JPS6363988B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] This invention relates to a recording tape taken out from a molding machine,
This invention relates to a transport method for efficiently supplying various cassette half cases (hereinafter referred to as half cases) for storing video tapes, etc. to the next process.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, half cases taken out of a molding machine are conveyed to the next process by being randomly stacked in a magazine and then being conveyed to the next process; After temporarily assembling the pair of half cases,
A method of transporting each assembly of cases is generally known.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the former method among the above-mentioned conventional conveying methods, the half case taken out from the magazine in the next process such as the tape assembling process is In order to make it possible to assemble them, they had to be rearranged to face a predetermined direction, which took a lot of time. In addition, in the latter method, the pair of half cases once assembled must be disassembled again, making the preassembly in the previous process useless.

The present invention was invented to solve the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks, and its purpose is to straighten a half case taken out from a molding machine in a direction perpendicular to the direction of conveyance thereof. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for transporting half cases, which allows the half cases to be efficiently handled in the next process by conveying the half cases to the next process via a magazine that can be aligned.

[Means for Solving the Problem] The present invention sequentially moves a plurality of half cases taken out from a molding machine in a predetermined direction through a magazine provided with a large number of compartments in a direction perpendicular to the transport direction and in a direction perpendicular to the transport direction. While pitch-feeding, the plurality of half-cases taken out from each compartment in the direction perpendicular to the transport direction of the magazine that has been pitch-fed are aligned in a straight line in the direction perpendicular to the transport direction by the supply means. After loading the half cases one after another, the magazine into which the half cases have been loaded is carried out to the next process.

[Operation of the Invention] Since the present invention is configured as described above, a plurality of half cases taken out from a molding machine can be stored in a straight line in a direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction through a magazine. , these half cases are supplied to the next process.

[Example] Hereinafter, the configuration of an example of the present invention will be described.

First, the magazine 3 in which the half cases 1 are accommodated by the automatic stacking device 11 of the present invention will be explained. In FIG. The half case 1 is divided into four rows, and each row is divided according to the thickness of the half case 1. As a result, four half cases 1 are sequentially accommodated in the magazine 3 in the direction perpendicular to the transport direction. Further, grooves 5 are formed on the bottom surface of the magazine 3 and extend in the direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction at intervals corresponding to the partition width in the conveyance direction.

FIG. 2 schematically shows a side view of the automatic stacking device 11, FIG. 3 schematically shows a plan view of FIG. 2, and pitch feeding mechanism B.
In FIG. 4 showing the transfer mechanism C1, FIGS. 5 to 7 showing the chuck mechanism C2, and FIGS. 8 and 9 showing the chuck mechanism C2, the main frame 15 of the automatic stacking device 11 is shown.
has a shape extending in the left-right direction shown in FIG. 2 at a required height, and on the left end side of the automatic stacking device 11 of the main body frame 15 shown in FIG. is located. And the main body frame 15 shown in FIG.
A carry-in conveyor 13 is arranged at the lower left side (carry-in side). The belt of the carry-in conveyor 13 is provided with a protrusion (not shown) that engages with the groove 5 formed on the bottom of the magazine 3. The magazines 3 are sequentially carried in by the engagement of the projections. Further, a screw 17 having an axis in the vertical direction is rotatably supported on the carry-in side of the main body frame 15, and the lower end of the axis of the screw 17 is connected to a motor 19 attached to the main body frame 15. A pedestal 21 for moving the loaded magazine 3 upward is engaged with the screw 17, and as the motor 19 is driven, the screw 17 rotates and the pedestal 21 is moved up and down. The main body frame 15 has two guide shafts 2 having axes parallel to the screw 17.
3 is attached to the guide shaft 23, and the pedestal 21 is supported slidably in the vertical direction with respect to the guide shaft 23.

Two guide shafts 25 having axes in the conveyance direction of the magazine 3 are attached to the left side of the main body frame 15, and a holder 27 is supported on the guide shafts 25 so as to be slidable in the axial direction. The holder 27
There are two guide shafts 29 having axes in the vertical direction.
is attached to the guide shaft 29, and a slider 31 is attached to the guide shaft 29.
is supported so as to be slidable in the axial direction. A cylinder 33 whose rod tip is attached to the holder 27 is attached to the slider 31, and the slider 31 is moved up and down by the operation of the cylinder 33. The slider 31 has a flat part extending above the pedestal 21, and a cylinder 35 is provided on the lower surface of the flat part.
A chuck member 37 is attached which is provided with a claw (not shown) that opens and closes when operated.

A pair of support rails 39 are attached to both sides of the center of the main body frame 15 and are opposed to each other with a width in the direction perpendicular to the transport direction of the magazine 3, and the magazine 3 is supported on the support rails 39 so as to be movable in the transport direction. . The main body frame 15 located approximately below the center of the support rail 39 has a pitch for moving the magazine 3 one pitch at a time (in the present invention, one pitch refers to the width of one division in the transport direction formed inside the magazine 3). A feed mechanism B is attached. That is, a cylinder 41 having an axis in the conveying direction of the magazine 3 is attached to the main body frame 15, and a holder 43 is attached to the rod of the cylinder 41. Two guide shafts 45 having axes in the vertical direction are supported on the holder 43 so as to be slidable in the vertical direction at a required interval in the conveyance direction, and a moving stage 47 is provided at the upper end of the guide shaft 45. installed. Further, a cylinder 49 having an axis in the vertical direction is attached to the holder 43, and its rod is fixed to the movable table 47. Further, on the upper surface of the moving table 47, a claw portion 5 that can be engaged with the groove 5 is provided.
1 are attached at intervals corresponding to the pitch feed width of the magazine 3 in the transport direction. The movable table 47 is moved between an upper position where the claw portion 51 and the groove 5 engage with each other by the operation of the cylinder 49, and a lower position where the claw portion 51 engages with the groove 5.
1 and the groove 5 are moved between the lower position of disengagement. Note that the holder 43 is attached to the main body frame 15.
Stoppers 53 and 5 that come into contact with the front and rear end surfaces of
4 are respectively attached, and these stoppers 53 and 54
The amount of movement of the holder 43 in the conveying direction is set in accordance with the pitch feed width of the magazine 3 by the contact of the holder 43 with the magazine 3 . Further, a stopper 55 is attached to the lower part of the guide shaft 45 for setting the vertical movement range of the movable table 47.

A transfer mechanism C is attached to the upper center of the main body frame 15 corresponding to the upper part of the magazine 3 placed on the support rail 39, and the transfer mechanism C has a transfer mechanism C1 and a chuck mechanism as a loading means. It is composed of C2. First, to explain the configuration of the transfer mechanism C1, two rotary actuators 59 constituting a rotating member are attached to the main body frame 15 corresponding to the two central rows of the magazine 3, and the rotation axis of the rotary actuator 59 is Two cylinders 61 are attached via brackets 63 at a required distance in the transport direction. Said cylinder 6
A receiving plate 65 is attached to the upper end surface of the tube 1,
The rod of the cylinder 61 constituting the positioning member is inserted into the through hole formed in the receiving plate 65. When the half case 1 is placed on the receiving plate 65, this rod is inserted into a hole (not shown) formed in the half case 1, and the half case 1 is positioned with respect to the receiving plate 65. . Said cylinder 6
1 includes side plates 67 that stand up on both sides of the receiving plate 65.
A guide plate 67 having a shape is supported so as to be movable in the vertical direction. A holder 69 provided on the side surface of the cylinder 61 supports a push-up shaft 71 so as to be slidable in the vertical direction, and a roller 73 is rotatably supported at the lower end of the push-up shaft 71 . A coil spring 75 is attached to the push-up shaft 71 located between the holder 69 and the roller 73, and the elastic force of the coil spring 75 constantly urges the push-up shaft 71 downward. Furthermore, a cam 77 is attached to the main body frame 15 in accordance with the rolling trace of the roller 73, and the cam surface is gradually raised toward the outside. When the main body frame 15 is rolled on the cam surface of the cam 77 as the rotary actuator 59 is driven,
The push-up shaft 71 is moved upward against the elastic force of the spring 75, and the upper end of the shaft comes into contact with the guide plate 67. As a result, the guide plate 67 is pushed up so that its side plates 67a are positioned on both sides of the receiving plate 65, and the receiving plate 65 on which the half case 1 is transferred corresponds to the section located on the outside of the magazine 3. will be moved to In addition, the main body frame 15
The receiving plate 6 has an extrusion cylinder 79 located on the outside.
5, and an extrusion plate 81 is attached to the rod of the extrusion cylinder 79. The pushing plate 81 is activated when the receiving plate 65 is moved in accordance with the rows on both sides of the magazine 3, and the half case 1 is pushed out from above the receiving plate 65 to a chuck mechanism C2 to be described later.

Next, the configuration of the chuck mechanism C2 will be explained. The chuck mechanism C2 is provided on the main body frame 15 in a direction corresponding to the transport direction of the transfer mechanism C1. That is, a cylinder 85 having an axis in the vertical direction is attached to the side of the main body frame 15, and a holder 87 is attached to a rod 85a of the cylinder 85. As the cylinder 85 operates, the holder 87 is moved up and down. A rotation shaft 89 perpendicular to the conveying direction of the magazine 3 is rotatably supported in the holder 87 at a position above the magazine 3 placed on the support rail 39 .
A rotating shaft of a rotary actuator 91 provided in the holder 87 is connected to the shaft end of the rotating shaft 89, and as the rotary actuator 91 operates, the rotating shaft 89 is rotated by about 90 degrees. Ru. Two holders 93 are attached to a rotation shaft 89 corresponding to the upper two central rows of the magazines 3 supported on the support rail 39, and a first support plate 9 is mounted on the holder 93.
5 is installed. A guide plate 97 is attached to the intermediate portion of the first support plate 95 and has a T-shaped cross section that rises upward according to the thickness of the half case 1 and then faces both sides. Further, a cylinder 99 having an axis in the same direction as the rotation shaft 89 is attached to each holder 93, and the cylinder 99
A second support plate 101 is attached to the rod at a slight distance from both ends of the first support plate 95. The second support plate 101 has a width corresponding to the half case 1, stands up according to the thickness of the half case 1, and has a cross section L bent inward.
A guide plate 103 having a letter shape is attached, and a guide plate 105 having a T-shaped cross section is attached to the inside of the second support plate 101. On the upper surface of the first support plate 95, two of the four half cases 1, which are injection molded and taken out by a takeout device (not shown), are also placed on the second support plate 95. The two half cases 1 transferred from the receiving plate 65 are placed on the upper surface of the plate 101, respectively.

A carry-out mechanism D is provided on the carry-out side of the automatic stacking device 11.
is placed. This carry-out mechanism D is similar to the carry-in mechanism A described above, and the same drawing number will be given and the explanation thereof will be omitted. Further, a cylinder 109 having an axis in the unloading direction is attached to the main body frame 15 according to the downward movement position of the gantry 21, and the cylinder 109
An extrusion member 111 is attached to the rod. That is, when the magazine 3 is moved to the lower position by the downward movement of the pedestal 21, the pushing member 111, which moves with the operation of the cylinder 109, moves the magazine 3 to the carry-out conveyor ( (not shown).

Next, the operation of this embodiment configured as described above will be explained with reference to FIGS. 2 to 11.

When the magazine 3 is carried into the carry-in side of the automatic stacking device 11 by the carry-in conveyor 13 and placed on the pedestal 21, the pedestal 21 is moved upward by the screw 17 which rotates as the motor 19 is driven, and the magazine 3 is placed on the pedestal 21. Moved to the upper position. When the cylinder 35 is operated in this state, the magazine 3 is clamped by claws (not shown) that move toward each other. Next, when the cylinder 33 is operated in the above state, the slider 31 provided with the chuck member 37 that clamps the magazine 3 is moved upward, and the magazine 3 is lifted from the pedestal 21. When the cylinder 38 is operated in the above state, the slider 31 moves to the right as shown in FIG.
is moved to the loading side of the support rail 39. When the cylinder 33 is moved back at this position, the magazine 3 clamped by the chuck member 37 is transferred onto the support rail 39, and then the magazine 3 is moved back by the claw (not shown) due to the return movement of the cylinder 35. 3 clamp is released. After the above operation, cylinder 38
The slider 31 is returned to its original position by the backward movement.
Furthermore, the pedestal 21 is returned to the lower position by the screw 17 which rotates in the opposite direction as the motor 19 is driven in the reverse direction. In FIG. 10 showing the pitch feed operation,
When the cylinder 49 is operated with the magazine 3 placed on the support rail 39, the claw portion 5 moves upward.
1 is engaged with the groove 5 of the magazine 3. When the cylinder 41 is operated in the above state, the magazine 3 is pitch-fed in the transport direction by the claw portion 51 that moves to the right as shown in FIG. 2 in accordance with the section width. When the cylinder 49 is moved back after the above operation,
After the engagement of the claw portion 51 with the groove 5 is released, the claw portion 51 is returned to its original position as the cylinder 41 moves back. By repeating the above operations, the magazine 3 is sequentially fed in pitches in the transport direction. In FIGS. 5 to 9 and 11 showing the transfer mechanism, when the magazine 3 is sent to the transfer position with the pitch feeding operation, four half cases are placed in each compartment of the magazine 3. 1 is inserted at the same time. That is, the four half cases 1 taken out from the molding machine in two rows in front and back in the conveyance direction by a take-out device (not shown) are placed on each receiving plate 65 and on the first support plate 95. are placed respectively. At this time, cylinder 8
5, the first support plate 95 is moved to a height that substantially coincides with the receiving plate 65. Further, when the half case 1 is placed on each receiving plate 65, the rod is moved upward by the operation of the cylinder 61. The half case 1 is positioned on the receiving plate 65 by inserting the rod into the through hole of the half case 1 placed on the receiving plate 65. When the half cases 1 are placed on each pedestal 65, the rotary actuator 59
As the magazine 3 is driven, each receiving plate 65 is rotated approximately 180 degrees in a side direction perpendicular to the conveying direction of the magazine 3.
At this time, the roller 73 against the cam surface of the cam 77
As the push-up shaft 71 is pushed upward against the elastic force of the spring 75, the side plate 6
Half case 1 in which 7a is placed on the receiving plate 65
The guide plates 67 are pushed up so that they are positioned on both sides of the guide plate 67. After the above operation, when the cylinder 61 is moved back and the insertion of the rod into the through hole is released, the half case 1 placed on the receiving plate 65 is pushed out by the push-out plate 81 that moves with the operation of the push-out cylinder 79. It is transferred onto second support plates 101 located on both sides of first support plate 95 . At this time, the half case 1 transferred onto the second support plate 101 is held between the guide plates 103 and 105. As a result, the four half cases 1 are taken out in two rows in the front and back in the transport direction.
are aligned in a straight line with respect to the direction perpendicular to the transport direction.

After the above operation, each cylinder 99 is operated and the second
When the support plate 101 is moved toward the center, the two half cases 1 placed on the first support plate 95 are sandwiched between the guide plate 105 and the guide plate 97.

When the cylinder 85 is moved back after the above operation, the chuck mechanism C2 is brought close to the top side of the magazine 3. When the rotary actuator 91 is driven after the above operation, the first support plate 95 and the second support plate 101 move approximately as the rotation shaft 89 rotates.
Rotated 90°. As a result, each first support plate 95
The half cases 1 on the second support plate 101 are loaded into each compartment of the magazine 3 that has been moved to the transfer position. After the above operation, the chuck mechanism C2 is returned to its original position, and the magazine 3 is pitch-fed by the pitch-feeding mechanism B. After the above operation, the pitch feed mechanism B is driven to move one pitch in the conveying direction, and the next section is positioned at the transfer position.

By repeating the above operation, the magazine 3 with half cases 1 loaded into each compartment is moved to the support rail 39.
When the magazine 3 is moved to the unloading side, the magazine 3 is clamped by the chuck member 37 that has been waiting at that position. The magazine 3 lifted from the support rail 39 by the operation of the cylinder 33 is moved to the right side as shown in FIG. 2 as the cylinder 38 is operated. At this time, the pedestal 21 is moved to the upper position as the screw 17 rotates, and the magazine 3 is placed on the pedestal 21 as the cylinders 33 and 35 move back. Next, as the screw 17 is reversed, the pedestal 21 on which the magazine 3 is placed is moved to a lower position, and the cylinder 1
The magazine 3 placed on the pedestal 21 is pushed out onto a carry-out conveyor (not shown) by the push-out member 111 that moves in accordance with the operation of the push-out member 111 .

In this way, in this embodiment, a plurality of half cases taken out from a molding machine are placed in each compartment of the magazine in a straight line in a direction perpendicular to the transport direction, and By supplying the magazine containing the half cases to the next process, the half cases can be efficiently handled in the next process.

[Effects of the Invention] For this reason, the present invention transports the half cases taken out from the molding machine to the next process via a magazine that can align the half cases in a straight line in a direction perpendicular to the direction of conveyance thereof. By doing so, it is possible to provide a method for transporting half cases that can efficiently handle half cases in the next process.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is an explanatory view of the magazine, with the right half showing the flat surface and the left half showing the bottom surface, Fig. 2 a side view showing the outline of the automatic stacker, Fig. 3 a plan view showing the outline of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 The figure is a cross-sectional view showing the pitch feed mechanism.
9 to 9 are explanatory views showing the transfer mechanism, and FIGS. 10 and 11 are explanatory views showing the operation. In the figure, 1 is half case, 3 is magazine, 59
is a rotary actuator as a rotating member, 6
5 is a receiving plate, 95 is a first support plate, 101 is a second holding plate, C is a transfer mechanism, and C2 is a chuck mechanism as a loading means.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of cassette half cases taken out from a molding machine are sequentially pitch-fed in a predetermined direction through a magazine provided with a large number of compartments in a direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction and in a direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction. After the plurality of cassette half cases taken out into each compartment in the direction perpendicular to the transport direction are sequentially inputted into each compartment by the supply means in a straight line in the direction perpendicular to the transport direction, the cassette half cases are A method of transporting cassette half cases to transport the magazine loaded with cases to the next process.