JPH0488926A - Aligning apparatus of clip for fixing paper to be wound on mouth of mushroom cultivation vessel - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To collect clipping members in a state aligned in a definite direction by turning and aligning a clipping member transferred along an inclined plate with a pin of an aligning mechanism and delivering the member from the aligning and discharging part to an aligning and collecting part. CONSTITUTION:Clipping members 1 delivered from a delivery apparatus 2, etc., are transferred with a transfer apparatus 4 along an inclined plate 12. During the transfer, the members are aligned with pins 14a, 14b of an aligning mechanism 5, delivered from a delivery part 15 and collected in aligned state in the aligning and collecting part. When a clipping member having both ends maintained in horizontal state is defined as aligned state, the pins 14a, 14b are positioned at a position contacting with the upper part of a clipping member transferred in non-aligned state, i.e., in inclined state or inverted state.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a clip member alignment device for securing a wrapping paper member to be wrapped around the mouth of a mushroom cultivation container.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

As shown in Figure 6, approximately C
A large number of clip members 1 having the shape of the shape are arranged in a suspended state on a long support plate 50, and a long clamping plate 51 is fastened to the top of the long support plate 50. Tighten and fix, and in this state, insert the seventh
Store it as shown in the diagram.

Then, if necessary, a large number of clip members L, which are still aligned, are taken out from the cassette case 52 along with the long support plate 50 and the long clamping plate 5I, and the self-winding paper invented by the present inventor shown in FIG. Device 53 (for example,
18792, etc.), and this automatic paper winding device 53
Then, wrap the inner surface of the base of the wrapping paper member 55 for cultivation around the outer peripheral surface of the opening of the mushroom cultivation container 54, and immediately take out one clip member 1 from the clip members l in the aligned and superposed state, fit it to the outer peripheral surface of the opening, and wrap it. The base of the wrapping paper member 55 is automatically crimped and fixed.

Conventionally, various types of automatic paper winding devices 53 have been developed to automate the paper winding operation, but there is no device for overlapping and aligning a large number of clip members 1, and there is no device that can overlap and align a large number of clip members 1, and the above-mentioned long support plate 50 or direct automatic paper winding device is not available. The clip members were manually aligned one by one in an alignment storage section provided in the 53.

The present invention can automatically align and overlap a large number of clip members l, and supply them in alignment to the above-mentioned cassette case 52 or the alignment storage section of the automatic paper winding device 53 as it is, and also increases the utility value of the automatic paper winding device 53. This invention provides a clip member alignment device for securing a wrapping paper member to be wrapped around the mouth of a mushroom cultivation container.

[Tanu's means of solving problems]

The present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

A wrapping paper member 5 for cultivation is placed on the outer peripheral surface of the opening of the mushroom cultivation container 54.
A large number of approximately C-shaped clip members I are arranged so as to wrap around the inner surface of the base part of the paper wrapping paper 55 and fit onto the outer circumferential surface of the mouth part to fix the wrapped paper wrapping member 55. A transfer device 4 that can feed the clip members 1 in an aligned manner along the inclined plate 12, and that can transfer the clip members 1 that are directly input or discharged from the discharge device 2 along the inclined plate 12.
and protruding pins 14a and 14b at at least two locations on the inclined plate 12 of the transfer device 4 at a predetermined interval,
If the position of the pins 14a and 14b is determined to be aligned when both ends of the C-shaped clip member 1 are horizontal, the clip member 1 that is tilted or upside down is transferred in an unaligned state. The alignment mechanism 5 is provided with an alignment discharge section 15 from which the clip members l are set in abutting position and are rotated while being transferred by the pins 14 and are regulated in an aligned state. This invention relates to a clip member alignment device for fixing wrapping paper members to be wrapped around the mouth of a mushroom cultivation container, characterized in that an alignment and overlapping section 6 is provided for aligning and superimposing the clip members l that are aligned and discharged one after another from the discharge section 15. be.

[For production]

The clip member l that is directly loaded or discharged from the discharge device 2 is transferred along the inclined plate 12 by the transfer device 4.

During this transfer, the pins 14a and 14b in the alignment mechanism 5 rotate the clip members l that have been transferred at least in an unaligned state and regulate them in an aligned state, and the aligned discharge section 15
The polymer is discharged from the wafer and is subjected to alignment polymerization in the alignment polymerization section 6.

〔Example〕

This embodiment will be described in detail in accordance with the order of operation.

In this embodiment, although the clip members 1 may be directly fed into the transfer device 4 at predetermined intervals, a discharge device 2 is provided which discharges the clip members 1 to the transfer device 4 at predetermined intervals.

This ejecting device 2 may have any structure as long as it ejects the clip member l at a predetermined interval, but in this embodiment, one side is closed to a rotating shaft 8 installed on the machine frame 7, and the other side is attached to a clip. A rotating drum 2a with an opening as a member input port is provided, and a large number of circular ejection windows 3, which are slightly larger than the outer diameter of a commercially available clip member l having an approximately C shape as shown, are provided on the circumferential surface of the rotating drum 2a. is forming.

A receiving plate 9 is circumscribed on the lower outer peripheral surface of this rotating drum 2a,
The discharge window 3 where this receiving plate 9 is located below the rotating drum 2a
It is designed to serve as a bottom plate. Therefore, rotating drum 2
When a is rotated, the clip member 1 stuck in the discharge window 3 below the rotating drum 2a rises along the surface of the receiving plate 9 while remaining stuck in the discharge window 3 as the rotating drum 2a rotates. When the ejection window 3 passes over the front end of the receiving plate 9, the ejection window 3 becomes open, so the design is such that the clip member 1 fitted in the ejection window 3 is ejected from the ejection window 3 to the outside of the rotating drum 2a. ing.

Reference numeral 17 in the figure is a regulating plate attached to the rotary drum 2a, the lower end of which is close to the lower inner circumferential surface of the rotary drum 2a, and restricts the clip member l to the receiving plate 9 arrangement position.

The shape of the ejection window 3 is not limited to a circle, but may be the same external shape as the clip member 1, and the formation and arrangement of the ejection window 3 is most definitely the clip member l inside the rotating drum 2a.
In this embodiment, they are formed in a staggered manner, or they may be formed in a single vertical row or horizontally (horizontally) to form several vertical rows, or horizontally and diagonally. They may be arranged in vertical rows.

Note that if the clip members 1 are not arranged in a straight line in the lateral direction (horizontal direction) as in this embodiment but arranged in a staggered or horizontally diagonal manner, the clip members 1 that are ejected one by one from the ejection window 3 as described above will be described later. without falling onto the transfer device 4 and discharging it.
It also has the effect of being able to horizontally transport at regular intervals in order to drop and discharge at a predetermined time lag.

In this embodiment, a discharge sliding inclined plate IO is provided in front of the rotary drum 2a and is connected to the front end of the receiving plate 9 and falls onto the clip member 1 to be discharged. Opposed inclined plate 1 that has a V-shape when viewed from the side
1 is provided to receive the clip members l discharged one by one from the discharge window 3.

As shown in FIG. 1, the transfer device 4 includes an inclined plate 12 extended and connected to the side of the discharge sliding inclined plate 10, and a belt conveyor 13 at the lower end of the discharge sliding inclined plate 10 and the inclined plate 12.
is provided, and the clip member l that has slid down along the discharge sliding inclined plate lO is transferred laterally along the discharge sliding inclined plate 10 and the inclined plate 12 by a belt conveyor 13.

Next, the alignment mechanism 5, which is the main part of the present invention, will be explained.

The alignment mechanism 5 is for aligning the C-shaped clip members 1 so that both ends thereof are horizontal as shown in FIG. 1, and as shown in FIGS. The first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 makes use of the fact that the height dimension of the C-shaped clip member 1 used is smaller than the width dimension C in this aligned state. To explain in detail, the inclined plate 1
Pins 14i and 14b are provided protruding from the second belt conveyor 13 at a predetermined interval at positions lower than this height dimension. Therefore, the clip members l transferred in an aligned state can be attached to any of the pins 14a and 14 as shown in FIG. 4(a).
It passes through without hitting b and is transferred.

For example, the clip member 1 that has been turned over or is transferred while being tilted comes into contact with the pin 14 and is rotated by the lateral movement of the belt conveyor 13. When it is transferred in an inclined state as shown in FIG. 4(b), it is rotated by the pin 14a and aligned, and passes through without hitting the pin 14b. Further, when the objects are transferred in an inclined state as shown in FIG. 4(c), they are first rotated by the pin 14a to the inclined state as shown in FIG. 4, and then rotated to the aligned state by the next pin 14b.

Therefore, by being rotated by at least two pins 14a and 14b, the correct alignment can be achieved.

Then, the inclined plate 1 further to the side of this two-port pin 14b
A drop window 15 is formed as an alignment discharge section 15 for fitting and dropping the clip members 1 aligned in the alignment mechanism 5, and the clip members 1 aligned by the alignment mechanism 5 are dropped one after another and discharged to the alignment overlapping section 6. are doing.

Incidentally, the alignment discharge section 15 may be designed to discharge from the terminal side edge of the pin 14 without adopting the drop-down method.

Further, FIG. 5 shows a second embodiment, in which a case is considered in which a clip member l having the same height and width a is used.

In this embodiment, three drop windows 15 are formed as shown in FIG.
A pin 14 is inserted between these drop windows 15a, 15b, and 15c.
a14b is provided at a position where it abuts the clip member l, respectively,
The clip members l that have already been transferred in an aligned state are dropped from the first drop window 15a, and the clip members l that are tilted and are not aligned are fitted into the first drop window 15a and pass through without falling. When it is rotated by the pin 14a and aligned, it fits into the next drop window 15b and falls.
The clip members l that are not aligned even with the pin 14a are further rotated by the next pin 14b to be aligned, and at least the second pin 14b aligns them all with the last drop window 15c so that they fit and fall. I am designing.

In any of the embodiments, the pin 14 may be caused to rise and fall by a sensor that detects the difference in height and width of the clip member l and the transfer state, or if the clip members l are transferred in an overlapped manner, It may be designed to detect this, automatically open a discharge hole (not shown) provided in front of the drop window 15, and automatically discharge the material from the transfer device 4.

As shown in FIG. 3, the alignment and overlapping section 6 is constructed by attaching a downwardly inclined long support plate 16 to the drop window 15, and suspending the long support plate 16 from the drop window 15 to the long support plate 16. 16
They are arranged so that they slide down one after another to the lower end of the frame and align and overlap.

The aligned and superimposed clip members 1 are taken out together with the elongated support plate 16 in a suspended state and set in the automatic winding device 53 as described above.

Note that the discharge device 2, the transfer device 4, the alignment mechanism 5, the alignment and overlapping section G, etc. are not limited to those in the above embodiment, and can be designed as appropriate.

〔Effect of the invention〕

Since the present invention is configured as described above, the clip members discharged from the linear feeding or discharging device are automatically aligned in a fixed direction, automatically aligned and superposed at the alignment and overlapping section, and aligned and superposed at the automatic paper winding device. The present invention provides a clip member alignment device for fixing a wrapping paper member to be wound around the mouth of a mushroom cultivation container, which can supply clip members and increase the utility value of the automatic paper wrapping device.

The present invention also provides a transfer device for transferring a clip member along an inclined plate, a pin protruding from the inclined plate at two locations, and a drop window opened at a predetermined position as in the embodiment. We have created an excellent clip member alignment device that is extremely easy to manufacture, as it only requires attaching a long support plate that slides down onto the window, and then providing an alignment overlapping section that is formed by attaching a long support plate to the window. We will be able to provide this.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a front view, FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of the discharge section, FIG. 3 is a side view of the alignment and overlapping section, and FIGS. b) and (c) are explanatory diagrams of the alignment mechanism of the first embodiment, Fig. 5 is an explanatory diagram of the alignment mechanism of the second embodiment, and Fig. 6 is an illustration of the alignment and superposition of the clip members in a suspended state on the long support plate. FIG. 7 is a front view of the cassette case stored, and FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of the automatic paper winding device. ■...Clip member, 2...Discharge device, 4...Transfer device, 5...Alignment mechanism, 6...Alignment overlapping section, 12
... Inclined plate, 14a-14b... Pin, 15...
Alignment discharge unit, 53... Automatic paper wrapping device, 54... Mushroom cultivation container, 55... Paper wrapping member. 79n(Δ) 7K911J Applicant: July 31, 1990 Nanba Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Inventor: Tetsuo Nanba Agent: Akira Yoshii 7 Physical Power (αJ)

Claims (1)

[Claims] Wrapping the inner surface of the base of a wrapping paper member for cultivation around the outer circumferential surface of the opening of the mushroom cultivation container, arranging a large number of approximately C-shaped clip members that fit around the outer circumferential surface of the opening and fixing the wrapped wrapping paper member; The aligned clip members can be aligned and fed to the automatic paper roll device, and a transfer device is provided to transfer the clip members directly fed in or discharged from the discharge device along an inclined plate, and the inclined plate of the transfer device is provided. Protruding pins are provided at at least two places on the top at a predetermined interval,
If the position of this pin is determined to be aligned when both ends of the C-shaped clip member are at least horizontal, then the pin will be in a position where it will come into contact with the upper part of the clip member that is being transferred in an unaligned state that is tilted or upside down. an alignment mechanism including an alignment ejecting section from which the clip members set and rotated while being transferred by the pins and regulated in an aligned state are ejected;
A clip member aligning device for attaching wrapping paper members to be wrapped around the mouth of a mushroom cultivation container, characterized in that an aligning and overlapping section is provided for aligning and overlapping clip members that are aligned and discharged one after another from an aligning and discharging section of the aligning mechanism.