JP2664615B2 - Interleaf paper feeder - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for automatically supplying slip sheets before loading glass sheets on a pallet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Glass plates, especially large architectural stocks, are stacked on a pallet and leaned against the pallets to prevent direct contact between the glass plates to prevent scratches and burns. Although a slip sheet is interposed between the sheets, various kinds of slip sheet supply devices have been proposed.
No. 665 discloses a slip sheet supply device installed on the side of a sheet glass transfer path, a rail member extending from the slip sheet supply apparatus to a position above the transfer path, and a rail member extending across the transfer path. A moving body movably attached to the member, a slip sheet clamp member provided on the moving body to pull out the slip sheet above the plate glass by movement of the moving body, and a slip sheet drawn above the plate glass on the upper surface of the sheet glass; Disclosed is a slip sheet insertion device comprising a holding cylinder attached to the rail member to press, as a supply device for hanging the slip sheet directly in front of a glass plate leaning on a pallet, the cutting device is the most suitable for cutting and laminating. Suction the edge of the slip sheet,
There is also a type in which a member for sucking and supporting the interleaving paper is swung forward and backward after the positioning, and hangs on the front surface of the pallet.

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]
In the publication of No. 65, a rail member is laid horizontally above a sheet glass conveyance path, a moving body is engaged with the rail member, and a leading end of the slip sheet is gripped by a clamp member provided on the moving body. , The operation of moving the moving body to pull out the interleaving paper above the glass sheet, and then pressing the interleaving paper against the glass sheet by the holding cylinder is an automatic operation of inserting the interleaving paper.
In the case of large sheets, there is a problem that the space for the stacked slip sheets is large, and there is a problem that the slip sheets need to be rearranged every time the size of the sheet glass is changed. Has a drawback that requires an ancillary device, such as passing a sheet glass with interleaving paper below the charging electrode by a conveyor belt, so that the latter can swing up and down and back and forth. There is a drawback that a complicated mechanism is required because of a large number of drive units such as a built-in positioning mechanism.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus which can be used as a simple apparatus with a small number of mechanisms and which can be applied to large and small glass plates. And, a gantry on which a roll-shaped interleaf is installed is erected on the upper part of the pallet on which the glass plate is leaned and placed, and a pair of left and right shafts that rotate via the front and rear motors arranged on the gantry A suction rod that is provided with a swingable rod for fixing one of the rods, and that sucks and holds the cutting paper interposed in front at the tip of a pair of arms that are axially connected to the other end of the rod to support after cutting and move in parallel And an arm mounted horizontally on a drum that is rotated by an up / down motor provided on the gantry with a winding band.

[0005] The adjusting band indicates a rope, a link chain, a timing belt and the like, and is not particularly limited.

[0006]

The arm is rotatably connected to a swingable rod, and the arm is suspended in an adjustable band, so that the operation trajectory of the suction bar provided at the end of the arm is greatly expanded, and the glass plate is different in size. Can be easily handled.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a side view showing a main part of the present invention in which a part of the present invention is cut away, FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating a rod and an arm disassembled to explain the operation thereof, and FIG. FIG. 4 shows a side view of the assembly.

On a pallet 3 on which the glass plate 1 is leaned by a suction type transfer device 2 omitting a drive unit, a gantry 4 is provided.
And a driving unit of means for supplying the interleaf to the front surface of the glass sheet 1 placed on the pallet 3 and the interleaf 5 wound in a roll shape on the gantry, that is, the control unit has good controllability and good control. An easy front / rear motor 6 and an up / down motor 7 are installed, and the up / down motor rotates a pair of right and left drums 9 for winding a hanging rope 8, for example, to adjust an arm 16 to be described later. The front and rear motor 6 causes the P-axis unit 10 disposed on the bearing stand on the gantry 4 to rotate.
One end of the rod 11 is fixed to the shaft with a key or the like (not shown), and the other end is swingable in the front-rear direction.
The b-sprockets 12 and 13 are axially mounted via bearings (not shown), and the other end of the rod 11 is connected to one end of an arm 16 provided with Q and R shafts 14 and 15 at both ends. A series of c and d sprockets 17, 18
At the same time, an arm 16 is rotatably mounted on a shaft, and an e-sprocket 19 is rotatably mounted on a R-axis portion 15 of the arm via a bearing (not shown).
Then, if the suction bar 21 connected to a suction hose (not shown) is fixed, the horizontal suction bar 21 can swing forward and backward.

An arm 16 which is connected to the end of the rope 8 wound around the drum 9 and is rotatably connected to the rod 11 is suspended at a substantially intermediate position of the arm 16, and a b-sprocket 13 having a pitch of the same diameter is suspended. And c-sprocket 17 and d-sprocket 18 and e-sprocket 1 having the same pitch
Chains 22 and 23 are stretched and engaged with the space between the shafts 9, and are rotatably mounted on the P-axis portion 10 so that the suction surface of the suction bar 21 fixed to the mounting seat 20 always moves in parallel. The a-sprocket is engaged with a U-shaped chain 25 having both ends fixed to the pedestal 24 fixed to the base 4 so as to be adjustable up and down, forcibly preventing rotation, and being tensioned via the chains 22 and 23. The e-sprocket 19 integrated with the mounting seat 20 does not rotate regardless of the swing of the rod 11 and the vertical movement accompanying the rotation of the arm 16, and the suction surface of the suction bar 21 mounted on the mounting seat 20 is It is always oriented in a fixed direction, that is, parallel to the hanging slip sheet 5.

The slip sheet 5 on the gantry 4 includes a plurality of rolls 26,.
, The length of the slip sheet 5 is fed out by numerical control according to the size of the glass plate 1, hangs down to the front side of the pallet 3, stops, and is cut by the traversing rotary cutter 27.

[0011] Instead of the rope 8, the tuning chain is a link chain,
Any member such as a wire and a tang belt may be used, but care must be taken to ensure that there is no slip when wound around the drum 9, and the suction bar 21 for positioning movement prevents positioning unevenness by eliminating slip. I do.

Hereinafter, the operation of the present invention will be described. The suction bar 21 which stands by on the pallet 3 winds the rope 8 around the drum 9 by the operation of the up / down motor 7 and rises via the arm 16, and the arm via the rod 11 by the operation of the interlocking front / rear motor 6. 16 advances in the direction of the interleaf 5 which hangs down, and the interleaf 5 placed on the gantry 4 is rolled 26,.
Is pushed out by a fixed length from the numerical control via the, and the suction bar 21 in the suction state is pressed against the hanging slip sheet 5,
The hanging interleaf 5 cut by the traversing of the cutter 27 is suction-supported by the suction bar 21, and the rotation of the vertical motor 7 in conjunction with the reversal of the rod 11 by the rotation of the front and rear motor 6 that subsequently operates. When the drum 9 is moved backward, the rope 8 is paid out, and the suction bar 21 provided at the tip of the arm 16 is retracted with the interleaving paper 5 which is sucked down, moves to the rear side of the top of the pallet 3 and stops. When the interleaf paper 5 hanging down from the bar hangs down on the front surface of the glass plate 1 placed on the pallet 3 and waits, the transfer device 2 places the sucked glass plate 1 on the pallet so as to sandwich the interleaf paper 5 hanging down from the suction bar 21. The suction bar 21 placed on 3 and releasing the suction rises to a predetermined position by winding up the rope 8,
On the other hand, the transfer device 2 also retreats to a predetermined position, and
The transfer device 2 and the transfer device 2 are both on standby until the next glass plate 1 is transferred.

A method of feeding and cutting the slip sheet 5 to a predetermined length according to the size of the glass sheet 1 by numerical control, and swinging the supply of the slip sheet 5 to the glass sheet 1 after cutting the slip sheet. The link between the rod 11 and the arm 16 is suspended to measure the angle of the arm and the amount of the rope 8 fed out by the drum 9, and automatically calculates and operates up to the upper portion of the glass plate 1 placed on the pallet 3. If the arm 16 is advanced by the thickness corresponding to the number of stacked sheets 1, the interleaf paper 5 to be supplied always hangs from the best position. It is also possible to manually operate the rod 11 and the arm 16 to stop the suction bar 21 at a desired position, read the coordinate position of the suction bar, and start from that position. Is extremely large as compared with a suspension configuration such as a cylinder or the like, and the automatic supply of the slip sheet 5 can be performed for a wide range of glass sizes.

An a-sprocket 1 which is engaged with a chain 25 for adjusting and fixing both ends to a pedestal 24 in a non-rotatable manner.
2, the chain 22 engaged with the b and c sprockets 13 and 17, and the chain 23 engaged with the d and e sprockets 18 and 19, the rotation of the rod 11 axially attached to the P and Q shaft portions 10 and 14. The suction surface of the suction bar 21 that moves in combination with the movement and the vertical movement of the arm 16 by the rope 8 is a vertical surface parallel to the slip sheet 5 that always hangs down through the mounting seat 20 that is integral with the e-sprocket 18 that does not rotate. And the interleaf paper 5 that does not bend the suction edge does not peel off from the suction bar 21.

[0015]

According to the present invention, there is provided a drive mechanism in which a suction bar for hanging interleaf paper is provided at the front end of an arm connected to a swingable rod on the front surface of a glass plate leaning on a pallet, and is suspended by a winding system. With a simple configuration, the operating range of the suction bar that supplies the slip sheet is extremely large, it can correspond to a wide range of glass sizes, automatic feeding is also possible, and suction is performed regardless of the rotation of the rod and arm. The slippage of the interleaving paper which is sucked and drooped by the parallel movement of the bar has no discrete trouble than the suction surface.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing a main part of the present invention with a part cut away.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating the disassembly of a rod and an arm to explain the operation thereof.

FIG. 3 shows a side view of the entire assembly of the present invention, with some cutouts omitted.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Glass plate 3 ... Pallet 4 ... Stand 5 ... Interleaf paper 6 ... Front and rear motor 7 ... Vertical motor 8 ... Rope 9 ... Drum 11 ... Rod 16: Arm 21: Suction bar

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A gantry on which a roll-shaped interleaf is installed is mounted on an upper portion of a pallet on which a glass plate is to be stacked and stacked, and a pair of left and right members which are rotated on front and rear motors provided on the gantry. A pivotable rod having one fixed to the shaft is provided, and the tip of a pair of arms that are axially connected to the other end of the rod is attached to the front hanging paper so as to be cut, supported after cutting, and moved in parallel. An interleaving paper supply device characterized in that a suction bar to be mounted is mounted on a horizontal shaft, and the arm is suspended by a winding band around a rotating drum via an up / down motor provided on the gantry.