KR20020066494A - Assemble apparatus having neddle and the jig - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: Provided is an assembly device with a needle included which inserts the needle into an adapter by grasping side of the needle not to damage an assembled ball at the edge of the needle so that it reduces the production of inferior pens. CONSTITUTION: The assembly device with the needle included comprises the parts of: a frame; a needle supply tool which is placed at the frame and supplies the needle for a holder(4); plural zigs which include a subject to be assembled wherein the needle is inserted, fix an opening part in a needle insertion direction when the needle is inserted into the subject to be inserted and rotate the subject to be inserted to take out; a needle insertion tool which grasps side of a foremost front needle and moves the grasped needle to insert into the opening part of the subject to be inserted; a support tool which supports the rear side of the subject to be inserted not to be pushed when the needle is inserted into the subject; and a rotation tool which intermittently rotates the zig to a certain degree to take out the subject whenever the needle is assembled.

Description

Assembly apparatus having needle and its jig {Assemble apparatus having neddle and the jig}

The present invention relates to an assembly assembly apparatus having a needle and a jig, which inserts the needle into an assembly accommodated in the jig while holding the side of the needle to prevent damage to the end of the needle and accommodates the assembly. The jig is configured to be rotatable intermittently so that the assembly opening to which the needle is inserted is placed in the needle insertion direction, and then the assembly to which the needle is assembled can be rotated to facilitate assembly take-out.

In general, aqueous writing implements (aqueous ballpoint pens) are assembled with a needle for discharging ink at the tip end of writing. Thus, the assembly having the needle is used in various fields as well as the writing instrument nib.

In the present specification, an embodiment in which a needle is assembled will be described using an example of the writing instrument.

Writing instruments, particularly aqueous ballpoint pens, have a nib assembled at the end of the shim housed inside the housing to supply ink from the nib, and the nib has an adapter assembled to the writing nib and a ball formed at one end thereof. It is composed of a needle is assembled to the adapter to discharge the ink.

In the conventional needle assembly apparatus for assembling the nib of the writing instrument configured as described above, the supplied adapter is disposed in the vertical direction to the jig, and the needle end is pressed to assemble the needle while the needle is positioned on the adapter.

However, the conventional needle assembly apparatus for assembling the needle has a problem in that the needle end is damaged because the needle end is assembled by pressing the needle end when assembling the needle to the assembly.

Accordingly, when the nib of the writing instrument is assembled by pressing the ball portion assembled at the end of the needle, there is a problem in that the ball is damaged and the writing feeling is bad, and the defective writing mechanism is mass-produced.

Accordingly, the present invention is to solve the conventional problems as described above, the object of the needle is to insert the needle into the assembly accommodated in the jig in the state holding the side of the needle to prevent the end of the needle is damaged It is to provide an assembly assembly device having.

Another object of the present invention is to intermittently rotate the jig for accommodating the needle-inserted body to place the assembly opening in the needle insertion direction and then rotate the assembly to which the needle is assembled to facilitate assembly take-out. It is to provide a jig of an assembly assembly device having a needle.

An assembly assembly device having such a needle includes a frame; Needle supply means installed on the frame and supplying a needle to the holder; While being placed and moved in an orbital manner on one side of the needle supply means, the assembly to which the needle is inserted is rotatably received to fix the opening of the assembly in the needle insertion direction when the needle is inserted into the assembly, and then the needle is inserted. A plurality of jigs for rotating and removing the assembly; Needle insertion means for gripping the front side of the needle supplied to the holder and moving the gripped needle into the opening of the assembly accommodated in the jig; Support means disposed behind the jig to support the rear of the assembly so that the assembly is not pushed when the needle is inserted into the assembly; And rotation means for intermittently rotating the jig at a predetermined angle so that the assembly can be taken out each time the needle is assembled to the assembly accommodated in the jig.

And a jig of the assembly assembly having the needle includes a plate-shaped base; A pair of supports installed at regular intervals on the base; At least one accommodating hole for receiving and holding a separately supplied adapter is formed, and a plurality of locking projections protrude so as to rotate by a linear reciprocating motion of the rotating means at one end of the longitudinal direction, the grip being rotatably installed on the support. absence; Intermittent means provided on one side of the gripping member to designate a stop position of the gripping member intermittently rotated by the rotating means and to control the flow of the gripping member; And a conveyor means connected to the lower portion of the base to transfer the base in an endless orbital manner.

1 is a side view of the needle assembly according to the invention,

Figure 2 is a side cross-sectional view of a portion of the needle assembly according to the invention,

3 is a front view of the needle assembly according to the invention,

Figure 4 is an enlarged side view of the needle supply means and the needle insertion means of the needle assembly device according to the present invention;

5 is a front sectional view showing the inside of the needle supply means according to the present invention;

6 is a side view showing a jig according to the present invention;

7 is a plan view of the needle assembly according to the invention,

8A is a plan view of a state before the needle is assembled to the adapter according to the present invention;

Figure 8b is in accordance with the present invention, a plan view of the needle assembled to the adapter,

9 is a side view of a needle assembly device according to the invention assembled state of the needle,

10 is an enlarged side cross-sectional view of the needle assembled to the adapter in FIG. 9;

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings

1: Needle Assembly Device 2: Jig

4 holder 5 needle supply means

6: jig 8: needle insertion means

9 support means 10 rotation means

12,16,45,47: Passage 14: Roller

20: stopper device 24: pin

28: holding member 29: control means

30: conveyor means 32: locking projection

35 index plate 41 slide member

43: stopper 44: pressure pin

51: needle position adjusting means

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

1 to 3 show an overall side view and a front view of the needle assembly 1 according to the present invention.

As shown in this figure, the assembly assembly apparatus 1 having a needle according to the present invention has a frame 2 formed at a lower portion thereof, and supplies a needle 3 to one side of the upper portion of the frame 2 so as to line up to the holder 4. Needle supply means (5) is arranged to be arranged, needle insertion means for inserting the needle (3) disposed in the holder (4) to the adapter (7) accommodated in the jig (6) on one side of the needle supply means (5) Means 8 are provided, and a jig 6 for accommodating and holding the adapter 7 supplied separately is disposed at one side spaced apart from the needle inserting means 8. And behind the jig 6 is disposed support means 9 for supporting the rear of the adapter 7 so that the adapter 7 is not pushed when the needle 3 is inserted into the adapter 7, the jig (6) Rotating means for intermittently rotating the jig 6 at a predetermined angle so that the adapter 7 can be taken out each time the needle 3 is assembled to the adapter 7 accommodated in the jig 6 ( 10); is installed.

The frame 2 is provided with wheels (2a) on the bottom for easy transport, and the rotating means 10 and the needle (3) to rotate the gripping member of the jig (6) to the adapter (7) A cam device 11 for reciprocating the needle insertion means 8 is installed so as to be inserted. The cam device 11 is a general mechanical device, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The needle supply means 5 is provided with a rail 13 formed with a passage 12 for guiding the supply of the needle 3 on the frame 2, the needle (3) supplied to the end of the rail (13) ) Is provided with a block 15 rotatably provided with a roller 14 for transferring the roller 14 to the holder 4 installed in the needle insertion means 8.

The passage 12 of the rail 13 is formed in at least one row along the longitudinal direction of the rail 13, preferably a plurality of rows are formed. The rail 13 is divided into an upper portion and a lower portion, and a passage 12 is formed between these upper and lower portions so that the needle 3 to be transported is not separated from the passage 12.

The method of supplying the needle 3 to the passage 12 of the needle supply means 5 uses a vibration device (not shown) that continuously supplies the needle 3 by vibration as usual, and the needle ( 3) A sorter (not shown) for sorting front and rear of the needle 3 is further provided on the supply path.

In this case, when the needle 3 is a needle constituting the writing pen tip, a writing ball is assembled at one end of the needle so that the selector selects the needle so that the ball is located at the front or the rear.

The block 15 of the needle supply means 5 is installed at the end of the rail 13 as shown in Figs. 4 to 5 and the needle 3 is supplied through the passage 12 of the rail 13 to the holder 4. The passage 16 is penetrated to coincide with the passage 12 of the rail 13 so as to be supplied to the upper side of the passage 16, and receives the roller 14 for transferring the needle 3 to the holder 4 above the passage 16. An accommodation space 17 is formed in communication with the passage 16. The block 15 has a body divided into two parts, an upper part and a lower part, and a passage 16 is formed therebetween, and an accommodation space 17 for receiving the roller 14 is formed on the upper part of the body.

The roller 14 rotatably installed in the accommodation space 17 has its shaft 18 connected to the motor 19 to rotate according to the driving of the motor 19 to transfer the needle 3.

The block 15 is further provided with a stopper device 20 on one side of the roller 14 to stop the supply of the needle 3 due to abnormal supply of the needle 3 or other causes.

The stopper device 20 is a lever 22 is rotatably installed on the bracket 21 formed on the block 15, the lever elevating to raise and lower the lever 22 above the lever 22. The device 23 is arranged. A pin 24, which is lowered and lowered under the lever 22 and inserted into the passage 16 of the block 15, is inserted into the block 15, and between the pin 24 and the block 15, the lever ( An elastic member 25 is interposed to lift and restore the pin 24 when 22 is raised.

Here, the lever lifting device 23 for raising and lowering the lever 22 may be applied to various devices, but it is preferable to use a cylinder.

The jig 6 has a plate-shaped base 26, a pair of supports 27 are arranged on the base 26 spaced apart from each other, the adapter 7 is separately supplied between the support 27 The gripping member 28 for receiving and gripping therein is rotatably installed, and the gripping member 28 is stopped on one side of the gripping member 28 when the gripping member 28 rotates intermittently by a predetermined angle by the rotating means 10. An intermittent means 29 for setting a position is provided, and a conveyor means 30 for transferring the plurality of bases 26 in an orbital manner is installed below the base 26.

The gripping member 28 is formed with at least one receiving hole 31 for holding and holding the adapter 7 supplied as shown in FIG. 10, and the rotation means 10 is linearly reciprocated at one end of the longitudinal direction. At this time, the plurality of locking projections 32 protrude as shown in FIG. 7 so as to be intermittently rotated by the rotation means 10.

A plurality of locking projections 32 of the gripping member 28 are formed at the rotational center of the gripping member 28, and the locking projections 32 may rotate the gripping member 28 at right angles. It is good to have four formed in.

The receiving hole 31 of the gripping member 28 has a guide groove 33 for guiding the insertion of the tip of the holder 4 at its inlet, and the needle 3 and the adapter 7 disposed in the holder 4. The openings are matched precisely so that the needles 3 are not eccentric when inserted into the adapter 7.

The holding member 28 configured as described above rotates to place the adapter 7 accommodated in the receiving hole 31 in a horizontal state so that the needle 3 can be inserted in a horizontal state.

The interlocking means 29 has an index plate 35 having a plurality of concave grooves 34 formed at regular intervals on an outer circumference thereof and fixed to the shaft 18 of the gripping member 28, and one side of the gripping member 28. The plate 36 is fixed on the base 26, and the plate 36 is hinged by a lever 38 having a protrusion 37 inserted into the recess 34 of the index plate 35. And rotatably installed, and an elastic member 39 is interposed between the plate 36 and the lever 38 to return the lever 38, which rotates when the index plate 35 rotates, to its original position. The projection 37 of 38 provides elasticity so that the projection 37 can be inserted into the recess groove 34 of the index plate 35 again.

In addition, the conveyor means 30 of the jig 6 may be a belt 23 or a chain 23 engaged with a sprocket driven by an endless track, and preferably using a chain 40 for transmitting accurate power. good.

In the present invention jig 6 configured as described above, the needle 3 is inserted into the adapter 7 accommodated in the accommodation hole 31 in a state where the accommodation hole 31 of the gripping member 28 is disposed in a vertical state. Then, when the rotating means 10 rotates the locking projection 32 by the cam device 11, the holding member 28 rotates to arrange the adapter 7 in a vertical state so as to take it out. At this time, the lever 38 of the control means 29 is the elastic force of the elastic member 39 when the projection 37 is released from the recess 34 of the index plate 35 and the rotation of the gripping member 28 is stopped It is restored by the reinserted into the recess groove 34 to stop the rotation of the gripping member (28).

Accordingly, each jig 6 moves by the conveyor means 30 to horizontally arrange the adapter 7 accommodated in the accommodation hole 31 so that the needle 3 is assembled and the adapter 3 is assembled with the adapter ( Rotate 7) vertically to take it out.

As shown in FIG. 4, the needle insertion means 8 includes a slide member 41 mounted on the rail 42 for reciprocating motion by the cam device 11 to insert the needle 3 into the adapter 7. The front end of the slide member 41 is provided with a holder 4 having a needle 3 disposed thereon, and a stopper 43 for opening and closing an inlet of the holder 4 is rotatably installed at one side of the holder 4. The foremost needle 3 supplied to the inside of the holder 4 is stopped, and the needle 3a is pressed on the upper side of the holder 4 so that the needle 3a is applied to the adapter ( 7 is provided with a pressing pin 44 which can not move when inserted in 7).

The slide member 41 has a passage 45 formed therein to coincide with each passage 16 of the block 15 of the needle supply means 26 to supply the needle 3 to the holder 4. At the end of the passage 45, an accommodating portion 46 for receiving the holder 4 is formed.

The holder 4 penetrates the passage 47 to coincide with the passage 45 of the slide member 41 so that the needle 3 can be inserted therein, and the stopper 43 is formed on the side wall of the front end of the passage 47. The opening 48 communicates with the protrusion 43a so that the protrusion 43a can be inserted therein, and the pressing pin 44 is lowered to the upper and rear portions of the opening 48 so as to press the needle 3 disposed at the foremost side. Part 49 is formed.

The stopper 43 is formed such that the body is formed to be inclined at a predetermined angle, and a protrusion 43a inserted into the opening portion 48 of the holder 4 protrudes at one end thereof.

The pressing pin 44 is connected to the cylinder 50 to move up and down according to the driving of the cylinder 50 to press the side of the needle (3).

And the needle insertion means 8 further has a needle position adjusting means 51 to adjust the position of the foremost needle 3a disposed in the holder 4 as shown in FIG.

The needle position adjusting means 51 is a cam 52 having an inclined surface 52a inclined at a predetermined angle to the front end thereof is fixed to the side of the slide member 41, and the roller at a predetermined position of the body bent portion of the stopper 43 is fixed. The 53 is rotatably assembled so that the roller 53 contacts the cam inclined surface 52a to rotate the stopper 43 when the projection 43a of the stopper 43 is inserted into the holder 4. By adjusting the angle, the arrangement of the needles 3a disposed at the foremost front of the holder 4 is adjusted.

The support means 9 is disposed behind the gripping member 28 to support the adapter 7 so as not to be pushed when the needle 3 is assembled to the adapter 7, and the cylinder device may be preferable.

The rotating means 10 is provided with a locking jaw (10a) to rotate the locking projection 32 in the front end, the locking jaw (10a) is rotated when the locking projection 32 is returned to its original position The rotatable protrusion 32 is rotatably installed in one direction so as to pass the locking protrusion 32 located above.

The following describes the process of assembling the needle to the adapter by the needle assembly device of the present invention configured as described above.

First, the stopper 43 of the needle inserting means 8 is rotated so that the projection 43a is inserted into the opening 48 of the holder 4 to close the outlet of the holder 4 as shown in FIG. ) So that it can be placed. In this state, the needles 3 are continuously supplied along each passage 12 of the needle supply means 5, and the supplied needles 3 are supplied to the roller 14 which is rotated by driving the motor 19. It is arranged in the holder 4 sequentially one by one. When the needle 3 is disposed as described above, the pressure pin 44 is lowered by the cylinder 50 driving to press and grip the side of the needle 3a at the foremost front.

In this process, when the needle 3 is transferred abnormally to determine the transfer of the needle 3, the needle 3 is stopped by using the stopper device 20, which is driven by the cylinder 23. When the lower portion 22 is rotated downward, the pin 24 positioned below the lever 22 presses the needle 3 lowered and conveyed by the lever 22 so that it is no longer conveyed.

The adapter 7 is inserted into the gripping member 28 receiving hole 31 of the jig 6 by a separate supply device while the needle 3 is disposed in the holder 4, and the cam device 11. As a result, the rotating means 10 moves in a straight line to rotate the locking protrusion 32 of the jig so that the adapter 7 is in a horizontal state so that the needle 3 can be inserted into the adapter 7.

When the adapter 7 is disposed on the gripping member 28 as shown in FIG. 8B, when the stopper 43 closing the outlet of the holder 4 is rotated to open the outlet, the slide member 41 cams. The needle 11 is moved to the jig 6 by the device 11 so that the holder 4 is inserted into the guide groove 33 of the holding member 28 and the needle 3a disposed at the tip of the holder 4 as shown in FIG. The adapter 7 is inserted into the opening. At this time, the tip of the holder 4 is inserted into the guide groove 33 so that the needle 3 is not eccentrically and is correctly inserted into the opening of the adapter 7.

Thereafter, the slide member 41 is returned to its original position by the cam device 11 and the stopper 43 rotates to close the outlet of the holder 4. When the roller 14 supplies one needle 3 into the holder 4, the foremost needle 3a comes into contact with the stopper 43 and the protrusion 43a, and then the pressing pin 44 is stopped. It descends and presses this needle 3, and prepares the next needle insertion process.

When preparing the next fixing of the needle 3 as described above, the jig 6 rotates when the lever 38 rotates so that the insertion protrusion 37 is out of the recess 34 of the index plate 35. By rotating the gripping member 28, the adapter 7 having the needle 3 assembled thereon is arranged in a vertical direction to be taken out. Then, when the adapter 7 is taken out, a new adapter 7 is inserted into the receiving hole 31 of the gripping member 28, and the rotating means 10 rotates the gripping member 28 again in the same direction. The adapter 7 is arranged in the horizontal direction. At this time, the lever 38 is returned to its original position, and the insertion protrusion 37 of the lever 38 is inserted into the recess groove 34 of the index plate 35 to designate the stop position of the holding member 28. Fix (5).

When the next preparatory process is completed, each jig 6 is sequentially moved by the conveyor means 30, and the needle 3 is repeatedly inserted into the adapter 7 by the method described above.

When adjusting the insertion depth of the needle 3, the position of the stopper protrusion 43a for closing the outlet of the holder 4 is set by adjusting the rotation angle of the stopper 43 according to the position of the cam 52. .

In other words, the more the cam 52 moves in the direction of the stopper 43, the inclined surface 52a of its tip portion contacts the roller 53 so that the projection 43a is opened at the inlet of the holder 4, and thus the holder 4 Since the inlet is closed, the needle 3a at the foremost front is arranged to be wider at the outlet of the holder 4 to selectively adjust the protruding length of the needle 3a assembled to the adapter 7.

When the needle assembly device of the present invention configured as described above is used for assembling the needle and the adapter of the writing instrument nib, since it is assembled to the adapter while holding the side of the needle, it does not damage the ball assembled at the end of the needle. Has the advantage of reducing mass production.

In addition to this, the present invention may be applied to needle assembly applied to other fields, in addition to the needle used for the writing instrument nib, to prevent damage to the needle end.

Claims (9)

frame; Needle supply means installed on the frame and supplying a needle to the holder; While being placed and moved in an orbital manner on one side of the needle supply means, the assembly to which the needle is inserted is rotatably received to fix the opening of the assembly in the needle insertion direction when the needle is inserted into the assembly, and then the needle is inserted. A plurality of jigs for rotating and removing the assembly; Needle insertion means for gripping the front side of the needle supplied to the holder and moving the gripped needle into the opening of the assembly accommodated in the jig; Support means disposed behind the jig to support the rear of the assembly so that the assembly is not pushed when the needle is inserted into the assembly; And rotation means for intermittently rotating the jig at a predetermined angle so that the assembly can be taken out each time the needle is assembled to the assembly accommodated in the jig. The method of claim 1, wherein the needle supply means A rail having at least one row of needle supply passages; A passage through which the passage penetrates inside the body so as to correspond to the passage of the rail, and a receiving space is inserted into the upper portion of the passage to be disposed at one end of the rail; A roller rotatably installed in the receiving space of the block to supply and arrange needles supplied from the needle supply means to the holder one by one; And a drive motor connected to the shaft of the roller to provide rotational power to the roller. The method of claim 1, wherein the jig Plate-shaped base; A pair of supports installed at regular intervals on the base; At least one accommodating hole for receiving and holding a separately supplied adapter is formed, and a plurality of locking projections protrude so as to rotate by a linear reciprocating motion of the rotating means at one end of the longitudinal direction, the grip being rotatably installed on the support. absence; Intermittent means provided on one side of the gripping member to designate a stop position of the gripping member intermittently rotated by the rotating means and to control the flow of the gripping member; Conveyor means connected to the lower base to transfer the base in an endless track; assembly assembly having a needle comprising a. The method of claim 1, wherein the needle inserting means A slide member formed with a passage so that the needle supplied from the needle supply means can be supplied to the holder, the slide member reciprocating linearly by a driving device to insert the needle disposed in the holder into the assembly accommodated in the jig; A passage is penetrated so that a needle can be supplied, an opening is communicated with the side wall of the passage, and an incision is formed in communication with the passage so as to grip a side of the foremost needle disposed in the holder above the opening. A holder installed at the tip of the member to arrange at least one needle in a row; A stopper installed on one side of the holder to be reciprocally rotatable, and an insertion protrusion formed at a free end thereof is inserted into the opening of the holder to stop the frontmost needle supplied to the holder; A pressing pin which is installed on the holder so as to be lifted and lowered so that the needle does not move when the foremost needle disposed in the holder is inserted into the assembly accommodated in the jig; And a pressing pin lifting device installed above the pressing pin to raise and lower the pressing pin. The method of claim 2, wherein the needle supply means A lever rotatably installed on the bracket formed on the block; A lever elevating device installed above the lever to raise and lower the lever; A pin located below the lever and detachably assembled on each passage of the body to be inserted into the passage to stop the needle when the lever is lowered; And a stopper device interposed between the pin and the block, the elastic member restoring the pin to its original position when the lever is raised. 4. The assembly assembly apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the gripping member includes a guide groove for receiving the tip of the holder at the tip of the receiving hole. According to claim 3, wherein the control means of the jig An index plate having a plurality of recessed grooves formed at a predetermined interval on an outer circumference thereof and fixed to a shaft of the gripping member; A plate fixed on the base; A lever having one end rotatably installed on the plate and an insertion protrusion formed at a free end of the index plate to be inserted into the recessed groove of the index plate to stop the rotation of the index plate to interrupt the rotation of the holding member; And an elastic member interposed between the plate and the lever to provide an elastic force for returning the lever to its original position after the lever rotates to rotate the index plate. The method of claim 4, wherein the needle inserting means A cam having an inclined surface at a distal end thereof and fixed to the side of the slide member; A roller rotatably assembled at a predetermined position of the body of the stopper; And A needle comprising rotating the stopper when the protrusion protruding at the end of the stopper is inserted into the holder exit to adjust the rotational angle of the stopper by adjusting the rotational angle of the stopper when the stopper rotates. Assembly assembly apparatus having a needle further comprising a position adjusting means. Plate-shaped base; A pair of supports installed at regular intervals on the base; At least one accommodating hole for receiving and holding a separately supplied adapter is formed, and a plurality of locking projections protrude so as to rotate by a linear reciprocating motion of the rotating means at one end of the longitudinal direction, the grip being rotatably installed on the support. absence; Index plates are formed on the outer periphery at regular intervals and fixed to the shaft of the gripping member, plate fixed on the base, one end is rotatably installed on the plate and the index plate at the free end An insertion protrusion inserted into the recessed groove of the lever to stop the rotation of the index plate to set a stop position of the holding member, interposed between the plate and the lever, the lever rotates to rotate the index plate, and then the lever. Gripping member intermittent means made of an elastic member for providing an elastic force to return to the original position; Jig of the assembly assembly device having a needle comprising a; conveying means connected to the lower base to transfer the base in a caterpillar.