KR102147848B1 - Devices for separating and arranging diagnostic strips - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus for automatically separating and arranging strips for a diagnostic kit, which is improved to definitely separate the cut strips and arrange the plurality of strips not to interfere with each other in automatically manufacturing the strips for the diagnostic kit. According to the present invention, the apparatus for automatically separating and arranging strips for a diagnostic kit, which separates the strips (S′. S″), which are made by cutting strip fabric by a pair of roller cutters (11) into a plurality of pieces, and arranges the strips at regular distances, comprises: a twisting/separating means (110) which makes the cut plurality of strips (S′, S″) twisted and primarily separated by a fixing support unit (111) placed adjacent to one side in the middle of the pair of roller cutters (11) and a pressurizing unit (113) moved up and down by a pneumatic cylinder (115); and a separating/arranging means (120) which makes the plurality of strips (S′, S″) separated in an upward/downward direction to be arranged at regular distances by a pair of upper/lower clamping means each having a fixed clamp (131) and a moving clamp (132) allowing making the plurality of strips (S′, S″) separated by the twisting/separating means (110) to be clamped, respectively.

Description

Device for separating and arranging diagnostic strips {Devices for separating and arranging diagnostic strips}

The present invention relates to an improved strip separating and arranging device so that a strip to be cut can be reliably separated and a plurality of strips can be arranged without interfering with each other in automatically manufacturing a strip for a diagnostic kit.

An apparatus for continuously manufacturing a strip for a diagnostic kit as described in the patent document of the prior art document is disclosed as a prior art.

However, since the above-described prior art is transported as it is in a state in which both sides of the cut strip are in contact with each other, the individual cut strips interfere with each other and are transported along the transport line in a state that is not uniformly arranged. There is this.

Therefore, conventionally, since the strips in the disorganized state have to be re-arranged, a problem of increasing product cost due to a decrease in production speed has been caused.

KR 10-1879448 B1 2018.07.17

An object of the present invention is to provide an improved diagnostic kit strip automatic separation and arrangement device so that the strips to be cut can be reliably separated and a plurality of strips are arranged so as not to interfere with each other in automatically manufacturing a diagnostic kit strip. will be.

In the present invention, the strip fabric is cut by a pair of roller cutters to separate a plurality of strips and to be arranged at regular intervals, by means of a fixed support and a pneumatic cylinder provided close to one side of the middle of the pair of roller cutters. Each of the non-gap separating means for distorting and separating the plurality of strips cut by the pressing unit moving in the vertical direction, and a floating clamp and a flow clamp for clamping each of the plurality of strips separated by the non-gap separation means. It is characterized in that it is configured to include a separating and arranging means that allows a plurality of strips to be separated in the vertical direction by a pair of upper and lower clamping means and arranged at regular intervals.

A plurality of one side inclined toothed grooves are provided in the longitudinal direction of the fixed support portion of the non-gap separation means, and a plurality of cut strips placed on the plurality of one-sided inclined toothed grooves are provided under the pressing portion and inserted into the one-sided inclined toothed grooves. Another feature is that it is made to be configured so that a plurality of strips adjacent to each other are separated by pressing by the one side inclined serrated protrusion that is separated.

One side inclined serrated protrusion is first pressed and separated at the tip of a plurality of strips while the pressure is cut to the middle of the strip fabric by a pair of roller cutters so that one side inclined serrated protrusion of the pressing unit is inserted into the one side inclined serrated groove of the fixed support unit. , In a state in which the entire strip fabric is cut, a plurality of strip tips are fixedly clamped by a pair of upper and lower clamping means, and one inclined serrated protrusion is secondarily pressed and separated at the rear ends of the strips. It is characterized by another.

The separating and arranging means includes a vertical rail part that is moved in a horizontal direction along the finger rail by power of a power means, an elevating frame supported by the vertical rail part and moved in a vertical direction by a power means, and the elevating and descending Another feature is that the frame is provided to be supported on one side and configured to include a pair of protruding support portions respectively provided at the upper and lower portions, and an upper clamping unit and a lower clamping unit respectively provided on the pair of protruding support portions.

The upper and lower clamping means have a plurality of floating clamps each fixed to a pair of protruding support portions, and are guided to vertical dovetail grooves each provided on the pair of protruding support portions, and are reciprocated in the vertical direction by an air cylinder. Another feature is that a plurality of flow clamps corresponding to the floating clamps are fixed to the descending dovetail portion and configured to reciprocate in the vertical direction.

The upper clamping means and the lower clamping means are configured to have a matching space between the one-joint clamping portion and the other adjacent one-joint clamping portion, the floating clamp and the flow clamp, which are provided in a pair in the vertical direction, Another feature is that it is configured so that the matching space part formed in the upper clamping means can be inserted into the matching space part of the lower clamping means, and the 1 set clamping part of the upper clamping means can be inserted into the matching space part formed in the lower clamping means. do.

The present invention has the effect that a plurality of straps cut by a roller cutter are reliably separated and arranged.

Therefore, in the present invention, since a plurality of cut straps can be moved to the next manufacturing process in a state where they are reliably separated at regular intervals, the production speed is accelerated, thereby providing an effect of greatly improving productivity.

1 is a perspective view showing the entire manufacturing equipment of the strap in which the present invention is implemented,
Figure 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which the twist separation means of the present invention is installed,
3 is a perspective view showing a main part of the non-gap separation means of the present invention,
Figure 4 is a front view showing the main portion of the non-gap separation means of the present invention,
Figure 5 is a side view showing the main portion of the non-gap separation means of the present invention,
Figure 6 (a), (b) is a partial cross-sectional view illustrating the operation of the non-gap separation means of the present invention,
7 is an overall perspective view showing the separation and arrangement means of the present invention,
Figure 8 is a perspective view of the main part of the separation and arrangement means of the present invention,
9 is a front configuration diagram of the upper and lower clamping means according to the present invention,
10 is a front view of the mated state of the upper and lower clamping means of the present invention,
Figure 11 is a perspective view of a state in which the floating and flow clamps are opened in the mated state of the upper and lower clamping means of the present invention;
12 is a perspective view of a state in which floating and flow clamps are concave in the mated state of the upper and lower clamping means of the present invention;
13 is a perspective view of a state in which the upper and lower clamping means of the present invention are separated;
14 is a perspective view of a state in which the floating and flow clamps are opened in a state in which the upper and lower clamping means of the present invention are separated;
15A and 15B are process diagrams illustrating an initial cutting state and a primary separation state of the strip fabric according to the present invention;
16 is a perspective view showing the state of the separation and arrangement means in the initial cutting state of the strip fabric according to the present invention;
17 is a process explanatory diagram showing a state in which the floating and flow clamp clamps the strip of the present invention;
18(a) and (b) are process explanatory diagrams for explaining the process after the cutting of the strip fabric of the present invention is completed;
19 is a perspective view illustrating a cut state, a non-gap separation state, and a crimped state of the strip fabric according to the present invention;
Figure 20 is a side view showing a state in which the upper and lower clamping means are separated in a state in which the strip of the present invention is clamped by floating and flow clamps;
FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating a state in which the straps are arranged in a moving conveyor after the separating and arranging means of the present invention moves,
22 is a perspective view showing an initial state of the separating and arranging means of the present invention.

The present invention will be described in more detail on the basis of the accompanying preferred embodiments as follows.

Referring to FIG. 1, in the strip manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention, a plurality of strips (S', S") are cut by entering a strip fabric (S) between a pair of roller cutters 11 in the sheet cutting unit 10 The strips (S', S") cut in this way are separated and transported in the strip separation and arrangement device 100 of the present invention, and are aligned in the strip pitch separation and alignment unit 20 so that the finished product assembly unit 30 ), so that the finished product is continuously produced.

Accordingly, the strip separation and arrangement device 100 of the present invention is largely divided into a non-gap separation means 110 that twists and separates the strips (S', S") to one side, and a plurality of strips (S' separated in this way). ,S") is composed of a separation and arrangement means 120 to be completely separated and arranged in the vertical direction.

Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 2, the non-gap separation means 110 according to the present invention is installed in the middle of the portion from which the scrap fabric S is discharged from the pair of roller cutters 11.

3 to 5, the non-gap separating means 110 is installed to correspond to the upper portion of the fixing support part 111 provided close to the middle one side of the pair of roller cutters 11, and the fixing support part 111 It is configured such that a plurality of strips (S', S") cut by a pair of roller cutters 11 are twisted by the pressing part 113 that is moved in the vertical direction by the pneumatic cylinder 115.

Thus, a plurality of cut strips having a plurality of one-side inclined toothed grooves 112 in the longitudinal direction of the fixed support portion 111 of the non-gap separation means 110, and placed on the plurality of one-sided inclined toothed grooves 112 (S', S") is provided in the lower part of the pressing part 113 and is pressed by the one-side inclined toothed protrusion 114 that is inserted into and separated from the one-side inclined toothed groove 112, and a plurality of strips adjacent to each other (S', S") is configured to be separated from each other.

Therefore, when the thin strip fabric S shown in FIG. 16 is cut, as shown in FIG. 18, a plurality of cutting lines Sa are generated, and a plurality of strips S′ and S” are generated. In the state, as shown in Fig. 6A, a plurality of strips (S',S) in a cut state with a cutting line (Sa) between the fixed support part 111 and the pressing part 113 separated from each other. ") becomes the incoming state.

In this state, when the rotation of the roller cutter 11 is temporarily stopped and the pressing part 113 moves downward by the operation of the pneumatic cylinder 115, the one inclined tooth protrusion 114 into the one inclined tooth groove 112 As each strip (S', S") is inserted by being pressed into each one side inclined tooth groove 112, each of the strips (S', S") is inclined like the one side inclined tooth groove 112 As the inserted state becomes twisted, the cutting line Sa disappears between each of the strips S'and S'as it is inserted.

And when the pressing part 113 is moved to rise again as shown in Fig. 6(a), each of the strips (S', S") that have been obliquely torsional force is in a state where it is opened again, Together, it becomes a date form again.

Therefore, each strip (S', S") in a state that is twisted and separated once as described above and then stretched into a straight shape is in a state that can be easily separated even if they are adjacent to each other with a cutting line (Sa). As, it will be described in detail again later.

7 shows a separating and arranging means 120 according to the present invention, a floating clamp 131 and a flow clamp for clamping a plurality of strips (S', S") separated from the non-gap separation means 110, respectively. A plurality of strips (S', S") are separated in the vertical direction by a pair of upper and lower clamping means (130, 130') each having 132) so that they are arranged at regular intervals.

7 and 8, a vertical rail part 123 that is moved in a horizontal direction along the finger rail 121 by the power of the separating and arranging means 120 and the power means 122, and the vertical rail part ( 123) and a pair of protruding support portions 126 provided to be supported on one side of the elevating frame 125 and being supported on one side of the elevating frame 125 and being respectively provided in the upper and lower portions by the power means 124 And, it is configured such that the upper clamping means 130 and the lower clamping means 130' are provided on the pair of protruding support portions 126, respectively.

In addition, the upper and lower clamping means (130, 130') has a plurality of floating clamps 131 each fixed to a pair of protruding support portions 126, and vertical dovetail grooves each provided in the pair of protruding support portions 126 A plurality of flow clamps 132 corresponding to the floating clamp 131 are fixed to the elevating dovetail portion 128 guided to 127 and reciprocated in the vertical direction by the air cylinder 129 to reciprocate in the vertical direction It is configured to be moved.

In addition, as shown in Figs. 9 and 10, the floating clamp 131 and the flow clamp 132 provided in the upper clamping means 130 and the lower clamping means 130', respectively, are formed in one set in the vertical direction. One floating clamp 131 and a flow clamp 132 provided as a single set will be named and described as a single clamp part 130a to aid understanding of the present invention.

Accordingly, a matching space 130b between the floating clamp 131 and the flow clamp 132 is formed as one set in the vertical direction and the other one clamping unit 130a adjacent to each other. It is configured to have.

Therefore, according to the present invention, as shown in FIG. 10, the first clamping unit 130a of the lower clamping unit 130' is inserted into the matching space 130b formed in the upper clamping unit 130, and the lower clamping unit 130 It is configured to be inserted into the matching space (130b) formed in the first clamping unit (130a) of the upper clamping means (130).

Accordingly, the present invention is a lifting frame by the power means 124, which can be a hydraulic cylinder or an air cylinder, in a state in which the upper and lower clamping means 130 and 130 ′ are separated from each other in the upper and lower directions as shown in FIG. When the 125 is moved downward, as shown in FIG. 11, the first clamping portion 130a of the lower clamping means 130' is inserted into the matching space 130b formed in the upper clamping means 130, and the lower In the matching space portion 130b formed in the clamping means 130', the first clamping portion 130a of the upper clamping means 130 is inserted, and in this state, each of the flow clamps 132 is an air cylinder 129 ) Is moved to open the floating clamp 131, or the flow clamp 132 moves in the direction of the floating clamp 131 as shown in FIG. 12 to become a clamped state.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 11, in the matching space portion 130b formed in the upper clamping means 130, the first clamping portion 130a of the lower clamping means 130' is inserted into the power means 124. When the elevating frame 125 is moved upwardly, as shown in FIG. 13, the first clamping portion 130a of the lower clamping means 130' is raised in the matching space 130b of the upper clamping means 130 It is separated, and in the matching space portion 130b in the lower clamping means 130', the first clamping portion 130a of the upper clamping means 130 is in a state in which it is separated.

And the floating clamp 131 and the flow clamp 132 are clamped in a state where the upper and lower clamping means (130, 130') are open as shown in Fig. 13, and the flow clamp as shown in Fig. 14 by the operation of the air cylinder 129 As 132 can be moved and operated to have an open state with the floating clamp 131, in the description of the operation process to be described later, the power means 122 and 124 and the air cylinder 124 may be hydraulic cylinders or pneumatic cylinders. A description of the driving or operation will be omitted, and the operation process of the present invention will be described.

Referring to Figure 15 (a), when the strip fabric (S) passes through a pair of roller cutters 11, a plurality of strips (S', S") are cut as described above, and at this time, the fixed support In a state in which the part 111 and the pressing part 113 are open, the floating clamp 131 and the flow clamp 132 are also in a state in which the upper and lower clamping means 130 and 130 ′ are matched with each other as shown in FIG. 131 and the flow clamp 132 are in an open state, and in this state, a pair of roller cutters 11 are rotated by transmitting the power of the driving motor 12 by the interlocking gear 13.

Therefore, when the tip of the plurality of strips (S', S") cut as shown in (b) of FIG. 15 is moved between the fixing support part 111 and the pressing part 113 to be inserted, a pair of roller cutters ( 11) After the temporary stop, the pressing unit 113 moves downward, so that a plurality of strips (S', S") as previously described by (a) and (b) of Fig. 6 The distal end is in a state where the distal ends of the strips (S', S") are separated.

Of course, when the strip fabric (S) is cut by a pair of roller cutters (11), it is cut in a state where a cutting line (Sa) is created, but in this state, the cut surfaces of a plurality of cut strips (S', S") There may be cases in which it is sticky due to the characteristics of the fabric material and is difficult to separate, but if it is separated by twisting as in the present invention, a plurality of strips (S', S") that are moved afterwards do not stick together again. .

Therefore, a plurality of strips (S', S") are twisted by performing the operation of moving the pressing part 113 to rise as shown in FIG. 17 in a state where the tip ends of the strips (S', S") are twisted. It is preferable to repeat the operation of being in an unfolded state and causing the distal ends of the strips (S', S") to be twisted and then unfolded again twice in succession.

Therefore, when the operation of causing the strips (S', S") to be twisted and then unfolded is completed, a pair of roller cutters 11 are driven again, and between the floating clamps 131 and the flow clamps 132 open When the tip of the strip (S', S") is in a retracted state, the pair of roller cutters (11) is stopped again, and then the flow clamp (132) moves in the direction of the floating clamp (131) and floats as shown in FIG. The clamp 131 and the flow clamp 132 are moved so as to hold the tip of the strip (S', S") together with the floating clamp 131.

Next, as the pair of roller cutters 11 are driven again, the floating clamp 131 and the flow clamp 132 holding the tip of the strip (S', S") as shown in (a) of FIG. 18 are the entire strip (S' ,S") is moved in the direction of movement. At this time, when the rear end of the strip (S', S") moves to between the fixed support part 111 and the pressing part 113, the floating clamp 131 and the flow clamp 132 The movement is also stopped and the pair of roller cutters 11 are also stopped.

And in the above state, by continuously moving the pressing part 113 in the vertical direction, the rear end of the strip (S', S") is twisted as shown in Fig. 19 and then unfolded again, so that the rear end of the strip (S', S"). It is to make wealth separate.

That is, the present invention is to be pressed so that the one side inclined toothed protrusion 114 of the pressing part 113 is inserted into the one side inclined toothed groove 112 of the fixed support part 111 by means of a pair of roller cutters 11 S) A number of strips (S', S") in a state cut to the middle are separated by first pressing one side inclined serrated protrusion 114 at the tip, and a plurality of strips in a state where the entire strip fabric (S) is cut (S',S") In a state where the tip is fixedly clamped by a pair of upper and lower clamping means (130,130'), a number of strips (S',S") have one inclined serrated protrusion 114 at the rear end A control circuit of a control unit (not shown) that is configured to be separated by differential pressure is known, and detailed circuit diagrams and descriptions are omitted.

Next, as shown in Fig. 20, the upper clamping means 130 is raised so that the adjacent strips (S', S") are completely separated in the vertical direction, and in this state, the strip pitch separation and alignment unit 20 ), and then the strip (S') bitten by the upper clamping means 130 is placed on one conveyor 21 consisting of a pair of belts 21a, as shown in FIG. A pair of belts (21a) of the other conveyor (21') is transported so that the strips (S') that were bitten by the lower clamping means (130) are placed, and the strips that were bitten by the plurality of upper clamping means (130) ( S') are separated and arranged at regular intervals.

And when the transfer to the conveyor 21 is completed as described above, it is in a state as shown in FIG. 22 and is moved to the roller cutter 11 on a single bed, and is operated to be in a standby state as shown in FIGS. 15 and 16, and then a pair of rollers again The operation of grabbing and separating the strips (S', S") cut by the cutter 11 is repeated.

The present invention is not necessarily limited to those illustrated and described in the drawings, and may be modified in various forms by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains, so it should be widely protected unless significantly departing from the claims. It is self-evident.

10: sheet cutting part 11: roller cutter
12: drive motor 13: interlocking gear
20: strip pitch separation and alignment unit 21, 21': conveyor
21a, 21b: belt 30; finished product assembly
100: strip separation and arrangement device 110: non-gap separation means
111: fixing support 112: one side inclined toothed groove
113: pressing part 114: one side inclined serrated protrusion
115: pneumatic cylinder 120: separation and arrangement means
121: finger rail 122: power means
123: vertical rail part 124: power means
125: elevating frame 126: protruding support
127: vertical dovetail groove 128: elevating dovetail portion
129: air cylinder 130: upper clamping means
130': lower clamping means 130a: 1 jaw clamping part
130b: matching space 131: floating clamp
132: flow clamp S: strip fabric
S',S": strip Sa: cutting line

Claims (6)

As the strip fabric (S) is cut by a pair of roller cutters 11 to separate a plurality of strips (S', S") and arranged at regular intervals;
A plurality of strips (S', S', which are cut by the pair of roller cutters 11, a fixing support part 111 provided to be adjacent to one side of the middle side, and a pressing part 113 that is moved in the vertical direction by the pneumatic cylinder 115, S") is twisted to separate the first separation means 110 and each;
A pair of upper and lower clamping means 130, 130' each having a floating clamp 131 and a flow clamp 132 for clamping a plurality of strips (S', S") separated by the non-gap separation means 110, respectively. ) By a plurality of strips (S', S") are separated in the vertical direction in a secondary direction and arranged at regular intervals, comprising a separation and arrangement means 120 for automatic separation and arrangement of strips for a diagnostic kit, characterized in that Device.
The method of claim 1,
A plurality of cut strips having a plurality of one-side inclined toothed grooves 112 in the longitudinal direction of the fixed support portion 111 of the non-gap separation means 110, and placed on the plurality of one-sided inclined toothed grooves 112 ( S',S") is provided in the lower part of the pressing part 113 and is pressed by the one side inclined serrated protrusion 114 that is inserted into and separated from the one side inclined serrated groove 112, so that a plurality of strips adjacent to each other (S', S Automatic separation and arrangement of strips for diagnostic kits, characterized in that the ") is configured to be separated from each other.
The method of claim 2,
One side inclined toothed protrusion 114 of the pressing part 113 is inserted into the one side inclined toothed groove 112 of the fixing support part 111 so that it is pressed until the middle of the strip fabric (S) by a pair of roller cutters 11 In the cut state, one side inclined serrated protrusion 114 is first pressed at the tip of the plurality of strips (S', S") to separate, and in the state where the entire strip fabric (S) is cut, a plurality of strips (S', S") In a state where the tip is fixedly clamped by a pair of upper and lower clamping means (130, 130'), one inclined serrated protrusion 114 is secondarily pressed and separated at the rear end of a plurality of strips (S', S") Automatic separation and arrangement of strips for diagnostic kits, characterized in that made to be configured to be.
The method of claim 1,
The separating and arranging means 120 includes a vertical rail part 123 which is moved in a horizontal direction along the finger rail 121 by the power of the power means 122, and is supported by the vertical rail part 123 to An elevating frame 125 that is moved in the vertical direction by 124, a pair of protruding support portions 126 provided to be supported on one side of the elevating frame 125 and respectively provided at the upper and lower portions, and the pair of protruding support portions (126) an upper clamping means 130 and a lower clamping means (130'), characterized in that configured to be provided with each of the strip automatic separation and arrangement device for a diagnostic kit.
The method according to any one of claims 1 or 4,
The upper and lower clamping means 130 and 130 ′ have a plurality of floating clamps 131 each fixed to a pair of protruding support portions 126, and vertical dovetail grooves each provided in the pair of protruding support portions 126 ( A plurality of flow clamps 132 corresponding to the floating clamp 131 are fixed to the elevating dovetail portion 128 guided by 127 and reciprocated in the vertical direction by the air cylinder 129 and reciprocated in the vertical direction Automatic separation and arrangement of strips for diagnostic kits, characterized in that made to be configured to be.

The method of claim 4,
The floating clamp 131 and the flow clamp 132 provided in the upper clamping means 130 and the lower clamping means 130 ′, respectively, are adjacent to each other with a single clamping unit 130a consisting of a pair of vertically It is configured to have a matching space (130b) between the other one clamping unit (130a), but the matching space (130b) formed in the upper clamping means (130) is a single clamp of the lower clamping means (130') Characterized in that the unit 130a is inserted and configured to be configured so that the first clamping unit 130a of the upper clamping unit 130 can be inserted into the matching space 130b formed in the lower clamping unit 130 ′. Strip automatic separation and arrangement device for diagnostic kits.

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