KR100224268B1 - Transferring apparatus of compact disk for printing surface - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a compact disc transfer device configured to be automatically supplied for printing on a surface of a compact disc, to be centered, and to sort out defective products.

Conventional feeder for surface printing of compact discs is simply a work to put on the port for moving the compact disc to the printing position, so the center of the compact disc is not properly aligned, the printing position is wrong than the desired position, The compact disc is moving, so the defect rate is high.

In the present invention, the supply unit 20 is provided with a compact disk 10, which is not printed on the surface, the rotary arm 30 for transferring the compact disk 10 from the supply unit 20 to the printing position, and the rotary arm ( It consists of a turntable 40 on which the compact disc 10 carried from 30 is placed, and the supply part 20 is composed of a supply disc so that the six compact discs 10 can be rotated and supplied. An accommodating portion 22 in which the compact disk 10 'printed adjacent to the 20 is stored is provided.

In addition, the rotary arm 30 also has six radially mounted arms 32, and a buffer 50 is installed between the supply unit 20 and the turntable 40 so that a spare compact disc can be supplied, and the turntable 40 is a tray 42 in which 24 compact discs are placed uniformly, and the compact disc clockwise with respect to the tray 42A in which the compact disc 10 supplied from the rotating arm 30 is placed. (10) A centering unit 60 for fixing the center in position and an inspector 70 for inspecting the type of compact disc are installed, and then the printing apparatus 80 and the dryer 90 are repeatedly installed.

Therefore, all supply and storage processes for printing the surface of the compact disc are made automatically, which is an effect of efficiently increasing the productivity of the mass-produced compact disc.

This can achieve cost down effect and maximize the consumer's reliability by automatically selecting defective products.

Description

Compact Disc Feeder for Surface Printing

1 is an overall configuration diagram of the present invention,

2 is a configuration diagram of the supply unit 20 and the storage unit 22 in the first diagram,

3 is a configuration diagram of the rotary arm 30,

4 is a front view of the centering unit 60,

5 is a plan view of FIG.

6 is a configuration diagram of the inspector 70,

7 is a configuration diagram of the printing apparatus 80,

8 is a configuration diagram of the dryer 90,

9 is a plan view and a front configuration view of the tray 42 of the turntable 40,

10 is a configuration in which the vacuum line is connected to the tray 42,

11 and 12 are configuration diagrams of the vacuum release device 100 for vacuum release.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

10,10A: Compact Disc 12: Center Hole

20: supply part 22: storage part

24: center rod 26: sensor

28: center rod 29: sensor

30: rotating arm 32: arm

34: adsorption plate 40: turntable

42: Trey 44: Cover

50: buffer 55: adsorption groove

57: through hole 57 ': vacuum line

58: vacuum / release line 59: control valve

60: centering unit 62: spindle

64: cylinder 66: support die

68 sensor 70 checker

80: printing apparatus 90: dryer

92: duct 95: print inspector

100: vacuum release 101: contact plate

102: airline 104: spring

106: Strut

The present invention relates to a compact disc conveying apparatus which is automatically supplied for printing on a surface of a compact disc, is centered, and configured to sort out defective products after printing.

A compact disc is a recording medium on which information is stored. On the surface of the compact disc, an advertisement, a song lyrics, or a picture required with an index is printed and supplied to a consumer so as to know the contents.

The present invention relates to a compact disc conveying apparatus for automating the production process for printing the surface of the compact disc as described above.

Conventionally, the method of printing the surface of the compact disc has been developed a lot. Usually, the supply of the compact disc to be printed starts from a conventional method in which a person sits one by one on a printing apparatus. Automatic feeding is used.

However, the above-mentioned conventional feeding device for surface printing of compact discs is merely a work to put on the port for moving the compact disc to the printing position, and because of this, the center of the compact disc is not properly aligned so that the printing position is different from the desired position. In addition, the compact disc is moved during printing, which has a disadvantage of high product defect rate.

Therefore, the present invention is to provide a device that can be supplied to be printed on the surface of the compact disk in the correct position to improve the disadvantages of the conventional device described above.

To this end, the present invention comprises a supply unit for supplying a compact disk before printing, a rotary arm for transporting the compact disk of the supply unit to a printing position, and a turntable provided with a printing apparatus capable of printing at 4 degrees.

In addition, the turntable is equipped with 24 compact discs placed on a tray for rotation, centering, inspection, 4 degree printing and dryers, and each tray is connected with a vacuum line to aid in the fastening and detaching of the compact disc. It is.

Therefore, the printing process of the disk is made fully automatic, thereby improving productivity and reducing the operator's input, thereby reducing the manufacturing cost.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The present invention provides a supply unit 20 provided with a compact disk 10 which is not printed on the surface, a rotary arm 30 for transferring the compact disk 10 from the supply unit 20 to a printing position, and the rotary arm ( It consists of a turntable 40 on which a compact disc 10 carried from 30 is placed, on which the centering unit 60, the checker 70, the printing device 80 and the dryer 90 are continuously connected. It is a compact disc supply device for printing the surface of the structure provided, and the printing tester 95 is installed adjacent to the rotating arm 30. As shown in FIG.

In addition, the supply unit 20 is composed of a supply disk so that the six compact disk 10 can be rotated and supplied, the storage unit (10) containing the printed compact disk 10 'adjacent to the supply unit 20 ( 22) is installed.

The rotary arm 30 also has six radially mounted arms 32, and a buffer 50 is installed between the supply unit 20 and the turntable 40 so that a spare compact disc can be supplied, and the turntable 40 The tray 42 on which 24 compact disks are placed is uniformly arranged, and the compact disk 10 is rotated clockwise on the basis of the tray 42A on which the compact disk 10 supplied from the rotating arm 30 is placed. The centering unit 60 for fixing the center to the correct position and the inspector 70 for inspecting the compact disc type are installed, and then the printing apparatus 80 and the dryer 90 are repeatedly installed.

1 to 12 are explanatory drawings of the present invention, with reference to this will be described in more detail the configuration and operation.

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a drawing of the supply unit 20 and the receiving unit 22 in FIG. 1, and the compact disc 10 is supplied by stacking dozens of compact discs 10 on an arm. The arm 32 is raised by the thickness of one of the compact discs 10 by the sensor 26 which senses the accumulated height of the compact discs 10 of the center rod 24 when discharged one by one (32). It is made to be transported by adsorption at the same height of the but in the receiving portion 22, since the compact disk 10 'printed along the center rod 28 is slipped and stacked, no means for raising is required, As the sensor 29 senses and rotates the housing 22, the empty center bar 28 comes to the storage position.

3 is a configuration diagram of the rotary arm 30, each arm 32 is provided with a plurality of adsorption plates 34, the compact disk 10 of the central rod 24 is adsorbed and lifted one by one, the next arm 32A The compact disc 10A, which is held in an adsorbed state while rotating to reach the center rod 24 position, is placed on the tray 42A of the turntable 40.

At the same time, the vacuum (negative pressure) state applied to the adsorption plate 34 of the arm 32 is released, and a vacuum is generated at the position where the printed compact disk 10 is held, and the compact disk 10 is moved to the housing portion 22. The vacuum is released and the vacuum is released again in order to catch the new compact disc 10.

On the other hand, while the compact disk 10A is placed on the tray 42A, the turntable is also rotated at the same time as the rotation arm 30 is rotated so that the tray 42A comes under the centering unit 60.

4 and 5 are diagrams illustrating the configuration of the centering unit 60. FIG. 4 is a front view thereof, and FIG. 5 is a plan view thereof.

Here, the center spindle 62 of the centering unit 60 is lifted by the cylinder 64 and is forcibly inserted into the center hole 12 of the compact disc 10A, so that the compact disc 10A slightly deviated from the center position. It moves the center of the to the right position and the spindle 62 is an inverted triangle so that even if the position is out of the position of the center hole 12, the compact disk 10A is brought to the right position when fully inserted.

In the drawings, reference numeral 66 denotes a support die, and 68 denotes a sensor for detecting the compact disc 10.

In addition, the portion on which the compact disc 10 is placed on the tray 42 is covered with a soft cover 44 such as melt to prevent scratches.

6 is a diagram of an inspection machine 70 installed after the centering unit 60 described above.

The inspector 70 checks whether the compact disk 10 to be printed is the same as the content to be printed. The manufacturing number part is recorded in a small area in the absence of music information when manufacturing the compact disk 10 using a CCD camera or the like. It recognizes the image of the camera and compares it with the image that has been input to the computer through the scanner in advance. If a different disk is supplied, the operator can generate an alarm sound to remove the operator.

7 shows a printing apparatus 80.

The compact disc 10 supported and supplied to the tray 42 while being in the correct position is maintained in the correct position by the negative pressure generated from the vacuum hole on the tray, and in this state, the surface printing in the printing device 80 is performed. Will be.

Surface printing adopts a silk screen printing method and its configuration is omitted.

8 is a configuration diagram of the dryer 90.

The dryer 90 is dried (cured) using ultraviolet rays and a duct 92 is installed to discharge odor during drying.

9 is a plan view and a front view of the tray 42 of the turntable 40. The tray 42 is formed with a + -shaped suction groove 55, and the suction groove 55 has a plurality of through holes 57. The vacuum / release line 58 is in communication with the vacuum line 57 'and the atmospheric air line 102 selected by the control valve 59 of FIGS. 10 and 11. It is configured to be connected.

That is, FIG. 10 illustrates a case in which a vacuum (negative pressure) is formed on the tray 42 to adsorb the compact disk. When the compact disk is placed on the tray 42 by a sensing means (not shown), the control valve 59 is vacuumed. A vacuum / release line 58 is connected to line 57 'so that a vacuum (negative pressure) is formed to generate adsorptive force on tray 42.

On the contrary, in order to release the vacuum, as shown in FIG. 11, the control valve 59 is operated to connect the vacuum / release line 58 to the atmospheric air line 102 so as to easily separate the compact disc from the tray 42. If necessary, the blower means may be connected to the surrogate air line 102 to quickly detach the compact disc in the adsorbed state.

In the drawings, reference numeral 101 denotes a contact plate, 104 a buffer spring, and 106 a strut.

Next, the operation of the present invention will be described.

Dozens of compact discs 10 are stacked on each of the central rods 24 of the supply unit 20, and the compact discs 10 are not stacked on all six center rods 24. 32) will be inserted only about the center bar 24 and the next center bar (24A) in the contact position.

This means that the supply unit 20 is also automatically supplied with a compact disk while rotating.

The rotary arm 30 is rotated by 60 ° and the tray 42A of the turntable 40 which releases the vacuum in a slightly lifted state by sucking the uppermost compact disk 10A onto the suction plate 34 of the arm 32. Put it down.

The rotary arm 30, which is slightly lifted again with the vacuum released, rotates to the tray 42B at the 4/4 quadrant position in order to suck up the printed compact disc 10B at the storage position. 10B) is adsorbed, rotates again, is inserted into the center bar 28 of the accommodating part 22, and the process of being rotated by the supply part 20 is repeated.

The compact disc 10A placed on the tray 42A of the turntable 40 is moved to the centering unit 60 position by the rotation of the turntable 40, where it is centered and the content to be printed on the inspector 70 can be printed. The compact disc is checked for equality.

After the inspection, the compact disk 10A is surface-printed in the printing apparatus 80 to complete the index. The compact disk 10A is dried in the dryer 90 and printed on the compact disk and the printed contents previously inserted into the computer by the print inspector 95. After comparing the contents, the contents are placed in the tray 42B for storage and stored in the storage unit 22.

The compact disk printed by repeating the above process is stacked on the center rod 28 of the storage unit 22 and collected until a certain number is detected by the sensor 29. When the predetermined number is filled, the storage unit is rotated and empty. The center bar comes to the storage position, and the defective product which is determined to be defective in the print inspector 95 is taken out from the opposite side of the buffer 50.

As described above, using the present invention, all supply and storage processes for printing the surface of the compact disc are automatically made, which is an effect of efficiently increasing the productivity of the mass-produced compact disc.

This can achieve cost down effect and maximize the consumer's reliability by automatically selecting defective products.

Claims (12)

A supply unit 20 provided with a compact disk 10 which is not printed on the surface, a rotary arm 30 for transferring the compact disk 10 from the supply unit 20 to a printing position, and from the rotary arm 30 A turntable 40 on which the compact disk 10 to be transported is placed, and an accommodating portion 22 in which the printed compact disk 10 is accommodated, and the centering unit 60 and the inspector 70 on the turntable 40. Compact disc transfer device for surface printing is repeatedly installed printing device 80 and dryer 90 and print inspector (95). The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the supply unit 20 is configured to rotate the center rods 24 on which the non-printing compact discs 10 are stacked so as to be arranged at equal intervals around the disc. . The surface printing of claim 2, wherein the supply unit 20 is provided with a sensor 26 to sense the stacking height of the compact disk 10, and to raise the stacked compact disk 10 by one step. Compact Disc Feeder The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a buffer (50) is provided between the supply unit (20) and the turntable (40) so that a spare compact disc can be supplied. The rotating arm (30) has six radially arranged arms (32), and each arm (32) is provided with a plurality of suction plates (34) connected to a vacuum hose, thereby compacting the center rod (24). The compact disc 10A, which is held in an adsorbed state while the disc 10 is sucked up and lifted up and rotated so that the next arm 32A is at the center rod 24 position, is placed on the tray 42A of the turntable 40. Compact disc feeder, characterized in that the configuration. According to claim 1, the centering unit (60) is provided with a cylinder (64) on a support die (66) and a central spindle (62) below the cylinder (64), so that the spindle (62) is lowered and a compact disc. And a compact disc feeder configured to move the center of the compact disc 10A slightly out of the center position by being forcedly inserted into the center hole 12 of the 10A. The compact disc transfer device according to claim 6, wherein the centering unit (60) is provided with a sensor (68) for detecting the compact disc (10). The compact disc transfer device according to claim 1, characterized in that the turntable (40) has a tray (42) on which 24 compact discs are placed, arranged uniformly along the circumference. 10. The compact disc conveying device according to claim 8, wherein the portion on which the compact disc (10) is placed on the tray (42) is covered with a soft cover (44) such as a melt to prevent scratches. 9. The compact disc transfer device according to claim 8, wherein a lower portion of the tray (42) is connected to a vacuum line (55), an adsorption line (57), and a vacuum release line (58). The compact disc conveying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the inspector (70) has a means for detecting an image of the compact disc (10) and has an alarm for emitting an alarm sound. The compact disc according to claim 1, wherein the dryer (90) is provided with a duct (92) for drying (curing) the printing surface of the compact disc (10) using ultraviolet rays and for discharging odor during drying. Conveying device.