JPS5855047B2 - Automatic tag attachment device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a device for automatically attaching a tag to a binding material for binding objects to be bound, and makes it easy to attach a tag to the binding material without requiring any special processing on the tag. In addition, it is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic tag attaching device having a simple configuration, which enables flat contact attachment of both ends of tags when binding objects to be bound by a binding machine, and is capable of preventing damage to objects to be bound and protecting tags themselves. This is the purpose.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings. 5 in FIG. 1 is a tag 1 having hollow mounting holes 1a, la at both ends as shown in FIG. This is a stacked storage box (including those in which protrusions are embossed using a concave-convex press to make it easy to take out tags one by one), and is mounted on the tag extrusion plate guide 3 at the front of the base 6. The tag 1 is stored with the display section facing upward.

Reference numeral 2 denotes a tag extrusion plate that pushes out the tags 1 one by one from the lower part of the stacked storage box 5 for the tags 1. On both sides of the tip of the plate, the lowest level of the tag stacked storage box 5 falls, and the holes 1a for mounting the tags are inserted.
Tag supports 2a, 2a with stepped surfaces are formed to support both ends with 1a, and the central part between the tag supports is cut out, and a tag extrusion guide 3 formed on the front part of the mounting base 6 is formed. It has a structure in which it moves back and forth in a straight line by the operation of a tag push-out cylinder 4 installed at the rear.

Corresponding to the position where the tag supports 2a, 2a of the tag push-out plate 2 reach the forward dead center, the lower surface is attached to the mount 7 extending upward and forward from the mounting base 6 via the recessed metal fitting fitting 8. A concave metal fitting 9 is fixedly provided, which has a curved portion 9b having a concave arc surface in the left and right direction of force, and has an 11-shaped notch at the left and right sides of the central portion to form a binding material guiding portion 9a.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a sill for curving, which is suspended horizontally on the mounting base 6, and is connected to an arm 11 fixed to a shaft 12 on the mounting base 6 via a bearing 12a in the same manner as the gear 13.

- A gear 14 that meshes with the key gear 13 is connected to a convex metal fitting mounting arm 16 via a shaft 15 that is supported in parallel to a bearing 15a.
At the front end of the convex metal fitting mounting arm 16, there is a curved part 18b having a convex arc surface in the left and right direction, which can be freely closed in correspondence with the concave hook 9, and a curved part 18b on both front and rear sides thereof. A convex metal fitting 18 is provided with anti-slip tag edges 18c, 18c protruding along the sides of the recess, and further has a binding material guide portion 18a cut out in the shape of a mouth at the center of the curved portion 18b in the left and right direction of force. They are attached via convex metal fitting fittings 17 so as to form a pair of upper and lower parts facing the metal fitting 9.

This convex metal fitting 18 rotates up and down with the convex metal fitting mounting arm 16 using the shaft 15 as a fulcrum by the operation of the tag bending cylinder 10, and the center of the convex metal fitting 18 moves up and down.
lJ We match the center of the concave metal fitting 9 and curved parts 9b and 18
20 is a binding material guiding portion 9a by closing both front curved portions 9b and 18b.
, 18a.

To explain the operation of this inventive device, a flat tag 1 made of an elastic metal plate as described above is placed in a storage box 5.
When the tag extrusion plate 2 retreats to the retraction dead center due to the operation of the tag extrusion cylinder 4, when the tag extrusion cylinder 4 is operated and the tag extrusion plate 2 retreats to the dead center, the tag stacking storage box 5 is moved from the bottom to the lowest position. tag 1 falls, and the mounting hole 1a of tag 1,
Both ends provided with the tag 1a are supported by tag supports 2a provided on both sides of the tip of the tag push-out plate 2.

In this state, the tag extrusion plate 2 is moved to the tag extrusion cylinder 4.
The forward movement of the tag push-out plate kite 3 moves [
)j] forward, and at the forward dead center, the convex metal fitting mounting bracket 17
Convex metal fitting 1 attached to convex metal fitting mounting arm 16 via
The flat tag 1 is held at a position where the center of the tag 8 coincides with a trajectory drawn with the shaft 15 as a fulcrum (the state shown in FIG. 1).

Next, when the piston of the tag bending cylinder 10 is moved forward, the shaft 12 and gear 13 are connected via the arm 11.
is rotated, and the gear 14 that meshes with it is fixed to the convex metal fitting mounting arm 16 via the shaft 15, so the convex metal fitting mounting arm 1 is rotated by the operation of the tag bending cylinder 10
6 performs a pivoting upward movement using the shaft 15 as a fulcrum, and a convex metal fitting 18 attached to the front part of the metal fitting 18 moves the flat tag 1 held on the tag support 2a, 2a of the tag push-out plate 2 to the tag slip prevention edge 18c, The tag is scooped out from the lower blade while being supported by 18c, and near the end of the forward stroke of the tag bending cylinder 10, the concave metal fitting 9 and the convex metal fitting 18 are in a closed state as shown in FIG.

That is, as the convex metal fitting 18 rotates upward, the flat rod 1 is moved between the curved portion 9b of the concave metal fitting 9 and the convex metal fitting 1 in the operating sequence shown in FIG.
It is compressed and deformed between the curved portions 18b of 8.

In this state, the mounting holes 1a at both ends of the tag 1.

1a is arranged in a straight line with the binding material passing hole formed by the binding material guiding portion 18a of the convex metal fitting 18 and the binding material guiding portion 9a of the concave metal fitting 9 due to its curved deformation, and a binding material passage 20 is secured;
As shown in the front view of FIG. 4, the binding material 19 is fed from a binding machine (not shown) and penetrates through the mounting holes 1a, 1a of the tag 1.

The binding material 19 is wrapped around the front and back surfaces of the object 21 to be bound, as shown in FIG. 8, as in a normal binding machine.

Thereafter, the tag push-out plate 2 is moved backward by the operation of the tag push-out cylinder 4, and at the same time, the convex metal fitting 18 is moved backward by the tag bending cylinder 10, so that the convex metal fitting mounting arm 16 is moved backward.
By swinging and lowering the tag 1 through the binding material 19, the tag 1 that is attached through the binding material 19 restores its flat shape due to its own elasticity, and the binding material 19 is pulled back and tightened by the binding machine, allowing it to freely approach the object to be bound 21. The tag is attached to the object to be bound 21 in planar contact as shown in FIG.

In the present invention, it is also easy to use a curved tag 1' as shown in FIG. 7 in which the tag is curved in plane in advance.

In this case as well, the curved tags 1 are sequentially held on the tag supports 2a, 2a of the tag push-out plate 2 by an appropriate device, and the concave metal fittings 9 are raised by the rising and falling convex metal fittings 18 as the convex metal fitting mounting arm 16 rotates and moves up and down. By sandwiching the curved tag 1' between the curved parts 9b and 18b of the convex metal fitting 18, the binding material is penetrated into the hole with the tag plate, as in the case of the flat tag described above, and the binding material is penetrated. Only tags can be attached.

As explained above, the device of the present invention presses a flat tag having mounting holes at both ends between the curved portions of a pair of fixed convex metal fittings and a concave metal fitting that can be rotated up and down. By curving the plane, the tag mounting holes are held in line with the binding material guiding part of the concave and convex metal fittings, and the binding material is passed through the mounting holes at both ends of the tag while the concave and convex metal fittings are in the closed state. Therefore, the concave and convex metal fittings having concave and convex curved parts can serve both as a temporary tag deformation to align the mounting holes at both ends of the tag in a straight line with the binding material passage, and as a guide for guiding the binding material. A reciprocating linear movement mechanism using a cylinder action of a tag pushing plate that supplies tags between concave and convex metal fittings without requiring a separate guide, and a vertical force that closes and opens the convex metal fittings toward the concave metal fittings. The tag can be inserted into the binding material only by the combination of the two operating mechanisms, including the rotating and lifting movement mechanism in the direction, and the tag can be left in the same state without having to be moved to a position in the other direction by tightening the binding material. The tag attachment process and device configuration can be greatly simplified.

In addition, the number of operating parts and parts is smaller compared to conventional devices of this type, and the movement can be performed accurately and reliably by the operating cylinder, so the configuration is extremely simple and prevents tags from falling off or operating errors. A trouble-free, simple, and economically inexpensive automatic tag attaching device can be obtained.

In addition, in conventional methods where tags are automatically attached by bending (bending) both ends with attachment holes to the same side, the bent sharp edges of the tag come into contact with the object to be bound. Perhaps this device had the disadvantage of causing scratches on the objects to be bound, as shown in Figure 5. After the binding material penetrates the tag mounting hole, the pressure from the concave and convex metal fittings is released, and the tag becomes nearly flat. After being restored, it comes into contact with the object to be bound and is tightened, so there is no risk of scratches.

Furthermore, there is no need to bend the tag (bending process), and the tag cost can be reduced.

Furthermore, the tag paint does not peel off when the tag is bent, so the commercial value of the tag is not affected, and the tag can be automatically attached using a flat tag, making it convenient to store the tag. It has features such as being able to use curved tags.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a side view of the device showing one flat tag having a mounting hole taken out, FIG. 2 is a front view of the main parts, and FIG. The figure is a side view showing the attachment operation state of the tag and binding material of the device in Figure 1;
Fig. 4 is a front view showing the main parts, Fig. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing the sequence of operation steps by this device, Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the flat tag used in the present invention, and Fig. 7 is the same curved tag. A perspective view of the tag. FIG. 8 is a perspective view of an object to be bound to which a tag is attached by the present device. 1 is flat, 1' is a curved tag, 1a is a tag mounting hole, 12 is a tag extrusion plate, 2a is a tag support, 4 is a tag extrusion cylinder, 9 is a concave metal fitting, 9a is a binding material guiding part, 9
b is a curved portion, 10 is a cylinder for tag bending, 16 is an arm for attaching a convex metal fitting, 18 is a convex metal fitting, 18a is a binding material guiding portion,
18b is a curved portion, and 19 is a binding material.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 Above, a nationally specified concave metal fitting with a concave arc surface θ curved part in the left and right direction opposite to C, and a tag curved part with a curved part of ρ1 arc that matches the crr 44 curved part. ``By the operation of the cylinder, the cap fitting J4y is equipped so that it can rotate up and down and move up and down so that it closes and opens with the curved part of the concave fitting via the attached arm.
A tag extrusion plate is provided with a tag support that supports both ends of a flat tag with mounting holes at both ends in the front and rear force direction between the concave metal fitting and the convex metal fitting. The tag is reinstalled so that it can freely move forward and backward horizontally by the operation of the tag extrusion cylinder, so that it moves forward to the support or tag supply section, receives the tag, and moves forward directly under the concave metal hook, and the convex metal fitting rotates. The upward movement presses the tag between the concave metal fitting and bends it, and a pair of binding material guide holes are formed at both ends of the tag in the left and right direction facing the center of the curved part of the convex metal fitting. A tag movement attachment device characterized in that a tag is attached to a binding material by passing the binding material into a mounting hole of the tag in line with the tag.