JPH05494A - Apparatus for tile arrangement - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it possible to treat tiles with different shapes and sizes by providing a lot of lining-up block units consisting of four blocks on a lining-up plate for lining up and holding in advance tiles to be adhered on a panel and providing movably up and down a partition and a press plate on two sides being on the opposite sides to lining-up standard faces on each block. CONSTITUTION:A stopping plate is stood on each peripheral edge part of two adjoining sides of a lining-up plate to make a lining-up standard face. A lining-up block unit 4 is constituted of four blocks 5, 5a... wherein partition parts 6, 6a... being movable up and down are positioned on two sides being on the opposite sides to the lining-up standard faces and the partition parts 6, 6a... provide partitions 7, 7a... and press plates 8, 8a... being also movable in the horizontal direction. Three kinds of square sections, a large, a middle and a small sections can be formed by using each four, adjoining two and one blocks 5, 5a.... Then, the heights of the partitions 6, 6a... are set in such a way that a fed tile is at first entered into the first square section and the successive tile is slid thereon and is entered successively into the next square section.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a tile aligning apparatus for mechanically aligning and holding tiles to be attached to a panel during a manufacturing process of the tile panel in a pre-process thereof. The present invention relates to a tile arranging device that can deal with tiles of different shapes.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the conventional manufacturing of tile panels and the like, tiles that have been conveyed through a series of steps are aligned and placed on a grid-like aligning plate that is held in a fixed position by a suction transfer device or the like. After that, each tile is hoisted by an adsorption device and transferred onto a panel coated with an adhesive to form joints after drying to manufacture.

However, since the grid-shaped aligning plate is set to be slightly larger than the outer size of the tile in order to easily and reliably supply the tile into the grid, the tiles can be arranged in any direction within the grid by this play size. Therefore, it was impossible to align them in a certain direction within the lattice unless they were manually oriented, which was an obstacle to the automatic manufacturing line.

Therefore, in order to solve the above-mentioned obstacles, a tile aligning device of Japanese Patent Publication No. 62-40247 was developed, but in such an aligning device, each square portion divided by a partition has the same size. If the size and shape of the tiles change, it is not possible to use such a tile aligning device, and blocks with different dimensions for each tile type,
It had the drawback of requiring an alignment device.

In the aligned state of the conventional aligning apparatus, the clamp plate a is composed of a leaf spring, and the tile w and the squares have a play size. Since the two adjacent sides of the tile w are pressed by the corners, if the corners of the tile w are supplied in contact with one piece of the clamp plate a as shown in FIG. There was a drawback in that all the tiles w could not be aligned vertically and horizontally in an inclined state by being pressed by the partition plate b.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, a single aligning device can be used even if the size and shape of tiles are different, and the tile aligning device can surely align tiles. Is intended to be provided.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the problems that tiles of different sizes and shapes cannot be aligned, and that some tiles cannot be reliably aligned, based on the above-mentioned prior art. , A locking plate is erected on the alignment plate to form an alignment reference surface, and a plurality of alignment block units are provided on the upper surface of the alignment plate, and four blocks are arranged on the alignment block unit. A partition is provided on a lifting plate that can move up and down on two sides of the block that are opposite to the alignment reference plane, a pressing plate is placed on the lifting plate, and the partition plate is erected and fixed. A pressure cylinder is attached to the pressure cylinder, and the pressure cylinder is connected to the pressure plate to move the partition plate and the pressure plate up and down corresponding to the tiles of three different sizes and shapes, and to press the vertical and horizontal directions. do it,
The above problem is solved by arranging tiles.

[0008]

In the present invention, three types of tile sizes,
Depending on the shape, three types of squares are formed by the vertical movement of the peripheral partition, cross partition, and intermediate partition, and the vertical and horizontal directions are formed by the pressing plates placed on the peripheral partition, cross partition, and intermediate partition. The tiles are pressed to align the tiles on the alignment reference plane side.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 is an aligning plate corresponding to a tile panel, and the aligning plate 1 is placed at a fixed position on a frame 2 whose movement is controlled. In addition, the locking plates 3 and 3a are erected on the peripheral portions of the two adjacent sides of the alignment plate 1, and the locking plates 3 and 3a serve as alignment reference planes A and B. On the upper surface of the alignment plate 1, a large number of alignment block units 4, 4a ... For aligning a large number of tiles W in the vertical and horizontal directions are provided.

The aligning block units 4, 4a ... Are composed of four blocks 5, 5a ... And partition sections 6, 6a ... Arranged around the blocks 5, 5a. ,
6a ... Stand upright partition plates 7, 7a ... And pressing plates 8, 8a ... Which vertically move and slide horizontally.

The above-mentioned four blocks 5, 5a ... Are located above the above-mentioned four blocks 5, 5a. The small square portion C2 is divided and formed, and the intermediate square portion C3 is divided and formed by the vertical or horizontal partition portions 6 and 6a located on two adjacent blocks 5, 5a. These large, medium, and small grid portions C1, C2, C3 are large, medium, small tiles W1, W2,
It is formed slightly larger than the outer dimension of W3.

Alignment reference planes A and B in the alignment block unit 4 in the partition sections 6, 6a.
.. do not actually exist on the two sides of each of the two sides D1, D2 of the adjacent alignment block units 4a, 4b. That is, the partition portions 6, on the two sides D1 and D2 opposite to the alignment reference planes A and B,
6a ... is provided.

Further, the sizes of the above-mentioned three types of tiles W,
For example, when the small tile W2 has 100 squares, the large tile W1 has 200 squares and the medium tile W3 has 1 square.
The size and shape are 00X200.

Reference numeral 9 denotes an elevating plate provided below the aligning plate 1. The elevating plate 9 is moved up and down by an elevating cylinder 10, and partitioning parts 6, 6a are provided on the upper surface of the elevating plate 9.
More specifically, the pressing plates 8, 8a ... Are placed upright on the upper surface of the elevating plate 9 in the central portion, and partition plates 7, 7a ... Are mounted on both sides of the pressing plates 8, 8a. It is fixed upright by.

12, 12a ... Are marked on the two sides D1, D2 on the opposite sides of the alignment reference planes A, B in the blocks 5, 5a, that is, in the middle of the two sides D1, D2 where the partition portions 6, 6a. The mounting recesses are provided, and the pressing cylinders 14, 14a ... are fixed to the mounting recesses 12, 12a ... with the rod 13 facing outward, and the mounting brackets 15 are attached to the tips of the rods 13 of the pressing cylinders 14, 14a.
The pressing plates 8, 8a ... Are attached via the so as to be vertically movable.

Reference numeral 16 denotes a long hole which is vertically formed through the pressing plates 8, 8a ... In the long hole 16, a cylindrical portion 17 of the fitting 15 (long hole 16) is provided.
A slightly smaller diameter) is inserted, and the pressing plate 8, 8a ... And the mounting member 15 are held in a connected state by the collar portion 18 and the difference 19 at the end of the cylindrical portion 17.

As a result, the pressing plates 8, 8a ... Can be raised and lowered by the lifting cylinder 10, and the pressing cylinders 14, 8a.
14a ... allows it to slide horizontally.

When the pressing cylinders 14, 14a ... Are extended, the two sides D1, D of the blocks 5, 5a ...
The partition plates 7, 7a ... And the pressing plates 8, 8a ... Are formed in a straight line at 2, and in the large, medium and small grid portions C1, C2, C3, the plate thickness of the partition plates 7, 7a. Outline and partition 7, 7a ...
The sum of the distance X and the distance X is set to be the joint size.

Next, the operation of the tile aligning device according to the present invention will be described. First, the operation for dealing with the tiles W having three sizes and shapes will be described, and then the tile W aligning operation will be described. Prior to the explanation, the partition sections 6, 6a ... Are defined as follows, and the partition sections 6, 6a located on the two sides D1, D2 of the alignment block units 4, 4a. The partitioning portions 6, 6a located in the center of the alignment block units 4, 4a ... Are referred to as cross partitions F, and the partitions located in the center of the alignment block units 4, 4a. Part 6,
Both the vertical or horizontal partition portions 6a of 6a are referred to as intermediate partitions G and H, respectively, and the intermediate partitions G and H may be either vertical or horizontal.

First, in the case of the first large tile W1, the peripheral partition E is raised by the elevating cylinder 10, and the cross partition F is raised lower than the peripheral partition E by the thickness of the tile W. Every other, alignment block unit 4, 4a
When the tile W is supplied from the horizontal direction of ..., the large tile W1
Is placed on the cross partition F in the first large grid portion C1, the subsequent large tile W1 slides on the front large tile W1 and is placed in the next large grid portion C1, and the large grid portions are sequentially arranged. Part C
1 is supplied with a large tile W1.

In the case of the second small tile W2,
When the peripheral partition E is lowered to the same level as the cross partition F by the elevating cylinder 10 and the tile W is supplied from the lateral direction of the alignment block units 4, 4a ..., Each small grid is supplied as in the case of supplying the large tile W1. The small tile W2 is stored in the section C2.

In the case of the third middle tile W3,
The intermediate partition G is moved up and down by the lifting cylinder 10 into blocks 5, 5a ...
Alignment block unit 4,
When the tiles W are supplied from the lateral direction of 4a ..., the middle tiles W3 are housed in the respective middle cells C3 on the adjacent blocks 5, 5a ... Like the large tiles W1.

Next, the tiles W are sequentially arranged in the large, medium, and small grid portions C.
When the vertical and horizontal pressing cylinders 14, 14a ... Are actuated after being supplied into 1, C2, C3, the pressing plates 8, 8a.
By pressing the two adjacent tiles W in the alignment reference planes A and B, part of the cross partition F on the rear side and the intermediate partition H on the alignment block units 4, 4a ... Or adjacent rear alignment blocks. Two sides D of unit 4, 4a ...
1 and D2 are brought into contact with each other to be aligned and regulated in both vertical and horizontal directions to form joints having a constant size.

The vertical and horizontal pressing cylinder 1
4, 14a… are the first actuating pressure cylinders 14, 14a…
The pressing cylinders 14, 14a, which operate immediately afterward, have a higher pressing force, and the operation of the pressing plates 8, 8a of the cross partition F of the large tile W1 is stopped as in the case of the large tile W1. , Or the pressing plates 8, 8a ... Are made slightly lower than the partition plates 7, 7a .., and the sliding of the pressing plates 8, 8a.

Then, the tiles W aligned on the aligning plate 1 are lifted by a suction device in a subsequent step, the aligning plate 1 is moved, and a panel having an adhesive applied on the surface is arranged below the suction device. Tile W suspended above by a suction device
The tiles W are aligned and pasted on the panel by lowering.

[0026]

In summary, according to the present invention, locking plates 3 and 3a are erected on the alignment plate 1 to form the alignment reference planes A and B, and the alignment plate 1 is also provided.
Are provided on the upper surface of the alignment block units 4, 4a ... And four blocks 5, 5a ... Are arranged on the alignment block units 4, 4a. , B are provided on the two sides D1 and D2 opposite to each other, and partition portions 6, 6a ... Are provided on a vertically movable elevator plate 9, and pressing plates 8, 8a ... Are placed on the elevator plate 9 and the partition plate 7, Since 7a is fixed upright, large, medium and small tiles C1, C2, C3 can be set corresponding to the large, medium and small tiles W1, W2, W3. On the other hand, the tiles W can be aligned by one aligning device, the aligning block units 4, 4a ...
Pressing cylinders 14 and 14a on the two sides D1 and D2 of 5a ...
... are attached, and the pressing cylinders 14 and 14a are pressing plates 8 and 8
Since the tiles W are connected to the a ..., When the tiles W are aligned in the alignment block units 4, 4a ..., the tiles W are pressed in the vertical and horizontal directions to move all the tiles W toward the alignment reference planes A and B. It can be arranged in a line, and its practical effect is enormous.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a tile aligning device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an alignment block that constitutes a tile alignment device.

3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a partition section.

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of an alignment block unit when storing a large tile.

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of an alignment block unit when a middle tile is stored.

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of an alignment block unit when storing small tiles.

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing a defective state in the conventional aligning device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Alignment plate 3, 3a Locking plate 4, 4a ... Alignment block unit 5, 5a ... Block 6, 6a ... Partition part 7, 7a ... Partition plate 8, 8a ... Press plate 9 Elevating plate 14, 14a ... Press cylinder

Claims (1)

Claim: What is claimed is: 1. A locking plate is erected on the alignment plate to form an alignment reference surface, and a plurality of alignment block units are provided on the upper surface of the alignment plate, and the alignment block unit is provided with the alignment block unit. Arranges four blocks, and installs a partition on a vertically movable elevator plate on two sides opposite to the alignment reference plane in the block. A pressing plate is placed on the elevator plate and a partition plate is erected. An apparatus for aligning tiles, wherein the tiles are fixed and fixed, and a pressing cylinder is attached to the two sides of the block, and the pressing cylinder is connected to a pressing plate.