JPH0572940U - Glazing device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] Apply glaze only to specific parts of the tile surface,
Alternatively, it is an object to provide a glaze device that can be applied in an island shape. [Structure] A plurality of stamp units 50 are provided downward on the lower surface side of an elevating body 26, and these can be moved up and down by an elevating cylinder 28. Then, by the descending motion, the sponge body 56 of the stamp unit 50 is impregnated with the liquid glaze 12 in the glaze tank 10, and then the stamp unit 50
Is taken out of the glaze tank 10 and then brought into contact with the surface of the tile 68 in a standby state to apply the glaze 12 to a specific portion of the surface of the tile 68 by stamping.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a glaze device for applying a glaze to a tile surface.

[0002]

[Problems to be solved by conventional techniques and devices]

 Conventionally, what is used as a device for applying a glaze to the tile surface is a tile that moves by spraying a liquid glaze onto the tile surface in a mist state by a spraying device or by dropping the liquid glaze in a curtain from a slit. It was like hanging on the surface.

However, when a glaze is applied using this device, the glaze is evenly applied over the entire surface of the tile, and the glaze is applied in an island-like scattered state or a specific portion of the tile surface. There was a problem that I couldn't apply glaze only to.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The device of the present invention has been devised to solve such a problem, and the gist thereof is (a) a glaze tank which is arranged at a predetermined position and which stores a liquid glaze therein, and (b) An impregnating member that is immersed in the glaze tank to impregnate the liquid glaze, (c) a support that suspends the impregnating member, and (d) a predetermined upper and lower sides of the impregnating member with respect to the support. Relative moving means for allowing relative movement relative to the distance, and (e) the support is raised and lowered together with the impregnating member, and the impregnating member is immersed in the glaze tank at the lowered position, or conveyed to a predetermined position. And a lifting means for bringing the liquid glaze impregnated in the impregnating member onto the surface of the tile, and (f) the support, the impregnating member, and the lifting means on the glaze tank. An advancing / retreating drive means for advancing / retreating between the tile and a glaze application position. In the door.

[0005]

[Action and effect of the device]

 In the device of the present invention, the impregnating member is lifted and lowered together with the support in the state of being suspended from the support by the lifting means. Then, at the lowered position, the impregnation member is immersed in the glaze tank, and the liquid glaze in the tank is impregnated into the impregnation member.

The impregnated member impregnated with the glaze is moved up again by the elevating means, and then moved forward to the application position of the glaze on the tile by the advancing / retreating drive means. It is placed on the surface of the tile or is actively pressed. As a result, the liquid glaze impregnated in the impregnating member is applied on the tile surface.

[0007] At this time, the glaze is naturally applied to the tile surface only in a portion in contact with the impregnating member and in a shape and pattern corresponding to the shape of the impregnating member.

According to the device of the present invention, it is possible to apply the glaze only to a specific portion of the tile surface, and it is also possible to apply the glaze to the tile surface in an island shape.

Moreover, according to the present invention, it is possible to apply the glaze thickly, and it is possible to form an uneven pattern having a volume feeling on the tile surface.

By the way, when the impregnating member is brought into contact with the tile surface, if the tile is inclined or there is unevenness such as a step between the tiles, for example, in a state where the tile is supported on a predetermined supporting member such as a transport plate. When applying glaze, the support plate may be tilted or uneven, or foreign matter may be adhering to the support plate and the tiles placed on it may be tilted. If the impregnating members are lowered by the elevating means and brought into contact with the tile surface, the impregnating member may not come into good contact with the tile surface.

If the impregnated member does not make good contact with the tile surface, the glaze cannot be well applied to the tile surface.

In the device of the present invention, however, such a problem does not occur because the impregnating member is vertically movable relative to the support by a predetermined distance. For example, when a large number of impregnated members are hung on a support, the inclination and unevenness of the tile can be absorbed by the relative movement of these impregnated members upward with respect to the support.

[0013]

【Example】

 Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In FIGS. 1 and 2, 10 is a glaze tank in which a liquid glaze 12 is contained. The glaze tank 10 is fixed to the machine frame 16 via an angle member 14.

A stirring plate 18 is arranged inside the glaze tank 10. The stirring plate 18 is connected to a stirring cylinder 20, and the stirring cylinder 20 can move the glaze tank 10 up and down. The liquid glaze 12 in the glaze tank 10 is agitated by the upward and downward movement of the stirring plate 18.

When the stirring plate 18 moves up and down, the stirring plate 18 is guided by a guide rod 22 extending therefrom and a guide roller 24 sandwiching the guide rod 22.

The stirring plate 18 also has a function of pressing a sponge body 56 (FIG. 3) described later to forcibly absorb the glaze 12 in the glaze tank 10 into the sponge body 56.

An elevating body 26 is arranged above the glaze tank 10. An elevating cylinder 28 fixed to a slider 27 is connected to the elevating body 26, and the elevating body 28 causes the elevating body 26 to move up and down by a predetermined stroke under the guidance of the guide rod 30 and the guide cylinder 32. It can be moved.

Rack members 34 are provided on the left and right sides of the lifting body 26 in FIG. 1, and the rack members 34 are meshed with pinions 36.

The rack member 34 and the pinion 36 are for restricting the movement so that the left and right ends move up and down by the same amount when the lift 26 moves up and down.

As shown in FIG. 2, a motor 44 is connected to the slider 27 via crank arms 40 and 42. The crank arms 40 and 42 are rotatably connected to each other via a shaft 38.

One crank arm 40 is fixed to an output shaft 46 of a motor 44, and is rotated circularly around the output shaft 46. The rotational circular motion of the crank arm 40 causes the other crank arm 42 to move. The push-out motion to the right or the pull-back motion to the left in the figure is performed.

By the push-out / pull-back movement of the arm 42, the slider 27 is applied a predetermined distance along the guide rail 48, that is, the position on the glaze tank 10 and the application of the glaze 12 to the tile 68 (FIG. 3) described later. Driven back and forth between positions.

A plurality of stamp units 50 are provided below the elevating body 26. As shown in FIG. 3, each stamp unit 50 has a holding plate 54 suspended by a supporting plate 52 via a suspension bolt 60, and a plurality of holding plates 54 are provided on the lower surface side of the holding plate 54. Three sponge bodies 56 are fixed via a pedestal 58.

The suspension bolt 60 penetrates the through hole 62 of the support plate 52 in a loosely fitted state, and a nut 64 is screwed and fixed to the upper end thereof. The nut 64 serves to prevent the suspension bolt 60 from coming off.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 66 is a shelf plate on which a large number of tiles 68 are placed, and is carried by a chain 70. Further, 72 is a lifting cylinder for lifting the shelf plate 66 on which the tile 68 is placed at a predetermined position.

Next, the operation of this device will be described. First, in this apparatus, the sponge body 56 of each stamp unit 50 is lowered together with the lifting body 26 by the lifting cylinder 28 and immersed in the glaze tank 10, and the liquid glaze 12 in the glaze tank 10 is impregnated in the sponge body 56. It

At this time, the glaze 12 can be forcibly impregnated in the sponge body 56 by stopping the stirring plate 18, pressing the sponge body 56 against it, and then releasing the pressing force. it can.

The stirring plate 18 is vertically vibrated in the glaze tank 10 by the stirring cylinder 20 except when the sponge body 56 is forcibly pressed against it.

When the sponge body 56 of each stamp unit 50 is sufficiently impregnated with the glaze 12, these stamp units 50 are lifted by the lifting cylinder 28.

Subsequently, the slider 44 is moved forward on the guide rail 48 in the right direction in FIG. 2 by driving the motor 44, and is stopped at a predetermined position.

Thereafter, each stamp unit 50 is lowered by the elevating cylinder 28, and the sponge body 56 at the lower end is brought into contact with the lower side of each of the waiting tiles 68.

The glaze 12 impregnated in the sponge body 56 is applied to the surface of the tile 68 by the contact of the sponge body 56 with the tile 68.

The specific operation in this case is shown in detail in FIG. That is, the sponge body 56 of each stamp unit 50 is moved downward together with the support plate 52, and the sponge body 56 is brought into contact with the surface of the tile 68 at a certain position.

The support plate 52 is subsequently moved downward, and at this time, the suspension bolt 60 relatively moves upward in the through hole 62 of the support plate 52. That is, the sponge body 56 and the holding plate 54 move upward relative to the support plate 52. Then, based on this relative movement, surface steps, height differences, inclinations, etc. between the tiles 68 are absorbed.

Therefore, according to this device, the surface of the shelf plate 66 has irregularities or inclination, and there is a slight difference in height between the tiles 68 and 68 on it, or the tile 68 is inclined. Even then, the glaze 12 can be satisfactorily applied to the surface of the tile 68.

Each unit 50 which has performed the stamping operation of the glaze 12 on the surface of the tile 68 is positioned on the glaze tank 10 by the backward movement of the upper slider 27 which is subsequently raised. Then, the same operation as described above is repeated again.

According to the apparatus of this example, the glaze 12 can be applied only to a specific portion on the surface of the tile 68, or the arrangement of the sponge body 56 to be brought into contact with one tile 68 is shown in FIG. 4, for example. With the arrangement as shown, the glaze 12 can be applied to the tile surface in an island shape.

Moreover, since the present apparatus applies the glaze 12 impregnated in the sponge body 56 by directly contacting the surface of the tile 68, the glaze 12 can be applied thickly.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above, this is merely an example. In the present invention, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, each sponge body 56 is suspended by suspension bolts 60 in a free state, and each sponge body 56 can be independently moved relative to the support plate 52. You can also

In this case, it is possible to prevent the sponge body 56 from rotating by using a square bolt as the suspension bolt 60 or suspending the sponge body 56 using two or more suspension bolts 60. However, it is desirable to prevent the pattern from changing.

In addition, the present invention can be configured in a form in which various modifications are made based on the knowledge of those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front (partially sectional) view of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the apparatus of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an operation explanatory view of a main part of the apparatus according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an arrangement configuration example of a sponge body in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of an essential part of another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Glaze Tank 26 Elevating Body 27 Slider 28 Elevating Cylinder 44 Motor 52 Support Plate 56 Impregnation Member 60 Suspending Bolt 62 Through Hole 64 Nut 68 Tile

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of front page (72) Tetsuro Hata, Tetsuro Hata 5-1-1, Koiemotocho, Tokoname City, Aichi Prefecture Inax Co., Ltd. (72) Creator: Hiroshi Kato 50, Shimogiri Himegaoka, Kani City, Gifu Prefecture

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A glaze tank which is disposed at a predetermined position and contains a liquid glaze therein; (b) An impregnating member which is immersed in the glaze tank to impregnate the liquid glaze; and (c) A support for suspending the impregnating member, and (d) a relative moving means for moving the impregnating member vertically relative to the support by a predetermined distance, and (e) raising and lowering the support together with the impregnating member. And an elevating means for dipping the impregnating member in the glaze tank at the position or contacting the tile conveyed to a predetermined position and applying the liquid glaze impregnated in the impregnating member on the tile surface. ) A glazing device comprising: the support, the impregnation member, and an elevating means for advancing and retreating between the position on the glaze tank and the position for applying the glaze to the tile.