JP2832888B2 - Guide width adjustment device for multi-row work guide - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a multi-row work guide for aligning a plurality of workpieces to be processed in a multi-row, and more particularly, to a guide width for adjusting the width of the work guide. To an adjusting device.

[Conventional technology]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, an automatic machine tool such as a broaching machine includes a multi-row work guide for arranging works in multiple rows in order to arrange a plurality of works to be processed at a predetermined pitch.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of an essential part showing a conventional multi-row work guide 1. FIG.

The multi-row work guide 1 has a pair of guide plates 2 facing each other in one row. The guide plates 2 are provided in a substantially L-shaped metal fitting 3 and a long hole 3 a formed in the metal fitting 3. A plurality of guide width adjusting devices 5 including bolts 4 to be inserted
The positioning support is carried on the arrangement plate 6 by the

According to such a multi-row work guide 1, for example, cylindrical works 7 having a small diameter, which are conveyed from the left side of the drawing, are aligned in a multi-row by the guide plates 2 of the multi-row work guide 1, and furthermore, arranged. It is conveyed to the right side of the drawing by a conveying device (not shown) arranged below the plate 6.

Each work 7 guided by each guide plate 2 in the right direction of the drawing is disposed at the right end of the array plate 6 and at a portion corresponding to the central axis P of the width W of each guide plate 2. By means of a positioning device (not shown), the workpieces are arranged at a predetermined pitch in the row direction with respect to the columns in the future.

On the other hand, when the shape of the workpiece to be processed to be arranged is large, the bolts constituting the plurality of guide width adjusting devices 5 are loosened as shown in FIG. the guide plate 2 is moved in the direction of the arrow (vertical direction in the drawing), while the width W ^- set a larger (W ^- <W), the arrangement across the workpiece 8 larger for example cylindrical diameter in each column I was trying to align them.

The position of the center axis P between the guide plates 2 for post-processing such as the work positioning described above (FIGS. 5 and 6)
It is needless to say that even after each guide width is adjusted, its position must not be changed. Therefore, when adjusting the guide width, the position of the central axis P does not change before and after the adjustment. It is necessary to adjust the guide width carefully.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

By the way, according to the conventional guide width adjusting device 5 described above, when changing the width between the guide plates 2 in each row, all bolts of the plurality of guide width adjusting devices 5 are loosened to remove all the guide plates 2 from the width. Since it is configured to move along the direction and thereby adjust the guide width, there is a problem that the operation is complicated.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide a guide width adjusting device for a multi-row work guide in which the width of the multi-row work guide can be easily adjusted.

[Means for solving the problem]

In order to achieve the object described above, according to the present invention, in a multi-row work guide provided with a plurality of rows of work guides each including a pair of guide plates disposed opposite to each other, Only one guide plate in one direction is connected to one slide rod that slides in the width direction of the work guide, and only each guide plate in the other direction is connected to the other slide rod that slides in the width direction of the work guide. They are connected.

[Action]

According to the above-described guide width adjusting device, by sliding the one and the other slide rods in opposite directions, all the widths of the work guides in the plurality of rows are changed at a time.

[Embodiment] Hereinafter, an embodiment of a guide width adjusting device according to the present invention will be described in detail.

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a main part showing a multi-row work guide 10 to which a guide width adjusting device according to the present invention is applied, and the same parts as those in FIGS. 5 and 6 are denoted by the same reference numerals.

The multi-row work guide 10 includes a plurality of rows of work guides 13 each having a pair of guide plates 11 and 12 for one row, and among the guide plates 11 and 12 constituting each work guide 13, Only the guide plates 11 located are all connected to one of the slide rods 14 and 15 that slide in the width direction between the guide plates (vertical direction in the drawing) by fastening means such as bolts.

Of the guide plates 11 and 12 constituting each work guide 13, only the guide plate 12 located below the drawing is the other slide rod that slides in the width direction between the guide plates (vertical direction in the drawing). 16 and 17 are connected by fastening means such as bolts.

Therefore, according to the multi-row work guide 10 described above, the first
At the initial position of the width W between the guide plates 11 and 12 shown in the figure, for example, when a cylindrical work 7 having a small diameter suitable for the width W is transported from the left side of the drawing, the work 7 is Then, the work guides 13 are arranged in multiple rows.

Also, as shown by arrows, one of the slide rods 14, 15, 16, 17 moves one of the slide rods 14, 15 upward in the drawing.
When the other slide rods 16 and 17 are slid by the same amount in the downward direction in the drawing in the opposite directions, each work guide 13
The width W between the guide plates 11 and 12 is increased by the same amount at a time, and as shown in FIG.
Width between the guide plates 11 and 12 constituting the is W ^- become (W ^->
W). Therefore, for example, cylindrical workpieces 8 having a large diameter are aligned in multiple rows along the extending direction of the work guide 13.

In the above embodiment, one of the slide rods 14 and 15 and the other slide rod are arranged so that the position of the center axis P in the width direction (FIGS. 1 and 2) is not changed before and after the work guide width adjustment. Slide 16 and 17 in the opposite direction by the same amount, and operate only one slide rod.
An interlocking means 20 for sliding the other slide rod in the opposite direction by the same amount is provided.

As shown in FIG. 3, the interlocking means 20 includes the slide rods 14, 16 and the slide rod 1 as shown in FIG.
5 and 17 are installed at the upper and lower ends (the lower end is omitted).
It comprises a disk-shaped first link 22 rotatably arranged about 1 and a second link 23 connecting between the pair of first links 22.

A pair of long holes 22a and 22b are formed at opposing positions on the plane of the disc-shaped first link 22.

Pins 24 are planted at the upper and lower ends of each slide rod,
Also, this pin 24 is located at a position facing the pair of long holes 22a, 2a.
2b, so that the slide rods 14, 16 and the slide rods 15, 17 are connected to the respective first links 22 disposed at the corresponding positions via the pins 24. .

One of the sliding rods 16 located at the left end of each of the sliding rods has a sliding means 25 for sliding the sliding rod 16 along the width direction of the work guide 13 as shown by an arrow at the upper end 16a. Are arranged.

The slide means 25 is provided with a grip-adjusting screw 26 screwed into the upper end 16a of the slide rod 16, and rotatably supports the grip-adjustment screw 26.
And a bearing 27 for regulating the movement of the work guide 13 in the width direction.

Next, the operation of the interlocking means 20 and the sliding means 25 will be described, and the operation of the guide width adjusting device 10 according to the present invention will be described in detail.

Now, in the initial position of each of the pair of guide plates 11 and 12 shown in FIG. 3, when the adjustment screw 26 with grip is rotated in the direction of the arrow, the slide rod 16 slides downward by the adjustment screw 26 with grip. . When the slide rod 16 slides downward in this manner, the first link 22 engaged with the pin 24 rotates counterclockwise by the pin 24 implanted in the slide rod 16. When the first link 22 rotates counterclockwise, the slide rod 14 connected to the first link 22 via the pin 24 slides upward.

When the first link 22 engaging with the slide rods 14 and 16 rotates counterclockwise, the second link 23
Moves to the left in the drawing, the first link 22 that engages with the slide rods 15 and 17 also rotates counterclockwise at the same time,
Thus the slide rod 15 upward and slide the sliding rod 17 downwards, so that as shown in FIG. 4, to increase the width of each work guide 13 the value W ^- to change.

Since the upward sliding distance of the sliding rods 14 and 15 and the downward sliding distance of the sliding rods 16 and 17 are moved in opposite directions and by the same distance by the disk-shaped second link 22, the third sliding distance is obtained. The position of the center axis P in the width direction shown in the figure does not change even after the width adjustment shown in FIG.

Incidentally, the by adjusting the rotation angle of the grip with adjusting screws 26 of the sliding means 25, the width of the work guide 13 W～W ^- of course can take any value within the range of. Also,
In order to return to the width W of the work guide 13 shown in the initial position in FIG. 3, the adjusting screw 26 with the grip of the slide means 25 may be rotated in the opposite direction.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, only one guide plate on one side of the work guide is connected to one slide rod that slides in the width direction between the guide plates, and only the other guide plate is connected. It is connected to the other slide rod that slides in the width direction between the guide plates, whereby the one and the other slide rods are moved in opposite directions to reduce the entire width between the guide plates in each row. Since the width is changed occasionally, the width adjustment work of the multi-row work guide becomes extremely simple, and therefore, the operating efficiency of the machine tool using the multi-row work guide can be greatly improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1 to 4 are plan views of a main part of a multi-row work guide to which a guide width adjusting device according to the present invention is applied, and FIGS. 5 and 6 are multi-row work guides to which a conventional guide width adjusting device is applied. FIG. 10 …… Multi-row work guide, 11 …… Guide plate on one side,
12 …… Guide plate on the other side, 13 …… Work guide, 14,
15 ... One slide rod, 16, 17 ... The other slide rod.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A multi-row work guide comprising a plurality of rows of work guides each comprising a pair of guide plates disposed opposite to each other, wherein each of the plurality of rows of work guides has a guide plate in one direction. Is connected to one slide rod that slides in the width direction of the work guide, and only each guide plate in the other direction is connected to the other slide rod that slides in the width direction of the work guide. Wherein the sliding rods are slid in opposite directions to change all the widths of the plurality of rows of work guides at a time.