KR20110048629A - System for automatically sticking a label on the tread of a tire - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A label attaching device for a tire tread is provided to prevent labels from being separated from a tire tread since a flat label is strongly attached on the tire tread. CONSTITUTION: A label attaching device for a tire tread comprises a transfer conveyor(10), a tilt conveyor(20), a belt conveyor(30), a brush unit(40), and an air cleaner(50). The transfer conveyor transports tires in which labels are not attached. The tilt conveyor aligns the tire(80) to one side of the conveyor. The belt conveyor attaches labels on the tire during the transfer of the tires in which the labels are not attached. The brush unit is installed on one side of the tilt conveyor when the tires in which labels are not attached are aligned on one side of the tilt conveyor. The air cleaner is installed on one side of the tilt conveyor in order to remove moisture from the tread of the tire. The label feeder is installed on one side of the belt conveyor to attach labels on the tread of the tire. The friction roller unit is installed on one side of the belt conveyor to strongly attach the labels on the tread.

Description

Labeling device for tire treads {System for automatically sticking a label on the tread of a tire}

The present invention relates to a label applying apparatus, and more particularly, to provide tire-related information such as specifications / patterns / precautions and labels printed with barcodes for logistics management, by automatically supplying them to the treads of tires one by one to be firmly attached. The present invention relates to a labeling device for tire treads.

Regarding attaching a tire-related information and a bar code printed label for logistics management to a tread of a tire, it is still in the form of a manual work that a field worker directly attaches to a tread surface.

When attaching a flat label to a curved tread, the edge portion of the label may not be properly attached to the tread, depending on the skill of the operator, the degree of fatigue, or the worker's attention. In this case, when the tire is transferred by a container or other transfer means, a problem arises in that the label is separated from the tire due to heat, pressure, inflow (intervention) of contaminants, or the like.

On the other hand, in relation to labeling, Patent Publication No. 1999-0069719 (Automatic Labeling Device for Tire, Hanwoon) discloses an automatic labeling device capable of attaching a label to a bead portion of a tire one by one. However, the automatic label applying device for tires disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1999-0069719 has a disadvantage that the process time is long because the label is attached to the bead portion of the tire while the tire is temporarily stopped by the tire stop means. There is this. In addition, since the label is applied as it is without cleaning the surface of the bead, there is a disadvantage in that the label is easily separated from the surface of the bead to which a lot of dust, grease, etc. are stuck. In addition, there is a disadvantage in that it is visually unclean because the foreign matter adheres well to the back and the surroundings of the label to which the adhesive is applied.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a labeling device for a tire tread which has automated a labeling operation on a tire tread, which has been made by hand.

In addition, the present invention provides a labeling device for a tire tread so that the flat label is firmly attached to the curved tire tread, so that the label does not fall off from the tire tread during handling, such as transportation or storage of the tire. There is a purpose.

It is also an object of the present invention to provide a label treading device for a tire tread, in which the attachment of a label to an unlabeled tire can be performed without stopping the tire, i.e., during transportation of the tire.

The labeling device for tire treads of the present invention, which can solve the above problems, includes a conveying conveyor for carrying a label-free tire; A conveyor for carrying over unlabeled tires from a transport conveyor, the conveyor comprising: an inclined conveyor for aligning unlabeled tires to one side of the conveyor during transport of unlabeled tires; A belt conveyor which receives the unlabeled tires from the inclined conveyor and carries the unlabeled tires, wherein the attaching of the labels to the unlabeled tires is carried out during the transport of the unlabeled tires; A foreign matter removal brush unit installed on one side of the inclined conveyor so that foreign matters on the tread of the non-labeled tire are removed by the brush when the unlabeled tire is aligned with one side of the inclined conveyor; An air cleaner installed on one side of the inclined conveyor behind the brush unit to remove moisture from the tread of the unlabeled tire from which the foreign matter is removed by the brush unit; A label feeder installed on one side of the belt conveyor so that the label is attached to the tread of the unlabeled tire which is passed with the foreign matter and moisture removed by the brush unit and the air cleaner; And a friction roller unit installed at one side of the belt conveyor behind the label feeder so that the label is more firmly attached to the tread of the label temporary tire. Characterized in that configured to include.

Here, the label feeder moves the label supply unit to separate the labels from the label supply rolls one by one, and horizontally toward the tread side of the non-labeled tire while absorbing one label supplied from the label supply unit. And a moving means for horizontally moving the label adsorption portion between the label adsorption portion temporarily attaching the label to the tread and the adsorption position of the label from the label supply portion to the label unattached tire.

In addition, the label supply roll may have a form in which a plurality of blank labels are arranged at regular intervals, and in this case, the printing portion for printing on the surface of the blank label before the blank label is separated from the label supply roll is provided in the label supply portion. It is further included in.

According to the labeling device for tire treads of the present invention configured as described above, the labeling operation conventionally performed by hand can be automated or unattended.

In addition, according to the present invention, the label is attached to the tread of the unlabeled tire while the unlabeled tire taken out from the automatic storage warehouse is carried on the conveyor, the process time of the labeling operation can be shortened than before.

Further, according to the present invention, since the label is attached after the tread of the unlabeled tire is cleaned with the brush unit and the air cleaner, the label can be firmly attached to the tread of the unlabeled tire.

In addition, according to the present invention, since the label attached to the tire tread is rubbed with a friction roller unit, the label can be more firmly attached.

In addition, according to the present invention, since the label is always supplied to the same position by the label feeder, the label may be attached to a predetermined position of the tire tread regardless of the operator's skill level or attention, or even without the operator. have.

Hereinafter, with reference to the drawings, a tire tread labeling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. Here, the embodiments to be described later are presented to only easily understand the technical spirit of the present invention, the scope of the present invention is not limited to the embodiments.

In addition, throughout this specification, tires before the label is referred to as "unlabeled tires" or "tires" and tires after the labeling are referred to as "label temporary tires".

First, with reference to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 attached shows a plan view of the tire tread labeling device according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a side view of the tire tread labeling device shown in FIG. It is shown. In addition, Figure 3 shows a vertical cross-sectional view of the brush unit according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 4 and Figure 5 shows a schematic configuration of the label feeder and friction roller unit according to an embodiment of the present invention, respectively. .

As can be seen from these figures, in the labeling device for tire tread according to the present embodiment, the unlabeled tire 80 taken out of the automatic storage warehouse not shown is the inclined conveyor 20 in the transfer conveyor 10. Furnace, which is transferred continuously from the inclined conveyor 20 to the belt conveyor 30 and is continuously transported without stopping once, and during this transfer, the labels 90 fed one by one from the label feeder 60 are always in the same position. Is automatically attached to the tread of the unlabeled tire 80 at, in particular, by cleaning the surface of the tread with the brush unit 40 and the air cleaner 50, and then attach the label 90 and the tread Adhesion between them is improved, and the label 90 is more firmly attached to the surface of the tread by rubbing the label 90 with the friction roller unit 70 immediately after the label 90 is attached. The.

Looking at each of the components of the labeling device for a tire tread according to the present embodiment in more detail as follows.

First, the conveying conveyor 10 is a conveyor in which the unlabeled tire 80 drawn out from an automatic storage warehouse (not shown) is first loaded by a field worker or by a pickup device (robot) (not shown). For the examples, roller conveyors were used.

Next, the inclined conveyor 20 which is adjacent to the end of the conveyance conveyor 10 from which the unlabeled tire 80 exits receives the unlabeled tire 80 from the conveyer 10 and the belt conveyor 30. As a roller conveyor to be transported toward), one side of the roller conveyor sags below the other side in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the unlabeled tire 80 is transferred, that is, in the width direction of the roller conveyor. For this reason, the unlabeled tire 80 slides to one side of the inclined conveyor 20 during transportation, and is aligned.

Next, the belt conveyor 30 adjacent to the end of the inclined conveyor 20 from which the unlabeled tire 80 exits is a conveyor on which the label 90 is attached to the unlabeled tire 80. In this embodiment, when the label 90 is attached to the tread of the unlabeled tire 80 by the label feeder 60, a belt conveyor is used so that the unlabeled tire 80 is not pushed back. Therefore, if a large friction force can be generated between the unlabeled tire, the type of conveyor, the belt material, the surface shape of the belt, and the like can be changed.

In addition, the roller conveyor having a shorter feeding distance is horizontally disposed between the inclined conveyor 20 and the belt conveyor 30 so that the unlabeled tire does not rattle when it passes from the inclined conveyor 20 to the belt conveyor 30. You can install more.

Next, on one side of the inclined conveyor 20 where the unlabeled tires 80 are aligned, foreign matters when the unlabeled tires 80 are stored in the warehouse in order to improve the adhesive force between the label 90 and the tread. A brush unit 40 and an air cleaner 50 for removing dust (such as dust) and moisture from the tread surface are provided. For example, after the unlabeled tire 80 passes through the brush unit 40, it is arranged to pass through the air cleaner 50.

The brush unit 40 is composed of a brush 42 for rotating in the direction opposite to the conveying direction of the unlabeled tire 80, and a drive motor 41 for rotating the brush 42.

In addition, the schematically illustrated air cleaner 50 is configured in the form of a nozzle capable of injecting high-temperature (about 50 ℃) dry air at a high pressure, which is a form commonly seen in industrial sites.

On the other hand, the label feeder 60 provided on one side of the belt conveyor 30 in order to attach the label 90 to the tread of the unlabeled tire 80 is a label supply roll 64 in which a plurality of blank labels are arranged. Label supply unit 61 for printing predetermined information from the label, that is, tire-related information and / or bar code for logistics management and the like, and separately supplying the labels 90 printed by the printing unit 65 one by one; The label adsorption unit adsorbs the labels 90 supplied from the label supply unit 61 one by one, and then horizontally moves to the tread side of the unlabeled tire 80 to temporarily attach the printed label 90 to the tread of the unattached tire. (62) and a moving means (63) for horizontally moving the label adsorption portion (62) between the label attachment position for the label unlabeled tire and the label adsorption position from the label supply portion (61).

Here, the label adsorption portion 62 and the moving means 63 is a matter that can be easily implemented by those skilled in the art from general matters related to the pneumatic cylinder mechanism and / or the pneumatic circuit, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Next, the friction roller unit 70 installed on one side of the belt conveyor 30 at a rear side of the label feeder 60 has the friction roller 71 such that the friction roller 71 is always in contact with the tread of the label temporary tire. The compression spring 73 in the elastically constructed rod 74 rotatably gripped by the front end side bracket, and an end portion of the rod 74 fixed by a hinge 75. By the compression spring 72 connected between one side of the rod and one side of the rod 74, the friction roller 71 is always pushed toward the tread. As a result, the label temporarily attached to the tread surface is tighter and tighter.

1 is a plan view of the tire tread label applying apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a side view of the labeling device for a tire tread shown in Figure 1;

3 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the brush unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a schematic configuration diagram of a label feeder according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a schematic configuration diagram of a friction roller unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Description of Symbols for Main Parts of Drawing]

10 ... transfer conveyor

20.tilt conveyor

30 ... belt conveyor

40 ... brushing unit

50 ... air cleaner

60 ... label feeder

70.rubbing roller unit

80 ... tire

90 ... label

Claims (3)

A conveying conveyor 10 for carrying unlabeled tires; A conveyor for transferring unlabeled tires from the conveyer 10, the inclination conveyor 20 for aligning unlabeled tires to one side of the conveyor during transport of the unlabeled tires; A belt conveyor 30 which receives the unlabeled tires from the inclined conveyor 20 and carries the unlabeled tires with the label 90 attached to the unlabeled tires during transportation of the unlabeled tires; The foreign matter removal brush unit 40 installed on one side of the inclined conveyor 20 so that foreign matter on the tread of the non-labeled tire is removed by a brush when the non-labeled tire is aligned with one side of the inclined conveyor 20. and; An air cleaner (50) installed on one side of the inclined conveyor (20) behind the brush unit (40) so that moisture is removed from the tread of the unlabeled tire from which the foreign matter is removed by the brush unit (40); A label installed on one side of the belt conveyor 30 so that the label 90 is attached to the tread of the unlabeled tire passed in the state in which foreign matter and moisture are removed by the brush unit 40 and the air cleaner 50. Feeder 60; And A friction roller unit (70) installed on one side of the belt conveyor (30) behind the label feeder (60) so that the label (90) temporarily attached to the tread of the unlabeled tire is more firmly attached to the tread; Labeling device for a tire tread, characterized in that configured to include. The method of claim 1, The label feeder 60, A label supply unit 61 which separates and supplies labels from the label supply roll 64 one by one, and A label adsorption portion 62 for horizontally moving toward the tread side of the non-labeled tire while adsorbing one label supplied from the label supply portion 61 to temporarily attach the label to the tread of the non-labeled tire; , Moving means (63) for horizontally moving the label adsorption portion (62) between an attachment position of the label to the unlabeled tire and an adsorption position of the label from the label supply portion (61), Labeling device for a tire tread, characterized in that configured to include. The method of claim 2, The label supply roll 64 is composed of a plurality of blank labels, The label supply unit 61 is a tire tread labeling apparatus, characterized in that the printing section 65 for printing on the surface of the blank label before separating the blank label from the label supply roll 64 is provided. .

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