JPS6077822A - Clip feeder for clip clamping device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Application of the Invention] The present invention relates to a device for supplying clips to a device for fastening wires and the like with clips such as U-shaped clips and clips.

[Background of the invention]

Figure 1 shows a conventional chestnut, a U-shaped chestnut with a pushing device,
FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing the fastening device, and FIG. 2 is a view taken in the direction of arrow A in FIG. In the figure, 1 is the main body of the U-shaped clip fastening device, 2
1 is a clip feeding device with several parts attached to the main body 1, 6 is a chestnut,
4 is a feeding plate movably provided in the feeding passage 6, and 5 is a spring provided between the feeding plate 4 and the feeding passage 3. Also, 6 is a U-shaped chestnut.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a tape attached to the head of the chestnut and professional. The chestnut and professional and the tape 7 constitute a U-shaped clip assembly 8. The clip assembly 8 is loaded into the feed passage 3. There is.

In this clipping/pushing device 2, when a wire or the like is fastened to the main body 1 by a clipping or a professional, the clip assembly 8 is sent to the left in the drawing by the spring 5.

However, since the rear part of the chest and pull assembly 8 is pushed by the spring 5, the length of the chest and pull assembly 8 is
It is limited by the length of the passage 3, and if the length of the feed passage 3 is lengthened, it becomes difficult to perform the fastening work.

It is not possible to increase the length of the pull assembly 8.

For this reason, the number of clips that can be loaded into the feed passage 6 at one time is small, and the number of times the clip assembly 8 is loaded into the feed passage 6 is increased, resulting in a decrease in work efficiency.

Therefore, a feeder for punching and feeding as shown in FIGS. 6 and 4 (sectional view taken along line B--B in FIG. 6) has been considered. In the figure, 9 is a wire attached to the head of the U-shaped clip 6, and the clip 6 and wire 9 form the U-shaped clip assembly 1.
0 is configured.

11 is a chestnut and professional feed passage attached to the U-shaped clip fastening device main body 1; 12 is a side plate 14a of the feed 9 passage 11;
A support plate 16 is fixed to the support plate 12, and a single acting air cylinder is rotatably supported by the support plate 12. The cylinder 13 expands and contracts in the longitudinal direction of the feed passage 11. 14, the center part is the support plate 12
The center line of rotation of the lever 14 is parallel to the bottom surface 11b of the feed passage 11, and one end of the lever 14 is rotatably attached to the piston opening of the clip 13. It is being 15 is a spring for rotating the lever 14 in the clockwise direction in FIG. The tension spring 18 that presses against the clip 6 is a lever that is rotatably supported by the support plate 12, and the center line of rotation of the lever 18 is parallel to the bottom surface +1bJ. 19 is a one-sided clutch attached to lever 18,
The one-way clutch 19 can only rotate clockwise in FIG. A 20id one-way club is a presser wheel attached to a chi 19, and the outer peripheral surface of the presser wheel 20 is provided with a plurality of circular arcs equivalent to the arcs of the head of a professional chestnut. 2
1 is a push spring for pressing the presser wheel 20 against the clip 6, and 22 is a stopper fixed to the support plate 12, which restricts the rotation of the lever 18.

In this clip feeding device, when the cylinder 15 is extended from the state shown in FIG. 1, the lever 14 rotates counterclockwise in FIG. 6 against the force of the spring 15.

The feeding member 16 moves to the right in the third drawing. in this case,
The feed pawl 16a is pressed against the presser wheel 20 by the tension spring 17, and the presser wheel 20 is pushed to the right by the feed pawl 16a.
9. In addition, since the one-way clutch 19 does not rotate counterclockwise in FIG. 3, the clip assembly 10 does not move to the right, and the tip of the feed pawl 16a slides over the head of the professional while moving to the right, and the state shown in FIG. 5 is reached. From this state, cylinder 1
When the air is removed from the cylinder chamber 6, the spring 15 rotates the cylinder 14 clockwise, the cylinder 13 contracts, and the feeding member 16 moves to the left. 17, the feed claw 16a is pressed against the clip B, and since the one-way clutch 19 can rotate clockwise, the clip assembly 10 moves to the left.In this way, the clip 6 moves the wire, etc. If the cylinder 16 is expanded and contracted every time the .

It is possible to send the chestnut-zo assembly 10.

In the clip fastening device having such a lip feeding device, the clip can be fed by pushing the front part of the clip assembly 10, so that the lip loading section 23 is located in the feeding path 11 as shown in FIG. It is conceivable to connect the clip assembly 10 to the clip loading section 26 and load the clip assembly 10 in a spirally wound state. However, if the clip loading section 26 is too large, the shape and weight of the clip fastening device will increase, making it difficult for two workers to hold the clip fastening device in their hands and perform clip fastening work. Therefore, since there is a limit to the size of the clip loading section 23, the number of clips that can be loaded at once cannot be increased, and the number of times the clip assembly 10 must be loaded increases.

[Object of the Invention] This invention was made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is possible for one worker to carry out the clip fastening work by holding the clip fastening device in his/her hand, and also to provide a clip assembly. An object of the present invention is to provide a clip supply device for a clip fastening device that requires fewer refills.

[Summary of the invention]

In order to achieve this object, the present invention includes a rotatably supported clip winding drum, a flexible clip winding drum, one end of which is located near the clip winding drum, and the other end of which is fastened to the clip winding drum. A clip feeding plate connected to the feeding path of the device and a plurality of gate-shaped clip guides attached to the clip feeding plate are provided.

[Embodiments of the invention]

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing the clip and clip supply device of the U-shaped clip fastening device according to the present invention, and FIG. 8 is an enlarged view of FIG.
9 is a sectional view taken along the line D in FIG. 8, FIG. 10 is an enlarged view of FIG. FIG. 13 is a sectional view taken along line FF in FIG. 11, and FIG. A chain wheel 28 is rotatably attached to the chain wheel 26, 27, and one end of the chain 28 is attached to the tip of the arm 25. A chain 29 is attached to the other end of the chain 28. 50 is a link rotatably attached to the arm 25, 31 is a U-shaped support member fixed to the link 30, 32 is a support rod fixed to the support member 31, and 33 is a support rod 62. 34 is a clip winding drum that is rotatably supported by the support rod 32. The clip assembly 10 is wound around the drum 34 in multiple layers in the width direction and the height direction.35 is the drum 34. 36 is a plug fixed to the lower part of the support member 31, 37 is a rod attached to the bracket 36, 38 is a port, and movably supported by the door 37. 39 is a roller rotatably attached to the moving part 68; 40 is a chest plate made of spring steel fixed to the moving part 58;
0 is located near the drum 34.

The other end is connected to the feed passage 11. 41 is the feed plate 4
This is a gate-shaped clip guide that is installed in large numbers at 0.

In this clip supply device, the drum 64 on which the clip assembly 10 is wound in advance is inserted into the support rod 32, the retaining device 35 is attached to the support rod 62, and then the tip of the clip assembly 10 is fed to the roller 39. A plurality of clip guides 41 and a feeding plate 40 are inserted between the plate 40 and the clip guide 41.
1 if placed in the feed passage 11.
It is possible to perform clip fastening work using the main body 1. and,
When performing the clip fastening work, the tip of the clip assembly 10 is pushed and the clip is fed, so the drum 34
The clip assembly 10 that has been wound on
is continuously supplied. In this case, the unwinding position of the clip assembly 10 unwinding from the drum 34 moves in the left-right direction in the paper of FIG. 8, but since the moving member 38 is movably supported by the rod 37, The drum 34 side end moves following the unwinding position of the clip assembly 10. Since the feed plate 40 is made of flexible spring steel, it can of course be moved when the two main bodies 1 are movable in the left and right directions in the paper of FIG. 7, and also to some extent in the direction perpendicular to the paper in FIG. Then you can search. Therefore, two workers can carry out clip fastening work while holding the clip fastening device in their hands. Furthermore, the weight of the weight 29 is reduced to the drum 64.
If the weight is approximately equal to the weight of the drum 64, the height of the drum 64 can be arbitrarily set by rotating the arm 25, since it will stop there even if the arm 25 is rotated to an arbitrary position. be.

In the above-mentioned embodiments, a U-shaped chestnut and professional feeding device was described, but the present invention can also be applied to a device that supplies chestnuts and gu, such as hollow rings made by bending a wire-like object into a C-shape. . It's Kade.

In the above embodiment, the feed plate 40 is made of spring steel, but the chestnut and push plate may be made of a flexible material such as resin or fiber coated with resin. Furthermore, in the above embodiment, the moving member 38
The end of the feed plate 40 on the drum 64 side is fixed so that the end moves following the unwinding position of the clip assembly 10. The side end of the drum 64 may be fixed to the support member 61 or the like.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, in the chestnut and ribbon supplying device for the chestnut and ribbon fastening device according to the present invention, the clips wound around the clip winding drum are continuously supplied to the clip fastening device via the chestnut and ribbon feed plate. Therefore, a large number of clips can be wound on the clip winding drum without increasing the shape and weight of the clip fastening device, and the clip fastening device can be moved to any position. can do. Therefore, two workers can carry out clip fastening work while holding the clip fastening device in their hands, and the number of times they have to replenish clip assemblies is extremely reduced, which greatly improves the efficiency of clip fastening work. It is possible to do so. As described above, the effects of this invention are remarkable.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 shows a conventional chestnut, a U-shaped chestnut with a pump feeding device,
A schematic diagram showing a fastening device, FIG. 2 is a view in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 1,
FIG. 6 shows the clip feeding device according to the present invention.
a schematic diagram showing a U-shaped clip fastening device for supplying clips;
Figure 4 is a sectional view taken along line B-B in Figure 3, Figure 5 is Figure 6,
FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the clip feeding device of the U-shaped clip fastening device shown in the figure, and FIG. 6 is a sectional view showing the clip loading section. FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing a clip supply device for a U-shaped IJ knob fastening device according to the present invention, FIG. 8 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line C-C in FIG. 7, and FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken along the line D-D in FIG. Cross section, 10th
The figures are an enlarged view in the direction of arrow E in Fig. 9, Fig. 11 is a view showing the clip guide, Fig. 12 is a sectional view taken along line F-F in Fig. 11, and Fig. 13 is a view showing the clip guide.
The figure is a sectional view taken along the line GG in FIG. 11. 1... U-shaped clip, pull fastening device body 6... U-shaped clip 10... U-shaped clip assembly 11... Feed passage 34... Clip winding drum 37... Opening, door 38 ...Moving member 40...Clip feed plate 41...Clip guide agent patent attorney Junnosuke Nakamura 9 Figure 3n Figure 10 Figure 11 Figure G

Claims (1)

[Claims] A clip winding drum is supported for one rotation in a clip fastening device having a clip feeding device that pushes the front part of the clip assembly and feeds the clip, and the clip winding drum is flexible and has one end attached to the clip winding drum. a chestnut located near the clip, the other end of which is connected to the feeding passage of the clip fastening device;
1. A clip supply device for a clip fastening device, comprising a pushing plate, a chest thereof, and a plurality of gate-shaped clip guides attached to the pushing plate.