JPS6221615A - Device for transferring and locating elastic annular body - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To secure the incorporation of a rubber belt or the like in the above- captioned device for incorporating the rubber belt or the like in a rotary apparatus such as a vide-disk or the like by sliding sequentially works on a guide plate to shape and locate the works with a guide. CONSTITUTION:Works 41 of bobbin are separated one by one by a rough separator and an arranging-sending spiral ring 27, dripped by their own weight from a feeding-out ring 28 to a transferring-locating device 3 and hooked on a hook pin 34. Next, the works are slided to a predetermined position by driving the hook pin 34 and a feed pin 35. Then, both pins 34, 35 are lowered to pass the works 41 to shaping-locating guides 33A-33c, and both pins 34, 35 return to the original positions. The works 41 shaped and located thus by the guide 33A-33c are transferred to an incorporating section. By this constitution are securely incorporated the works.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] <Industrial Application Field> The present invention relates to a device for conveying and positioning an elastic annular body, such as a rubber belt, for assembling the elastic annular body to a rotating mechanism such as a video tape recorder. It is.

<Prior art> Conventionally, the work of assembling an elastic annular body into products such as electronic devices such as video tape recorders that are equipped with a rotation transmission mechanism (rotation transmission using a belt between pulleys) that requires an elastic annular body has been done manually. Most of the assembly was done by However, elastic annular bodies are usually delivered in bulk from the manufacturer in boxes or plastic bags, making it very difficult and time-consuming to separate and assemble them one by one in order to assemble them into a product. It took.

Purpose of the present invention: The present invention improves the problems of the prior art described above, and makes it possible to shape and position elastic annular bodies sent one by one, thereby making it easier to assemble elastic annular bodies into electronic devices. The purpose is to ensure proper attachment.

<Example> An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Fig. 1 shows the overall configuration of the elastic annular body assembly device, in which Fig. 1(a) is a plan view, Fig. 1) is a side view, and Fig. 1(c) is a plan view.
is a perspective view during operation. The assembling device unravels several hundred elastic annular bodies supplied in a disorderly state, mostly by hand.
There is a rough separating section 1 that periodically transports the elastic annular bodies by about several dozen pieces, and a separation section that separates the elastic annular bodies supplied from the rough separating section 1 about ten pieces at a time and sorts them one by one. a conveying section 7, a conveyance/positioning section 3 that conveys the elastic annular body to a predetermined take-out position, and shapes and positions the elastic annular body into a shape that can be taken out at the take-out position; and a rotation mechanism (
For example, the elastic annular body can be expanded using a belt guide 42 that is slightly larger than the predetermined pulley diameter of a video tape recorder
Hold it in place, and move it to the rotating mechanism that is positioned in a predetermined position.
- Consists of an assembly section 4 in which an elastic annular body is pushed out using an IJ collar 43 and assembled into a product.

Below, the rough separation section 19 separation/sorting section 2. The transport/positioning section 31 and the assembly section 4 will be explained separately.

First, FIG. 2(a) shows a plan view of the rough separation section 1.
Figure (b) shows its side view. As shown in the figure, in the rough separating section 1, a flange 8 is attached to the pace 12 via a bobbin slider 7, and the flange 8 has a bobbin 10 for aligning and feeding the elastic annular bodies and a bobbin 10 for disentangling the large number of elastic annular bodies. A tangling release bar 9 is integrally attached. Further, a bobbin rotation actuator 5 that rotates the bobbin 10 via the slide table 11 is attached to the pace 12 .

The bobbin rotation actuator 5 is connected to the bobbin 10 through joints 6a and 6b. The bobbin 10 shown in FIG. 2 has a cross-sectional shape taken along the line AA', and as shown in the figure, the bobbin 10 is provided with a cavity inside.

Next, FIG. 3 shows the overall configuration of the separation/sorting section 2. 6(a) is a side view, and FIG. 6) is a side view seen from direction B. Further, the structure of the integral ring is shown in Fig. 4, and the figure (a
) shows a side view, (b) shows a side view of the elastic annular body 41 being transported, and (c) shows a cross-sectional view.

The separating/sorting section 2 separates and sorts the elastic annular bodies, which are sent out periodically from the rough separating section 1, about several dozen pieces.As shown in FIG. 18 to roller 22a.

A drive roller 23 is attached to drive the ring 22b and the integral ring 17 to rotate at a low speed. In addition, the integrated ring 17 is shown in FIG.
is shown, but the separation spiral ring 25, alignment stock ring 26, straightening spiral ring 27, and delivery ring 28 are assembled to the arm μ30 using the ring retaining nut 29, and the integrated ring 17 is constructed. A bearing 24 is further disposed at the tip of the ring retaining nut 29.
is formed. This bearing 24 enters into the cavity of the bobbin 10 and comes into contact with the inner surface of the bobbin 10 to absorb the difference in rotational speed between the bobbin 10 and the integral ring 17. In addition, the outer diameter of the opening of the bobbin 10 and the ring retaining nut 2
9 and are arranged very close to each other, so that the elastic annular body 41 slides from the bobbin 10 to the integral ring 17.

Here, an actuator 21 that rotates the integrated ring 17 is attached to the pace 20, and a drive transmission belt 19 is attached to the pace 20.
The drive roller 23 is rotationally driven through the drive roller 23.

In FIG. 4, the groove width of the separation spiral ring 25 of the integral ring 17 is approximately 1 to 5 times the width of the elastic annular body 41, and the groove width is a slope whose maximum diameter is slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the elastic annular body 41. There are steps. The alignment stock ring 26 is a cylindrical ring tapered in the direction in which the elastic annular body 41 is fed. Spiral ring for rearranging 2
The width of the groove 7 is about 1 to 2 times the width of the elastic annular body, and an inclined step whose maximum diameter is equal to or larger than the inner diameter of the elastic annular body 41 is provided. The delivery ring 28 has an angle that allows the elastic annular body 41 to easily slide down, and has a shape that makes it easy to position the elastic annular body 41 by its own weight. Here, a sensor 39 is attached near the end of the integral ring 17 in order to adjust the amount of the elastic annular body 41 sent out from the rough separating section 1, as shown in FIG.
9 detects the elastic annular body 41, the rotation of the bobbin 10 of the rough separating section 1 is stopped.

Next, FIG. 5 shows the overall configuration of the conveyance/positioning section 3.

(a), (c), (e), (g) in the same figure
, (i) is a plan view, and (b) and (d) of the same figure are
, (f), (h), and (j) are internal side views. As shown in the figure, the conveyance/positioning unit 3 has a pair of table guides 31 and a guide plate 32 at a distance that allows the elastic annular body to be held by a bin 34 and an elastic annular body feeding pin 35 to slide.
is fixed in an L shape and attached to the table base 38. Here, the guide plate 32 is made of a slippery material such as a Teflon sheet pasted on its surface to prevent the elastic annular body 41 from getting caught or twisted. The elastic annular body hooking pin 34 and the elastic annular body feeding pin 35 serve as a transfer mechanism in which the actuator 36F performs vertical movement and the actuator 36G performs horizontal movement. The shaping positioning guide 33B is fixed to the guide plate 32, and the shaping positioning guide 33A is moved vertically and horizontally by an actuator 36D. The shaping positioning guide 33C is moved up and down by an actuator 36E. When the conveyance/positioning section 3 is fully loaded with the elastic annular bodies 41, it is detected by the sensor 40 shown in FIG.

Next, the assembly part 4 is composed of a belt guide 42, a stripper 43, and a mount 45, as shown in the cross-sectional views of FIG. 1(c) and FIG.
0b is combined. The elastic annular body 41 is expanded and held by a belt guide 42 having a diameter slightly larger than the predetermined pulley of the product, and after the assembly is moved by the part 4 until the product is positioned in a predetermined position, it is pushed out by the stripper 43 and pulled out by the pulley 44. be assembled into.

Here, the operation of the transport/positioning device, which is particularly important in the present invention, will be explained in detail.

As shown in Fig. 1(c), the spiral ring 27 for rearranging
The elastic annular body 41 falls from the delivery ring 28 at the end thereof due to its own weight. The elastic annular body 41 that fell at this time gets caught on the pin 34 (Fig. 5 (a)
), (b) and Figure 5 (c), (d)).

Then, the actuator 36G is actuated, and the elastic annular member hook slides the pin 34 and the elastic annular member sending pin 35 to a predetermined position. Therefore, the elastic annular body 41 hung on these pins 34, 35 slides on the guide plate 32 to a predetermined position (FIG. 5(e)).

(f)). Next, the actuator 36F is operated, and the elastic annular body hooking pin 34 and the elastic annular body feeding pin 35 are lowered. Next, actuator 36G/actuator 3
The pins 34 and 35 return to their original positions by sequentially operating the pins 6F (FIG. 5(i), U).

Further, when the elastic annular body 41 reaches a predetermined position, the orthopedic positioning guide 33C is raised by the actuator 36E, while the orthopedic positioning guide 33A is raised by the actuator 36E.
It descends by D and stops just before the guide plate 32, as shown in Fig. 5 (g'
) , (h) ), move to the right.

(Figure 5 (i), (j)). In this way, the elastic annular body 41 is properly positioned by the shaping and positioning guides 33A, 33B, and 33C so that the assembly portion 4 can be removed. Incidentally, when the elastic annular body 41 is taken out at the assembly section 4, the shaping and positioning guides 33A and 33C return to their original positions.

By repeating the above operations, the elastic annular body 41 is successively incorporated into electronic equipment.

<Effects of the Invention> According to the present invention described above, conveyance and shaping positioning can be performed without twisting the elastic annular body.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1(a) is a plan view of an embodiment of the elastic annular body assembly apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 1(b) is a side view thereof, and FIG.
c) is a perspective view of the operating state, FIG. 2(a) is a plan view of the rough separating section, FIG. 2(b) is a side view thereof, and FIG. 3(a) is a side view of the separating/sorting section. , FIG. 3(b) is a side view of the separation/sorting unit as seen from direction B, FIGS. 4(a) and (b) are side views of the separating and sorting section, FIG. Figure (a), (
c), (e). (g) and (i) are plan views of the conveyance/positioning section;
Figure (b). (a), (f), (h), and (j) are internal side views thereof, and FIG. 6 is a sectional view of the assembled portion. In the figure 1: Rough separation section 2: Separation and sorting section 3: Conveyance and positioning section 4: Assembly section 5: Actuator for bobbin rotation 6: Seam hole 7: Bobbin slider 8: Flange 9: Tangle release bar 10 = Bobbin 11 Nislide table 12: Base 13: Actuator 14
: Equipment stand 15: Bobbin positioning guide 16: Slide rod 17 Two-piece ring 18 Two-piece ring support stand
19: Drive transmission belt 20: Base 21 Actuator 22: Bearing roller 23: Bearing drive roller 2
4: Bearing 25: Separation spiral ring 26
: Alignment stock ring 27: Spiral ring for alignment and feeding
28: Feeding ring 29: Ring retaining nut 30
: Arbor 31: Table guide 32: Information board 33:
Orthopedic positioning guide 34: Elastic annular body hook is a bottle
35: Elastic annular body feed pin 36: Actuator 3
7: Slight head 38: Table stand 39: Sensor 40: Sensor 41: Elastic annular body 42: Belt guide 43 Ni stripper 44: Pulley 45: Mount 46: Head board 47: Slider shaft 48 Ni slider bearing 50: Pulley unit. Agent Patent attorney Aihiko Fuku (and 2 others) Figure 2 (a)
) Figure 2 (b) 3B 6th ♂

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. The invention is characterized by comprising a drive mechanism that sequentially slides the elastic annular body on the guide plate, and a guide means that shapes and positions the elastic annular body that has reached a predetermined position. A device for conveying and positioning elastic annular bodies.