JPS6181326A - Stacker for automatic cutting of surface-inside-folded cloth - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable surface-inside-folded cloth to be cut automatically, efficiently, neatly and correctly by incorporating a cloth-turning over mechanism into a clamp unit movable up and down, and back and forth. CONSTITUTION:After clamping cloth M by means of the clamp piece 38 of a clamp unit 24, said unit 24 is lifted by a lift mechanism 10 so as to get cloth M hung down from a carrier 25, and then the unit 24 is retreated by means of a forward/backward traveling mechanism 19. During the process of this traveling, the cloth M is turned over by 180 deg. around the horizontal axial line by means of an air cylinder 34 for turning over work so that the reinforcing core of the cloth M facing forward in the initial stage of hanging up may be turned backward. Then, the cloth M is turned around the vertical axis line to change its direction by 90 deg. by means of an air cylinder 29 for operation of direction change so that the right and left halves of the cloth may face each other in form of a pair. Then, a slide board 5 is put in lateral movement so as to have adjacent clamp units moved closer to each other so that a pair of right and left halves of cloth M may come in contact with each other to be formed in a pile. Then clamp piece 38 is opened and this cloth M is hung on a hunger stand 41.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a stacker for automatic centering used in the manufacturing process of business suits and other garments.

For example, when manufacturing suit clothes, a pair of left and right front bodies, on which reinforcing cores have been pasted in the previous process, are transported by conveyor, etc., with the reinforcing cores facing the front side (upper side). In order to make it easier to sew the right and left pairs of fabrics in the next process, it is necessary to pick up the fabric so that it faces the front side (a so-called inside-out effect), stack it neatly and correctly, and then stack it. It's a toad. However, in the past, this process of removing the inner surface was carried out entirely by hand, which was unsightly and complicated, resulting in poor work efficiency and requiring heavy labor, creating a bottleneck in mass production.

The present invention aims to provide a stacker for automatically picking up clothes, which is useful for solving these problems, and its specific configuration will be described in detail based on a preferred embodiment shown in the drawings.
Figures 1 to 3 show a process in which the left and right sides of the front body of a suit (hereinafter simply referred to as the object) are flowed in two rows on a linear conveyor, and the middle side is automatically and automatically drawn. (1) is a frame that is installed on the work floor, and at the upper rear position there is a clamp unit r1, which will be described later, for transporting the object (goods). A mechanism (2) is installed for horizontally moving in the left and right direction perpendicular to the direction.

That is, the mechanism (2) mainly includes a pair of front and rear lateral movement guide bars (31) and an air cylinder (4) along them.
The slide plate (5) is operated by a slide plate (5), and its guide bar (3) is fixed horizontally at the upper rear position of the frame (1) so as to extend in parallel with each other in the left and right direction. There is. f6Lf71 is a pillow block and a fixed plate that support both ends of the guide bar (8), and the fixed plate (7) is molded on one side of the frame (1), and when viewed from the side, They have almost the same character shape. The slide plate fi+ forms a so-called left and right pair with the fixed plate (7), and is operated by an operating air cylinder (4) fixedly held on the lower surface of the fixed plate (7). It will be horizontally moved back and forth in the left and right direction along the idler 131K. Due to its horizontal movement, the slide board (5
1 moves toward and away from the fixed plate (7). (8) is the bearing seat of the slide plate + a +,
Both guide bars (3) are fitted. That sly)'
Board +51 K air cylinder (4) shaft (9
) are connected, of course.

(In (101 is a pair of left and right mechanisms for raising and lowering the clamp unit, and both are mainly used for raising and lowering guide balls (■) (river and air cylinder +t'4 along this)
Raised and lowered by OS! ! 4! It consists of I'd HH. The guide balls (II) are fixedly erected from the above-mentioned fixed plate 17) and the slide red (6) as a total of two pairs in the front and rear, and caps θ4104) are fixed to both the upper and lower ends of the guide balls (II). Leg tube (161Q
The elevating plate Hal moves up and down within a limited range between the elevating plate Hal and the elevating plate Hal. The elevating plate 94H exists as a pair of left and right plates corresponding to a fixed plate (7) and a sliding plate (+11), and therefore an air cylinder for its operation (
ItJO'4 is held in a suspended state from the fixed plate (7) and the slide plate (61).
1 are connected via a bracket (Iη0η).The 91α barrel is a bearing seat of a lifting plate (1″401) that fits into a guide ball (river).

Furthermore, 0n(II is a pair of left and right mechanisms for sliding the clamp unit forward and backward in the front and back direction parallel to the transport direction tAl of the object (goods), and a guide rod e24 for forward and backward movement.
It consists of an e2111 and an air cylinder a1go for its operation. The tabs, both lifting boards 01 (the board surface of 11 is arranged perpendicularly to the board surface of the fixed board (7) and the slide board (61), and guide rods are protruded forward from each board surface. .T21E is a bearing seat that supports the guide rod m- so that it can move forward and backward, and both are fixed to the board surface of the lifting board 111 (1).

The air cylinder gIga faces directly below this bearing seat 21@, and is also fixedly installed on the board surface of the 9-elevating board H01, and its shaft @□□□ both protrudes forward in parallel with the guide rod mm. has been done.

(B) (Foundation) is an air cylinder for forward and backward movement @
υ (goods) shaft! 21@ and the guide rod...the secondary protruding flat plate 7 A pair of left and right clamp units each attached to the front end. After grasping the object (goods), it is configured to be able to perform a /♂θ degree reversal (so-called flipping action) and a 0 degree turn (direction changing action).

In other words, the left and right pair of clamp unit Z41 (Incorporated) are identical in structure and operate symmetrically to each other. To explain its structure in detail, firstly, (211cl!III is a fixed stand that is L-shaped when viewed from the side, and the above-mentioned forward and backward movement guide rod and ψ measuring table are mounted on the vertical plane of the - side. and cylinder shaft (21f2
The upper and lower pair of 1 are Bolt and Nut @ (B) (C) (C)
They are connected and integrated in a detachable manner via
Similarly, an air cylinder t21f21 for direction change operation is placed and fixed from above on the horizontal surface on the other side.

The short shaft of the air cylinder 121t21 projects vertically downward from the opening m1lGllll of the fixing base ti(c), and is connected to the splint plate 02 (
The swivel base ialfam is installed in one piece via 3'4. That is, by the operation of the four ends of the air cylinder, the swivel base [t&l] is moved along the vertical axis of the shaft (rope) in the cylinder l1, and the angle range (b) is 0 degrees.
) (b)) is defined as a mechanism that changes direction. Moreover, the directionality of the conversion is controlled so that the clamp pieces (to be described later) face each other inwardly with respect to the pair of left and right clamp pieces (1241 f241).

Next, when viewed from the side, the swivel table
1X is integrated into a single unit, and an air cylinder f34N for reversing operation is also fixedly installed from the rear on the other side of the vertical surface. The short shaft (to) m of the air cylinder f34H is the opening of the rotating base 13 barrel.
A reversing plate ωη is installed horizontally protruding forward from the beginning.
An air cylinder for opening/closing the clamp piece is attached via 3η.

The space between the clamp pieces is shaped like a crow's beak when viewed from the side, and protrudes forward from the cylinder. Pipes for supplying and discharging compressed air are not shown. However, when the air is removed from the cylinder 4-, it expands, and conversely, air is sent to the cylinder side end and closes at death, thereby grabbing the object (goods). , by the operation of the reversing air cylinder +34-, the clamp piece nm is moved through the reversing plate η0'6, etc. to the horizontal axis of the shaft c4i31 in the cylinder 4-, within an angular range of 710 degrees (rotation). ) (b), thereby turning the object (goods) upside down.

Furthermore, in FIGS. 1 to 3 again, - is placed at the lower front position of the above-mentioned installation frame (1), parallel to the lateral movement guide bar 131 of the slide board (5), and in the horizontal direction. It is a pair of guide rails at the front and back that are fixed and horizontally suspended as running objects, along which the hanger stand @υ for hanging objects (goods) moves back and forth in a straight line. . As is clear from the figure, the hanger stand i4υ has an almost U-shape when viewed from the side 9, and its upper end extends in the front and back direction with a width that is more comfortable than the width of the object. At the same time, an air cylinder (6) for its operation is fixed to the lower end. @ field is the shaft of the cylinder h'4, (to) is the hanger stand 1
411, and is fitted with the guide rail frame.

In that case, the hanger stand I11 is
The relationship is set so that the position directly below C (In, in particular, the retracted position by the air cylinder @ 11 @ + 1 for forward and backward movement operation is set so that it moves reciprocatingly across in a straight line. Therefore, the position of the hanger stand @ υ The upper end of the item hanging from between the clamp pieces (the upper end will inevitably interfere with the middle of the seagull,
The hanger can be stacked securely and smoothly on the upper end of the object (goods), as if folded in half. Also, the horizontal movement stroke of the hanger stand 0 is t
The hanger stand 141 is longer than that of the slide plate (5) mentioned above, and is further extended laterally outward from both the left and right sides of the single-clamp iron.
Al1 is defined so that 1 can be evacuated, and therefore the above object 1 of the clamp piece gift
The hanger stand (9) is designed not to obstruct both functions during the action of reversing the handle 41 and also during the action of changing the direction.

Regarding the above-mentioned object (Ml) and its transportation, the object (in the case of the illustrated embodiment, refers to a pair of left and right front sections of a suit, and the figure suggests that each front section is No. ♂~/4). It is made up of various types of cloth (a) and a reinforcing core (1) of non-woven fabric that is lined (heat-sealed with a press) to the fabric, and the left and right pairs are used as a row to transport a conveyor such as a conveyor. (c) In the process of flowing linearly over the top, the backing is completed automatically and instantaneously by the heat sealing action of the press device, and after being continuously conveyed,
9 each were grabbed by the gift of a clamp piece of Lamb Units) [124).

Therefore, the above-mentioned reversal action along the horizontal axis reverses the front body, which is flowing with the fourfold conveyor facing the front side (upper 1iflJ) of the reinforcing core (to), and reverses it so that the fabric (al) faces the front side. In other words, it means turning the front side during the request, and the direction changing action of the vertical axis rotation causes the left and right pair of the reversed front body to come into face-to-face contact with each other. This means to hang one No-Nga (9 to 411) while stacking them neatly and correctly on top of each other.

Next, the operation of the preferred embodiment will be explained in detail based on the configuration of the preferred embodiment. The stacker of the present invention has the following structure as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3: It is installed so to speak as if it were on standby, facing correctly from behind, and in that standby state, the above-mentioned clamp unit (goods) is installed.
The gap between the clamp pieces in (2) is such that the drifting object CA phantom and the actual object are at the same lowered/advanced position and are separated from each other by a certain lateral movement stroke of the left and right pair. There is. The spacing dimension of the separation state substantially corresponds to the mutual spacing dimension of the objects (goods) being flowed in the left and right rows.

Furthermore, the hanger stand hg, on both the left and right sides of the four flang units spaced apart from each other, is also in a state of being retracted to a laterally outward position.

From such a state to the end point of transportation of the object (goods)/
As soon as the arrival at the 3 position is detected, the target color η is grabbed by the flange piece of the clamp unit I, 241 (Incorporated) which is being expanded.

Clamp unit ff141 until the one you grabbed
(Wealth) is number one! ~ As shown in Figure 7, the air cylinder (1
At the same time, it is moved backward by the air cylinder lever 1 for forward and backward movement, and in the process of this operation, the object color n is moved up by the air cylinder 1 in Figs. As suggested by the contrast with , the reinforcing core that was exposed toward the front is now turned back toward the rear.

In that case, after the clamp unit (goods) has grasped the object (goods), it is moved backward in accordance with the conveying direction (5) of the object 1, and the end point position of the movement is Since the lift and reversal are performed before reaching the target A/G01, the so-called transfer action from the conveyor (to) at the time of the above-mentioned object A/G01 is
This is due to the fact that it is carried out smoothly without any resistance, and that improper deformation such as folding of the object (goods) itself during the reversal action is effectively prevented.

And clamp unit t241 e! When 41 reaches the end position of its retreat and rise, the object (goods) is then turned by the direction changing actuating air cylinder (21al) by 90 degrees along the vertical axis, and the left and right pair of objects (goods) are turned by 90 degrees. Since the through holes shown in Fig. /B face each other, one clamp unit (24) approaches the other clamp unit (24) by the horizontal movement of the slide board (6) in the direction of the arrow fi1 shown in the figure. The left and right pair of objects (M) will come into face-to-face contact with each other.The cloth (a) will be directly placed on top of each other, just as if they were clasping their hands together.

At this time, from the above-mentioned retracted position, move from the above retracted position to the arrow to It is moved in the horizontal direction as shown, and the left and right pair of objects (goods) are hung from the upper end of the hanger stand 1411 in a so-called overlapping state of Al (folded in half). One end is expanded to release the object illusion. Sometimes the hanging is done by a clamp unit (goods) □
□□ has been lowered slightly, and the object hanging from No. 1 unit @ illusion is now operating stably.

After the hanging of the object (goods) is completed, the clamp unit Z4 c24) is once raised by t, so that the hanger stand (b) can be smoothly positioned directly below it in the direction indicated by the arrow l above.
Move back and retreat in the lateral direction opposite to ot. Once the basket is raised, the hanger stand can be moved horizontally without any problem even if the loading height changes. You will be able to do that. In addition, as shown in Figures 1 to 3, the clamp unit H6241 also returns to its initial standby position as shown in Figures 1 to 3, as it advances and descends, and the left and right pairs are separated from each other. Since the object is to be realized υ, the clamp piece C (
The IX itself is slightly rotated back about the vertical and horizontal axes. By repeating this twist/cycle, a large amount of objects (goods) that are sequentially transported can be efficiently and automatically picked up and stacked. Needless to say, it is electrically controlled in cooperation with various sensors such as position detection and switches.

Earlier, we explained the effect as if a pair of objects (goods) flow simultaneously while maintaining a symmetrical state of parallelism, but as long as the objects (goods) are transported in the - column, Now, if the flow is random (irregular) in a so-called staggered manner, one clamp piece (goods) can be moved to its position depending on the control method of both clamp units (goods). The preceding object (good) is temporarily kept on standby until the direction conversion action is completed, and the subsequent object (good) is multi-directionally converted by the other clamp piece (toward), and the preceding object (good) is It is only when they come face to face with the object (goods) that various actions can be performed, from the approach of the above-mentioned two-lamp unit 4 (good) to the hanging of the target object onto the hanger stand (B), which is the same as above. effect can be achieved. Therefore, it can be said that it is actually advantageous to adopt the configuration of the illustrated embodiment in cases such as Al7. This is because the left and right pairs of objects (goods) can be stacked in an orderly manner at all times without any restrictions on the transportation of the objects (goods). The stacker of the present invention can also be applied to such cases. That is, in the preferred embodiment shown, if this is used as only one of the two clamp units Nf241 on the side corresponding to the fixed platen (7), then the operating mechanism fi for forward and backward movement and elevating
Substantially the same effect as described above can be obtained by determining that it can be operated in the same manner as above by lH, and by configuring the structure to perform only the reversing action without performing the direction changing action. At that time, the hanger stand i41 is also a fixed type that does not move laterally, and in the process of the clamp unit (goods) grabbing the object (goods), turning it upside down, and moving backward, the hanging object (goods) is wealth)
If the upper ends of the hanger stand Ill are in a relationship of disowning or interfering with each other, the object (goods) can also be hung with the center side facing up. In the illustrated embodiment, a mechanism for changing the direction of the object (goods);
The mechanism for horizontally moving the hanger stand @1) and the mechanism for horizontally moving the slide board +61 both have suitable configurations related to the simultaneous creation of a pair of left and right objects (goods) in one go. Stay with the examples. As for the object +M) itself, the present invention is not limited to only the front body of a suit, but can be similarly applied to other clothing.

According to the configuration of the present invention as described above, the □
By simply feeding the object (goods) into the machine, the object fi41 can be automatically and efficiently and orderly and correctly removed from the inside. Therefore, the present invention can be incorporated into the garment manufacturing process □ line. As a result, the clothes can be produced inexpensively and with high volume9, making it an extremely useful invention.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a stacker according to the present invention, and FIG.
3 is a front view and a side view of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is an enlarged side view showing the clamp unit extracted, Al1.
The figures are the plan view and front view of Fig. 3, Fig. r is an enlarged front view extracting the clamped state of the object in Fig. 2, and Fig. 9.7.
Figure 0 is a plan view and side view of Figure 1, Figure 1/Figure is an enlarged front view showing an inverted state of the object corresponding to Figure 1, Figure 72 is a side view of Figure 1, and Figure 73. is the 10th. 73 is an enlarged side view showing the direction change state of the object corresponding to FIG. (114)...Object (front of suit) (al......Cloth fabric...Reinforcement core (1) ......The hem is attached to the frame base (2)... Lateral movement mechanism (31)... Guide bar (5)... ...Slide plate (7)...Fixed plate +i [1ilIm...Lifting mechanism 0 crystal) (11
)... Guide ball H (11... Elevating board (II (II... Front/backward movement mechanism mcA...
... Guide rod (c) Q4 ... Clamp unit (to) ...
...Carrier (c) 2...Fixed base (4) θ4Q''4 (21) H←ri...Air cylinder quadruple...Direction change Air cylinder cap for... Swivel base (, I4-... Air cylinder for reversing Yasukuni...
・・・・・・Clamp piece

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A clamp unit including a clamp piece for grasping an object being conveyed in a straight line and an opening/closing mechanism for the clamp piece; It consists of an operating mechanism that moves the clamp unit forward and backward, an operating mechanism that also moves the clamp unit up and down to raise and lower the object, and a hanger stand for hanging the object grabbed by the clamp piece. A stacker for automatically removing the inner side of clothes, characterized in that an operating mechanism for turning the grasped object inside out by rotating it 180 degrees about a horizontal axis is incorporated in the clamp unit. Corresponding to two or two lines of objects being conveyed in a straight line,
a pair of left and right clamp units each equipped with a clamp piece for grasping the object and an opening/closing mechanism for the clamp piece; an actuation mechanism that moves each clamp unit forward and backward in the same direction as the conveyance direction of the object; Similarly, there is an actuation mechanism that moves each clamp unit laterally in the left and right direction orthogonal to the conveying direction of the object, an actuation mechanism that moves each clamp unit up and down to move the object up and down, and an operation mechanism that moves the object grasped by each clamp piece. It consists of a hanger table that can be moved laterally in the left and right directions in order to hang them together, and an operating mechanism that turns the grabbed object inside out by rotating each of the clamp pieces 180 degrees around the horizontal axis. , an actuation mechanism for changing the direction of the object so that the object can be superimposed by rotating the clamp pieces 90 degrees around the vertical axis so that the clamp pieces face each other inwardly after the front and back sides have been turned over; A stacker for automatically picking up the inside of clothes, characterized in that it is incorporated into the stacker.