JP3408148B2 - Belt feeding and feeding device - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a belt feeding / feeding device, and more particularly, to a belt set unit in which a belt group obtained by cutting a belt sleeve is attached to a belt setting portion attached to a ring-shaped rotor. From the position to the belt feeding position, the group of belts attached to the belt installation section is moved in parallel by a specified pitch and sent out to the belt standby position, and the grip section of the conveyor section holds the belt and moves it in multiple axes. The present invention relates to a belt feeding and feeding device having the same.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when attaching or detaching a transmission belt between a drive pulley to which a transmission belt is fixed and a movable tension pulley, or detaching the transmission belt, an operator has manually performed these belts. However, recently, the length of a low-edge V-belt cut into a V shape from a belt sleeve is inspected, and if the measured value is within the allowable range, the side surface of the belt is ground with a grinder to correct the length, and a finished product is inspected. Along with the automation of machines and belt cover winding machines, various improvements have been made in attaching transmission belts to pulleys.

For example, as disclosed in Japanese Examined Patent Publication No. 1-23043, a driving pulley and a tension pulley are attached to two shafts, a fixed shaft and a movable shaft, and a belt is hung on these pulleys. In the device, when the belt is attached to the pulley, after fixing a plurality of (4) rod-shaped hangers to a vertically rotatable pillar, and rotating the hangers with the belt group to the belt feeding position, , The belt group was fed by a certain pitch and moved to the standby position at the tip. When all the belts were used up, the belt installation section was rotated 90 ° and the belts were fed by the same operation.

[0004]

However, in the conventional belt feeding and feeding device, since a plurality of rod-shaped hangers are horizontally mounted concentrically on a vertically arranged column, the entire device becomes large and a wide space is secured. Must be
For this reason, when the length of the hanger is shortened, the belts attached to the adjacent hangers come into contact with each other and interfere with each other, so that the belt may ride on another belt, and the belt may not be properly arranged. Moreover, since the protruding hanger is turned, this turning area is very dangerous for the operator.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a belt feeding / feeding device in which the entire device is downsized and safety is ensured.

[0006]

That is, in the invention according to claim 1 of the present application, a plurality of belts are attached, and after rotating from that position to a predetermined position and temporarily stopped, each belt is moved to another position. the belt supply infeed apparatus that fed into, and after rotating member that pivots on a predetermined angle at a time a vertical plane about an axis of rotation, the hanger fixed to the projecting state at a predetermined pitch along the circumferential direction of the rotary body Belt at the end
It is equipped with a semi-ring stopper that prevents the group from moving backwards.
Also , a belt installation unit for attaching the belt group, and a belt feeding mechanism for parallelly moving the belt group attached to the belt installation unit by a predetermined pitch and sending it to a belt standby place,
A belt feeding / feeding device including a transport unit that moves a gripping portion that holds the belt in a multi-axis direction. In this device, since the rotating body is arranged so as to rotate on the vertical surface about the support shaft by a predetermined angle, the entire device can be downsized and safety can be ensured. In addition,
By providing a topper, you can set the belt group from the set position.
The belt group can be accurately placed up to the delivery position.
Is moved in parallel by a specified pitch and sent to the belt standby position.
You can get out.

In the invention according to claim 2 of the present application, the belt device is
The belt waiting place on the tip of the hanger of the placing part is the inclined surface.
And concave belt housing, and stopper protruding upward
A pair of plate-like bodies arranged in parallel and spaced apart
It is a belt feeding and feeding device arranged,
It can be installed stably without dropping, and the belt
Can be reliably grasped and picked up.

In the invention according to claim 3 of the present application, a plurality of
Attach the belt and swivel from that position to the desired position
And then stop and then feed the individual belts to other positions.
In the belt feeding and feeding device,
A rotating body that rotates on a vertical plane at a predetermined angle around the center,
Fixed in a protruding state at a certain pitch along the circumference of the rotating body
Hanger with an inclined surface and a concave bell at the end of the hanger.
The storage compartment and the stopper protruding upward are
A belt in which a pair of plate-like bodies are arranged in parallel at a distance
Belt installation part to attach a belt group with a standby place
And the belt group attached to the belt installation section has a predetermined pitch.
Belt feed that moves the robot in parallel and sends it to the belt standby position
Move the retracting mechanism and the gripping part that holds the belt in the multi-axis direction.
A belt feeding and feeding device consisting of a moving part to move
Yes, the belt group is set by providing the stopper.
It is possible to place it accurately from the delivery position to the delivery position.
The belt group by moving the belt group in parallel by a predetermined pitch.
It can be sent to the machine location.

In the invention according to claim 4 of the present application, the belt feeding mechanism has a push plate having a vertical moving means capable of approaching to the belt setting part, and the belt is moved by moving the push plate along the longitudinal direction of the belt setting part. A belt feeding / feeding device provided with horizontal moving means for feeding a group by a predetermined pitch.

In the invention according to claim 5 of the present application, the transport portion comprises a grip portion for sandwiching the belt and a moving means for transporting the grip portion in the three axial directions.

[0011]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION A belt feeding and feeding device of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. 1 is a front view of a belt feeding / feeding device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a model view showing a rotating state of a rotating body, FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a belt waiting place, and FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a transport unit. The belt feeding / feeding device 1 of the present invention includes a rotating body 10 that revolves around a rotation axis on a vertical plane, a belt installation unit 20 having a function of installing a belt group, and a belt group installed in the belt installation unit 20. Is composed of a belt feeding mechanism 30 for parallelly moving the belt by a predetermined pitch and feeding it to a belt standby position, and a conveying section 40 for moving a gripping portion holding the belt in a multiaxial direction.

The rotary body 10 is a ring body mounted on a rotary shaft 12 fixed to a frame 11, and a prime mover 13 such as a motor is mounted on the rotary body 12 so as to rotate by a predetermined angle on a vertical plane. A concave receiving tray 14 provided at a predetermined pitch on the outer ring of the rotating body 10 is operated by a cylinder 16 provided on a lock member 15 fixed to the frame 11 to project the protruding pin 1
7 is engaged, and the rotating body 10 is stopped.

In the belt installation section 20, rod-shaped hangers 21 for installing a plurality of groups of belts 2 are installed in a state of protruding along the outer ring of the rotating body 10 at predetermined intervals. The hanger 21 has a belt waiting place 50 for arranging the frontmost belt 2 at the forefront, and a semi-ring-shaped stopper 2 for preventing reverse movement of the belt 2 group at the reverse rear end.
I am wearing 2.

As shown in FIG. 3, the stopper 22 is installed so that the opening 23 is located in the lower half at the belt setting position 3 and is installed without disturbing the arrangement of the group of belts 2. Belt feeding position 4 is belt setting position 3
The hanger 21 is rotated by 180 °, and in this position 4, the opening 23 of the stopper 22 is located in the upper half, which facilitates feeding of the belt as described later. Further, in the semi-circular path from the belt setting position 3 to the belt feeding position 4, the belt 2 in the last row does not always contact the stopper 22 and disturb the row.

As shown in FIG. 4, the belt stand-by place 50 is provided with a pair of plate-like bodies 54 in which an inclined surface 51, a concave belt accommodating portion 52, and an engaging portion 53 protruding upward are continuously provided. They are arranged in parallel at intervals. This plate 5
The interval of 4 is set with a sufficient space for the grip member 43 to enter. If there is only one plate 54, the belt 2
Contact area is small, the orientation (inclination) of the belt becomes very unstable, and it is difficult to grip the belt 2, and the structure of the transport unit 40 is complicated. The belt accommodating portion 52 has a sufficient width to stably install the belt 2, and the locking portion 53 accommodates the belt 2 in the concave belt accommodating portion 52 to prevent the belt 2 from falling. This height is such that the belt 2 does not drop.

The belt feeding mechanism 30 includes the belt setting unit 2
It has a function of moving the two groups of belts attached to 0 at a predetermined pitch in parallel and sending them to the belt waiting place 50, and a push plate 33 having a vertical moving means 31 composed of a cylinder 32 that can approach the hanger 21, and a push plate 33. The horizontal movement means 34 is provided for moving the push plate 33 along the longitudinal direction of the hanger 21 of the belt installation portion 20 and sending the belt 2 group by a predetermined pitch.

The horizontal moving means 34 installs a base 37 fitted in a ball screw 36 on a pair of rails 35, and reciprocates by rotating the ball screw 36 by a prime mover 38 such as a servomotor, so that the base 37 is mounted. The vertical moving means 31 fixed to is moved.

The push plate 33 lowered by the operation of the cylinder 32 is just accommodated in the opening 23 of the stopper 22 and then operated by the horizontal moving means 34.
1 reciprocates along the longitudinal direction of the hanger 2
A group of belts 2 suspended on 1 is sent out in a tip direction by a predetermined pitch (a length corresponding to one belt width in this case), and the most advanced belt 2 is provided at the belt waiting place 50 provided at the tip of the hanger 21. Send to. The belt 2 moves from the hanger 21 to the belt accommodating portion 52 along the inclined surface 51 and stands by.

The transport section 40 comprises a gripping section 41 for sandwiching the belt and a moving means 42 for transporting the gripping section in the multi-axis direction. The gripping section 41 holds a pair of gripping members 43 facing each other by a chuck 44. The belt 2 can be gripped by opening and closing by the. The moving means 42 moves from the belt waiting place 50 provided at the tip of the hanger 21 toward the processing pulley 60 side in the X-direction first cylinder 45, and the X-direction first cylinder 45 operates to move the X-direction first cylinder 45. Direction second
Cylinder 46 and knob 4 attached to the tip of the rod
1 has a Z-direction cylinder 47 for moving up and down, and a linear motion actuator 49 for moving these cylinders 45, 46, 47 in the Y direction such as a rodless cylinder for moving in the direction orthogonal to the X direction. The handle 41 is moved in the three axial directions of the vertical direction, the horizontal direction, and the direction orthogonal to the horizontal direction.

The X-direction first cylinder 45 moves the X-direction second cylinder 46, the X-direction second cylinder 46 moves the Z-direction cylinder 47, and the linear motion actuator 49 moves in the Y direction. The cylinder 45, the X-direction second cylinder 46, and the Z-direction cylinder 47 are moved together.

The operation of the belt feeding / feeding device 1 will be described below. As shown in FIG. 1, when a plurality of groups of belts 2 are suspended on the hanger 21 of the belt setting portion 20 at the belt setting position 3, the empty hanger 21 is moved to the belt setting position 3 by moving a predetermined angle. After fixing, the second belt group is attached again. In this way, the group of belts 2 is suspended and swung on the four hangers 21. At the belt feeding position 4, the push plate 33 lowered by the operation of the cylinder 32 of the belt feeding mechanism 30 is accommodated in the opening 23 of the stopper 22, and the horizontal moving means 3
4 causes the hanger 21 to reciprocate along the longitudinal direction, and thus the belt 2 suspended on the hanger 21.
The group is operated at a predetermined pitch, and the belt 2 at the tip is hanger 2
It is sent to the belt waiting place 50 provided at the tip of No. 1 and made to stand by here.

When the grip portion 41 of the conveying portion 40 is lowered by the operation of the Z-direction cylinder 47 and the belt 2 waiting is gripped by the pair of gripping members 43, the Z-direction cylinder 47 is held.
And the gripping member 43 is projected forward by the first cylinder 45 in the X direction to move the belt 2 from the belt standby position 50.

[0023]

As described above, in the belt feeding / feeding device according to the claims of the present application, the rotating body which swivels on the vertical plane by a predetermined angle about the support shaft and the circumferential direction of the rotating body. The belt installation unit that has the function of attaching the belt group by fixing it in a protruding state at a predetermined pitch, and the belt feeding mechanism that moves the belt group attached to the belt installation unit in parallel by a predetermined pitch and sends it to the belt standby place. It consists of a transport unit that moves the gripping grips in multiple axes, and the rotating body is arranged so as to swivel on a vertical plane around a support shaft on a vertical plane, so the entire device is downsized and safe. It is possible to secure the sex.

Further, a semi-ring-shaped stopper for preventing the reverse movement of the belt group is attached to the rear end of the belt setting portion, so that the stopper is provided so that the belt set position to the belt feeding position can be accurately arranged. The belt group can be moved in parallel by a predetermined pitch and sent out to the belt standby position.

Further, the belt waiting place provided at the tip of the belt installation portion is parallel with a pair of plate-like bodies in which an inclined surface, a concave belt accommodating portion, and a stopper protruding upward are continuously arranged. Since it is arranged in the above position, the belt can be stably installed without dropping, and the belt can be reliably gripped and picked up.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a belt feeding and feeding device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a model diagram showing a turning state of a rotating body.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a belt standby place.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a transport unit that constitutes the belt feeding device according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Belt feeding and feeding device 2 belts 10 rotating body 20 Belt setting section 21 hanger 22 Stopper 30 Belt feeding mechanism 40 transport section 50 Belt waiting place

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Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. A belt feeding and feeding device in which a plurality of belts are attached, and after turning from that position to a predetermined position and temporarily stopping, the individual belts are fed to other positions, with a rotation axis as the center. half to prevent a rotating body pivoted on a predetermined angle at a time the vertical plane, the reverse movement of the belt unit to the rear end portion to the hanger fixed to the projecting state at a predetermined pitch along the circumferential direction of the rotating body Te
A belt setting part with a ring-shaped stopper attached to attach the belt group, a belt feeding mechanism that moves the belt group attached to the belt setting part in parallel by a predetermined pitch and sends it to the belt standby place, and a gripping part that clamps the belt. A belt feeding / feeding device comprising: a conveying unit that moves in a multi-axis direction. 2. A belt provided at the end of the hanger of the belt installation section.
The stand-by location is a slanted surface, a concave belt housing, and
A pair of plates with stoppers protruding upwards arranged continuously
2. The belt feeding and feeding device according to claim 1, wherein the bodies are arranged in parallel at intervals . 3. A plurality of belts are attached and their positions
To a predetermined position, stop, and then
Belt feeding feed to feed the belt to another position
In the device, the rotation that turns on the vertical plane by a predetermined angle around the rotation axis
Fixed in a protruding state at a predetermined pitch along the circumferential direction of the rolling element and the rotating element
Hanger with an inclined surface and a concave bell at the end of the hanger.
The storage compartment and the stopper protruding upward are
A belt in which a pair of plate-like bodies are arranged in parallel at a distance
Belt installation part to attach a belt group with a standby place
And flatten the belt group attached to the belt installation unit at a specified pitch.
Belt feed that moves the line and sends it to the belt standby position
Conveyor that moves the gripping mechanism and the gripping part that holds the belt in the multi-axis direction
And a belt feeding / feeding device. 4. The belt feeding mechanism comprises a push plate having a vertical moving means capable of approaching to the belt setting part, and a horizontal plate for feeding the belt group by a predetermined pitch by moving the push plate along the longitudinal direction of the belt setting part. The belt feeding and feeding device according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a moving means. 5. A transport unit knob portion and the belt supply infeed device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein consists moving means for conveying it to the three axial directions that sandwich the belt.