JPS60167842A - Turning device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To turn a material to be turned in a reliably adjusted state by providing two kinds of supports for supporting a material to be turned on a turning device in a bank note processing apparatus. CONSTITUTION:A turning portion includes the first support 210 comprising an L-shaped member for supporting a sheaf (material to be turned) 1 in the first state, that is, in the horizontal state and turning the sheaf 1 in the second state, that is, turning in about 90 deg. arc to be erect and the second support 211 comprising an L-shaped member for supporting the sheaf which is turned from the first state to the second state by movement of the first support 210. The support 210 is fixed to a shaft 213 rotatably supported on a base 212, and an arm 215 having a roller 214 on the free end side thereof is integral with the shaft 213.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to an improvement in a direction changing device that can be applied when changing the direction of an object to be changed, for example, from a horizontal state to an upright state.

[Technical background of the invention and its problems]

In recent years, central banks, etc. have been discriminating banknotes and classifying them into genuine reusable notes and damaged notes that are valid but unsuitable for reuse, and are distributing a fixed number of banknotes, for example 10, in bands of different colors.
After bundling 0 sheets each, 10 more good and unfit bills are bundled.
A banknote processing system device that ties banknotes one by one in a criss-cross pattern with a binding band is in practical use.

In this type of banknote processing system, the objects to be bound, which have been tied in a minus sign, are turned 90 degrees and fed into the binding section again to complete the cross-tie binding.

However, in conventional direction changing devices of this type,
The object to be changed in direction is dropped, and the lower surface and the side part of the object to be changed in direction are brought into contact with a stop bar horizontally suspended on the falling path, and the object to be changed in direction is rotated to change the direction. has become,
There is always a problem when the alignment state is easily disturbed and adversely affects post-processing.

[Purpose of the invention]

The present invention has been made based on the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a direction changing device which has an extremely simple configuration and is capable of changing the direction of an object to be changed while reliably aligning the object. That is.

[Summary of the invention]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a first system that supports an object to be changed in direction in a first state and rotates from this state to change the direction of the object to be changed in direction to a second state. The rotation of the support body and the first support body causes the first
The second support body supports the object whose direction has been changed from the state to the second state.

[Embodiments of the invention]

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 schematically shows the configuration of an accumulation/bundling unit device that employs the direction changing device of the present invention, and FIG. A bundle 1 formed by criss-cross binding is shown.

The center figure in Fig. 1 is a grip accumulation section, and after this there is a direction conversion section B that changes the direction of the grip 1a... from a horizontal state to a standing state by 90 degrees as a bound object to be changed, and a compression section. /The binding section C1 and the discharge section are arranged in sequence, and a plurality of loquats 1a... are collectively clamped and conveyed from the collection section A to the discharge section. A conveyance means E is provided for pinching and conveying bundles 1 that are tied or cross-bound.

The above-mentioned bundle stacking section A receives bundles (groups of paper sheets bundled in a predetermined number of sheets) Zm that are sequentially carried in, and stacks them in an upright position in a plane direction in a predetermined number, for example, 10 bundles, as shown in Figures 3 to 3. The configuration is as shown in FIG.

3 and 4, numeral 3 in the figure is a bundle receiving chamber that receives bundles 1a that are sequentially discharged from a preprocessing device such as a banknote sorting machine and fall in an upright position with the width direction being the vertical direction. The grip 1 & which fell into this grip receiving chamber 3 is pushed into the pushing means 4.
It is pushed in the υ plane direction and pushed into the collection chamber 5 located at the rear (rightward in the state of FIG. 4). The pushing means 4 is configured to reciprocate a pushing body 7 supported by a parallel link mechanism 6 so as to be reciprocally movable in conjunction with the movement of a cam 9 which rotates using a motor 8 as a drive source. The parallel link mechanism 6 includes a position detector 10.
A lever 12 that turns ON and OFF the lever 11 is attached so that the position of the pusher 7 can be detected.

In addition, in the upper part of the grip receiving chamber 3, there is an optical detection unit 13 of a counter that counts the falling grips 1a in the grip receiving chamber 31C, and a grip detection unit 13 that is operated by the grip 1m that falls on the bottom of the grip receiving chamber 3. Means 14 are provided. Grip detection means 1
4 is a system consisting of a detection lever 16 whose free end extends into the grip receiving chamber 3 through a notch formed in the pace 15, and a detector 17 that detects the movement of the detection lever 16. ,
An operation signal is sent to the pushing means 4.

On the other hand, the bundles 11 pushed into the collection chamber 5 by the pushing means 4 are held by the first and second support means 20 and 21 so as not to fall.

The first support means 20 includes a pace 1 as shown in FIG.
5 through the slits 22, 22 formed in the collection chamber 5.
The most advanced grip 1a is supported by a pair of pins 23, 23 as supports that protrude inward and are movable in the stacking direction of the grips 1a (in the left-right direction in the state shown in FIG. 4). .

As shown in FIG. position P,
It is configured to be buried in the lower surface side of the pace 15. That is, the pins 23, 23 are in a state of projecting on the second movable body 25, which is attached to the first movable body 24 so as to be vertically movable, as shown in detail in FIG. 1st
The movable body 24 can reciprocate in the horizontal direction using a guide shaft 26 and a guide rail 27 as guides, and can be moved from the second position P to the first position P by the support moving means 28. It is now possible to do so. The support moving means 28 includes a gear head 29h disposed on one end side of the guide shaft 26.
A timing belt 32 is looped between a drive timing belt 30 driven by a drive timing belt 30 driven by a drive timing belt 9 and a driven timing belt 31 disposed on the other end side of a guide shaft 26. It has a structure in which the lower end bent portions 24a of the portions are connected.

Further, a second pin 23, 23 serving as a support body is provided protrudingly.
The movable body 25 is disposed on the lower surface side of the horizontal plate portion of the first movable body 24 and is supported so as to be vertically movable using a guide member 33 integrated with the first movable body 24 as a guide. Then, the support protruding means 34 moves the pin 23.23 to the first position P8.
When the pin 23.23 reaches the second position P, it protrudes into the collection chamber 5, and when the pin 23.23 reaches the second position P, it is buried in the support burying means 35 from within the collection chamber 5. ing.

8 and 9 on the vertical plate portion of the second movable body 25.
As shown in the figure, a hook 38 is provided which is rotatable via a support shaft 36 and is always biased in a predetermined direction (clockwise in the state shown in FIG. 9) by a snoring 37. The second movable body 25 is supported at the upper limit position by engaging with a locking ring 39 protruding from the vertical plate portion of the movable body 25 .

Further, the support body embedding means 35 includes a hook release pin 40 provided near the other end side of the guide shaft 26,
When the free end of the hook 38 comes into contact with the hook release pin 40, the hook 38 rotates and comes off the locking pin 39. Further, the support protruding means 3
4, the hook 38 moves the second movable body 25 at the lower limit position by guiding a guide roller 41 attached to the lower end side of the vertical plate portion of the second movable body 25 upward with a cam 42. It is configured to be displaced to a position where it engages with the locking pin 39.

As shown in FIG. 5, the pins 23, 23 serving as supports are sequentially pushed to the second position P, in the direction of the arrow & in FIG. 6, as the bundles 1a accumulate. At this time, the pins 23, 23 are fed by the thickness of the bundles 1a by the stopping torque of the gear head 29m of the motor 29, which is the drive source of the support moving means 28, and support the accumulated bundles 1a so that they do not fall. .

When the second position P1 is reached in this way, the hook 38
When it comes into contact with the hook release pin 40, it is displaced in the direction of the arrow in FIG.
It is sent in the direction of arrow C in FIG. Then, by the action of the cam 42, the pins 23, 23 are sent in the direction of the arrow d, so that the pins 23, 23 protrude into the collection chamber 5 at the first position P. Further, 43° 43 is a detector for detecting the position of the first movable body 24.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the second support means 2 supports the rearmost bundle 1a with a pair of claws 45, 45 as supports provided above the collection chamber 5. The structure is as follows. The pawls 45, 45 are attached to the free end side of the horizontal plate portion of the movable body 46 which is rotatably supported.
It is configured to be able to move from the BVC to the position shown by the solid line and the two-dot chain line in FIG.

The movable body actuating mechanism 48 connects a row 250 attached to the free end side of an arm 49 that is rotationally displaced by a rotary lens 47 to a long hole 51 formed in a vertical plate portion of the movable body 46.
The movable body 460 is configured to engage with the movable body 460, thereby converting the rotational movement of the arm 49 into the rotational movement of the movable body 460.

On the other hand, on one side of the grasping receiving chamber 3, there is a grasping and collecting chamber 5 for the pushing body 7.
alignment means 5 for pushing and aligning the end face in a direction perpendicular to the pushing direction of the grip 1a pushed in in conjunction with the pushing operation;
3 is provided. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 10, this alignment means 53 is rotatable about a support shaft 54 and is always biased in the alignment direction by a coil Sgelling A5.5 as a biasing body. a possible alignment member 56, and a connecting member that connects the alignment member 56 and the pushing body 7, transmits the movement of the pushing body 7 to the alignment member 56, and displaces the alignment member 56 against the biasing force. Coylesgeling BI as
37. ! : It has a configuration with.

Coils 7°9 song B57 as the above-mentioned connecting member,
As shown in FIG. 11, a coil with a larger biasing force (spring constant) is used than the coil Sgelling A55 which always biases the alignment member 66 in the alignment direction.

Further, an alignment reference guide plate 68 is provided in the grip alignment direction of the alignment member 56, and the grip 11 is aligned in a state in which it abuts against this alignment reference guide plate 58. ing.

A predetermined number of bags (10 bags) are collected in an orderly manner in the collection room 5.
The grips 11 .

The first and second support arms 59 and 60 are connected to the first and second support arms 59 and 60 that are installed in parallel along an example of the accumulation/binding unit device.
Movable block 63 attached to Noga-ru screws 61 and 62
．． 64, and is adapted to move forward and backward as the first and second gill screws 61 and 62 rotate forward and backward. (See Figure 1) At one end of the first Zoll screw 6, there is a first drive pulley 66 attached to the drive shaft 65& of a motor 65 that can be driven in both forward and reverse directions as shown in Figure 12. A driven pulley 68 interlocked via a timing belt 67 is attached so that it can rotate in a predetermined direction, and a braking force is applied by a brake device 69 provided near the driven pulley 68. There is. Also, the second gable screw 62 is
As shown in FIG. 2, the driving force of the motor 65 is transmitted via a clutch/f rake device 70. That is, the driving force of the second drive differential 1 attached to the drive shaft 65& of the motor 65 is applied to the timing belt 7.
2 to the input shaft 70h of the clutch/brake device 70
Further, the driving force of the pulley 74 attached to the output shaft 70b of the clutch/brake device 70 is transmitted to the pulley 74 attached to the output shaft 70b of the clutch/brake device 70, which is attached to the second sole screw 62 via the timing belt 75. The configuration is such that the signal is transmitted to the driven pulley 68.

As a result, the first support arm 59 moves as the motor 65 is driven, and the second support arm 60 moves in the same direction following the clutch of the clutch/f rake device 70. Become.

Further, as shown in FIG. 13, the first support arm 59 is in a horizontal state (solid line state) in which it can hold the collected bundles 1a... The structure is such that it can be rotated to an inclined state (state shown by two-dot chain line). That is, the first support arm 59 is attached to the movable block 63 so as to be rotatable about the sol screw 61, and the first support arm 59 is attached to the first guide roller 77 and the second guide roller 77 which engages with the idle rail 76.
The second roller 79 that engages with the guide rail 78 of
is attached.

The first guide rail 76 is provided corresponding to the collecting section A, and the second guide rail 78 is provided corresponding to the direction changing section B to the compression/binding section C.

Further, the first guide rail 76 provided corresponding to the grasping section A is attached to a link mechanism 81 that is displaced by a rotary solenoid 80, and the first support arm is moved by the ON-OFF operation of the solenoid 80. 59 is in a horizontal state and in an inclined state.

On the other hand, the second guide rail 78 is fixedly provided, and by moving the first support arm 59 in a horizontal state, the second guide rail 79 is moved to the second guide rail 78. When engaged, the first support arm 59 is supported in a horizontal state.

The second support arm 60 is always supported horizontally.

The compression/binding section C also includes an object compression means 83 for compressing the bundles 1a held by the first and second support arms 59, 60 in the stacking direction in the same state, and It has a configuration including a binding means 84 that wraps the binding band 2 around the plurality of bundles 1a compressed by the bundle compression means 83 and bundles them all at once.

As shown in FIG.
The configuration includes a compression plate 85 and a second compression plate 86. The first compression plate 85 is guided so as to be movable up and down via a guide 87, and is fixed to a movable block 89 that is movable up and down using a guide shaft 88 as a guide. Movable Zoroku 89 has pulleys 90, 91, 92°93
The hook is connected to the vertical part of the timing belt 94, and when the pulley 93 is driven by the motor 95 in the forward or reverse direction, the first compression plate 85
can reach the lower limit position (solid line position in FIG. 14) and the upper limit position (double-dashed line position in FIG. 14). Also, the upper limit position and lower limit position at this time are determined by the sensor 9.
6,97.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG.
0 and 100 so as to be able to reciprocate in the horizontal direction, and is reciprocated in accordance with the rotation of a ball screw 10 parallel to the guide shafts 100 and 100. A timing pulley 102 attached to the peel screw 101 is interlocked via a timing belt 107 with a timing pulley 106 attached to a rotating shaft 1θ5 to which the driving force of a motor 103 is transmitted via a torque limiter 104. It has become. In addition, the rotating shaft 1
05 is configured such that braking force is applied by a micro electromagnetic brake JOB. In the figure, reference numeral 109 denotes a timing pulley of a torque limiter which is interlocked with a timing pulley 110 attached to the drive shaft of the motor 103 via a timing belt 11.

As the motor 103 is driven in the forward direction, the second compression plate 86 moves toward the first compression plate 85 at the upper limit position, and the grip 1a... is compressed to suppress the bulge of the grip IIL, and at this time, a predetermined compression force is applied by the action of the torque limiter 104.

Further, by driving the motor 103 in the opposite direction, the second compression plate 86 is separated from the first compression plate 85, and the compressed state is released.

The position of the second compression plate 86 is detected by sensors 112 and 113. (See FIG. 15) Next, the binding means 83 configured as described above wraps the binding band 2 around the bundles 1 and so on, which are compressed in the stacking direction, to bind them. 84 has a configuration as shown in FIGS. 1 and 15. That is,
Binding band supplying means 115 supplies the binding band 2, and holds the leading end of the binding band 2 supplied by the binding band supplying means 115, and binds the banding band 2 in a state perpendicular to the transportation path of the objects by its forward movement. The band 2 is stretched, and when the grip IIL... reaches a predetermined position while pushing the middle part of the band 2, it moves backward to wrap the band 2 around the band 1a... The υ tip is held by the binding band holding means 16, the binding band cutting means 117 for cutting the binding band 2 into a predetermined length, and the binding band end holding means 116, and the midway part is held by the binding band 1a.
Grasp the rear end of the cable tie 2 wrapped around 1a...
It has a structure comprising a binding band end fixing means 118 which is superimposed and fixed on the surface of the binding band 2 wound around the binding band 2.

The above-mentioned binding band supplying means 115 leads out the binding band 2 wound into a roll in a state in which it is wound around f-id rollers 119, 120° 121 in sequence, and first and second first and second parts are arranged so that the leading ends of the banding band 2 are brought into contact with each other. The supply rollers 122 and 123 are placed in a sandwiched state. (See Figure 1) The first supply row 2122 is a drive roller, and the first supply row 2122 is a drive roller.
As shown in FIG. 6, the motor 124 is attached to a rotating shaft 129 to which the driving force of the motor 124 is transmitted through a gear group 125, 126 and 127 that mesh with each other, and to which a braking force is applied by a brake device 128. Further, the second supply roller 123 is rotatably attached to a υ support shaft, which is a driven roller that is always urged to roll into contact with the first supply row 2122 side. By driving the motor 124 in a predetermined direction, the binding band 2 can be fed out, and by driving the motor 124 in the opposite direction, the fed binding band 2 can be pulled back.

Note that the gear 12 fitted on the drive shaft of the motor 124
A knob 130 is integrally attached to 6 so that the first supply roller 122 can be rotated by manual operation as appropriate.

The binding band 2 is made of a tape having a heat-melting adhesive layer 2a on one side, and is fed out with the adhesive layer 2a facing the second compression plate 86. ing.

In addition, in the direction of supplying the strap by the strap supplying means 115, that is, in the vicinity of the rear stage of the arrangement position of the first, second, and second supply rollers 122 and 123, the fixed blade 131 and the movable blade 132 of the strap cutting means 117 are arranged. is located.

The movable blade 132 is slidably supported by guide members 13.9 and 134, as shown in FIGS. 17 and 18, and is always urged in a direction away from the fixed blade 131 by a coil spring 135.

The back surface of the movable blade 132 is an inclined guide surface 132h, and a row 7138 attached to the free end of the arm 137, which is rotationally displaced by the rotary lens lenoid 136, is attached to the inclined guide surface 132a. It is in a state of being transferred.

By driving the rotary solenoid 136, the movable blade 132 is displaced against the biasing force of the coil sedge ring 135, thereby cutting the binding band 2.

Next, the binding end holding means 116 will be explained with reference to FIGS. 19 to 22. 140 in Figures 19 and 20
The bundle 1, which is the object to be bound, is also bound through the f-id roller 142 that engages with the guide groove 14 and the plurality of grooved guide rollers 144 that are arranged to sandwich the id shaft 143. It is a movable frame supported so as to be able to reciprocate in a direction perpendicular to the conveyance path, and a binding band holding unit 145 is attached to this movable frame 140.

The movable frame 140 has an id shaft 143.
A retaining groove 15 that engages with a row 2149 attached to the midway part of the chain 148 that is wrapped around the driving groove locket (J 46) and the driven groove rocket 147 arranged on both ends of the
0 is provided, so that the drive Suge rocket 146 moves forward when driven in the forward direction by the motor 151, and moves backward when driven in the opposite direction to return to its original home position. It has become.

Further, positioning means 152 for positioning the movable frame 140 is provided on the home position side of the moving path of the movable frame 140. This positioning means 152
As shown in FIG. 20, the arm 156 is swingably attached via a bearing 154 attached to a fixed frame 153 and is always urged to be in a predetermined position by an IJ tongue 55. Roller 1 attached to the free end
57, and this roller 157 engages with a recess 140* formed on the lower end side of the movable frame 140 to position the movable frame 140. Also,
A light shielding plate 158 is attached to the movable frame 140, and the movable frame 1
40 positions can be detected.

Further, the binding band holding unit 145 mounted on the movable frame 140 has the following configuration. That is, a support plate 161 is provided in parallel with the Hf motion frame 140, and two horizontal guide shafts 162 are provided between them.
, 162 are installed, and their horizontal axis is the id axis 162.
A movable block 163 is attached to the movable block 163 via the angle 162 so as to be able to reciprocate in a direction perpendicular to the moving direction of the movable frame 140 (in the left-right direction in the state shown in FIG. 20).

This movable block 163 has a built-in bearing 164.
A rotating shaft 165 is vertically supported via this bearing 164. Bracket 1 is attached to the upper end of the rotating shaft 165.
66 and 167, the guide shafts 168 and 168 are connected in a parallel and perpendicular state, and a movable pace 169 is provided so as to be movable up and down using the guide shafts 168 and 168 as a guide. .

This movable pace 169 is always urged by a spring 179 to be positioned upward.

In addition, this movable pace 169 includes a fixed piece 120 and a support shaft 1.
A strap catcher 174 is attached, which is made up of a movable piece 173 that is supported via a movable piece 71 and that is movable towards and away from the fixed piece 170 and is always biased in the direction of liquid. There is.

On the other hand, a driven rubber roller 175 is fitted to the lower end of the rotating shaft 165, and when the movable frame 140 is located at the home position, the driven rubber roller 175 rolls into contact with an intermediate rubber roller 177 which is in rolling contact with the driving rubber roller 176. It is configured to obtain.

Note that 178 shown in FIG. 19 is the driving rubber row 217.
This is a motor for driving 6.

When the motor 178 is driven, this driving force is transferred to the rotating shaft 16 through rubber roller groups 176, 177, and 175.
5 and a movable pace 169 to which a cable tie catcher 174 having a fixed piece 170 and a movable piece 173 is attached.
is set to rotate.

The movable pace 169 also includes a plurality of guide rows 2180 attached to the support plate 161 as shown in FIG.
The cable tie catcher 174 attached to the movable pace 169 moves up and down in conjunction with the movement of the slide plate 181 that is guided so as to be movable up and down.
The configuration is such that the tensioning position of the binding band 2 is displaced downward from the tensioning position of the binding band 2 as shown by the solid line in the figure or the tensioning position of the binding band 2 as shown by the two-dot chain line.

That is, the slide plate 181 is provided with a pin 183 that protrudes through a long hole 182 formed in the support plate 161. in a state. The other end of the operating arm 184 is a rotary solenoid 185.
The slide plate 18 is attached to the drive shaft 185m and is always urged in a predetermined direction (clockwise in FIG. 21) by a spring 186, so that the slide plate 18 is at the upper limit position.

By driving the rotary solenoid 185, the actuating arm 184 is displaced against the biasing force of the spring ring 186, and the slide plate 181 is brought to the lower limit position.

Further, the slide plate 181 is integrally formed with a horizontal support piece 181a that can come into contact with the upper surface of the movable pace 169 on which the cable tie catcher 174 is attached.
It is configured such that it is pushed down by the pushing down action of 8 against the biasing force of a biasing body (not shown).

On the other hand, due to the downward movement of the slide plate 181, the movable piece 17
3 is configured to be spaced apart from the fixed piece 17θ. That is, in the vicinity of the pivot end side of the movable piece 173 that is pivotally supported via the support shaft 17, the tip of the horizontal piece 190m at one end is swingable via the shaft 187 and is always supported by the spring 188. A locked portion 173a formed on the pivot end side of the
An L-shaped actuating lever 190 is provided which is biased away from the handle. This operation t4. -190
As shown in FIG. 22, the other end inclined piece portion 190b is in a state where it intersects with the moving path of the roller 19 attached to the slide plate 18, and as the slide plate 181 moves downward. The operating lever 190 is displaced as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 22 against the biasing force of the spring 188,
The movable piece 173 is separated from the fixed piece 170.

In addition, the lower limit position of the movable pace 169 and the movable piece 173
A light shielding plate 192 attached to the opening line actuated arm 84 of
This can be detected by detecting it with the sensor 193.

Further, the binding band end fixing means 118 has a structure as shown in the middle pressure area in FIG. 15. That is, the cable tie end fixing means 118 is connected to a tapping device 195 that beats the rear end of the cable tie 2 after cutting so as to overlap the surface of the cable tie 2 wound around the grips 1, and so on. The structure includes a fixing device 196 for fixing the rear end portion of the tied band 2.

The beating device 195 includes a beating rod 197 having a bent portion 197a in which one end of a wire rod is bent vertically, and this beating rod 19.
15, the bent portion 197& is configured to be able to be displaced to the position shown by the solid line and the position shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 15.

The fixing device 196 also rotatably pivots a trowel 202 having a built-in heater at the tip of a slide member 20 that is slidably held by a plurality of idler rollers 20θ attached to a fixing frame 199. As soon as you put it on, use the trowel 2.
02 is supported by a leaf spring 203.

The slide member 20 is provided with a roller 205 that engages with a notched groove 204a formed on the free end side of the actuating arm 204, which is rotationally deflected by a solenoid (not shown). It is configured to be able to be displaced to the solid line position and the two-dot chain line position.

Note that 206 shown in FIG. 15 is a guide roller that guides the binding band 2.

Next, the operation of the binding means 84 having the above structure will be explained with reference to FIGS. 23 to 25. First, as shown in FIG. 23(a), the binding band 2 is supplied as the first and second supply rollers 122, 123 roll into contact with each other in the forward direction, and their tips are lowered in advance. Cable tie catcher 1
74 between the movable piece 173 and the fixed piece 170 until it reaches the vicinity of the guide roller 206, and then the rollers 122, 123 stop and the strap catcher 174 rises. Movable piece 1
73 is displaced toward the fixed piece 170, and the tip of the binding band 2 is clamped between these mutually opposing surfaces. Next, Figure 23 (
As shown in b), the cable tie catcher 174 rotates, forms the folded part 2b at the tip of the cable tie 2, and then
As shown in FIG. 3(c), the cable tie catcher 174 moves forward and tensions the cable tie 2 in a state perpendicular to the transfer path of the bundles 1a..., and the cable ties 1a... catch the middle part of the cable tie 2. When you reach the predetermined position as shown in Figure 23(d) while pressing , the 23rd
As shown in the figure (,), the binding band catcher 174 moves back to wind the binding band 2 around the nine bundles 1a. Then, as shown in FIG. 23(f), the binding band 2 is pulled back with the reverse rotation driving operation of the supply roller 122, and the binding band 1a...
Tighten the cable tie 2 that is wrapped around the.

At this time, as shown in FIG. 24, the grip 1m... is held and compressed by the first and second support arms 59, 60 and the eleventh and second compression plates as and a6. The binding band 2 is connected to the first and second compression plates 85.86.
A gap 207, 207 formed by a thin wall portion is interposed therebetween, and the tensioning operation of the binding band 2 is obstructed.

-)I-C1lV23 As shown in Figure (g), the guide roller 2θ6 moves to the loquat 1a... side and grips the binding band 2 by gripping it 1a.
The cable tie cutting means 117 is pressed between... and in a tight state.
The movable blade 132 moves to cut the binding band 2.

Next, as shown in FIG. 23(h), the beating rod 97 is moved to strike the rear end of the binding band 2 so that the rear end is placed in a position corresponding to the tip folded portion 2b, and as shown in FIG. I
), the trowel 202 heated to a predetermined temperature is moved to press the rear end of the binding band 2 while being careful not to loosen it, thereby heating and melting the adhesive layer 2a of the binding band 2. When glued together, it becomes a dot.

At this time, as shown in FIG. 25, since the folded part 2b is formed at the tip of the binding band 2, the adhesive layer 2a is not located on the grip Ia side in the heat-pressing part, and the binding band 2 is folded back. Obi 2
and the grip 1a are not bonded together by the molten adhesive.

Then, as shown in FIG. 23(j), the iron 202 and the beating stick 197 return to their home position. On the other hand, the movable piece 173 opens at the same time as the binding band catcher 174 of the binding band end holding means 116 is lowered, the binding band 20 is pulled out from the winding portion, and then returned to the home position, completing the binding operation.

When the binding operation is completed, the second compression plate 86 retreats to release the compression operation, and the first compression plate 85 descends.
The bundle 1a, that is, the bundle 1, which has been bound by the binding band 2, is returned to the direction changing section B while being held by the first and second support arms 69, 60, and the direction is changed by 90 degrees here.

As shown in FIG. 26, the direction changing section B supports the bundle 1 tied together in a first state, that is, a horizontal state, and rotates from this state to change the direction of the bundle 1 to a second state, that is, a bundle. A first support body 210 consisting of an L-shaped part changes the direction of the body 1 to a standing position by 90 degrees. The structure includes a second support body 211 made of an L-shaped member that supports the bundle whose direction has been changed.

The first support body 210 is attached to a shaft 213 rotatably supported with respect to the pace 212.
No. 3 has an arm 215 with a row 2214 on the free end side.
are installed in one piece. The roller 214 is engaged with a long hole 217 formed on the upper end side of the slide plate 216 and is elongated in the horizontal direction.
16, the first support 2-0 moves to the horizontal position (state A) shown by the solid line in FIG.
It has a configuration that can be rotated to the vertical position (mouth state) shown by the two-point IJi line in the figure.

The slide plate 216 has a long hole 21 that is long in the vertical direction.
B, 218 was protruded by pace 212, but id pin 21
9 and 219, it is supported so that it can move up and down, and is moved up and down by the slide plate operating mechanism 220.

The slide plate actuating mechanism 220 has a rotary lenoid 22I that is a driving source, and an arm 223 that is attached to the drive shaft of the rotary lenoid 221 and has a roller 222 at its free end. The arm 2 is engaged with a long hole 224 formed on the lower end side of the slide plate 216 and is elongated in the horizontal direction.
The trap is configured such that the slide plate 216 is moved up and down by the rotational movement of the slide plate 23.

Furthermore, the base 2212 protruding from guide bins 219, 219 that support the slide plate 216 in a vertically movable manner and the slide plate actuating mechanism 22θ are connected to a carriage 222 that is guided by a guide shaft 225 in a horizontally reciprocating manner.
The first support 210 is moved to the position (c) in FIG. 26 by moving the carriage 226 to the right in FIG. 26 by means of a carriage moving mechanism (not shown). It is configured to do this.

On the other hand, the second support body 211 rotatably supports the first support part 211a via a support shaft 227, and also supports the guide roller 2 in a long hole 228 formed in the second support part 211b.
29, it is rotatably mounted around the support shaft 22-7 as a fulcrum.

The support shaft 227 is a supporting member (not shown) integrated with a carriage 231 that is vertically movable via a guide shaft 23o.
It is attached to the
It is provided on a slide plate 232 that is attached to the support member so as to be vertically movable. A guide roller 233 is attached to the lower end side of this slide plate 232 and makes rolling contact with the inclined guide surface 212a of the pace 212. When the pace 212 moves to the right in FIG. 26, the slide plate 232 moves upward. and move to the second support 21
1 is designed to rotate from the state shown in ) to as shown in ).

Further, the carriage 2 is equipped with a support member (not shown) having a protruding support shaft 227 that pivotally supports the second support body 211.
31 is driven in the vertical direction by a carriage moving mechanism (not shown), and the second support 21 is driven in the vertical direction as shown by (E), (F), and (G) in FIG. It has a structure that allows it to be displaced.

The amount of movement of the carriage 226 that moves the first support 210 in the horizontal direction and the amount of movement of the carriage 23 that moves the second support 21 in the vertical direction are determined by sensors (not shown). Position detection is performed to control the carriage moving mechanism.

Therefore, the bundle bundled by the compression/binding section C as described above and transported to the direction changing section B is the 27th bundle.
As shown in the figure (,), it is placed horizontally on the first support body 210. Then, as shown in FIG. 27(b), the first
The support body 210 is rotated by X90 degrees, and the bundle 1 is dropped and changed to a vertical state, and the 27th part 1(c)
The bundle 1 is supported by a second support 21 as shown in FIG.

Then, as shown in FIG. 8IS27 (d), the first support 210 moves toward the second support 211 and the second
The support 211 supports the bundle 1 in a vertical position with rotational displacement. Next, the first support 2 and θ further move toward the second support 21 to sandwich the bundle 1 with the second support 211 and position it vertically and in the front-rear direction. At the same time, the second support body 211 is raised and the 27th
As shown in Figure (f), the bundle 1 is pushed up and positioned in the vertical direction.

Bunch 1 of single characters bound by 90 degree orientation like this
are fed into the compression/binding section C, which is held again by the first and second support arms 59, 60 of the conveyance means E, and are tied crosswise in the same manner as described above, to form the crossbound bundle 1.
will be discharged out of the device via the chute 240 in the discharge section.

Next, the operation of the entire stacking/binding unit device having the above configuration will be explained.

First, when the grip 1a falls from above into the grip receiving chamber 3 along the guide 24, the detection lever 16 of the grip detection means 14 is pressed down, and this movement is detected by the detector 1.
Detected by 7. In response to the grip acceptance signal from the detector 17, the pushing body 7 of the pushing means 4 causes the grip 1a to be pushed in, and the claw 4 of the second support means 2
5.46 is displaced upward, opening the path for the grip 11.

When the push-in operation of the grip 1a is completed, the claws 45, 45 close and press the upper back side of the grip 11 in the collection chamber 5. Also, 1m long
The lower part of the back surface is supported by the stepped portion 15a of the pace 15 so as not to return to the grip receiving chamber 3.

When the grip fm is pushed into the collection chamber 5, the pushing body 7
Positioning in a direction perpendicular to the pushing direction is performed by the alignment member 56 that is interlocked with the pushing operation.

The front side of the bundle 1a pushed into the collection chamber 5 is supported by the bins 23, 23 protruding above the pace 15 so as not to fall over, as described above.

In this way, the above operation is repeated until 10 pieces of pieces 1a are accumulated in the pieces collecting chamber 5, that is, until 10 pieces of pieces 1a counted by the nine counters are accumulated by placing the detection unit 13 on the falling path of the pieces 1a. Repeat.

On the other hand, the following operation is performed in parallel with the acceptance and accumulation of batches 1&. The binding band catcher 174 of the binding band end holding means 116 of the compression/binding section C is lowered and the movable piece 173 is separated from the fixed piece 170, and the supply rollers 122 and 123 of the binding band supplying means 115 rotate to remove the binding band. 2 is supplied. Then, the tip of the cable tie 2 is connected to the cable tie catcher 1.
When reaching a position slightly above 74, the feeding operation of the cable tie 2 stops, and then the cable tie catcher 174 rises, the movable piece 123 closes, and the tip of the cable tie 2 is removed between it and the fixed piece 170. The sides are held together.

Next, the cable tie catcher 174 rotates, forming a folded part 2b at the tip of the cable tie 2, and then
As a result of the feeding operation, the strap catching, and the reciprocating operation of the yarn 174, the strap 2 is tensioned, and the tie strap 2 is stretched.
The operations from (a) to (C) in the figure are completed.

When the operation of accumulating the grips 1a of the ten grip openings into the collection accumulation chamber 5 is completed, the first support arm 59 of the conveying means E rotates from the inclined state to the horizontal state and presses the upper back surface of the grips 1a. Claw 45°45 rises. Then, the first support arm 59 moves to transfer the grip 1a... to the second support arm 6.
When the pressure sensor (not shown) provided on the second support arm 60 is turned on by the pressing operation of the grip 1a, the second support arm 60 also moves in the same direction. Grip 1a... is the first and second support arm 59.6
The material is fed into the compression/binding section C while being held at 0.

On the other hand, at this time, the pins 23.23 supporting the front side of the grips 1a... are buried in the lower surface side of the pace 15, and protrude again onto the pace 15 at the starting end side, and the claws 45.45
is closed to prepare for receiving and accumulating subsequent bundles 1a.

When the t-clamps 1a... are carried by the eleventh and second support arms 59, 60 and are transferred beyond the moving path of the cable tie catcher 174, the first and second support arms 5
9.60 will stop. (At this time, the brake device is 69.7
After 0 turns ON, it immediately turns OFF. ) Then, the strap catcher 174 moves back and stops at the home position, completing the operations shown in FIGS. 23(d) and 23(e).

Next, the first compression plate 85 of the object compression means 83 rises and stops at the upper limit position, and the strap catcher 1
74 moves to the sealing position.

Next, the first and second support arms 59 and 60 are moved, and the second compression plate 86 is also moved toward the first compression plate 85 to compress the grips 1a with a predetermined pressure and also to release the binding band. 2 is pulled back to cause the supply roller 122 to slip over a certain pressure for a predetermined period of time. Then, the guide roller 206 moves to remove the binding band 2.
After holding down the binding band 2, the movable blade 132 of the binding band cutting means 117 is displaced and cuts the binding band 2, as shown in FIGS. 23(,) and (f).
operation is completed.

Next, the beating rod 197 of the beating device 195 is rotated to knock off the rear end of the binding band 2, and then the iron 2θ2 of the fixing device 196 slides to heat and press the rear end of the binding band 2. The operation at (1) t from Figure 23 (g) is completed.

Then, after the cable tie catcher 174 is lowered and pulled out from the cable winding part, the cable tie catcher 174 is returned to the home position, and the iron 202, the beating rod 197, and the guide roller 206 are also returned to their original positions, as shown in FIG. Operation U) is completed.

After the pressure of the first and second support arms 59.60 is QN, the first compression plate 86 and the second compression plate 86 sequentially return to their home positions, and then the first and second support arms 59.60 return to their home positions. Bundle 1 with 60 tied in one letter at direction changing part B
is conveyed and stopped.

Then, the brake 69 of the first support arm 59 is turned off.
Then, the bundle 1 falls onto the first support 2 of the direction changing section B, and then the operations shown in FIGS. 27(a) to 27(f) described above are carried out, and the direction of the bundle 1 is changed by 1090 degrees.

Note that, in parallel with the direction changing operation by the direction changing section B, the above-described tensioning operation of the binding band 2 is performed.

The bundle 1 whose direction has been changed by 90 degrees is again held between the first support arm 59 and the second support arm 60 of the conveying means E, and is sent to the compression/binding section C, and is then bundled in the same manner as in the case of the one-character binding described above. Binding is performed using the binding belt 2, and a criss-cross binding is performed.

Bundle 1, which has been cross-tied, is placed in the first bundle. Second support arm 5
9. By the movement of 60, the first and second
The brake 69.70 on the support arm 59.60 of will be released and the bundle 1 will fall and be ejected.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments.

That is, although the description has been made of a case in which the object to be direction-changed is a bundle in which a plurality of bundles are combined into one character, it is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to this.

In addition, it goes without saying that the present invention can be modified in various ways without departing from the gist of the invention.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention provides a first support that supports an object to be changed in direction in a first state and rotates from this state to change the direction of the object to be changed in direction to a second state. By rotating this first support body, the state changes from the first state to the second state.
Since the structure is provided with a second support body that supports the object whose direction has been changed to the state shown in FIG. This has the advantage of being able to provide a direction changing device that can change direction.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an accumulation/binding unit device that employs the direction changing device of the present invention, and Fig. 2 shows a plurality of bundles connected through a binding band. FIGS. 3 to 11 are perspective views showing the cross-tied state, and FIGS. Figure 5 is a perspective view showing the accumulated state of the grips, Figure 6 is an explanatory view showing the movement of the bottles in the support means, Figure 7 is a front view showing the attachment structure of the bottles, and Figure 8 is a front view of the main parts. 9 is a side view of the main parts, FIG. 10 is a schematic plan view of the alignment means, FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing the characteristics of the coil sgelling adopted in the alignment means, and FIG. 12 13 shows the configuration of the conveying means, FIG. 12 is a schematic side view, FIG. 13 is a front view showing the rotation mechanism of the first support arm, and FIGS. 14 to 25 are compression 14 is a schematic front view of the compression means section, and FIG. 15 is a schematic plan view of the whole.
FIG. 16 is a schematic side view of the strap supply means, FIG. 17 is a plan view of the strap cutting means, and FIG. 18 is a side view of the strap cutting means.
FIG. 19 is a schematic front view of the band end holding means;
The figure is a side view, FIG. 21 is a front view of the operating mechanism, FIG. 22 is a side view of the main parts, and FIGS.
(j) is an explanatory view showing the binding state, Fig. 24 is a schematic vertical cross-sectional side view showing the holding state during bundling, Fig. 25 is an explanatory view showing the fixed state of the binding band, and Fig. 26 is an illustration of the direction changing part. A schematic front view showing the configuration and FIGS. 27(a) to 27(f) are explanatory diagrams similarly showing the direction changing operation state. B...Direction conversion unit, 1...Bundle (direction-changed object), 2
10... First support body, 211... Second support body. Applicant's agent Patent attorney Takehiko Suzue Figure 10 Figure 11 Length - 11 →

Claims (1)

[Scope of claims]
a first support body that converts the state into the state; and a second support body that supports the object whose direction is changed from the first state to the second state by rotation of the first support body. A direction changing device comprising: (2) The direction changing device according to claim 1, wherein the second support member is configured to be able to move in a predetermined direction while supporting the object to be direction changed. (3) The first support body moves toward the second support body in conjunction with the movement of the second support body so as to press the object to be turned against the second support body. A direction changing device according to claim 2. (4) The direction changing device according to claim 1, wherein the first and second supports are formed of L-shaped members. (5) The first support is in a horizontal state;
2. The direction changing device according to claim 1, wherein the object is turned vertically by rotating it by 90 degrees. (6) The direction changing device according to claim 5, wherein the first support body allows the object to be turned to fall naturally during direction change and is supported by the second support body.