

FIG. 12 is a plan view of the relevant part.

FIG. 13 is a side view of the main part.

FIG. 14 is a plan view of the vicinity of a belt set bar.

FIG. 15 is a side view of the vicinity of a belt set bar.

FIG. 16 is a plan view of the belt holding and conveying device.

FIG. 17 is a front view of the belt holding and conveying device.

FIG. 18 is a plan view of the relevant part.

FIG. 19 is a front view of the main part.

FIG. 20 is a schematic plan view of a constant pressure control means.

FIG. 21 is a schematic front view of the same.

FIG. 22 is a front view of the packing device.

FIG. 23 is a front view of the transport cartridge.

FIG. 24 is a side view of the same.

FIG. 25 is a front view of the cartridge moving means.

FIG. 26 is a bottom view of the cartridge moving means.

FIG. 27 is a schematic front cross-sectional view showing another embodiment of loading into a packing box.

FIG. 28 is a schematic plan sectional view of the same.

FIG. 29 is an explanatory diagram of a state of being packed in a packing box.

FIG. 30 is an explanatory diagram showing a state of being bound by a binding wire.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Endless Belt Packing Device 2 Belt Conveying Device 3 Belt Folding Device 4 Holding Conveying Device 5 Binding Device 6 Belt Loading Device 7 Endless Belt 7A Binding Endless Belt 8 Binding Wire 9 Packing Box 152 Transport Cartridge 152b Bottom Plate 155 Guide Plate (Running Plate) ) 155a curved portion 162 slide base (box support member) 175 rotary encoder 176 motor

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A packing apparatus for a ring-shaped body for aligning and packing a ring-shaped body, comprising: a transport cartridge having a carry-in port for loading the ring-shaped body and a discharge port for discharging the ring-shaped body; Cartridge moving means for moving between the receiving position and the discharging position, a box supporting member for movably supporting the packing box in the vicinity of the discharging position of the transport cartridge, and the box supporting member according to the size of the annular body. And a moving control means for moving the moving body. 2. The transport cartridge is provided on a cartridge body having an upper opening serving as a carry-in port and a lower opening serving as a discharge port, a bottom plate for opening and closing the lower opening of the cartridge body, and the bottom plate. 2. A wheel, wherein the cartridge moving means has a guide plate on which the wheel rolls, and the guide plate has an upper surface shape in which a bottom plate is opened at a discharge position. Ring-shaped packing device. 3. An automatic packing device for an annular body, which bundles and packs a certain number of annular bodies, the annular body folding means for folding the annular body concentrically, and the annular shape folded by the annular body folding means. An annular body bundling means for bundling the bodies, and an annular body bundling means for bundling the annular bodies bound by the annular bundling means, the annular body bundling means being a carry-in port and an annular body into which the annular body is carried. A transport cartridge having a discharge port for discharging the cartridge, a cartridge moving means for moving the transport cartridge between a receiving position and a discharge position, and a box for movably supporting the packing box near the discharge position of the transport cartridge. An automatic packing device for an annular body, comprising: a support member; and a movement control means for moving the box support member according to the size of the annular body.