JPH0958642A - Metal tag feeder mounted to automatic binding apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To save labor and time required to fix a metal tag to a bound material after binding and simultaneously prevent an error in the fixing of the metal tag when materials are bound by an automatic binding apparatus, by withdrawing the metal tag from a metal tag guide body with the aid of a binding wire and bringing the metal tag into close contact with an outer peripheral surface of the materials to be bound. SOLUTION: Before a binding wire W is drawn out along an inner peripheral face of a wire guide G, a metal tag T is fed to a wire passage of a wire guide dividing body G2 by a metal tag feeder S. After a sensor detects this feed, the binding wire W is drawn out along the inner peripheral face of the wire guide G. The binding wire W passes through a metal tag guide body 7 and one of wire insert holes of the metal tag T to enter the interior of the metal tag guide body 7 and passes through other each wire insert hole of the metal tag T to come out to the external side. When the binding wire drawn out in the form of a loop is tightened, the metal tag T is withdrawn from the metal tag guide body 7 and fixed to materials to be bound.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is mounted on an automatic binding device capable of simultaneously attaching a metal tag to a binding wire when binding a bound material such as various coils or various steel materials with the binding wire. The present invention relates to a metal tag supply device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art First, a schematic structure of an automatic coil binding device and its operation will be briefly described with reference to the drawings of an embodiment of the present invention. 1 and 2, the pair of left and right compression units Ua and Ub are both bases 1a and 1b.
The compression plates 2a and 2b are vertically provided on the front face of the compression plate 2a, and the compression plates 2a and 2b are arranged to face each other.
Each compression unit Ua, Ub has a hydraulic cylinder 3
It is guided by the guide rail 4 by the action of a and 3b so that it can run in the same direction. The automatic bundling device composed of a pair of left and right compression units Ua and Ub has a pair of wire guides G so that they can be bound at two locations at the same time.
(See FIG. 4). This wire guide G
After forming the binding wire W into a loop shape, it is a member for tightening and binding, and is divided into two along the longitudinal direction. Each compression unit Ua, the Ub, is mounted a wire guide G along the longitudinal direction in a non-equally into two divided each wire guide divided body G _1, G ₂ has been mounted on one of the compression unit Ua The longer wire guide division G ₁ is connected to the compression unit Ua by the hydraulic cylinder 5.
It is possible to move in the same direction as the moving direction. Further, a lifter L for supporting the coil C so as to be able to move up and down is disposed between the compression units Ua and Ub.
The lifter L includes a pair of support rollers 6 that can be driven and rotated.
It has.

For example, a pipe coil is a long pipe spirally wound in a multi-layered state, and is compressible along the axial direction. Then, in order to bind the pipe coil using the binding device, the pipe coil C is placed on the lifter L so that the height of the axial center of the pipe coil C substantially coincides with the position of the wire guide G of the binding device.
Adjust with the lifter L. After that, when the respective compression units Ua, Ub are advanced by the respective hydraulic cylinders 3a, 3b, the pipe coil C is compressed in the axial direction by the respective compression plates 2a, 2b as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. In this state, the wire guide divisions G ₁ attached to the compression unit Ua are moved forward by the hydraulic cylinder 5 to be connected to the wire guide divisions G ₂ attached to the other compression unit Ub. . With this, the pipe coil C is sandwiched by the wire guides G at two locations that are substantially symmetrical with respect to the axis (FIG. 4). That is, the wire guide divisions G _{1 and} G ₂ arranged in the state shown in FIG.
Due to the advancement of Ub and the advancement of the wire guide division G ₁ with respect to the compression unit Ua, they are arranged as shown in FIG. Next, as shown by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. 4, the binding wire W is fed along the inner peripheral surface of the connected wire guide G to form a loop, and then the binding wire W is tightened, The pipe coil C is bound by the binding wire W as shown by a dashed line in the figure. Next, the compression units Ua, Ub are retracted to their original positions, the wire guide division G ₁ mounted on the compression unit Ua is retracted, and in this state, the support rollers 6 of the lifter L are driven and rotated. , The pipe coil C that has been bound at two locations is rotated by approximately 90 °. Subsequently, when the pipe coils C are further bundled at two different places in the same manner as described above, the pipe coils C are bundled at the four places as shown in FIG.

The pipe coil C bound as described above is attached with a plate-shaped tag indicating the type and purpose of use. Conventionally, this tag is manually bound after binding. Since this is tied to the binding wire W, this work is troublesome, and at the same time, since the tag is attached after the binding, another tag may be mistakenly attached. Further, not only the above-described coil automatic binding device, but also an automatic binding device for steel materials, for example, when the metal tag is attached to the binding wire, there is the same problem as above.

[0005]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention is designed such that when binding a bound material such as various coils or various steel materials by an automatic binding device, a metal tag can be attached to the binding wire at the same time, and after binding. The task is to save the trouble of attaching the tag and to prevent the mistake of attaching the tag.

[0006]

In order to solve this problem, the means adopted by the present invention is to dispose a material to be bound inside the wire guide, and in this state, the wire passage on the inner peripheral surface of the wire guide. In the automatic binding device configured to bind the materials to be bound by tightening the binding wire in the form of a loop guided by, a metal tag guide body at a specific portion of the wire guide, which is substantially orthogonal to the wire passage, Moreover, the metal tag guide is attached so that its tip reaches the wire passage, and wire insertion holes are provided on both side surfaces of the tip of the metal tag guide body. It is configured such that each of the metal tags provided with is pressed from the rear end by the pressing means and is pressed into the tip of the metal tag guide body to be supplied.

Before feeding the binding wire along the inner peripheral surface of the wire guide, the metal tag is pushed from the rear end by the pushing means and is pushed into the tip end portion of the metal tag guide body to be supplied. In this state, the wire insertion holes provided in the opposing portions of the metal tag formed by bending the metal plate in a U shape and the wire insertion holes provided on both side surfaces of the tip end portion of the metal tag guide body are substantially aligned with each other. All of them are located in the wire passage of the wire guide of the binding device. When the binding wire is fed out along the inner peripheral surface of the wire guide constituting the binding device to form a loop, the binding wire is inserted into the wire insertion holes of the metal tag guide body and the metal tag. When the loop-shaped binding wire is tightened, the binding tag pulls out the metal tag from the metal tag guide body and makes close contact with the outer peripheral surface of the coil. In particular, the bottom of the tip of the metal tag guide body that has entered the wire passage of the wire guide is separated from other parts so that it can be raised and lowered, and the separated tag support plate is lowered when tightening the binding wire. And the horizontal metal tag is tilted around the part of the binding wire,
The metal tag can be securely attached to the outer peripheral surface of the coil, and can be prevented from being installed in a standing posture.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The present invention will be described in more detail below by taking the automatic binding of pipe coils as an example. Note that the same reference numerals are given to the same portions as those described in the item of the above-mentioned "Prior Art", and only the characteristic portions of the present invention will be described without duplicating description. As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 4, one end portion of one wire guide divided body G ₂ in the compression unit Ub (opposite the end surface of the divided body G ₁ in a state of being connected to another wire guide divided body G ₁₎ The metal tag supply device S according to the present invention is attached to the part (to be performed).
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the metal tag supply device S includes a metal tag guide body 7 for guiding the metal tag T when the metal tag T is supplied to a wire passage portion of the wire guide G, and a metal tag guide body 7. At this time, the metal tag T is constituted by a pushing device 8 for pushing from the rear end.

As shown in FIG. 13, the metal tag T is formed by bending a rectangular metal thin plate into a U-shape and further bending the portions located at both ends thereof to the outside. Side plate portions 11 are provided opposite to each other at both ends, and each side plate portion 11 is provided with a contact plate portion 12,
This is a configuration in which a long hole-shaped wire insertion hole 13 is formed in each side plate portion 11. As shown in FIGS. 5 to 8, the metal tag guide body 7 regulates the metal tag T along both the width direction and the height direction of the metal tag T so that the wire passage 14 of the wire guide G (see FIGS. 6 and 6). (See FIG. 7), which is in the shape of a rectangular tube, is substantially orthogonal to the wire passage 14, and is horizontal so that its tip reaches the wire passage 14 Is attached to. The metal tag guide 7 is provided in the supply unit 7
a, the inlet portion 7b, the standby portion 7c, and the wire insertion portion 7
The upper surface of only the supply portion 7a is opened, and the other portions are corners that allow the metal tag T to pass while being regulated along both the width direction and the height direction. It has a cylindrical structure. Further, a pair of left and right pressing tools 16 for lightly pressing the display plate portion 9 of the metal tag T from above are attached to the top plate 15 of the standby portion 7c of the metal tag guide body 7 and the wire insertion portion 7d. There is. The pressing tool 16 has a function as a stopper of the metal tag T supplied to these parts and a function of holding the metal tag T supplied to these parts so as not to move in the parts. As shown in FIG. 9, the steel ball 16a is biased downward by a compression spring 16b so as to be movable upward. In addition, the metal tag T is attached to the top plate 15 of the wire insertion portion 7d of the metal tag guide body 7.
1 to detect that the vehicle has reached the part
7 is attached. Further, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, elongated metal wire insertion holes 18 are formed on both sides of the wire insertion portion 7d of the metal tag guide body 7 and open at the lead-out end side of the metal tag T. Has been. Further, the bottom portion of the wire insertion portion 7d of the metal tag guide 7 has a structure separated from other portions, and the tag support plate 19 constituting this bottom portion can be slightly moved up and down by the lifting cylinder 21. . At the end of the tag support plate 19 on the supply side, the metal tag T and the metal tag guide 7 are provided.
A guide wall 22 is provided to ensure that the binding wire W inserted into one of the wire insertion holes 13 and 18 reaches the other wire insertion holes 13 and 18.

The metal tag guide 7 has a bracket 24 attached to the board 23 on which the wire guide division G ₂ is mounted.
And the pushing device 8 is also mounted on the substrate 23. As shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, the pushing device 8 has a second cylinder 26 stacked below the first cylinder 25, and each rod 25a,
26a so that the cylinders 25,
26 is integrated, and the bracket 2 is attached to the substrate 23.
Cylinder support plate 28 is horizontally attached in a cantilevered manner via 7 to form an integrated first and second cylinder 2
Rollers 29 mounted on the lower portions of the cylinders 5, 26 are mounted on the cylinder support plate 28, and each of the first and second cylinders 2
5, 26 are supported by the cylinder support plate 28, and the tip portion of the rod 25a of the upper first cylinder 25 is the substrate 23.
Is connected to the bracket 31 fixed to
The configuration is such that the leading end of the rod 26a of the lower second cylinder 26 and the rear end of the tag pressing plate 32 are connected by a connecting plate 33. The tag push plate 32 is supported by two sets of support rollers 34, which are mounted in the rear end portion of the metal tag guide body so as to be a pair of upper and lower pairs.

When the pipe coils C are bound by the automatic binding device having the above-mentioned metal tag feeder S,
At the same time, the metal tag T is attached to the binding wire W in the following manner. As described in the section "Prior Art", the compression units Ua and Ub are moved forward, and the pipe coil C is compressed by the compression plates 2a and 2b, and then the wire guide attached to one compression unit Ua. The split body G ₁ is moved forward with respect to the compression unit Ua, connected to the wire guide split body G ₂ mounted on the other compression unit Ub, and bound along the inner peripheral surface of the wire guide G to form a binding wire W. Before feeding out the wire guide divided body G by the metal tag supply device S.
_The metal tag T is supplied to the _second wire passage 14.

The metal tag T is engraved with the type of the pipe coil C to be bound, and the metal tag T is located above the supply portion 7a of the metal tag guide 7 by an appropriate means such as adsorption. More sheets are supplied one by one to the relevant portion (FIG. 9). In this state, when the rod 25a of the first cylinder 25 of the pushing device 8 is retracted, the metal tag T
The display plate portion 9 is pressed by the tag pressing plate 32, passes through the inlet portion 7b, and is pushed into the standby portion 7c (FIG. 10). When the metal tag T is pushed into the standby portion 7c, the pressing tool 1 attached to the top plate 15 of this portion 1
The display plate portion 9 of the metal tag T is lightly pressed downward by 6. For this reason, the metal tag T stops at a fixed position, and even if vibration is applied to the metal tag supply device S when the wires are bound by the automatic binding device, the standby portion 7c
The metal tag T, which is stopped at, keeps its position without fine movement. Before supplying the metal tag T to the wire insertion portion 7d of the metal tag supply device S, the metal tag T stands by in the standby portion 7c.

Then, before the binding wire W is paid out along the inner peripheral surface of the wire guide G, the second portion of the pushing device 8 is pushed.
When the rod 26a of the cylinder 26 is retracted, the metal tag T which is pushed into the standby portion 7c of the metal tag guide 7 and is on standby is further pushed by the tag push plate 32 to reach the wire insertion portion 7d (FIG. 11). ). In this state, the metal tag T is supported by the tag support plate 19 that can move up and down while the display plate portion 9 is pressed by the pair of pressing tools 16 arranged above it. In this way, when the metal tag T is pushed into the wire insertion portion 7d, as shown in FIG.
Each wire insertion hole 13 provided in each side plate portion 11 of the metal tag T and each wire insertion hole provided on both sides of the wire insertion portion 7d of the metal tag guide body 7 while entering the wire passage 14 of the wire guide G 18 and almost match (FIG. 11). As described above, the metal tag T
When the wire reaches the wire insertion portion 7d of the metal tag guide body 7, the sensor 17 provided at this portion detects this, and the binding wire W along the inner peripheral surface of the wire guide G.
Is delivered. When the binding wire W reaches the portion of the metal tag guide body 7, the binding wire W passes through the wire insertion holes 18 and 13 of one of the metal tag guide body 7 and the metal tag T, and the metal tag guide body 7 moves. It goes inside and goes out through the other wire insertion holes 13 and 18. Here, the wire insertion holes 13 and 1 provided in the metal tag T and the metal tag guide body 7, respectively.
Since all 8 are elongated holes, even if there is some deviation in the passing path of the binding wire W passing through the wire passage 14, the binding wire W is surely provided in the metal tag guide body 7. Get in and get out. Further, also inside the metal tag guide 7, the guide wall 22 provided on the tag support plate 19 prevents the tip end of the binding wire W from entering the inside of the metal tag guide 7 for a certain amount or more.

The tightening of the binding wire W, which is fed out in a loop along the inner peripheral surface of the wire guide G, is started, and the binding wire W is centered in the longitudinal direction of the wire insertion hole 13 of the metal tag T. After passing through, the rod 21a of the elevating cylinder 21 is retracted, and the metal tag T is inserted at the wire insertion portion 7d of the metal tag guide body 7.
When the tag support plate 19 that supports the wire is lowered, the metal tag T is attached to the contact plate portion 1 around the portion of the binding wire W inserted into the wire insertion hole 13.
2 is inclined by a predetermined angle in the direction facing the pipe coil C (FIG. 12). In this state, further tightening the loop-shaped tie wire W causes the metal tag T
Is pulled out from the metal tag guide body 7 in an inclined posture by the binding wire W, the pipe coil C is bound by the binding wire W, and at the time of binding, the metal tag T is attached to the contact plate portion 12 thereof. Is in close contact with the outer peripheral surface of the pipe coil C, and the binding wire W
(Fig. 14). As described above, when the metal tag T is pulled out from the metal tag guide body 7 by the binding wire W and brought into close contact with the outer peripheral surface of the pipe coil C, if the metal tag T is inclined at a predetermined angle, the metal tag T Can be prevented from being attached to the outer peripheral surface of the pipe coil C in a standing posture. However, in the present invention, it is not always necessary to provide the above-mentioned vertically movable tag support plate 19, and the metal tag T can be kept in a horizontal posture. It may be configured to be pulled out from the metal tag guide 7. This allows
When the pipe coil C is bound, the metal tag T is attached to the binding wire W at the same time.

Further, in the above embodiment, the metal tag guide body 7 is provided with the waiting portion 7c, and the cylinder for pushing the metal tag corresponding thereto is also formed by integrating the two cylinders into the wire guide G wire. Before supplying the metal tag T to the passage 14, the metal tag T is made to stand still in the standby portion 7c so that the metal tag T can be supplied to the wire passage 14 in a stable posture. If the metal tag T can be held in a stable posture in the supply part 7 of FIG. 7, the waiting part 7c is not always necessary, and accordingly, the cylinder forming the device for pushing the metal tag can be one. In the above embodiment, the pipe coil is described as an example. However, even in the case of the wire rod coil, the metal tag can be attached to the binding wire at the same time when binding the wire coil. In the above embodiment, the coil support member for supporting the coil, which is disposed between the pair of compression units, is composed of a lifter that can be moved up and down. When the coil is placed on and supported by the fixed coil support member, the coil may have a set height.

Further, the above-mentioned embodiment is an example in which the present invention is applied to an automatic binding device for pipe coils. In the present invention, the material to be bound is arranged inside the wire guide, and the wire guide is placed in this state. It can be implemented for any automatic binding device as long as it has a structure in which the binding wire in the form of a loop guided by the wire passage on the inner peripheral surface is tightened to bind the material to be bound. For example, a plurality of wire guides are arranged along the conveying direction in the course of conveying a steel material, the steel material is temporarily stopped at the portion of the wire guide, and the steel material is bound at this portion. The present invention can be applied to the automatic binding device.

[0017]

According to the present invention, the material to be bound is disposed inside the wire guide, and in this state, the binding wire which is looped by being guided by the wire passage on the inner peripheral surface of the wire guide is tightened. In an automatic binding device configured to bind the materials to be bound, a metal tag guide body is attached to a specific portion of the wire guide so as to be substantially orthogonal to the wire passage, and the tip portion thereof reaches the wire passage, Wire insertion holes are provided on both sides of the tip of the metal tag guide, the metal plates are bent into U-shapes, and the metal tags having the wire insertion holes at opposite portions are pressed from the rear end by the pushing means. Then, it is pushed to the tip of the metal tag guide to supply it, and when the binding wire is fed along the inner peripheral surface of the wire guide to form a loop, The binding wire is inserted to each wire insertion hole of the metal tag guiding body and a metal tag, when tightening of the binding wire which is looped,
Since the metal tag is pulled out from the metal tag guide body by the binding wire and brought into close contact with the outer peripheral surface of the material to be bound, when the coil is bound by the binding wire, the metal tag can be attached to the binding wire at the same time. it can. For this reason, it is possible not only to save the labor of manually attaching the tag after binding the coils, but also to the metal tag feeder, since the pre-managed metal tag can be automatically fed, and the wrong tag is attached to the coil. It is possible to prevent the accident. In addition, the bottom of the tip of the metal tag guide body that enters the wire passage of the wire guide is composed of a vertically movable tag support plate that is separated from other parts, and the tag support plate is lowered when tightening the binding wire. Then, the horizontal metal tag is tilted about the part of the binding wire, and the metal tag is pulled out from the metal tag guide body in this tilted posture. The metal tag can be securely attached to the coil without being attached.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an automatic coil binding device including a metal tag supply device S according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a view showing a non-connection state of wire guide divided bodies G _{1 and} G ₂ .

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of a binding action in which the wire guide divided bodies G _{1 and} G ₂ are in a connected state.

FIG. 5 is a partially cutaway front view of the metal tag supply device S.

6 is a plan view of a metal tag supply device S. FIG.

7 is a cross-sectional view of a wire insertion portion 7d of the metal tag guide body 7. FIG.

8 is a partial side view of a wire insertion portion 7d of the metal tag guide body 7. FIG.

9 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the metal tag guide body 7 in a state where the metal tag T is supplied to the supply portion 7a. FIG.

FIG. 10 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the metal tag guide body 7 in a state where the metal tag T is supplied to the standby portion 7c.

FIG. 11 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the metal tag guide body 7 in a state where the metal tag T is supplied to the wire insertion portion 7d.

FIG. 12 is an operation explanatory view showing that the metal tag T is pulled out from the metal tag guide body 7 in an inclined posture.

FIG. 13 is a perspective view of a metal tag T.

FIG. 14 is a perspective view of a pipe coil C bundled with a metal tag T attached to a binding wire W.

[Explanation of symbols]

 C: Pipe coil (material to be bound) G: Wire guide S: Metal tag feeder T: Metal tag W: Bundling wire 7: Metal tag guide 7c: Standby part of metal tag guide 7d: Wire of metal tag guide Insertion part 8: Pushing device 13: Wire insertion hole of metal tag 18: Wire insertion hole of metal tag guide body 19: Tag support plate

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Naoki Takasugi 3434 Shimada, Hitsu-shi, Yamaguchi Pref., Nippon Steel Co., Ltd. Hikari Steel Works (72) Makoto Fukuda 3434, Shimada, Hikari-shi, Yamaguchi Pref. Komatsu Ltd. (72) Noriyuki Nagaishi, Inventor, Noriyuki Nagaishi 1-3-1, Otani, Hachimanto-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture In-Tech Engineering Department, Astec Co., Ltd. (72) Nobuyuki Inoue 1 Otani, Hachimanto-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka 3-chome No. 1 in Astec Co., Ltd. Irie Engineering Department (72) Inventor Masayuki Harada 3434 Shimada, Hikari City, Yamaguchi Prefecture Astec Co., Ltd. Irie Hikari Branch (72) Inventor Tatsuji Hattori 9 Takiharu-cho, Minami-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi Prefecture Address: Daido Machinery Works Co., Ltd.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A material to be bound is provided inside a wire guide, and in this state, a binding wire looped by being guided by a wire passage on an inner peripheral surface of the wire guide is tightened to bind the material to be bound. In the automatic binding device configured to bind the metal tag guide, a metal tag guide is attached to a specific portion of the wire guide such that the metal tag guide is substantially orthogonal to the wire passage and the tip portion thereof reaches the wire passage. Wire insertion holes are provided on both sides of the tip of the body, the metal plate is bent in a U shape, and the wire insertion holes are provided at the opposite parts, respectively. When pushing to the tip of the guide body to supply it, and feeding the binding wire along the inner peripheral surface of the wire guide to form a loop,
The binding wire is inserted into each of the metal tag guide body and each wire insertion hole of the metal tag, and when tightening the looped binding wire, the binding wire pulls out the metal tag from the metal tag guide body. A metal tag supply device mounted on an automatic binding device, characterized in that it is configured to be in close contact with the outer peripheral surface of a binding material. 2. The bottom of the tip of the metal tag guide body, which is inserted into the wire passage of the wire guide, is a vertically movable tag support plate which is separated from other parts, and the tag support plate is provided when the binding wire is tightened. The metal tag supply mounted on the automatic binding device according to claim 1, wherein the plate is lowered so that the horizontal metal tag can be tilted around the portion of the binding wire. apparatus. 3. The metal tag guide is provided with a standby portion for keeping the metal tag in a stationary state before supplying the metal tag to a portion of the wire passage of the wire guide. A metal tag supply device mounted on the automatic binding device according to claim 1. 4. The metal tag supply device mounted on the automatic binding device according to claim 1, wherein the metal tag guide body has a rectangular tube shape.