JPS62280121A - Platelike body feeder - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make a tag feedable to a binder automatically and speedily, by installing a repeating installation receiving the tag from a traveling car and a charging device delivering the tag to the binder, in a device which feeds the tag to a metal band binding a tubular bound work. CONSTITUTION:A platelike work feeder is provided with a repeating installation 70 receiving a tag being fed out of a traveling car and a charging device 100 delivering the tag of this repeating installation 70 to a binder 7. The tag being conveyed by the traveling can from the side of a marking press is dropped down and received by a fixed part, and transferred to a movable part existing in a receiving position. Next, the tag is moved to a delivery position by movement of the movable part, and its top face is attracked to a suction device 102 by operation of a swing arm 101. Afterward, the swing arm 101 is made little in escape motion, and the movable part is moved to the receiving position whereby the swing arm 101 is operated, thus the tag is opposed to the specified position of the binder 7. Then, if the suction force is released, the tag is deliverable.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention 3. Detailed Description of the Invention Industrial Field of Application The present invention is useful for binding objects such as cylindrical objects with a metal band, and for binding tags attached to the metal band. This invention relates to a plate-like object supply device for feeding a plate-like object to a machine.

Conventional technology tags are stamped with data (type, weight, etc.) of the object to which the tag is attached using a stamping machine. That is, the objects to be bound are subjected to various inspections while being transported by the hanging transport device, and then transported to the binding machine. The data from this inspection section is sent to a stamping machine, which stamps the data on the tag. Traditionally, the engraved tags were carried by workers from the stamping machine to the tying machine.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention According to the conventional method as described above, the worker must carry the corresponding tag when the items to be bound after the intended inspection arrive at the binding machine. When the stamping machine and the binding machine were far apart, it was sometimes not possible to make it in time, resulting in poor overall work efficiency. In addition, conflicts tended to occur when comparing the tag with the corresponding object to be bound.

An object of the present invention is to provide a plate-shaped object supplying device that can automatically and quickly supply plate-shaped objects such as tags.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a plate-like object supply Hlff.
has a relay device that receives the plate-shaped object supplied from the traveling vehicle, and an input device that delivers the plate-shaped object of this relay device to the plate-shaped object supplying station, and the relay device is connected to the plate-shaped object supplied from the traveling vehicle. The device is composed of a fixed part that receives the object, and a movable part that is connected to the fixed part and is movable between a receiving position and a separate transfer position, and the loading device is provided with a swing arm and a tip of the swing arm. It consists of a suction device.

According to the configuration of the present invention, the plate-shaped object conveyed from the marking R side while traveling is received by the fixed part by falling supply, and then transferred to the movable part located at the receiving position. Next, the plate-shaped object is moved to the transfer position by the movement of the movable part, and the upper surface of the plate-shaped object is sucked by the suction device by the operation of the swing arm. Thereafter, by operating the swing arm slightly and moving the movable part back and forth to the receiving position, the swing arm can be operated to face the plate-shaped object at a predetermined location of the receiving machine, and the operator can release the plate-shaped object. You can give objects.

EXAMPLE Below, an example of the present invention in which a tag is used as a plate-like object will be described based on the drawings.

In FIG. 9, reference numeral 1 denotes an m-lowering conveyance device, and a trolley 3 supported and guided by a rail 2 has a hanger 4, on which a cylindrical object (an example of an object to be bound) 5 is supported laterally. The hanging conveyance machine 1 is arranged from a weighing machine (one for each inspection) 6 to a binding machine (one example for receiving) 7. Reference numeral 8 denotes a binding machine hydraulic bit, with a stamping machine 9 disposed on one side and a belt conveyor 1 for conveying tags on the other side.
0 is placed/used. A multi-tag conveying device @13 comprising a rail 11, a traveling vehicle 12, etc. is arranged between the stamp R and the starting end of the belt conveyor 10. A transfer machine 14 is provided opposite the terminal end of the belt conveyor 10, and the transfer unit 1111g114 and the bundling [7]
A single tag transport device 17 composed of a rail 15, a traveling vehicle 16, etc. is provided.

As shown in FIG. 10, the tag 20 consists of a top plate part 21 and a pair of leg plate parts 22 integrally formed in a bent shape from the side edges of the top plate part 21. A metal band 24 for binding is inserted between the holes 23. Various data 25 are stamped on the upper surface of the top plate portion 21 by a stamping machine 9.

As shown in FIG. 11, FIG. 12, and FIG. 14, the single tag conveyance device 17 has a guide groove 30 formed in the rail 15 in a concave shape. The traveling vehicle 16 is guided by the guide groove 30.
The ball 31 has a plurality of balls 31 that fit into the ball 31, and is guided by a rail 15 by an appropriate driving means to reciprocate along a fixed route. The traveling vehicle 16 has a clamp device 32 at its lower part. In this clamp device 32, a case 33 attached to the lower surface of the traveling vehicle 16 rotatably supports a vertical shaft 34, and a pinion 35 is attached to the upper end of the vertical shaft 34.

A rod 36 that is slidable in the left-right direction is inserted into the case 33, and a rack 37 that engages with the pinion 35 is formed on the rod 36. A pressure receiving portion 38 is provided at one end of the rod 36, and this pressure receiving portion 38 is urged to protrude by a spring 39. The center portion of a link 40 is rotated at the lower end of the rod 36, and O-ra 41A, 413 are attached to both ends of this link 40.

A left-right rod 42 is disposed below the lower end of the vertical shaft 34, and this left-right rod 42 is fixed to the traveling vehicle 16 via an arm rod 43 located at a position that does not interfere with the movement of the rod 36.

A pair of left and right rods 44 in the front and rear directions are passed through the left and right rods 42, and these rods 44 are fixed by fixtures 45. A pair of front and rear clamp plates 46A, 463 are fitted between the left and right rods 44, and a spring 48A is provided between the receiving plates 47A, 47B attached to the ends of the rods.
48B, they are urged toward each other. The opposing surfaces of both clamp plates 46A and 46B include a receiving surface 49A on the upper side on which the rollers 41A and 413 can freely come into contact;
49B, and the lower side has a concave clamp part 5.
Formed at 0A and 50B.

The multiple tag transport device 13 has the same configuration as the medium-defective tag transport device [17, except that a front and rear inner rod is provided instead of the left and right direction rods, and the tags are distributed 10 behind the front and rear inner rods. The point is that a clamp device is installed at each of the two.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the bundling n7 is connected to a pair of left and right pressure carts 55 and 56, and to one pressure cart 55 at four locations at 90 degree intervals (multiple locations for each isometric device). The other pressurizing cart 56 is used to guide the disposed binding devices 57 and the metal band 24 passing through these binding devices 57 to the part to be bound of the cylindrical object 5.
The guide device @ 58 placed on the side and the cylindrical shape from the stopped hanger 4! It consists of a lifting VC device 59 for lifting #5.

A frame 60 is provided around the binding machine 7, and the traveling vehicle 16 stopped at a predetermined stopping position @61 is mounted on this frame 60.
A clamp operation device 62 facing the clamp device 32 of
An input device 100 is provided for passing the input to the terminal.

The clamp operation device @62 is composed of a pressurizing section 63 that can freely face the pressure receiving section 38, and a cylinder device 64 that moves the pressurizing section 63 into contact with and away from the pressure receiving section 38.

41 of the above! The device 70, as shown in FIGS. 3 to 5,
The fixed part 7 is disposed below a predetermined stopping position 69 of the traveling vehicle 16 and receives the tag 20 from the traveling vehicle 16.
1, and a movable part 72 that can freely accept the tag 20 from the fixed part 71, and the movable part 72 has a receiving position @73 connected to the fixed part 71, and a transfer position separated laterally from this receiving position 73. 74 and can be moved freely. The fixing part 71 consists of a receiving plate 76 attached to the frame 60 via a bracket 75, and side plates 77 erected from both sides of the receiving plate 76. The receiving plate 78, which is the upper surface of the receiving plate 76, Most of it is horizontal, and the remaining part on the front end side is inclined downward at a predetermined angle. Said movable part 7
2 is a plate 80 having an inclined surface 79 that can be connected to the inclined portion of the receiving surface 78; The amount of inclination is determined by a stopper plate 82 erected from the front end of the plate 80, a lateral push plate 83 that can freely approach 111 with respect to the side plate 81,
It consists of a cylinder device 84 provided between a receiving plate 80 and a receiving plate 80 to operate this horizontal pushing plate 83. The moving device for the movable part 72 includes a roller 85 attached to the receiving plate 76 to support the lower rear surface of the plate 80, and a left-right rail member 86 attached to the outer surface of the stopper plate 82. It is composed of a support member 88 attached to the frame 60 via a bracket 87 to support the rail material 86 freely, and a cylinder 8 holder 89 provided between the side plate 81 and the frame 60. . Reference numeral 90 is a pushing position g for moving the tag 20 on the receiving plate 76 onto the plate 80 by an inclination amount, and is composed of a cylinder device 91 attached to the receiving plate 76 and a pushing plate 92 connected to the piston rod thereof.

As shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, the feeding device 100 is composed of a swing arm 101 and a suction device 102 provided at the tip of the swing arm 101. The swing arm 101 has its base end attached to the frame 60 via a horizontal pin 103 so that it can swing vertically, and its swinging is performed by a cylinder device 104 provided between the frame 60 and the frame 60. A frame 105 is fixed to the tip of the swing arm 101, and the frame 105 has an opening/exit @10.
6 and a centering device 107, a suction device @102 is attached. The exit/exit device 106 is attached to the frame 105.
However, the idle rod 108 and this guide rod 1
08, and a cylinder device 110 installed between the movable body 109 and the frame 105. A support plate 111 is connected to the movable body 109. The centering device [107] has a cylindrical member 112 fixed to a support plate 111, and a ball bearing 113 is installed in this cylindrical member 112.
An MvJ axis 114 is disposed via the MvJ axis. This floating shaft 11
A cone member 115 is mounted on the upper end of the cylinder member 112 so as to be movable up and down, and an inclined concave surface 117 is formed on the cylindrical member 112 to face the inclined portion 116 of the cone portion 115. The piston rod of the cylinder 81118 attached to the support plate 111 protrudes into the cylindrical member 112, and a spring 120 is interposed between the pressure plate 119 attached to the protruding end and the cone member 115. A plate 121 is attached to the lower end of the 'M moving shaft 114.
is fixed, and this installation is carried out from the plate 121 to the guide rod 12.
2 is installed vertically, and a vacuum-type (or electromagnetic-type) adsorption device [102 is attached via a bracket 123.

A block 126 having a guide hole 125 for allowing the guide rod 122 to be inserted and removed is attached to the binding device @57 side, and the entrance of the guide hole 125 is formed into a rat-shaped guide hole portion 125a. A rectangular cylindrical receiving case 127 is attached to the front side of the block 126, and the lower end of this receiving case 127 is connected to the moving path 1 of the metal band 24.
Connects to 28. Among the 127 cases accepted by Rani,
A tag holding plate 129 that can stand up and fall sideways and plunges into the case when it falls sideways, and a cylinder device for standing up and falling sideways @ 13
0 is provided.

The relay device @70 has two tags 2 as shown in FIG.
0 to separate binding devices 57, and correspondingly, a pair of input devices 100 are also provided.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained.

The cylindrical object 5 supported and conveyed by the hanging conveyance device 1 is a scale! After various inspections such as weight measurement at 116 are carried out, the paper is transported to the binding machine 7. And the test values are sequentially stamped 19
is input, and data 25 is stamped on the tag 20 here. In order to attach two tags 20 to each cylindrical object 5, a set of two tags 20 is punched out from the marking R9. The two tags 20 are clamped to the clamping device of the multiple tag transport device 13 (details of the forward run will be described in connection with the operation of the single tag transport device). A traveling vehicle 12 with two tags 20 clamped thereon travels guided by the rails 11 and stops above the starting end of the belt conveyor 10. Then, the vehicle 12 which has passed the two tags 20 to the belt conveyor 10 by releasing the clamp returns to the stamped 9 side again.

- The tags 20 of the set are conveyed by the belt conveyor 10 and handed over to the transfer machine 14 from the end thereof.

From this 8u container 14, tags 20 are supplied one by one to the traveling vehicle 16 of the single tag transport device @17, and one tag 20 is clamped by the clamping device 32. As shown in FIGS. 13 and 15, this clamp connects the link 40 to
Clamp plate 46A is clamped along the longitudinal receiving surfaces 19A and 49B by the force of springs 48A and 48B.

By moving 463 closer, the clamp portion 50A.

This is done via soB.

The traveling vehicle 16 that has clamped the tag 20 travels while being guided by the rails 15, and stops at a desired stopping position 61 above the binding machine 7, facing one of the relay devices [1i7Q]. At this time, in the relay device 70, the push plate 92 is retracted as shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, and the movable part 7
2 is in the receiving position 73. Traveling vehicle 16 is stopped at position 6
1, the pressure receiving part 38 is operated by the clamp operating device 6.
It faces the pressure section 63 of No. 2. In this state, the cylinder device 64 is extended and the rod 36 is pushed in against the spring 39 via the pressure section 63 and the pressure receiving section 38 . This rod 36
By pushing in, the vertical shaft 34 is rotated via the rack 37 and the pinion 35, and the link 40 is rotated so that its length direction is in the direction of both clamp plates 46A and 46B. Then, the rollers 41A and 41B are placed on the receiving surface 49A,
49B, as shown in FIGS. 11, 12, and 14, the clamp plate 46 is moved against the springs 48A, 48B
A. Move 463 apart from each other. As a result, the tag 20 falls and is received by the receiving surface 78 of the receiving plate 76.

The empty traveling vehicle 16 returns to the transfer machine 14 and travels with the tag clamping device 32 empty-clamped by the opening movement of the clamp operating device 62. After clamping the next tag 20, the tag 20 travels again to the binding e17, but at that time, it stops at a desired stop position 61, facing a relay device 70 different from the one described above.

As mentioned above, while the tag 20 is received by the receiving surface 78 [
In the device 70, the extrusion device 90 is first activated. Then, the advancing push plate 92 pushes the tag 20, and this tag 2
0 slides on the receiving surface 78, then the tilt amount slides on the surface 79, and is received by the stopper plate 82 as shown in phantom lines in FIGS. 3 and 5. Next, the horizontal pushing plate 83 is moved forward by the cylinder device @84, and the tag 20 is pushed horizontally to push the side plate 83 forward.
Positioning is performed by bringing it into contact with 1. Then, the movable part 72 is moved by the cylinder device 89, and as shown in FIG.
After the tag 20 is placed at the transfer position 74 as shown by the imaginary line in FIG. 5, the horizontal push plate 83 is moved back.

Before moving the movable part 72 described above, the charging device II
The swing arm 101 of 100 is moved up and the suction device!
102 etc. are positioned above the passing position @74.

In centering 81107, the pressure plate 119 is brought into pressure contact with the cone member 115 by the operation of the cylinder device 118, and the inclined surface 116 of this cone portion 0115 is brought into pressure contact with the four inclined surfaces 117, thereby locking the MvJ shaft 114. As mentioned above, the g! of the movable part 72! ? Tag 2 with J
0 to the transfer position [74, the movable body 109 is lowered by the cylinder device 110, and the suction device: 11102 is lowered and brought into contact with the upper surface of the tag 20. Then inhale 5Vt
The movable body 109 is raised with the tag 20e @ W by W1102, and with the tag 20 lifted from the movable part 72, the movable part 72 is moved backward to the receiving position [[73]. The swing arm 101 is then swung upward to position the tag 20 slightly above the receiving case 127 as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7. Next, the movable body 10
When the guide rod 122 is lowered, the guide rod 122 first enters the guide hole 125a, and when it is suspended as shown in the imaginary line in FIG. The lock is released. As the movable body 109 further descends, the guide rod 122 is guided to the guide hole 125 and the tag 20 enters the receiving case 127. At this time, tag holding plate 1
29 is standing up. Next, the tag 20 is placed into the receiving case 127 by releasing the suction by the suction IMrll 102. After that, the movable body 109 is raised and the guide rod 122 and intake device @10 are moved up.
2, etc., and move the centering device i! By swinging the swing arm 101 upward with the device 107 locked, the operator V device 102 and the like can be transferred to the transfer position 7.
It may be located above 4. In addition, the tag 20 in the receiving case 127 is placed on the tag holding plate 1 inspected as shown in FIG.
After being pressed by 29, it is attached to the intended metal band 24.

Note that the relay device i70 and the input device 100 are arranged as a pair, and when one of them fails, two tags 20 are supplied to the other one. At this time, the cylindrical object 5 is rotated by the rotation of the lifting device 59, and its binding position is changed.

Effects of the Invention According to the present invention configured as described above, a plate-shaped object can be conveyed automatically and quickly. Before the items to be bundled arrive, the plate-shaped object stamped with the data from the inspection process can be moved near the receiving machine and can be reliably delivered via the relay device and the input device. Therefore, it is possible to attach the plate-shaped object to the target object without fail, and the overall work efficiency can be improved.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, in which Fig. 1 is a side view of the main parts of the binding machine, Fig. 2 is a front view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a relay VC@
FIG. 4 is a front view of the same, FIG. 5 is a plan view of the same, FIG. 6 is a partially cut-away side view of the charging device, and FIG.
The figure is a cutaway front view of the same part, Figure 8 is a plan view of the receiving case part, Figure 9 is a schematic perspective view showing the arrangement, Figure 10 is a perspective view of the tag, and Figure 11 is the llt number tag transport device part. 12 is a partially cutaway side view of the same, FIG. 13 is a side view of the same when clamped, and FIGS. 14 and 15 are transverse plan views showing the same operating state. 1... Hanging conveyance device, 5... Cylindrical object (object to be bound)
, 6...Weighing machine, 7... Binding machine (receiver machine), 14.
...Transfer [1N, 16... Traveling vehicle, 17... Single tag transport device, 20... Tag (plate-shaped object), 24... Metal band, 32... Clamp equipment, 468 , 46B...
Clamp plate, 55.56... Pressure trolley, 57... Binding device, 62... Clamp operation device, 63... Pressure section, 70... Relay device, 71... Fixing section, 72...
- Movable part, 73... Acceptance position, 74... Transfer position, 78... Receiving surface, 79... Inclination amount is surface, 83.
... Horizontal push plate, 90... Push-out device, 92... Push plate, 100... Loading device, 101... Swing arm, 102... Adsorption device, 106... Exiting/exiting device,
107... Centering device, 109... Movable body, 114
... floating shaft, 115 ... cone member, 119 ...
Pressure plate, 125...Guide hole, 125a...Guide hole portion, 127...Receiving case agent Yoshihiro Morimoto Fig. 1 1Oσ...General entry welding de〆of -Swin 7'? -K tρ2-vll, Ken7/-1! l Soup part 72---Floating egg Fig. 7 [1 Fig. 9 1/Fig. j/ 7J 76 Fig. 72 7J 7/ Fig. 73

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A relay device that receives a plate-shaped object supplied from a traveling vehicle, and an input device that delivers the plate-shaped object of this relay device to a plate-shaped object receiving machine, and the relay device includes: It is composed of a fixed part that receives a plate-shaped object from a traveling vehicle, and a movable part that is connected to this fixed part and is movable between a receiving position and a remote delivery position, and the loading device has a swing arm and 1. A plate-shaped object supply device comprising a suction device provided at the tip of a swing arm. 2. Claim 1, in which the plate-shaped object is a tag, and the receiving machine is a binding machine that uses a metal band attached with a tag.
The plate-shaped object supply device described in .