JPS5899314A - Bundling device - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a binding device suitable for binding long objects such as green onions, asparagus, and chrysanthemums.

BACKGROUND ART Conventionally, there has been a binding device for binding yellow leaves such as green onions, asparagus, and chrysanthemums. This conventional binding device includes a binding arm provided with a groove at one end of the base, a holding device provided at the other end of the base and holding the cut end of the binding tape. A mounting table whose upright part serves as a positioning surface for the objects to be bound and on which the objects to be bound are placed, and a bundling device which presses the objects to be bound against the positioning surface of the g placement table to converge and align the objects to be bound. This bundling device is provided with a manual handle for pressing the objects to be bound against the positioning surface.

To give an overview of bundling using this conventional bundling device, first, the objects to be bound are applied to the tensioned part of the bundling tape that is wrapped in the bundling arm and extends from the bundling arm toward the holding device. Place the objects to be bound on the mounting table while pulling out the tape, then use a manual handle to align the objects placed on the mounting table, and then raise and lower the binding arm Z to load the objects to be bound. It is designed to wrap wrapping tape around objects.

As mentioned above, the conventional binding device has a wg %r of the material to be bound.
Since the operation and the bundling operation of the objects to be bound are separate, the bundling operation is troublesome. Moreover, after the temporary lees powder @ is brought into contact with the binding tape, the objects to be bound are positioned and bundled in a bamboo manner, so the binding tape The tension applied to the tensioned portion of the binding tape becomes larger than the holding force of the holding device that holds the cut end of the binding tape, and the cut end of the binding tape may slip off the holding device.

In view of the drawbacks of the above-mentioned prior art, the present invention provides 7.1:
Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a single-end binding device that speeds up the binding operation and prevents the cut end of the binding tape from being loosened from the holding device.

The feature of the present invention is that the base and the mounting table are connected by a link member. The present invention is provided with a bundling device actuating means that operates the bundling device in conjunction with the lowering of the ridge and the platform by placing the platform above the base.

The implementation v111 of the present invention will be explained below with reference to the drawings.

Figures 1 to 3 show a first embodiment of the bundling device according to the invention, and in the figures, '1' is a base, and a support 2 is provided at one end of the base 1. A holding device 3 for holding the cut end of the binding tape is provided on the other end side.

Here, the binding arm 4 is configured to be raised and lowered manually, and its base 5 is attached to the support body 2. 4a is a rotation support shaft of the binding arm 4. Here, adhesive tape is conveniently used as the binding tape, and this binding tape is attached to a tape reel [2. The free 111,111 capital of the unbound arm 4 is said to be the head part 6 (see Figure 3), and here there is a cutting blade (not shown) and a pressure receiving table (described later). A pressing member is provided which presses and holds both winding ends of the binding tape.The head part 6 engages with a clamping arm, which will be described later, to release the hold on the cut end of the binding tape. It has an engaging surface 6a and an engaging surface 6b that engages with a release pin to be described later.

The 1-ply holding device 11i3 includes two supporting plates 7, 7 arranged opposite to each other, a holding body 9 that cooperates with a clamping arm 8 to hold the cut end of the binding tape, and a holding body 9 (not shown) that holds the cut end of the binding tape. The pressure receiving table 10 is generally biased to protrude by a spring.

11 is a cut end of the binding tape, 12 is a tensioned part of the binding tape, and this tensioned part 12 of the binding tape is attached to the holding device 3.
A hook is passed between the binding tape and the head part 6, and the binding space is divided into an upper space I and a lower space (2) by the tensioned part 12 of the binding tape.

The base 1 has a pair of support plates 13 near the holding device 3.
It is provided. As shown in FIG.
It is located in Shafts 14 and 15 are fixed to this support plate 13 at intervals in the vertical direction. shaft 14,
15 constitutes a part of the link mechanism, the shaft 14 is the rotation fulcrum of the lower link plate 16, and the shaft 15# is the rotation fulcrum of the upper link plate 1.
7 is the pivot point. A support frame 18 is attached to the free end of the valley link plate 16°17 by a connection @19°20. At the top of the support frame 18, there is a
A frame base 22 on which 1 is placed is fixed. In addition, in FIG. 1 and FIG. 3, bound @ 21 having different winding circumferential lengths are shown by two-dot chain lines. This mounting table 22 is arranged to be located in the upper space I when it is in the stage state, as shown in the 1m1 diagram, and is arranged to be located in the lower space I when it is in the bundled state. The mh stand 22 has a mounting surface m23 and an upright portion 24, and the inner surface of the upright portion 24 is a positioning surface 24&. here,
A bundling device 25 is attached to the support frame 18.

The bundling device 25 includes an arc-shaped member 26 and this arc-shaped member 2.
The fastening device 6 is generally constituted by a band member 27 that extends over both ends. For tightening, use a stretchable member such as a spring or a rubber tube for the band member 27, and use a material that does not cause damage to the objects 21 when tightening and aligning the objects 21 as much as possible. is preferred.

A locking pin 28 is fixed near the rotation base of the upper link plate 17, and an adjustment hole 29 extending in the vertical direction is provided in the support plate 3.
A bolt 30 is installed in this adjustment hole 29 so that its height can be adjusted, a spring 31 is passed between the bolt 30 and the locking pin 28, and the upper link plate 17 is attached to the shaft 15. Use it as a fulcrum, $II! During liQ, it is urged to rotate in the direction of the arrow. As the link plate 17 rotates, the spring 31 changes its acting direction, and in the state shown in the third factor, the link plate 17 is forced by the spring 31 in the direction of the arrow M'. has been done. The support plate 13 has a substantially intermediate portion between -14 and the shaft 15-.
The rotation stop pin 32 has been identified and in the state shown in Figure m1.

Since one side of the lower link plate 16 is in contact with the rotation stop pin 32, rotation of the upper link plate 17 in the direction indicated by the arrow is indirectly stopped. Here, as shown in FIG. 2, a pair of upper link plates 17 arranged at symmetrical positions across the holding device 3 are arranged so that they can rotate simultaneously (-
1 connection plate 33. 34 is a bent portion of the upper link plate 17, and the receiver of the connecting plate 33 functions as a plate. Note that the tension force of the spring 31 can be changed by adjusting the bolt 30 installed in the adjustment hole 29 in the vertical direction (-).

The rotation urging force of the upper link plate 17 can be adjusted. In FIG. 3, this means changing the direction of action of the tensile force of the NILm upper 4 2 upper dual-action spring 31 connecting the center of the bolt 30 and the center of the locking pin 28. , the upper link plate 17 is biased to rotate in the direction of the arrow A' in the state C shown in FIG. 1s3. Note that the direction of action of this tensile force is along the axis 15.
, the rotation biasing force in the direction of arrow A' is extremely weak.

A shaft 35 is fixed to the lower link plate 16 near its free end, and a lever 36 is attached to this shaft 35. This lever 36 constitutes a part of the operating mechanism of the bundling device 25.

A notch 38 is provided at one end s37 of the lever 36,
A release pin 40 is provided at the other end 39C of the lever 36 on the opposite side to the one end 37 via the shaft 35. A locking pin 41 is fixed to the lower link plate 16 near its free end, and a locking pin 42 is fixed to the lever 36 at one end thereof. A spring 43 is passed between the lever 36 and the M2S
It is urged to rotate in the direction of arrow B in FIG. 111 and FIG.

The shaft 1 is provided with a sector gear 44 movable together as a bundling device operating means, and an engagement pin 45 is fixed to the shaft 1, and between the engagement pin 45 and the shaft 35 is spring 4
The sector gear 44 is urged to rotate in the direction of the arrow 0 in the first gear, with the shaft 19 as the fulcrum.
In the state shown in FIG. C2, the sector gear 44 is in the rotation stop pin because its -1 is in contact with the stop pin 47 fixed to the support frame 1B+-.

One end s37 of the lever 36 has a function of rotating the sector gear 44 in the direction opposite to the direction of arrow C, and the notch 38 has a guide i1138a for guiding the engagement bin 45,
It has an engagement surface 38m) that engages with the engagement pin 45. The sector gear 44 has its engagement pin 45 aligned with the guide surface 38al.
2, the lever 36 is rotated in the direction opposite to the arrow 0 direction by the action of the one end 37 of the lever 36, and the engagement pin 45 comes into contact with the engagement surface 381). Then the rotation will stop l:':! Furthermore, the lever 36 is rotated by 6 degrees so that the release pin 40 faces the vertical movement area of the head 6 by turning the lower link plate 16 in the direction indicated by the arrow Nh.

The support frame 18 has one shaft 48! ! A protruding plate 49 constituting a part of the arc-shaped member 26 is fixed to the shaft 48, and a sector gear 50 is attached thereto. The sector gear 50, the shaft 48, and the arc member 26 rotate integrally, and the teeth of the sector wheel 50 are aligned with the teeth 6 of the sector gear 44.
- interdigitated.

The operation of the binding device according to the present invention will be explained below.

m1 in FIG.
is rotated in the direction indicated by the arrow, the upper link plate 17 is rotated in the direction indicated by the arrow 1, and the platform 22 is lowered. As the lower link plate 16 and upper link plate 17 rotate, the action of the lever 36 (-
As a result, the sector gear 44 rotates in the direction opposite to the direction of the arrow 0, and the rotation rotates in the direction of the arrow 1 in FIG. For tightening, while the band member 27 presses the two articles to be bound on the positioning surface 24a (-), the surface of the article 21 contacts the tensioned part 121 of the binding tape, and the binding tape is placed on the tape reel (as shown in the figure). (abbreviated) or extracted from.This signature is a disgrace to the present invention.

The binding tape is pulled out after the objects 21 to be bound are positioned, and the variation in the way the objects abut against the binding tape is reduced, so the cut 111ml of the binding tape is held Mi[ Prevent it from deviating from 3.

State 1 when the mounting table 22 is lowered! In Figure 3 showing #1, the objects 21 to be bound are in a state of being bundled by the bundler 25. Thereafter, when the binding arm 4 is tilted, the binding tape is wound around the object to be bound 21, the ends of both windings of the binding tape are crimped, and the binding tape is cut. Since the series of operations is exactly the same as the conventional one, detailed explanation thereof will be omitted.

When the binding of the binding tape to the object 21 is completed and the binding arm 4 is further tilted, the engaging surface 6 of the head @ 6
b is engaged with the release pin 40 (Y), and the lever 36 is centered around the shaft 35 as the fulcrum CI in the M&3 diagram.

Arrow G direction C: Since it is rotated, the engagement between the engagement pin 45 and the engagement surface 381) is released, and the fan-shaped gear 44 rotates the shaft 19 in FIG. Rotate around the fulcrum in the direction of arrow 0. As a result, the arc-shaped member 26 moves the shaft 48 two times in the direction opposite to the arrow A direction of the fulcrum H, and the bundling by the bundling device 254 is released.

As the lever 36 rotates in the direction of arrow G, the tensile force of the spring 43 is applied to the lower link plate 16C; i1%3 In the diagram, with axis 14 as the fulcrum,
Rotate in the direction of arrow H. At the beginning of its rise, the mounting table 22 is lifted by the tensile force of the spring 43, and it is lifted by the rotational urging force of the spring 31, which is hooked between the upper link plate 17 and the support plate 13. Then, one step of the binding work is completed.

Figure 4 and '! The IP15 diagram shows a second embodiment of the present invention, which is equipped with a binding device according to the present invention, and the same components as those in the s1 embodiment are the same as those in the first embodiment. The same reference numerals will be used to omit the detailed explanation, and only the different points will be explained below.

In the fourth section and FIG. 5, the support plate 7 is provided with a rotating plate 51 as a locking device. This rotating plate 5
1 is a rotating plate 51 which is bent so that it can rotate around a shaft 52 fixed to the support plate 7 (2 is two arm parts 53 and 54 on different sides from the pivot point) The distal end of the arm portion 53 is hook-shaped, and the upper link plate 17g - the retaining bottle 55 fixed thereto is provided.
an engagement slope 56 that engages with the engagement pin 55 and a locking surface 5 that comes into contact with the engagement pin 55 to prevent the upper link plate 17 from rotating in the direction of the arrow.
7 is provided. An engagement pin 58 that engages with the clamping arm 8 is provided at the tip of the arm portion 54 .

In the ship shown in Figure 4, the bottle 5 is fixed to the support plate 7.
9 and the bottle 60 to which the rotating plate 510 is fixed, the spring 61 is biased by the spring 61.
The engagement pin 58 is engaged with the clamping arm 84.

This second! l! 'According to the embodiment, when the lower link plate 16 is moved in the direction indicated by the arrow (:l-, When the bin 55 engages with the engagement slope 56 of the rotating plate 51,
The rotary plate 51 is centered around the shaft 52 and is rotated by the arrow R in FIG.
When the engagement pin 55 enters the space C: between the arm portion 53 and the arm portion 54 and the engagement between the engagement pin 55 and the engagement slope 56 is released, the engagement pin 55 rotates in the direction C: once. The moving plate 51 is the shaft 52
It rotates around , in the direction opposite to the direction of arrow 5 in FIG. 4, and the lock 1157 engages with the engagement pin 5'5,
The upper link plate 17 is locked.

Next, when the binding arm number is tilted, both winding ends of the binding tape are pressed and held by the cooperative action C2 of the pressure receiving table 10 and the suppressing member, and the r- and head s6 are engaged. The surface 6a engages the clamping arm 8.

The hold on the cut end 11 of the binding tape is released.

During this time, the binding tape is cut and sealed.

When the clamping arm 8 rotates, the rotation plate 51 is rotated due to the engagement between the clamping arm $ and the engaging pin 58.

4, the upper link plate 17 is unlocked as shown in FIG. Subsequently, when the binding arm 4 is tilted, the engagement surface 6b of the head portion 6
engages with the release bin 40, and the bundling by the bundling device is released.

The lower link plate 16 and the upper link plate 17 are connected to the spring 3
Is it in its original state due to the biasing force of 1? IJA(-returning is the same as in the ml example above.

In this embodiment, since the upper link plate 17 is locked, the upper link plate 17 is locked.
There is no need for an adjustment mechanism that adjusts the operating direction of the rotation biasing force.

Although Example C has been described above, the present invention is not limited to this (-) but includes the following.

(1) In the embodiment, a configuration in which the objects to be bound are bound only at one place was shown, but a holding device and a bundling device! It is also possible to have a configuration in which a number of such devices are provided and objects to be bound are bound at several locations.

(3) In the embodiment, a configuration in which the binding handle is moved manually has been described, but a configuration in which the binding handle is raised and lowered electrically may also be used.

(3) In the example, the tensioned part of the binding tape was stretched diagonally (although it was explained in the following, the tensioned part of the binding tape was stretched horizontally and vertically with respect to the base 1g). The present invention can also be applied to.

(4) In the embodiment, example 5 was explained in which the present invention was applied to a configuration in which the binding arm was moved up and down. Can be applied.
4. Since the binding device according to the present invention ε is constructed as described above, it has the following effects.

11) Before winding the binding tape, the objects to be bound are tightened and bundled using a single bundle device, and the objects to be bound are bundled, so it is possible to tighten and bundle the objects to be bound. .

(2) The bundling device operates in conjunction with the lowering movement of the mounting table,
Since it is designed to perform tying, the tying work can be done quickly (
-If you do it, you will be able to do it.

(3) A configuration in which the bundling device operates to position the objects to be bound before the peripheral surface of the objects to be bound comes into contact with the stretched portion of the binding tape and a portion of the binding tape sticks to the objects to be bound. Therefore, if the size of the objects to be bound is constant, the way in which the objects to be bound that come into contact with the binding tape C2 will be constant 6 U, and the tension applied to the tensioned part of the binding tape will be stable. This prevents the cut end of the binding tape from coming off the holding device.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a binding device according to the present invention. Figure 9I & 2 is a side view showing the schematic configuration of the binding device shown in Figure 9I & 1C. ! Fig. J3 is a front view showing a bundled u'vit using the binding device according to the present invention C2. 1i1S41 shows a second embodiment of the bundling device according to the present invention, and is a front view showing a state before bundling. FIG. 5 shows a second embodiment of the bundling device according to the present invention, and shows the front view in a bundled state. 1... Base 3... Holding device 4... Binding arm 5... Base 11... Cut end 12... Binding tape tensioning portion 16... Lower link plate (link mechanism ) 17... Upper link plate (link mechanism) 21... Object to be bound I -
... Upper space 22 ... Placement table ■ ... Lower space 24 ... Standing part 24a ... Positioning surface 25 ... Altering device

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A holding device that is provided on the base and holds the cut end of the binding tape; and the upright part serves as a positioning surface for the object to be bound; A binding tape comprising: a mounting type for placing the objects to be bound; and a bundling device for pressing the objects to be bound against a positioning surface of the placement table and bundling the objects, the cut end being held by the holding device. Bring the object to be bound into contact with the tensioned part of the tape, and while pulling out the binding tape, wrap it around the object to be bound.Crimp the ends of both windings of the binding tape, and then press the object to be bound. In a bundling device for bundling objects, the mounting table is connected to the base by a link member, and the mounting base is provided above the base, and as the mounting base is lowered, the alignment is performed. A bundling device characterized by being provided with a means for operating a bundling device.