JP3507225B2 - Product unloading stock device in cutting machine - Google Patents

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Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a product unloading and stocking apparatus for unloading and stocking products cut and separated from a material by a cutting machine such as a band saw machine. 2. Description of the Related Art As a prior art of a product unloading stock apparatus in a cutting machine, there is one disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 2-303713, and this prior art will be briefly described below. That is, a transport vise device provided with a pair of vice for gripping a product is provided on the front side (unloading side) of the cutting machine, and the transport vise device is configured to be movable in the front-rear direction and to be able to move up and down. is there. A product support table for supporting the product is provided at a position below the transfer vise device on the front side of the cutting machine, and product stock devices for stocking the product are provided on both right and left sides of the product support table, respectively. And, in order to sort and transfer products from the product support table to the appropriate product stock equipment,
The pair of vises are configured to be movable in the left-right direction while holding the product. Therefore, during or after the cutting operation by the cutting machine, a product (including a part corresponding to the product) is gripped by a pair of vises in the transfer vise device which is brought close to the cutting machine in advance. I do. next,
By moving the product vise device in the forward direction (unloading direction) while holding the product with a pair of vice,
Unload the product forward. By moving the transport vise device to one side in the left-right direction (for example, to the right side), the products can be sorted and transferred to the product unloading stock device on one side in the left-right direction. After sorting and transferring the products to an appropriate product stock device on one side in the left-right direction, the gripping state of the pair of vise is released and the transfer vise device is raised, and the other side in the left-right direction (for example, By moving the transfer vise apparatus to the left side, the transfer vise apparatus is returned to the original position in the left-right direction. [0005] However, in the conventional product unloading stock device as described above, the products are sorted and transferred from the product support table to an appropriate product stock device on one side in the left-right direction. The transfer vise device is configured to be movable in the left-right direction. That is, in addition to the transport vise device being configured to be movable in the front-rear direction and being able to move up and down, the transport vise device is configured to be movable in the left-right direction. There has been a problem that the configuration of the entire apparatus becomes complicated and the product carrying stock apparatus itself becomes large. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, the present invention provides a conveying machine provided with a pair of vise for gripping a round product on a discharge side of a cutting machine. The vise device is provided so as to be movable in the unloading direction, the transport vise device is configured to be able to move up and down, and a frame frame is provided below the transport vise device on the unloading side of the cutting machine. A product stock device for stocking a round product is provided on both sides in a direction orthogonal to the above, and the product stock device on one side in the direction orthogonal to the above is provided with a lower product stock section and an upper side of the lower product stock section. And an upper product stock section provided on the frame body, and a lifting body is provided on the frame body so as to be able to move up and down, and a product support for supporting a round product on the lifting body. A holding table, and the product support table is configured to be swingable in the orthogonal direction with respect to the elevating body via a pin, and a swinging device for swinging the product support table is provided. The product support table is provided with a height position adjusting actuator for adjusting the height position of the product support table. [0007] With the above configuration, a round product (a part corresponding to the product) is formed by a pair of vises in a transport vise device which is brought close to the cutting machine before or after the cutting process is performed by the cutting machine. ). Next, the product can be moved in the unloading direction and supported by the product support table by moving the transport vise device in the unloading direction while the product is gripped by the pair of vice. After the product is supported on the product support table, the gripping state of the pair of vises is released, and the conveying vise device is raised to position the lower part of the vise at a height higher than the upper part of the product. Let me know. In addition, by raising and lowering the lifting body appropriately by the operation of the height adjustment actuator,
Position the product support table at a height corresponding to the appropriate product stocking device (the upper product stocking section of one product stocking apparatus, the lower product stocking section of one product stocking apparatus, or the product stocking equipment on the other side). Let me know. Then, the product support table is swung to one side (or the other side) in the orthogonal direction. Thus, one side of the product support table is made lower than the other side (or the other side is made lower than one side), and the product is moved from the product support table in one of the orthogonal directions. It can be sorted and transferred to the upper product stock section or the lower product stock section of the product stock apparatus on the side (or the product stock apparatus on the other side). Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Referring to FIG. 1, FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, a product unloading stock apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment is provided on the unloading side (front side, front side in FIG. , The left side in FIG. 3).
Has a band saw blade 5 for cutting and separating a portion W corresponding to a product from a material. Note that the configuration of the band saw machine 3 is known, and the details of the configuration of the band saw machine 3 are omitted. On the front side of the band saw machine 3, there is provided a transfer vise device 11 having a pair of vises 7, 9 for gripping the product W. The transfer vise device 11 is configured to be movable in the front-rear direction and to be able to move up and down. It is. That is, a plurality of guide members 15 extending in the front-rear direction are provided on the upper portion of the base 13 (the upper portion in FIGS. 1 and 3 and the front portion in FIG. 2) facing the band sawing machine 3. In addition, a slider 17 is provided on the guide member 15 so as to be movable in the front-rear direction. The slider 17 is moved in the front-rear direction by driving a traveling motor (not shown). An elevating body 19 is provided on the slider 17 so as to be able to move up and down through a pair of elevating bars 21. In order to move the elevating body 19 up and down, a piston rod 23 that can move in the vertical direction is provided at an appropriate position of the slider 17. A lifting cylinder 25 is provided, and the piston rod 23 is connected to the lifting body 19. The lifting body 19 is provided with the pair of vises 7, 9
Are connected, and the lower side of the transfer vise device 11 is opened. Here, one vise 7 is immovable in the left-right direction, and the other vise 9 is moved in the left-right direction approaching and separating from the other vise 7 by the operation of the vise cylinder 27 (the left-right direction in FIGS. In FIG. 3, it can be moved in the direction of the front and back (to the paper). Referring to FIGS. 4, 5, and 6, a product support device 31 having a product support table 29 for supporting a product WA is provided below the transfer vise device 11 in front of the band sawing machine 3. This product support table 29
Is configured so that the height position can be adjusted by the operation of the height adjustment operation device 33, and the horizontal direction (the direction orthogonal to the unloading direction, that is 5 up and down, FIG.
(In the left-right direction). More specifically, the product support device 31 includes a frame 37, and the frame 37 has four frames.
There are provided a plurality of supporting columns 39 and connecting members 41 and 43 for connecting a plurality of appropriate supporting columns 39. A plurality of columns 39 on the front side (the left side in FIGS. 4 and 5 and the front side in FIG. 6 facing the plane of the drawing) are provided with elevating bodies 45 so as to be able to move up and down. The product support table 29 is supported via pins 49 so as to be swingable in the left-right direction. A pair of parallel link mechanisms 51 are provided below the elevating body 45 (the lower side in FIGS. 4 and 6 and the back side in FIG. 5) to elevate the elevating body 45 in a substantially horizontal state. And each parallel link mechanism 5
1 includes a first link 55 and a second link 57 connected by a pin 53. Here, the lower end of the first link 55 is connected to the front column 39 via a pin 59, and the upper end of the second link 57 is connected to the front of the elevating body 45 via a pin 61. is there. Further, a wheel 63 capable of rolling on the lower side of the elevating body 45 is provided at an upper end of the first link 55, and a wheel capable of rolling on the upper surface of the connecting member 41 is provided on a lower end of the second link 57. 65 are provided. In order to raise and lower the elevating body 45 while swinging the parallel link mechanism 51 in the up and down direction, an elevating cylinder 69 having a vertically movable piston rod 67 is provided at an appropriate position in front of the frame body frame 37. The piston rod 67
Is connected to the front part of the elevating body 45. The swinging movement device 35 has a swinging cylinder 71 provided on the upper surface of the lifting / lowering body 45, and the piston rod 73 in the swinging cylinder 71 is connected to the lifting / lowering body 45.
Are connected via a connecting member 79 to an operating rod 77 which is swingably connected to a triangular base portion 75 of FIG. And
A swing pin 81 is provided on the triangular base 75 in order to regulate the swing of the product support table 29 in the left-right direction. A first regulating cylinder is provided on both the left and right sides of the swing pin 81 on the upper surface of the elevating body 45. 83 and a second regulating cylinder 85 are provided. As shown in FIG. 7, the first restriction cylinder 8
3 is provided with a first stopper 89 that can be abutted when the swing pin 81 swings to the left (to the right in FIG. 7). The rod 91 is provided with a second stopper 93 that can be abutted when the swing pin 81 swings rightward. Note that the first restriction cylinder 83 and the second
The regulating cylinder 85 operates synchronously, and
The stopper 89 and the second stopper 93 move in the left-right direction to approach and move away from each other in synchronization. The product W is set by the product support table 29.
In order to stably support the product support table 29, a V-shaped recess 29a is provided on the upper surface of the product support table 29. Referring again to FIG. 1, FIG. 2, and FIG. 3, on the left side of the product support device 31, there is provided a product stock device 95 for stocking the product W. , And a shooter 99 disposed between the pallet 97 and the product support device 31 and having a slope inclined such that the left side is lower than the right side. A product stock device 10 for stocking the product W is provided on the right side of the product support device 31.
1, the product stock apparatus 10 is provided.
Reference numerals 1 and 103 each include a lower product stock unit 101 and an upper product stock unit 103 provided on the upper side of the lower product stock unit 101. Lower product stock section 1
Reference numeral 01 denotes a pallet 105 for supporting the product W, similarly to the product stock device 95, and an inclined surface disposed between the pallet 105 and the product support device 31 and inclined so that the right side is lower than the left side. A shooter 107 is provided. The upper product stock unit 103 has a plurality of inclined plates 1 having an inclined surface inclined such that the right side is lower than the left side and provided at a position vertically above the shooter 107.
09, and a stopper member 111 provided on the right side of the inclined plate 109 to prevent the product W from separating from the plurality of inclined plates 109. Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described. During or after the cutting operation by the band saw machine 3, the vise cylinder 27 of the transfer vise apparatus 11 which has been brought close to the band saw machine 3 in advance is operated, and the pair of vises 7, 9 Hold W. Next, in a state where the product W is gripped by the pair of vises 7, 9, the transport vise device 1 is driven by driving the traveling motor.
1 is moved forward together with the slider 17 so that the product W is carried forward and the product support table 29
Can be supported on the upper surface. At this time, since the swing pin 81 is pressed from the left and right directions by the first stopper 89 and the second stopper 93, the product support table 29
Is in a substantially horizontal state and cannot swing in the left-right direction. After the product W is supported on the product support table 29, the gripping state of the pair of vises 7, 9 is released by the operation of the vise cylinder 27, and the transfer vice device 11 is moved by the operation of the elevating cylinder 25. And rise together. Thus, the lower portions of the pair of vises 7 and 9 can be positioned higher than the upper portion of the product W. At this time, the upper surface of the product support table 29 is located at a height corresponding to the lower product stock unit 101. After the lower portions of the pair of vises 7, 9 are positioned higher than the upper portion of the product W, the first restricting cylinder 83 and the second restricting cylinder 89 are operated synchronously to form the first stopper. 89 and the second stopper 93 are moved in the left-right direction to separate from each other. By moving the operating rod 77 rightward by the operation of the swing cylinder 71, the pin 49 is moved until the swing pin 81 hits the first stopper 89.
7, the product support table 29 can be swung counterclockwise in FIG. by this,
The upper right side of the upper surface of the product support table 29 is lower than the upper left side, so that the product WA can be transferred (positioned) from the product support table 29 to the plurality of inclined plates 109 in the second stock device 103. When the product W is transferred to the product stock apparatus 95, the lower portions of the pair of vises 7, 9 are
After the product support table 29 is located at a position higher than the upper part of the product support table 29, the product support table 29 is lowered by operating the elevating cylinder 69, and the upper surface of the product support table 29 is positioned at a height position corresponding to the product stock device 95. And the first
The product support table 29 is swung clockwise in FIG. 7 by the operation of the swing cylinder 71 by moving the stopper 89 and the second stopper 93 in the left and right directions apart from each other. As a result, the upper left side of the product support table 29 is lower than the upper right side, and the product W is transferred to the product support table 2.
9 to the shooter 99, and further from the shooter 99 to the pallet 97. The transfer of the product W to the upper product stock unit 103 is performed in the same manner. Since the lower part of the transfer vise device 11 is open, the product W can be sorted and transferred even if the transfer vise device 11 cannot be moved up and down. As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, by swinging the product support table in a direction orthogonal to the unloading direction, the product can be properly moved from the product support table. Since the transfer vice device can be transferred to the product stock device, it is not necessary to configure the transfer vise device so as to be movable in the above-described orthogonal direction, the configuration of the device for operating the transfer vise device is simplified, and the entire product unloading stock device is Can be simplified and the whole product unloading stock apparatus can be made compact. Further, by raising and lowering the elevating body by the height position adjusting device and adjusting the height position of the product support table, even if the heights of a plurality of product stock devices are different, the product support device can be used. The upper surface of the table can be positioned at a height position corresponding to the height position adjusting device. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the product from being damaged when the product is transferred from the product support table to an appropriate product stock apparatus. Further, since the product stock device on one side in the orthogonal direction has a lower product stock portion and an upper product stock portion provided on the upper side of the lower product stock portion, the space of the factory is provided. Can be effectively used.

[Brief description of the drawings] FIG. 1 is a front view of a product unloading stock device. FIG. 2 is a plan view of the product unloading stock device. FIG. 3 is a view taken along the line III-III in FIG. 2; FIG. 4 is a side view of the product support device. FIG. 5 is a plan view of the product support device. FIG. 6 is a front view of the product support device. FIG. 7 is a view taken along the line VII-VII in FIG. [Explanation of symbols] 1 Product unloading stock device 3 band sawing machine 7,9 vise 11 Transport vise device 29 Product support table 95 Product stocking equipment 101 Lower product stock department 103 Upper product stock department

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims 1] A transfer vise device provided with a pair of vises for gripping a round product is provided on a discharge side of a cutting machine so as to be movable in a discharge direction. It is configured to be able to move up and down, and a frame frame is provided at a position below the transfer vise device on the unloading side of the cutting machine, and round products are stocked on both sides in a direction orthogonal to the unloading direction of the frame frame. Each product stock device is provided, and the product stock device on one side in the orthogonal direction is
It has a lower product stock section and an upper product stock section provided on the upper side of the lower product stock section,
An elevating body is provided on the frame body so as to be able to elevate and lower, and a product supporting table for supporting a round product is provided on the elevating body,
The product support table is configured to be swingable in the orthogonal direction to the elevating body via a pin with respect to the elevating body, and a swinging device for swinging the product supporting table is provided. A product unloading stock device in a cutting machine, comprising a height position adjusting operation device for adjusting a height position of a product support table.