KR20020094627A - Manufacture device of needle for chinese medicine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A device for producing an acupuncture needle is provided, thereby cheaply mass-producing the acupuncture needle. CONSTITUTION: The device for producing an acupuncture needle comprises the parts of: a needle processing apparatus(100) consisting of a transporting part which places safely a needle(10) supplied from a supplying hoper(112) on a pallet having numerous grooves on its surface and transports the pallet, a processing part which fixes a grip of the needle(10) transported and pulling the end of the clamped needle, a cutting part which cuts the end of the needle of which grip is fixed, and a returning part which returns the pallet to the supplying hoper(112); and a needle transporting apparatus(200) consisting of an upper conveyer which is installed to contact with the upper center of the needle in order to sequentially provide the needle processing apparatus with the needle transported, and a lower conveyer which is positioned in both lower sides of the upper conveyer and contacts with the lower part of both ends of the needle which are projected into the outside of the pallet.

Description

Manufacture device of needle for Chinese medicine

The present invention relates to a herbal needle manufacturing apparatus, and more specifically, the process of bonding the handle to the end of the needle (으로) used for oriental medicine, and smoothly polishing the needle tip on the opposite side to which the handle is coupled This is done automatically to improve the production efficiency by improving the work efficiency, as well as to reduce the manufacturing cost and eliminate the defective rate of the product.

In general, in manufacturing a needle widely used in acupuncture acupuncture, the end of the needle rod made of thin and long steel is required to work by fitting the handle, the tip of the opposite side that is not fitted to the chip rod sharply polished Work is essential.

However, in the related art, the work of fitting the handle to the end of the needle bar is mostly performed by hand, and thus there is a pedan that wastes a lot of time and manpower and reduces production efficiency. As a result, there has been a problem of an increase in manufacturing cost and a failure rate of the product.

In order to prevent such closure, the Applicant has applied for a "medicine needle manufacturing apparatus for oriental medicine" that can automate the work of fixing the handle to the end of the needle bar Patent Application No. 2000-74169 (Application Date: December 2000 7 Dated).

In addition, after the needle is fitted to the end of the needle bar as described above, the "needle polishing device" that does not cause a wound on the outer periphery of the needle while automating the operation of sharply sharpening the tip of the other side of the needle bar is not bonded Proposed model registration number 211359.

However, the former needle manufacturing apparatus is to automatically perform a series of processes for fixing and discharging the handle to the end of the needle supplied to the needle, and the latter needle polishing device to smoothly supply the raw needle to the abrasive member It is to be able to recover the polished needle smoothly so that the needle polishing process is performed automatically.

As such, the step of fixing the handle to the end of the needle bar and the step of grinding the opposite end of the needle bar to which the handle is not coupled are not automatically performed. In other words, the process of fitting the handle to the tip of the needle bar is completed and put in a box to be transported by hand by the polishing process. Therefore, there is a disadvantage that the continuity of the work is broken, loss occurs, and production efficiency is lowered.

It is an object of the present invention to automatically carry out the entire process of fastening the handle to one end of the needle bar and smoothly polishing the other end of the non-coupled handle, thereby improving the production efficiency and improving the production efficiency, as well as reducing the manufacturing cost and the product. It is to provide an herbal needle manufacturing apparatus to eliminate the defective rate of.

1 is a front view showing a schematic configuration of the herbal needle manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention

Figure 2 is a plan view showing a schematic configuration of the herbal needle manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention

Figure 3 is a perspective view showing the configuration of a pallet for transporting a needle in the herbal needle manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention

4 is a view showing a configuration for transferring the pallet according to FIG.

5 is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration for lifting up and down the pallet according to FIG.

6 is a plan view showing the configuration of a plate for lifting up and down the pallet according to FIG.

7 is a plan view showing a processing unit provided in the herbal needle manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention

8 is a view for explaining an operating state of the processing unit according to FIG.

9 is a view showing a state of clamping the tip of the needle in the processing unit according to FIG.

10 is a cross-sectional view for explaining a cutting portion provided in the herbal needle manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention

11 is a view for explaining the needle transport apparatus of the herbal needle manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention

12 is a cross-sectional view for describing an operating state of FIG. 11.

Figure 13 is a cross-sectional view showing the configuration of the conveying unit for conveying the pallet provided in the herbal needle manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention

FIG. 14 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the structure of the conveyer according to FIG. 13; FIG.

15 is a view for explaining the needle polishing device of the herbal needle manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention

16 is a cross-sectional view for explaining an operating state of FIG. 15.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

10-Needle 100-Needle Processing Equipment

110-Pallet 112-Feed Hopper

114-guide rail 116-cylinder

120-Fixture 122-Upper Die

124-Lower Die 160-Cutter

162-Upper Dies164-Lower Dies

170-Recovery conveyor172-Deflection plate

200-Needle Conveyor 210-Upper Conveyor

220a, 220b-Lower Conveyor 300-Needle Polishing Machine

310-rotating wheel 320-abrasive

An object of the present invention described above, in the herbal needle manufacturing apparatus, a transfer unit for seating the needle supplied from the supply hopper to a pallet formed with a plurality of grooves on the upper surface in order to convey the pallet on which the needle is seated, and the pallet Pressing and fixing the handle of the needle conveyed by the process at the same time pull the end of the needle clamped in the state to hold the needle in the handle, and to cut the tip of the needle fixed to the handle by the processing unit A needle processing device including a cutting portion and a conveying portion for conveying the pallet to the supply hopper side by a recovery conveyor; And an upper conveyor installed in contact with the center upper portion of the needle so as to sequentially supply the needle moved by the pallet to the needle processing apparatus, and located at both sides of the lower portion of the upper conveyor and protruding out of the pallet. It can be achieved by the herbal needle manufacturing apparatus characterized in that it comprises a needle conveying device made of a lower conveyor installed to contact each.

The needle processing apparatus is installed to arrange a plurality of pallets in a row to install a guide rail for sequentially transported to the front end of the processing unit and the cutting portion, and install a cylinder to push the pallet at one end of the guide rail In the lower part of the guide rail, a recovery conveyor for transporting the pallet is installed, and at both ends of the recovery conveyor, pallets are installed to move up and down by the cylinder so that the pallet is lowered to the guide rail and the recovery conveyor. It is a good idea to circulate.

In addition, it is preferable to further install a deflection prevention plate in the recovery conveyor.

Guide rollers are respectively installed on the upper and lower conveyors of the needle conveying apparatus, and a tension roller is elastically installed on the lower surface of the lower conveyor positioned below the guide rollers by a spring to tension the lower conveyor. It is preferable that the upper and lower conveyors are inclined toward the needle polishing apparatus based on the guide roller and the tension roller.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the herbal needle manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention.

1 is a front view showing a schematic configuration of the herbal needle manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a plan view showing a schematic configuration of the herbal needle manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention, Figure 3 is a herbal according to the present invention It is a perspective view showing the structure of a pallet for conveying a needle in a needle manufacturing apparatus.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the present invention consists of a needle processing apparatus 100, a needle transfer apparatus 200, and a needle polishing apparatus 300. The needle processing apparatus 100 is a device for fixing the needle and the handle while sequentially transporting the needle-inserted needle bar, and cutting the tip of the needle bar, the needle polishing device 300 is a needle of the needle fixed It is a device for sharpening the opposite end point, the needle transfer device 200 is a device for moving the needle from the needle processing device 100 to the needle polishing device 300, such a needle transfer device 200 This is the part which constitutes the biggest characteristic of this invention.

As shown, the needle processing apparatus 100 is provided with a supply hopper 112 at an upper portion of the needle, and the needle 10 supplied by the supply hopper 112 is connected to the pallet 110 as shown in FIG. 3. In order to be seated, a plurality of grooves 110a are formed on the upper surface of the pallet 110 to allow the needle 10 to be seated at a predetermined interval. The needle 10 to be seated on the pallet 110 is generally good to be able to be seated about 50, may be configured to seat more than that number.

As shown, the needle processing apparatus 100 is provided with a guide rail 114 in the longitudinal direction, and the plurality of pallets 10 are arranged in a row so as to be guided to the guide rail 114 in one side of the cylinder ( Pushing the pallet 110 with 116 allows all pallets 110 to be moved at the same time. That is, as shown in A to E in FIG. 1, the pallets 110 are arranged in a line, at the position of A, the needles are seated on the pallet, and at the position of C, a processing unit is installed to fix the needle rod and the handle. In the position of E, a cutting unit is provided to cut the tip of the needle bar, and in the positions of B and D positioned between each of them, the waiting time is required for the operation. At the position of F, the needle is transferred to the needle polishing apparatus 300, as well as the pallet is moved downward to be conveyed to the position of A by the recovery conveyor 170. The pallet conveyed in this way is moved upward so that the pallet is circulated.

Thus, the operation in the position of A working by moving the conveyed pallet to the upper position to be located in the supply portion is shown in Figs. 4, 5 and 6.

4 is a view showing a configuration for transporting the pallet, Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration for lifting up and down the pallet, Figure 6 is a plan view showing a configuration of a plate for lifting up and down the pallet.

As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, when the pallet 110 is pushed to the cylinder 116 from one side, the needle 10 located in the supply hopper 112 freely falls through the lower portion of the supply hopper 112, thereby causing the pallet 110 to freely fall. To be sequentially supplied to the groove (110a) formed in the. And, to position the pallet 110 in the position of A is to move the pallet 110, which is conveyed by the recovery conveyor 170 by the plate 118 is located in the lower portion of the feed hopper 112. Do it. The plate 118 preferably has a space portion 118a at the center portion to prevent interference with the recovery conveyor 170, and the plate 118 is raised and lowered by the cylinder 119.

Thus, the operation in the position (processing portion) of C to move the pallet supplied needle 110 to one side to fix the needle bar and the handle is shown in Figures 7 and 8 and 9.

7 is a plan view showing a structure of a processing unit provided in the herbal needle manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention, Figure 8 is a view for explaining the operating state of the processing unit according to Figure 7, Figure 9 is a needle of the needle in the processing unit A diagram showing a state of clamping the tip.

7 to 9 to fix the needle and the handle in the position of C, as shown in Figure 9 pressed the handle 14 coupled to the needle 12 by the fixture 120 as shown in FIG. In the end of the needle rod 12 is clamped with a clamp consisting of the upper die 122 and the lower die 124, and then the clamp is reversed to pull the needle rod 12 by pulling the needle 12 and the handle 14 To be fixed.

The upper die 122 of the clamp is rotatably coupled to the lower die 124, the front end for clamping the tip of the needle bar 12 for easy clamping and pulling the needle bar 12 The tip of the needle bar 12 is formed by the groove 124a and the protrusion 122a when the pair of grooves 124a and the protrusion 122a are formed to engage with each other to clamp the tip of the needle bar 12. Is clamped in a bent state to prevent the needle 12 from being pulled out of the clamp when pulling out the needle.

The structure for clamping the tip of the needle bar 12 and the structure for pulling the needle bar by moving the clamp to the rear is shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 so that the clamp rotates to the lower die 124. 122 is provided, and a bearing 126 is provided at the rear end of the upper die 122. The lower portion of the bearing 126 is provided with an operating wedge 128 for sliding the front die 122 while sliding back and forth to clamp the tip of the needle bar 12. Since the working wedge 128 has an inclined surface at the top, when the rear end of the upper die 122 is lifted by the working wedge 128, the tip of the upper die 122 is rotated to the lower side, thereby By clamping, this is possible because the upper die 122 is rotated.

In addition, the configuration for rotating the upper die 122 by moving back and forth the working wedge 128, the rear end of the working wedge 128 is provided with the lower end of the operation bar 130, the operation bar ( The upper end of the 130 is provided with a cylinder 132, the middle portion of the operation bar 130 is coupled to the support shaft 134. Accordingly, the operating bar 130 rotates back and forth the support shaft 134 by the forward and backward movement of the cylinder 132 to move forward and backward the operation wedge 128, the cylinder 132 is a rotating shaft It is installed to be rotatable by 136 to enable its operation during the operation of the cylinder 132.

Such a clamp is installed on the guide rail 138 to pull the needle bar while moving forward and backward, and the rear end of the clamp is provided with a chain 140. The chain 140 is coupled to the sprocket 142, the sprocket 142 is installed by the rotation shaft 146 at the end of the rotation rod 144. When the cylinder 148 is installed at the opposite end of the rotation rod 144 to operate the rotation rod 144 by the operation of the cylinder 148, the end of the rotation rod 144 is rotated by the rotation shaft 146. The sprocket 142 is rotated together to move the chain 140 to move the clamp backward. The rotation rod 144 is provided with a spring 150 to assist the restoration of the rotation rod 144 after the rotation of the rotation rod 144 by the cylinder 148.

In addition, a restoring shaft 152 is elastically installed at the rear end of the clamp by a spring 154. When the clamp is retracted by the spring 154 when the clamp is reversed by the operation of the rotation rod 144, it is reversed and then restored by the restoring force of the spring 154. In addition, the rear end of the restoring shaft 152 is formed with a spiral portion can adjust the elastic force received when the clamp is reversed.

As described above, after the needle bar and the handle are fixed in the processing part, the tip of the needle bar is cut at the position (cutting part) of E. This cutting part is illustrated in FIG. 10.

10 is a cross-sectional view for explaining a cutting portion provided in the herbal needle manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 10, the cutting unit is provided with a cutter 160 capable of cutting the tip of the needle bar, and fixes the needle bar 12 to cut the tip of the needle bar 12 with the cutter 160. Fixed dies consisting of upper and lower dies 162 and 164 are provided. At this time, the upper die 162 is preferably installed to be elastic by the spring 168, by clamping the tip of the needle bar 12 by such a fixed die to cut the tip of the needle bar with a cutter 160, When cutting the tip of the needle bar with the cutter 160, the cutter 160 is to be cut by a momentary blow.

As described above, when the work is made in the processing unit and the cutting unit, the needle bar may work on the needle bar seated on the pallet 110 at the same time. That is, by working all the needle rods seated on one pallet at the same time, the width of the clamp and the cutter of the processing unit may be configured to be similar to the length of the pallet in order to achieve such a work.

In addition, the position of the B and D in FIG. 1 waits for the time required when the above operation is made, and no operation is performed at the position of the B and D. FIG.

The needles passed through the above operation are transferred to the needle polishing window by the needle feeder, and the needle feeder is shown in FIGS. 11 and 12.

11 is a view for explaining the needle transport apparatus of the herbal needle manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention, Figure 12 is a cross-sectional view for explaining the operating state of FIG.

11 and 12, the needle transport apparatus 200 includes an upper conveyor 210 installed to be located at the upper center of the needle, and two lower conveyors 220a and 220b installed to be located at both sides of the lower part of the needle. Is made of.

Guide rollers 212 and 222 are respectively installed in the middle portions of the upper and lower conveyors 210, 220a and 220b to prevent sagging of the conveyor and to easily move the needles located between the conveyors. In addition, the lower surface of the lower conveyors (220a, 220b) of the guide rollers (212, 222) is installed to install a tension roller 224 to adjust the tension by the spring 226 to maintain the tension of the lower conveyor.

The upper and lower conveyors 210, 220a and 220b may be inclined toward the needle polishing apparatus 300 based on the guide rollers 212 and 222 and the tension roller 224, which is the needle moving apparatus 200. In order to easily move the needle to the needle polishing apparatus 300 by the). The needles are inserted between the upper and lower conveyors 210, 220a and 220b to be moved to the needle polishing apparatus 300.

12 illustrates a state where the needle is fitted between the upper conveyor 210 and the lower conveyors 220a and 220b provided in the needle transporting device 200, and moves the pallet 110 downward to recover the needle. It shows the state to be conveyed by the conveyor. That is, when the pallet 110 is moved to the position of F shown in FIG. 1, the needle seated on the pallet 110 is inserted and moved between the upper conveyor 210 and the lower conveyor 220a and 220b. Pallet 110 is located on top of plate 174. The plate 174 is lowered by the cylinder 175 so that the plate can be conveyed.

Thus, the recovery conveyor 170 for conveying the pallet 110 is shown to FIG. 13 and FIG.

FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view showing the structure of a conveying unit for conveying pallets provided in the herbal needle manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 14 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the structure of the conveying unit according to FIG. 12.

As shown in FIG. 13 and FIG. 14, the said conveyance part is equipped with the collection conveyor 170. As shown in FIG. The pallet 110 is conveyed by the recovery conveyor 170, and the plate 174 allowing the pallet 110 to be lifted and lowered has a space portion 174a at the center to prevent interference with the recovery conveyor 170. Has In addition, the recovery conveyor 170 is provided with a sag prevention plate 172 for preventing the length of the conveyor from sagging by the length of the pallet 110. Therefore, the bottom surface of the pallet 100 lowered by the plate 174 is in contact with the upper surface of the recovery conveyor 170 through the space portion 174a formed in the center of the plate 174 to recover the conveyor 170. It is conveyed by the drive of.

15 and 16 illustrate a polishing device 300 for polishing the tip of the needle moved by the needle moving device 200.

15 is a view for explaining the needle polishing device of the herbal needle manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention, Figure 16 is a cross-sectional view for explaining the operating state of the needle polishing device.

As shown in Figure 15 and Figure 16 rotates the rotary wheel 310 formed with a plurality of grooves 312 on the circumferential surface so that the needle 10 is sequentially fed by the needle transfer device 200 in sequence It is installed so as to, and the polishing member 320 is installed so as to be arranged around one side of the rotary wheel 310 to polish the tip of the needle. For such a needle polishing apparatus, a "needle polishing apparatus" of Utility Model Registration No. 211359, which is a pre-registered person, is briefly described, and the needle is moved by the needle moving apparatus 200 of the present invention. When supplied to the hopper 302 provided in the polishing apparatus 300, the rotary wheel 310 is rotated to polish the tip of the needle by the polishing member 320.

The present invention configured as described above is fixed to the needle and the handle while cutting and supplying the needle and the needle is coupled to one side of the needle bar, cutting the end of the fixed needle, the needle is moved to the needle polishing device is completed A series of operations can be done automatically so that the tip of the needle is sharply polished.

As can be seen from the above description, according to the herbal needle manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention, the operation of the needle bar is fixed to one end of the needle bar to ensure that the entire process of smoothly polishing the opposite end that is not coupled to the handle is automatically performed In addition to improving the production efficiency, it is possible to reduce the manufacturing cost and eliminate the defective rate of the product.

Claims (4)

In the herbal needle manufacturing apparatus, A feeder for seating the needles supplied from the feed hopper in turn on a pallet formed on the upper surface and conveying the pallet on which the needle is seated, and pressing and fixing the handle of the needle transported by the pallet, at the same time the tip of the needle The cutting part to cut the tip of the needle where the handle is fixed by the processing part, and the pallet to convey the pallet to the supply hopper side by a recovery conveyor. Needle processing device consisting of a conveying unit to be; And The upper conveyor is installed in contact with the upper center of the needle so as to sequentially supply the needle moved by the pallet to the needle processing apparatus, and located on both sides of the lower lower portion of the upper conveyor, the lower side of both sides protruding out of the pallet Herbal needle manufacturing apparatus characterized in that it comprises a needle transfer device consisting of a lower conveyor installed in contact with each. According to claim 1, The needle processing apparatus is installed to arrange a plurality of pallets in a row to install a guide rail to be sequentially transported to the front end of the processing portion and the cutting portion, one side end of the guide rail smuggling the pallet A cylinder is installed so that the lower part of the guide rail is provided with a recovery conveyor for conveying the pallet, and both ends of the recovery conveyor are moved up and down by the cylinder to raise and lower the pallet with the guide rail and the recovery conveyor. Herbal needle manufacturing apparatus, characterized in that to install a plate to circulate the pallet. The herbal needle manufacturing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the recovery conveyor is further provided with a deflection preventing plate. The upper and lower conveyors of the needle feeder are respectively provided with guide rollers in the middle portion thereof, and the tension rollers are elastically installed on the lower surface of the lower conveyor positioned below the guide rollers by springs. By maintaining the tension of the lower conveyor, on the basis of the guide roller and the tension roller on the basis of the needle, the apparatus for producing oriental medicine, characterized in that the inclined side installed in the needle polishing device side.