JPS6221618A - Method and device for automatically filling cheese - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the efficiency of operation in a device for filling fiber system cheese in a spindle of dyeing carrier by turning upside down a case filled with cheese and taking the cheese out of the case to transfer it to a filling section for the dyeing carrier and push it into the spindle. CONSTITUTION:A case 2 including cheese is transferred by a conveyer A and turned down 90 deg. by an overturning device B. Then, the case 2 is vertically lifted by a stage of cheese in the case 2 while the cheese is taken out by a cheese taking-out device C to be transferred to an inclined trough D. And the cheese in the trough D rolls along the inclination and is lifted upward by a loading device E to be sent to a pushing-out device G by a conveyer F. And the cheese is pushed out by the pushing-out device G to be put into spindle of a dyeing carrier 31. This spindle is rotated by a turntable H and fresh spindles are sequentially located at the pushing-out position. Thus, the efficiency of operation can be improved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to an automatic cheese loading method and apparatus, and more specifically, the present invention relates to an automatic cheese loading method and apparatus, and more specifically, to conveying fiber cheese, taking it out from a case, and loading it onto the spindle of a dyeing carrier. The present invention relates to a method and apparatus that can automatically perform loading.

[Conventional technology]

To date, a number of methods and devices have been proposed for automatically loading the spindles of dyeing carriers with cheese wound in layers on bobbins with fiber threads.

For example, there are methods and apparatuses disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 49-35108.50-19668, Japanese Patent Publication No. 52-31462, and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 48-20978. However, these methods and devices have problems in that the cheese loading speed is not sufficient and, when viewed as a whole, it is difficult to say that they are sufficiently efficient.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The present invention aims to solve the problems in the prior art as described above, and provides cheese that can be quickly and efficiently loaded onto the spindle of a dyeing carrier. The purpose of the present invention is to provide an automatic loading method and device.

[Means for solving problems]

According to the present invention, an automatic cheese loading method is provided, which comprises: a first conveyance step of conveying a case containing cheese onto a conveyor; and a first step of conveying the conveyed cheese storage case to a horizontal position. An inversion process in which the cheese is inverted 90 degrees to a vertical position; a cheese removal process in which the cheese is taken out from the case by grasping the cheese bobbin stored in the case and dropped onto the gutter; the removed cheese is received from the gutter and transferred to the conveyor A second conveyance step in which the conveyed cheese is extruded in a direction substantially perpendicular to the cheese conveyance direction, and an extrusion loading step in which the conveyed cheese is forced to fall from the cheese drop opening and loaded onto the spindle of the dyeing carrier, and loading is completed. A carrier exchange means for replacing the loaded dyeing carrier with an unloaded carrier by rotating a turntable.

According to the present invention, there is also provided an automatic cheese loading device, which device comprises: a first conveyor transport means for transporting cases containing cheese; and a first conveyor transport means for transporting cheese storage cases from a horizontal position to a vertical position. A second means for receiving the removed cheese from the gutter and transporting it. a conveyor conveyance means, an extrusion loading means for extruding the conveyed cheese in a direction substantially perpendicular to the cheese conveyance direction, causing it to fall from a cheese drop opening and loading it onto the spindle of the dyeing carrier; It consists of carrier exchange means for exchanging unloaded carriers by rotation of a turntable, and control means for controlling the operation of each of the above-mentioned means.

(Embodiments of the Invention) Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is an overall plan view showing an example of a device according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a side view of the device shown in FIG. In FIGS. 1 and 2, A is a conveyor device for conveying a cheese storage case, and B is an inversion device for inverting this case by 90° and inverting it. C is a cheese removal device, D is a slope gutter, E is a loading device,
F is a conveyor device, G is a cheese extrusion device, and H is a turntable device. Also, ■ is the return line for empty cases.

Hereinafter, these devices will be specifically explained in order. FIG. 3 is a plan view showing the cheese storage case in a state where cheese is stored, and FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the case in FIG. 3 taken along line AA'. The cheese 2 stored in the case 1 is locked in a predetermined position in the case 1 by the engagement between the cylindrical protrusion 5 provided on the bottom 3 of the case 1 and the inner hole of the cheese pobin 4. be done. Therefore, the cheeses 2 are regularly placed in the case 1 in a predetermined arrangement so that each cheese 2 is correctly locked in a predetermined position in the case 1. The outer diameter of these protrusions 5 is set to be slightly smaller than the diameter of the inner hole of the cheese bobbin 4, and the cheese bobbin 4 can be inserted into and removed from the protrusion 5 freely.

FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 are diagrams for explaining the cheese inversion device and the cheese removal device. When the cheese storage case 1, which has been conveyed on the conveyor device A (Fig. 1) and houses the regularly arranged cheeses 2, is transferred to the inverted process position, the transfer of the case 1 is stopped by the limit switch (Fig. 1). (not shown), and in this position the case 1 is flipped 90° from a horizontal position to a vertical position.

A plurality of rollers 7 are provided at intervals in the inverted position. Further, a reversing arm 8 is provided so as to be located between these rollers 7. The reversing arm 8 is fixed to the crank 10 via a rotating shaft 9. On the other hand, the other end of the crank 10 is connected to a cylinder 11.

Now, the shaft 12 of the cylinder 11 is pointing to the right (arrow)
, that is, when the elongated shaft 12 is shortened by the action of the cylinder 11, the reversing arm 8 is reversed by 90° about the rotation axis 9.

That is, the reversing arm 8, which was located horizontally as shown in FIG. 5, is now inverted by 90 degrees (arrow) with the case 1 placed thereon, and is now in an inverted vertical position as shown in FIG. Become.

13 is a cradle attached to the reversing arm 8,
It is reversed by 90° together with the reversing arm 8.

Therefore, as the reversing arm 8 is reversed, the case 1 is placed on the pedestal 13 in a vertical position. 14, when case l is reversed by 90°, case 1
This is a protective plate for preventing the cheese 2 stored therein from jumping out and falling.

A screw shaft 16 rotated by the brake motor 6 is attached to the reversing arm 8, and is configured to move the pedestal 13 up and down to a predetermined position. The case 1, which has been inverted to the vertical position by the inversion arm 8, is then lifted vertically, and the center of the bobbin 4 of the uppermost row of cheeses stored in the case 1 is aligned with the center of the chatki 15. rise to the desired position. Reference numeral 17 denotes a take-out cylinder in the cheese take-out device, and the tip of a shaft 18 of this take-out cylinder 17 is connected to a plurality of chucking cylinders 19.

7 and 8 are detailed views of the cheese removal device. First, the shaft 18 of the take-out cylinder 17 is extended (
As shown by the arrow), the chucking cylinder 19 advances toward the case, and the chuck 15 provided at the tip of the operating shaft 20 of the chucking cylinder 19 enters the inner hole of the bobbin 4. Next, when the operating shaft 20 of the chucking cylinder 19 is retracted, the chuck 15 attached to the tip of the operating shaft is enlarged (see arrow) and pressed against the inner wall surface of the bobbin 4. That is, when the actuating shaft 20 contracts, the actuating shaft 20
A trapezoidal actuating portion 21 fixed to the bobbin 4 is actuated, and thereby the tapered chuck 15 slides and expands outward, and is pressed against the inner wall surface of the bobbin 4. A force is constantly applied to the checker 15 in the direction of contraction by a coil spring, an elastic rubber ring, etc.

Next, while the cheese 2 is being chucked, the take-out cylinder 17 contracts to move the chucking cylinder 19 backward, and the operating shaft 2 of the chucking cylinder 19
0 is expanded. As a result, the cheese 2 is taken out from the case, and the chuck 15 that was crimped to the inner wall surface of the bobbin 4 contracts and loosens, and the cheese 2 is removed from the inclined gutter 22.
It falls upward (Figure 6).

That is, as seen in FIGS. 5 and 6, the inclined gutter 22
has a substantially U-shaped cross section, and one end surface of the cheese 2 pulled out is locked by the side surface 23 of the gutter 22 on the take-out cylinder 11 side, whereby the cheese 2 is removed from the chuck 15 and the cheese 2 It will fall on top. Therefore, the gutter 22 is inclined at a constant inclination angle in the longitudinal direction, and the cheese storage case 1 is removed by the cheese removal means.
The cheese 2 taken out from the tube rolls on this gutter 22 and is transferred.

The cheese 2 is then transferred to a loading device as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. That is, the cheese 2 is conveyor a which is rotating endlessly in the vertical direction.
It is placed on two bars b attached to the bar and transported upward.

FIGS. 9 and 10 are diagrams for explaining the cheese extrusion device portion, with FIG. 9 being a plan view and FIG. 10 being a side view thereof. The cheese 2 carried by the loading device is
Next, it is placed on the conveyor 25 in an upright state and is sequentially conveyed in the direction of the cheese extrusion device 26. When the cheese reaches a predetermined position in the cheese extrusion device 26, it is sensed by a sensing device (not shown) such as a phototube, and the extrusion cylinder 27 is actuated. And extrusion cylinder 2
The shaft 28 of No. 7 is extended, and a pushing plate 29 attached to the tip thereof pushes out only one piece of cheese 2 to a cheese drop port 30 in a direction perpendicular to the running direction of the conveyor 25.

This cheese extrusion device 26 is a carrier 3 for dyeing cheese.
The entire device is configured to be movable in a direction parallel to the running direction of the conveyor 25 (indicated by an arrow) depending on the number of spindle rows. That is, the cheese extrusion device 26 is moved in the left and right direction by the operation of the screw shaft 24 and the motor 23 connected thereto, and is connected to the extrusion device 26.
The center of the cheese dropping port 30 that interlocks with this is positioned to coincide with the center of the spindle 32 of each spindle row.

On the other hand, the dyeing carrier 31 is connected to the turntable 3.
The spindles 32 are placed on an index table 35 disposed on the cheese tray 3 and rotated as the index table 35 rotates to sequentially position the spindles 32 at positions corresponding to the cheese drop openings 30.

Thus, the cheeses 2 conveyed on the conveyor 25 are sequentially pushed out one by one to the drop port 30, from which they are sequentially loaded onto the spindle 32 of the dyeing carrier.

FIG. 11 is a plan view for explaining the turntable device. FIG. 12 is a side view of the apparatus shown in FIG. 11 with a dyeing carrier placed thereon.

33 is a turntable, and an air cylinder 37 is attached to a pinion 34 attached below the center of this table 33.
A rack 36 connected to is engaged with the rack 36, so that the rack 36 is intermittently turned over at an angle of 180° as needed. That is, when the loading of the cheese 2 into one of the two cheese dyeing carriers 31 is completed, the turntable is rotated 180 degrees and the other carrier 3 is
1, loading of cheese 2 is started.

35 is an index table, and two index tables 35 are placed on the turntable 33 in a left-right symmetrical positional relationship. The index table 35 is divided into equal parts according to the number of spindles 32 arranged in parallel on the dyeing carrier 31 placed thereon at a predetermined angle, and the loading of one spindle is completed. Each spindle is rotated so that it can begin loading the next spindle. index table 3
5 is rotated by a motor 3 attached to the bottom surface of the motor 3.
8. FIG. 13 is a side view schematically showing another example of the device according to the present invention. An angle adjusting means 39 composed of a cylinder or the like is attached to one end of the lower position of the index table 35, thereby making it possible to tilt at a predetermined angle (θ) while the dyeing carrier 31 is placed thereon. . By inclining it in this way, the impact of the cheese 2 falling when it is loaded can be alleviated. In addition, although the case where two index tables are mounted on one turntable has been described above, the apparatus of the present invention is not limited to this embodiment only, and can be used for this turntable. It goes without saying that three or more index tables may be placed on the table.

The cheese storage case 1, which is now empty after the cheese 2 has been taken out, is transferred to the next roller conveyor C, as shown in FIG. and is returned to its original position via this return line I.

Further, the device indicated by f in FIG. 1 is a control device for automatically controlling the operation of the entire device.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, cheese can be transported and loaded into a dyeing carrier extremely quickly and efficiently.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an overall plan view schematically showing an example of a device according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a side view of the device shown in FIG. Figure 3 is an explanatory diagram of the cheese storage case, Figure 4 is a sectional view of the case in Figure 3 taken along line A-A', Figures 5 and 6.
The figure is an explanatory diagram of the cheese inversion device and the cheese removal device, No. 7
8 and 8 are detailed explanatory views of the cheese removal device, FIGS. 9 and 10 are explanatory views of the cheese extrusion device, and FIGS. 11 and 12 are explanatory views of the turntable device. FIG. 13 is a side view schematically showing another example of the device according to the present invention. A...Conveyor device, B...Inverted device, C...
・Cheese removal device, D... Inclined gutter, E... Loading device, F... Conveyor device, G... Cheese extrusion device, H... Turntable device, ■... Return line, a ... conveyor, b.
...Bar, C...Roller conveyor, d
...Cylinder, e...Extrusion rod, f...Control device, ■...Cheese storage case, 2...
・Cheese, 4...Bobbin, 5...Columnar projection, 6...Motor, 7...Roller,
8... Reversing arm, lO... Crank,
11... cylinder, 13... cradle,
15... Chatsuki, 16... Screw shaft,
17... Take-out cylinder, 19... Chucking cylinder, 21... Operating part, 22... Gutter, 23...
Motor, 24... Screw shaft, 25...
・Conveyor, 26...Cheese extrusion device, 27
... Extrusion cylinder, 29 ... Extrusion plate, 30
...Cheese falling port, 31...Carrier for dyeing,
32... Spindle, 33... Turntable, 35... Index table, 37... Air cylinder 38... Motor. Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 12 Figure 13

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A first conveyance step in which a case containing cheese is transferred by a conveyor; an inversion step in which the conveyed cheese storage case is inverted by 90° from a horizontal position to a vertical position; A cheese removal process in which the bobbin of stored cheese is taken out from the case and dropped onto the gutter; A second conveyance process in which the removed cheese is received from the gutter and transferred by a conveyor; An extrusion loading step in which the dyeing carrier is extruded in a direction substantially perpendicular to the conveying direction of the cheese, and the dyeing carrier is dropped from the cheese drop port and loaded onto the spindle of the dyeing carrier, and the dyeing carrier that has been loaded is replaced with an unloaded carrier by rotation of a turntable. An automatic cheese loading method consisting of a replacement step. 2. A first conveyor transport means for transporting a case containing cheese; an inversion means for inverting the transported cheese storage case by 90° from a horizontal position to a vertical position; and a bobbin for cheese stored in the case. Cheese removal means that grips and takes out the cheese from the case and causes it to fall onto the gutter; A second conveyor conveyance means that receives and transfers the removed cheese from the gutter; The conveyed cheese is moved in a direction approximately perpendicular to the cheese transfer direction. an extrusion loading means for extruding the dyed carrier to a spindle of the dyeing carrier by causing it to fall through the cheese drop port, a carrier exchanging means for exchanging the loaded dyeing carrier with an unloaded carrier by rotating a turntable, and each of the above means. An automatic cheese loading device consisting of control means for controlling operation.