JPH0772021B2 - Sheet glass feeder - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for supplying plate glass to a processing machine for laminating plate glass (laminated glass) or cutting lines into the plate glass.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A large number of flat glass sheets are stacked on each other and laid on a stand, and sorted according to the thickness and size of the flat glass sheets. As for the supply of the sorted glass sheets, the gantry is manually selected and carried in from a standby place to a supply device adjacent to the processing machine, and after the carry-in, the plate glass is supplied from the gantry to the processing machine via the supply device.

[0003]

According to the above-mentioned supply method, since the gantry is carried in and out manually, there is a problem that it takes a lot of time.

Further, the pedestals must be loaded and unloaded promptly so as not to reduce the operating rate of the processing machine, so it is impossible to arrange the pedestals neatly in the standby place so as not to waste space. For this reason, there is a problem that a large waiting area is required.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a plate glass supply device which can significantly reduce the stand-by area of a gantry and can supply plate glass without interruption.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a first traveling body provided so as to travel in the left-right direction above a floor surface by numerical control, and a numerical value for the first traveling body. A second traveling body provided so as to travel in the front-rear direction by control, an adsorption type plate glass take-out device provided on the second traveling body, and the second traveling body on one end side in the traveling path of the first traveling body.
A plurality of gantrys with trolleys mounted in parallel with the traveling direction of the first traveling body and arranged parallel to the traveling direction of the first traveling body, and a third provided so as to travel in the traveling direction of the gantry by numerical control. The sheet glass supply device is composed of a traveling body and an engaging device provided so as to be detachably engaged with the third traveling body and the respective pedestals.

[0007]

[Operation] Plate glass is leaned against each of the mounts according to size and plate thickness and mounted.

When the plate glass of the mount is supplied to the processing machine,
First, the third traveling body is caused to travel so as to be laterally attached to the mounting base of the sheet glass to be supplied, and after the traveling of the third traveling body is stopped, the engagement device is operated to engage the third traveling body with the mounting base.

After that, the frame in engagement with the third traveling body within a predetermined range is caused to travel, and the plate glass is taken out between the platform integrated with the third traveling body and the platform stopped on the opposite side in the traveling direction. A gap for

Next, a second control is performed to reach the position of the above-mentioned gap by numerical control.
The traveling body is made to travel, and the first traveling body is made to travel by numerical control so that the take-out device is accommodated in the gap.

After that, the take-out device is operated to adsorb and take out the plate glass exposed in the gap of the frame, and directly or directly to the plate glass processing machine while running the first traveling body and the second traveling body. Feed through an intermediate nesting machine.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Reference numeral 1 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 denotes a first traveling body that travels above and below a floor surface 2 in the left-right direction by numerical control. As shown in FIG. 3, the first traveling body 1 is composed of two rails 3 laid above the floor surface 2 and wheels 5 that are supported on both ends of the horizontal member 4 and are mounted on the rail 3. The wheels 5 are driven by the reversible operation of the first motor 6 via the transmission mechanism 6 ′. For example, a method in which a ball screw that rotates at a fixed position is screwed into a nut of a horizontal member and the ball screw is driven by the reversible operation of the motor. May be adopted.

Further, the first traveling body 1 is provided with a second traveling body 7 which travels in the front-back direction by numerical control. The second traveling body 7 has a slider 8 fitted and engaged so as to travel between both ends of the horizontal member 4, a nut 9 supported by the slider 8 and a nut 9 supported to rotate at a fixed position. It is composed of a ball screw 10 screwed in and a second motor 11 that drives the ball screw 10.

Further, the second traveling body 7 is provided with a plate glass take-out device 12. The above take-out device 12
As shown in FIG. 2, a cylinder 13 having an upward end attached to the second traveling body 7, a horizontal rotary shaft 14 supported at the tip of the cylinder 13, and H from both ends of the rotary shaft 14
It is composed of a suction bar provided at each end of a projecting rod 15 projecting in a circular shape and a suction cup 16 capable of releasing the suction.

As shown in FIG. 4, the rotating shaft 14 is adapted to rotate in a predetermined angle clockwise and counterclockwise through the transmission mechanism 18 by the reversible operation of the third motor 17.

On one end side of the first traveling body 1 in the traveling path, there is a plate glass A which is arranged in parallel with the traveling direction of the first traveling body 1 while traveling in the traveling direction of the second traveling body 7. A plurality of mounts 19 with carts are arranged.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the pedestal 19 is designed so that the wheels 21 ride on the rails 20 parallel to the horizontal member 4 for traveling.

When there are many types of plate glass A depending on the plate thickness and size, the mounts 19 may be arranged in two rows as shown in FIG.

Reference numeral 22 is a third traveling body provided so as to travel in the traveling direction of the gantry 19 by numerical control. As shown in FIG. 5, the above-described third traveling body 22 travels with wheels 24 riding on rails 23, and drives the wheels 24 via a transmission mechanism 26 by the reversible operation of the fourth motor 25.

Further, the third traveling body 22 and each pedestal 1
9 is provided with an engagement device 27 that is detachably engaged.

In the illustrated case, the engagement device 27 is composed of a pin 29 which is retracted and retracted by the action of the cylinder 28 and a recess 30 into which the protruding pin 29 is fitted. You may

In the figure, 31 is a holding rod for descending by its own weight to prevent the plate glass A from collapsing when the pedestal 19 is traveling.
Reference numeral 2 is a pushing rod that pushes up the pressing rod 31 by the action of the cylinder 33 when the plate glass A is taken out.

With the above construction, the plate glass A is mounted on each pedestal 19 by plate thickness and size, and the computer stores the type of glass mounted on the pedestal 19.

Next, when a predetermined plate glass is taken out during processing (for cutting lines, laminating, etc.), when an operation command is given by the computer, first, the fourth motor 25 is operated to perform a predetermined operation. The third traveling body 22 is caused to travel to a position, that is, a position where it is laterally attached to the pedestal 19 for taking out a predetermined plate glass A, and after the third traveling body 22 is stopped, the pin 29 projected by the action of the cylinder 28 is fitted into the recess 30. To do.

After that, the gantry 19 in the engaged state is made to travel together with the third traveling body 22 in the predetermined range, and the gantry 19 is moved.
A space suitable for taking out the glass sheet is provided between the stand and the stand 19 in the stopped state.

After that, while driving the ball screw 10 by operating the second motor 11, the second traveling body 7 is caused to travel to the position of the above-mentioned gap, and after the traveling is stopped, the wheels 5 are driven by the operation of the first motor 6. While driving the pedestal 1
The first traveling body 1 is caused to travel in the direction of 9 and the take-out device 12 is fitted into the above-mentioned gap.

Then, the suction cup 16 is pressed against the surface of the front row plate glass A of the pedestal 19 (for example, the second traveling body 7 is slightly moved), and the inside of the suction cup 16 is sucked (the pump connected to the hose is operated. ) Adsorb.

Thereafter, the cylinder 13 is housed to pull up the plate glass A on the pedestal 19, and then the plate glass A is taken out from the pedestal 19 while the first traveling body 1 is traveling in a direction away from the pedestal 19.

The plate glass A thus taken out is rotated by the third motor 17 to rotate the rotary shaft 14 by 90 degrees, and then the plate glass A is placed horizontally on the loading table B by the extension action of the cylinder 13 and sucked by the suction cup 16. To cancel.

The plate glass A on the loading table B is sent to the processing machine C in the front and processed.

[0032]

As described above, according to the plate glass supply device of the present invention, the plate glasses are leaned against and mounted on the parallel mounts, and the necessary mounts of the plate glass are made to travel so that a gap necessary for taking out the mounts is provided on the front side of the mounts. After being installed, the second traveling body, the first
While the traveling body is traveling, the take-out device is inserted into the above-mentioned gap, and the taken-out sheet glass is supplied to the processing machine by the traveling of the second traveling body and the first traveling body, so that it is arranged neatly in a narrow place. Plate glass can be efficiently supplied.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the above.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged plan view of the first traveling body.

FIG. 4 is a partially cutaway enlarged plan view showing a drive portion of a rotation shaft of the take-out device.

[Figure 5] Enlarged front view of the gantry

FIG. 6 is a front view of the gantry.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A plate glass 1 first traveling body 2 floor surface 3 rail 4 horizontal member 5 wheel 6 first motor 7 second traveling body 8 slider 9 nut 10 ball screw 11 second motor 12 take-out device 13 cylinder 14 rotating shaft 15 protruding rod 16 sucker 17 Third motor 19 Frame 20 Rail 21 Wheel 22 Third traveling body 23 Rail 24 Wheel 25 Fourth motor 27 Engagement device

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A first traveling body provided above the floor surface so as to travel in the left-right direction by numerical control, and a second traveling body provided at the first traveling body so as to travel in the front-back direction by numerical control. An adsorption type plate glass take-out device provided on the second traveling body, and traveling in the traveling direction of the second traveling body on one end side in the traveling path of the first traveling body, and in the traveling direction of the first traveling body. A plurality of carriages with trolleys mounted side by side parallel to each other, a third traveling body provided so as to travel in the traveling direction of the gantry by numerical control, and the third traveling body and each pedestal can be detachably attached. A sheet glass supply device comprising an engagement device provided so as to engage with each other.