JPH11314740A - Inversion transfer device for strip part item - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inversion transfer device capable of inverting a strip part item from a horizontal posture to a vertical posture during the carrying of the strip part item, and transferring the same. SOLUTION: A strip part item carried to be long sideways on a first conveyor 1 in horizontal and traverse state is fed in a groove part 12 over a gap between a pair of rotary disks 11 and 11, held by a clipping means, inverted and transferred by the rotary disks 11 and 11, and then the strip part item is dropped on a second conveyor 3 by a push-rod mechanism in a rotational position where the part item is vertical, and transferred.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a process for assembling strip-shaped parts, which are conveyed horizontally on a conveyor and horizontally in a horizontal position, in a production line for strip-shaped parts. The present invention relates to a reversing transfer device for a strip-shaped component used for changing the horizontal position to the vertical position and transferring the belt-shaped component to another conveyor, for convenience.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a reversing transfer device for a strip-shaped component, a plurality of concave portions having a depth and a width substantially equal to the thickness of the strip-shaped component are formed at regular intervals in an axial direction on a peripheral surface of a rotary drum. At the same time, the peripheral surface of the rotary drum is partially covered with a semi-cylindrical guide, and the strip-shaped component is fed into the concave portion of the rotary drum in a horizontally long state, held between the concave portion and the guide, and rotated. 2. Description of the Related Art There is known a device in which a strip-shaped component is transferred to another transfer means by changing its posture at a predetermined rotation position of a drum.

[0003]

When a strip-shaped component is fed into a concave portion on the peripheral surface of the rotary drum, the strip-shaped component comes out of the concave portion due to vibration of the rotary drum or the like, and the peripheral portion of the rotary drum is rotated. It has been pointed out that there is a problem that the guide bites between the surface and the guide.

In addition, since the size of the rotary drum and the guide increases, the space occupied by the production line is large and it is unavoidable that the equipment is disadvantageous.

Therefore, the present invention is capable of changing a strip-shaped component from a horizontal orientation to a vertical orientation during transport and reliably transporting it in a reverse direction, and can reduce the size of the apparatus and occupy space on a production line. The present invention is to provide a reversing and transferring apparatus for a strip-shaped part, which can minimize the size of the belt.

[0006]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a downstream end portion of the first conveyor for transporting a strip-shaped component in a horizontally long state and horizontally in a horizontal state is provided. It is arranged, catches the strip-shaped part conveyed by the first conveyor, and turns the strip-shaped part vertically on the second conveyor arranged below the first conveyor. A reversing transfer device for transferring, the reversing transfer device comprising a pair of rotating disks rotatably supported on a downstream end portion of the first conveyor, the rotating disks being fixed to the peripheral side thereof. A plurality of grooves formed at intervals and into which strip-shaped parts conveyed by the first conveyor are fed, and clip means arranged in the grooves and holding the strip-shaped parts fed therein are provided. On the other hand, the clip is At the position where the strip-shaped component held by the step is turned vertically by the rotation of the rotating disk, a push rod mechanism for pushing the strip-shaped component downward onto the second conveyor is provided. Features.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the rotary disk according to the first aspect is driven to rotate in the same direction as the first conveyor, and the groove of the rotary disk is connected to the leading side in the rotational direction of the rotary disk. The groove side surface is formed at a position where it can be aligned with the extension of the component conveying surface of the first conveyor, and the strip-shaped part is held on the groove side surface by clip means.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the clipping means according to the second aspect is a leaf spring having an inclined edge at an end for guiding insertion of a strip-shaped component.

According to the invention of claim 4, claims 1 to 3 are provided.
A push rod mechanism, which is vertically movably disposed below the bearing portion of the rotating disk and pushes down a strip-shaped part by the pushing operation of the urging means, and a rotating disk of the push rod. A cam follower provided on the side surface facing the, a cam that slides on the cam follower with the rotation of the rotating disk after pushing down a strip-shaped part formed on the outer side surface of the rotating disk and lifts a push rod, It is characterized by having.

[0010]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the strip-shaped part which is conveyed horizontally on the first conveyor and horizontally in a horizontal state is disposed between the pair of rotating disks. And is transported by the rotating disk while being held by the clip means of the groove, and is pushed at a position where the strip-shaped component is turned vertically by the rotation of the rotating disk. Since the strip-shaped component is pushed down onto the second conveyor by the rod mechanism, the strip-shaped component can be reliably reversed and transferred from the horizontal position to the vertical position.

Further, since the strip-shaped part is held by the clip means in the groove of the rotating disk, the strip-shaped part does not come off from the groove during the rotation transfer, and the strip-shaped part is damaged or the device is damaged. Can be avoided.

Further, since the belt-shaped component is held and rotated and transported over a pair of rotary disks, the interval between the rotary disks can be appropriately reduced and the apparatus can be downsized.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the first aspect is provided.
In addition to the effects of the invention, the leading side of the groove of the rotating disk is formed at a position that can be aligned with the extension of the component conveying surface of the first conveyor. The transfer of the band-shaped part to the groove side surface is performed smoothly, and the band-shaped part can be reliably scooped and held by the clip means, so that the catching action of the band-shaped part can be smoothly performed. Can be done.

According to the invention described in claim 3, according to claim 2
In addition to the effect of the invention, the clip means is constituted by a leaf spring, so that the structure can be simplified, and the tip of the leaf spring has an inclined edge, so that the gap between the clip spring and the groove side surface is formed. Since the strip-shaped component can be inserted into and guided by the belt-shaped component, the catching action of the strip-shaped component can be performed more smoothly.

According to the invention described in claim 4, according to claim 1 of the present invention,
In addition to the effects of the inventions of (1) to (3), the push rod can be pushed down by the cam, the cam follower, and the urging means, and the structure of the push rod mechanism can be simplified.

[0016]

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

FIG. 1 shows a case in which the reversing transfer device of the present invention is applied to a refrigerant tube production line for a condenser of an automobile refrigeration cycle.

Chain conveyor 1 as first conveyor
In the left and right chains, a plurality of bridge members 2 are provided at regular intervals, and the inner fins 7 (see FIG. 4) as band-shaped parts are stretched across the left and right chains between the bridge members 2 and 2 in a horizontally elongated state. In addition, the paper is conveyed horizontally in a horizontal posture.

A screw conveyor 3 as a second conveyor is disposed below the chain conveyor 1, and a holder 6 (see FIG. 4) formed into a substantially V-shaped cross section by the screw conveyor 3 has an opening. Is turned upward, and is conveyed in the same direction as the inner fins 7 in a horizontally long and horizontal state similarly to the inner fins 7.

At the downstream end of the chain conveyor 1, the inner fin 7 is inverted from the horizontal position to the vertical position by the reversing transfer device 10 as shown in FIGS. Into the opening of the holder 6 to be inserted into the holder 6 and inserted into the holder 6, between the fixed mold 4a and the movable mold 4b of the press molding machine 4 arranged at the downstream end portion of the screw conveyor 3. The holder 6 is pressed from both sides by an external force P to deform the holder 6 from an open cross section having a substantially V-shaped cross section to a flat closed cross section. The opening of the holder 6 is compressed and closed, and the inner fin 7 is held in the holder 6. The refrigerant tube 5 is obtained by fixing.

As shown also in FIG.
The chain conveyor 1 includes a pair of rotating disks 11 that are rotated in the same direction as the chain conveyor 1 by a rotating shaft 13 at a downstream end portion of the chain conveyor 1.

A pair of rotating disks 11 and 11
3 is provided at a shorter interval than the left and right chain intervals of the chain conveyor 1, and is disposed so as to be slightly inserted between the rear ends of the left and right chains, and the peripheral portion thereof is provided by the piece member 2 of the chain conveyor 1. Grooves 12 into which the inner fins 7 are fed are formed at regular intervals.

The groove 12 is formed so that the side of the groove which is the leading side in the rotation direction of the rotary disk 11 is
A leaf spring 14 serving as a clip means is mounted on the groove side surface, and the inner fin 7 is held on the groove side surface by the plate spring 14. It is like that.

The rear end of the leaf spring 14 is the coil spring 1
5, the holding surface 14a is urged so that the holding surface 14a contacts the groove side surface, and the tip is bent upward from the groove side surface as an inclined edge 14b, and the inner fin 7 is
The guide can be inserted between the groove 4a and the side surface of the groove.

In the reversing transfer device 10, the rotary disk 11 is rotated by 270 ° from the position where the inner fin 7 is fed horizontally by the piece member 2 and inserted into the leaf spring 14 at the downstream end portion of the chain conveyor 1. When the inner fins 7 are rotated and turned vertically, the inner fins 7 held on the side surfaces of the grooves by the leaf springs 14 are pushed down, and
The push rod mechanism 16 is inserted into the opening of the lower holder 6.

The push rod 17 of the push rod mechanism 16 is formed in a side T-shape, and is fixed to the lower ends of a pair of sliding stays 19 in which a bearing 18 of a rotating shaft 13 of the rotating disk 11 is vertically arranged. It is set up.

The upper end of the sliding stay 19 is fixed to the connecting bar 20, and the lower limit position of the sliding stay 19 is regulated by the connecting bar 20 and the stopper 21 provided on the upper surface of the bearing portion 18. A coil spring 22 as an urging means is disposed between the push rod 17 and the upper surface of the push rod 17 around the axis of the slide stays 19, 19.
Is pushed downward.

A roller 23 as a cam follower is rotatably mounted on the side of the push rod 17 which faces the rotary disk 11 at the center of the upper end, while the push rod 17 is provided with a coil spring on the outer surface of the rotary disk 11. After the inner fin 7 is pushed down by the spring force of 22, a cam 24 is provided which slides on the roller 23 and lifts the push rod 17 with the rotation of the rotary disk 11.

In this embodiment, the cams 24 are equally distributed by the number of the grooves 12 around the center of rotation of the rotary disk 11, and each of the cams 24 is positioned at the tip side in the disk rotation direction (in the rotation direction of the rotary disk 11). The distance between the leading end) and the center of rotation of the rotating disk 11 is
It is formed in an arc shape larger than the distance between the rear end side of the disk rotation direction (the end on the trailing side in the rotation direction of the rotation disk 11) and the rotation center of the rotation disk 11, and has an inner peripheral side thereof. The roller 23 is in sliding contact with the peripheral surface.

That is, when the roller 23 comes off from the rear end of the cam 24, the push rod 17 is pushed downward by the spring force of the coil spring 22 to perform the pushing action of the inner fin 7 and the roller 24. 23 engages on the tip of the following cam 24 to
The push rod 17 is lifted against the spring force of the coil spring 22 by sliding on the cam 24 with the rotation of 1, and the push rod 17 is repeatedly pushed down and lifted. I have.

Next, the operation of the apparatus of the above embodiment will be described in detail.

The inner fins 7 formed in the inner fin forming step (not shown) are conveyed by a chain conveyor 25 as shown by arrows in FIG. 1 and are successively taken up by the piece members 2 on the subsequent chain conveyor 1. And transported toward the reversing transfer device 10.

On the screw conveyor 3, a holder 6 formed into a substantially V-shaped cross section in a holder forming step (not shown).
Are supplied one after another with their openings facing upward, and are conveyed toward the lower side of the reversing transfer device 10.

The transport pitch and the feed speed of the inner fins 7 by the chain conveyor 1 and the transport pitch and the feed speed of the holder 6 by the screw conveyor 3 are made the same. At the same time, the rotation speed of the rotating disk 11 of the reversing transfer device 10 is synchronously adjusted, and the timing of dropping and inserting the inner fin 7 into the opening of the holder 6 is set.

When the inner fin 7 is conveyed to the reversing transfer device 10 by the chain conveyor 1 and the inner fin 7 is horizontally sent out to the rotating disk 11 by the piece member 2 at the downstream end of the chain conveyor 1, The inner fin 7 enters the groove 12 of the rotating disk 11.

At this time, since the leading side surface of the groove portion 12 is aligned with the extension of the component conveying surface of the chain conveyor 1, the inner fin 7 slides on the side surface of the groove to incline the inclined edge 14b of the leaf spring 14. As a result, the leaf spring 14 is inserted and held between the holding surface 14c of the leaf spring 14 and the groove side surface.

As described above, the inner fin 7 is
When the rotary disk 11 is rotated 270 ° from the position where the inner fin 7 is turned out of the horizontal and is inserted into the leaf spring 14 and the inner fin 7 is oriented vertically, the push rod mechanism 16
Cam 23 with which the roller 23 has been slidingly engaged
4, the push rod 17 slides downward by the spring force of the coil spring 22, pushes down the inner fin 7 held by the leaf spring 14, and passes below the rotary disk 11. The inner fin 7 and the holder 6 are continuously inserted and assembled.

Here, as described above, the inner fin 7 is held on the groove side surface of the groove 12 of the rotating disk 11 by the leaf spring 14 as a clip means. It does not come off, and it is possible to prevent the inner fin 7 from being damaged due to the coming off of the inner fin 7 or causing the reverse transfer device 10 to malfunction.

Further, since the inner fins 7 are held across the pair of rotary disks 11 and rotatably transported, the intervals between the rotary disks 11, 11 can be appropriately reduced and arranged, and the apparatus can be downsized. it can.

On the other hand, since the groove side surface on the leading side of the groove portion 12 of the rotary disk 11 is formed at a position which can be aligned with the extension of the component conveying surface of the chain conveyor 1, the groove side surface from the chain conveyor 1 to the groove side surface is formed. The delivery of the inner fin 7 is performed smoothly, and the inner fin 7
Can be reliably scooped from the chain conveyor 1 and held by the leaf springs 14.
Can be smoothly performed.

Moreover, the clipping means for the inner fins 7 is constituted by the leaf springs 14, so that the structure is simplified, and the tip of the leaf spring 14 is formed as an inclined edge 14b to be provided between the leaf spring 14 and the groove side surface. Since the inner fins 7 can be inserted and guided, the catching action of the inner fins 7 can be performed more smoothly.

Further, the push rod mechanism 16 includes a cam 24
The push rod 17 is pushed down by the push rod 17 in a timely manner by the roller 23 as a cam follower and the coil spring 22 as an urging means, so that the structure of the push rod mechanism 16 is simplified. Can be.

In the above-described embodiment, the case where the present invention is used for the reversal transfer of the inner fins 7 of the refrigerant tube 5 is shown. it can.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory side view showing a usage example of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing one rotating disk of one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing the structure of a clip means disposing portion of the rotating disk.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a step of manufacturing a refrigerant tube by the apparatus shown in FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 first conveyor 3 second conveyor 7 band-shaped component 10 reversing transfer device 11 rotating disk 12 groove portion 14 leaf spring (clip means) 14b inclined edge 16 push rod mechanism 17 push rod 18 bearing portion 22 biasing means 23 cam follower 24 cam

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A first conveyor (1) for transporting a strip-shaped part (7) in a horizontally elongated state and horizontally in a horizontal state, and is disposed at a downstream end portion of the first conveyor (1). Catch the strip-shaped part (7) conveyed by (1),
A reversing transfer device (10) for vertically reversing and transferring the strip-shaped part (7) onto a second conveyor (3) disposed below the first conveyor (1), Transfer device (1
0) is provided with a pair of rotating disks (11) rotatably supported on the downstream end portion of the first conveyor (1), and the rotating disks (11) are provided at regular intervals on the peripheral side thereof. A plurality of grooves (12) into which strip-shaped parts (7) formed and conveyed by the first conveyor (1) are fed.
And a clip means (14) disposed in the groove (12) for holding the strip-shaped part (7) to be fed in, while the bearing part (18) of the rotating disk (11) is provided.
In a position where the strip-shaped component (7) held by the clip means (14) is turned vertically by the rotation of the rotating disk (11), the strip-shaped component (7) is moved to the first position. 2 Push rod mechanism (1) that pushes down onto conveyor (3)
(6) An apparatus for reversing and transferring a strip-shaped part. 2. The rotating disk (11) is driven to rotate in the same direction as the first conveyor (1), and the groove (12) of the rotating disk (11) is positioned on the leading side in the rotating direction of the rotating disk (11). The side surface of the groove is formed at a position that can be aligned with the extension of the component conveying surface of the first conveyor (1), and the strip-shaped component (7) is clipped by the clip means (14).
2. The reversing and transferring device for a strip-shaped component according to claim 1, wherein the device is held on the side surface of the groove. 3. The clip spring according to claim 2, wherein the clip means is a leaf spring having an inclined edge at an end thereof for guiding insertion of a strip-shaped component. Reversing transfer device for strip-shaped parts. 4. A push rod mechanism (16) is vertically movably disposed below the bearing (18) of the rotating disk (11). A push rod (17) for pushing down the component (7) of the push rod, a cam follower (23) provided on the side of the push rod (17) facing the rotary disk (11), and a rotary disk (1).
After pushing down the strip-shaped part (7) formed on the outer side surface of 1), it slides on the cam follower (23) with the rotation of the rotating disk (11) and push rod (17).
And a cam (24) for lifting the belt-shaped part.