KR20100040407A - Specification-attaching apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A specification-attaching apparatus for containers is provided to carry out attachment of specification at lower cost by automating the attachment process. CONSTITUTION: A specification-attaching apparatus comprises a transfer mechanism(4) for carrying specification sheets(7) kept in a specification unit(3) to an opening(11) of a platform(1). The specification sheets are positioned on the opening by a stopper(2). An attaching unit(5) is positioned above the platform, including a suction element(58) mounted on the lower end of a compression bar(57). The suction element moves downwards to pick up the specification sheet from the opening and the specification sheet is attached to the upper end of a container(8) transferred by a container feed unit(61).

Description

Manual Attachment Device {SPECIFICATION-ATTACHING APPARATUS}

The present invention relates to an apparatus for attaching instructions, and more particularly, to an apparatus for attaching instructions for attaching instructions to a container.

As shown in FIG. 1, a container 100, such as a vial, is generally labeled 101. The label 101 is used for the purpose of classifying products, instructing usage, displaying a manufacturer's trademark or logo, and the like. However, additional instructions 102 for displaying further product information are manually attached to the container 100, resulting in relatively high costs.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus for attaching instructions which can automatically attach instructions to a container.

Therefore, the apparatus for attaching instructions of the present invention for achieving the above object is

A platform having front and rear ends, an upper surface and a lower surface, and an opening extending from the upper surface to the lower surface and positioned adjacent to the front end;

A guidance receiving unit positioned adjacent the rear end of the platform and adapted to receive at least one row of instructions;

A delivery mechanism adapted to deliver one of the instructions contained in the instructions receiving unit to the opening of the platform;

Positioned opposite to each other so as to be pivotally positioned in the opening and spaced apart from each other so as to form a gap therebetween that is smaller than the width of the guide, so that one of the guides is held in the opening of the platform Element;

Adjacent to the front end of the platform, located below the platform, having oppositely formed inlet and outlet ends formed sideways of the platform, the platform being adapted to transfer a vessel from the inlet end to the outlet end; A motor driven container transfer unit operable to align the container to be conveyed by the container when the one of the instructions is retained in the opening in the platform;

An adhesive spray unit positioned above the vessel transfer unit and between the platform and the inlet end of the vessel transfer unit and adapted to spray adhesive to the upper end of the vessel being conveyed by the vessel transfer unit; And,

An attachment unit positioned at the top of the platform, the attachment unit comprising a compression rod movable relative to the platform and mounted at a lower end of the compression rod, the compression rod being moved downwards Drive to cause one of the instructions retained in the opening of the platform to be sucked by the suction element of the attachment unit, and to drive the assembly of the compression rod to be sucked by the suction element of the attachment unit Causing one of the instructions to move downward so that the stop elements move away from each other in response to the pressing by one of the instructions which is adsorbed by the suction element of the attachment unit, thereby compressing Assembly of the rod and the attachment unit One of the instructions adsorbed by the suction element of is allowed to pass through the opening in the platform, whereby one of the instructions adsorbed by the suction element of the attachment unit transfers the container. And an attachment unit in which an operation to be attached on the upper end of the container to be conveyed by the unit can be operated.

One of the instructions adsorbed by the suction element of the attachment unit is fixed to the top of the vessel to be conveyed by the vessel transfer unit by the adhesive.

According to the manual attachment device of the present invention, it is possible to achieve the effect of performing the attachment process at a lower cost by enabling the automated attachment of the manual through the manual attachment device.

These and other features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 8 and 10, a preferred embodiment of the device for attaching instructions according to the invention is the platform 1, the instructions receiving unit 3, the delivery mechanism 4, three pairs of stop elements. 2, a motor drive vessel transfer unit 61, an adhesive spray unit 9, and an attachment unit 5 are shown.

As also shown in FIG. 3, the platform 1 extends from the front and rear ends 12, 13, the top and bottom surfaces 14, 15, and from the top surface 14 to the bottom surface 15. It has three openings 11 each positioned adjacent to the front end 12.

As shown in FIG. 3, in the above embodiment, the manual receiving unit 3 is located on the upper side of the platform 1 adjacent to the rear end 13 of the platform 1, and inclined plate 30. Three parallel receiving troughs (32) mounted on the slit), each of which comprises a trough forming sheet (31) adapted to receive a row of instructions (7) therein. The manual accommodating unit 3 further comprises three loading elements 35 mounted on the gutter forming sheet 31, each of which is movably positioned within the accommodating troughs 32. It is applied to press down the said instruction | instruction 70 to be received in the receiving trough 32.

Each pair of said stop elements 2 is pivotally located in a corresponding one of the openings 11 of the platform 11, and also, as shown in FIG. 10, the stop of each of these pairs. Between the elements are spaced apart from each other to form a gap smaller than the width of the instructions 7. It is noted that the manual attachment device further comprises three bias elements 21 (see FIG. 2) each biasing such that the corresponding pair of stop elements 2 move towards each other. In this embodiment, each of the bias elements 21 includes two torsion springs.

The delivery mechanism 4 has one of the manuals 7 accommodated in each of the receiving troughs 32 in the trough forming sheet 31 of the manual receiving unit 3 in the opening of the platform 1. Is adapted to convey to the corresponding one of the 11. The delivery mechanism 4 comprises a delivery unit 41 and a pushing unit 42.

The delivery unit 41 is adapted to deliver the aforementioned one of the instructions 7 housed in each receiving trough 32 to the upper surface 14 of the platform 1. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the delivery unit 41 includes a mounting frame 411, an axle rod 412, a pivot element 413, three suction elements 414, a drive. Unit 416, two cam bodies 415, and two coil springs 416 ′. The axle rod 412 is mounted to be fixed to the mounting frame 411 and positioned above the platform 1. The pivot element 413 is pivotally connected to the axle rod 412, which is disposed spaced apart from each other and pivotally connected to the axle rod 412. And an intermediate connecting rod 4132 slidably connecting the pivot bars 4131 to each other. The suction element 414, such as an adsorber, is mounted to the intermediate connecting rod 4132 and can be operated alternately between suction and non-suction states. The drive unit 416 is mounted on the mounting frame 411 to drive the pivot element 413 to rotate relative to the axle rod 412, whereby each suction element 414 is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, it is possible to move between the upper suction position adjacent to the manual receiving unit 3 and the lower release position adjacent to the upper surface 14 of the platform 1, as shown in FIG. 5. Each suction element 414 is switched from the non-suction state to the suction state when placed in the suction position, and thus the receiving trough () in the trough forming sheet 31 of the manual receiving unit 3 is thus replaced. One of the instructions 7 contained in the corresponding one of the 32) is thereby adsorbed. On the contrary, when each suction element 414 is placed in the release position (each suction element 414) is switched from the suction state to the non-suction state, so that one of the instructions 7 It is released from this and released and placed on the upper surface 14 of the platform 1. The two cam bodies 415 are connected to the sleeve so as to be spaced apart and fixed to the axle rod 412. Each cam body 415 has first and second protruding corner portions 4141 and 4152 and the first and second protruding corner portions 4141 and 4152 spaced apart from each other, as shown in FIG. 2. ) Has a bent cam surface 4503 positioned between. The intermediate connecting rod 4132 of the pivot element 413 is the first of the cam bodies 415 to move each suction element 414 to the suction position, as shown in FIG. 4. Pushed by protruding edge portions 4141 to move towards the manual receiving unit 3, as shown in FIG. 5, to move each suction element 414 to the release position. It is pushed by the second protruding corner portions 4252 of the cam bodies 415 to move towards the upper surface 14 of the platform 1. The coil springs 416 'are sleeved to the pivot rods 4131 of the pivot element 413, respectively. This allows the intermediate connecting rod 4132 of the pivot element 413 to be moved as each suction element 414 is moved between the suction position and the release position, as shown in FIG. 2. Is biased to be movable in contact with the cam surface 4415 of the cam bodies 415.

The pushing unit 42 pushes each one of the instructions 7 delivered by the transfer unit 41 to the upper surface 14 of the platform 1 to the front, each in a horizontal direction (X). Is adapted to move into the openings 11 in the platform 1. 6 and 7, the pushing unit 42 includes a rail unit 421, a sliding seat 422, three extended pushing rods 423 and a hydraulic cylinder 424. It includes. The rail unit 421 extends in the horizontal direction X and is located adjacent to the rear end 13 of the platform 1. The sliding seat 422 is slidably mounted on the rail unit 421. Each push rod 423 has a connecting end 4231, which is connected to the sliding seat 422, and a pushing end 4232, which is opposite to the connecting end 4231 in the horizontal direction X. . The hydraulic cylinder 424 drives the sliding seat 422 such that the pushing end 4232 of each pushing rod 423, as shown in FIG. 2, has the upper surface 14 of the platform 1. A first position, which is a position positioned adjacent to the rear end 13 of the platform 1, and the pushing end 4232 of each pushing rod 423, as shown in FIG. To move between a second position, a position which is located adjacent to a corresponding one of the openings 11 in the platform 1. The above described ones of the instructions 7 which are conveyed by the transfer unit 41 to the upper surface 14 of the platform 1 are such that the sliding seat 422 is connected to the hydraulic cylinder 424. Driven by and moved from the first position to the second position, each of which is pushed by the pushing ends 4232 of the pushing rods 423 so that the openings in the platform 1 ( 11) You move inside. It is also noted that the above described ones of the instructions 7 are each retained in the openings 11 in the platform 1 due to the presence of the stop elements 2.

As shown in FIG. 10, the container transfer unit 61 is positioned below the platform 1 and adjacent to the front end 12 of the platform 1, and of the platform 1. With a laterally formed inlet end 611 and outlet end 612, it is adapted to transfer a number of containers 8 from the inlet end 611 to the outlet end 612. When each of the above described ones of the instructions 7 are respectively retained in the openings 11 in the platform 1, as shown in FIG. 8, the container transfer unit 61 is The containers 8 to be conveyed thereby can be operated to be aligned with the openings 11 in the platform 1, respectively.

As shown in FIG. 10, the adhesive spray unit 9 is on top of the vessel transfer unit 61 and between the platform 1 and the retracted end 611 of the vessel transfer unit 16. It is adapted to spray the adhesive onto the top 81 of each container 8 that is positioned and conveyed by the container transfer unit 61.

With further reference to FIGS. 7 to 10, the attachment unit 5 is located above the platform 1. In this embodiment, the attachment unit 5 comprises a guide rod unit, a sliding seat 52, a hydraulic cylinder, three compression rods 57 and three suction elements 58. The guide rod unit in this embodiment comprises two guide rods 51 and is positioned perpendicular to the top of the upper surface 14 of the platform 1. The sliding seat 52 is slidably sleeved on the guide rods 51 of the guide rod unit. The compression rods 57 are mounted spaced apart on the bottom surface of the sliding seat 52. The hydraulic cylinder 53 has a movable piston rod 531 connected to the sliding seat 52 and drives the sliding seat 52 to move downwardly toward the platform 1. The suction elements 58, such as the inhaler, are each mounted at the bottom end of the compression rods 57.

While being operated, the attachment unit 5 drives the compression rods 57 to move downward so that the instructions 7 are respectively retained in the openings 11 in the platform 1. Each one of the above-described ones of) is sucked by the suction element 58, as shown in FIG. 9, and drives the assembly of the push rods 57 to drive the suction elements 58. The above-described ones of the instructions 7 respectively sucked by s move downward so that the stop elements 2 in each opening 11 are sucked by the suction elements 58. In response to the pushing by the corresponding one of the above described ones of the instructions 7 and moving away from each other, whereby the assembly of the pushing rods 57 And the above described one of the instructions 7 respectively adsorbed by the suction elements 58 is allowed to pass through the opening 11 in the platform 1, and also the suction element The above-described ones of the instructions 7 respectively adsorbed by the spools 58 are upper ends of the vessels 8 transported by the vessel transfer unit 61, as shown in FIG. 10. It can be operated to be attached to each of the fields (81). As a result, the above described ones of the instructions 7 respectively adsorbed by the suction elements 58 are conveyed by the container transfer unit 61 by the adhesive 91. Attached to the upper ends 81 of 8). Accordingly, the containers 8 to which the above described ones of the instructions 7 are attached can be obtained at the discharge end 612 of the container transfer unit 61. In addition, the attachment unit 5 further comprises a bias element to bias the sliding seat 52 to move upward from the platform 1. In this embodiment, the bias element comprises two coil springs 54 each sleeved to the guide rods 51 of the guide rod unit, as best seen in FIG. 8.

The device for attaching the manual is provided when the above described ones of the manuals 7 are respectively attached to the upper ends 81 of the containers 8 transported by the container transfer unit 61. It further comprises a positioning unit 62 which is adapted to position the vessels 8 transported by the vessel transfer unit 61. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8, the positioning unit 62 is pivotally positioned adjacent to the front end 12 of the platform 1, and on the container transfer unit 61. And a screw rod 620 having a helical groove 621 adapted to movably engage the containers 8 transported by it.

The present invention described above is not limited to the above-described detailed description, examples, and drawings, and various modifications are made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention described in the claims below. And modifications are also included within the scope of the invention.

1 is a perspective view showing a container with a label and instructions attached thereto;

Figure 2 is a partial schematic cross-sectional view showing a preferred embodiment excluding the adhesive spray unit in the manual applying apparatus according to the present invention.

3 is a perspective view showing the platform, the manual receiving unit and the delivery mechanism of the preferred embodiment.

4 is a partial schematic cross-sectional view showing the preferred embodiment excluding the adhesive spray unit when the suction element of the delivery mechanism is in the suction position.

FIG. 5 is a partial schematic cross-sectional view showing the preferred embodiment except for the adhesive spray unit when the suction element of the delivery mechanism is in the release position.

6 is a perspective view showing the pushing element of the delivery mechanism of the preferred embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a partial schematic cross-sectional view showing the preferred embodiment except for the adhesive spray unit when one manual is pushed into the opening in the platform by the pushing unit of the delivery mechanism.

Fig. 8 is a perspective view showing the attachment unit and the placement unit of the above preferred embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a partial schematic cross-sectional view showing the preferred embodiment except for the adhesive spray unit when the instruction manual in the opening is adsorbed by one suction element of the attachment unit.

     10 shows the preferred implementation except for the manual receiving unit and the delivery mechanism when three manuals, each of which is respectively adsorbed by the new suction elements of the attachment unit, are each attached to each top of the three containers. A schematic front view diagram showing an example.

Claims (10)

Having front and rear ends 12, 13, upper and lower surfaces 14, 15, and openings 11 extending from the upper surface 14 to the lower surface 15 and positioned adjacent to the front end 12. Platform (1); A guidance receiving unit (3) located above the platform (1) adjacent the rear end (13) of the platform (1) and adapted to receive at least one row of instructions (7); A delivery mechanism (4) adapted to deliver one of the instructions (7) received in the instructions receiving unit (3) to the opening (11) of the platform (1); Positioned pivotally in the opening 11 and spaced apart from each other to form a gap 20 between each other that is less than the width of the instructions 7, so that one of the instructions 7 An opposite stop element (2) for retaining in said opening (11) of (1); Adjacent to the front end 12 of the platform 1, positioned below the platform 1, and having oppositely formed inlet and outlet ends 611, 612 formed laterally of the platform 1. Is adapted to convey the container 8 from the inlet end 611 to the outlet end 612 so that one of the instructions 7 is retained in the opening 11 in the platform 1, A motor drive container transfer unit (61), which can be operated so that the container (8) to be conveyed is aligned with the opening (11) in the platform (1); Located above the vessel transfer unit 61 and between the platform 1 and the inlet end 611 of the vessel transfer unit 61, the vessel being transported by the vessel transfer unit 61; An adhesive spray unit 9 adapted to spray the adhesive 91 to the upper end 81 of the container 8; And, A squeezing rod 57 located at the top of the platform 1 and movable relative to the platform 1 and mounted at the lower end of the squeezing rod 57 As the attachment unit 5 comprising, one of the instructions 7 retained in the opening 11 in the platform 1 is driven by driving the pressing rod 57 to move downwards so that the attachment unit ( The instructions 7 to be adsorbed by the suction element 58 of 5) and to drive the assembly of the compression rod 57 to be adsorbed by the suction element 58 of the attachment unit 5 (7). ) Is moved downwards in response to the pressing by one of the instructions (7) where the stop elements (2) are adsorbed by the suction element (58) of the attachment unit (5). These away from each other And one of the instructions 7 which are rotated to move, thereby being sucked by the assembly of the compression rod 57 and the suction element 58 of the attachment unit 5. It is allowed to pass through through the opening 11, so that one of the instructions 7 which is adsorbed by the suction element 58 of the attachment unit 5 is connected to the container transfer unit 61. An attachment unit 5 which can be operated to be attached on the upper end 81 of the container 8 to be conveyed by One of the instructions 7 which is adsorbed by the suction element 58 of the attachment unit 5 is the container 8 which is conveyed by the container transfer unit 61 by the adhesive 91. The apparatus for attaching a manual, characterized in that being fixed to the upper end (81) of. The method of claim 1, The apparatus for attaching instructions, further comprising a biasing element (21) for biasing the stop elements (2) towards each other. The method of claim 1, The delivery mechanism 4 A delivery unit (41) adapted to deliver one of the instructions (7) received in the instructions receiving unit (3) to the upper surface (14) of the platform (1); And, To the upper surface 14 of the platform 1, one of the instructions 7 to be delivered by the delivery unit 41 is pushed to the front and moved in the horizontal direction X in the platform 1. And a pushing unit (42) adapted to move into said openings (11). The method of claim 3, wherein The pushing unit 42 of the delivery mechanism 4 A rail unit (421) extending in the horizontal direction (X) and positioned adjacent to the rear end (13) of the platform (1); A sliding seat 422 slidably mounted on the rail unit 421; An extended pushing bar (423) having a connecting end (4231) connected to the sliding seat (422) and a pushing end (4232) opposite to the connecting end (4231) in the horizontal direction (X); And, By driving the sliding seat 422, the pushing end 4232 of the pushing rod 423 is positioned on the upper surface 14 of the platform 1 while the rear end 13 of the platform 1 is located. Between a first position, which is a position located adjacent to and a second position, wherein the pushing end 4232 of the pushing rod 423 is positioned adjacent to the opening 11 in the platform 1. A hydraulic cylinder 424 for moving the  One of the instructions 7 delivered by the transfer unit 41 to the upper surface 14 of the platform 1 is that the sliding seat 422 is driven by the hydraulic cylinder 424 so that the When moved from the first position to the second position, it is pushed by the pushing ends 4232 of the pushing rod 423 to move into the opening 11 in the platform 1. Equipment for manual attachment. The method of claim 3, wherein The delivery unit 4 of the delivery mechanism 4 An axle rod (412) positioned on top of the platform (1); A pivot element 413 pivotally connected to the axle rod 412; A suction element 414 mounted to the pivot element 413 and operated alternately between a suction state and a non-suction state; And, The pivot element 413 is driven to rotate relative to the axle rod 412 such that the suction element 414 of the transfer unit 41 is connected to the upper suction position and the platform adjacent to the manual receiving unit 3. A drive unit 416 that allows movement between the lower release positions adjacent to the upper surface 14 of 1), When the suction element 414 of the delivery unit 41 is placed in the suction position, the suction element 414 of the delivery unit 41 is switched from the non-suction state to the suction state, thereby When one of the instructions 7 housed in the instructions receiving unit 3 is thus sucked up and the suction element 414 of the delivery unit 41 is placed in the release position, the suction A transition from a state to a non-suction state, whereby one of the instructions (7) is released therefrom to be released and placed on the upper surface (14) of the platform (1). The method of claim 5, The pivot element 413 of the transfer unit 41 is pivotally connected to the axle rod 412 and is arranged with two pivot bars 4131 spaced apart from each other, and the pivot bars ( An intermediate connecting rod 4132, which slidably connects 4131 to each other and on which the suction element 414 is mounted, The delivery unit 41 Two cam bodies 415 spaced apart and fixedly connected to the axle rod 412, each of the first and second protruding corner portions spaced apart from one another. The intermediate connecting rod 4132 of the pivot element 413 with a bent cam surface 4503 positioned between the fields 4141 and 4152 and the first and second protruding corner portions 4141 and 4152. Is pushed by the first protruding corner portions 4141 of the cam bodies 415 to move the suction element 414 of the transfer unit 41 to the suction position. By the second protruding corner portions 4252 of the cam bodies 415 to move toward) and to move the suction element 414 of the transfer unit 41 to the release position. Becomes two cam body to move toward the upper surface 14 side of the platform (1) 415; And, When the suction element 414 of the transfer unit 41 is moved between the suction position and the release positions, the intermediate connecting rod 4132 is connected to the cam surface 4503 of the cam bodies 415. And a coil spring (416 ') each sleeved to said pivot bars (4131) to be biased to be movable in contact with said pivot rods (4131). The method of claim 1, The attachment unit 5 is A guide rod unit (51) positioned perpendicularly to an upper portion of the upper surface (14) of the platform (1); A sliding seat (52) slidably sleeved to the guide bar unit (51), and the compression rods (57) mounted on a bottom surface; And,  The sliding seat 52 is driven to move downward toward the platform 1, so that the pressing rod 57 passes through the opening 11 in the platform 1 to the container transfer unit 61. And a hydraulic cylinder (53) to be moved downwardly towards the container (8) to be conveyed by the apparatus. The method of claim 7, wherein The attachment unit (5) further comprises a biasing element (54) for biasing the sliding seat (52) upwards from the platform (1). The method of claim 1, One of the instructions 7 adsorbed by the suction element 58 of the attachment unit 5 attaches to the upper end 81 of the vessel 8 transported by the vessel transfer unit 61. And a positioning unit (62) adapted to designate the positions of the containers (8) conveyed by the container conveying unit (61) when being made. The method of claim 9, The positioning unit 62 is pivotally positioned adjacent to the front end 12 of the platform 1 and movably engages the container 8 transported by the container transfer unit 61. And a screw rod (620) having a spiral trough (621) which is adapted for use.

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