JP3925950B2 - Button type battery alignment device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an alignment apparatus for button-type batteries with a sealing seal tape, and more particularly to an alignment apparatus for aligning button-type batteries with a sealing seal tape in the course of conveyance.
[0002]
[Prior art]
For example, button-type zinc-air batteries are attracting attention as driving power sources for hearing aids and bagers. In addition, since this type of air zinc battery uses oxygen as a positive electrode active material, a hole for taking in oxygen is provided in advance on the positive electrode side, so that a battery system reaction is not performed before use. The hole which takes in oxygen with the tape is sealed. In other words, a configuration is adopted in which it is possible to determine whether or not it is unused depending on the presence or absence of the sealing seal tape.
[0003]
In addition, this type of button-type battery, like other batteries, has a merchandise or aesthetics on the market after sticking a sealing seal tape at a predetermined location in the final manufacturing process. In consideration of packaging, etc. For this reason, at the final stage of the production line, it is desired that the button-type battery to which the sealing seal tape is attached is oriented to facilitate packaging.
[0004]
However, when aligning on the transport line, generally, the stuck sealing tape is weak and easily damaged, so it is usually aligned manually in a certain direction for packaging (packaging packing). I am serving. In other words, means (packaging pack) is adopted in which the button-type batteries with the sealing seal tape are mounted while being aligned with each button-type battery storage portion of a predetermined packaging pack by manual work.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, manually positioning and mounting the button-type battery with the sealing tape as described above on a corresponding packaging pack or the like cannot sufficiently cope with the increase in demand and mass productivity of the button-type battery. In other words, the packaging speed is slow and cannot be used for mass production, and adopting the human sea tactics method not only leads to an increase in cost, but also the sealing / sealing tape that is stuck in the handling process by hand. Etc. occur and there is an inconvenient problem that the merchantability is easily lost.
[0006]
In other words, it is desired to form a packaging pack of button-type batteries with a sealing seal tape that can sufficiently cope with the increase in demand and mass productivity of button-type batteries, but automatic alignment that can be satisfied practically or constant. Currently, a button type battery aligning device with a sealing tape that can provide the above direction has not been developed yet.
[0007]
The present invention has been made in response to such a situation, and provides an alignment apparatus that can easily and surely orient or align a button-type battery with a sealing seal tape in response to an increase in demand or mass production. With the goal.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a button-type battery placed in a predetermined direction with the surface to which the sealing seal tape is attached facing upward and facing the direction opposite to the direction in which the sealing seal tape is conveyed. A transport body to be transported, and a magnet built-in type that is disposed at an angle with respect to the advancing direction of the transport body and that is in contact with the peripheral surface portion of the button-type battery placed on the transport body surface to guide the transport. 1 conveying guide, a rising surface that is disposed opposite to the first conveying guide and that is in contact with the end surface of the front end of the sealing seal tape of the button-type battery , and is provided perpendicularly to the rising surface. An apparatus for aligning a button-type battery with a sealing seal tape, comprising an inverted L-shaped second transport guide having a surface that contacts one surface of a tape front end .
[0009]
That is, the present invention regulates the advancing direction of the button type battery with the sealing seal tape by the carrier by the conveyance guide, applies a couple to the button type battery, rotates the plane in the course of conveyance, and seals it by the conveyance guide. The main point is to align the direction of the sealing tape, and to ensure that the button-type battery has a certain direction and to align it.
[0010]
The magnet built in the first transport guide allows the button-type battery to slide and contact and move while the button-type battery does not detach from the sliding surface of the first transport guide. What is necessary is just to have the retainability of a grade.
[0011]
In the invention of claim 1, the button-type battery with the sealing seal tape is shifted in angle with respect to the traveling direction of the carrier by the pair of opposed conveyance guides. Due to the angular deviation, the peripheral surface portion of the button-type battery first comes into contact with the second conveyance guide surface, and causes planar rotation in combination with the movement action of the conveyance body while sliding. With the planar rotation of the button-type battery being conveyed, when the leading end of the sealing seal tape comes into contact with the rising surface of the second conveyance guide and a certain directionality is imparted, the button-type battery is This is pushed while rotating to the side of the transport guide, and its peripheral surface part comes into contact with and is attracted to the sliding surface of the first transport guide, so that predetermined alignment and transport are ensured.
[0012]
That is, with the means according to the present invention, the button-type batteries are aligned in a predetermined direction easily and accurately without causing damage to the sealing seal tape, and can be easily mounted and stored in, for example, a packaging pack.
[0013]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.
[0014]
FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a schematic configuration of a button type battery aligning device with a sealing seal tape according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA in FIG.
[0015]
1 and 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a transport body on which a button-type battery 2 with a sealing seal tape is placed and transports it in a predetermined direction, and 3 is an angle shifted with respect to the traveling direction (arrow) of the transport body 1. It is a first transport guide that includes a magnet 3a that is arranged and slidably contacts the peripheral surface portion of the button-type battery 2 placed on the surface of the transport body 1 and guides the transport of the button-type battery 2. .
[0016]
Reference numeral 4 denotes an inverted L-shaped second that is disposed opposite to the first conveyance guide 3 and controls the direction by bringing the front end of the sealing tape 2a of the button-type battery 2 into contact with the rising surface 4a. It is a conveyance guide. Here, the opposed front end surface portion 4b of the second transport guide 4 transports and guides the peripheral surface portion of the button-type battery 2 to be transported in a sliding manner. In the arrangement of the aligning device, the transport body 1 is generally preferably an endless belt conveyor, and the pair of transport guides 3 and 4 are parallel to each other, and the traveling direction of the transport body 1 is as follows. For example, they are arranged obliquely at an angle of about 3 to 7 ° (5 ° in this embodiment). Then, the length, the distance between the opposing guides, and the shape of the transport guides 3 and 4 are appropriately selected and set according to the type and size of the target button-type battery with a sealing seal tape.
[0017]
Next, the operation of the button type battery aligning apparatus with the sealing seal tape having the above configuration will be described. First, when the button-type battery 2 with the sealing seal tape that moves in the traveling direction of the carrier 1 with the movement of the carrier 1 reaches the arrangement area of the conveyance guides 3, 4, the peripheral surface portion of the button-type battery 2 is Then, the opposite L-shaped second conveyance guide 4 is slidably brought into contact with the opposed front end surface portion 4b. At this time, the direction is regulated by the opposed front end surface portion 4b of the second conveyance guide 4 that is inclined by 5 ° with respect to the traveling direction of the conveyance body 1.
[0018]
And by this direction regulation and conveyance / movement, a couple force acts on the button-type battery 2, and the button-type battery 2 in the process of conveyance generates a planar rotation by the action of this couple force and is stuck. The front end portion of the sealing seal tape 2 a comes into contact with the rising surface 4 a of the inverted L-shaped second conveyance guide 4. Due to the contact of the rising surface 4a of the second conveyance guide 4 at the tip of the sealing seal tape 2a, the planar rotation of the button-type battery 2 in the conveyance process is suppressed or stopped, and the button-type battery 2 has a certain directionality. Is given (aligned).
[0019]
On the other hand, the button-type battery 2 whose planar rotation is suppressed or stopped is pushed to the first transport guide 3 side, and the button-cell battery 2 peripheral surface slides on the first transport guide 3 surface. -While contacting, it is attracted and held by the magnet 3a incorporated in the first conveyance guide 3, and the button-type battery 2 with the sealing seal tape is finally oriented (aligned). Thus, mainly the second conveyance guide 4 side, given the direction of the button-type battery 2 once, are reliably secured Ri by the first conveyor guide 3 side in the direction retention mainly .
[0020]
A description will be given of a fixed orientation or alignment example in the process of transporting the button type battery 2 with the sealing seal tape in the transport device. Here, the transport body 1 is run at a speed of 3000 cm / min, and transport guides 3 and 4 having a length of 20 cm are installed at an angle of 5 ° with respect to the speed travel direction of the transport body 1 and a sealing seal tape is attached. When the button-type battery 2 was transported and passed through the transfer guides 3 and 4, the button-type battery 2 with the sealing seal tape was rotated in a plane, and the position of the label 2a was sequentially changed. Eventually, the tip of the sealing seal tape 2a was in contact with the rising surface 4a of the second conveyance guide 4, and the rotation of the button-type battery 2 was stopped, so that a constant direction was always and reliably given.
[0021]
Thus, for example, in a battery production line, the ability to continuously arrange button-type batteries with a sealing seal tape provides many advantages in terms of productivity.
[0022]
The present invention is not limited to the above exemplary means, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.
[0023]
【The invention's effect】
According to the first aspect of the present invention, the button-type battery with the sealing seal tape is easily given a certain direction during the conveyance process, and is reliably aligned in a predetermined manner. That is, with the means according to the present invention, the button-type battery with the sealing seal tape can be placed in a predetermined direction easily and accurately without the need for complicated operations and many manual operations. For example, it can be easily mounted and stored in a packaging pack, can be steadily adapted to a mass production system, and can greatly contribute to productivity.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a configuration example of a main part of a button-type battery transfer device according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 …… Conveyer 2 …… Button type battery with sealing tape
2a …… Sealing seal tape 3 …… First transport guide 4 …… Second transport guide
4a …… Rise surface of the second transport guide
4b: Opposing tip of the second transport guide

Claims (1)

A transport body for transporting a button-type battery placed in a predetermined direction with the surface to which the sealing seal tape is attached facing upward and facing the direction opposite to the direction in which the sealing seal tape is transported ;
A first built-in magnet-type conveyance guide that is arranged at an angle with respect to the traveling direction of the conveyance body and guides conveyance in contact with the peripheral surface portion of the button-type battery placed on the conveyance surface;
A rising surface that is disposed opposite to the first conveyance guide and is in contact with the end surface of the sealing seal tape tip of the button-type battery , and is provided perpendicular to the rising surface, and one of the sealing seal tape tips An apparatus for aligning a button-type battery with a sealing seal tape, comprising: an inverted L-shaped second conveyance guide having a surface in contact with the surface .

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