JPH0219210B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to an automatic raw cotton feeding device for a cotton mixing machine and the like.

Prior Art As one of the means for feeding unpacked raw cotton (hereinafter referred to as open bale raw cotton) to a mixing and batting machine, the open bale raw cotton is placed on a rotary table and scratched while rotating the table. There is an automatic raw cotton feeding device that lowers a collecting member one by one to scrape off the raw cotton from its upper surface, and transports the scraped raw cotton using an air flow (for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 1983-1999)
No. 43122). In this case, open bale raw cotton of each variety is placed on the rotary table at a predetermined ratio, and
To improve scraping efficiency, 10 or more open bales of raw cotton are usually placed on the machine. However, since this open bale raw cotton has a considerable weight and is opened in bales, it is difficult to handle and it takes a considerable amount of effort to arrange each variety of open bale raw cotton in the predetermined positions on the rotary table. be.

In view of this point, the present invention aims to quickly and easily supply open bales of raw cotton to a rotary table.

Means for Solving the Problems The present invention for achieving the above object will be explained using FIGS. 1 to 4 corresponding to the first embodiment.

The automatic raw cotton feeder 1 of the present invention includes a rotary table 2, a scraping mechanism 3 for scraping open bale raw cotton A placed on the rotary table, and an open bale raw cotton supply mechanism 4 for the rotary table 2. The scraping mechanism 3 has a well-known structure, includes a scraping member 7, and has a lifting means 1.
7 raises and lowers the scraping member 7. The open bale raw cotton supply mechanism 4 includes a running rail 40 that is located above the rotating table 2 and extends in the direction of the central axis 6 of the rotating table 2 and whose tip is supported by the central axis 6; A traveling hoist 41 for hanging open bales of raw cotton is provided.

Operation When scraping the open bale raw cotton A on the rotary table 2, the scraping member 7 is sequentially lowered as the rotary table 2 rotates. As a result, the open bale raw cotton A on the rotary table 2 is scraped off from its upper surface, and the scraped raw cotton is supplied to the next process by the air flow.

When supplying open bales of raw cotton to the rotary table 2, it is hoisted up by a traveling hoist 41, moved onto the rotary table 2 along the traveling rails 40, and supplied to the appropriate location. By repeating this operation and sequentially rotating the rotary table 2 by the required angle, the open bales of raw cotton can be uniformly arranged over the entire surface of the rotary table.

First Embodiment This embodiment is shown in FIGS. 1 to 8. The automatic raw cotton feeder 1 shown in this embodiment includes one rotary table 2, a scraping mechanism 3 for the rotary table 2, and an open bale raw cotton supply mechanism 4. The rotary table 2 is provided with a driven gear 5 having a chain or the like on its outer periphery, and is rotatably supported around a fixed central shaft 6. The scraping mechanism 3 includes a scraping member 7 for the open bale raw cotton A on the rotary table 2, and a support member 8 that supports the scraping member 7. The scraping member 7 is
A rectangular hood 10 having a required length in the radial direction of the rotary table 2 and a scraping roller 11 attached to a lower opening of the hood 10 are provided. The upper end of the hood 10 is connected to a flexible tube 12,
The tip of the flexible tube 12 is preferably extended to the rotational center position of the support member 8, which will be described later, and connected to the transport duct 9. M1 is a scraping roller drive motor. The support member 8 consists of a support tube 15 and an arm 16 whose one end is attached to the support tube 15.
It is provided with an elevating means 17 for the scraping member 7 and a drive motor M2 for the rotary table 2. The arm 16 has a length that reaches the central axis 6, and its tip is fixed to the central axis 6 by an engaging member 18 that is removable. This engaging member 18 is made up of a retractable pin 19 provided at the tip of the arm 16 and a locking plate 21 vertically mounted on a support plate 20 provided at the upper end of the central shaft 6. The arm 16 is fixed by fitting into the stop plate 21. The protrusion and retraction of the pin 19 may be controlled remotely via a wire or the like, or a solenoid or the like may be used.

22 is a roller for supporting the arm 16 provided on the support plate 20. The elevating means 17 consists of a pair of screw rods 25, 25 whose base ends are attached to the hood 10.
and a pair of lifting rods 2 attached to the support tube 15.
6, 26 and a lifting motor M3. Sprout wheels 27 and 28 are attached to the screw rod 25 and the lifting rod 26, respectively, and are driven by a lifting motor M3 via a chain 29, and a bracket 30 screwed onto the lifting rod 26 is attached to the hood 10. Reference numeral 31 denotes a balance weight, which is composed of an air cylinder or the like, and is connected to the hood 10 by a wire 32.

Although the support cylinder 15 may be of a fixed type, the figure shows a rotary type structure. This makes it convenient to maintain the scraping member 7 and the like. A driven gear 36 having a chain or the like is attached to the base plate 35, and a drive gear 37 driven by an appropriate drive means (not shown) is meshed with the driven gear 36. The rotary table drive motor M2 is a motor with a speed reducer, and is mounted at the center of rotation of the base plate 35. A drive gear 38 is provided below the arm 16, and when the arm 16 is fixed to the center shaft 6. , the drive gear 38 is arranged to mesh with the driven gear 5 of the rotary table 2. 39
is a chain connecting the drive motor M2 and the drive gear 38.

The aforementioned open bale cotton supply mechanism 4 includes a traveling rail 40,
It consists of a hoist 41 for hanging open bales of raw cotton that runs along the traveling rail 40. The traveling rail 40 is constituted by an I-beam, and its base end is supported by a column 42 provided at an appropriate location, and its tip end is fixed to a support plate 20 attached to the upper end of the central shaft 6. The hoist 41 is, for example, an electric trolley type, and a drive motor M
4, and includes an air cylinder 43 for hanging open bales of raw cotton.

In the above configuration, when placing the open bale raw cotton A on the rotary table 2, the open bale raw cotton A is placed in advance using a rope or wire (hereinafter simply referred to as rope) 50, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. 50, and transported below the hoist 41 by a belt conveyor, forklift, or other appropriate means, and a wire with a hook 51 is attached to the mounting ring 45 provided at the tip of the piston rod 44 of the air cylinder 43, and the wire 51 with a hook is attached to the above-mentioned Hang the rope 50. Next, the open bale raw cotton A is pulled up by the air cylinder 43, transferred onto the rotary table 2, and placed at a predetermined position. Next, the rotary table 2 is slightly rotated and the next open bale of raw cotton is placed at an adjacent position by the above operation. By repeating this process, the required number of open bales of raw cotton are placed over the entire surface of the rotary table 2.

After that, the rotary table 2 is rotated, and the scraping member 7 is rotated.
The open bale raw cotton is scraped off from its upper surface by successive descents, and is fed to the next step, a mixing and batting machine (not shown), by a suction air flow.

Note that FIGS. 5 and 6 show other hanging methods for open bales of raw cotton A. Two loop-shaped ropes 52, 53 are attached to the attachment ring 45 of the piston rod 44, and both ropes 52, 53 are hooked onto the lower part of the open bale of raw cotton A. Furthermore, Figures 7 and 8 show other methods of hanging raw cotton.
Using three pipes 54, 55, 56, the upper pipe 54 is supported by the piston rod 44, and the other two pipes 55, 56 are laid below the open bale raw cotton A with an interval, The upper and lower pipes are connected by ropes 57 and 58, respectively. When using this method, it is more convenient to insert or take out the pipes 55, 56 below the open bales of raw cotton A than to insert or take out the ropes in each of the above examples.

Although each of these hanging methods is operated manually, it is also possible to use a chuck method in which the open bale raw cotton is held and dissolved by remote control.

Second Embodiment This embodiment is shown in FIG. The automatic raw cotton supply device 60 of this embodiment includes a plurality of, for example, two rotary tables 2a and 2b, and a scraping mechanism 3a and an open bale raw cotton supply mechanism 61 that are common to both the rotary tables 2a and 2b. The scraping mechanism 3a has the rotating structure explained in the previous example, and the respective central axes 6a and 6b of the rotary tables 2a and 2b are arranged on the same circumference R centered on the rotation center of the scraping mechanism 3a. Due to the rotation of the mechanism 3a, the arms 16a are rotated around their respective central axes 6a,
6b, and is removably locked by the aforementioned engaging member 18. The rotary tables 2a, 2b and the scraping mechanism 3a have the same structure as the rotary table 2 and the scraping mechanism 3 shown in the previous example, respectively, and a description thereof will be omitted.

The open bale raw cotton supply mechanism 61 includes a Y-shaped running rail 62 and the hoist 41 shown in the previous example.
The running rail 62 is constructed of an I-beam, both ends of which are fixed on the support plates 20a and 20b, respectively, and a branch section is constructed of a switch 63. 42
a is a proximal support strut. However, open bale raw cotton A
When feeding, the running rail 62 is switched to the stopped rotary table (2b side in the figure) by the switch 63, and the open bale raw cotton A is fed onto the rotary table 2b by the hoist 41 in the same manner as in the previous example. do.
When supplying to the other rotary table 2a side, by switching the switch 63, it becomes possible to supply to the rotary table 2a side. In this embodiment, both rotary tables 2 are connected by one open bale raw cotton supply mechanism 61.
The structure for supplying open bale raw cotton to a and 2b is shown,
In this case, an open bale raw cotton supply mechanism 4 having the same structure as the previous example may be provided for each rotary table 2a, 2b.

Effects of the Invention As described above, the present invention incorporates an open bale raw cotton supply mechanism into an automatic raw cotton supply device equipped with a rotary table and a mechanism for scraping open bale raw cotton on the rotary table. Since the traveling hoist for hanging open bales of raw cotton is mounted on the traveling rail supported on the central shaft so that it can travel, the desired type of raw cotton can be rotated by rotating the rotary table and selecting the transport position of the open bales of raw cotton by the traveling hoist. Since the open bale raw cotton can be fed to any position on the table and reliably, the open bale raw cotton can be fed to the rotary table extremely quickly, and it has the effect of saving labor.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figures 1 to 8 relate to the first embodiment, Figure 1 is an overall front view, Figure 2 is a plan view thereof, Figures 3 and 4 relate to the open bale raw cotton supply mechanism, and Figure 3 is a front view. Figure 4 is a left side view, Figures 5 and 6 are explanatory diagrams of other methods for hanging raw cotton from open bales, Figure 5 is a front view, Figure 6 is a left side view, Figures 7 and 6 are illustrations of other methods for hanging raw cotton from open bales. FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of yet another method for hanging raw cotton from open bales, FIG. 7 is a front view, FIG. 8 is a left side view, and FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of the second embodiment. 1, 60 is the raw cotton automatic feeding device, 2, 2a, 2b
is a rotary table, 3, 3a is a scraping mechanism, 4, 61
is an open bale raw cotton supply mechanism, 40 and 62 are traveling rails,
41 is hoist and A is open bale raw cotton.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An open bale of raw cotton is placed on a rotary table, a scraping mechanism scrapes the open bale of raw cotton on the rotary table from its upper surface, and the scraped raw cotton is transported by air flow, is equipped with an open bale raw cotton supply mechanism, and the open bale raw cotton supply mechanism is
The rotating system includes a traveling rail located above the rotating table, extending in the direction of the central axis of the rotating table, and having its tip supported by the central axis, and a traveling hoist for hanging open bales of raw cotton that is movably attached to the traveling rail. An automatic raw cotton supply device characterized in that the open bale raw cotton supply position to the rotary table can be selected by selecting the rotation of the table and the conveyance position of the open bale raw cotton by a traveling hoist.