JPH09301729A - Working device for glass plate - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a working device for glass plates capable of efficiently carrying out work and working the glass plates at a high speed. SOLUTION: The working device 1 for the glass plates includes first and second working lines 2 and 2a. These first and second working lines 2 and 2a include supplying bases 5 and 5a for the glass plates 4 and 4a, a cutting line forming section 7 for forming main cutting lines 6 and 6a at the glass plates 4 and 4a, cracking sections 8 and 8a for cracking the glass plates 4 and 4a along the main cutting lines 6 and 6a, a grinding section 10 for grinding the cracking edges 9 and 9a of the glass plates 4 and 4a and transporting devices 12 and 12a for transporting the glass plates 4 and 4a. The first and second working lines 2 and 2a commonly use the cutting line forming section 7 and the grinding section 10.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a glass plate processing apparatus for folding a raw glass plate to form a glass plate having a predetermined shape.

[0002]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION Problems to be Solved by the Invention For example, in a window glass of an automobile, a cutting line is formed on a glass plate which is a raw plate glass, the glass plate is split along the cutting line, and thereafter,
It is formed by grinding the split edges of the glass plate. And
The glass plate processing device used for this is a cutting line forming device that forms a cutting line on the glass plate, a splitting device that splits the glass plate along the cutting line, and a grinding that grinds the split edges of the glass plate. In addition to the devices, these devices are usually equipped with a transport device for transporting the glass plate.

By the way, in each of the cutting line forming device, the splitting device and the grinding device of the above-mentioned glass plate processing device, specifically, the next glass plate is the preceding device while the glass plate is being conveyed by the conveying device. The work is interrupted until the glass plate is transferred from the device to the next device or the glass plate is transferred to the next device. In this way, it is extremely inefficient to interrupt the work for transporting the glass plate every time one glass plate is processed. In addition, the length of the conveyance cycle is determined by the work that takes the longest time among the cutting line forming work, the folding work and the grinding work, and the work that is completed in the shortest time is completed in the work that takes the longest time. Until then, no work can be done on the next glass plate.

If only a plurality of glass plate processing devices are provided to solve the above problems, the installation space becomes extremely large, the cost is high, and in addition, quality variations are likely to occur. The length of the transportation cycle of
Once again, it is the most time-consuming task and does not constitute an essential solution to the problem.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object thereof is a glass plate processing apparatus capable of efficiently performing a work and processing a glass plate at a high speed. To provide.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a glass plate processing apparatus capable of efficiently processing a large number of glass plates without increasing the installation space.

[0007]

According to the present invention, the above object is to provide a score line forming portion for forming a score line on a glass sheet to be supplied, and a slit portion for splitting the glass sheet along the score line. , A first and a second processing line, each of which has a grinding portion for grinding and carrying out the broken edge of the broken glass plate, and the first and second processing lines,
This is achieved by a glass plate processing apparatus that shares at least one of the cut line forming portion, the split portion, and the grinding portion.

In the present invention, each of the first and second processing lines includes a glass plate supply table, a glass plate carry-out table, a supply table to a cutting line forming section, and a cutting line forming section to a folding section. And a transport device for transporting the glass plate from the folding section to the grinding section and from the grinding section to the unloading table,
The common processing unit conveys the glass sheet from the common processing head and the first and second processing lines to a region that can be processed by the common processing head and from this region to the first and second processing lines, respectively. A common carrier is provided, and the common carrier is provided with a movable table on which a glass plate is placed and a moving device that moves the movable table in one direction. Good.

In the present invention, the common working portion may be a cut line forming portion, a grinding portion or a split portion, but a combination of at least two working portions may be used as the common working portion. . In addition, the two common processing units, each having a processing head, may share a moving device that moves each processing head relative to each glass plate to be processed.

When the common machining section is the cutting line forming section and the grinding section, the cutting head is used as a processing head, and the cutting line can be formed from the first and second processing lines to the cutting line formable area by the cutter head. A conveyor device of a common cutting line forming unit for respectively conveying the glass plate from the region to the first and second processing lines, and a glass plate supported by the conveying device of the common cutting line forming unit, In the cutting line formable area, a shared cutting line forming unit is configured to form cutting lines by the cutter head, and the grinding head as a processing head and the first and second processing lines are used as grinding area by the grinding head. And a transfer device for a common grinding section that transfers the glass plate from the grindable area to the first and second processing lines, respectively, and is supported by the transfer apparatus for the common grinding section. A common grinding unit is configured to grind the split edges of the formed glass plate with the grinding head in the grindable area, and the glass plate supply base, the glass plate carry-out base, and the common cutting line from the supply base. In the transfer device of the forming unit,
From the transport device of the common cut line forming part to the splitting part, from the splitting part to the transport device of the common grinding part, and from the transport device of the common grinding part to the unloading table, respectively. May be provided to configure the first and second processing lines. In this case, each of the transfer device of the common cut line forming unit and the transfer device of the common cut line forming unit includes a movable table on which a glass plate is placed and a moving device that moves the movable table in one direction. May be provided, and each of the cutter head and the grinding head may be moved with respect to the glass plate by a common moving device.

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention and embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the preferred embodiments shown in the drawings. The present invention is not limited to these examples.

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1 to 4, a glass plate processing apparatus 1 of this example is equipped with first and second processing lines 2 and 2a, and the first processing line 2 is a glass plate 4 Along the main cutting line 6 and the cutting line forming part 7 for forming the main cutting line 6 on the glass plate 4 supplied from the supply table 5, and the glass plate 4 supplied from the cutting line forming part 7. Folding section 8 for breaking and breaking, Grinding section 10 for grinding breaking edge 9 of glass plate 4 supplied from folding section 8, unloading table 11 for receiving glass plate 4 from grinding section 10, and supply table 4 to the cutting line forming unit 7, the cutting line forming unit 7 to the splitting unit 8, the splitting unit 8 to the grinding unit 10, and the grinding unit 10 to the unloading table 1.
1 is provided with a transporting device 12 that transports each glass plate 4, and the second processing line 2a is similar to the first processing line 2 in that the glass plate 4a is supplied with a supply table 5a and a supply table 5a.
a cutting line forming portion 7 for forming a main cutting line 6a on the glass plate 4a supplied from a, and a folding portion 8a for breaking the glass plate 4a supplied from the cutting line forming portion 7 along the main cutting line 6a. A grinding section 10 for grinding the crease edges 9a of the glass plate 4a supplied from the crease section 8a, a carry-out table 11a for receiving the glass plate 4a from the grinding section 10, and a supply table 4a.
To the cutting line forming portion 7, from the cutting line forming portion 7 to the split portion 8a, from the split portion 8a to the grinding portion 10, the grinding portion 10
From the unloading table 11a to the unloading table 11a. In this example, the first and second processing lines 2 and 2a share the cutting line forming portion 7 and the grinding portion 10.

The supply table 5a, the folding section 8a, the carry-out table 11a and the carrying device 12a of the second processing line 2a are respectively the supply table 5, the breaking section 8, the carrying-out table 11 and the carrying apparatus of the first working line. Since it is configured the same as 12,
Hereinafter, only the supply table 5, the folding section 8, the carry-out table 11, and the transfer device 12 will be described, and the supply table 5a and the folding section 8 will be described.
As for a, the unloading table 11a, and the transfer device 12a, those having corresponding configurations are denoted by the same reference numerals as a, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The supply table 5 is rotatably provided on the glass plate mounting table 22 attached to the apparatus base table 21 and the upper surface of the glass plate mounting table 22 and is mounted on the glass plate mounting table 22. It is provided with a plurality of positioning rollers 23 for positioning the plate 4.

The common cutting line forming section 7 extends from the first and second processing lines 2 and 2a to the cutting line forming area of the cutting head 25 as a common processing head, and the cutting line can be formed. Conveying device 26 of shared cutting line forming unit 7 for respectively conveying glass plates 4 and 4a from the region to first and second processing lines 2 and 2a, and glass plate 4 on which main cutting lines 6 and 6a are to be formed, Moving device 2 for moving cutter head 25 relative to 4a
7 and a turning device 24 for orienting the cutting edge of the cutter wheel 28 of the cutter head 25 in the cutting line forming direction.

The cutter head 25 has a cutter wheel 28.
And a cutter wheel 28 having a piston rod attached to the lower end to raise and lower the cutter wheel 28, and pneumatically press the cutter wheel 28 against the glass plates 4 and 4a in the lowering direction. And a pneumatic cylinder device 2
9 is attached to the bracket 31 via an adjusting mechanism 30 that adjusts the position of the cutter wheel 28 on the XY plane (horizontal plane) and the position in the Z direction (vertical direction). The cutter head 25 is operated by the pneumatic cylinder device 29,
The cutter wheel 28 is made to elastically elastically move the glass plates 4 and 4a.
, Thereby moving by the moving device 27 in the XY plane, and at the same time, the main cutting line (folding score line) 6 and the fold dividing line 6 on the glass plates 4 and 4a placed on the movable table 35 of the carrying device 26. 6a are formed alternately.

The transfer device 26 includes a movable table 35 on which the glass plate 4 is placed, and a moving device 36 that reciprocates the movable table 35 in one direction, in this example, the X direction. The slider 35 includes a main body 41 and a slider 42 and a nut 40 fixed to the lower surface of the main body 41.
2 is movably guided in the X direction by a pair of rails 43 extending in the X direction and attached to the device base 21.
The moving device 36 includes an electric motor 44 attached to the device base 21, and a screw shaft 4 rotatably attached to the device base 21 and connected to an output rotation shaft of the electric motor 44.
5 and the screw shaft 45 is screwed into the nut 40. The transport device 26 rotates the screw shaft 45 by the operation of the electric motor 44 to move the nut 40, thereby moving the movable table 35 in the X direction, and the main body 4 of the movable table 35.
The glass plates 4 and 4a placed on 1 are similarly transported in the X direction.

The turning device 24 is connected to an electric motor 52 mounted on the movable table 51 and an output rotary shaft of the electric motor 52 via a speed reducer, a toothed pulley, a timing belt, etc. A rotating shaft 53 rotatably attached and a bevel gear 54 attached to the rotating shaft 53.
A bevel gear 55 meshing with the bevel gear 54, a bevel gear 55 at the upper end, a bracket 31 at the lower end, and a rotary shaft 56 rotatably attached to the movable table 51. There is. The swivel device 24 rotates the output rotary shaft thereof by the operation of the electric motor 52 to rotate the rotary shaft 53 via a reduction gear, a toothed pulley, a timing belt, etc., and the rotation of the rotary shaft 53 causes the bevel gear 54 and the bevel gear 54 to rotate. The rotating shaft 56 is rotated through the gear 55, and thus the cutter head 25 attached to the bracket 31 is rotated around the vertical axis, so that the cutting edge of the cutter wheel 28 is directed in the cutting line forming direction.

The vertical axis, which is the center line of rotation of the cutter head 25 by the turning device 24, passes slightly forward of the contact position (pressing position) of the cutter wheel 28 with the glass plates 4 and 4a. The movable base 51 includes a main body 57, a slider 58 and a nut 59 fixed to the side surface of the main body 57, and the slider 58 extends along the movable frame 60 in the Y direction and is attached to the pair of guide rails 61. Is movably guided and supported in the Y direction. The movable frame 60 extending in the Y direction is provided with sliders 62 at both ends of the lower surface thereof, and the sliders 62 are fixed frames 63 and 64.
Guide rails 6 extending in the X direction and attached to each
5 and 66 are movably guided and supported in the X direction. The fixed frames 63 and 64 are supported by the device base 21 via vertical frames 67 and 68. Note that nuts 69 are fixedly provided on both ends of the lower surface of the movable frame 60.

The moving device 27 includes an X-direction moving device 71 for moving the cutter head 25 in the X direction, and the cutter head 2.
5 is provided with a Y-direction moving device 72 for moving the Y-direction. The X-direction moving device 71 includes an electric motor 74 attached to a vertical frame 73 provided upright on the device base 21.
Is connected to the output rotary shaft of the electric motor 74 via a toothed pulley, a timing belt, etc.
3. A rotating shaft 75 rotatably attached to the fixed frames 63 and 64 via brackets, bearings, etc., and rotatably connected to both ends of the rotating shaft 75 to the fixed frames 63 and 64 via brackets and the like. It has attached screw shafts 76 and 77, and the screw shafts 76 and 77 are respectively screwed into the nut 69. X-direction moving device 7
1 is the rotation of its output rotary shaft due to the operation of the electric motor 74, which rotates the screw shafts 76 and 77 via the rotary shaft 75, and is movable via the nut 69 screwed to the screw shafts 76 and 77. The frame 60 is moved in the X direction.

The Y-direction moving device 72 includes a movable frame 60.
And an electric motor 81 attached to the output shaft of the electric motor 81 via a toothed pulley, a timing belt, etc., and a screw shaft 82 rotatably attached to the movable frame 60 via a bearing or the like. Is equipped with,
The screw shaft 82 is screwed into the nut 59. The Y-direction moving device 72 rotates the output shaft by the operation of the electric motor 81 to rotate the screw shaft 82, and moves the movable frame 51 in the Y direction via the nut 59 screwed to the screw shaft 82. To move. The cutter wheel of the cutter head 25 mounted on the movable frame 51 by the movement of the movable frame 60 in the X direction by the operation of the X direction moving device 71 and the movement of the movable frame 51 in the Y direction by the operation of the Y direction moving device 72. 28 is relatively moved in the XY direction so as to alternately form the main cutting lines 6 and 6a with respect to the glass plates 4 and 4a placed on the main body 41, respectively.

The folding section 8 has a mounting table device 91 on which the glass plate 4 on which the main cutting lines 6 from the cutting line forming part 7 are mounted, and the glass plate 4 mounted on the mounting table device 91. And two folding machines 93 and 94 which share the formation of the end cut line 92 and the splitting.

The mounting table device 91 of this example is of a belt conveyor type, and includes drive and driven drums 101 and 102 rotatably mounted on the device base 21.
A flexible elastic endless belt 103 hung between the driving and driven drums 101 and 102, a support plate 104 for supporting the endless belt 103 from the lower surface in a region where the end cut line 92 is formed and split, and an endless belt. And a traveling device 105 for traveling the belt 103.
5 is an electric motor 106 attached to the device base 21.
The output rotation shaft of the electric motor 106 has a drive drum 1 via a toothed pulley, a timing belt, or the like.
01. The mounting table device 91 has the end cutting line 9
When the glass plate 4 placed on the endless belt 103 is supported during the formation and splitting of the glass plate 2, the driving drum 101 is operated by the operation of the electric motor 106 after the splitting of the glass plate 4.
The rotation of the endless belt 103 causes the endless belt 103 to travel in the A direction, and the split scraps (folded cullet) remaining on the endless belt 103 are discharged to the scrap reservoir 107.

The folding devices 93 and 94 have the same structure. The folding device 93 forms an end cut line 92 on the glass plate 4 placed on the endless belt 103, and the glass plate 4 concerned. The split head 1 that pushes the glass plate 4 along the main cutting line 6 and the end cutting line 92 to split the glass plate 4.
11 and a moving device 112 that moves the split head 111 relative to the glass plate 4.

The split head 111 includes a movable table 121,
A cutter head 122 for forming an end cutting line mounted on the movable table 121 and a splitting head 123 also mounted on the movable table 121 are provided, and the movable table 121 common to the cutter head 122 and the splitting head 123 is provided. Is guided and supported by a pair of guide rails 125 attached to a movable frame 124 and extending in the X direction so as to be movable in the X direction. The cutter head 122 includes a pneumatic cylinder device 126 attached to the movable base 121 and a pneumatic cylinder. The device 126 includes a cutter wheel 127 attached to the tip of a piston rod, and a cutting edge orienting device 128 for orienting the cutting edge of the cutting wheel 127 in the cutting line forming direction. The cutting edge orienting device 128 is attached to the movable base 121. The rotation of the output electric motor 131 and the output rotation shaft of the electric motor 131 is pneumatically controlled. Toothed pulley for transmitting to the piston rod of the Sunda device 126, and a rotation transmission mechanism 132 composed of a timing belt or the like.

The cutter head 122 raises and lowers the cutter wheel 127 by the operation of the pneumatic cylinder device 126, presses the cutter wheel 127 against the glass plate 4 placed on the endless belt 103 in the lowering, and the cutter wheel 127 causes the glass to move. An end cutting line 92 is formed on the plate 4, and the electric motor 131 is operated in forming the end cutting line 92 to move the cutting edge of the cutter wheel 127 to the end cutting line 92.
In the direction of formation. The split head 123 includes a pneumatic cylinder device 133 attached to the movable table 121,
The pneumatic cylinder device 133 is provided with a push rod 134 attached to the tip of the piston rod. The pneumatic cylinder device 133 is actuated to move the push rod 134 up and down at predetermined positions. The glass plate 4 placed on the endless belt 103 is pressed to cause the glass plate 4 to bend, whereby the glass plate 4 placed on the endless belt 103 is sequentially moved along the main cutting line 6 and the end cutting line 92. And break it. The movable frame 124 is
The pair of guide rails 136 extending in the Y direction attached to the fixed frame 135 are movably suspended and supported in the Y direction. The fixed frame 135 is supported by the lateral frame 137 supported by the device base 21 and extending in the X direction. It is installed.

The moving device 112 includes an X-direction moving device 141 for moving the split head 111 in the X direction and a Y-direction moving device 142 for moving the split head 111 in the Y direction.
The X-direction moving device 141 includes an electric motor 143 attached to the movable frame 124, and a screw shaft rotatably attached to the movable frame 124, which is connected to the output rotation shaft of the electric motor 143. 144, and the screw shaft 144 is screwed into a nut (not shown) of the movable base 121. The X-direction moving device 141 rotates its output rotary shaft due to the operation of the electric motor 143,
The screw shaft 144 is rotated, and the movable base 121 is moved in the X direction via the nut screwed to the screw shaft 144.

The Y-direction moving device 142 includes the fixed frame 1
35 is connected to the electric motor 145 attached to the electric motor 145 and the output rotation shaft of the electric motor 145,
Shaft 14 rotatably attached to the shaft via bearings, etc.
6 and the screw shaft 146 is attached to the movable frame 12
4 nut 147. Y-direction moving device 14
2 is the rotation of its output rotary shaft due to the operation of the electric motor 145, which rotates the screw shaft 146, and thus the screw shaft 146.
The movable frame 124 is moved in the Y direction via the nut 147 screwed into the. The movement of the movable base 121 in the X direction by the operation of the X direction movement device 141, and the Y direction movement device 14
By the movement of the movable frame 124 in the Y direction due to the operation of No. 2, the cutter wheel 127 of the split head 111 mounted on the movable base 121 causes the edge cutting line 92 with respect to the glass plate 4 mounted on the endless belt 103. To form
While being relatively moved in the XY directions, the push rod 134 of the split head 111 mounted on the movable table 121 presses the glass plate 4 mounted on the endless belt 103 at each predetermined position. , Are relatively moved in the XY directions.

The folding device 94 has the same structure as that of the folding device 93, and its outline will be described below and detailed description thereof will be omitted. The folding device 94 includes a folding head 111.
And the glass plate 4 placed on the endless belt 103.
An edge cutting line 92 is formed on the glass plate 4, and the glass cutting plate 4 is pushed to divide the glass plate 4 along the main cutting line 6 and the edge cutting line 92. Moving device 152 for moving relatively
Is provided. Similar to the split head 111, the split head 151 is mounted on the movable base 153, the movable base 153, and a cutter head 155 for forming an end cutting line equipped with a cutter wheel 154, and also mounted on the movable base 153. And a split head 15 having a push rod 156.
7 and 7. The moving device 152 includes an X-direction moving device 159 that includes an electric motor 158 that moves the split head 151 in the X direction, and a Y-direction moving device 161 that includes an electric motor 160 that moves the split head 151 in the Y direction. It is equipped with.

The shared grinding unit 10 includes a grinding head 171 as a processing head, a first and second processing lines 2 and 2a to a grindable area by the grinding head 171, and first and second grindable areas. Processing lines 2 and 2
a conveying device 172 of a common grinding unit that conveys the glass plates 4 and 4a to a, respectively, and a grinding head 171 relative to the glass plates 4 and 4a to grind the split edges 9 and 9a of the glass plates 4 and 4a. Moving device 27
And a turning device 170 for directing the center of rotation of the grinding wheel 174 of the grinding head 171 in the direction normal to the grinding point.

The grinding head 171 includes a grinding wheel 174.
And an electric motor 175 for rotating the grinding wheel 174, the grinding wheel 174 having an output rotary shaft attached to the lower end thereof.
Is an adjusting mechanism 1 for adjusting the position of the grinding wheel 174 on the XY plane (horizontal plane) and the position in the Z direction (vertical direction).
It is attached to the bracket 177 via 76.
The grinding head 171 rotates the grinding wheel 174 by the operation of the electric motor 175, whereby the transfer device 17 moves along with the movement of the grinding wheel 174 in the XY plane.
The respective split edges 9 and 9a of the glass plates 4 and 4a placed on the two vacuum suction cup devices 178 and 179 are alternately ground.

The transfer device 172 moves the movable table 180, two vacuum suction cup devices 178 and 179 provided on the movable table 180, and the movable table 180 to reciprocate in one direction, in this example, the X direction. The movable table 180 includes a main body 182, a slider 183 fixed to the lower surface of the main body 182, and a nut 184.
The slider 183 is guided and supported movably in the X direction by a pair of rails 185 extending in the X direction and attached to the device base 21, and the moving device 181 includes an electric motor 186 attached to the device base 21. , A screw shaft 187 rotatably attached to the device base 21 and connected to an output rotary shaft of the electric motor 186.
7 is screwed into the nut 184. Each of the vacuum suction cup devices 178 and 179 attached to the main body 182 vacuum-sucks the glass plates 4 and 4a placed thereon, respectively, and fixes the glass plates 4 and 4a so as not to move during grinding. .

The transport device 172 rotates the screw shaft 187 by the operation of the electric motor 186 to move the nut 184, which causes the movable table 180 to reciprocate in the X direction, and the vacuum suction cup device 178 on the movable table 180 and Mounted on 179,
The fixed glass plates 4 and 4a are similarly conveyed in the X direction. The vacuum suction cup device 178 includes the first processing line 2
The glass plate 4 from the folding part 8 of the vacuum suction device 17
The glass plate 4a is supplied to the sheet 9 from the folding portion 8a of the second processing line 2a.

The turning device 170 is connected to an electric motor 52 attached to the movable table 51 and an output rotary shaft of the electric motor 52 via a speed reducer, a toothed pulley, a timing belt, etc. A rotating shaft 53 rotatably mounted, and a bevel gear 19 mounted on the rotating shaft 53.
1, a bevel gear 192 that meshes with the bevel gear 191, a bevel gear 192 at the upper end, and a bracket 177 at the lower end, respectively, and a rotating shaft 193 rotatably attached to the movable table 51. ing.

The turning device 170 rotates the output rotary shaft thereof by the operation of the electric motor 52 to rotate the rotary shaft 53 via a speed reducer, a toothed pulley, a timing belt, etc., and the rotary shaft 53 rotates to rotate the bevel gear. 191 and bevel gear 1
The rotation shaft 193 is rotated via 92, and thus the grinding head 171 attached to the bracket 177 is rotated around the vertical axis (Z axis) so that the center of rotation of the grinding wheel 174 is normal to the grinding point. Turn in the direction. Swivel device 170
The vertical axis which is the center line of rotation of the grinding head 171 by
It is designed to pass through the grinding point. As mentioned above,
In this example, the turning device 24 and the turning device 170 share the electric motor 52, the rotary shaft 53, and the like.

The moving device 27 for the grinding head 171 is also a moving device for the cutter head 25, and the moving device 27 thus shared by the grinding head 171 and the cutter head 25 operates the X-direction moving device 71. The movement of the movable frame 60 in the X direction and the movement of the movable frame 51 in the Y direction by the operation of the Y direction movement device 72 cause the grinding wheel 174 of the grinding head 171 mounted on the movable frame 51 to move the vacuum suction device 178. And 179, the glass plates 4 and 4a mounted and fixed on X and 179 are relatively moved by X so as to alternately grind the split edges 9 and 9a.
-Move in Y direction.

The carry-out table 11 has a plurality of flexible endless thin belts 211 arranged in parallel with each other and an endless belt 211.
The traveling device 211 includes an electric motor 214 attached to the lateral frame 213 of the device base 21 and an output rotary shaft of the electric motor 214 via a pulley, a belt, or the like. And a plurality of driven rollers rotatably supported on the frame 213 by the shaft 215, and a plurality of driven rollers rotatably supported on the frame 213 by the shaft 216. An endless thin belt 211 is stretched between the driven roller and the driven roller. In the carry-out table 11, the shaft 215 is rotated by the operation of the electric motor 214 to cause the endless thin belt 211 to travel in the B direction, whereby the glass plate 2 placed on the endless thin belt 211 from the grinding unit 10 in the B direction. To carry out.

The conveying device 12 is a first glass plate suction means 2 which can be reciprocated between the supply table 5 and the cutting line forming portion 7.
21, a second glass plate suction means 222 that reciprocates between the score line forming portion 7 and the split portion 8, and a third glass plate suction means 222 that reciprocates between the split portion 8 and the grinding portion 10. A glass plate adsorbing means 223, a fourth glass plate adsorbing means 224 reciprocating between the grinding section 10 and the carry-out table 11,
And a moving device 225 for reciprocating the first to fourth glass plate adsorbing means 221 to 224.

Each of the glass plate adsorbing means 221 to 224 is similarly formed, and the pneumatic cylinder device 23 is provided.
1 and a vacuum sucker device 232 attached to the piston rod of the pneumatic cylinder device 231. When the pneumatic cylinder device 231 is operated, the vacuum sucker device 232 is moved up and down, and when the vacuum sucker device 232 is operated, the glass is sucked. The plate 4 is vacuumed and held.

The moving device 225 includes an electric motor 241 attached to the horizontal frame 137, a screw shaft 242 extending in the X direction and rotatably supported by the horizontal frame 137,
A rotation transmission mechanism 243 including a pulley, a timing belt and the like for transmitting the rotation of the output rotation shaft of the electric motor 241 to the screw shaft 242, and a movable base 246 to which a nut 244 screwed to the screw shaft 242 and a slider 245 are attached. The horizontal frame 137 is provided with an X-shaped slider 245.
A guide rail 247 extending in the direction is fitted movably in the X direction. Each of the glass plate suction means 221 to 224 is attached to the movable table 246. The moving device 225 rotates the screw shaft 242 via the rotation transmission mechanism 243 by the operation of the electric motor 241, and moves the movable table 246 in the X direction, whereby the vacuum suction cups of each of the glass plate suction means 221 to 224 are sucked. Device 232
Reciprocate in the X direction.

In the operation of the moving device 225, the glass plate 4 positioned by the positioning roller 23 and placed on the glass plate placing table 22 is sucked and held by the vacuum sucker device 232 of the glass plate sucking means 221 to be moved to the movable table. 35 body 41
Further, the glass plate 4 placed on the main body 41 is adsorbed and held by the vacuum suction cup device 232 of the glass plate adsorbing means 222 to the endless belt 103 of the mounting table device 91 and the endless belt 103.
The glass plate 4 placed on the substrate is sucked and held by the vacuum suction cup device 232 of the glass plate suction means 223, and then the conveying device 172.
Mounted on the vacuum suction cup device 178,
The fixed glass plate 4 is sucked and held by the vacuum suction device 232 of the glass plate suction means 224, and is conveyed to the endless thin belt 211 of the carry-out table 11.

In this example, a control device including a microcomputer for controlling the above-mentioned operation and the operation described later is further provided. This control device is adapted to perform the above-mentioned operation by a control program stored in advance.

The glass plate processing apparatus 1 configured as described above operates as follows. As shown in FIG. 1, in the score line forming unit 7, the glass plate 4 on which the main score line 6 has already been formed is transported below the glass plate suction means 222 by the transport device 26, and in the folding unit 8, the glass plate 4 is transported. A state in which the plate 4 has already been broken along the main cutting line 6, and in the grinding unit 10, the glass plate 4 having the broken edge 9 already ground is conveyed below the glass plate suction means 224 by the conveying device 172. In the next step, the transport device 12 is operated, and the glass plate 4 of the supply table 5 is moved to the main body 41 of the movable table 35 and the movable table 35.
The glass plate 4 mounted on the main body 41 of the mounting table 91 and having the main cutting line 6 already formed thereon is mounted on the endless belt 103 of the mounting table device 91 and the endless belt 103 of the mounting table device 91, and the main cutting line is already formed. The glass plate 4 folded along 6 is placed on and held by the vacuum sucker device 178.
The glass plates 4 whose fold edges 9 have already been ground are respectively conveyed to the endless thin belt 211.

During this conveyance, the traveling device 105 is operated, and the split chips remaining on the endless belt 103 are collected in the scrap reservoir 1.
It is discharged to 07, and after discharging the scraps to the scrap reservoir 107,
The operation of the traveling device 105 is stopped. Further, during the transportation, in the shared cutting line forming unit 7, the main body 41 of the movable table 35 is
The main cutting line 6a is formed on the glass plate 4a mounted on the glass plate 4a mounted on the glass plate 4a on the glass plate 4a mounted on the endless belt 103a of the mounting table device 91a. Edge cutting line 92a is formed,
Pushing and splitting are performed along the main cutting line 6a and the end cutting line 92a, and in the shared grinding section 10, the split edge 9a is ground to the glass plate 4a placed and held on the vacuum suction cup device 179.

After the above-mentioned conveyance, at the folding section 8, the end cutting line 92 is formed and the main cutting line 6 and the end cutting line are newly formed on the glass plate 4 newly mounted on the endless belt 103 of the mounting table device 91. The split along 92 is done immediately.

When the formation of the main cutting line 6a on the glass plate 4a in the common cutting line forming section 7 is completed, the conveying device 26
Is operated and placed on the main body 41 of the movable table 35, and the glass plate 4a on which the main cutting line 6a is formed is arranged below the glass plate suction means 222a, while on the main body 41 of the movable table 35. The new glass plate 4 placed on is placed in a region where the cutting line can be formed by the cutter head 25. Similarly, the split edge 9 of the glass plate 4a in the shared grinding section 10 is also used.
When the grinding for a is completed, the conveying device 172 is operated, placed on the vacuum suction device 179 and fixed, and the glass plate 4a with the split edge 9a ground is the glass plate suction means 2
The vacuum suction device 17 is also provided under the 24a.
The new glass plate 4 placed and fixed on the grinding head 8 is the grinding head 1.
71 is disposed in the grindable area. When each new glass plate 4 is arranged in the region where the cutting line can be formed by the cutter head 25 and the region where the grinding head 171 can grind, the cutting line formation and the grinding for the new glass plate 4 are performed, respectively. Done.

The glass plate 4a on which the main cutting line 6a is formed is arranged below the glass plate suction means 222a, and the glass plate 4a whose split edge 9a is ground is arranged below the glass plate suction means 224a. Further, when the pressing and splitting along the main cutting line 6a and the end cutting line 92a with respect to the glass plate 4a at the folding section 8a of the second processing line 2a is completed, the transfer device 12a of the second processing line 2a is activated. , The glass plate 4a of the supply table 5a is the main body 41 of the movable table 35.
Then, the glass plate 4a, which is placed on the main body 41 of the movable table 35 and on which the main cutting line 6a is already formed, is attached to the endless belt 103a of the placing table device 91a and the endless belt 1 of the placing table device 91a.
The glass plate 4a placed on 03a and already broken along the main cutting line 6a is placed on and held by the vacuum suction device 179, and the split edge 9a has already been ground. The glass plate 4a is conveyed to the endless thin belt 211a.

During the transportation on the second processing line 2a, the traveling device 105a is operated to discharge the broken chips remaining on the endless belt 103a to the scrap reservoir 107a, and the broken scraps are collected to the scrap reservoir 107a. After discharging, the operation of the traveling device 105a is stopped. Further, during the transportation, in the shared cutting line forming section 7, the main cutting line 6 is formed on the glass plate 4 placed on the main body 41 of the movable table 35, and the first cutting line 2 is folded. In the section 8, the endless belt 1 of the mounting table device 91.
End cutting lines 92 are formed on the glass plate 4 placed on 03, and the cutting along the main cutting lines 6 and the end cutting lines 92 is performed, and in the common grinding unit 10, the vacuum suction device 178 is installed. The split edge 9 is ground with respect to the glass plate 4 placed and held.

After the transfer on the second processing line 2a,
In the folding section 8a, the formation of the end cutting line 92a and the push cutting along the main cutting line 6a and the end cutting line 92a are immediately performed on the glass plate 4a newly mounted on the endless belt 103a of the mounting table device 91a. Be seen.

Further, when the formation of the main cutting line 6 on the glass plate 4 in the common cutting line forming portion 7 is completed, the conveying device 2
6 is operated and placed on the main body 41 of the movable table 35,
The glass plate 4 on which the main cutting line 6 is formed is arranged below the glass plate suction means 222, while a new glass plate 4a also mounted on the main body 41 of the movable table 35 is cut by the cutter head 25. It is arranged in a formable area. Similarly,
When the grinding of the split edge 9 of the glass plate 4 in the shared grinding unit 10 is completed, the conveying device 172 is operated, and the glass plate is placed and fixed on the vacuum suction cup device 178 and the split edge 9 is ground. 4 is arranged below the glass plate suction means 224, while a new glass plate 4a, which is also mounted and fixed on the vacuum suction cup device 179, is arranged in a region which can be ground by the grinding head 171.

By repeating the above operation, the glass plates 4 and 4a having a predetermined shape on the endless thin belts 211 and 211a are successively carried out.

In the glass plate processing apparatus 1 of this example, the common cutting line forming portion 7 and the grinding portion 10 and the second processing line 2a are split while the glass plate 4 on the first processing line 2 is being conveyed. Cutting line formation, grinding, and splitting are performed in the section 8a, respectively, and the common cutting line forming section 7 and grinding section 10 are common during transportation of the glass plate 4a on the second processing line 2a.
In addition, in order to perform cutting line formation, grinding and splitting in the splitting portion 8 of the first processing line 2,
The glass plate can be processed efficiently. Also, while each line is provided with a folding part that requires a relatively long processing time,
Since the cutting line forming portion and the grinding portion, which have a relatively short processing time, are shared, the glass plate can be processed efficiently in a small space.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and it is not necessary to form the glass plates 4 and 4a in the same shape, for example, the glass plates 4 and 4a may be formed in different shapes. Alternatively, the screw shaft and the screw shaft may be rotated to configure each moving device with an electric motor or the like. Instead of this, the mover is fixed to the movable table or the movable frame, and the stator is attached to the guide rail side. Arranged,
Each moving device may be configured by a so-called linear electric motor.

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As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to perform work efficiently, process glass sheets at high speed, and efficiently install a large number of glass sheets without increasing the installation space. It can be processed well.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a front view of the embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a partial front view of the embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a partial side view for explaining the embodiment shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Glass Plate Processing Device 2 First Processing Line 2a Second Processing Line 4 Glass Plate 4a Glass Plate 5 Supply Table 5a Supply Table 6 Main Cutting Line 6a Main Cutting Line 7 Cutting Line Forming Section 8 Folding Section 8a Folding Splitting Part 9 Folding edge 9a Folding edge 10 Grinding part 11 Unloading platform 11a Unloading platform 12 Transfer device

Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. A cutting line forming part for forming a cutting line on a glass plate to be supplied, a splitting part for splitting the glass plate along the cutting line, and a splitting edge of the broken glass plate is ground. The first and second processing lines are respectively provided with a grinding section for cutting, and the first and second processing lines are one of the cutting line forming section, the splitting section and the grinding section. A glass plate processing apparatus that shares at least one of the processing parts. 2. Each of the first and second processing lines includes a glass plate supply table, a glass plate unloading table, a supply table to a cutting line forming section, and a cutting line forming section to a splitting section.
A transport device for transporting the glass plate from the splitting portion to the grinding portion and from the grinding portion to the unloading table, respectively.
The glass sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1. 3. The common machining section includes a common machining head,
A common transport device for transporting the glass sheet from the first and second processing lines to a region that can be processed by a shared processing head and from this region to the first and second processing lines, respectively. The apparatus for processing a glass plate according to 1 or 2. 4. The shared carrier comprises a movable table on which a glass plate is placed and a moving device for moving the movable table in one direction. The apparatus for processing a glass plate according to. 5. At least two common working parts are provided, and each of these two common working parts comprises a working head, and each working head is attached to each glass plate to be worked. The glass plate processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a common moving device that relatively moves the glass plate relative to the glass plate. 6. The glass plate processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the shared processing portion is a cut line forming portion. 7. The glass plate processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the shared processing section is a split section. 8. The common processing section is a grinding section.
7. The glass plate processing apparatus according to any one of 1 to 7. 9. The glass plate processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the shared processing section is a cutting line forming section and a grinding section. 10. The shared cutting line forming portion includes a cutter head as a processing head, a cutting line formable region by the cutter head from the first and second processing lines, and a first and a second cutting line formable region from the cutting line formable region. A common cutting line forming part conveying device for respectively conveying the glass plate to the second processing line, and the cutting line forming area is provided on the glass plate supported by the common cutting line forming part conveying device. It is configured to form a cutting line by the cutter head, and the shared grinding part extends from the grinding head as the processing head to the grindable area by the grinding head from the first and second processing lines. And a glass carrier supported by the shared grinding unit transporting device for transporting the glass plate from the area to the first and second processing lines, respectively. The split edge of the plate is configured to be ground by a grinding head in a grindable area, and each of the first and second processing lines includes a glass plate supply table, a glass plate unloading table, and a supply plate. From the platform to the transfer device of the common cutting line forming part, from the transfer device of the common cutting line forming part to the split part, from the split part to the common grinding part transfer device, and from the common grinding part transfer device The glass plate processing apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising a transport device that transports each glass plate to the table. 11. A transfer device for a shared cutting line forming portion and a transfer device for a shared grinding portion are each a movable table on which a glass plate is placed, and a moving device for moving the movable table in one direction. The apparatus for processing a glass plate according to claim 10, further comprising: 12. The glass plate processing apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising a common moving device that moves the cutter head and the grinding head with respect to the glass plate.