JPS6020826B2 - Cassette tape alignment device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a cassette tape alignment device convenient for use in an automatic cassette tape recording system, and particularly for arranging a predetermined number of automatically recorded cassette tapes sent from a shooter. The present invention relates to a cassette tape alignment device.

In conventional cassette tape automatic recording systems, recorded cassette tapes are ejected from an automatic cassette tape loader and sorted into good and defective cassette tapes by a chute, and the good cassette tapes are dropped into a product box to reduce the number of pieces to a certain level. In this case, the workers had to line them up by hand.

However, in such a system, when the cassette tapes are dropped from the computer into the product box, the cassette tapes collide with each other or hit the box, causing scratches and damage to the cassette tapes, resulting in a higher defect rate. There was also the problem that work efficiency could not be improved due to manual work. The present invention solves this conventional problem by automatically aligning and stocking a predetermined number of recorded cassette tapes that are delivered from an automatic cassette tape loader via a shooter. It is an object of the present invention to provide a cassette tape alignment device that can eliminate scratches and damage to cassette tapes and improve the efficiency of alignment work.

The present invention will be explained in detail below based on embodiments shown in the drawings. The recorded cassette tape connects the programs recorded on several tracks of Hironaka's master tape in an inorganic state,
This is run at a high speed of several meters per second and regenerated repeatedly.

5. On the other hand, the reproduced program is recorded by a recorder having a running speed corresponding to the reproduction speed.

At this time, the cassette tape to be recorded is the longest unrecorded cassette tape, and repeated recordings corresponding to the reproduced program are performed. The recorded long cassette tape is then cut and divided into pieces corresponding to one program and then loaded into cassette tape halves for commercial mass production. This is done by an automatic cassette tape loader widely known from .

Automatic cassette tape. Recorded cassette tapes 3 are continuously sent from the reader 1 to the shooter 2. Shooter 2
A sorting guide 4 is provided on the oblique part of the forehead. The sorting guide 4 rotates when a cylinder 5 is driven by a signal from the automatic cassette tape loader 1, blocks the passage inside the shooter 2, and discharges defective cassette tapes to the outside of the shooter 2. The cassette tape 3 falling guided by the shooter 2 reaches the tape receiving part 6 from the vertical part of the shooter 2, where it is stood vertically with the tape exposed side facing down. In order to reduce the impact of the cassette tape 3 falling, a buffer plate 7 made of an elastic material is provided at the bottom of the tape receiving section 6. Further, the cassette tape 3 is held on the negative side by a screen plate 8 to prevent it from falling over. The screen plate 8 is connected to a cylinder piston mechanism 9, and works in cooperation with the piston mechanism 9 to move horizontally by a predetermined stroke when the cassette tape 3 is fed into the tape receiving section 6, thereby removing the cassette. It constitutes a tape moving means 11 that brings the tape 3 to the position of the printing device 10 and then returns it to its original position. Further, a horizontal stopper 12 is provided at the upper end of the screen plate 8, and this stopper prevents the next cassette tape from falling from the screen 2 while the screen plate 8 is moving the cassette tape. At 12, the discharge port of the chute 2 is closed. The cassette tape 3 is moved while being held between the screen plate 8 and the force setting press plate 15 of the cylinder piston mechanism 14 disposed on the base 13. In the cylinder piston mechanism 14, the cassette tape 3 is connected to the base 13.
In the initial state where there is no one on top, the piston is in the longest shape protruding from the cylinder, and the force setting press plate 15 at the tip of the piston is spaced from the screen plate 8 so that the cassette tape 3 can be inserted between them. They are raised and facing each other, and in this state the air or liquid in the cylinder is released. When the cassette tape 3 is moved by the screen plate 8, the piston is pushed into the cylinder one by one by the thickness of the cassette tape.
The cassette tapes 3 are sequentially lined up in an upright position in front of the force setting press plate 15, and are temporarily stacked on the base 13 until a predetermined number of tapes, for example 5 tapes, are reached. The horizontal movement stop position of each cassette tape 3 is at the printing device 10. At this stop position, one end surface of each cassette tape 3 faces the stopper 16, the other end surface faces the printing section of the printing device 10, and the printing unit 10 is driven to move the cassette tape 3 supported by the stopper 16. The production lot number and other necessary information are printed on the end face. The cassette tapes 3 are sequentially arranged on the base 13, and when a predetermined number is reached, a tape number detection means 17 provided in the piston cylinder mechanism 14 in advance issues a signal. This tape number detection means 17 includes a counter that issues a signal when a predetermined number of tapes is counted, and an electronic or mechanical device that performs switching when the moving distance of the piston corresponds to the alignment length of a predetermined number of cassette tapes. Other switches etc. may be used. When a signal from the detection means 17 is received, the stopper 16 facing the printing device 10 is first moved horizontally in the direction of the screen plate 8 by the piston cylinder mechanism 18, and then the piston cylinder mechanism, which is the second tape moving means, is moved horizontally in the direction of the screen plate 8. At 19, the slide plate 20 is the cassette tape 3
The cassette tapes are moved horizontally on the base 13 in a direction perpendicular to the rows, and one row of cassette tapes is transferred onto the pallet 21 at a time. The pallet 21 constituting the stock means has a size that allows it to stock a predetermined number of cassette tapes arranged in one row, for example, two rows. When the first cassette tape row is moved by the slide plate 20, that cassette tape row is arranged on only half of the pallet 21, and the next cassette tape row is moved by the slide plate 20 again.
When the cassette tape row is moved from the first row, the entire row of cassette tapes that were originally stocked is pushed further to the back half on the pallet 21, and in the end two rows of cassette tapes are stocked on the pallet 21. will be done. When the cassette tapes are arranged in two rows in this way, the cassette tapes are placed on the pallet 21. The alignment completion detection means 22 such as a switch is operated.
When this operation occurs, the stops 23 and 24 are recessed into the cylinder by a signal from the detection means 22, and the stopped pallet 21 is transferred to the next work section by the driving force of the conveyor 25, and the next empty pallet is placed in a predetermined position. The above-mentioned alignment operation is repeated. As described above, the present invention includes a cassette tape receiving section, a tape stacking means, and a tape stocking means, and after a predetermined number of cassette tapes are stacked by the cassette tape moving means, they are aligned in the stocking means, so that the cassette tapes The cassette tapes can be aligned without fear of scratches or damage caused by collision with other members or other members.

Furthermore, since the recorded cassette tapes can be automatically arranged, the work efficiency is high and it is useful for rationalization. still,
In the embodiment, a cylinder-piston mechanism is used to drive each member, but a cam, a belt, a chain, or other drive mechanism may be arbitrarily selected as necessary to drive the members.

Further, for detecting the position of each member, commonly used photoelectric, magnetic, and pin type means can be arbitrarily selected as required. In addition, since the cassette in the upright state sent out by the force set sending unit is supported on the opposite side of the force set sending unit by the cassette fall prevention unit, the cassette will not fall over when it is moved, and therefore the cassette can be moved securely. This has effects such as stacking.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view showing the first tape moving means of the same, FIG. 3 is a plan view of the same, and FIGS. 4 and 5. is an explanatory diagram of the same operation as above. 1...Automatic cassette tape loader, 2...Shooter, 3
...Cassette tape, 6...Tape receiving section, 1
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... First tape moving means, 13... Base, 14... Piston cylinder mechanism, 15...
... Tape pressing plate, 17 ... Tape number detection means, 19 ... Piston sillage mechanism, 20 ...
・Slide board, 021"""/Gret. Figure I, Figure 2, Figure S, Figure 4, Figure 5, Figure 5.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 A shooter to which cassettes each wrapped with tape of a desired length are sequentially supplied, a cassette receiving section for receiving the cassettes from the shooter, and a cassette in the cassette receiving section.
a cassette delivery section that sends out the cassette by a desired amount of movement; a cassette overturn prevention section that is disposed between the cassette delivery section and the cassette and moves backward according to the amount of cassette delivery; and the cassette delivery section and the cassette overturn prevention section. a cassette stack section for temporarily stacking cassettes until a predetermined number of cassettes are stacked; a cassette number detection section for detecting when the number of cassettes in the cassette stack section reaches a predetermined number; A cassette tape comprising: a moving section that simultaneously moves all the cassettes in the cassette stack section in response to a signal from the cassette tape; and a pallet that stores the cassettes moved by the moving section in an aligned state. Alignment device.