JPS63645B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a closure attachment device that irremovably connects a plurality of articles, and more particularly, to a closure attachment device that can irremovably connect closure devices simply by grasping with the hand. It is related to.

A sealing tool used for connecting multiple articles, for example, products such as sandals, has a head 2 having a locking hole 1 and a locking part 3 connected with a filament 4, as shown in FIGS. 1a and 1b. The filaments 4 are connected and molded into one piece from a synthetic resin such as nylon, and the filament 4 is further stretched to orient the molecules to increase its strength.

After passing a plurality of articles through the filament 4, the locking part 3 is inserted into the locking hole 1 of the head 2 as shown in FIG. 2 and the locking part 3 are made impossible to separate.

However, the installation work of the sealing device so far has been
All of the work was done manually by workers, one by one, resulting in poor work efficiency and problems such as fingers becoming sore after doing this work for a long time.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a sealing tool mounting device that improves work efficiency by continuously performing the mounting work of a large number of sealing tools.

To achieve this object, the present invention provides a sealing tool attachment device in which a head having a locking hole and a locking part that is irremovably inserted into the head are connected by a filament, and these are integrated with synthetic resin. The sealing tool has a movable arm having a head positioning groove, and a carrier that takes out the locking part from a locking part guide arm disposed opposite to the movable arm and transports it to the head positioning groove. Further, the movable arm is provided with an alignment mechanism that aligns a large number of the sealing tools and guides the head to the head positioning groove, and the locking portion guide arm is provided with an alignment mechanism that aligns the sealing device with the movable arm. The present invention is characterized by a sealing device attachment device that is provided with an alignment mechanism that aligns the locking portions of the sealing devices and supplies them to the carrier one by one.

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 11.

In FIGS. 3 to 5, the main body 7 has a sealing guide arm 8 at the front and a grip 9 at the rear. The main body 7 also includes a locking portion guiding arm 8.
A movable arm 10 disposed facing the movable arm 10 and a grip rod 11 integrally provided at the rear thereof are pivotally connected to swing in the direction of arrow A-B about a fulcrum 12, so that the entire movable arm 10 is formed into a scissor shape. ing.

As shown in FIG. 5, the gripping rod 11 is arranged so that a part thereof is located inside the gripping part 9 and the other part protrudes outward from the opening of the gripping part 9, and the movable arm 10 is The spring 13 is always biased in the direction of arrow D (the grip rod 11 is in the direction of arrow B).
A stopper 1 provided at the rear end of the gripping rod 11
4 restricts the movement of the grip rod 11 in the direction of arrow B.

To explain the alignment mechanism for aligning and guiding the heads 2 of the sealing tools, the movable arm 10 has an inverted L-shaped cross section as shown in FIG.
The head 2 of the sealing device is attached to the lower part of the movable arm 10 by overlapping the guides 16 having a T-shaped cross section as shown in FIG. A guide groove 17 is formed. Further, in the space 18 above the movable arm 10, a guide bar 19 extending from the rear to the front end of the movable arm 10 is provided, as shown in FIG. This guide bar 19 has its rear end bent in the axial direction of the fulcrum 12 and inserted into the movable arm 10, and its tip is opened in the lateral direction of the front end of the movable arm 10, as shown in FIG. 6a. Insert into the groove 20 and then insert the guide 16
Positioning is performed by closing the opening of the groove 20 with a protrusion 21 provided at the tip of the groove 20 .

A pressing piece 23 is slidably fitted into the guide bar 19 so that the pressing piece 22 of the head 2 of the sealing tool is positioned in the guide groove 17, as shown in FIG. A spring 24 fitted to the guide bar 19 constantly urges the pressed sesame 23 in the direction of arrow E. Further, a pressing sesame stopper 26 is provided at the rear of the guide 16, as shown in FIG. Press the sesame 23 when inserting the spring 2.
5 and is positioned at the rear of the guide 16. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 6a, a locking groove 27 is formed in the side wall of the front end of the movable arm 10, and a part of the locking groove 27 has a protrusion prevention piece 29 with a collar 28 attached to the outer periphery. The collar is fitted, and by inserting the protrusion prevention piece 29 into the tip of the guide bar 19, the protrusion prevention piece 29 is prevented from coming off in the direction of arrow EE in FIG. 6a. It is designed to be able to rotate around a guide bar 19. Further, at the tip of the movable arm 10, a sealing head positioning groove 30 is formed by the inner wall of the pop-out prevention piece 29, the lower inner wall of the guide 16, and the vertical wall of the rail 15.

On the other hand, the main body 7 is divided into two parts in the longitudinal direction, and a locking part guide arm 8 in the main body 7 divided into two parts.
The portion has a built-in alignment mechanism for the locking portion 3 of the sealing device. This alignment mechanism will be explained with reference to FIG. 5, FIG. 6b, FIG. 10, and FIG.
is formed. An alignment groove 32 wider than the long groove 31 is formed in the lock guide arm 8 below the long groove 31, and a guide plate with a U-shaped groove 33 is formed below the alignment groove 32. 34 is inserted. A locking portion pressing piece 35 is slidably inserted into each of the grooves thus formed. That is, the long groove 31 has a guide piece/locking part tip pressing piece 3.
6, the pressing main body piece 37 is in the alignment groove 32, and
A knob 38 and a connecting portion 39 of the pressing main body piece 37 are inserted into the U-shaped groove 33, respectively. A spring guide bar 40 is provided at the rear of the pressing main piece 37, and one end of a spring 41 compressed at the rear of the alignment groove 32 is inserted into the spring guide bar 40. The locking portion pressing sesame 35 is constantly urged in the direction of arrow G in FIG. 6b.

Furthermore, a locking protrusion 42 is formed on one side of the knob 38 of the locking portion pressing sesame 35, as shown in FIG. 10, and this locking protrusion 42 is located within a groove 43. A stopper pawl 44 is positioned at the rear of this groove 43 so as to rotate in the direction of arrow N in FIG. Locking protrusion 42
By hooking the locking part pressing sesame 35 to the rear part of the locking part guide arm 8 against the spring 41.

A groove 46 is provided in the side wall of the distal end of the locking portion guide arm 8, in which a feed pawl 45 swinging in the direction of arrow LM is positioned, as shown in FIGS. 6b and 11. The feed pawl 45 is always biased in the direction of arrow L by a torsion spring 47, and when the rear end of the feed pawl 45 protrudes, the long groove 31 and alignment groove 32
Even if the locking part 3 of the sealing tool located in the U-shaped groove 33 is pressed in the direction of arrow G by the locking part pressing sesame 35, it is prevented from popping out. Further, the tip of the feed claw 45 is formed into a wedge shape, and when the feed claw 45 rotates in the direction of the arrow M, the tip of the feed claw 45 locks a plurality of sealing tools that stand in a row. Only one section 3 is pulled out in the direction of arrow S.

On the other hand, at a position eccentric from the fulcrum 12 of the movable arm 10, a pin 48 is provided extending laterally through the main body 7, as shown in FIG. Pin 4 of body 7
An escape groove 49 is formed in the portion through which the pin 8 passes, along the locus when the pin 48 rotates about the fulcrum 12 together with the movable arm 10. A carrier arm 50 is attached to the main body 7 in front of the pin 48 position.
is attached so that it can rotate in the direction of arrow C-D by a center pin 51, and a movable arm 1 is attached to the rear of the center pin 51 of the carrier arm 50.
0 is engaged. Therefore, the carrier arm 50 moves in the direction of arrow D as the movable arm 10 rotates in the direction of arrow C, as shown by the imaginary line in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 7, a carrier 52 is supported at the distal end of the carrier arm 50 so as to be rotatable in the direction of arrow JK, and is always urged in the direction of arrow J by a torsion spring 53. Carrier 52 is
Normally, the vertical portion 54 of the torsion spring 53 is connected to the stopper 5.
5, positioning is performed in the direction of arrow J, and when the fitting portion 56 at the tip of the vertical portion 54 of the torsion spring 53 comes into contact with the lower surface of the block 57, a step is formed between the carrier 52 and the shaft 58. Together with the lower surface 59, the vertical movement of the carrier 52 is restricted.

Now, in order to seal the article after passing the article through the sealing tool as shown in FIG. 2, first move the head pressing sesame 23 in the direction of arrow F against the spring 24 in FIG. Lock the sesame stopper 26. Next, the pop-out prevention piece 29 is rotated upward to open the head positioning groove 30, and from there, the head 2 of the sealing tool is inserted into the guide groove 17 as shown in FIG. 6a.
After inserting a large number of pieces, close the pop-out prevention piece 29.
Then, press sesame stopper 2 as shown in Fig. 9.
By pushing 6 in the direction of arrow R, press the head sesame 2.
3 is released and the head pressing sesame 23 is pressed in the direction of arrow E by the restoring force of the spring 24. As a result, as shown in FIG. 6a, the head presses the sesame 23.
Press the head 2 of the sealer to release the pop-out prevention piece 2.
The head 2 is held between the head 9 and the head 2. At this time, the head 2 located at the most extreme position is positioned within the head positioning groove 30.

Next, as shown in FIG.
is moved in the direction of arrow H against the spring, and the locking protrusion 42 of the knob 38 is engaged with the stopper pawl 44, so that the locking portion pressing sesame 35 is placed on standby at the rear. Then, while the carrier 52 was once moved in the direction of arrow D and the feed pawl 45 was slightly rotated in the direction of arrow M, the head 2 was inserted into the long groove 31, the alignment groove 32, and the U-shaped groove 33 on the movable arm. Insert the locking part 3 of the sealing tool. At this time, as can be seen from FIG. 11, the protrusion 6 of the locking part 3 is positioned above the U-shaped groove 33 to prevent the locking part 3 from coming off. After loading the locking part 3 in this way, when the carrier 52, which had been moved in the direction of arrow D, is rotated in the direction of arrow C, the lower surface 59 of the carrier 52 pushes the rear end 45a of the feed pawl 45. This feed claw 45 is rotated in the direction of arrow M. As a result, the distal end portion 45b of the feed claw 45 cuts into the locking portions 3 of the sealing devices standing in a row as shown in FIG.

From this state, a plurality of objects are placed between the movable arm 10 and the locking part guiding arm 8, and the gripping rod 1 is placed against the gripping part 9.
1 in the direction of arrow A. As a result, the movable arm 10 moves in the direction of arrow C to the imaginary line position in FIG.
Accordingly, the carrier arm 50 also moves to the imaginary line position. Therefore, the locking part 3 of the sealing tool fitted into the carrier 52 is inserted into the head 2 waiting in the head positioning groove 30 of the movable arm 10, and the head 2 and the locking part are connected as shown in FIG. 3 are combined.

On the other hand, as the carrier 52 moves in the direction of arrow D, the feed pawl 45, which has been rotated to the imaginary line position in FIG. This prevents the locking part 3 from popping out.

When the connection between the head 2 and the locking part 3 is completed in this way, the head 2 is pulled out from the head positioning groove 30. As a result, the head 2 of the next sealing tool is moved into the head positioning groove 30 by the head pressing sesame 23 and is on standby. When the grip lever 11 is released from the grip portion 9, the grip lever 11 is moved by the arrow B by the spring 13.
At the same time, the movable arm 10 also rotates in the direction of arrow D and returns to its original position. Furthermore, movable arm 10
As it moves in the direction of arrow D, the pin 48 also moves as shown in FIG. 4, so the carrier arm 50 rotates in the direction of arrow C from the imaginary line position to the solid line position and returns to its original position. do. By this return, the carrier 52 is again moved to the rear end 45 of the feed claw 45.
a is rotated in the direction of arrow M, the tip 45b of the feed pawl 45 moves to the next locking portion 3 in the same manner as described above.
is sent out in the direction of arrow S in FIG. 6b and is inserted into the carrier 52, waiting for the next sealing operation.

In addition, the head 2 and the locking part 3 of the sealing tool are connected to the movable arm 1.
0 and the locking portion guide arm 8, the sealing devices may be separated one by one, but it is preferable to connect a large number of them during or after molding for better workability. .

Further, the present invention can be achieved even if the alignment mechanism of the head of the sealing tool and the locking part is other than the embodiment described above.

As described above, according to the present invention, the sealing operation of the sealing tool, which could only be performed manually in the past, can be mechanized and carried out continuously. Therefore, it is a useful invention that can significantly improve workability.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1a and 1b are front and side views of the sealing device, FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the sealing device showing the connected state, FIG. 3 is a front view of the device of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is one of the devices. FIG. 5 is a front view with a part of the main body removed and a part cut away, FIGS. 6 a and b are perspective views showing the movable arm tip and the locking part guiding part, and FIG. , a perspective view of the carrier; FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken along the line of FIG. 5;
Fig. 9 is a sectional view taken along the line of Fig. 5, and Fig. 10 is a sectional view along the line of Fig. 5.
Figure 5 - Sectional view of the line, Figure 11 is Figure 5 XI
- It is a cross-sectional view taken along the XI line. 1... Locking hole, 2... Head, 3... Locking part, 4
...Filament, 8...Locking portion guiding arm, 10...
...Movable arm, 15...Rail, 16...Guide, 1
7... Head guide groove, 23... Pressing sesame, 24...
... Spring, 29 ... Pop-out prevention piece, 30 ...
... Head positioning groove, 31 ... Long groove, 32 ... Alignment groove, 33 ... U-shaped groove, 34 ... Guide plate, 35 ...
... Locking part press sesame, 41 ... Spring, 50 ...
...Carrier arm, 52...Carrier.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A sealing tool attachment device in which a head having a locking hole and a locking part that is irremovably inserted into the locking hole are connected by a filament, and these are integrated with synthetic resin, wherein the head of the sealing tool is It has a movable arm having a positioning groove, and a carrier that takes out the locking part from a locking part guide arm disposed opposite to the movable arm and transports it to the head positioning groove. an alignment mechanism for aligning the sealing device and guiding the head to the head positioning groove, and aligning the locking portion of the sealing device to be aligned with the movable arm in the locking portion guiding arm. , add this to the carrier 1
A sealing device mounting device characterized by being provided with an alignment mechanism for supplying sealing devices one by one.