JPH0935764A - Device for aligning button-type batteries - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide as aligning device which can orient or align button-type batteries fitted with seal tapes for sealing easily and besides surely, coping with demand increase or mass production enough, by orientating them, using specified two sets of carry guides in the process of carriage. SOLUTION: This drawing device possesses a carrier 1, which carries button- type batteries 2 placed with their faces fitted with sealing tapes 2a for sealing upward, a first carry guide 3 with a built-in magnet 3a, which is arranged with its angle shifted from the direction of the advance of the carrier 1 and besides guides the carriage, contacting with the periphery of the button-type batteries 2 placed on the carrier face, and a second carry guide 4 in the shape of a inverse L which is arranged opposite to the first carry guide 3 and has a face 4a to contact with the tip of the seal tape 2a for sealing of the button- type battery 2.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a button-type battery aligning device with a sealing tape, and more particularly to an aligning device for aligning a button-type battery with a sealing tape in a transportation process.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Button type zinc-air batteries have been attracting attention as driving power sources for hearing aids and vagers. Since this type of zinc-air battery uses oxygen as a positive electrode active material, it has a hole for taking in oxygen on the positive electrode side in advance, and a sealing seal is provided to prevent reaction of the battery system before use. The tape is used to seal the oxygen intake holes. In other words, the structure is such that it can be determined whether or not it is unused depending on the presence or absence of the sealing tape.

Further, this type of button type battery, like other types of batteries, has a commercial property when it is put on the market after the sealing tape is attached to a predetermined place in the final manufacturing process. Or it is packaged in consideration of aesthetics. Therefore, at the final stage of the production line,
It is desired that the button type batteries to which the sealing tape is attached be oriented so that they can be easily packaged.

[0004] However, in order to arrange the lines on the transfer line, generally, the sealing tape attached is fragile and easily damaged. Are used for In other words, a means (a packaging pack) for manually mounting the button-type batteries with the sealing tape in the respective button-type battery storage portions of a predetermined packaging pack by hand is employed.

[0005]

However, manually positioning and mounting the button type battery with the sealing tape in the corresponding packaging pack as described above is sufficient for increasing the demand and mass productivity of the button type battery. I can not cope. In other words, the packaging speed is slow and it cannot be used for mass production. In addition, not only will the cost increase if the human sea tactic system is adopted, but also the sealing tape that is affixed will become dirty or damaged during the manual handling process. However, there is an inconvenient problem that the commercial property is likely to be deteriorated.

In other words, while it is desired to make a button-type battery with a sealing tape that can be used as a packaging pack that can sufficiently meet the increasing demand and mass productivity of the button-type battery, it is possible to realize automatic alignment that is practically satisfactory. In the present situation, a button type battery aligning device with a sealing tape which can give a certain direction has not been developed yet.

The present invention has been made in consideration of such circumstances, and in order to meet the increasing demand and mass production, it is possible to easily or reliably orient and align button type batteries with a sealing tape. The purpose is to provide a device.

[0008]

According to the invention of claim 1, a button-type battery is placed with the surface with the sealing tape facing upward, and is conveyed in a predetermined direction; And a first conveyance guide with a built-in magnet, which guides the conveyance by contacting the peripheral surface of the button-type battery placed on the surface of the conveyance body and opposed to the first conveyance guide. And an inverted L-shaped second transport guide having a surface facing the tip of the sealing tape for sealing the button type battery, and a device for aligning the button type battery with the sealing tape.

That is, according to the present invention, the traveling direction of the button type battery with the sealing tape by the conveying body is regulated by the conveying guide, and a couple force is applied to the button type battery so that the button type battery is rotated in a plane during the conveying process. The gist is that the sealing seal tape has a certain directionality, or in other words, the button type battery has a certain directionality, and is aligned.

The magnet incorporated in the first transfer guide allows the button-type battery to slidably contact and move, while the button-type battery deviates from the sliding surface of the first transfer guide. It suffices if it has a holding property such that it does not come off.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the button type battery with the sealing tape is offset in angle with respect to the traveling direction of the carrier by the pair of carrier guides facing each other. Then, due to the angle deviation, the peripheral surface of the button-type battery is first
It comes into contact with the conveyance guide surface of and slides to cause planar rotation in combination with the movement of the conveyance body. When the transported button-type battery is rotated in a plane, the tip end portion of the sealing tape is brought into contact with the rising surface of the second transport guide to give a certain directionality, so that the button-type battery becomes the first It is pushed while rotating to the side of the conveyance guide, and the peripheral surface portion thereof is brought into contact with and adsorbed to the sliding surface of the first conveyance guide, so that predetermined alignment and conveyance can be reliably performed.

That is, according to the means of the present invention, button type batteries can be aligned in a predetermined direction easily and accurately without causing damage to the sealing tape, and can be easily mounted and stored in, for example, a packaging pack. And

[0013]

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

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a schematic structure of a button type battery aligning device with a sealing tape according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, 1 is a carrier for mounting a button type battery 2 with a sealing tape and carrying it in a predetermined direction, and 3 is an angle with respect to the traveling direction (arrow) of the carrier 1. A first transfer which is slidably arranged and slidably contacts the peripheral surface of the button type battery 2 placed on the surface of the transfer body 1 and has a built-in magnet 3a for guiding the transfer of the button type battery 2. Be a guide.

Reference numeral 4 denotes an inverted L-shape which is arranged so as to face the first transport guide 3 and controls the direction by bringing the tip of the sealing tape 2a of the button type battery 2 into contact with the rising surface 4a. It is a second conveyance guide. Here, the opposed front end surface portion 4b of the second transfer guide 4 guides the transfer while slidingly contacting the peripheral surface portion of the button type battery 2 to be transferred. In the configuration of this aligning device, it is generally desirable that the carrier 1 is an endless type belt conveyor, and the pair of carrier guides 3 and 4 have their facing surfaces parallel to each other, and with respect to the traveling direction of the carrier 1. For example, they are arranged in a state of obliquely intersecting at an angle of about 3 to 7 ° (5 ° in this embodiment). The length, the facing interval, the shape, and the like of the transport guides 3 and 4 are appropriately selected and set depending on the type and size of the target button-type battery with a sealing tape.

Next, the operation of the button type battery aligning device with the sealing tape as constructed above will be described. First, the button type battery 2 with the sealing tape which moves in the traveling direction of the carrier 1 along with the movement of the carrier 1 is transferred to the carrier guide 3,
When reaching the arrangement region 4, the peripheral surface portion of the button type battery 2 slidably contacts the facing front end surface portion 4b of the inverted L-shaped second transport guide 4. At this time, the direction is regulated by the facing front end surface portion 4b of the second transport guide 4 which is obliquely intersected with the traveling direction of the transport body 1 by 5 °.

Due to this direction regulation and conveyance / movement, a couple acts on the button type battery 2, and the action of this couple causes the button type battery 2 in the course of conveyance to generate a planar rotation and stick. The leading end of the sealed sealing tape 2a is in contact with the rising surface 4a of the inverted L-shaped second transport guide 4. By the contact of the rising surface 4a of the second conveying guide 4 at the tip of the sealing tape 2a, the planar rotation of the button type battery 2 in the conveying process is suppressed or stopped, and the button type battery 2 has a constant directionality. Is given (aligned).

On the other hand, the button type battery 2 whose planar rotation is suppressed or stopped is pushed toward the first conveying guide 3 side, and the peripheral surface of the button type battery 2 is the surface of the first conveying guide 3 side. While sliding and contacting with each other, the button type battery 2 with the sealing tape is finally oriented (aligned) by being attracted and held by the magnet 3a incorporated in the first transport guide 3. In this way, the second transport guide 4
The directionality of the button type battery 2 once provided mainly on the side is reliably ensured by the direction holding property mainly on the side of the first transport guide 3.

An example in which the button type battery 2 with the sealing tape in the carrying device is oriented or aligned in the carrying process will be described. Here, the carrier 1
And run the press belt 5 at a speed of 3000 cm / min,
In addition, the transport guides 3 and 4 having a length of 20 cm are installed at an angle of 5 ° with respect to the speed traveling direction of the transport body 1, and the button type battery 2 with the sealing tape is installed in the transport guide 3, 4 installation area. When transported and passed, the button-type battery 2 with the sealing tape is rotated in a plane and sequentially labeled 2a.
Position, the end of the sealing tape 2a finally contacts the rising surface 4a of the second transport guide 4, and the rotation of the button-type battery 2 is stopped, so that the button-type battery 2 is constantly and surely fixed. Direction was given.

In this way, for example, in a battery production line, the ability to continuously arrange button-type batteries with a sealing tape provides many advantages in terms of productivity.

The present invention is not limited to the means exemplified above, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[0023]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the button type battery with the sealing tape is easily provided with a certain directionality during the transportation process and is surely aligned in a predetermined manner. That is, in the means according to the present invention, the button-type battery with the sealing sticker tape can be moved in a predetermined direction easily and accurately without the need for complicated operations and a lot of manpower, and without causing damage to the sealing sticker tape. It becomes possible to arrange them in a line and easily mount and store them in a packaging pack, for example, and to steadily support a mass production system, which can greatly contribute to productivity and the like.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a configuration example of a main part of a button type battery carrying device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... Carrier 2 ... Button type battery with sealing tape 2a ... Sealing tape 3 ... First transport guide 4 ... Second transport guide 4a ... Rise surface of second transport guide 4b ... ... The opposite end of the second conveyance guide

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A carrier for mounting a button type battery with the surface with a sealing tape facing upward and transporting the battery in a predetermined direction; and a transporter arranged at an angle with respect to the traveling direction of the transporter. A first conveyance guide with a built-in magnet, which is in contact with a peripheral surface of a button type battery placed on a body surface and guides conveyance, and a sealing seal for the button type battery, which is arranged so as to face the first conveyance guide. Inverted L with a surface facing the tape tip
A button type battery aligning device with a sealing tape, comprising a letter-shaped second conveyance guide.