JPH07117841A - Wire bundle transport device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] To provide a transfer device capable of automatically putting an annular wire bundle in a tray and transferring it without using human hands. [Structure] A transfer device 4 capable of vertically and horizontally moving a rubber holder 17 which is expanded and fitted to the inner diameter portion of the wire bundle 3 by means of moving means 12 and 15, and a wire bundle on the moving side of the transfer device. A tray 5 on the transfer rail 6 to be placed, a first vertical moving means 25 for lifting a plurality of trays stacked on the transfer rail,
A supporting means 30 having a claw portion 32 capable of advancing and retreating the second and lower trays in the air, a lateral moving means 27 for moving the lowermost tray on a transfer rail, and a tray for lowering the tray on the moving side. The positioning means 39 is composed of the two vertical moving means 44 and the transfer conveyors 45, 47, and 48 for sending out the tray, and has the engaging means 40 on the transfer rail, which has the engaging projection 40 which can move forward and backward with respect to the positioning hole 24 of the outer wall of the tray.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a transfer device capable of automatically placing an annular wire bundle in a tray and transferring it without using human hands.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 6 shows a conventional means for conveying a bundle of electric wires. That is, in the final part of several extrusion lines 2 for manufacturing the electric wire bundle 3, the electric wire bundle 3 is band-tightened (57) by the binding machine 56, conveyed by the roller conveyor 58, and temporarily placed by the worker 59 at the end portion. Place on the table 60. Next, another operator (not shown) makes a temporary placement table 60 for each tag of the wire bundle 3.
From the pallet for shipping

However, in the above-mentioned conveying means, it is very troublesome for the worker 59 to carry the wire bundle 3 exceeding 10 kg at the maximum to the temporary placing table 60 in accordance with the tact (about 120 seconds) of the extrusion line 2. At the same time, there is a problem that the worker 59 is restrained for a considerable amount of time in the temporary placement work.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above-mentioned problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide an electric wire bundle conveying apparatus which can convey a manufactured electric wire bundle to a shipping place without trouble.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a transfer device capable of moving a rubber holder, which expands and fits into an inner diameter portion of an annular wire bundle, vertically and horizontally by a moving means. A loading device, a tray on a transfer rail on which the wire bundle lifted by the holder is placed on the moving side of the transfer device, and a first vertical for lifting a plurality of the trays stacked on the transfer rail. A moving means, a supporting means having a claw portion capable of advancing and retreating the second and lower trays from the bottom among the plurality of trays, and a lowermost tray on the transfer rail on the moving side of the transfer device. It is characterized by comprising a horizontal moving means for moving up to, a second vertical moving means for lowering the tray on which the wire bundle is placed on the moving side, and a transfer conveyor for sending out the tray. Further, it is possible to provide a positioning means having an engaging projection capable of advancing and retracting with respect to the positioning hole of the outer wall of the tray on the transfer rail on the moving side of the transfer device.

[0006]

The holding portion of the transfer device is expanded by compressed air and fitted on the inner diameter side of the bundle of electric wires. The wire bundle is lifted by the transfer device and transferred to the tray on the transfer rail. The trays are supplied by suspending the stacked trays by the first vertical moving means, hooking the second and subsequent trays from the bottom by the claws of the supporting means and stopping them in the air, and lowering the first vertical moving means. Then, only the lowermost tray is placed on the transfer rail, and the lowermost tray is sent out by the lateral moving means. The tray that has been sent out is positioned on the transfer rail by engaging the locking projection of the positioning means with the positioning hole of the outer wall, and is aligned with the movement position of the wire bundle by the transfer device. The tray on which the bundle of electric wires is placed is conveyed by the second vertical moving means and the transfer conveyor.

[0007]

1 is an overall side view showing an embodiment of a wire bundle transporting apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view showing a wire bundle manufacturing process including the transporting apparatus. The transfer device 1 includes a transfer device 4 that lifts and moves an annular wire bundle 3 from a terminal end 2a of an extrusion line 2, a tray 5 that transfers the wire bundle 3 from the transfer device 4, and a tray 5. A tray supply device 7 for supplying one by one from the stacked state on the transfer rail 6 to the moving side 4a of the transfer device 4, and the electric wire bundle 3 transferred on the tray 5 to the conveyor 8 for the shipping place together with the tray 5. It is composed of a moving device 9 for transferring.

The transfer device 4 is vertically moved by a horizontal rail 11 supported upward by a column 10, a vertical moving means 12 engaged with the rail 11, and a timing belt 14 driven by a motor 13. It is composed of a lateral moving means 15 for moving the means 12 in the front-rear direction and an inflatable holder 17 fixed to the tip of a vertical cylinder 16 which is a part of the vertical moving means 12.

The two vertical cylinders 16 are connected in series to make a stroke, and expand and contract along the guide rods 18 on both sides to move the holder 17 up and down. The holder 17 has a rubber bladder 19, and the bladder 19 is inflated with compressed air 20 and fitted into the inner diameter portion 3 a of the annular wire bundle 3. Then, the wire bundle 3 is transferred from the terminal end 2a of the extrusion line 2 to the tray 5 on the transfer rail 6.

The tray 5 is formed of a synthetic resin or the like in the shape of a square tray. As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, a circular mounting groove 21 is provided inside, and a pair of front and rear cutout grooves 2 for supporting both outer side walls 22.
3 and a triangular positioning hole 24. Then, one end of the transfer rail 6 is set to be stacked. The plurality of stacked trays 5 are supplied one by one to the moving side 4a of the transfer device 4 by the tray supply device 7.

As shown in FIGS. 3 (a) and 3 (b), the tray supply apparatus includes a vertical cylinder 25 as a first vertical moving means for lifting a plurality of trays 5 stacked on a transfer rail 6, and the plurality of vertical cylinders 25. Of the trays 5, the supporting means 26 for supporting the second and subsequent trays 5 from the bottom in the air, and the side for moving the lowermost tray 5 on the transfer rail 6 to the moving side 4a of the transfer device 4 as shown in FIG. It is composed of the moving means 27.

As shown in FIG. 3A, the vertical cylinder 25 is vertically installed below the transfer rail 6, has a horizontal flat plate portion 29 at the tip of a rod 28, and moves up and down between the left and right transfer rails 6. Stacked trays 5 can be placed on the flat plate portion 29. Further, the supporting means 26 has a pair of left and right short horizontal cylinders 30 facing the both side walls 22 of the tray 5 arranged above the transfer rail 6, and as shown in FIG. The extension of 31 causes the claw portion 32 at the tip of the rod.
Is engaged with the notch groove 23 of the tray 5. With the second and subsequent trays 5 supported in the air by the claw portions 32, the lowermost tray 5 is lowered onto the transfer rail 6 by the compression operation of the vertical cylinder 25. As shown in FIG. 3 (a), when the vertical cylinder 25 is extended, the piston rod 3 of the horizontal cylinder 30 is extended.
1 is contracted in the cylinder to secure an ascending path for the tray 5.

The lowermost tray 5 is sent out to the moving side 4a of the transfer device 4 by the lateral moving means 27. As shown in FIG. 4, the lateral moving means 27 includes a slider 34 provided with a pair of front and rear short lateral cylinders 33 facing each other on the outer side wall 22 of the tray 5 in parallel. It is connected to the tip. The pair of front and rear short horizontal cylinders 33 position the rod tip 38 so as to face the rear ends of the two front and rear trays 5 with the piston rod 37 extended. Then, due to the extension of the long horizontal cylinder 35, the rod tip portion 38 pushes the rear end of the tray 5 and sends the front tray 5 to the moving side 4a of the transfer device 4.

As shown in FIG. 5, the tray 5 is positioned and fixed on the transfer rail 6 by the positioning means 39 on the moving side 4a of the transfer device 4. The positioning means 39 is the tray 5
A short horizontal cylinder 42 fixed to the side wall 6 a of the transfer rail 6 with a blade 41 having a wedge-shaped engaging projection 40 for the triangular positioning hole 24 in front of the transfer rail 6.
Of the piston 41, and the rear end of the blade 41 and the rod 43.
, And the engaging projection 40 projects and engages with the positioning hole 24 of the tray 5 when the rod is compressed. Thereby, the transfer position of the wire bundle 3 by the transfer device 4 is determined.

On the moving side 4a of the transfer device 4, the bottom wall 6b of the transfer rail 6 is slid horizontally by a horizontal cylinder (not shown) or the like to slide the tray 5 on which the bundle of electric wires 3 is placed below the transfer rail 6. It can be transferred to the transfer device 9 (FIG. 1).

The moving device 9 is, as shown in FIG. 1, a vertical cylinder 44 as a second vertical moving means for lowering the tray 5 on which the electric wire bundle 3 is placed, and a horizontal first cylinder 44 located on the rod compression side of the vertical cylinder 44. One conveyor 45, adjacent to the first conveyor 45, adjacent to the second conveyor 47, which can move up and down integrally with the tray 5 by the vertical cylinder 46 that is the third vertical moving means, and adjacent to the lowered second conveyor 47, The tray 5 is composed of a third conveyor 48 which sends the tray 5 to the conveyor 8.

The first conveyor 45 is fixed to the apparatus main body 49, and the belt 53 can be driven by the motor 50 to transfer the tray 5 to the second conveyor 47 side. The flat plate portion 51 at the rod tip of the vertical cylinder 44 moves up and down through the space between the first conveyors 45. The second conveyor 47 is fixed to the rod tip of the vertical cylinder 46, and in the raised state, the first conveyor 4
The tray 5 is received from No. 5, and the tray 5 is transferred to the third conveyor 48 by being driven by the motor 52 in the lowered state. The third conveyor 48 sends out the trays 5 to the orthogonal conveyors 8 for shipping areas, and the conveyor 8 for shipping areas collects the trays 5 from the respective conveying devices 1 as shown in FIG. 2 and sends them to the shipping area having the shipping pallets. .

[0018]

As described above, according to the present invention, heavy electric wire bundles can be reliably placed on the tray one by one and automatically conveyed to the shipping place without manual labor, so that the operator is physically and time-consuming. It is possible to reduce production cost and improve production efficiency.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall side view showing an embodiment of a wire bundle transporting device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view of an electric wire bundle manufacturing process including the transport device.

FIG. 3A is a front view showing a state in which a tray is lifted by a first vertical moving means, and FIG. 3B is a front view showing a state in which a tray is supported by a supporting means and a lowermost tray is taken out.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a state in which the tray is supplied to the moving side of the transfer device by the lateral moving means.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a state in which the tray is positioned by the positioning means.

FIG. 6 is a schematic plan view showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 3 Wire bundle 3a Inner diameter part 4 Transfer device 4a Moving side 5 Tray 6 Transfer rail 12,15 Moving means 25,44,46 Vertical cylinder 17 Holding tool 24 Positioning hole 26 Supporting means 27 Lateral moving means 32 Claw part 39 Positioning means 40 Engagement protrusions 45, 47, 48 Transfer conveyor

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A transfer device capable of vertically and horizontally moving a rubber-made holder that expands and fits into an inner diameter portion of an annular wire bundle by a moving means, and the wire bundle lifted by the holder. A tray on a transfer rail to be placed on the moving side of the placing device, a first vertical moving means for lifting a plurality of the trays stacked on the transfer rail, and a second or lower one from the bottom of the plurality of trays. Supporting means having a movable claw for supporting the tray in the air, lateral moving means for moving the lowermost tray to the moving side of the transfer device on the transfer rail, and the electric wire bundle on the moving side. A wire bundle transporting device comprising a second vertical moving means for lowering a placed tray and a transfer conveyor for feeding the tray. 2. The wire bundle transporting device according to claim 1, further comprising a positioning means having an engaging protrusion capable of moving forward and backward with respect to a positioning hole of an outer wall of the tray, on the transfer rail on the moving side of the transfer device.