JP2017114591A - Automatic transfer device for tape rolls - Google Patents

Abstract

[PROBLEMS] To sequentially transfer a plurality of winding rolls in which a tape material waiting in a standby area is wound around a paper tube onto a processing table installed at a predetermined position, and processing the tape material after the transfer is not required manually. Automatic transfer device for tape material winding roll that enables continuous automatic processing. A plurality of tape material winding rolls 10 are mounted by stacking multiple centers of paper tubes 12 on the same vertical line and moving between a standby area outside the apparatus and a transfer area inside the apparatus. It has 14. The transfer area is provided with a stopper for stopping the carriage at a predetermined stop position, and the plurality of tape material winding rolls loaded on the carriage are automatically gripped one by one from the upper stage. After the transfer to the transfer position on the processing table 111, the grip is released by the grip release member, and the transfer ends. The grip release member is automatically moved between the carriage mounting position and the table transfer position via the moving body 116. [Selection] Figure 2

Description

  The present invention provides a tape material winding roll that automatically transfers a new tape material winding roll to a predetermined position on a fixed table after the various tape material winding rolls are pulled out, and automatically performs the subsequent processing. The present invention relates to an automatic transfer device.

  2. Description of the Related Art Label sticking machines that are continuously fed while cutting tapes drawn from a winding roll into predetermined dimensions and sticking to the peripheral surfaces of various containers such as bottles and boxes are widely known. In this type of label applicator, when the drawing of the tape from the winding roll is completed, the paper tube is left on the table with the tape terminal end wound. The remaining paper tube is manually removed, and a new winding roll pre-stacked in the winding roll accumulation area is manually lifted and carried to a label attaching position on a processing table arranged at a predetermined position. Thus, the paper tube at the center of the winding roll is aligned with the core bar protruding from the center of the table, extrapolated, and transferred onto the table.

  As described above, it is common to rely on human hands to transfer a new winding roll in this type of label sticking machine. For this reason, it is inevitable to secure the necessary personnel, and there is a limit to increasing the production volume. In addition, the amount of dust from paper dust and clothing on the site is likely to increase, especially for food containers and pharmaceuticals. This often causes various adverse effects in labeling work on containers that do not like dust, such as containers for containers.

  In order to eliminate such adverse effects, for example, according to Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 8-165040 (Patent Document 1), an automatic replenishing device for a tape winding roll body has been proposed. An object of the automatic replenishment device for a wound roll body is to provide an automatic replenishment device for a wound roll body that can easily and reliably set a new roll body at a predetermined position on a table with a simple structure.

  The configuration of the automatic replenishing device is such that the center of each paper tube P is arranged on the same horizontal line, and a conveyor 30 on which a plurality of winding roll bodies R are sequentially set up in the processing direction is provided close to the table 20, A transfer plate 40 is disposed between the conveyor 30 and the table 20. The transfer plate 40 includes a pair of left and right supports 48, 48 that determine the center position of the winding roll body R, and a vertical position facing the conveyor 30 about the horizontal support shaft 41 and a horizontal position facing the table 20. The space between the table 20 and the table 20 can be slid freely.

  With this configuration, it is possible to unmanned the label sticking work and shorten the work time, and the transfer plate has a center positioning mechanism, so that, for example, even if the diameter of the winding roll body is changed, the same apparatus can be used. It is said that it exhibits various effects.

JP-A-8-165040

  However, the invention proposed by the above-mentioned Patent Document 1 is still complicated in configuration, and the operation procedure is still complicated even though the replenishment work is mechanized and automated. A new wound roll body R is received at the time of standing, and the wound roll body R is placed on a pin-shaped support body 48 arranged on the left and right of the lower end of the transfer plate 40, and the lower end of the roll body R is supported by the support body. In order to support the peripheral edge of the part, there is no guarantee that the winding roll body R can be supported in close contact with the transfer plate 40, and there is a possibility that a new winding roll body R will come off the support body 48 and fall from the transfer plate 40. There is also.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve such a problem, and the basic configuration thereof includes a paper tube that is supported by inserting a roll support member protruding / retracting from the upper surface of a rotatable table into the paper tube. An automatic transfer device for a tape material winding roll that automatically transfers a new tape material winding roll to a predetermined transfer position on the table after the tape material of the tape material winding roll is completely drawn out, A cart in which a plurality of the tape material winding rolls are stacked in multiple stages on the same vertical line passing through the center of each paper tube and mounted at a predetermined mounting position, and move between a standby area outside the machine and a transfer area inside the machine And a stop positioning means arranged in the transfer area for stopping the cart at a predetermined stop position, and a plurality of tape material winding rolls on the cart at the stop position, one by one from the upper stage. The table A grip release member that automatically releases the grip after the transfer to the transfer position, and the grip release member between the mounting position of the carriage and the transfer position of the table along a predetermined path. A grip release member moving means that automatically moves along the sequence program stored in the internal storage unit, and a protrusion / retraction operation of the roll support member on the table, a grip / release operation of the grip release member, and The roll support member, the grip release member, and a control panel that outputs a drive signal to each drive unit of the grip release member moving means in accordance with each timing of the start / stop operation of the grip release member moving means. It is characterized by that.

  According to a preferred embodiment, the tape material winding roll with the paper tube transferred onto the table is disposed in a vicinity of the tape material drawing start end, and receives a signal from the control panel and receives one of the drawing start end portions. A tape material start end suction transfer member is provided that, after sucking and gripping the part, is introduced to the tape material drawing start end feed roller arranged in the tension adjustment section, and then returns to the original standby position after releasing the suction at the start end. Yes. Here, each of the driving units may be an AC servo motor that does not require special sensors for positioning.

  On the other hand, the tension adjusting unit includes a plurality of fixed rollers and a plurality of dancer rollers, which are alternately arranged with a predetermined tape material travel gap therebetween, and a space formed at the tape material travel interval. A dancer roller unit having a tape material travel guide plate movable up and down, receives a signal from the control panel, and the tape material travel guide plate is positioned at the tape material guide position when passing through the leading end of the tape material When the tape material travels normally, the tape material travel guide plate rises to a predetermined position, and then the plurality of dancer rollers move downward between the fixed rollers all at once.

  Further, the stop positioning means of the carriage is disposed in a carriage stop area composed of a frame material, and the stop positioning means is arranged such that the stop positioning means has a stopper that contacts the front surface of the carriage and the same stopper. It is good to be comprised with the some guide roller which pinches | interposes and guides to the right-and-left side. Preferably, a tape material start end pressing member that elastically contacts the tape material drawing start end of each circumferential surface of a plurality of tape material winding rolls mounted on the carriage is provided. More preferably, the carriage has an area where the plurality of tape material winding rolls are disposed and a paper tube disposal area with a drawer end of the tape material winding roll. Further, the grip release member of the winding roll is preferably a suspension chuck whose outer diameter expands / contracts by intake and exhaust.

  It is preferable to have a cutting part that is arranged in a drawing path of the tape material in the winding roll transferred onto the table and cuts the tape material every predetermined length. In this case, the tape material winding roll is a long label winding roll, and the winding roll automatic transfer device is arranged in a part of the label sticking machine.

  The most characteristic configuration of the present invention is the above-described carriage capable of carrying a plurality of winding rolls simultaneously. A plurality of winding rolls are vertically stacked in a plurality of stages on the carriage, and a predetermined transfer inside the apparatus is carried out from a standby area outside the apparatus. The roll is moved to the loading area, and the winding roll is automatically transferred onto the adjacent table one by one by the grip release member. In combination with the mounting form of the carriage and the plurality of winding rolls and the other configuration described above, the following unique and excellent effects that are exhibited only by the automatic winding roll transfer device of the present invention are exhibited. The

  That is, the structure of the automatic winding roll transfer device itself is simpler than before, and it is natural that the installation area can be reduced, as well as the transfer operation of the winding roll and the winding roll processing operation after the transfer. Since no manual operation is required and complete automation is possible, the transfer and processing time of the winding roll can be greatly reduced. For example, taking the labeling speed of a small bottle for pharmaceuticals as an example, according to the present invention, a processing amount of 600 pieces / minute to 800 pieces / minute is conventionally 900 pieces / minute to 1,500 pieces / minute. Can be processed at high speed with the labeling speed of.

It is the schematic plan view of the label sticking machine by which the label winding roll transfer apparatus of the typical Example was arranged, and the enlarged view of PA part and PB part. It is explanatory drawing explaining the outline of the transfer part which conveys a some winding roll to the predetermined | prescribed stop area | region, and the transfer procedure on the process table of a winding roll. It is a side view which shows the trolley | bogie carrying a some winding roll. It is a top view of Drawing 3A showing a cart carrying a plurality of winding rolls. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the representative example of the rotation mechanism of a process table. It is a figure which shows the example of the picking-up mechanism of the winding roll loaded on the trolley | bogie. It is a front view which shows an example of the winding roll holding | grip cancellation | release member of FIG. 5A. It is a front view which shows the winding roll holding | maintenance upper limit position and the lower limit position in the winding roll loading position on the trolley | bogie in a stop position. It is a side view which shows the holding | grip movement path | route of the winding roll in a trolley | bogie, and the example of the holding | grip movement mechanism.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings, focusing on an example of a label winding roll automatic transfer device 110 applied to a label sticking machine 100 for a pharmaceutical vial, which is one of representative embodiments. explain.
The present invention is not limited to the label winding roll automatic transfer device 110. For example, a long winding roll of various tape materials is automatically transferred from the loading position of the tape material processing device onto the processing table. After loading, it can be applied to various automatic tape material processing machines that automatically perform necessary processing continuously while drawing the tape material from the winding roll on the table.

FIG. 1 schematically shows the overall configuration of a label sticking machine 100 provided with the label winding roll automatic transfer device 110 of this embodiment and all the steps of label sticking.
In the label sticking machine 100, two (A) and (B) label winding roll automatic transfer devices 110 having the same configuration are incorporated in order to realize continuous operation. When a label is pulled out from a long label winding roll wound around a paper tube and cut into a predetermined length over the entire length and the process proceeds to the next process, another label is placed next to it at the same time. Automatically switches to the operation of the automatic label roll transfer equipment. While this operation is not performed, the original label winding roll automatic transfer device arranged next to the label winding roll can complete the preparation for transferring the label winding roll to be transferred next time. Thus, it is possible to continuously supply the label pieces to each process after the transfer. However, when the number of label application bottles by the label applicator 100 is, for example, 900 pieces / minute or less, even one label winding roll automatic transfer device 110 can sufficiently cope.

  In the same figure, the code | symbol 10 shows the label winding roll corresponded to the tape material winding roll in this invention which wound the elongate label 11 to the paper tube 12 in roll shape, and the code | symbol 13 is for the pharmaceuticals which are label adherends Shows a small bottle. The label sticking machine 100 loads 10 to 20 label winding rolls 10 from a large number of label winding rolls 10 collected outside the machine on a carriage 14 and is arranged in the label winding roll automatic transfer device 110. The label winding roll transport unit (a) for transporting to a predetermined stop position and a part of the label processing path of the label winding roll 10 adjacent to the stop position of the carriage 14 are loaded on the carriage 14. One of the plurality of label winding rolls 10 is transferred from the carriage 14 to a predetermined transfer section, and the label 11 is pulled out from the transferred label winding roll 10 to a subsequent processing path, and is sent to a predetermined processing path. Label winding roll transfer section (b) cut to length and sent to the next process, and label pieces 11 'cut to a predetermined length are introduced and affixed to the peripheral surface at predetermined intervals for printing The ram part (c) and the label piece 11 'imprinted on the imprinting drum part (c) are received, and the label is placed on the peripheral surface of a large number of small bottles 13 which are continuously fed through a separate bottle supply path. A label attaching portion (d) for sequentially attaching the pieces 11 ′;

  The said label winding roll conveyance part (a) employ | adopts the trolley | bogie 14 which is one of the important structural members of this invention as a conveyance means of the label winding roll 10. FIG. The carriage 14 includes a hand pushing portion 14a and a frame member 14b disposed on the peripheral surface of the floor surface. The area of the article placement floor of the carriage 14 is the disposal area indicated by the phantom line in FIG. 2 arranged adjacent to the loading area of the label winding roll 10 and in front of the loading section of the label winding roll 10. It is approximately equal to the sum of the placement area of the storage container 17 of the paper tube 12 '. An oblong winding roll loading table 16 is fixed on the loading floor portion of the label winding roll 10, and 10 to 20 label winding rolls 10 are stacked and mounted on the winding roll loading table 16. Yes. As shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, the frame member 14 b disposed at the front end of the carriage 14 is abutted to a carriage contact portion of a frame frame member 15 a constituting the carriage stop region 15. A stopper 14c that contacts the member 15c is disposed.

  In the present embodiment, the case where manual movement is used for the movement of the carriage 14 and the stacking work of the label winding roll 10 on the carriage 14 is taken as an example. However, the movement of the carriage 14 and the carriage 14 of the label winding roll 10 are performed. It is also possible to mechanize the stacking work without using manpower. In this case, all processes of the label sticking machine 100 are completely automated.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a label terminal portion remaining after the drawing of the long label 11 is completed at an adjacent portion on the opposite side to the hand pressing portion 14a side of the winding roll loading table 16 installed on the carriage 14. A storage container 17 of the waste paper tube 12 'around which is wound is disposed. Further, as shown in FIG. 5A, a spring force is used at a portion adjacent to each peripheral surface of the plurality of label winding rolls 10 stacked on the winding roll stack 16 sharing the central axis of the paper tube 12. And the elastic pressing member 18 which presses individually the vicinity of the label drawing start end of each peripheral surface of each label winding roll 10 is arranged in multiple stages.

  When the cart 14 has the above-described configuration, in the label winding roll transport unit (a) described above, the winding on the empty cart 14 arranged in a winding roll accumulation region (not shown) in which a large number of label winding rolls 10 are accumulated. A required number of label winding rolls 10 are loaded on the roll loading table 16 and moved to a predetermined carriage stop area 15 to stop. At this time, the required number of label winding rolls 10 are stacked on the winding roll stack 16 on the carriage 14 and mounted on the carriage 14 with the centers of the paper tubes 12 aligned. The carriage stop region 15 is constructed by assembling appropriate columns, beams, and the like, and contacts the entrance of the carriage 14, a plurality of guide rollers 15b that sandwich and guide the left and right frame portions of the carriage 14, and the front frame member 14b of the carriage 14. And a contact member 15c in contact therewith. In this way, since each label winding roll 10 is vertically stacked in multiple stages and mounted on the carriage 14, the winding roll mounting area on the carriage 14 is sufficient for the area of the horizontal placement surface of the single label winding roll 10. Even if the installation area of the storage container 17 for the paper tube 12 is added, the floor area can be kept as small as possible.

  Furthermore, since the required number of label winding rolls 10 with paper tubes are stacked in multiple stages on the same vertical line as described above, the label winding rolls 10 on the processing table 111 arranged in the vicinity of the loading position of the label winding rolls 10 are arranged. As shown in FIG. 2, the transfer path includes the center position O1 of the lowermost paper tube 12 among the paper tubes 12 of the plurality of label winding rolls with paper tubes 10 stacked at the mounting position of the stop carriage, and immediately above it. The first vertical path Y1 between the first elevating position P1 and the first elevating position P1 at a predetermined height position, and on the vertical line passing through the first elevating position P1 and the rotation center O ′ of the processing table 111, A horizontal line path X connecting the second lift position P2 at the same height as the height of the first descent start position P1, a second vertical path Y2 where the rotation center O ′ and the horizontal line path X are connected by a vertical track, And Wherein the horizontal line route X and the paper tube discarding position P3 of the container 17 is the third perpendicular path Y3, which are connected by a perpendicular trajectory.

  Each of these paths X, Y1 to Y3 is an orthogonal straight path arranged in the same vertical plane. This means that the grip releasing member 112 of the label winding roll 10 is repeatedly stopped and reciprocated at a predetermined timing without providing a special sensor between predetermined positions arranged on four straight lines. This means that it is sufficient to control and drive with a driving means capable of driving.

  For this reason, in the label winding roll transfer section (b) of the present embodiment, an AC servo motor that can easily and reliably realize drive control including positioning control without using a special sensor as the drive means. A control panel 115 having a storage unit capable of writing various programs is installed while employing a combination of the first and second servo motors 113a and 113b and the first and second ball screws 114a and 114b. One ends of the first and second ball screws 114a and 114b are fixedly integrated with the driving portions of the first and second servo motors 113a and 113b. The first servo motor 113a and the first ball screw 114a are shown in FIG. 7 and in the vicinity of one side surface of the carriage, between the front and rear sides of the carriage 14 at the height position of the label winding roll mounting surface of the winding roll stack 16 on the floor surface of the carriage 14. The second servo motor 113b and the second ball screw 114b, which are horizontally disposed, are in a non-interfering position with the first ball screw 114a in the vicinity of the one side surface of the carriage 14 as shown in FIG. 14 is vertically arranged over the entire length between the ceiling portion and the label winding roll mounting surface of the winding roll stack 16 at the central portion of the total length 14.

  Since the processing table 111 is disposed at a position higher than the stacking height of the label winding roll 10 mounted on the carriage 14 as shown in FIG. The arrangement position of the servo motor 113b and the second ball screw 114b is the central position of the length obtained by adding the front-rear length of the carriage 14 and the diameter of the processing table 111.

  By the way, the drive units of the first and second servo motors 113a and 113b and the control panel 115 are electrically connected, and follow a required sequence program written in the storage unit of the control panel 115. A drive signal is sequentially output to each drive unit of each servomotor 113a, 113b. The label winding roll transfer unit (b) receives the drive signal from the control panel 115 when the drive units of the first and second servo motors 113a and 113b receive the first perpendicular path Y1. A moving body 116 that automatically moves between predetermined positions along the horizontal line X, the second perpendicular path Y2, and the third perpendicular path Y3 on the same plane in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction is disposed.

  As shown in FIGS. 5A, 5B, and 7, the movable body 116 includes a movable body main body 116a and an operation portion support member 116b that supports a grip release operation portion 112a that constitutes the upper half of the grip release member 112. have. As shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B, the moving body main body 116a is made of a plate material having a substantially U shape as a whole, and a pair of upper and lower guide rod support sliding members 19 on the back of the left and right leg portions, respectively. Is arranged. Two sliding guide rods 20 disposed on the left and right sides of the second ball screw 114b and having substantially the same length as the second ball screw 114b are inserted into the guide rod supporting sliding member 19, and the movable body main body is inserted. 116a is slidably guided along the first perpendicular path Y1. As shown in FIGS. 5A, 5B, and 7, the nut 21 of the second ball screw 114b is fixed at the center position of the lower end connecting portion of the left and right leg portions, and the screw shaft of the second ball screw 114b is fixed. Both ends are rotatably supported by a normal fixed bearing 22 attached to a support plate fixed to a predetermined part of the carriage 14.

  As shown in FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B, the operation part support member 116b that supports the grip release operation part 112a, which is an air pressure operation part of the grip release member 112, is a cart from the surface of the movable body main body 116a at the center in the vertical direction. 14 is provided with a horizontal plate 116b-1 extending horizontally toward the loading space in 14 and a pair of left and right vertical plates 116b-2 rising vertically from the left and right outer edges of the horizontal plate 116b-1. The grip release actuating portion 112a of the grip release member 112 is supported at an intersecting portion where a perpendicular passing through the center of the roll roll stacking portion of the roll stack base 16 and the horizontal plate material 116b-1 intersect.

  Further, on the lower surface of the front end portion of the horizontal plate member 116b-1, as shown in FIG. 5A, there is a slight gap between the label start end pressure contact position and the non-pressure contact position on the peripheral surface of the label winding roll 10 to be transferred next time. A label start-end presser 23 that moves and presses the pull-out start end of the label 11 is fixed via a bracket, and sandwiches the grip release operation portion 112a supported by the operation portion support member 116b of the moving body 116. A label end presser that is disposed on a predetermined portion opposite to the label start end presser 23 via a bracket and presses the waste paper tube 12 'through a label end remaining when the label 11 is completely pulled out. 24 is fixed. Each end presser 23, 24 has a presser member 23a, 24a at its tip, and each presser member 23a, 24a is operated by the air cylinders 23b, 24b to operate the label winding roll 10 and the waste paper tube 12. It moves forward and backward between the pressing position and the separating position of each circumferential surface.

  FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of the rotation mechanism of the processing table 111 arranged adjacent to the carriage stop region in the label winding roll transfer device of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the processing table 111 is fixedly supported on the frame frame member 15a via various brackets and the like, and a belt pulley 28 fixed to a cylindrical column 27 extending downward from the processing table 111. The belt is wound around the belt 26 and rotated.

  More specifically, the table support structure and the table rotation mechanism are formed with a through hole 111a having an inner diameter slightly smaller than the outer diameter of the paper tube 12 of the label winding roll 10 at the center of the processing table 111. The upper end of a cylindrical column 27 having a cylindrical large-diameter portion and a small-diameter portion is fixed to the processing table 111 along the periphery of the lower surface of the through-hole 111a with the center of the through-hole 111a aligned. . A spline shaft 29 is disposed in the internal space of the cylindrical support column 27, and a slide block 30 integrated with the upper end of the cylindrical support column 27 via a boss 29b is supported so as to be movable up and down. A belt pulley 28 is fixed to the lower end of the cylindrical support 27. Further, the lower end portion of the spline shaft 29 is guided through a spline boss 29a fixed to an intermediate portion of the cylindrical column 27 so as to be movable up and down and rotatable. On the other hand, at the lower end of the spline shaft 29, a support rod holding member 29c for guiding and holding the block support tube 31 so as to be movable up and down is extended vertically downward.

  Further, in the internal space of the spline shaft 29, a block support tube 31 whose upper end is loosely inserted into the center hole 30a of the sliding block 30 is disposed vertically. The upper end of the block support pipe 31 expands / contracts due to air supply / exhaust, and is pressed / separated from the inner peripheral surface of the paper tube 12 disposed at the center of the label winding roll 10, as shown in FIG. It is connected and integrated with the air supply / exhaust port of the pneumatic contact / separation member 32, which is a part of the roll support member of the present invention, indicated by a line. A supply / exhaust cylinder 31a connected to a supply / exhaust source outside the machine (not shown) is attached to the lower end of the block support pipe 31.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the cylindrical support 27 of the processing table 111 having such a rotation / vertical movement mechanism is provided with a flanged cylindrical support member 33 directly fixed to a part of the frame frame material 15a of the machine frame. Are supported rotatably via ball bearings 33a. A support bracket 34b protrudes downward from the flange of the cylindrical support member 33, and a pneumatic cylinder 34 is fixed to the lower end portion of the support bracket 34b. A horizontal bracket 34c is supported at the lower end of the piston of the pneumatic cylinder 34 so as to be movable up and down. The cylindrical column 27 fixed to the processing table 111 is rotatably supported and fixed via the cylindrical support member 33 and ball bearing 33a fixed to the frame frame member 15a.

  When the belt pulley 28 is driven and rotated by the belt 26, the processing table 111 rotates, and when the processing table 111 rotates, the spline shaft 29 rotates together with the sliding block 30. During this rotation, when the pneumatic cylinder 34 shown in FIG. 4 is operated to move the piston up and down a predetermined distance, the pneumatic contact / separation member 32 moves between the cylindrical block 27 and the cylindrical support 27 together with the sliding block 30. However, since the block support pipe 31 does not have a positive rotation mechanism by the belt pulley 28, the pneumatic contact / separation member 32 connected to the block support pipe 31 is also provided. Also does not rotate.

  At the start of operation after all the inspections of the label sticking machine 100 are completed, the carriage 14 loaded with the plurality of label winding rolls 10 stops at a predetermined stop position in the carriage stop area 15 of the label winding roll transfer device 110. Yes. Here, the grip release operation part 112a of the grip release member 112 is operated to cause the label winding roll 10 to be gripped and released. Further, when the drive units of the first servo motor 113a and the second servo motor 113b receive a drive signal from the control panel 115, the drive units of the servo motors 113a and 113b start driving corresponding to the drive signal. Let

  These drives are sequentially performed in accordance with a sequence program written in the storage unit of the control panel 115. In particular, since a servo motor is used as the drive means, the drive timing is controlled by feedback control of the built-in encoder. Control, speed control and position control are automatically performed accurately and at high speed. For example, according to the present embodiment, the first servo motor 113a and the first ball screw 114a are integrated and horizontally, the second servo motor 113b and the second ball screw 114b are integrated and vertically, and the ball screws 114a and 114b are connected to each other. Since the movable body 116 is arranged so as to intersect with each other at a predetermined interval through the movable body 116, the grip release member 112 supported by the movable body 116 is vertically disposed between the predetermined positions. It is possible to move in the direction and the horizontal direction accurately and at high speed.

  Further, the first and second servo motors 113a and 113b are operated at a predetermined timing to operate the grip release operation part 112a of the grip release member 112 so that the label winding roll 10 or the waste paper tube 12 ′ is moved to a predetermined grip release position. Grasping or releasing automatically. As the grip release member 112 of the label winding roll 10 with the paper tube 12 in the present embodiment, for example, the surface is expanded or contracted in the radial direction according to air supply / exhaust, and the surface widens the inner surface of the paper tube 12 when the diameter is increased by supply air. A lifting tool that can suspend and grip the label winding roll 10 and the waste paper tube 12 ′ by pressing firmly with an area, and reduces the diameter of the surface by exhaust to release the gripping of the label winding roll 10 is preferable. However, other types of commercially available grip release members can also be used.

  Here, the label winding roll transfer device according to the present embodiment is not limited to the transfer unit that sequentially holds the plurality of label winding rolls 10 loaded on the carriage 14 and transfers them to the processing table 111. The process of cutting a long label drawn from the label winding roll 10 transferred to the processing table 111 for each predetermined length and feeding each cut label piece to the printing drum unit 120 as the next process. And a step of automatically discarding the paper tube 12 left on the processing table 111 when the label drawing is completed into the storage container. Therefore, in the present Example, the above-mentioned label winding roll transfer part (b) is equipped with the following equipment.

  A label start end suction transfer member 40 is disposed in the vicinity of the label draw start end of the label winding roll 10 with the paper tube 12 transferred onto the processing table 111. The label start end suction transfer member 40 includes a tension adjusting unit including a dancer roller unit 42 disposed in a drawing transfer path of the label winding roll 10 and a pullout roller pair 40a that smoothly pulls out the label pulling start end of the label winding roll 10. And a member that smoothly feeds the label 11 to a drawing transfer cutting path between the label cutting portion 60 arranged in the label piece introduction portion of the marking drum portion 120 in the next process, It has a suction surface, is movable between the label drawing start end portion of the label winding roll 10 and its standby position, and sucks air when approaching the label drawing start end portion, and has the suction surface and the label drawing start end portion. To adsorb.

  The label start end suction transfer member 40 includes the fixed guide roller 40a ′ of the tension adjusting unit and a rotation driving roller 40a ″ that operates to come in contact with and separate from the fixed guide roller 40a ′ across the drawer transfer cutting path. The drawing roller pair 40a is provided, and after receiving a signal from the control panel 115 and sucking and gripping a part of the drawing start end portion, the start end portion is arranged adjacent to the upstream side of the drawing roller pair 40a. After the transfer and introduction to the drawing roller pair 40a via the fixed roller 41a, the suction at the start end is released and the original standby position near the processing table 111 is returned to the actual label after the label start end is sucked at this time. The leading end of the drawer extends to the position where the rotation driving roller 40a ″ is disposed.

  A plurality of fixed rollers 41a and a plurality of dancer rollers 41b are arranged along the label transfer path in the dancer roller unit 42 of the tension adjusting unit, and are composed of flat plates that enter and exit the label transfer path. A label travel guide plate (not shown) is erected on the transfer path. Upon receiving a signal from the label travel guide plate operating unit and the control panel 115, the label travel guide plate descends to the label transport path when the label 11 passes through the leading end of the label 11, and a plurality of the fixed roller 41a and the plurality of fixed rollers 41a during normal travel of the label. The plurality of dancer rollers 41b move downward between the fixed rollers 41a all at once against the elasticity of the elasticity applying means (not shown) between the plurality of dancer rollers 41a. Moving.

  A label cutting unit 60 that cuts the label 11 to a predetermined length is provided at the end of the label starting end drawing path of the label winding roll 10 transferred to the center of the processing table 111. A feeding roller unit 50 having a pair of press rollers 51 and 51 that actively feeds the label 11 is disposed in the middle of the leading end drawing path between the label cutting unit 60 and the tension adjusting unit. The label cutting unit 60 rotates in the reverse direction in synchronization with a general drive rotation roller 61 and the drive rotation roller 61, and has a linear cutting blade parallel to the rotation axis at a part of its peripheral surface. A cutting mark position which is provided with a cutting roller 62 and is printed on the long label 11 at a predetermined interval on the label starting end drawing path between the label cutting unit 60 and the feeding roller unit 50. A mark position detector 63 is provided.

Next, each operation of gripping, transferring, and releasing the label winding roll 10 and the waste paper tube 12 ′ in the winding roll transfer section and the automatic transfer procedure on the processing table 111 will be specifically described with reference to the drawings. explain.
In the above embodiment, the lifting tool 112 serving as a grip release member has a working air pressure in the range of 0.45 to 0.7 MPa and a maximum suspension load of 40 kg. (Product name) "is used. When the label winding roll automatic transfer device 110 is in operation, the carriage 14 is stopped in the cart stop area 15 of the label winding roll automatic transfer device 110. The carriage 14 is stacked on a plurality of winding roll loading platforms 16. As shown in FIG. 2, the moving body 116 stands by at the first descent start position P1 on the first perpendicular path Y1 passing through the paper tube center of the loaded label winding roll 10.

  Here, the second servo motor 113b receives the drive signal from the control panel 115 and starts driving, and the second ball screw 114b extending vertically below the second servo motor 113b disposed at the first descent start position P1. Is rotated in the downward direction at a desired speed. By this rotation, the moving body 116 attached to the upper end portion of the second ball screw 114b starts to move down together with the hanger 112, and takes the uppermost label winding roll 10 on which the hanger 112 is arranged directly below. go to.

  When the grip release portion 112b disposed at the lower end portion of the hanger 112 is inserted into the central portion of the paper tube 12 of the label winding roll 10, the grip release operation portion 112a of the hanger 112 is shown in FIG. 5A. Then, pneumatic pressure is supplied to the grip release unit 112b, and the grip release unit 112b expands in diameter and presses the inner surface of the paper tube 12 to grip the label winding roll 10. At the same time, the pressing member 23a of the label start end presser 23 abuts against the label start end of the peripheral surface of the label winding roll 10 to prevent the label start end from coming loose. Thus, when the label winding roll 10 is gripped, the second servo motor 113b then starts to drive, reverses the second ball screw 114b, and causes the label winding roll 10 to move directly above the moving body 116. The drive is stopped after moving to the first descent start position P1.

  When the driving of the second servo motor 113b is stopped, the first servo motor 113a starts to drive, and the first ball screw 114a is driven to rotate at a predetermined rotational speed, so that the moving body 116 is moved to the label winding roll 10 2 is moved to the second lift position P2 on the left side of the drawing along the horizontal line path X shown in FIG. 2, and the driving of the first servo motor 113a is stopped. Waiting for this stop, the second servo motor 113b starts to drive, rotates the second ball screw 114b arranged in the second perpendicular path Y2 in the downward direction, lowers the movable body 116, and then releases the grip. The gripping by the part 112b is released, and the label winding roll 10 is transferred to the central part on the processing table 111 installed adjacent to the carriage stop position.

  When the transfer is completed, the driving of the second servo motor 113b is stopped, and the pneumatic pressure of the grip releasing portion 112b of the lifting tool 112 is released via the grip releasing operation portion 112a, and the label by the lifting tool 112 is removed. The gripping of the winding roll 10 is released. When the gripping of the label winding roll 10 is released, the reverse drive of the second servo motor 113b is started, and at the same time, an unillustrated pneumatic supply source arranged outside the machine toward the pneumatic cylinder 34 The piston 34a extends downward, and the pneumatic contact / separation member 32, the sliding block 30, the spline shaft 29, and the support rod are held via a bracket 34c fixed horizontally to the lower end of the piston 34a. The member 29c is guided to the spline boss 29a without rotating, and is lowered to a position where the apex of the pneumatic contact / separation member 32 and the upper surface of the processing table 111 coincide with each other, and the label winding roll 10 is transferred to the processing table. The work is finished.

  When the transfer is completed, the label start end suction transfer member 40 disposed in the vicinity of the drawing start end of the label winding roll 10 placed on the processing table 111 starts suction, and the label winding It moves to the label drawing start end of the peripheral surface of the roll 10 and sucks the start end. After this suction, the label start end suction transfer member 40 moves to the position where the fixed guide roller 40a ′ disposed in front of the servo motor unit 42 is located, where it reaches the contact position with the fixed guide roller 40a ′. After moving and temporarily stopping, the suction at the starting end is released. When this suction is released, the label start end suction transfer member 40 automatically returns to the standby position near the processing table 111 along the same path. By the way, the leading end of the label drawing start end adsorbed by the label start end adsorbing / transferring member 40 extends to the drawing roller pair 40a adjacent to the fixed guide roller 40a ′, and the label 11 is the drawing roller pair 40a. Since it is driven, its drawer continues to be maintained.

  The feed roller portion is guided by the label travel guide plate (not shown) disposed in the pull-out path of the tension adjusting unit without interfering with other peripheral members as the label start end portion pulled out by the pull-out roller pair 40a. 50 and smoothly fed to the label cutting unit 60. During this label transfer, the dancer roller 41b of the dancer roller unit 42 moves downward between the adjacent fixed rollers 41a against elasticity, and the label 11 is moved between the fixed roller 41a and the dancer roller 41b. Guide the zigzag to adjust the tension. Further, the mark position detector 63 disposed in the label cutting unit 60 detects a cutting position mark, and the detection signal is sent to the control panel 115 to drive the driving rotary roller 61 and the cutting roller 62, The label 11 is cut into predetermined lengths, and the cut label pieces 11 ′ are sequentially fed to the printing drum portion (c) in the next process at a predetermined interval.

  On the other hand, a label end sensor 44 is arranged toward the peripheral surface of the label winding roll 10 on the processing table 111. The end mark marked on the label winding roll 10 is detected, and the detection signal is sent to the control panel. When the signal is sent to 115, a signal is sent from the control panel 115 to a drive source (not shown) of the belt 26, the rotation of the processing table 111 is reversed, and the end portion of the label 11 is rewound onto the paper tube 12. When this rewinding is finished, the suspension 112 mounted on the moving body 116 mounted on the moving body 11 descends from the second elevating position P2 to the second vertical path Y2, and the grip releasing portion 112b is moved. It is inserted into the center of the waste paper tube 12 'around which the label end portion on the processing table 111 is wound. At the time of this insertion, the pneumatic cylinder 34 is operated, and the pneumatic contact / separation member 32 (FIG. 4) that has been projected upward from the upper surface of the table until then is retracted to the lower side of the table. Is inserted into the center of the waste paper tube 12 'around which the end of the label remaining when the label 11 has been pulled out.

  When this insertion is finished, the air cylinder 24b of the label end retainer 24 shown in FIG. 5A is operated, and the press member 24a presses the peripheral surface of the waste paper tube 12 'so that the label end does not come loose. The waste paper tube 12 'is gripped. Next, the second servo motor 113b is driven, and the waste paper tube 12 ′ fixedly gripped by the moving body 116 is moved up along the second perpendicular path Y2 and moved to the second lift position P2. . When this movement is completed, the first servo motor 113a is subsequently driven, and the waste paper pipe placed on the carriage along the horizontal line path X while holding the waste paper pipe 12 'while holding the waste paper pipe 12'. 12 'is moved to the paper tube discarding position P3 immediately above the storage container 17, and the grip releasing portion 112b is automatically operated via the grip releasing operation portion 112a of the lifting tool 112, and the waste paper tube 12' Is released and naturally dropped and stored in the storage container 17. When the operation of the grip release operation unit 112a is finished, the moving body 116 independently moves on the same horizontal line path X to the first elevating position P1.

  As described above, the horizontal movement and vertical movement of the label winding roll 10 along the predetermined path, the gripping / releasing operation of the label winding roll 10 at the predetermined position, and the operation timing thereof are all commands from the control panel 115. This is automatically done according to the sequence program written in the storage unit of the control panel 115. Then, the movement, operation and timing are repeated, and the label pieces 11 ′ are sequentially fed to the label printing drum section 120 and the label sticking drum section 130 in the subsequent processes, and after the printing and pasting, the small bottle 13 It is automatically attached to the surrounding surface.

Here, according to the present embodiment, two (A) and (B) label winding roll automatic transfer devices 110 having the same configuration are connected to the stamping drum unit 120.
Therefore, the label sticking machine 100 is provided with a printing drum part 120 and a label sticking drum part 130 as described below, following the label winding roll transfer part (b). Most of the stamping drum portion 120 and the label sticking drum portion 130 are generally widely known. Except for the labeling bottle finishing process by the sticking finish belt 142 to be described later in this embodiment, it is unique to the present invention. There is no special characteristic configuration. Therefore, in the following description, the detailed description about the marking drum part 120 and the label sticking drum part 130 is abbreviate | omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the marking drum unit 120 is disposed adjacent to a label cutting unit 60 that is a final processing unit of the label winding roll transfer device 110, and its main constituent member is a marking drum 121. In the operation of the label sticking machine 100, the label piece 11 ′ that is regularly driven and rotated in one direction at a predetermined speed is cut into a predetermined length by the label cutting unit 60. A negative pressure is applied to the peripheral surface of the stamping drum 121 sequentially at a predetermined interval to sequentially move to the labeling drum unit 130 of the next process. In the vicinity of the peripheral surface of the marking drum 121, a label position corrector 122, a stamping machine 123, and a marking inspector 124 are sequentially arranged at intervals in this order toward the downstream side in the rotation direction. The rotational speed of the peripheral surface of the marking drum 121 is lower than the rotational speed of the peripheral surface of the label sticking drum 131, and the label cut by the label cutting unit 60 that is attracted to the peripheral surface of the marking drum 121 by the speed difference. The interval between the pieces 11 'is determined.

  The label position corrector 122 corrects the shift when the suction position of the label piece 11 ′ cut by the label cutting unit 60 is shifted. The stamping machine 123 receives a detection signal from the mark position detector 63 disposed in the cutting unit 60 and performs a desired stamping on the surface of the label piece 11 ′ introduced into the stamping drum unit 120. The inspector 124 inspects whether or not the label pieces 11 ′ that flow in sequence are correctly marked. If the marks are not correctly marked, the label sticking drum 131 in the label sticking drum unit 130 is used. An operation signal is sent to a defective label ejector (scraper) 132 that is disposed in the vicinity of the peripheral surface and discharges a defective stamp label, and discharges the defective label.

  The label sticking drum 131 in the label sticking drum section 130 is located in the vicinity of the marking inspector 124, and is arranged with the drum peripheral surface close to a position adjacent to the peripheral surface of the stamping drum 121. The printing drum 121 is driven to rotate in the direction opposite to the direction of rotation of the marking drum 121 at a speed of. The rotational speed of the label sticking drum 131 at this time is determined according to the difference between the marking drum 121 and the diameter of the label sticking drum 131.

  In the vicinity of the peripheral surface of the label sticking drum 131, the defective label ejector 132, the glue supply roller 133, and the glue roller 134 are arranged in this order toward the downstream side in the rotation direction. The glue supply roller 133 and the glue roller 134 are in contact with each other. The defective label ejector 132 ejects the defective label detected by the marking inspector 124 as described above. The glue roller 134 is supplied with glue from the glue supply roller 133 and sequentially moves to the peripheral surface of the rotating label sticking drum 131 at intervals with the back surface of each label piece 11 ′. The glued label piece 11 ′ is wound around and adhered to the peripheral surface of the unlabeled small bottle 13 that is fed one after another in cooperation with the star wheel 135.

  As shown in FIG. 1, unlabeled small bottles 13 are successively transferred from a stacking unit (not shown) toward the label sticking drum unit 130 in an upright position on a transfer belt disposed in the small bottle transfer path Z. A star wheel 135 is arranged in the label attaching part AP on the small bottle transfer path Z so as to face the label attaching drum 131 so as to contact each other's peripheral surface. The wheels 135 are rotated in the reverse direction with a required speed difference in the feeding direction of the small bottles 13, and the unlabeled small bottles 13 that are continuously fed to the peripheral surface of the label sticking drum 131 and the star wheel 135. It enters while rotating between the spaces formed between the teeth. At the same time, the tip of the glued label piece 11 ′ adsorbed on the peripheral surface of the label sticking drum 131 is stuck on the peripheral surface of the unlabeled small bottle 13, and the label piece 11 is rotated along with the rotation of the small bottle 13. Is wrapped around and attached to the periphery of the small bottle 13 to form a labeled small bottle 13 ′ with the label 11 attached, and is transferred to the outside of the apparatus after being transferred through the subsequent small bottle transfer path Z ′.

  Here, a pair of finishing belts 142 are disposed in the small bottle transfer path Z ′ after the label sticking site AP with the small bottle transfer path Z ′ interposed therebetween. The sticking finish belt 142 is an endless belt, and is composed of, for example, a rubber or urethane belt with a sponge attached as a holding surface of the labeled small bottle 13 ′. The surface is transferred while rotating on the transfer belt while strongly holding the surface elastically. In the present embodiment, in order to ensure the rotation of the small bottle, the pair of endless sticking finishing belts 142 are provided in the same direction with a slight speed difference from each other, that is, the pair of sandwiching surfaces of the labeled small bottle 13 ′. Driven in the reverse direction. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, a defective bottle detector 143 ″ and a defective bottle discharge unit 143 ′ for discarding the defective bottle are arranged in a part of the downstream area following the arrangement area of the sticking finishing belt 142. Has been.

  When the defective bottle detector 143 ″ detects a defective bottle such as the label 11 ′ peeled off or the bottle itself is damaged, the defective bottle discharge unit 143 ′ discharges it to the defective bottle collection unit 143. The labeled small bottle 13 ′ in which no defect has been detected is carried out to the unillustrated boxing step outside the machine through the good bottle carrying-out path 144. On the other hand, A small resin introduction screw 136 made of synthetic resin is disposed, and the unlabeled small bottles 13 are introduced into the star wheel 135 one by one reliably and smoothly.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Label winding roll 11 Label 11 'Label piece 12 Paper tube 12' Waste paper tube 13 (Unlabeled) small bottle 13 'Labeled small bottle 14 Dolly 14a Hand pushing part 14b Frame material 14c Stopper 15 Dolly stop area 15a Frame frame material 15b Guide Roller 15c Contact member 16 Winding roll loading table 17 (For disposal of waste paper tube) Storage container 18 Repressing pressing member 19 Guide rod supporting sliding member 20 Sliding guide rod 21 Nut 22 Fixed bearing 23 Label starting end presser 23a, 24a Presser member 23b, 24b Air cylinder 24 Label end part presser 26 Belt 27 Cylindrical column 28 Belt pulley 29 Spline shaft 29a Spline boss 29b Boss 29c Support rod holding member 30 Sliding block 30a Center hole 31 Block support tube 31a For air supply / exhaust cylinder 32 Pneumatic contact / separation member 33 Cylindrical support member 33a Ball bearing 34 Pneumatic cylinder 34a Piston 34b Support bracket 34c Horizontal bracket 40 Label start end adsorption transfer member 40a Pulling roller pair 40a 'Fixed guide roller 40a "Rotation drive roller 41a Fixed roller 41b Dancer roller 42 Dancer roller unit 44 Label end sensor 50 Feed roller part 51 Pressure roller 60 Label cutting part 61 Drive rotating roller 62 Cutting roller 63 Mark position detector 100 Label sticking machine 110 Label winding roll automatic transfer device 111 Processing table 111a Through hole 112 Gripping release member (suspender)
112a Grasping release operation part 112b Grasping release part 113a 1st servo motor 113b 2nd servo motor 114a 1st ball screw 114b 2nd ball screw 115 Control panel 116 Moving body 116a Moving body main body 116b Actuating part support member 116b-1 Horizontal flat plate material 116b-2 Vertical plate material 120 Marking drum part 121 Marking drum 122 Label position corrector 123 Marking machine 124 Marking inspector 130 Label sticking drum part 131 Label sticking drum 132 Bad label ejector (scraper)
133 Glue supply roller 134 Glue roller 135 Star wheel 136 Screw for introducing small bottle 142 Adhesive finishing belt 143 Defective bottle collection part 143 'Defective bottle discharge part 143 "Defective bottle detector 144 144 Good bottle discharge path P1 First lifting position P2 First 2 Lifting position P3 Paper tube disposal position X Horizontal path Y1 1st vertical path Y2 2nd vertical path Y3 3rd vertical path Z (No label) Small bottle transfer path Z '(With label) Small bottle transfer path AP Label sticking part

Claims (10)

After the tape material is drawn out from the tape material winding roll with the paper tube supported by inserting the roll supporting member protruding / retracting on the upper surface of the rotatable table into the paper tube, a new tape material winding roll is placed on the table. An automatic transfer device for a tape material winding roll that automatically transfers to a predetermined transfer position of
A cart in which a plurality of the tape material winding rolls are stacked in multiple stages on the same vertical line passing through the center of each paper tube and mounted at a predetermined mounting position, and move between a standby area outside the machine and a transfer area inside the machine When,
Stop positioning means arranged in the transfer area and stopping the carriage at a predetermined stop position;
A grip for automatically releasing the plurality of tape material winding rolls on the carriage at the stop position one by one from the upper stage to the transfer position on the table and then automatically releasing the grip. A release member;
A grip release member moving means for automatically moving the grip release member between the mounting position of the carriage and the transfer position of the table along a predetermined path;
According to the sequence program stored in the internal storage unit, the roll support member is projected / retracted on the table, the grip release member is gripped / released, and the grip release member moving means is started / stopped. A control panel that outputs a drive signal to each drive unit of the roll support member, the grip release member, and the grip release member moving unit;
A tape material winding roll automatic transfer device comprising:   The tape material winding roll with the paper tube transferred on the table is disposed in the vicinity of the tape material drawing start end, and after receiving a signal from the control panel and sucking and gripping a part of the drawing start end portion, A tape material start end suction transfer member that releases the suction of the start end and returns to the original standby position after being introduced to the tape material drawing start end feed roller disposed in the tension adjusting unit is provided. The winding roll automatic transfer apparatus of description.   The winding roll automatic transfer device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein each of the driving units includes a servo motor.   The tension adjusting unit has a dancer roller unit in the tape material transfer path, and the dancer roller unit is arranged with a plurality of fixed rollers and a plurality of dancer rollers aligned along the tape material transfer path, The tape material traveling guide plate that moves up and down in the tape material transfer path stands straight, receives a signal from the control panel, and the tape material traveling guide plate is positioned at the tape material guide position when passing through the leading end of the tape material withdrawal. Or a tension adjusting means for the plurality of dancer rollers to move downward between the fixed rollers simultaneously against the elastic force after the tape material is raised during normal running of the tape material. The automatic winding roll transfer device according to 3.   The stop positioning means of the carriage is arranged in a carriage stop area composed of a frame material, and the carriage stop area is sandwiched between the stopper contacting the front face of the carriage and the same stopper on the left and right side surfaces of the carriage. The winding roll automatic transfer device according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of guide rollers for guiding are arranged.   The winding roll automatic transfer according to claim 1, wherein the carriage has a tape material start end pressing member that elastically contacts a tape material drawing start end of each circumferential surface of a plurality of tape material winding rolls mounted on the carriage. apparatus.   2. The automatic winding roll transfer device according to claim 1, wherein the carriage includes an area where the plurality of tape material winding rolls are disposed and a disposal area at the end of the tape material winding roll with a paper tube.   The winding roll automatic transfer device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the grip release member of the winding roll has a suspension chuck whose outer diameter expands / contracts by intake and exhaust.   The winding roll according to claim 2, wherein the winding roll is provided at a terminal end of the tape material drawing path of the winding roll transferred onto the table, and has a cutting portion for cutting the tape material into a predetermined length. Automatic transfer device.   The said winding roll in any one of Claims 1-9 is a winding roll of a label, and the said winding roll automatic transfer apparatus is distribute | arranged to the label sticking apparatus.

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