JPS5932218B2 - Snap and button combination machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a snap and button combination machine.

In general, a snap and button combination machine is designed to obtain a product made by combining two types of materials.In conventional machines, for example, as shown in FIG. Each material sent 9
0 and 91 are moved to a combination portion 105 by reciprocating members 102 and 103 so that they almost overlap, and are combined by a device not shown.

Therefore, the material 9 of the reciprocating member 102, 103bH pair
After moving 0 and 91, the device for combining them is activated. In this case, the reciprocating member moves backward. □After the retraction is completed, the next materials 90 and 91 are moved down to the position, which takes a considerable amount of time, for example, about 250 products per minute. ] It was an inefficient thing to do. The present invention solves these problems and provides a snap button combination machine that allows combinations to be performed extremely quickly. An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In this embodiment, a product 93 shown in b is obtained from two types of materials 90 and 91 shown in FIG. 23a. In one embodiment of the invention shown in FIGS. 1-22,
Particularly with reference to FIGS. 1 to 14, 10 is the main body, J11,
12 are supported against this body and are made of materials 90, 9, respectively.
1 and driven by a power source (not shown), the material 9
0 and 91 are arranged in a predetermined direction and arranged in a row, the passage member 1
3 and 14, and these materials 90 and 91 are made to descend by gravity, and the passage member 13
, 14 is provided with a passage device 15 having a main body 16 in which passages IT, 18 communicating with passage members 13, 14 are formed by cutting out both sides of one metal plate.

In the main body part 16 of this passage device, nine passages 17 and 18 come close to each other toward the bottom, and are arranged at a position where they overlap with a narrow interval at the lower end.
In addition, an opening 20 is formed in the portion forming the gap, through which the material 90 cannot pass, but the material 91 can pass through.
This opening is left open facing downward. Each aisle IT, 18 is on both sides except for the central part. 3 are each covered by a cover 21 to prevent the materials 90 and 91 from falling off: as they move, their movement is visible from the outside, and the material 91 is covered with a central cylindrical portion 92.
is lowered so as to protrude outward from between the covers 21.

At the lower end of the channel 17, the covers 21t)j on both sides are cut wide so that the material 90t)s can be moved laterally.
Numerals 22 and 23 are l pairs of stoppers for holding the material 90 that has come to the lower ends of the passages 17 and 18 from both sides, and 25 is arranged slightly above the lower end of the passage 18 to hold the material 91 from both sides. The pair of stoppers 26 are linear springs that exert elasticity in the direction in which each stopper 22, 23, 25 holds the material 90 or 91.

The stoppers 22 and 23 are made of materials 90 and 91 as shown by the arrow P in FIG.
When moving in the direction shown, the stopper 25 is shaped so that it can expand to both sides against the spring 26, and the stopper 25 partially overlaps the periphery of the material 91 descending from above, so that the stopper 25 is moved toward the lower end. The material 91 taken out is provided to avoid overlapping parts. Next, especially the 15th ~
Referring to FIG. 18, 30 is an electric motor provided in the main body 10, which rotates a flywheel 31.

32 is a horizontally extending shaft to which the flywheel is fixed at one end.

Reference numeral 33 denotes a connecting device, which is constructed as described below.

That is, 35 is a substantially rod-shaped connecting member that has a recess 36 suitable for abutting the material 90 at the tip disposed toward the lower end of the passage 17, and 37 is a connecting member that can be retracted and retracted from the tip of the connecting member. This is a contact rod that is housed and always receives elasticity in the direction of protrusion by a helical spring 38. Reference numeral 40 denotes a recess 41 which is disposed toward the lower end of the passage 18 so as to face the connecting member 35 and is brought into contact with the peripheral edge of the material 90.
A substantially rod-shaped connecting member 42 is formed with the connecting member 4.
A press rod 43, which is slidably penetrated through Bj and can be retracted from the tip of this connecting member as will be described later, is arranged parallel to this press rod 42 above this press rod. Cylindrical portion 9 of material 91 supported between stoppers 25
This is a bow-hanging stick that points toward the 2nd direction.

Reference numeral 44 denotes an elevating rod that supports a rod-shaped portion 45 extending downwardly relative to the main body 10 so as to be slidable in the vertical direction. A cylindrical holding part 47 that supports the connecting member 40 so as to be movable back and forth, and a cylindrical holding part 4 that holds the connecting member 40 at approximately a predetermined position.
It has 8.

The holding portion 48 is also adapted to allow the pull rod 43 to slide therethrough. The rear end of the connecting member 35 is provided with a shaft 52 that branches on both sides and rotatably supports one roller 50 and a pair of rollers 51 arranged on both sides of this roller.

Reference numeral 53 denotes a guide member which is slidably supported by a support member 54 provided on the main body 10 to guide the rollers 50 and 51, 55 is a cam device provided on the shaft 32, and 56 is a driven member of this cam device. A member 57 is a link whose one end is rotatably connected to this driven member, and 58 is a link whose one end is rotatably connected to the other end of this link and whose central portion is rotatable to a pin 60 fixed to the main body 10. The lever 61 connected to the lever 58 is a link whose both ends are connected to the lever 58 and the guide member 53, respectively.

Therefore, when the shaft 32 rotates, the connecting member 35 can move forward and backward independently of the vertical movement based on the lifting frame 44. Reference numeral 62 represents a support member fixed to the main body 10, and is provided with l pairs of guide portions 63.

Reference numeral 65 denotes a shaft portion extending horizontally from near the rear end of the connecting member 40, and a pair of rollers 66 that are guided so as to be movable up and down along each guide portion 63 are rotatably mounted on both sides.

Therefore, when the elevating frame 44 moves up and down, the connecting member 40 is guided by the guide portion 63 and moves up and down at a predetermined position, so that it does not move forward or backward. 67 is the push rod 42 and the pull rod 43
a holding member that slidably penetrates the vicinity of the rear end of each;
6870 is a helical spring that exerts elasticity on the holding member to hold the pressing rod 42 and the pulling rod 43 in the forward position, and 71 is a pair of rollers rotatably mounted on both sides of the holding member 67. .

72 is a guide member designed to guide this roller;
The support member 62 is supported so as to be movable laterally.

73 is a cam device attached to the shaft 32, and a driven member 75
It is designed to advance and retreat.

A link 76 has one end rotatably connected to the driven member 75, and a link 77 has one end rotatably connected to the other end of this link and is rotatably connected around a pin 78 provided on the main body 10. The lever 79 connects the other end of this lever to the guide member 72.
It is a pin rotatably connected to the

Therefore, when the shaft 32 rotates, the press rod 42 and the pull-down rod 43 can be moved forward and backward together with the holding member 67 from the cam device 73 via the guide member 72 at the same time.
In the configuration as described above, each cam device 46
, 55, and 73 are configured to perform the following operations.

That is, as shown in FIG. 15, there are materials 90 and 91bS supported by stoppers 22 and 23, respectively, at the lower end of each passage 17 and 18 of passage device 15, and material 91 is also supported by stopper 25, The elevating frame 44 is in the raised position, and the connecting member 35, the pressing rod 42, and the pulling rod 43 are in the retracted position. From this state, as shown in FIG. 19, the press rod 42 and the pull-down rod 43 are advanced by the cam device 73 to engage with the cylindrical portion 92 of the material 91 supported by the tip BS stoppers 23 and 25, respectively, and press The rod 42 is made of this material 9
By pressing the material 91 onto the material 90 through the opening 20 with the material 91, the material 9 is moved together with the material 91 without being caught between it and the tip of the contact rod 37.
0t) 3 so that it is inserted. In this case, the contact rod 37 moves back against the spring 38, and the sandwiched materials 90, 91 come out of the passage 17. Also, in this case, the spring 68
,70t)j are compressed to some extent. Next, the elevating frame 44 is lowered to the state shown in FIG. 20, and the materials 90 and 91 sandwiched between the press rod 42 and the connecting member 35 are lowered in the same state, and the material engaged with the pull rod 43/115 is lowered. 91 is pulled down to the lower end position by pushing the stopper 25 to open it to both sides and passing through it.
In this case, the next material 91 is stopped by the stopper 25. Further, the next material 90 can be stopped by the stopper 22. Pressing rod 42, contact rod 37, connecting member 3
Reference numeral 5 constitutes a pinching means for sandwiching and moving the materials 90 and 91. Next, the connecting member 35 is connected by the cam device 55.
t) As the S moves forward, the pressing rod 42 is pressed by the cam device 73.
Then, the bow lowering rod 43 moves backward as shown in FIG. In this case, the tip of the connecting member 35 is connected to the connecting member 40.
The peripheral edge of the material 90 is in contact with the tip of the material 91.
The product 93t) 3 can be made by bending inward to wrap around the peripheral edge of the product 93t) 3. The connecting member 3540 constitutes a connecting means. Thereafter, the connecting member 35f)j is moved back by the operation of the cam device 55, and the product 93 falls through the guide tube 80 and is received in a container (not shown) provided in the main body 10, and is in the state shown in FIG. Become. Next, the lifting frame 44 is raised to the state shown in FIG. 15, and by repeating the same operation, a large number of products 93bS are made by connecting the materials 90 and 91.
You will get it. The present invention can be configured to combine various materials for a pair of snaps and buttons.

For example, to obtain the product 93 shown in FIG. 24B from the materials 90 and 91 shown in FIG. You can use the one you made. Further, in the case of a ring-shaped spring made of 10,000 pieces of material 91hS as shown in FIG. 25a, there is no need to use the pull-down rod 43 or the stopper 25.
Furthermore, a metal material 90 having a plurality of protrusions 95 as shown in FIG. 26a and a material 91 made of synthetic resin, for example.
A product 93 as shown in b can be obtained by combining the above, and in this case as well, the pull-down rod 43 and stopper 25 are unnecessary. As described above, in the present invention, the ends of the passages 17 and 18 of the materials 90 and 91 are arranged so as to overlap each other through the opening 20, and the connecting device 33 is connected to the ends of the passages 17 and 18. Since the l pair of materials 90, 91 that have arrived are sandwiched from both sides and moved to a further position and then connected to each other, the materials 90, 91 can be separated significantly more quickly than conventional devices. This has the effect of making it possible to perform combinations at a speed of, for example, approximately 400 pieces per minute, which is nearly twice as fast as the conventional method.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a front view schematically showing an embodiment of the present invention;
The figure shows the surface survey, Figure 3 shows the left side view of the passage device, Figure 4 shows the right side view, Figure 5 shows the plan view, and Figure 6 shows the lower end of the main body of the passage device. Right side view, Figure 7 is the 3rd
Fig. 8 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line BB in Fig. 3, Fig. 9 is a left side view showing the stopper,
Fig. 10 is a perspective view of a part thereof, Fig. 11 is a right side view showing another stopper, Fig. 12 is a perspective view of a part thereof,
Figure 13 is a right side view showing yet another stopper.
Fig. 14 is a perspective view of a part thereof, Fig. 15 is a front view showing a main part of the coupling device as a cross section, Fig. 16 is a front view showing a device for operating the coupling device, and Fig. 17 is a plan view thereof. 1st
Figure 8 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of CC in Figure 17, Figure 19,
20, 21, and 22 are operation explanatory diagrams, FIG. 23 is a vertical sectional view showing materials and products combined according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 24, 25, and 26 are FIG. 27 is an explanatory view showing a conventional method in cross-sectional view or perspective view of materials and products combined according to different embodiments of the invention. 10 is a main body, 11 and 12 are material supply devices, 15 is a passage device, 16 is a main body, 17 and 18 are passages, 20 is an opening,
22, 23, 25 are stoppers, 26 is a spring, 33 is a connecting device, 35 is a connecting member, 37 is a contact rod, 40 is a connecting member, 42 is a pressing rod, 43 is a pulling rod, 90, 91 are materials,
93 is a product.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A device that has a pair of passages in which two types of materials are arranged in a row and moved in a predetermined direction by gravity, and a connecting device that connects the materials that have arrived at each end of the passage to each other. In this case, the tips of the passages are arranged so as to overlap each other through the openings, and the connecting device overlaps and pinches the pair of materials that have reached the tips of the passages from both sides, and then connects the pair of materials that have reached the tips of the passages. and a connecting means that moves together with the clamping means and connects the moved pair of materials to each other, and the clamping means A snap and button combination machine characterized in that the material of the next pair reaches the tip of each passage at the same time as the pair of materials is moved.