JP2631042B2 - Upper fastener mounting device for slide fastener - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for mounting an upper stopper for a slide fastener in which an upper stopper is attached to a fastener chain.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional upper fastener of a slide fastener is made of metal, and as shown in, for example, Japanese Patent Publication No. 45-16624, the upper fastener in a separated state is lowered using a chute and supplied to a parts holder. Then, rotate the swing arm attached with the parts holder downward, insert the upper stopper into the upper end of the fastener element row of the supplied fastener chain, tighten it, and fix it. What was done was known.

[0003]

However, the conventional metal upper stopper does not match the slide fastener using the synthetic resin fastener element in terms of the hand, and has the same color as the fastener element. Even if the stopper is painted, it is easy to peel off by washing etc., and it is not easy to arrange and store by color because it is in a separate state, and it takes time and effort to change colors even with the upper stopper mounting device Was. Therefore, the present applicant has conducted intensive studies to solve the above-mentioned problems, and as a result, the coloring of the upper stopper is easy, the arrangement and storage are easy, and the color of the upper stopper is easily changed even in the upper stopper mounting device. Where possible, a synthetic resin upper fastener connecting band in which a number of upper fasteners are connected was invented and filed earlier (Japanese Patent Application No. Hei 2-11009).
No. 9), and an object of the present invention is to provide a mounting device for an upper stopper which can be easily supplied and mounted for the synthetic resin upper stopper connecting band, and can be easily changed in color. is there.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a reel stand for supporting a reel wound around a synthetic resin upper fastener connecting band for a slide fastener to which a number of upper fasteners are connected. And a supply table section which cuts and separates one upper stop from the leading portion of the fastener fastening band made of synthetic resin for fasteners drawn out from the reel, bends it, and transfers it to the component mounting section. An upper fastener mounting device for a slide fastener, comprising a component mounting portion for receiving a fastener and mounting the fastener on a fastener chain. Also,
A plurality of reels each having a different type of fastener synthetic resin upper fastener connecting band wound on the reel stand portion in parallel and supported and mounted thereon, and a type of fastener synthetic resin resin selected from a plurality of reels. 1 from the leading part of the upper fastener connecting band
It may be configured such that the upper stopper for each individual piece is guided to the supply table section. Furthermore, on the reel stand, a single reel with a synthetic resin upper fastener connecting band for fasteners is supported and mounted,
It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which one upper stopper is guided to the supply table from the leading portion of the fastener fastening band made of synthetic resin for a fastener wound on the reel.

[0005]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2 are a front view and a side view schematically showing a main part of a mounting device according to a first embodiment of the present invention, in which a large number of upper stoppers 2 shown in FIG. 15 using a synthetic resin upper fastener connecting band (hereinafter simply referred to as upper fastener connecting band) 1 for a slide fastener which is connected to each other by a connecting member 3 of FIG.
As shown in FIG. 7, the upper fastener 2 is attached to the upper end of the fastener element row 9 of the fastener tape 7.

[0006] The upper stopper connecting band 1 used in the mounting device of the present invention.
Is, as shown in FIG. 11, a number of upper stoppers 2 made of synthetic resin,
A flexible connecting member 3 such as a fiber yarn or a synthetic resin monofilament is used to connect the both sides thereof in series to make the supply and handling of the upper stopper 2 simple and easy. The upper stopper 2 is cut and separated from the line 10, and each upper stopper 2 has legs 5, which sandwich the edge of the fastener tape 7 from the front and back, on both sides around the bridge 4 having a cut in the center. 5 and 5, the legs 5, 5 have grooves 6, as shown in FIGS. 12 and 13.
6 are formed so as to fit into the core 8 of the fastener tape 7 and firmly clamp and fix as shown in FIG. FIGS. 13 and 14 illustrate a state in which the upper stopper 2 cut and separated from the upper stopper connecting band 1 is attached to the fastener tape 7, and the upper stopper 2 is separated from the center bridge portion 4 by two legs. The parts 5 and 5 are bent so that the grooves 6 and 6 are on the inner side, and the cores 8 provided on the edges of the fastener tape 7 are sandwiched between the grooves 6 and 6 from the front and back, and are sandwiched. Further, the ultrasonic oscillation horn 11 and the anvil 12 pressurize and heat and weld and attach the upper end of the fastener element row 9 as shown in FIG.

Next, a description will be given of a mounting device for the upper stopper. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the mounting device comprises a reel stand section 20, a supply table section 30, and a component mounting section 40. The reel stand section 20 includes the upper stopper connecting band 1
The two stocker holders 22 connected by the horizontal piece 21 so as to supply the upper stoppers 2 attached to the two fastener element rows 9 of the fastener chain 14 at the point where the reel 13 on which the , 22 are arranged, and these two stocker holders 22, 22,
Stocker 23 supporting reel 13 as shown in FIG.
Is configured to be removably mountable. As shown in FIG. 3, the stocker 23 has a reel bracket 24 attached to the tip end thereof, and the reel 1
The shaft portion 25 of the third embodiment is detachably fitted and supported in a cantilevered state and mounted. On the opposite side, a hook-shaped hooking piece 26 is provided. As shown in FIG. The ball check 29, which is hooked from above onto a groove 29 formed on the upper surface of the stocker holder 22 and is urged by a compression spring provided inside the hooking piece 26, is moved into the
2, and is stably held by fitting into a concave portion 29a provided on the side surface of the second. The lower half of the stocker 23 is formed in a hollow shape, and the upper stopper connecting band 1 drawn from the reel 13 is inserted therethrough, and the upper stopper of the leading portion of the upper stopper connecting band 1 is opened from its lower open end. Is sent to one. The stocker holders 22, 22 on which the stockers 23 are mounted are slidably fitted to guide rods 27, 27, respectively, and reciprocate the piston rods 28 connected to the horizontal pieces 21 by air cylinders (not shown). By moving the stocker 23 back and forth along the guide rod 27, the lower open ends of the stockers 23 supported as a pair of right and left are respectively positioned at positions corresponding to pockets 32, 32 of the supply tables 31, 31, which will be described later. The upper stopper 2 is supplied by moving it. When attaching the upper stopper of the same color to the fastener chain 14, the upper stopper 2 may be supplied by mounting the reels 13 and 13 as a pair of left and right, but the fastener chains 14 of different colors are provided.
Is continuously fed, and when the upper stopper of the color corresponding to this is to be attached, the stocker holder 22 is moved by operating the piston rod 28, and the upper stopper connecting band 1 of the desired color is wound. The stockers 23, 23 of the reel 13 are arranged at the corresponding positions of the pockets 32, 32 of the supply tables 31, 31, so that the upper stopper of a desired color tone can be supplied. In FIG. 2, four sets of reels can be mounted, but the stocker holder 22 can be easily changed so that a desired number of sets of reels can be mounted. Further, in FIG. 1, the space between the two stocker holders 22 is wide so that the slider chute 45 can be arranged as shown by a two-dot chain line. May be close to the two stocker holders 22,22.

Next, the supply table section 30 will be described. The supply table section 30 takes out one upper stopper 2 from the lower open end of the stocker 23 that supports the reel 13, The table 31 is supplied to the swing holder 41, and two tables 31 are symmetrically arranged on the left and right sides of the upper stopper holder 42 (and the slider holder 43) provided at the end of the component swing holder 41 at the center. And two rows of fastener elements 9,
9 have the same structure for mounting the upper stoppers 2 and 2 respectively. Therefore, the structure of one table 31 will be described below. The table 31 is provided with a pocket 32 for accommodating one upper stopper 2 at a position corresponding to the lower open end of the stocker 23 at the end in FIG. 2, as shown in FIGS. Table 31
A groove 36 communicating with the pocket 32 is formed in a longitudinal direction of the upper stopper 2, and the upper stopper pressing rod 37 for pushing the upper stopper 2 stored in the pocket 32 into the upper stopper storing section 44 of the upper stopper holder 42. Are fitted so as to be able to reciprocate. 4 and 5 show a state in which the upper stopper 2 of the leading portion of the upper stopper connecting band 1 is fed into the pocket 32 of the table 31 from the lower open end of the stocker 23. A feed claw 33 is disposed on one side of the lower part of the loaded stocker 23, and the feed claw 33 moves forward as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. Then, as shown in FIG. 5, the lower stopper 2 is pushed down into the pocket 32 of the table 31 to push the upper stopper 2 of the leading portion, and then retracted. On the opposite side of the lower part of the stocker 23 is a cutter 3 operated by a piston rod 35.
4, the piston rod 35 is actuated by an air cylinder (not shown) to advance the cutter 34 so that the upper stopper of the leading portion and the upper stopper of the next position are moved as shown in FIG. The connecting member 3 is cut, and the upper stopper of the leading portion is separated. Then, it retracts to its original position. Thus, the table 31
The upper stopper 2 delivered into the pocket 32 of FIG. 6 is advanced by the operation of an air cylinder (not shown) when the upper stopper pushing rod 37 fitted in the groove 36 is advanced, as shown in FIG. 6 is guided by the tapered guide walls 38, 38 following the pocket 32 by abutting against the center bridge portion 4 of the upper stopper and pushing the upper stopper 2 to the left. The upper stopper 2 is bent from the central bridge portion 4 as described above, and the upper stopper pressing rod 37 is further advanced, so that the upper stopper 2 bent as shown in FIG. It is sent into the upper stopper storage part 44. The upper stopper pushing rod 37 is configured to retreat and wait at the original position shown by the solid line in FIG.

Further, the component mounting portion 40 transfers the upper stopper 2 transferred by the upper stopper pressing rod 37 and stored in the upper stopper storing portion 44 to the fastener element row 9 of the fastener chain 14 which has been fed. It is attached to the upper end and is constituted by a component swing holder 41 that swings between the two tables 31 and the lower fastener chain 14. This part swing holder 41 is
This is almost the same as the conventional component swing holder, and two tip stopper holders 42 and 42 and one slider holder 43 are provided at the tip end thereof. The two upper stopper holders 42, 42 are located between the two tables 31, 31 for receiving the respective upper stoppers 2, 2 when swinging upward. Tool push rods 37, 37
The upper stoppers 2, 2 transported by the upper stopper 2 are pressed into the upper stopper storage portion 44 of the upper stopper holder 42 to be held. The upper stopper holder 42 holding the upper stopper 2 swings downward as indicated by the two-dot chain line of the component swing holder 41, and the two fastener elements of the fastener chain 14 that have been fed. The upper stopper 2 is attached to the upper end of the row 9, and the upper stopper 2 made of synthetic resin is pressurized and heated by the ultrasonic horn 11 rising from below and the anvil 12 from above, as shown in FIG. 14. It is attached by welding to the core 8 of the fastener tape 7. The component swing holder 41, which has been mounted, swings upward again and stands by at the next upper stopper supply position between the tables 31,31.

It is to be noted that the upper stopper mounting device of the present invention is not limited to the exclusive mounting device for the upper stopper, and also includes a reel stand 20-2 shown in FIG.
A slider chute 45 is attached between the stocker holders 22 and 22, as indicated by a two-dot chain line, and the slider 1 is attached to the slider holder 43 of the component swing holder 41.
5 is supplied, and the slider 15 can be attached to the fastener chain 14 simultaneously with the upper stopper.

FIGS. 8, 9 and 10 show a second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 schematically shows a main part of the mounting device of the embodiment,
In the mounting device of the embodiment, a plurality of reels 13 each of which is wound around the upper stopper connecting band 1 having a different type, for example, a different color tone, are mounted in parallel on the reel stand portion 20 of the first embodiment. Out of the plurality of reels 13, the one corresponding to the color tone of the fastener chain 14 on which the upper stopper 2 is to be mounted is selected, and is supplied to one of the upper stopper connecting bands 1 wound on the selected reel 13. 8 and 9, a single reel 13a is attached to a reel stand 20a as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9.
And a reel 13a on which the desired upper stopper connecting band 1 is wound is supported and mounted thereon, and one upper stopper is supplied from this, and one side of the fastener chain is provided. The size of the device is reduced so that a retailer or a sewing company can easily and easily attach the upper stopper. The upper stopper 2 is supplied to the table 31 one by one from the single reel 13a through the hollow stocker 23a, and is bent to accommodate one upper stopper, and is configured to house one upper stopper. The ultrasonic horn, which was delivered to 41a and pivoted downward as shown in FIG. 10, was rotated 180 degrees in a horizontal plane for easy attachment, and was manually attached to one of the stringers from the front, and was elevated from below. The upper stopper 2 made of a synthetic resin is pressurized and heated by the 11a and the anvil 12a from above, and is welded to the core 8 of the fastener tape 7 to be easily attached.

[0012]

Since the present invention has the above-described structure,
Since a complicated feeding device such as a conventional parts feeder is not required, and only the reel on which the upper stopper connecting band is wound is supported and mounted, the device itself becomes compact and failures are reduced, and The mounting operation becomes very easy. Then, a plurality of reels each of which is wound with a different type and color tone of the upper fastener connecting band are supported and mounted on a reel stand, and an upper fastener corresponding to a fastener chain to be mounted is selected and supplied, thereby providing a color. The replacement work becomes very simple, and it is the most suitable equipment especially for the production of many kinds of small lots. Also, if a single type of upper stopper connecting band is wound around the reel stand, the device can be miniaturized,
Retailers and garmenters have many excellent effects such as being able to easily and easily attach the upper stopper to the fastener chain.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view schematically showing a main part of a mounting device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the attachment device.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a stocker.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which an upper stopper is supplied to a table from an upper stopper connection band.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing a state in which the upper stopper supplied to the table is cut.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing a state in which the cut and separated upper stopper is bent and transferred.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing a state in which the bent upper stopper is transferred and stored in an upper stopper holder.

FIG. 8 is a front view schematically showing a main part of a mounting device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a side view of the attachment device.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory view of the attachment device.

FIG. 11 is a plan view of an upper stopper connecting band used in the mounting device of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 11;

FIG. 13 is a sectional view showing a state before the upper stopper is bent and clamped.

FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view of a state where the upper stopper is clamped and fixed.

FIG. 15 is a perspective view showing a state in which an upper stopper is attached to a fastener tape.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Upper stopper connection band 2 Upper stopper 13, 13a Reel 14 Fastener chain 20, 20a Reel stand part 23, 23a Stocker 30 Supply table part 31 Table 34 Cutter 40 Component mounting part 41, 41a Part swing holder 42, 42a Stopper holder

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A reel stand for supporting a reel wound with a synthetic resin upper fastener connecting band to which a number of upper fasteners are connected, and a synthetic resin upper fastener for a slide fastener pulled out from the reel. A supply table section that cuts and separates one upper stopper from the leading portion of the connecting band, bends and transfers the upper stopper to a component mounting section, and a component mounting section that receives the transferred upper stopper and attaches it to a fastener chain. An upper stopper mounting device for a slide fastener, comprising: 2. A plurality of reels each having a different type of fastener fastening band made of synthetic resin for fasteners wound around the reel stand portion in parallel, and a plurality of reels are mounted on the reel stand. 2. The upper fastener attachment for a slide fastener according to claim 1, wherein one upper stopper is guided from the leading portion of the synthetic resin upper fastener connecting band for the fastener to the supply table portion. apparatus. 3. A single reel having a synthetic resin upper fastener connecting band for a fastener wound thereon is mounted on the reel stand portion, and the synthetic resin upper fastener connecting band for the fastener wound on the reel is mounted on the reel. The upper fastener attaching device for a slide fastener according to claim 1, wherein one upper stopper is guided from the leading portion to the supply table portion.