JPH09302311A - Container, application of flexible member and application device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable an improvement in productivity of applying operations and stability of quality by fixing one end side of a member having the flexibility and softness such as a felt, a fiber or a rubber to the reference position for application of an applied member, keeping the other end side thereof in a noncontact state with the applied member, pressurizing, fixing and applying the flexible member from the fixed side thereto with a pressurizing member. SOLUTION: One end side of a flexible member having an application surface thereof provided with an adhesive is arranged at the reference position for application of an applied member having a curved surface part and the other end side is floated in the air. The flexible member is then applied from the one end side along the curved surface part thereto. The one end side is preferably kept in a noncontact state with a holding member when floating the one end side in the air.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sticking method and a sticking device for sticking a flexible or soft material such as felt, fiber, urethane foam, rubber or the like to a container or a component member of a device. , Regarding the attached container.

In particular, the present invention relates to a container such as a toner container of an image forming apparatus such as a copying machine or a laser beam printer, which is required to have a hermetic sealing property.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a system configuration of an image forming apparatus to which a container according to the present invention is applied. FIG. 2 is a view showing the outer appearance of the toner container of the container.

In the developing process shown in FIG. 1, the photosensitive drum is supplied with toner contained in a toner container by a developing cylinder to transfer and fix an image on paper to form an image. As shown in FIG. 2, the toner container 1 is provided with an opening 1A for supplying toner.

The developing cylinder 2 shown in FIG. 1 is fitted into the opening 1.

In such a toner container, it is necessary to strictly regulate the toner leakage from the opening portion thereof. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 2, a soft member such as a felt is attached to the opening portion 1A to leak the toner. Is preventing.

[0007]

Conventionally, the attachment of the soft member to the opening 1A of the container 1 as described above has been performed manually, and the skill level, age difference, and morning and afternoon of the day. It was difficult to obtain stable quality due to variations in the occurrence of defects due to work fatigue.

Further, if the attachment surface 1B of the soft member has a curved shape, there is a problem in the limit of improvement in productivity and quality stability due to careful work.

Further, there has been a limit to improvement in productivity and quality even by developing tools such as a fixing base for a container for improving work.

The present invention is intended to improve the productivity and quality stability of the above-mentioned operation of attaching a soft member.

Further, in the case of the toner container shown in FIG. 2, the width dimension D of the opening is strictly regulated at the sticking position of the soft member in relation to the developing size (copy size) of the developing cylinder. Then, the member accuracy error (tolerance) of the container attachment surface 1B and the tolerance error (tolerance) of the width dimension of the soft member
In view of this, there is a problem that it is very difficult to align the attachment position on the container side with the end of the soft member, but the present invention also aims to clear this problem.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, when the sticking surface of the soft member is a concave curved surface, sometimes the sticking strength of the recessed innermost part is not sufficient, and the soft member sticks off from the sticking surface. Although many phenomena have occurred, the present invention also aims to solve such a problem.

[0013]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is a method for attaching a soft member to a member to be attached having a curved surface, wherein an adhesive is applied to the attaching surface of the soft member. Comprising, one end side of the soft member is arranged at a sticking reference position of the pasted member, and the other end side is held in a state of being floated in the air, and then the soft member is arranged along the curved surface portion from the one end side. We propose a method of sticking a soft member so that it can be stuck.

Further, in the above method, at the time of starting the attachment on the one end side, the other end side is maintained in a non-contact state with the adhered member by the holding member to achieve higher productivity.

Furthermore, the present invention is a method for attaching a soft member provided with an adhesive to an adhered portion consisting of a curved surface portion and a linear portion following the curved surface portion, the method being applied to a reference position on the linear portion of the adhered portion. By fixing one end side of the soft member, by a method of sticking the soft member, the soft member is stuck to the pasted portion by linear movement and rotary motion along the straight portion of the rotating member. The above problem was solved.

Further, a container having an opening formed of a curved surface is held at a predetermined position, and a soft member attached to the curved surface is moved to an upper position of the opening while being held by a holding means, and one end side of the soft member is held. While keeping the container in a non-contact state with the container opening, the soft member is fixed at the sticking start position of the opening, and the soft member is stuck along the opening from the fixed side. Suggest a method.

Further, a soft member provided with an adhesive is fixed to one end side of the opening forming the curved surface, the other end side of the soft member is maintained in a non-contact state, and the soft member is stretched from the one end side along the curved surface. By proposing a container to which a member is attached, a proposal suitable for the above toner container is made.

With respect to the above-mentioned container, a container for an image forming apparatus is proposed because the container is a developing container having a developing rotary member fitted in the opening.

Further, as described above, in the device for sticking a soft member provided with an adhesive, means for holding the soft member and moving the soft member to a relative position with respect to the sticking portion of the sticking member, A soft member including a unit that holds one end of the soft member at one end side of the pasted portion of the pasted member, and a unit that moves the soft member from the one end side while applying pressure along the pasted portion. We propose a device that can improve productivity and quality stability by a device for attaching members.

Further, in the apparatus of the present invention, there is an aspect provided with means for maintaining the other end side of the soft member in a non-contact state with the member to be adhered.

Further, there is a mode in which the means for moving while applying a pressure has a rotating body that rotates along the adhered portion of the adhered member.

Further, in the device for sticking the soft member along the opening of the container, means for holding the soft member at the sticking start position of the opening, the sticking reference position of the soft member and the opening. The sticking position accuracy can be assured by the sticking device for the soft member provided with the sticking reference position and the means for adjusting the position.

[0023]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 3 shows a main part of a sticking apparatus for carrying out the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 6 is the apparatus main body, 8 is a slide guide member stretched from a base portion 10, and 12 is along the guide member 8. And is a slider member that moves in the direction of arrow A, and is driven by the drive means 12A.

Reference numeral 14 denotes a swinging means attached to the slider 12, which is driven by a driving means 14B in the direction B shown in the drawing around a swinging center shaft 14A.

Reference numeral 16 is a means for holding the soft member 18 attached to the swing shaft 14A of the swing means 14, and holding member 2 mounted coaxially with the swing shaft 14A.
A vacuum suction means 22B is provided at 0A.

FIG. 4 shows the structure of the vacuum suction means, in which suction holes 22b, 22b are provided at the tip 20a of the holding member 20A and connected to the suction drive means 24.

FIG. 5 shows a soft member 16, which in this example comprises a felt 16A made of a fibrous material and a double-sided tape 16B coated with a double-sided adhesive on one side of the felt 16A, which has a width of 4.0 mm and a length of 33 mm. It is cut into strips of 6 mm.

Reference numeral 26 is a first position control means, and 28 is a second position control means.

As shown in FIG. 6, the first attitude control means 26 includes a control block member 26A attached to the slider member 12 and two operating arms 26a1 and 26a2.
The two actuating arms can be opened and closed in the direction E in the drawing by a driving means 26B, and the suction means 22B
The correction operation of the position in the E direction of the soft member 16 suction-held by is performed.

The second position control means 28 includes a holding member 28A attached to the slider member 12 and the holding member 28A.
And a driving pin 28C attached to the driving means 28B and an actuating pin 28C which is moved forward and backward in the F direction by the driving means 28B, and corrects the position in the F direction of the soft member 16 held by the suction means.

Reference numeral 30 denotes a sticking means for sticking the soft member 16 to the sticking member such as the container shown in FIG. 1, and the means 30 is attached to the slider member 30A sliding on the slide guide member 8. The first slide means 32, the second slide means 34 attached to the first slide means, and the pressing means 3 for the attaching operation.
6 and so on.

The first slide means 32 is a first slide guide member 32A attached to the slider member 30A.
And a first slider 32B is attached to the slide guide member 32A.

Further, the slide guide member 34A of the second slide means 34 is attached to the first slider 32B, and the slide member 34C of the second slide means slides in the direction G in the figure on the slide guide member 34A. It is possible to install.

The second slide member 34C is provided with a soft member holding means 36 for holding a part of the attaching member 16 at the reference position of the attached member (container).

The holding means 38 is the second slide member 3
4C, a spring member 38 stretched between a movable member 38A that is vertically movable in the G direction and the first slide member 32B.
B and a pin member 38C attached to the tip of the moving member 38A.

The pressurizing means 36 is attached to the tip end portion of the first slide member 32B, and the moving means 36 moves forward and backward in the G direction with respect to the first slide member 32A.
A and a rotating body 36B attached to the tip of the moving member
And so on.

The first and second slider means are controlled by the slider control means 40, and the moving member and rotating member of the pressurizing means are controlled by the pressurizing control means 36C.

FIG. 9 shows a side surface shape of the rotating body 36B, and a groove 36 for pressing the soft member 16 is formed on the outer periphery of the rotating body.
b is formed.

Next, the operating procedure of the present apparatus will be described with reference to the flow chart, and the method of the present invention and the operation of the apparatus will be described.

First, the slide drive means 12A is used to mount the slide means 12 on the stand 4 on which the soft member 16 is placed.
4, the vacuum suction driving means is operated to cause the suction holding means 20 to hold the soft member 16 by suction. Step 1

During the process of step 1, the container 1 to be adhered is placed on the table 46 for the adhered member. This mounting operation is controlled such that the recessed portion of the attachment portion 1B of the opening 1A of the container 1 faces upward and the curved surface of the recessed portion can be fitted as the rotating member 36B descends. To be done.

Subsequent to step 1, the soft member 16 held by the suction holding means 20 is corrected by the first and second position control means 26, 28 for the posture position in the held state. Step 2

After that, the soft member 16 sucked and held by the swinging means 14 is swung at a predetermined tilt angle, and the tilt angle (20 degrees) is maintained. Step 3

As shown in FIG. 10, the step 3 of maintaining the tilt angle is such that the opening 1A of the attaching portion 1B of the container 1 of the adhered member placed on the placing table 46 has a recessed portion and an end surface portion 1C. And the straight portion 1D, and the inclined surface 1 following the straight portion 1D
The end surface portion 1C in step 4 of the next step.
This is done to place the soft member 16 so as to stretch it between the inclined surface 1E and the inclined surface 1E.

After holding the soft member 16 at an inclined angle, the slide means 12 is moved in the direction of the arrow A, then lowered by a predetermined amount, and the suction operation is released to set the soft member 16 to the container. Place it on the side of the opening where it will be pasted. Step 4

Reference numeral 48 is a support member for supporting one end of the soft member 16 attached to the stand 46, and supports one end of the soft member 16 which has been suction-released in the process operation of step 4. , It acts to prevent the soft member from contacting the surface of the container to be attached.

After releasing the soft member 16, the cylinder means 12 retracts to its original position, and then the pasting means 30 moves in the direction of arrow C, and as shown in FIG. The rotating body 36B moves to a position where the opening of the container is to be attached. Step 5

In the attaching operation, first, the slide member 34 is lowered in the G direction to press and fix one end side of the soft member 16 on the inclined surface by the pin member 38C. FIG. Step 6

Subsequently, the rotating member is rotated and driven by the control means 36C, and is lowered in the G direction. Step 7

By the rotating and lowering operation of the rotating body 36B, the rotating body 36B descends while rotating, and firstly, the rotating member 36B is pushed to the soft member from a position near the place where the pin member 38C is restrained. By applying pressure, the soft member is pressed and fixed to the sticking surface of the opening 1A, and at the same time, the soft member moves along the concave portion of the sticking surface so as to be caught in the rotary motion of the rotating body. It will be pasted.

In the pasting operation by the rotating body 38C, since one side of the soft member 16 is held in a floating state by the support member 48, the surface of the soft member 16 on which the adhesive is present is to be pasted on the container. It will not come into contact with the surface and only the pressing part of the rotating body will contact with the surface to be pasted, so there will be no accidents such as wrinkling of the soft member or occurrence of some sticking defects. You can paste on the entire planned surface. FIG. Step 8

When the rotating body 36B descends to a predetermined position, the soft member changes from the state of FIG. 11 to the pasting state of FIG. 12, the pasting operation is executed, and thereafter, the pressing means 36 is raised and the C direction is changed. The return to the original position is performed. Step 9

With the above fixing, the pasting operation is completed,
After that, the container 1 on the stand 46 is transported to a sticking inspection process (not shown), and subsequently, the container is set on the stand 46.

The operation of each control means is controlled by the control means 100.

As shown in FIG. 2, the container of this example has a form having sticking surfaces on both sides of the opening 1A, and the operations in steps 1 to 9 are the same as those in FIG. By providing a pair of means respectively, the sticking operation can be performed simultaneously on both sides.

(Explanation of Another Example) The pasting operation shown in FIG. 3 can be used to perform the pasting operation on the pasting surface fairly accurately.
It is necessary to consider the manufacturing error of the width dimension and the manufacturing error of the sticking surface of the container.

That is, as described above, the cartridge type is widely used in the developing portion of the image forming apparatus, which has been described as one of the usage modes of the present invention, and it is required that the assembling position of each member be highly accurate due to miniaturization. Is coming.

For example, in the container of FIG. 2, the opening dimension D
If the soft member 16 is attached to the inside of the so as to protrude, the development size is affected and the product becomes defective.

Therefore, it is necessary to devise a method in which the soft member is not stuck to the inside of the developing size D.

This example proposes a device that answers the above problems.

In this example, the above-mentioned problems are solved by incorporating the position adjusting means of the soft member in the rotating body of the pressing means shown in FIG.

A description will be given below with reference to FIGS.

In FIGS. 14 and 15, reference numeral 50 is a rotating body corresponding to the rotating body 36B, and the rotating body 50 has a shaft portion 52A, a first step portion 52B, a second step portion 52C, and a rotating surface portion 52D. The first rotating member 52 having the shaft portion 5
The second rotating member 54 fitted in 2A, and the spring 56.
And a spring restraining member 58, a fixing screw 60, and the like.

A groove portion 50A for sandwiching the soft member 16 is formed by the rotating surface portion 52D and the second rotating member 54.
The groove width W of 0 A can be adjusted by the spring member 56.

The mechanism 50 is attached to the tip portion of the slider member 36A as in the above embodiment.

In step 5 of the embodiment, the inner surface 52a of the rotating surface 52D of the first rotating member 52 of the rotating body 50 is moved to the opening of the container 1 by the movement of the pressing means 30 in the c direction. The movement of the straight section 1D is controlled to extend upward.

From this state, the operation from step 6 onward is performed in the same manner as in the above embodiment. When the width dimension of the soft member 16 is larger than the design dimension in descending the rotating body of FIG. 14 in step 7, the groove width W is adjusted against the pressure of the spring as shown in FIG. Done.

[0069]

As described above, the present invention is a method for attaching a soft member to a member to be attached having a curved surface portion,
An adhesive is provided on the sticking surface of the soft member, and one end side of the soft member is arranged at the sticking reference position of the sticking target member, and the other end side is held in a state of floating in the air. By sticking the soft member along the curved surface portion from the side, the soft member can be efficiently stuck.

In particular, at the start of sticking on the one end side, the other end side is kept in a non-contact state with the member to be stuck by the holding member to prevent the soft member from winding. I was able to.

Further, the present invention is a method for attaching a soft member provided with an adhesive to an adhered portion consisting of a curved surface portion and a linear portion following the curved surface portion, the method being applied to a reference position on the linear portion of the adhered portion. By fixing one end side of the soft member and sticking the soft member to the pasted part by linear movement and rotary motion along the straight part of the rotating member, sticking to the curved surface part is also possible. I was able to do it efficiently.

Further, a container having an opening having a curved surface is held at a predetermined position, and a soft member to be attached to the curved surface is moved to an upper position of the opening while being held by a holding means, and one end side of the soft member is held. While keeping the container in a non-contact state with the container opening portion, the container is fixed at the sticking start position of the opening portion, and the soft member is stuck along the opening portion from the fixed side, thereby ensuring confidentiality. We were able to improve the required sealing function.

Further, a soft member provided with an adhesive is fixed to one end side of the opening forming the curved surface, the other end side of the soft member is maintained in a non-contact state, and the soft member is stretched along the curved surface from the one end side. With the container to which the members are attached, it is possible to improve the airtightness of a container that requires airtightness such as a toner container of an image forming apparatus.

Further, in a device for sticking a soft member provided with an adhesive, a means for holding the soft member and moving it to a relative position with respect to the pasted part of the pasted member, and the pasted member A sticking device for a soft member, comprising: a means for holding one end of the soft member at one end side of the sticking part; and a means for moving the soft member while pressing the soft member along the sticking part from the one end side. It was possible to improve the production efficiency of the pasting work.

By proposing a device having means for keeping the other end of the soft member in a non-contact state with the member to be adhered, a device with good workability could be obtained.

Further, in the apparatus of the present invention, the means for moving while pressurizing has a rotating body which rotates along the pasted portion of the pasted member so that the pasting accuracy can be guaranteed. did it.

Furthermore, according to the present invention, in a device for sticking a soft member along an opening of a container, a means for holding the soft member at a sticking start position of the opening, and a sticking standard for the soft member. With the device for sticking the soft member, which is provided with the means for adjusting the position and the reference position for sticking the opening, it is possible to obtain a device which can cope with dimensional variations of the soft member.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an image forming apparatus using a container according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of the container 1.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a device configuration of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a structure of a suction unit.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a soft member 16.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view of position adjusting means.

FIG. 7 is a control block diagram.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a rotating body of a pressing unit.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory view of placing a soft member.

FIG. 11 is an operation explanatory view of a pressurizing unit.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of a pasting operation.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of a pasting operation.

FIG. 14 is a structural explanatory view of another example.

FIG. 15 is an operation explanatory diagram.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Container 12, 30A, 36A Slider 14 Swinging means 16 Soft member 26, 28 Position adjusting means 30 Sticking means

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A method for attaching a soft member to a member to be attached having a curved surface, wherein an adhesive is provided on the attachment surface of the soft member, and one end side of the soft member is attached to the member to be attached. The flexible member is arranged at the sticking reference position, and after holding the other end side in a state of being floated in the air, the soft member is stuck along the curved surface portion from the one end side. How to attach. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the other end side is maintained in a non-contact state with the pasted member by a holding member at a time point when the one end side is pasted.
A method for attaching a soft member as described above. 3. A method of sticking a soft member provided with an adhesive to a pasted portion consisting of a curved surface portion and a straight portion following the curved portion, wherein the soft member is located at a reference position on the straight portion of the pasted portion. The one end side is fixed, and the soft member is stuck to the pasted portion by a linear movement and a rotary motion of the rotary member along the straight line portion. 4. A container having an opening formed of a curved surface is held at a predetermined position, and a soft member attached to the curved surface is moved to an upper position of the opening while being held by a holding means.
While maintaining one end side of the soft member in a non-contact state with the container opening, fixed to the sticking start position of the opening,
A method of attaching a soft member, characterized in that the soft member is attached from the fixed side along the opening. 5. A soft member provided with an adhesive is fixed to one end side of an opening forming a curved surface, the other end side of the soft member is maintained in a non-contact state, and the soft member is provided along the curved surface from the one end side. A container having a member attached thereto. 6. The container according to claim 5, wherein the container is a developing container having a developing rotary member fitted in the opening. 7. In a device for sticking a soft member provided with an adhesive, a means for holding the soft member and moving it to a relative position with respect to a pasting portion of a pasting member, and a pasting member of the pasting member. A soft material comprising means for holding one end of the soft member at one end side of the pasting portion, and means for moving the soft member while pressing the soft member along the pasted portion from the one end side. A device for attaching members. 8. The sticking device for a soft member according to claim 7, further comprising means for maintaining the other end of the soft member in a non-contact state with the member to be stuck. 9. The sticking device for a soft member according to claim 8, wherein the means for moving while applying a pressure has a rotating body that rotates along the sticking part of the sticking member. 10. A device for sticking a soft member along an opening of a container, means for holding the soft member at a sticking start position of the opening, a sticking reference position of the soft member, and the opening. And a means for adjusting the position with respect to the sticking reference position.