JPS6020827B2 - Cassette tape alignment device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a cassette tape alignment device that is convenient for use in an automatic cassette tape recording system, and particularly for automatically recording production lot numbers on recorded cassette tapes sent from a shooter. This invention relates to a cassette tape aligning device that prints such necessary characters and sequentially aligns them.

In conventional cassette tape automatic recording systems, recorded cassette tapes are ejected from an automatic cassette tape loader and are sorted into good and defective cassette tapes, and only the good cassette tapes are dropped into the product box. When the number of pieces reached , workers had to line them up by hand, and the production lot number was manually determined in a separate process. However, such systems not only have the problem of scratches and damage to the cassette tapes due to collisions between cassette tapes and collisions with the box when they are dropped from the computer into the product box, but also The cassette tape may fly into other adjacent product boxes and get mixed in with it, which is time-consuming because it is done manually, and there is also the problem of printing errors. The present invention
In order to solve this conventional problem, the cassette tapes sent from the shooter are stood one by one in a predetermined state in the tape receiving section, and then moved as they are by a tape moving means until they reach the position of the printing means. The printing means prints 5 characters on each cassette tape, and then the stacking means sequentially arranges the cassette tapes. This prevents scratches and damage to the cassette tapes, and also automatically prints each cassette tape without any mistakes. It is an object of the present invention to provide a force-set tape alignment device that can improve work efficiency.

The present invention will be explained in detail below based on embodiments shown in the drawings. The recorded cassette tape is made by connecting the programs recorded on several tracks of Hironaka's master tape in an inorganic state and running it at a high speed of several meters per second for repeated playback.

Meanwhile, the reproduced program is recorded by a recorder having a running speed corresponding to the reproduction speed.

At this time, a long unrecorded cassette tape is used as the cassette tape to be recorded, and repeated recordings corresponding to the reproduced program are performed. After that, the recorded long cassette tape is cut and divided into pieces corresponding to one program and then loaded into cassette tape halves for commercial mass production. This is done by an automatic cassette tape roller, which is widely known from .

Recorded cassette tapes 3 are continuously fed from an automatic cassette tape loader 1 to a shooter 2. Shooter 2
A sorting guide 4 is provided in the oblique part. The sorting guide 4 rotates when a cylinder 5 is driven by a signal from the automatic cassette tape loader 1, blocks the passage inside the shooter 2, and discharges defective cassette tapes to the outside of the shooter 2. The cassette tape 3, which is guided by the shooter 2 and falls to be sealed, reaches the tape receiving part 6 from the vertical part of the t-shooter 2, where it is stood vertically with the tape exposed side facing down. In order to reduce the impact of the cassette tape 3 falling, a buffer plate 7 made of an elastic material is provided at the bottom of the tape receiving section 6. Further, the cassette tape 3 is held on one side by a screen plate 8 to prevent it from falling over. The screen plate 8 is connected to a cylinder piston mechanism 9, and cooperates with the piston mechanism 9 to horizontally move by a predetermined stroke when the cassette tape 3 is fed into the tape receiving section 6. The cassette tape 3 is moved to the position of the printing device 10 and then returned to its original position. In addition, a horizontal stopper 12 is provided at the upper end of the screen plate 8 to prevent the next cassette tape from falling from the shoe 3/2 while the screen plate 8 is moving the cassette tape. A stopper 12 closes the discharge port of the chute 2. The cassette tape 3 is moved while being held between the screen plate 8 and the force setting press plate 15 of the cylinder piston mechanism 14 disposed on the base 13. In the cylinder-piston mechanism 14, in the initial state where there is no cassette tape 3 on the base 13, the piston is in the longest form protruding from the cylinder, and the force setting press plate 15 at the tip of the piston is against the screen plate 8. They face each other with a distance that allows the cassette tape 3 to fall between them, and in this state, the air or liquid in the cylinder is released. When the cassette tape 3 is moved by the screen plate 8, the piston is sequentially pushed into the cylinder by the thickness of the cassette tape, and the cassette tape 3 is sequentially lined up in front of the force setting push plate 15. They are temporarily stacked on the base 13 until a predetermined number, for example 5, are stacked. The horizontal movement stop position of each river cassette tape 3 is at the printing device 10. At this stop position, one end surface of each cassette tape 3 faces the stopper 16, the other end surface faces the printing section of the printing device 10, and the printing device 10 is driven to make the cassette tape 3 supported by the stopper 6. The production lot number and other necessary information are printed on the end face. The cassette tapes 3 are sequentially arranged on the base 13, and when a predetermined number is reached, a tape number detection means 17 provided in advance in the piston cylinder mechanism 14 emits a signal. This tape number detection means 17 includes a counter that issues a signal when a predetermined number of cassette tapes are counted, and an electronic, mechanical, and other device that performs switching when the moving distance of the piston corresponds to the alignment length of a predetermined number of cassette tapes. A switch or the like is used. When there is a signal from the tape detecting means 17, the stopper 16 facing the printing device 10 is first moved horizontally in the direction of the screen plate 8 by the piston cylinder mechanism 18, and then the piston cylinder which is the second tape moving means is moved horizontally in the direction of the screen plate 8. The slide plate 20 is moved to the cassette 0 by the mechanism 19.
The cassette tapes 3 are moved horizontally on the base 13 in a direction perpendicular to the rows of cassette tapes 3, and one row of cassette tapes is transferred onto the pallet 21 at a time. The pallet 21 constituting the stocking means is sized so that a predetermined number of cassette tapes can be stocked in two rows, for example. The slide plate 20 opens the first row of cassettes. When a row of cassette tapes is moved, that cassette tape row is arranged on only half of the pallet 21, and when the next cassette tape row is moved again by the slide plate 20, that cassette tape row is stocked first. Push the entire row of cassette tapes further to the back half on the pallet 21,
In the end, cassette tapes are stocked in two rows on the pallet 21. In this way, when the cassette tapes are arranged in two rows, the arrangement completion detection means 22 such as a micro switch provided on the pallet 21 detects the cassette tapes.
make it work. When this operation occurs, the stoppers 23 and 24 are recessed into the cylinder by the signal from the detection means 22, and the stopped pallet 21 is transferred to the next work section by the driving force of the conveyor 25, and the next empty pallet is placed in a predetermined position. The above-mentioned alignment operation is repeated. In the above embodiment, after a predetermined number of pieces are arranged in the stacking means, they are transferred to a pallet, and the pallet is automatically sent to the next process by a conveyor, but the present invention is characterized by The base receiving part receives the cassette tape from the shooter, then the moving means moves the cassette tape to the position of the printing means to print, and then the cassette tapes are stacked in an aligned state.

Therefore, the cassette tapes stacked on the stacking means may be manually transferred to the next step. In addition, in the embodiment, the movement from the tape stacking means to the pallet is as follows:
Although this is done automatically by detecting when a predetermined number of cassette tapes has been reached, it is also possible for the worker to visually check when the predetermined number has been reached and move the tapes manually by operating a switch. It is possible. In the present invention, as described above, the cassette tapes from the shooter are received, and the tapes are automatically printed and then stacked by the tape stacking means, so that the printing is done in the very early stage after loading the tape. There is no possibility of printing errors due to contamination, and even if contamination occurs with cassette tapes from other lots in subsequent processes, it can be easily distinguished. Also, since printing is done automatically,
Work efficiency is extremely good. In addition, the zero force set in the standing state sent out by the force set sending unit is supported by the cassette fall prevention unit on the opposite side of the force set sending unit.
This prevents the cassette from tipping over when moving it.
Therefore, the cassettes can be stacked reliably. 5 Brief Description of the Drawings Fig. 1 is a partially cutaway perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a side view showing the tape moving means of the same, Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same, Figs. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of the same operation as above.

0 1... Automatic cassette tape loader, 2... Shooter, 3... Cassette tape, 6... Tape receiving section, 10... Printing device, 11... Tape moving means, 13... Base, 14... Piston cylinder mechanism, 15... Tape pressing plate.

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 A shooter to which cassettes each wrapped with tape of a desired length are sequentially supplied, a cassette receiving section for receiving the cassettes from the shooter, and a cassette in the cassette receiving section.
A cassette delivery section that sends out the cassette by a desired amount of movement to the individual cassettes; a cassette overturn prevention section that is placed between the cassette delivery section and the cassette and moves back in accordance with the amount of cassette delivery; and a cassette delivery section from the cassette receiving section. A cassette tape aligning device comprising a printing section for printing desired characters on the side surface of a cassette being sent out.