JPS58148110A - Arranging and transporting parts with flexible wire and its device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To arrange and supply parts with flexible wire by a parts arranging and supplying device that is constituted with a vibrating parts feeder, pinching and transportation conveyor, and guide chute. CONSTITUTION:A pair of belts 8 and 8 for pinching the flexible wire 2 that is attached to a part 1 is provided near the end 7 of a track 4 of a vibrating feeder 3 on which a part 1 advances. When pinching a flexible wire 2 that points upwards, the pulley is arranged vertically, and when pinching a flexible wire that points to the center of the vibrating feeder 3, the pulley is arranged horizontally. A guide chute 13 is provided near the belts 8 and 8 and on the extension of the track on which the part 1 advances. The guide chute 13 is provided with a slit 14 for the flexible wire 2. The shape of the cross-section of the slit 14 is made smaller gradually as the part 1 advances, so that the part 1 is arranged in a specified direction.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for aligning and transferring parts with flexible wires.

A large number of parts with a certain shape are randomly accumulated, and in order to feed these parts to an automatic machine for processing, assembly, etc. in the next process, it is necessary to align the parts from random positions in a certain direction. As a means of automatically arranging and transferring without manual intervention, various types of feeding devices have been put into practical use, such as vibration type, rotation type (using centrifugal force), natural fall type, pneumatic type, hydraulic type, etc. . However, the alignment and transfer of parts with lead wires used in electrical machines, etc. is limited to parts with hard wires that are less likely to bend or deform, such as resistors and capacitors. When aligning and transferring parts such as electric brushes using automatic machines, the flexible wires bend in arbitrary directions during the handling of these parts, and the flexible wires of the front and rear parts get caught or overlap, which can lead to rounding. The current situation is that it relies on one person. For example, in a supply device using electromagnetic vibration as a driving source, it is possible to move the parts along a track placed in the interior of the device while aligning them in contact with the side wall.

The flexible wire should face upward, toward the center of the container, and toward the A row.

The orientation in the opposite direction of travel is not constant for each type, making it impossible to put it to practical use.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks and provide a method and apparatus for aligning and transferring parts with nine flexible wires.

The present invention provides a method for aligning and transporting parts with flexible wires, which is characterized in that the flexible wires of the parts with flexible wires are held between a pair of belts rotating nine times, and the parts with flexible wires are moved within a guide shooter. and a cylindrical alignment container having a trajectory from the bottom surface to the upper edge on which the flexible wired components move along the inner peripheral surface, and vibration for aligning and transferring the components along the circumference of the alignment container. a pair of belts that are installed near the upper edge of the track and are rotated downwardly by the drive source and transmission device while closely contacting each other in a direction that clamps the flexible wires of the parts; and the flexible wires of the nine parts. It has a slit with a width larger than the outer diameter of the wire, and the width and depth of the flexible wire-equipped component storage portion gradually become narrower in the direction of movement.

The present invention also relates to an alignment and transfer device for parts with flexible wires, which is provided with a shallow guide shooter.

In the present invention, the alignment container is made of iron or the like, and the overall size, track width, number of heights, etc. are appropriately selected depending on the size of the parts with flexible wires to be aligned and the flexibility of the flexible wires. . The vibration source is not limited as long as the parts can be aligned and transferred along the inner wall of the track, but an electromagnetic vibration type is usually used. The position of the pair of belts for clamping the flexible wire attached to the part is at the end of the track along which the part travels, that is, near the upper edge, and the direction is when clamping something with the flexible wire facing upward. When holding something with the Gooley set vertically and the town I@- facing the center, place the Gooley so it is horizontal. The distance from the upper edge of the track to the belt was determined so that only the flexible wire was clamped without clamping any parts, but EIITI was drilled into 9 parts! It is desirable to attach one line at a distance that will pinch the vicinity of the roots.

Rotation of the belt is normally transmitted from the motor through gears and gouries. Belt rotation speed.

That is, it is preferable that the speed of the part moving within the belt while holding the flexible wire is faster than the speed of the part moving on the track, since the part can be smoothly supplied to the next process.

In order for the belt to securely hold the flexible wire, it is preferable that the ghoulies supporting both ends of the belt use an elastic body such as rubber to tighten the belt.

Install a pressure roller between the ghoulies at both ends.

The belt may be compressed by a spring mechanism, or the belt may contain a magnetic material and be attached to the belt so that the belt itself has an attractive force. A guide shooter is installed in the vicinity of the belt on the extension line of the upper edge of the trajectory on which the parts travel, in a circle that is aligned in a fixed direction and supplies nine parts to the primary process.

A slit larger than the outer diameter of the flexible wire is provided in the guide shooter in the direction of movement of the parts in order to introduce the nine flexible wires held by the belt.

In order to align the parts in a certain direction, the internal width and depth are set to be medium larger than the length of the parts near the upper edge of the track, and gradually decrease in the direction of movement of the parts in the part connected to the next process. The width and thickness of the parts are slightly larger than each other, and nine parts are provided in the storage area. Guide shooter is Machi J!
It is preferable to have a structure in which IaIa is tilted away from the belt in the traveling direction of the part so that IaIa is pulled and the bending is corrected. Thus, only the flexible wire facing in a predetermined direction from the upper edge of the track is held by the belt and enters the guide shooter. At this point, the parts are only oriented in a certain direction, but the main body can be oriented in various directions.

As the robot moves forward while sliding inside the guide shooter, its posture is corrected and it is aligned in a certain direction.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a view taken along A-A of the first FjA.
The J-plane cross-sectional view and FIG. 3 are the BB plan views of FIG. 1.

In the figure, 3 is a cylindrical alignment container with an outer diameter of about 400 mm, which is placed on a vibration source 17 that gives a sinusoidal electromagnetic vibration;
Reference numeral 4 denotes a track installed clockwise along the inner periphery of the alignment container from the bottom surface of the alignment container 3 toward the upper edge. Vibration +117
Vibration from is applied so that the parts 1 can be aligned from the bottom of the alignment container 3 along the inner wall 5 of the track 4 in the direction of the arrow 6. The required number of S products 1 are put into the bottom of the alignment container A4, but at this point and during the alignment transfer, the flexible wires 2 attached to the four components IK are oriented in arbitrary directions.

Some are straight and some are bent.

In this embodiment, even if the flexible wire 2 is slightly bent, the parts facing upward are stretched after being aligned and transported, and then supplied to the primary process. A belt 8 is installed above the upper edge 7 of the track 4 at a distance that does not pinch the flexible wire component 1, and the belt 8 is connected to the motor 10 in the direction of the arrow 9 shown in Fig. is driven via the gear 11 and the elastic pulley 12. The diameter of the goo IJ-12 at the end portion 71Il is made large enough so that even if the flexible wire 2 is bent to some extent, it is held between the pair of belts 80, and the diameter is set to be large enough to fit between the centers of the pair of pulleys. The distance should be wider than the width of the orbit. The rotational speed of the belt 8 is higher than the speed of the component 1 traveling on the track 4.The upward flexible wire 2 is suspended between the pair of belts 8 on the end 7 side. It is inserted into a slit 14 formed in a guide shooter 13 installed on the lower surface of the belt 8 shown in FIG. 2 and having a width larger than the outer diameter of the nine flexible wires 2. Near the middle of the elastic goops 17-12 at both ends, there is a wire that faces the inside of the belt 8, as shown in FIG. A pressure roller 15 is installed to tighten the flexible wire 2.

The internal ridges and depth of the guide shooter 13 are made gradually smaller in the direction of movement of the part 1, and the part where the part #2 is away from the belt is slightly larger than the width and thickness of the part 10. During transportation, the posture of the parts is corrected and aligned in a certain direction. Further, the guide shooter is inclined downward in the direction of movement of the parts. In other words, a tensile force acts on the rounded and clamped flexible wire 2, which is structured to move away from the belt 8 in the direction of movement of the part 1, and the flexible wire 2 is stretched and the bending is corrected. Ru.

After this, the flexible wire 2 is released from the belt 8.

The parts 1 that have progressed along the track 4 without being held by the belt 8 fall from the end 7 to the bottom of the alignment container 3.

It travels on the track 4 again and circulates along this track until it is clamped by the belt 4.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the present invention.

Belt 8 and guide shooter rotating in the direction of arrow 9
13 is tilted 90 degrees in Figure 1, and there are 9 parts l.
This is a device for aligning and transferring objects whose flexible wires 2 are directed toward the center of the aligning container 3.

According to the method of aligning and transferring parts with flexible wires according to the present invention, there is no need for one person to align and transfer parts one by one, and the supply to the processing and assembly worker 1 can be automated, resulting in significant labor savings.

The device of the present invention can be used in conjunction with various other supply devices, conveyors,
It can be easily combined and installed on automatic processing machines, etc., and the motor drive allows for quick alignment and transfer, improving efficiency and usage #! The area is also wide.

Also, if the guide shooter is structured so that it moves away from the belt in the direction of movement of the parts.

The red color is the effect of the flexible wire being stretched and its bending corrected.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a flexible wire feeding device showing an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional side view taken along line A-A in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a plane taken along B-B in Fig. 1. Figure 4 and No. 4 #A are perspective views of a flexible wire-equipped supply device showing another embodiment of the present invention. Explanation of symbols 1... Part 2... Flexible wire 3... Alignment container 4... Track 5... Inner wall 6
...Progress direction arrow of parts 7 ...Top edge 8
... Belt 9 ... Belt rotation direction arrow 10 ... Motor 11 ... Gear 12 ... Elastic pulley 13 ... Guide shooter 14 ...
Slit 15...Pressure roller'\EJl
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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A component with a flexible wire, which is characterized in that the flexible wire of the component with a flexible wire is held between a pair of rotating belts and the component with a flexible wire is moved within a guide shooter. alignment transfer method. 2. A cylindrical sorting container having a trajectory from the bottom surface to the upper edge on which parts with flexible wires move along the inner circumference, and a container for orderly transferring the parts along the inner circumference of the sorting container. A vibration source that generates vibrations is installed near the upper edge of the track. A pair of belts that are rotated by a drive source and a transmission device while tightly holding the flexible wire of the part, and a slit with a width larger than the outer diameter of the flexible wire of one part. It can also be equipped with a guide shooter in which the width and depth of the housing part become gradually narrower and shallower in the direction of travel!
Arrangement and transfer device for parts with 1III.