JPH11285755A - Wire binding device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wire binding device capable of automating the binding work, saving the labor in the binding work, improving the productivity, and narrowing a working area. SOLUTION: A wire binding device is provided with an uncoiling machine in which a wire for binding is placed, uncoiled and delivered, a feeding device to feed the uncoiled wire for binding, a cutting device 3 to cut the wire for binding to the specified length, a bending device 4 to fold an end part of the cut wire for binding and form the U-shaped wire for binding, and a connecting device 2 to connect both end parts of the wire for binding on the side opposite to a layer of the wire to be bound.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wire binding device for binding wires, and more particularly, to a wire binding device for automatically binding piles of nets or the like woven with wires.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when bundling a wire such as a net or a wire, a bundling member unwinds a bundling wire, cuts it continuously, forms a bundling wire member, and stores it. on the other hand,
Wires to be tied, such as nets and wires, are bundled in units of the wires to be tied together, stacked on a pallet, etc. and moved to the tying place. Through the end and twisted with hands or tools to bind them together. Alternatively, the wires to be tied are collectively stacked on a cart or the like, the user goes to the wire to be tied with a tying wire, and binds the wires to be tied there.

[0003]

However, in the case of the above-described conventional wire rod binding operation, there are the following problems. That is, since the work is not automated and the work is performed manually, it takes time and effort to bind the wires to be tied, and the productivity is low. Since the work is performed with the wire to be tied placed, a wide area is required for the tying work.

In view of such problems, the present inventor has conducted various studies and tests. As a result, when bundling wires, the work of unwinding, cutting, and bundling the members for bundling has been mechanized and continuously performed. By doing so, we have sought to save labor, improve productivity, and reduce the work space.

The present invention has been made on the basis of the above-described viewpoints. The object of the present invention is to mechanize the tying work, to save labor in tying, and to improve productivity. Another object of the present invention is to provide a wire rod binding device capable of narrowing a work place.

[0006]

A wire binding apparatus according to the present invention as means for solving the above-mentioned problems comprises an unwinding machine which places a wound binding wire, unwinds and sends it out, and an unwinding machine. Feeding device for feeding the tied binding wire, a cutting device for cutting the tying wire at a predetermined length, and a bend for bending the cut end of the tying wire to form a U-shaped tying material And a coupling device for coupling both ends of the material for binding to opposite ends of the layer of the wire to be bound.

[0007] Further, the wire binding device of the present invention according to the above-mentioned invention or the following invention, comprises a straightening device for extending a binding wire before the cutting device, wherein the connecting device twists an end of the binding material. And a cutting device, wherein the cutting device is provided with a bending / adhering device that bends the end portion of the bundling material whose end is twisted by the coupling device to bring the end portion into close contact with the binding target wire layer. Is of the air nipper type or the shearing type, the correction device is a roller type in which a plurality of rollers are arranged in a zigzag, and the bending device is a cam type.

In the present invention, the wire bundling device mounts the wound bundling wire on an unwinding machine, unwinds the unwinding wire of the unwinding machine by a feeding device, sends out the wire by a predetermined length, and cuts the wire. After being cut to a predetermined length by the device, the bending device is operated to bend to form a U-shaped binding material. The wire to be tied is placed between the folded bundling material, and both ends are pulled out to the opposite side of the wire to be tied by the connecting device, and the material is twisted to join the both ends.

[0009]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the wire binding device of the present invention, the wire binding device is provided with a feeding device that mechanizes and sends a binding wire, a bending device, and a coupling device. Since the wires are automatically bound by the binding wire, the labor of the binding operation can be saved, the productivity can be improved, and the working place can be reduced.

In the above-mentioned invention, in the configuration provided with the straightening device for extending the binding wire before the cutting device, the habit of the binding wire can be corrected, and the work by the machine for cutting and bending can be facilitated. As a result, the effect obtained in claim 1 can be more easily achieved. In the invention in which the connecting device twists the ends of the binding material to form the bound wire layer and binds, the binding device can bind more firmly. Further, in the configuration provided with a bending adhesion device that bends the end portion of the binding material whose end portion is twisted by the coupling device and adheres tightly to the binding target wire layer,
The bound wires to be bound can be handled safely. Further, in the apparatus in which the cutting device is an air nipper type or a shearing type, the correction device is a roller type in which a plurality of rollers are arranged in a zigzag manner, and the bending device is configured to be a cam type, The configuration is simple, and the working place can be further narrowed.

[0011]

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 6 show one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
2 is a side view showing the configuration of the wire rod binding device, FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the configuration of the wire rod binding device, FIG. 3 is a front view showing the coupling device of the wire rod binding device, and FIG. 4 is a front view showing the bending device. 5 is a side view thereof. FIG. 6 is a view for explaining a cam member of the bending device.

The wire binding device 1 of the present embodiment has a connecting device 2 that turns both ends of a binding material around a layer of a wire to be bound and connects both ends at the opposite side, and binds the wires to be bound. The apparatus includes a cutting device 3 for cutting a binding wire at a predetermined length so as to form a binding material, and a bending device 4 for bending an end of the cut binding wire. On the side for supplying the binding wire, an unwinding machine 5 for unwinding and feeding the wound binding wire, a first straightening device 6 for correcting the bending of the binding wire and eliminating the curl, and a second A stop member 9 that includes a straightening device 7 and a feeding device 8 that feeds the unwinding binding wire, and stops the binding wire at a predetermined length.
It has.

The wire binding apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment is a bending and sticking apparatus that joins a wire to be bound with a binding wire and then closes the end of the wire to the surface of the wire to be bound or folds the wire into a wire layer. 10 is provided to ensure safety. A guide roller 11 for guiding the binding wire M from the unwinder 5 to the transport line.
A drum-shaped roller 12 for maintaining the binding line M at the center of the transport line is provided following the guide roller 11, and the binding line M is guided while maintaining the transport line center line of the straightening devices 6, 7 and the like. There is provided a supply device 13 such as a roller conveyor for supplying a binding portion a of the wire to be bound to a position where the binding portion a is coupled by the coupling device 2.

Further, a gantry 14, a Y-direction movable table 15, X
A directional moving table 16 and the like are provided, and the joining device 2, the cutting device 3, the bending device 4, and the first straightening device 6 for straightening the binding wire.
And a second straightening device 7, a feeding device 8 for feeding the straightened bundling wire, a bending / adhering device 10, a drum-shaped roller 12 for guiding the bundling wire at its center, and the like. The gantry 14 is mounted on a Y-direction moving table 15 and is movable in the Y direction to be repositionable. The Y-direction moving table 15 is mounted on an X-direction moving table 16.
It is movable in the X direction.

The joining device 2 is a device for twisting and joining both ends of a binding material formed by bending a binding wire M to bind the wire to be bound. A rotating air chuck 21, a geared motor 22 for rotating the air chuck 21, and a rotation of the motor 22
And a transmission device 23 that transmits the rotation to the bracket 24 and is rotatably attached to the bracket 24 by a bearing 25.
Below the air chuck 21, a holding member 26 that rotatably holds the binding wire M is attached to the end fitting 2 by a mounting fitting 27.
8 attached. A connecting member 29 is provided at an upper end of the air chuck 21, and a driven pulley 30 of the transmission device 23 is attached to rotate the air chuck 21. Then, the air chuck 21 is lowered by lowering the bracket 24, the both ends of the binding wire M that is bent and protruded upward are held by the holding member 26, and the ends are twisted and connected by rotating.

Transmission device 23 for driving air chuck 21
Is constituted by a belt, a pulley, etc., and transmits the rotation whose rotation is controlled by the geared motor 22 to drive and rotate the air chuck 21. By operating the motor 22 and rotating the air chuck 21 through the transmission device 23 two to eight times,
The two ends of the binding wire M held by the holding member 26 are twisted. Thereby, both ends of the binding wire M are joined, and the wire to be bound can be bound.

The coupling device 2 is attached to the movable base 14 via a bracket 24. The coupling device 2 is moved up and down by extending and contracting the elevating device 20 to move the bracket 24 up and down. Also move up and down. Sliding members 39, 39 are attached to the bracket 24 to which the air chuck 21 is attached so as to be able to move up and down by the elevating device 20. Sliding members 39, 39
Is engaged with the guide member 38 and moves up and down along the guide member 38. One sliding member 39 is fixed to the lifting device 20, and the bracket 24 is connected to the lifting device 2 via the sliding member 39.
Connected to 0. The lifting device 20 and the guide member 38 are attached to the movable gantry 14. The coupling device 2 attached in this manner is raised after the binding of the tied wires is completed, and hinders the cutting operation of the tying wire M by the cutting machine 3 and the operation of placing the untied tied wires. It is kept in the upper predetermined position so that it does not come out.

The cutting device 3 includes a cutting blade 3 for opening and closing to cut.
1 and an air nipper type device including a driving device 32 for driving the cutting blade 31 to open and close. The cutting machine 3 is not limited to the air nipper type, but may be, for example, a shearing type, or may be another cutting machine. Open the cutting blade 31, pass the binding wire M,
The locking member 33 is provided so as to perform a work of holding and cutting the binding wire M with a nipper or the like. The locking member 33 includes a driving mechanism such as an air cylinder or a solenoid to lock the binding wire M and cut at a predetermined position so as to hold the binding wire M so as not to come off the cutting blade 31. It is located near the contact position of the cutting blade. Further, a locking guide 34 is provided in the vicinity of the cutting device 3 for guiding the binding wire M so as not to deviate from the moving line, so that the bending device 4 can reliably perform the bending operation.

As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the folding device 4 includes an escape preventing roller 41 which advances and retreats above the binding line M to form a curve along the binding line M, and a binding device. A pair of cam members 42 that bend across the service line M;
And a rotation device 43 for driving the rotation. The escape prevention roller 41 is made of a rod member having a circular cross section, and is used to lock the binding wire M along a part of the circumference and smoothly bend the wire. The escape prevention roller 41 is connected to the driving device 44 via the arm member 45, moves forward and is positioned above the binding line M, and retreats and comes off from above the binding line M. The driving device 44 uses an air cylinder, a solenoid, a linear motor, or the like to move the escape prevention roller 41 forward and backward. When the binding wire M is sent to the folding device 4 and cut by the cutting machine 3, the drive device 44 operates to advance the escape prevention roller 41 to the upper portion of the binding wire M, and when folded, retracts. Remove from the binding wire M.

The cam member 42 of the folding device 4 comprises an arc portion 46 and a cam portion 47, as shown in FIG.
An engagement groove 48 is provided on the protruding extension surface of the projection 7 so that the binding wire M can be engaged and bent without slipping. Also,
Each cam member 42 has four bolt insertion holes 49, and is attached to a pair of meshed spur gears 51 by bolts with a bush 50 interposed therebetween. Each is driven integrally with the spur gear 51 so as to be rotatable by 90 degrees in the separating direction. Spur gear 51
The cam member 42 is attached to the spur gear 51 at a plurality of locations so as to surely drive the cam portion 47. The pair of spur gears 51 mesh with each other, and a rotation shaft 52 of one spur gear 51 is connected to a rotating device 43 via a flex coupling 53. The rotating device 43 is a driving device that rotates forward and backward, and rotates forward and backward to rotate the one spur gear 51 forward and backward, and at the same time, rotates the other spur gear 51 backward and forward, and The cam part 47 is rotated between 0 degree and 90 degrees with respect to the horizontal axis (the longitudinal line of the binding wire M). First, the cam part 47
And the tip of the cam portion 47 is separated to be horizontal, and then engaged with the engagement groove 48 through the binding wire M, cut by the cutter 3 to a predetermined length, and then the escape prevention roller 41 is advanced,
The rotating device 43 rotates and bends the tips of the cam portions 47 by approaching each other.

Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the unwinding machine 5 has an installation table 54 on which the wound winding wire for winding is mounted so as not to collapse. The binding wire M is unwound from the binding wire wound on the installation table 54 of the unwinding machine 5, and the binding wire M is guided by the guide roller 11, and is moved to the conveyance center line by the hourglass roller 12, and the first and second wires are moved. It is sent to the correction devices 6 and 7.

The first straightening device 6 and the second straightening device 7 for correcting the bending of the binding line M are provided with a plurality of rollers 55 provided with guide grooves on the peripheral surface alternately with a conveying line interposed therebetween, and having a convex vertex. Are arranged so that they can be adjusted to project from the transport line to the opposite side. Each correction device 6 (7) has a handle 56 (5
7) is provided, and one roller group is provided on the movable frame so that one roller group can approach and separate from the other roller group. The centers of both rollers are brought close to each other to change the amount to be inserted, and the degree of correction is changed to eliminate the curl. The binding line passing through the first and second correction devices 6 and 7 is moved by being drawn by the feeding device 8.

The feeding device 8 for feeding the binding wire sandwiches the binding wire M between the pair of rollers 58, 58, pulls it by friction, applies tension, and sends it to the next portion. The feeding device 8 includes a handle 59 so as to adjust the tension of the binding wire M,
The contact pressure between the pair of rollers can be changed. If strong tension is required to increase the degree of correction, the handle is operated to increase the contact pressure between the roller and the binding wire M. The binding wire M sent by the feeding device 8 is sent from the loosened cutting device 3 via the bending device 4, is stopped by the stop member 9, is sent out by a predetermined length, and is stopped.

The stop member 9 includes a buffer member 60, a binding wire M
A limit switch (not shown) for detecting the end of the cutting device 3 is provided so that the cutting length of the cutting device 3 can be adjusted to a predetermined value. Adjustment of the cutting length of the binding wire M
The position where the end is detected can be changed back and forth by a limit switch or the like, and the feeding of the binding wire M by the feeding device 8 is stopped at the detected end. Cushioning member 60
In order to prevent the deformation of the binding wire M and the damage of the stop member 9 by using a spring, when the end of the binding wire M collides, the spring expands and contracts to reduce the impact received by the members of the stop member 9. Provided. The binding member is stopped at a predetermined length by the stop member 9, cut by the cutting device 3, and bound by the binding material bent by the bending device 4, and then the binding ends of the binding material are bent and adhered for safety. The device 10 is used to bring the wire material into close contact with the binding wire layer.

The bending adhesion device 10 includes a rod 61 which moves forward and backward by an air cylinder or the like, and a bending member 62 which pushes a connecting end.
The rod 61 is inclined forward and backward. After the binding is completed by twisting and joining with the joining device 2,
The lot 61 is advanced and applied to the binding end of the binding material, and further advanced obliquely and bent to bend the surface of the wire to be bound inward. Since the rod 61 is inclined and advanced obliquely, the connecting end of the binding material can be in close contact with the wire to be bound or can enter from the surface, which is safe. The supply device 13 that supplies the wire to be tied to the vicinity of the binding position is configured by a roller conveyor or the like, and the wire connection portion a such as a net is sent to the vicinity of the tying position. And it is provided in the gantry 14 so that the coupling device 2 is moved so that the coupling position of the tied wires is accurately positioned in the coupling device.

The gantry 14 for adjusting the position of the binding material is provided with a movable slide member 64 at the bottom thereof and a connecting member 65 extending downward. The moving table sliding member 64 is a Y-direction guide rail 66 extending in the Y direction of the Y-direction moving table 15.
Are movably engaged along. The connecting member 65 is provided with a female screw, and the rotating rod 67 is provided with a trapezoidal screw that meshes with the female screw of the connecting member 65. The connecting member 65 is
Fitted on a rotating rod 67 provided on the Y-direction moving table 15,
The operation handle 68 is turned to move in the Y direction. By turning the operation handle 68 in this manner, the gantry 14 is moved, and the position of the coupling device 2 of the binding device 1 is adjusted.

A lower sliding member 69 is provided at the bottom of the Y-direction moving table 15, and a lower connecting member 71 is provided extending downward. The lower connecting member 71 is movably mounted along an X-direction guide rail 72 extending in the X direction of the X-direction moving table 16. The driven member 71 is provided with a female screw,
It is fitted on a rotating rod 73 provided on the direction moving table 16 and moves in the X direction by turning the operation handle 74. Rotating rod 73
Is provided with a trapezoidal screw so as to mesh with the female screw of the lower connecting member 71. Thus, the operating handle 6
By turning 8, 74, the gantry 14 is moved in the X direction and the Y direction, and the position of the coupling device 2 is adjusted. The X-direction moving table 16 is provided on a supporting table 17 that is fixed.

The wire rod binding device 1 constructed as described above
For example, a wire wound around a binding wire M of 0.8 mm to 1.2 is set on the mounting table 54 of the unwinding machine 5, unwound and hung on the guide roller 11, and then the drum-shaped roller 12 is After passing through the rollers of the first straightening device 6 and the second straightening device 7, the sheet is nipped and pulled by the feeding device 8. The binding line is shifted toward the center minimum diameter portion of the hourglass roller 12 and the transfer position is determined. Therefore, the guide grooves of the rollers 55 of the first straightening device 6 and the second straightening device 7 are formed on the transfer line passing through the minimum diameter portion. Follow along. The binding wire is connected to the feeder 8
From the locking guide 34, through the operating position of the cutting blade of the cutting device 3, through the locking member 33, through the bending device 2, and stop at a predetermined length, for example, a cutting position of 300 mm at the stop member 9 via the bending device 2. I do.

Subsequently, the binding wire is nipped by the locking member 33, and the cutting blade of the cutting device 3 is operated to cut the binding wire. In parallel with the release of the holding of the locking member 33, the escape prevention roller 41 of the bending device 4 advances to the conveying line of the binding line M and drives the driving device 43 to drive the flex coupling 5.
The rotation shaft 52 of the spur gear 51 is rotated via 3 and the cam member 42 is rotated 90 degrees, and the binding wire is bent into a U-shape to form a binding material.

Subsequently, after the cam member 42 is rotated 90 degrees in the reverse direction to separate it from the material for binding, the wire to be bound, for example, a wire diameter of 6 mm, a mesh of 1 mesh,
When the coupling device 2 is lowered by operating the elevating device 20 and reaching the position where the end can be grasped by the holding member 26, the air chuck 21 is operated to close the holding member 26 and the binding material is closed. And start rotation. 2-8 turns,
After the rotation and pinching of the air chuck 21 are stopped after the rotation is preferably performed 4 to 5 times, the lifting device 20 is operated to raise the bonding device 2. Next, the rod 61 of the bending / adhering device 10 is advanced, and the bending end portion of the binding material is pushed and bent by the pushing member 62, and the rod is closely attached to the surface of the wire layer to be bound or bent below the surface.

The wire bundling apparatus constructed as described above automatically unwinds, cuts, bends, supplies and binds the bundling wire, and can save labor and improve work efficiency. I do. In addition, a device for sending a binding wire, a cutting device, a bending device, a coupling device, and the like are collectively provided on a movable base and configured to supply a wire to be bound to a binding position. It may be narrow.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but can be variously modified. By the way, in the above-described embodiment, the description has been given of the configuration in which the two correction devices are arranged with the bending direction shifted by 90 degrees and operated from the horizontal direction and the vertical direction. However, one correction device is divided into one direction or divided into a plurality of directions. Alternatively, the three units may be displaced by 60 degrees each other, or may be a device that corrects by applying tension. In short, it does not matter if there is no trouble in automatically bending the binding wire and binding the wire to be bound. Further, in the above description, the operation of the bending device is described as an example performed after cutting, but some operations may be performed in parallel. The other steps are not limited to the order of the description, and may be performed in a different order from the description. The means for cutting the wire into a predetermined length and transporting the wire to a predetermined position is not limited to the above-described embodiment. For example, the wire may be held in a tensioned state by an actuator and held at a predetermined position. After cutting to a length, the cut wire may be transferred to a predetermined position by an actuator.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a wire binding device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a left side view of the wire rod binding device.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a coupling device of the wire rod binding device of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a bending device.

FIG. 5 is a side view of the bending device.

6A and 6B are views for explaining a cam member, wherein FIG.
(B) is a front view.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Wire bundling apparatus, 2 ... Coupling apparatus, 3 ... Cutting apparatus, 4 ... Bending apparatus, 5 ... Unwinder, 6 ...
1st straightening device, 7 ... 2nd straightening device, 8 ... feeding device, 9 ... stop member, 10 ... bending adhesion device, 11.
..Guide rollers, 12 ... hourglass rollers, 13 ...
Feeding device, 14 ... stand, 15 ... Y-direction movable table,
16 ... X-direction movable table, 17 ... Support table, 20 ...
・ Elevating device, 21 ・ ・ ・ Air chuck, 22 ・ ・ ・ Geared motor, 23 ・ ・ ・ Conduction device, 24 ・ ・ ・ Bracket, 25 ・ ・ ・ Bearing, 26 ・ ・ ・ Holding member, 27 ・ ・ ・
Mounting bracket, 28 ... end bracket, 29 ... connecting member,
Reference numeral 30: driven pulley, 31: cutting blade, 32:
Cutting blade driving device, 33: locking member, 34: locking guide, 38: guide member, 39: sliding member, 4
1 ... escape prevention roller, 42 ... cam member, 43
..Drive device, 44 ... Drive device, 45 ... Arm member, 46 ... Circular portion, 47 ... Cam portion, 48 ...
· Engagement groove, 49 · · · bolt insertion hole, 50 · · · bush, 51 · · · spur gear, 52 · · · rotating shaft, 53 · · ·
Flex coupling, 54 ... mounting table, 55, 58
... Roller, 56, 57, 59 ... Handle, 60
··· Buffering member, 61 ··· Rod, 62 ··· Bending member, 63 ··· Y direction moving table, 64 ··· Transfer table sliding member, 65 ··· Connection member, 66 ··· Y Direction guide rails, 67, 73: rotating rods, 68, 74: operating handle, 69: lower sliding member, 71: lower connecting member, 72: X direction guide rail

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An unwinding machine for loading, unwinding and feeding a wound binding wire, a feeding device for feeding the unwinding binding wire, and a cutting device for cutting the binding wire at a predetermined length. A bending device that bends the cut end of the binding wire to form a U-shaped binding material, and joins both ends of the binding material on opposite sides of the layer of the wire to be bound. A wire binding device comprising: a coupling device. 2. The wire tying device according to claim 1, further comprising a straightening device for extending a tying wire before the cutting device. 3. The wire binding device according to claim 1, wherein the binding device binds by twisting an end of the binding material to form a wire layer to be bound. 4. A wire bundling device according to claim 1, further comprising a bending adhesion device that bends the end portion of the bundling material whose end portion is twisted by the coupling device and makes the end portion adhere to the binding wire layer. apparatus. 5. The cutting device according to claim 1, wherein the cutting device is an air nipper type or a shearing type, the correction device is a roller type in which a plurality of rollers are arranged in a zigzag manner, and the bending device is a cam type. A wire rod binding device according to any of the claims.