JPS60240403A - Method and device for automatically feeding binding fitting - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for automatically supplying a binding metal fitting for attaching to a binding file, etc. to a bookbinding line for binding files, etc.

Please use the front page, back page, back cover, back page *t62y, 2. body part, 7. A-shaped binding for binding files etc. The file main body and the filing metal fittings, which are manufactured separately, are combined and fixed together on a bookbinding line to form a finished product.

Conventionally, this type of binding metal fittings for binding files are transported from a manufacturing factory of the binding metal fittings to a bookbinding factory in a state in which they are arranged and housed in a regular carrying case called a returnable box.

Therefore, in a bookbinding factory, the above-mentioned loading metal fittings are prepared near the start of the bookbinding line while being housed in the carrying case or taken out from the carrying case, and the loading metal fittings are manually inserted. A method is adopted in which the books are fed to the binding line at regular intervals and in a predetermined posture, and this feeding process is extremely troublesome and inefficient, and the production efficiency of the above-mentioned files, etc. This worsens the situation and impedes labor saving.

The present invention automatically supplies the above-mentioned binding metal fittings such as the above-mentioned binding files to the bookbinding line without human intervention,
The aim is to completely automate and save labor in feeding the metal fittings to the bookbinding line, and to improve production efficiency of the above-mentioned interleaved files and the like.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention applies a carrying case for the loading fittings as a fitting feeding element, and provides an automatic feeding device for each case in a state in which the loading fittings are aligned and housed in the carrying case. First, the carry case is carried to the first supply station and fed to form a supply preparation state, and then, in collaboration with a robot mechanism, a predetermined number of loading fittings are aligned from inside the carry case under the positioning. Divide the group into fixed positions outside the case and take them out all at once, and then remove each of the unit storage fittings from the group of unit storage fittings that have been taken out in groups from inside the carrying case, one by one from the starting end of the arrangement. Take it out and supply it to the bookbinding line, and when finished, divide and take out the other unit binding bracket alignment groups from the carry case again, repeat the same operation, and so on until the carry case is empty.
When a carrying case becomes empty, the next carrying case is applied, so that the automatic feeding of the loading fittings is rationally and efficiently supplied.7 Specific embodiments of the present invention will be explained below based on the drawings. This will be explained in detail.

The storage fitting l that is integrated and fixed to the main body (not shown) of the storage file etc. has a well-known structure as shown in FIG.
It consists of a back support part 1a having a width that matches the back width of the file main body part, and a binding part ib arranged at right angles from both sides of the back support part 1a in the direction of the mountain. It is stored in a carrying case 2 called a returnable box from the manufacturing factory of the binding metal fitting 1 and transported to a bookbinding factory such as C binding file.

The loading fittings 1 are housed in the carry case 2 in a grid array with equal numbers in each row. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the above-mentioned storage fittings 1 are arranged in such a way that the ends of the left and right binding portions 1b of the other storage fittings 1 are in contact with the outer surface of the back part 1'a of each row Xi - Xn. A constant number of lines are arranged to form a line Y, and the line line Y is arranged in a constant line of YlmYn and housed in the carrying case 2.

The carrying case 2 has an open upper surface, and ribs 2a are formed on the upper portions of both sides in the longitudinal direction.

An automatic supply line B for the binding fittings 1 is formed as a pre-process line of the bookbinding line A for binding files, etc., and the carrying case 2 accommodates the binding fittings 1 in the aligned state as described above at its starting end. It is equipped with a stock station 3 on which a plurality of items are placed. The stock station 3 includes an elevating loading platform 5 on which the carry cases 2 are placed in a double-layer stack and raised and lowered upward (upward in FIG. It is provided with a roller conveyor 4 that moves the cargo from the side onto the same loading platform.

The roller conveyor 4 is equipped with a large number of freely rotating rollers 4a, which are arranged in parallel from the outer area of the loading platform to the area where the lifting platform 5 goes up and down, and are divided and arranged so as not to interfere in the area where the lifting loading platform 5 goes up and down. The carrying case 2 is placed in a stacked stack on the front stage part 4b of the conveyor horizontally arranged to the side of the elevating loading platform 5, and when the carrying case 2 is placed on standby, the elevating loading platform 5 is empty. The double-layer stacked carry case 2 is pushed out and placed in the double-layer stacked state on the lifting platform 5 placed horizontally with the roller conveyor 4 using the conveyor's rear stage portion 4C as a guide.

Between the front part 4b and the rear part 40 of the conveyor, when the carry case 2 passes, it sinks under the roller conveyor 4, and after passing, it protrudes above the roller conveyor 4 to support the rear edge of the carry case 2. A detent stop 13 is provided. The stopper 13 is
For example, it is supported by a spring to allow the above-mentioned appearance and retrieval.

The elevating and lowering platform 5 is raised and lowered by an elevating screw 6 that is fixed to the center of the lower surface of the elevating and lowering platform 5 and extends vertically. The elevating screw 6 is inserted through the center of a worm 7 rotatably attached to the frame F, and meshes with the worm 7 at the insertion portion. The worm gear 8 is rotationally driven by a motor Ml fixed to the frame F via a transmission body 9, and the forward and reverse rotation of the motor M1 causes the lifting screw 6 to move up and down, and accordingly, the lifting screw 6 moves up and down. The loading platform 5 also moves up and down.

The elevating loading platform 5 is controlled so that the uppermost carry case 2 stacked on the elevating loading platform 5 is positioned at a constant level, and is raised by a fixed amount as the number of stacked stages decreases. Ru.

Further, the elevating and lowering of the elevating and crushing platform 5 is guided by guide stays 10 fixed to the four corners of the lower surface of the elevating and crushing platform 5, respectively.

A front plate 12 is provided at the discharge end of the roller conveyor 4 for accurately placing the carrying case 2 on the lifting platform 5 and positioning the carrying case 2 on the roller conveyor 4. A guide plate 14 is provided which cooperates with a stopper 13 that prevents rearward movement to support the carry case 2 on the lift platform 5 without any back-and-forth movement, and which guides the left and right sides of the carry case 2, respectively. It guides the movement of the carrying case 2 onto the lifting platform 5, and stably supports it so that it does not move left and right on the lifting platform 5.

The carry case 2 placed on the stock station 3 is always maintained at a constant level on the lifting platform 5 as described above, and the carry case 2 on the top stage kept at the constant level is The case transfer device 22, which is provided so as to be movable back and forth between the stock station 3 and the transfer device 16 described later, transfers the case onto the transfer device 16. The case transfer device 22 includes a pair of side hookers 23 placed on both sides of the carry case 2. The side cover 23 is attached to the rib 2 of the carrying case 2.
a to lift it up and separate it from the lower carry case 2. The side hooker 23 for lifting the carrying case 2 is rotatably supported by a shaft 27 on a side slider 26, and a rotary cylinder 25 attached to the side surface of the side slider 26 connects the rib 2a.
It is rotatably provided between a position where it is engaged with and applies a pushing force and a position where it is disengaged.

FIG. 5 shows a case in which a fan-shaped gear 24 provided at the base end of the side hooker 23 is meshed with the drive screw shaft of the rotary cylinder 25 to obtain rotation of the hooker. FIG. 6 shows an embodiment in which the drive shaft of the rotary cylinder 25 is directly connected to the rotating shaft of the side hooker 23 to obtain rotation of the hooker.

Further, 'the side slider 26 is connected to the conveying device 1.
The swinging end of the swinging rod 29 is connected to the side slider 26 in order to obtain the parallel sliding motion. By swinging the swinging rod 29 by the cylinder 30, the swinging motion is converted into a sliding motion of the side slider 26.

Of course, when connecting the swinging rod 29 and the side slider 26, a joint 11 such as a universal joint is used to absorb the amount of deviation.

4 and 5, a plurality of guide rails 28 are arranged along both upper sides of the endless bell 20 in order to more stably slide the side slider 26, that is, slide the side hooker 23. A case is shown in which two rails are provided for each side and fitted into each of the side sliders 26, and FIG. 6 shows a case in which a single rail structure is adopted.

In this way, the case transfer device 22 can move the lifting platform 5
The top carry case 2 is kept at a constant level by
The carrying case 2 is lifted up, and further slid in parallel in the lateral direction while maintaining the suspended state, and the carrying case 2 is brought to the endless belt 20 of the conveying device 16. Next, the rotary cylinder 25 is rotated in the reverse direction, thereby rotating the side hooker 23 to the disengaged position, thereby releasing the carrying case 2 and mounting it on the endless belt 20. That is, the carry case 2 is transferred from the stock station 3 to the transfer device 16.

Between the stock station 3 and a first supply station 15, which will be described later, is the stock/stock station 3.
The conveying device 16, typified by a belt conveyor, is arranged to convey the carrying case 2 placed in the conveyor case 2 to the first supply station 15. The conveyance device 16
is a rotor 17 rotatably attached to the frame F.
A large number of receiving rolls 18 rotatably attached to the frame F and a tensioning rotor 19 are connected by an endless belt 20.

The rotor 17 is rotationally driven by a motor M2 via a transmission body 21. That is, the rotor 17 is rotationally driven by the rotation of the motor M2, and the endless belt 20 is rotated.
is run endlessly, and along with this, the endless belt 2
The carrying case 2 placed on the carrier 0 is transferred forward and transferred to the first supply station 15. Further, the conveyance device 16 has its discharge terminal end extending to the first supply station 15, and is tilted forward at the discharge terminal end via a turning roll 18a to reach the first supply station 1.
5 inclined support portions 15a are formed.

Also, from the turning roll 18a to the endless bell) 20
Free roller 1 at an angle synchronized with the forward tilt of the unloading end of
8b are arranged in parallel, and cooperate with the carry-out end portion of the endless belt 20 to support the inclined support portion 15a of the carry case 2.
is formed. Further, free rollers 35 are juxtaposed from the terminal end of the inclined support part 15a to the external area of the first supply station 15, and the roller group moves the inclined support part 15
A case discharge chute 31 is formed at the end a.

In the automatic supply line B, there is a first supply stage 5-15 as described above, which takes out a predetermined number of units of the loading fittings l from inside the carrying case 2, at an intermediate portion thereof (at the discharging end of the conveying device 16). It is provided. As described above, the first supply station 15 has an inclined support portion 15 that slopes downward toward the front so as to support the bottom surface 2b of the carrying case 2, which is transferred in a horizontal state, in a forwardly inclined state.
a, one side of the carrying case 2 supported by the inclined support part 15a is supported by the following gate and ruler means, and the loading fitting l is shifted to the same side by gravity, and serves as an alignment reference plane. , forms a state in which the loading fittings 1 are arranged at a fixed pitch from the alignment base half plane, and also ensures that the loading fittings 1 are taken out in groups of a predetermined number of units by a robot mechanism to be described later; Gravity is applied to the reference surface side to prevent the loading fitting l from falling sideways into the empty space.

The first supply station 15 of the carry case 2
In order to form an inclined support and positioning state in , in addition to forming the above-mentioned inclined support part 15a, a gate/ruler means 3 that supports the lower side side surface of the carrying case 2 is provided at a lower level thereof.
2 is provided. The gate/ruler means 32 forms the alignment reference surface of the insertion fitting 1 in the carry case 2 on one side of the carry case 2. The gate and ruler means 32 is connected to the carry case 2.
It is supported by a shaft 34 so that it can be raised and lowered freely between a position where it supports the side surface and a position where it is released, and is linked to a drive control mechanism such as a cylinder 33 in order to rotate to each position in a timely manner. The gate/ruler means 32 is rotated to each of the above positions using the shaft 34 as a fulcrum by the expansion and contraction of the rod of the cylinder 33. By moving to the release position, the gate/ruler means 32 discharges the empty carry case 2 out of the first supply station 15 via the previously described discharge shoe 31. After the ejection, the gate/ruler means 32 stands up again to prepare for carrying in the next carry case 2. The above gate and ruler means 3
2 also functions as a ruler to form a reference surface for aligning the storage fittings 1 and as a gate to control the discharge of the used carry case 2, as described above.

Between the first supply station 15 and a second supply station (to be described later), a predetermined number of units of the loading fittings l are loaded from inside the carry case 2 which is latched to the first supply station 15 in an inclined state. A robot mechanism 36 is provided that directly divides and takes out the metal fittings aligned group G. The robot mechanism 36 is connected to the first supply station controller 1.
The robot mechanism 36 can be freely moved in the direction of the 7th row or the X row (see FIG. 2) of the storage fitting l in the carrying case z within an inclined surface parallel to the inclined surface of the inclined support portion 15a of No. 5. lateral movement mechanism 37 and the lateral movement mechanism 3
7, and is provided with a vertical movement mechanism 38 which is supported by the inclined support part 15a and is movable in the vertical direction along a trajectory perpendicular to the inclined surface of the inclined support part 15a.

A plurality of main pillars 39 are provided on the frame F perpendicularly to the inclined support part 15a, and the main pillars 39 are provided with the inclined support part 15a.
The first parallel to the inclined surface of Guide rails 40 are suspended horizontally between the second supply stations, and horizontal slides 41 constituting a lateral movement mechanism are mounted on both guide rails 40 by sliding their ends together.

A piston rod 44 of a cylinder 43 is connected to the connecting bar 42 of the horizontal slide 41, and moves in the left-right direction along the guide rail 40 as the piston rod 44 expands and contracts. The horizontal slide 41 is provided with a guide stay 45 perpendicular to the inclined surface of the inclined support portion 15a, and a vertical slide 46 constituting the vertical movement mechanism 38 is slidably fitted onto the guide stay 45. Fixed bar between
47, and a piston rod 77 of a cylinder 76 for vertical movement is connected to the fixed bar 47, and the vertical slide 46 is moved vertically along the guide stay 45 as the piston rod 77 expands and contracts. The configuration is to move to .

On both sides of the fixing bar 47 in the longitudinal direction, a large number of vertically elongated fixing fingers 48 are one finger forming each of a group of grippers.
are fixed by ports 49 at equal intervals.

A pair of movable bars 51 are arranged in parallel with the other fixed bar 47 to which longitudinal movable beams 5°, which are the other fingers of the gripper group, are attached. The re-movement bar 51 is attached to the vertical slide 46 at both ends through slide rods 52 so as to be able to move laterally, and the piston rod 55 of the cylinder 54 is connected to the connection portion 53 of the re-movement bar 51. As the piston rod 55 expands and contracts, it is moved in the lateral direction under the guidance of the slide rod 52.

Each moving girder 5° forming the group of grippers is rotatably mounted on a shaft 56 facing each fixed finger 48 forming the group of grippers inside the re-moving bar 51 in the longitudinal direction. It is extended in the same direction as finger 48.

Each of the movable beams 50 is resiliently supported in the direction of gripping together with the fixed finger 48 (in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 7) by a spring S provided at the pivoting portion thereof. Each of the movable girders 50 is provided with a stopper 58 on its upper part, and the stopper 58 is brought into contact with a locking pin 57 protruding from the side surface of the movable bar 51, and the biasing force of the spring S imparting the closing property is applied to the stopper 58. The rotational dead center of each movable digit 50 in the closing direction with respect to the fixed finger 48 is set against this.

When the piston rod 55 of the gripper operating cylinder 54 is extended and the re-movement bar 51 is moved in the direction of the arrow in FIG. The back rest portions 1a of each of the above-mentioned loading metal fittings 1 are held simultaneously between the . At this time, each of the above moving digits 5
0, the error in the closing amount is absorbed by the spring S, and the clipping fitting l is reliably gripped. Furthermore, when the piston rod 55 is contracted and the re-movement bar 51 is moved in the convex direction of the arrow in FIG. .

As a result of the above, each movable spar 50 pivotally attached to the re-movement bar 51 is connected to the piston rod 5 of the cylinder 54.
5, the entire amount is moved at the same time, and the individual storage fittings 1 are collectively gripped as a predetermined unit number of storage fittings aligned group G, and the gripping is released at once.

FIG. 9 shows an embodiment for positioning the rotational dead center of each movable girder 50 in the closing direction, in which an adjustment screw 72 is provided in place of the locking pin 57, and by operating the adjustment screw 72. The dead center of rotation in the closing direction can be adjusted.

It should be noted that each of the movable beams 50 may be fixed to each of the movable bars 51 in the same manner as the fixed fingers 48, as long as the holding intervals can be set appropriately.

Additionally, a vertical movement mechanism 3 equipped with the above-mentioned group of grippers
8 on the horizontal slide 41 in a vertically movable manner, in addition to using the guide stay as described above, the first
As shown in the θ diagram, a vertical slide 73 configured with a frame is provided on the horizontal slide 41 so as to be able to freely slide in the vertical direction,
It is also possible to move up and down by connecting the Vinton rods 75 of the cylinders 74 fixed to the horizontal slides 41 to the vertical slides 73, respectively.

Furthermore, as in the embodiment, two or more rows of grippers each consisting of the fixed finger 48 and the movable girder 50 are arranged in a staggered manner, and one group of grippers grips every other group of the alignment fittings, while the other row If a configuration is adopted in which a group of grippers grips the remaining group of aligned storage fittings, it is possible to arrange each gripper in a high density, and it is also possible to take out the storage fittings L arranged at a narrow pitch in one batch. It will be done. Note that this does not preclude the grippers from being arranged in a single row depending on the implementation.

The automatic supply line B includes a second supply station 59 at its terminal end. The second supply station 59 has an inclined support part 61 having an approximately equal inclination angle in synchronization with the inclined support part 15a of the first supply station 15, and a group of grippers of the robot mechanism 36 is mounted on the inclined support part 61. The carrier 2 is provided with a sucker device 69 which holds the arrayed group G of the storage fittings taken out from the inside of the case 2 and sequentially takes out the storage fittings L placed under the storage one by one from the top.

The second supply station 59 is disposed close to the starting end of the bookbinding line A, and transports the unit binding bracket array group G taken out at the first supply station 15 toward the starting end of the bookbinding line A. An intermittent conveying device 60 is provided for performing a cue-finding operation and pushing out the first loading metal fitting to a fixed position. The intermittent conveyance device 60 is for conveying the aligned group G of unit storage fittings while maintaining the aligned state taken out by a group of grippers of the robot mechanism 36.
and side guides 62 erected on both longitudinal sides of the bottom guide 61, and an intermittent feed chain 64 running in the center of the bottom guide 61 constituting the guide frame 63. .

The intermittent feed chain 64 is suspended between wheels 65 and 66 so as to run in parallel along the entire length of the guide frame 63, and a pusher 6 is provided approximately in the center of the width direction of the chain.
7 is installed. As the intermittent feed chain 64 travels, the pusher 67 moves in a groove 68 opened over the entire length of the bottom guide 61a in the longitudinal direction, and moves the unit stack placed on the guide frame 63. While supporting the back support part 1a at the rear end of the metal fittings alignment group G and preventing it from falling down, the unit binding metal fittings alignment group G is intermittently transferred toward the starting end of the bookbinding line A, and the leading one is always kept in a fixed position. Put it out.

The intermittent feed chain 64 runs intermittently in synchronization with the supply of the binding tool L to the bookbinding line A at regular intervals, moves the pusher 67 intermittently, and sags the paper that is supported by the pusher 67. The unit storage fittings aligned group G is intermittently transferred and the starting end of the alignment is located. Further, a plurality of the pushers 67 are attached to the chain conveyor 64 at intervals larger than the entire length of at least the unit storage metal fitting alignment group G, and when all the metal fitting alignment groups are sent out, the first metal fitting alignment group is fed. It stands up on the lower part of the inclined support part 61.

Between the second supply station 59 and the starting end of the bookbinding line A, the binding fittings L, which are indexed at the starting end of the unit binding fitting arrangement group G, are picked out one by one each time the unit feeding fittings are arranged, and then The sucker device 69 is provided for supplying to the starting end of the bookbinding line A, and supplies each of the binding fittings cut out one by one to the starting end of the bookbinding line A with the binding fitting 1 lying down. The sucker device is composed of a suction cup 70 that suctions the outer surface of the back support portion 1a of the above-mentioned storage fitting l, an arm 71 that operates the suction cup 70, a mechanism (not shown) that operates the arm 71, and the like.

The specific effects of the present invention described above are as follows.

The carrying case 2, in which the above-mentioned storage fittings l are arranged and housed according to the above-mentioned arrangement, is first placed on the roller conveyor 4 of the stock station 3, and is moved on the roller conveyor 4 onto the elevating and crushing loading platform 5, which is vertically movable. By intermittent lifting of the elevating platform 5, the upper stage is maintained at a constant level position when the lift is stopped, and the case is suspended by the case transfer device 22 at the constant level position. The carry case 2 is transferred to the starting end of the transfer device 16 while being suspended by the case transfer device 22, and is released from the support of the case transfer device 22 at the starting end and placed on the transfer device 16. The zeroth order is
The carrying case 2 is transferred to the first supply station 15 by the conveying device 16, and the inclined support section 15a
It is sent upward and is supported in a fixed position in an inclined state by the first supply station 15 by the gate/ruler means 32 on the lower side of the inclination.

Next, the lateral movement mechanism 37 of the robot mechanism 36 operates to move a group of grippers provided in the vertical movement mechanism 38 of the robot mechanism 36 to the first row Yl (see FIG. 2) of the carry case 2. At this position, the vertical movement mechanism 38 is operated to lower the gripper group, and the moving bar 51 of the gripper group is moved and fixed to the moving girder 50 pivoted to the moving bar 51. With the fingers 48, a predetermined number of the above-mentioned storage fittings l are simultaneously and collectively held. After the gripping, the vertical movement mechanism 38 is operated to raise the group of grippers, and the lateral movement mechanism 37 is then actuated to move the group of grippers onto the second supply station 59, and the movement is performed. At this position, the vertical movement mechanism 38 is operated to lower the group of grippers, and at the lowered position, the movable bar 51 is moved in the opposite direction to the above-mentioned direction so that the movable spar 50 and the fixed finger 48 can perform the stitching operation. At the same time, the grips of the metal fittings l are released, and the feeding metal fittings I are placed as a predetermined number of stitching metal fittings aligned group G on the intermittent conveyance device 60 of the second feeding station.Next, the second feeding station The group of grippers is raised in time for the end of the loading tool at step 59, and this time it is positioned above the second row Y2 of the carrying case 2, and the gripper group of the same row is raised to the empty second row. Feeding station 59. Thereafter, the third step is performed in the same manner. Fourth
Repeat the action on the ... column.

The above action is repeated and the first supply station 15
When there is no more storage tool 1 in the carry case 2 located at , that is, when the group of grippers has completed extracting the storage tool 1 in the last row Yn in the carry case 2, The gate/ruler means 32 is activated and the empty carrying case 2 is released from its support and ejected via the ejection shoe 31. When the removal is completed, the gate/ruler means 32 stands up again, locks the next carry case 2 to the first supply station 15, and repeats the same operation.

The loading metal fittings 1 are placed on the guide frame 63 of the intermittent conveyance device 60 as a predetermined number of storage metal alignment groups G by the robot mechanism 36, and are guided by a pusher 67 that moves intermittently. Removed storage bracket l
are sucked one by one by the suction cups 70 of the sucker device 69 and extracted, and the extraction operation of the suction cups 70 causes the bookbinding line A to be removed.
The sheets are intermittently supplied in a prone state and are fed onto a traveling conveyor forming the bookbinding line A at equal intervals.

When the removal of the metal fittings alignment group G is completed, the robot mechanism 3
The next unit storage fitting alignment group G taken out in step 6 is placed on the intermittent conveyance device 60, and the same operation is repeated thereafter.

The above operations are carried out continuously, and the above-mentioned binding metal fitting 1 is automatically supplied onto the above-mentioned bookbinding line A.

As described above, according to the present invention, the loading fittings are kept arranged and housed in the carry case, and are supplied to the supply line in units of cases, and are once conveyed to the first station to form a predetermined supply configuration. above, dividing and feeding a predetermined number of aligned groups of input fittings from inside the carrying case to a second supply station outside the carrying case;
Further, while forming a required supplying configuration at the second supply station, each of the stitching fittings can be taken out one by one from the alignment start end of the unit knitting fitting alignment group and fed at regular intervals onto the bookbinding line. The metal fittings supply operation using the carrying case as the supply source is performed continuously and automatically.

The present invention can be applied as a metal fittings feeding element of a carry case used for transporting attachment fittings, and can automatically feed divorce fittings rationally and efficiently.
The feeding of metal fittings to the bookbinding line can be fully automated and labor-saving, and the production efficiency of interleaved files, etc. can be improved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show embodiments of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a storage fitting applied to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the aligned state of the storage fittings housed in a carrying case. figure,
FIG. 3 is a plan view schematically showing the automatic feeding system of the present invention;
Figure 4 is a side view showing details of the automatic supply line, and Figure 5 is a front view of the case transfer device, showing only one side.
FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing another example of the case transfer device, FIG. 7 is a front view of the gripper mechanism, FIG. 8 is a plan view of the same, FIG. 9 is an enlarged perspective view of a single gripper, and FIG. The figure is a perspective view showing another example of the robot mechanism, and Figure 1 is a side view of the second supply station. 1... Storage fittings, 2... Carry case, 3...
Stock stay line, 5... Elevating loading platform, 15...
First supply stage, n, 15a... inclined support part, 16
...Conveyance device, 22...Case transfer device, 32...
・Gate and ruler means, 36... Robot mechanism, 37.
... Lateral movement mechanism, 38... Vertical movement mechanism, 59
...Second supply station 60...Intermittent conveyance device,
60... Soccer equipment, A... Book binding line, B...
・Automatic supply line for loading metal fittings, D... Gripper group, G
...Unit loading bracket alignment group. Figure 1 Figure 2

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A method of automatically supplying the binding fittings to be attached to the binding files, etc. to the bookbinding line, in which a carrying case in which the binding fittings are arranged and housed is prepared, and the carrying case is prepared. Cases are transferred case by case from the stock station to a first supply station connected to a robot mechanism, and a predetermined number of loading metal fittings are transferred directly from within the carry case placed on the first supply station by the operation of the robot mechanism. The aligned group is divided and taken out, and the unit binding bracket aligned group is supplied to a second supply station at the starting end of the bookbinding line, and each of the unit binding bracket aligned groups from the aligned starting end of the unit binding bracket aligned group placed on the second supply station is An automatic method for supplying binding fittings, characterized in that the binding fittings are sequentially taken out and fed onto the bookbinding line. (2) A device that automatically supplies the binding metal fittings to be attached to the binding files, etc. to the bookbinding line, which stacks carrying cases in which the binding metal fittings are arranged and housed in a double layer. The stock station is equipped with a lifting platform that moves up and down to position the top carry case at a constant level, and the top carry case maintained at the constant level is taken out from the stock station and transferred to the conveyance device. a case transfer device for transferring the case, the transfer device being arranged to feed the carry case transferred from the stock station to a first supply station connected to a robot mechanism, the first supply station An inclined support part that supports the bottom surface in an inclined state, and supports the sides of the carrying case placed on the inclined support part on the lower side of the inclined support part, and is an alignment reference for the storage fittings in the carry case. The robot mechanism is provided with a gate and ruler means for forming a surface, and the robot mechanism picks up a predetermined number of aligned groups of binding fittings from within the carrying case supported by the first supply station and transfers them to the first end of the bookbinding line. The robot mechanism is provided with a group of grippers of a predetermined number of units for simultaneously gripping each of the unit storage fittings aligned group, and the second supply station is provided with An intermittent conveyance device is provided which intermittently transports the unit storage fittings aligned group supplied by the robot mechanism so as to cue at the starting end of the alignment, and each An automatic feeding device for binding metal fittings, characterized in that it is provided with a saccharging device that sequentially picks out the binding metal fittings and supplies them onto the bookbinding line.