JPH11180418A - Sheet takeout apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sheet takeout apparatus capable of surely taking out sheets one by one from a magazine. SOLUTION: This apparatus comprises support means 10 for supporting the front center 1a of a virtue statement 1 arranged at the front in a magazine 2 with a center guide 11 contacted to th statement 1, suction means 20 for sucking the front face both ends 1b of the statement 1 with a vacuum pad 21 contacted to the front virtue statement 1 to take up both end faces of the statement 1 in cooperation with the center guide 11, cutting means 30 for cutting off the front sheet from the following statement 1 with a hook 31 inserted in a space resulting from the take up of the both ends 1b of the virtue statement 1, and transferring means 40 for taking out the separated front vine statement 1 from the magazine 2 and transferring it to the next step.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for taking out sheets arranged and stored in a magazine, and more particularly to an apparatus for taking out sheets which is suitable for taking out a folded book.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 4 illustrates a conventional unloading apparatus for a package book packaged together with a film package of chemicals. This functional book is a sheet on which effects, precautions, etc. relating to chemicals are described. In the take-out device, the functional book 1 folded in advance by a functional book folding machine or the like is arranged and stored in the magazine 2. And the first book in Magazine 2
Is sucked by the vacuum pad 4 attached to the tip of the arm 3, and is taken out of the magazine 2 by rotating the arm 3 around the shaft 5. Noh book 1 taken out
Is transferred to the transfer device 6 by further rotating the arm 3.

[0003]

By the way, in the above-mentioned conventional take-out device, the magazine 2 is slightly inclined with its exit side downward so that the row of stored No. books 1 always flows to the exit side. A fixed hook (not shown) is installed at the exit to prevent the outflow of Noh 1
Is provided. For this reason, in the above-mentioned conventional take-out device, when the hook (the blocking length for the book) is too deep, the book 1 cannot be taken out. On the contrary, when the hook is shallow, the book 1 cannot be read. There is a problem in that two sheets may be picked up, and it is very difficult to adjust hooking.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and has as its object to take out sheets capable of surely taking out sheets (sheets) stored in a magazine one by one. It is to provide a device.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, in the sheet take-out apparatus of the present invention, a center guide is arranged at the center in the width direction of the outlet of the magazine, and is arranged in the magazine. A supporting means for contacting the front sheet and supporting a central portion of the front surface of the sheet, and vacuum pads opposed to each other in front of both ends in the width direction of the outlet of the magazine, and contacting the front sheet with the sheet. Suction means for sucking both ends of the front surface of the front sheet and turning the both ends of the leading sheet in cooperation with the center guide, and hooks are provided so as to be freely protruded and retracted at both ends in the width direction of the outlet of the magazine, respectively. After both ends of the sheet are turned, the hook is inserted into the space to separate the leading sheet and the succeeding sheet, and the leading sheet is separated from the magazine by the magazine. Taken out and a transfer means to pass to the next step.

In the sheet take-out apparatus of the present invention, when both ends of the first sheet arranged in the magazine are sucked by the suction pad and pulled out in front of the magazine outlet, the center of the sheet is supported by the center guide. Therefore, both ends of the sheet are rolled up with the center part left as it is. As a result, the hook protrudes into a space created between the sheet and the subsequent sheet, thereby separating the sheet from the subsequent sheet. The leading sheet thus separated from the succeeding sheet is moved to the next step.

[0007]

1 to 3 show a sheet take-out apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is a sheet take-out apparatus which is packed in a box together with a chemical film package. . As shown in these drawings, this take-out device is substantially folded at the center in the width direction of the first letter book 1 which is folded one by one in advance by a letter book folding machine (not shown) and stored and arranged in the magazine 2. A supporting means 10 having a center guide 11 for supporting 1a;
A suction means 20 having a pair of vacuum pads 21 for turning both ends 1b of the book 1 sucked in cooperation with the center guide 11, and a space after both ends 1b of the book 1 are turned by the vacuum pad 21. A separating means 30 having a pair of hooks 31 inserted and configured to separate the leading letter 1 from the trailing letter 1; and removing the leading letter 1 from the magazine 2 And transfer means 40 for transferring to the process.

In the support means 10, the center guide 1
1 is attached to a holder 41 of a transfer means 40 to be described later via an attachment portion 12. This center guide 11
Is driven by the transfer means 40, and is configured to move from a position crossing the exit of the magazine 2 in the vertical direction substantially at the center in the width direction of the magazine 2 to a letter receiving table 7 described later.

In the suction means 20, a pair of vacuum pads 21 are attached to the ends of the arms 22, respectively. The arm 22 is mounted on an eccentric shaft 23 having an eccentric amount e toward the inside with respect to the center of the arm shaft. A bearing 24 of the eccentric shaft 23 is mounted via a mounting plate 25 to a holder 41 of a transfer means 40 described later. Have been. A drive means 26 such as a motor is connected to the lower end of the eccentric shaft 23, and the drive means 26 is provided on the holder 41. When the driving means 26 is driven to rotate the eccentric shaft 23, the vacuum pad 21 turns around the eccentric shaft 23 and turns over both end portions 1 b of the attracted book 1,
It is designed to be separated from the next Noh book.

In the separating means 30, the base ends of the pair of hooks 31 are attached to the rotating shaft 32, and are rotated about the rotating shaft 32 by driving means (not shown) such as a motor. It is configured. And these hooks 3
1 is a position between the position where the tip of the rotation shaft 32 faces the exit of the magazine 2 shown by a solid line in FIG. 3 and the position which is off the exit of the magazine 2 shown by a two-dot chain line by the rotation of the rotation shaft 32. Is moved, and both ends 1 of the Noh book 1 are moved using the vacuum pad 21.
Inserting the tip of the hook 31 into the space after turning up the b, separates the leading book 1 and the following book 1 and the row of book 1 in the magazine 2 installed at an angle When the book 1 is taken out of the magazine 2 using the vacuum pad 21, the book 1 is evacuated from the outlet of the magazine 2 so that the book 1 can be taken out.

In the transfer means 40, the support means 10
The holder 41 holding the mounting portion 12 is connected to a driving means such as a motor (not shown) via a driving shaft 42.
In addition, a magazine 7 is installed below the front of the magazine 2, and a conveyor 6 such as a belt conveyor is installed adjacent to the magazine 7. Between them, a book extruding rod 8 for transferring the book 1 placed on the book holder 7 to the transport device 6 is provided. This transfer means 4
In the case of 0, when the drive shaft 42 is rotated by the drive means and the holder 41 is rotated accordingly, the vacuum pad 21 and the center guide 11 are moved, and the function book 1 sucked and taken out by the vacuum pad 21 is taken out. Is passed to the Noh receiving table 7 in a state of being adsorbed, and then the Noh pushing rod 8
Is driven to be transferred to the transport device 6.

In the thus configured take-out apparatus for Noh books 1, the Noh books 1 folded one by one by a Noh folding machine or the like in the preceding process are arranged and stored in the magazine 2, and the head of the row is read. At the exit position of the magazine 2, the outflow is prevented by a pair of hooks 31, and the suction position of the vacuum pad 21 is thereby defined. When the take-out operation of the functional book 1 is started, the drive shaft 42 is driven by a driving means (not shown), and the center guide 11 abuts on the central portion 1a of the leading functional book 1 to support the row of the functional book 1. Further, a pair of vacuum pads 21 are also in contact with the first book 1 in the magazine 2 and adsorb both ends 1b of the book 1. Next, the drive means (not shown) is operated to rotate the rotation shaft 32, and the pair of hooks 31 previously supporting the head of the row of the book 1 in the magazine 2 are pulled up to support the book 1. Then, the driving means 26 is driven to rotate the eccentric shaft 23. Then, the arm 22 rotates around the eccentric shaft 23, whereby the both ends 1 b of the first book 1 adsorbed on the vacuum pad 21 are turned up. Then, the tip of the hook 31 is inserted into the space after the rotation of the rotation shaft 32, and the first letter 1 is completely separated from the subsequent letter 1.
Next, the eccentric shaft 23 is rotated in the reverse direction so that the vacuum pad 21 is rotated.
When both ends 1b of the book 1 that is turned through are returned to the original shape, the drive shaft 42 is rotated in the reverse direction, and the arm 22 and the center guide 11 are rotated. Is taken out of the magazine 2 while being guided by the center guide 11. The No. 1 thus taken out is transferred to the No. receiving table 7 as shown in FIG. Boxed with the packaged product. Next, the drive shaft 42 is rotated, and the center guide 11 is moved to the top
, And a pair of vacuum pads 21 also contact the first book 1 in the magazine 2. Thereafter, the above operation is repeated, and the book 1 in the magazine 2 is taken out from the magazine 2.

In the above-described embodiment, the take-out apparatus for the function book 1 is shown. However, the take-out apparatus of the present invention is not limited to the function book 1, but is arranged and stored in the magazine 2,
In addition, as long as the sheet has a rigidity enough to be turned up by suction of the vacuum pad, the sheet can be applied to paper other than the Noh book 1, a plastic plate, a metal plate, and the like.

In the above-described embodiment, the eccentric shaft 2
3. The vacuum pad 21 is eccentrically moved by the driving means 26 of the eccentric shaft 23 to wind both ends 1b of the functional book 1. The vacuum pad 21 is formed of an elastic material, or a coil spring is installed. If the vacuum pad 21 is provided with a restoring force by this operation, the vacuum pad 21 is deformed at the time of suction, so that both ends 1b of the book 1 can be turned over.

Further, in the embodiment described above, the holder 41 for supporting the central portion 1a of the first letter 1 and the suction means 20 for sucking both ends 1b of the first letter 1 are provided in the holder 41. And the holder 41 is rotated to move the book 1 from the outlet of the magazine 2 to the transport device 6. That is, in the above-described embodiment, the Noh book 1 is transferred while being supported by the center guide 11 and the vacuum pad 21, but the transfer means 40 may be installed independently. For example, the function book 1 taken out of the magazine 2 may be released from the vacuum pad 21 to drop the function book 1 downward, and guided on the transport device 6 by a shooter or the like installed below the function book 1.

[0016]

As described above, according to the sheet take-out apparatus according to the present invention, while being guided by the center guide, both ends of the book that has been sucked by the pair of vacuum pads are turned up, and then the hook is inserted into the space. Since the first sheet is inserted, the first sheet in the magazine can be completely separated from the next sheet. This prevents the conventional sheet from being taken out of two sheets, and the hook comes off, so that the conventional sheet can be removed. In addition, since the resistance due to the hook is eliminated, there is obtained an effect that suction failures are reduced and take-out mistakes are greatly reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing a configuration of a functional document take-out device as a sheet take-out device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a AA in the Noh retrieval device shown in FIG. 1;
It is an arrow view.

FIG. 3 is a view showing a BB of the book taking-out apparatus shown in FIG. 1;
It is an arrow view.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing the configuration of a conventional book taking device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Function book 1a Central part 1b End part 2 Magazine 6 Conveying device 7 Function book cradle 8 Function push rod 10 Support means 11 Center guide 12 Mounting part 20 Suction means 21 Vacuum pad 22 Arm 23 Eccentric shaft 24 Bearing 25 Mounting plate 26 Driving means 30 Separating means 31 Hook 32 Rotating shaft 40 Transfer means 41 Holder 42 Drive shaft

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A center means is disposed at a center portion in a width direction of an outlet of a magazine, and a support means for contacting a leading sheet arranged in the magazine to support a center portion of a front surface of the sheet, and an outlet of the magazine Vacuum pads are disposed opposite to each other in front of both ends in the width direction of the sheet, and both ends of the front sheet are sucked by contacting the front sheet and both ends of the front sheet are turned in cooperation with the center guide. Suction means and hooks are respectively disposed at both ends in the width direction of the outlet of the magazine so as to be freely retractable, and after the both ends of the sheet are wound, the hooks are inserted into the spaces and the leading sheet and the succeeding sheets are inserted. A sheet take-out apparatus, comprising: a separating means for separating the first sheet from the magazine; and a transfer means for taking out the first sheet from the magazine and transferring it to the next process.