JP6045306B2

JP6045306B2 - Cloth sowing device

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Publication number: JP6045306B2
Application number: JP2012244640A
Authority: JP
Inventors: 誠矢野
Original assignee: Purex Corp
Current assignee: Purex Corp
Priority date: 2012-11-06
Filing date: 2012-11-06
Publication date: 2016-12-14
Anticipated expiration: 2032-06-18
Also published as: JP2014000383A

Description

この発明は、布類洗濯工場等において、洗濯された布類をアイロンローラに投入するために仕上げ投入機（あるいは展張機）に一枚ずつ供給する際等に用いられ、互いに絡まりあった複数枚の布類からなる布類塊を解きほぐす布類捌き装置に関するものである。 The present invention is used when, for example, supplying laundry to a finishing loader (or a stretcher) one by one in a laundry washing factory or the like in order to load the laundry into an ironing roller. The present invention relates to a cloth sowing apparatus for unraveling a cloth lump made of the above-mentioned cloth.

従来の布類捌き装置としては、例えば特許文献１記載のものが知られており、この布類捌き装置は、垂直方向へ昇降するキャリッジと、そのキャリッジの下端部に設けられたクランプと、そのキャリッジの昇降経路の中間部に設けられたエアジェット噴射機構と、キャリッジの昇降経路を挟んでエアジェット噴射機構と対向する一端部を持つとともに上下方向へ揺動するベルトコンベヤと、そのベルトコンベヤの一端部のベルトにスプリングで押し付けられる挟み込みローラと、を具えている。 For example, a conventional cloth spreading device is known as described in Patent Document 1. This cloth spreading device includes a carriage that moves up and down in a vertical direction, a clamp provided at the lower end of the carriage, An air jet injection mechanism provided in an intermediate portion of the carriage lifting path, a belt conveyor having one end facing the air jet injection mechanism across the carriage lifting path and swinging in the vertical direction, and the belt conveyor And a pinching roller that is pressed against the belt at one end by a spring.

かかる従来の布類捌き装置は、キャリッジを下降させてクランプで洗濯物容器内の布類塊の一部を摘むと、キャリッジを真上に上昇させてクランプで布類を摘み上げ、キャリッジが上昇限位置まで上昇すると、クランプが布類を離すと同時にエアジェット噴射機構がエアジェットを吹き付けて布類の中間部をベルトコンベヤへ追いやり、ベルトコンベヤが挟み込みローラとの間にその布類の中間部を挟むとともに上下方向へ揺動して布類を解きほぐしながら当該ベルトコンベヤの他端部へ送り出す。 In such a conventional cloth sowing device, when the carriage is lowered and a part of the cloth lump in the laundry container is picked up by the clamp, the carriage is lifted right above and the cloth is picked up by the clamp and the carriage is lifted. When it reaches the limit position, the clamp releases the cloth and at the same time, the air jet spray mechanism blows an air jet to drive the middle part of the cloth to the belt conveyor, and the belt conveyor is sandwiched between the rollers and the middle part of the cloth. And is fed to the other end of the belt conveyor while unraveling the cloth by swinging up and down.

特開２０００−５１５９３号公報JP 2000-51593 A

しかしながら上記従来の布類捌き装置では、洗濯物容器内の布類塊における布類同士の絡まりがひどいと、キャリッジを上昇させてクランプで布類を摘み上げる際に布類が重過ぎて落下してしまったり、摘み上げてもエアジェットの吹き付けでベルトコンベヤへ追いやることができずに落下してしまったり、ベルトコンベヤと挟み込みローラとの間に入りきれずにベルトコンベヤを過負荷で停止させてしまったりすることがあり、このため洗濯物容器内の布類塊を事前に手作業である程度解きほぐしておく必要があって、手間と人手がかかるという問題があった。 However, in the above-described conventional cloth sowing device, if the cloths in the clothes lump in the laundry container are severely entangled, the cloth falls too heavy when the carriage is lifted and the cloth is picked up by the clamp. Even if it is picked up, it can not be driven to the belt conveyor by blowing an air jet and falls, or the belt conveyor can not be fully caught between the belt conveyor and the sandwiching roller, and the belt conveyor is stopped due to overload. For this reason, there is a problem in that it is necessary to manually unravel the cloth mass in the laundry container to some extent in advance, which takes time and labor.

また、上記従来の布類捌き装置では、洗濯物容器内の布類塊からクランプで布類を真上に摘み上げてその布類の中間部をベルトコンベヤへ渡すので、ベルトコンベヤが受け取った布類を十分に引き込むまではその布類との干渉を避ける必要上クランプを次の布類の摘み上げのために下降させられず、このため摘み上げのタクトタイムが長くなるという問題もあった。 Further, in the above-mentioned conventional cloth sowing device, the cloth is picked up from the cloth lump in the laundry container by a clamp and the intermediate part of the cloth is passed to the belt conveyor, so that the cloth received by the belt conveyor is received. There is also a problem that the takt time for picking up becomes long because the clamp cannot be lowered for picking up the next cloth until it is necessary to avoid interference with the cloth until the kind is sufficiently pulled.

この発明は、上述の如き従来の布類捌き装置の課題を解決するものであり、この発明の布類捌き装置は、互いに絡まりあった複数枚の布類からなる布類塊を解きほぐす布類捌き装置において、一端部とその一端部より高く位置する他端部とを有し、前記布類塊を前記一端部に掛かるように投入されてその布類塊を前記他端部へ向けて持ち上げ搬送し、前記布類塊をその自重によって崩してほぐす主ほぐしを行うベルトコンベヤからなる主ほぐし用コンベヤと、前記主ほぐし用コンベヤ上で前記布類塊からほぐれた布類がその主ほぐし用コンベヤ上から徐々に落下するように、その主ほぐし用コンベヤの作動速度を変化させたり、作動を停止、開始する制御によりその主ほぐし用コンベヤ上の布類塊の自重によるほぐれの進行を促し、その主ほぐし用コンベヤ上の布類塊の重さを少しずつ減少させるコントローラと、を具えることを特徴とするものである。 The present invention solves the problems of the conventional cloth spreading device as described above, and the cloth spreading device of the present invention is a cloth spreading method for unraveling a cloth lump comprising a plurality of cloths entangled with each other. In the apparatus, the apparatus has one end portion and the other end portion positioned higher than the one end portion, and the cloth lump is put on the one end portion so as to lift and convey the cloth lump toward the other end portion. And a main unwinding conveyor comprising a belt conveyor for unraveling and unraveling the cloth lump by its own weight, and a cloth unraveled from the cloth lump on the main unwinding conveyor on the main unraveling conveyor. The operation speed of the main unraveling conveyor is changed so that it gradually falls from the start, and the control of starting and stopping the operation promotes the progress of unraveling due to the weight of the cloth mass on the main unraveling conveyor. Ho It is characterized in that it comprises a controller for reducing the weight of the cloth mass gradually on a conveyor, and the.

かかる本発明の布類捌き装置にあっては、一端部とその一端部より高く位置する他端部とを有するベルトコンベヤからなる主ほぐし用コンベヤが、布類塊をその一端部に掛かるように投入されると、その布類塊を他端部へ向けて持ち上げ搬送し、その搬送中に、布類塊をその自重によって崩してほぐす主ほぐしを行い、その主ほぐしの際にコントローラが、主ほぐし用コンベヤ上で布類塊からほぐれた布類が徐々に落下するように、例えばセンサで布類塊の重さを継続的に監視しながら、例えばその主ほぐし用コンベヤの作動速度を変化させたり作動を停止させたりする制御を行って、その主ほぐし用コンベヤ上の布類塊の自重によるほぐれの進行を促し、その主ほぐし用コンベヤ上の布類塊の重さを少しずつ減少させる。 In the cloth sowing device of the present invention, the main unraveling conveyor including the belt conveyor having one end and the other end positioned higher than the one end is configured to hang the cloth lump on the one end. When loaded, the fabric mass is lifted and conveyed toward the other end, and during the conveyance, the main mass is unraveled by breaking the fabric mass by its own weight. For example, changing the operating speed of the main unwinding conveyor while continuously monitoring the weight of the cloth lump with a sensor, for example, so that the cloth loosened from the cloth lump on the unwinding conveyor gradually falls. I or line the control or to stop the operation, prompting the progress of the unraveling due to the weight of the cloth mass on the main loosening conveyor, to reduce the weight of the cloth mass on the main loosening conveyor little by little .

従って、この発明の布類捌き装置によれば、互いに絡まりあった複数枚の布類からなる布類塊を自動的に解きほぐすことができるので、布類塊を事前に手作業である程度解きほぐしておくための手間と人手を削減することができる。 Therefore, according to the cloth sowing device of the present invention, since the cloth lump comprising a plurality of cloths entangled with each other can be automatically unwound, the cloth lump is unraveled to some extent by manual work in advance. Therefore, labor and labor can be reduced.

なお、この発明の布類捌き装置においては、前記主ほぐし用コンベヤの前記一端部に隣接して位置し、前記布類塊をその一部が掛かるように投入されてその布類塊との衝突により予備ほぐしを行う予備ほぐし部材を具えていると好ましい。このようにすれば、予備ほぐし部材との衝突による予備ほぐしの衝撃で布類塊がほぐれ易くなるので、その後の主ほぐしが容易かつ確実に行われるからである。 In the cloth sowing device according to the present invention, the cloth lump is placed adjacent to the one end of the main unwinding conveyor, and the cloth lump is thrown so that a part of the cloth lump is hooked and collides with the cloth lump. It is preferable to provide a preliminary loosening member that performs preliminary loosening. By doing so, the cloth lump is easily unraveled by the impact of the preliminary unraveling caused by the collision with the preliminary unraveling member, so that the subsequent main unraveling is easily and reliably performed.

ここで、前記予備ほぐし部材は、前記主ほぐし用コンベヤの前記一端部へ向けて前記布類塊を搬送する予備ほぐし用コンベヤであると好ましい。このようにすれば、予備ほぐしの際に予備ほぐし用コンベヤ上に乗った布類塊を主ほぐし用コンベヤへ移すことができるからである。 Here, the preliminary loosening member is preferably a preliminary loosening conveyor that conveys the cloth lump toward the one end of the main loosening conveyor. This is because the cloth lump on the preliminary unwinding conveyor can be transferred to the main unwinding conveyor during the preliminary unwinding.

また、この発明の布類捌き装置においては、前記主ほぐし用コンベヤの他端部の下方に位置し、その主ほぐし用コンベヤの他端部から落下する、前記布類塊からほぐれた布類を搬送する布類搬送用コンベヤと、前記予備ほぐし部材と前記主ほぐし用コンベヤの前記一端部との間に水平方向に空けられた隙間の下方に位置し、前記布類塊からほぐれて前記隙間から落下した布類を前記布類搬送用コンベヤに供給する中間コンベヤと、を具えていると好ましい。このようにすれば、予備ほぐし部材と主ほぐし用コンベヤの一端部との間の隙間から落下した布類を中間コンベヤでタイミングを取って布類搬送用コンベヤに供給することで、主ほぐし用コンベヤの他端部から布類搬送用コンベヤに落下する、布類塊からほぐれた布類と、予備ほぐし部材と主ほぐし用コンベヤの一端部との間の隙間から落下した布類とを、一箇所にかたまらないように均して、布類搬送用コンベヤで搬送することができる。 Further, in the cloth sowing device of the present invention, the cloth loosened from the cloth lump, which is located below the other end of the main unwinding conveyor and falls from the other end of the main unwinding conveyor, It is located under a gap horizontally opened between the cloth conveying conveyor for conveying, the preliminary unwinding member and the one end of the main unwinding conveyor, and is unraveled from the cloth lump and out of the gap. It is preferable to include an intermediate conveyor that supplies the dropped cloth to the cloth conveying conveyor. In this way, the cloth that has fallen from the gap between the preliminary unwinding member and one end of the main unwinding conveyor is fed to the cloth conveying conveyor at the timing of the intermediate conveyor, thereby the main unwinding conveyor. The cloth that has fallen from the cloth lump and the cloth that has fallen from the gap between the spare unwinding member and one end of the main unwinding conveyor is dropped in one place. It can be leveled so that it does not accumulate, and can be conveyed by a cloth conveying conveyor.

この発明の布類捌き装置の第１実施例の構成を透視して示す略線図である。It is an approximate line figure showing transparently the composition of the 1st example of the cloth sowing device of this invention. （ａ）および（ｂ）は、上記実施例の布類捌き装置の動作を順次に示す説明図である。(A) And (b) is explanatory drawing which shows sequentially the operation | movement of the cloth sowing apparatus of the said Example. （ａ）および（ｂ）は、上記実施例の布類捌き装置のさらなる動作を順次に示す説明図である。(A) And (b) is explanatory drawing which shows the further operation | movement of the cloth sowing apparatus of the said Example sequentially. この発明の布類捌き装置の第２実施例の構成を透視して示す略線図である。It is a basic diagram which sees and shows the structure of 2nd Example of the cloth sowing apparatus of this invention. （ａ），（ｂ）および（ｃ）は、上記実施例の布類捌き装置の動作を順次に示す説明図である。(A), (b) and (c) is explanatory drawing which shows the operation | movement of the cloth sowing apparatus of the said Example sequentially. （ａ）および（ｂ）は、洗濯された布類をアイロンローラに一枚ずつ投入する際の従来の方法および上記実施例の布類捌き装置を用いた方法をそれぞれ示す説明図である。(A) And (b) is explanatory drawing which shows the method using the conventional method at the time of throwing in the washed cloth one by one to an iron roller, and the method using the cloth sowing apparatus of the said Example, respectively. 図６（ａ）に示す従来の方法で、洗濯された布類としてのシーツをシーツ塊から一枚ずつ引き抜いて仕上げ投入機に投入する際の作業進行に伴う、シーツ引き抜き時間の変化状態を示す関係線図である。FIG. 6A shows a change state of the sheet drawing time with the progress of the work when the sheets as the washed cloth are drawn one by one from the sheet lump and put into the finishing charging machine by the conventional method shown in FIG. It is a relationship diagram.

以下、本発明の実施の形態を実施例によって、図面に基づき詳細に説明する。ここに、図１は、この発明の布類捌き装置の第１実施例の構成を透視して示す略線図であり、図中符号１は筐体、２は漏斗状のホッパ、３，４および５は落下する布類を案内するガイド板をそれぞれ示す。 Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the construction of the first embodiment of the cloth sowing device according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a housing, 2 denotes a funnel-like hopper, and 3 and 4. Reference numerals 5 and 5 respectively denote guide plates for guiding the falling cloth.

この実施例の布類捌き装置も、布類洗濯工場等において、洗濯された布類をアイロンローラに投入するために仕上げ投入機等に一枚ずつ供給する際に用いられ、互いに絡まりあった複数枚の布類からなる布類塊を解きほぐすもので、ここにおける筐体１は、図では上下および左右方向へ延在する概略直方体の枠状をなすフレーム１ａと、そのフレーム１ａの図では前後方向の側部をそれぞれ全体的に塞ぐ側板１ｂとを有しており、ホッパ２は、その筐体１の上端部に片側、図では左側に配置されてフレーム１ａに固設されている。 The cloth sowing apparatus of this embodiment is also used when supplying the washed cloth one by one to a finishing charging machine or the like in order to put the washed cloth into the iron roller in a cloth laundry factory or the like, In this figure, a housing 1 is a frame 1a having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped frame shape extending in the vertical and horizontal directions in the figure, and a longitudinal direction in the figure of the frame 1a. The hopper 2 is disposed on one side of the upper end of the housing 1 and on the left side in the drawing and is fixed to the frame 1a.

ガイド板３は、その筐体１の上部の、ホッパ２が寄せられた側の側部、図では左側部でフレーム１ａの開口部を塞ぐようにフレーム１ａおよび側板１ｂに固設され、ガイド板４は、そのガイド板３の下方で、下方へ行くにつれて中央へ寄るように傾斜してフレーム１ａおよび側板１ｂに固設され、そしてガイド板５は、その筐体１の上部から下部にかけて、ホッパ２が寄せられた側と反対側の側部、図では右側部でフレーム１ａの開口部を塞ぐとともに、下方へ行くにつれて中央へ寄るように傾斜してフレーム１ａおよび側板１ｂに固設されている。 The guide plate 3 is fixed to the frame 1a and the side plate 1b so as to close the opening of the frame 1a on the side of the upper side of the housing 1 on the side where the hopper 2 is approached, in the figure, the left side. The guide plate 5 is fixed to the frame 1a and the side plate 1b so as to approach the center as it goes downward, below the guide plate 3, and the guide plate 5 extends from the top to the bottom of the housing 1 in a hopper. The side of the frame 1a is closed at the side opposite to the side to which the 2 is approached, in the right side in the figure, and is inclined to the center toward the bottom and fixed to the frame 1a and the side plate 1b. .

ホッパ２の上方には、図示しない搬送システムにより搬送バッグＢが搬送されて停止され、この搬送バッグＢ内には、連続洗濯機で洗濯されて脱水機で脱水され、乾燥機で半乾燥状態まで乾燥されたシーツ等の布類が多数枚、例えば８０枚程度、互いに絡み合って塊状に収納されており、搬送バッグＢの下端部は、通常は紐で絞られて閉じていて、作業者等の操作でその紐が緩められると開放し、搬送バッグＢ内の塊状の布類Ｆをホッパ２内に落下させる。 Above the hopper 2, the transport bag B is transported and stopped by a transport system (not shown). The transport bag B is washed by a continuous washing machine, dehydrated by a dehydrator, and is semi-dried by a dryer. A large number of cloths such as dried sheets, for example, about 80 sheets, are entangled with each other and stored in a lump, and the lower end of the transport bag B is usually squeezed and closed with a string. When the string is loosened by the operation, the string is released, and the massive cloth F in the transport bag B is dropped into the hopper 2.

筐体１内の上部には、主ほぐし用コンベヤ６と予備ほぐし用コンベヤ７との２台のベルトコンベヤが配設されており、主ほぐし用コンベヤ６は、その一端部、図では左端部がホッパ２の下方に位置するとともに、その他端部、図では右端部が左端部より高く位置して、筐体１内の中央部で傾斜して延在し、図示のように布類塊Ｆをその左端部に掛かるようにホッパ２から投入されて、その布類塊Ｆを右端部へ向けて図では右方へ持ち上げ搬送し、後述のように布類塊Ｆをその自重によって崩してほぐす主ほぐしを行う。 Two belt conveyors, a main unwinding conveyor 6 and a preliminary unwinding conveyor 7, are arranged in the upper part of the housing 1, and the main unraveling conveyor 6 has one end, in the figure, the left end. Located below the hopper 2, the other end, in the figure, the right end is positioned higher than the left end, and extends obliquely at the center in the housing 1, and the cloth lump F is shown in the figure. The cloth lump is loaded from the hopper 2 so as to be hung on the left end, the cloth lump F is lifted rightward in the drawing toward the right end, and the cloth lump F is broken by its own weight as will be described later. Perform a loosening.

一方、予備ほぐし用コンベヤ７は、主ほぐし用コンベヤ６より短尺で、その一端部、図では右端部がホッパ２の下方かつ主ほぐし用コンベヤ６の左端部に隣接してその斜め上方に位置するように、筐体１内の図では左端部で略水平に延在しており、布類塊Ｆをその一部が右端部に掛かるようにホッパ２から投入されて、その布類塊Ｆとの衝突により予備ほぐしを行う予備ほぐし部材として機能するとともに、予備ほぐしの際にその予備ほぐし用コンベヤ７上に乗った布類塊Ｆの一部を図では右方へ搬送して主ほぐし用コンベヤ６上へ移す機能も果たす。そして、この予備ほぐし用コンベヤ７の右端部と主ほぐし用コンベヤ６の左端部との間には水平方向に、落下当初の布類塊Ｆ全体よりも小さいがある程度の量の布類が通れる隙間Ｇが開けられている。 On the other hand, the preliminary unwinding conveyor 7 is shorter than the main unraveling conveyor 6, and one end thereof, in the figure, the right end is located below the hopper 2 and adjacent to the left end of the main unraveling conveyor 6 and obliquely above it. Thus, in the figure in the housing 1, it extends substantially horizontally at the left end, and the cloth lump F is inserted from the hopper 2 so that a part of the lump is hooked on the right end. Functioning as a preliminary unraveling member that performs preliminary unraveling by the collision of the belt, and during the preliminary unraveling, a part of the cloth lump F placed on the preliminary unraveling conveyor 7 is conveyed to the right in the figure to be the main unraveling conveyor. Also fulfills the function of moving up to 6. A gap between the right end portion of the preliminary unwinding conveyor 7 and the left end portion of the main unwinding conveyor 6 can pass a certain amount of cloth in a horizontal direction but smaller than the entire cloth lump F at the time of dropping. G is opened.

筐体１内の下部には、主ほぐし用コンベヤ６の図では右端部から落下する、落下当初の布類塊Ｆからほぐれた布類Ｐを図では左方へ搬送する布類搬送用コンベヤ８が、略水平に延在して配設され、また、筐体１内には、その一端部、図では左端部が上記隙間Ｇの下方に位置し、落下当初の布類塊Ｆからほぐれて隙間Ｇから落下した布類Ｐを図では右方へ搬送して布類搬送用コンベヤ８に供給する中間コンベヤ９が、略水平に延在して配設され、そして布類搬送用コンベヤ８の図では左端部には、布類搬出用コンベヤ１０の右端部が接続されており、この布類搬出用コンベヤ１０は、その左端部が右端部より高く位置して、フレーム１ａ外まで突出するように傾斜して延在している。 In the lower part of the housing 1, a cloth transporting conveyor 8 that transports the cloth P unraveled from the cloth lump F at the time of dropping, which is dropped from the right end in the figure of the main unwinding conveyor 6, to the left in the figure. However, one end, in the figure, the left end in the figure is located below the gap G, and is loosened from the cloth lump F at the beginning of the fall. An intermediate conveyor 9 that conveys the cloth P dropped from the gap G to the right in the drawing and supplies the cloth P to the cloth conveying conveyor 8 extends substantially horizontally. In the figure, the left end is connected to the right end of the cloth carry-out conveyor 10, and the cloth carry-out conveyor 10 is positioned so that the left end is higher than the right end and protrudes out of the frame 1a. Inclined to extend.

さらに、この実施例の布類捌き装置では、フレーム１ａの上端中央部に、過大な布類塊Ｆの通過を制限する制限ローラ１１が、図では前後方向へ水平に延在して回転自在に配設されている。また、ここにおける主ほぐし用コンベヤ６は、その左端部をフレーム１ａに軸支されて上下方向へ搖動可能とされるとともに、その右端部とフレーム１ａとの間に通常のロードセル１２を介挿されている。そして、筐体１の図では右側の下部には、通常のコンピュータを持つ図示しないコントローラを具えた制御盤１３が設けられており、そのコントローラは、あらかじめ与えられたプログラムに基づき作動して、主ほぐし用コンベヤ６上の布類塊Ｆの重さを継続的に示すロードセル１２からの信号を入力するとともに、上記各コンベヤ６〜１０の図示しない駆動モータの作動を制御する。 Further, in the cloth sowing device of this embodiment, a limiting roller 11 for restricting the passage of an excessive cloth lump F extends horizontally in the front-rear direction in the figure so as to be rotatable at the center of the upper end of the frame 1a. It is arranged. Further, the main unraveling conveyor 6 here is supported at its left end by a frame 1a so as to be movable in the vertical direction, and a normal load cell 12 is interposed between the right end and the frame 1a. ing. A control panel 13 having a controller (not shown) having a normal computer is provided at the lower right side in the figure of the housing 1, and the controller operates based on a program given in advance, A signal from the load cell 12 continuously indicating the weight of the cloth lump F on the unwinding conveyor 6 is input, and the operation of drive motors (not shown) of the conveyors 6 to 10 is controlled.

図２（ａ）および図２（ｂ）は、上記実施例の布類捌き装置の動作を順次に示す説明図であり、また図３（ａ）および図３（ｂ）は、その実施例の布類捌き装置のさらなる動作を順次に示す説明図である。この実施例の布類捌き装置にあっては、図１に示すように、搬送バッグＢからホッパ２を通って布類塊Ｆが落下投入されると、先ず、布類塊Ｆの一部が予備ほぐし用コンベヤ７の右端部に掛かり、予備ほぐし用コンベヤ７が、その布類塊Ｆとの衝突により予備ほぐしを行うとともに、その予備ほぐし用コンベヤ７上に乗った布類塊Ｆの一部を図では右方へゆっくりと搬送して主ほぐし用コンベヤ６上へ移す。また、布類塊Ｆの一部が予備ほぐし用コンベヤ７の右端部に掛かった直後に、布類塊Ｆの大部分が主ほぐし用コンベヤ６の左端部上に落下し、布類塊Ｆの残る一部である布類Ｐが布類塊Ｆの落下の勢いで隙間Ｇから中間コンベヤ９上に落下する。 FIGS. 2 (a) and 2 (b) are explanatory views sequentially showing the operation of the cloth sowing device of the above embodiment, and FIGS. 3 (a) and 3 (b) are diagrams of the embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows the further operation | movement of a cloth sowing apparatus in order. In the cloth spreading device of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, when the cloth lump F is dropped and fed from the transport bag B through the hopper 2, first, a part of the cloth lump F is formed. The preliminary unwinding conveyor 7 is hung on the right end of the preliminary unwinding conveyor 7 and performs preliminary unraveling by colliding with the cloth lump F, and a part of the cloth lump F riding on the pre-unwinding conveyor 7 In the figure, it is transported slowly to the right and moved onto the main unwinding conveyor 6. Immediately after a part of the cloth lump F is applied to the right end of the preliminary unwinding conveyor 7, most of the cloth lump F falls on the left end of the main unwinding conveyor 6, The remaining part of the fabric P falls onto the intermediate conveyor 9 from the gap G with the momentum of the fall of the fabric lump F.

次いでここでは、図２（ａ）に示すように、主ほぐし用コンベヤ６が、そのコンベヤベルト上の布類塊Ｆをゆっくりと斜め上方へ持ち上げ搬送し、その搬送の間に、落下当初の布類塊Ｆは図中矢印で示す如く自重で左方へ回転しながらほぐれてゆく。そして布類塊Ｆからほぐれて分離した布類Ｐは、図２（ｂ）に示すように、主ほぐし用コンベヤ６の右端部から布類搬送用コンベヤ８上に少しずつ落下し、布類搬送用コンベヤ８によって固まらないように均されて搬送され、主ほぐし用コンベヤ６のコンベヤベルト上の布類塊Ｆが未だ大きすぎる場合は、制限ローラ１１がその布類塊Ｆの上部に係合して通過を制限するとともにほぐれを促す。また、制御盤１３のコントローラは、主ほぐし用コンベヤ６上の布類塊Ｆの重さを継続的に示すロードセル１２からの信号に基づき、主ほぐし用コンベヤ６上の布類塊Ｆの重さが少しずつ減少するように、主ほぐし用コンベヤ６の作動速度を遅らせたり、作動の停止と開始を繰り返したりして布類塊Ｆの自重によるほぐれの進行を促すようにする。 Next, as shown in FIG. 2 (a), the main unwinding conveyor 6 slowly lifts and conveys the cloth lump F on the conveyor belt obliquely upward, and the cloth at the beginning of the fall is conveyed during the conveyance. The agglomerate F loosens while rotating to the left under its own weight as indicated by the arrow in the figure. Then, the cloth P unraveled and separated from the cloth lump F is gradually dropped from the right end of the main unwinding conveyor 6 onto the cloth conveying conveyor 8 as shown in FIG. If the cloth lump F on the conveyor belt of the main unwinding conveyor 6 is still too large, the limit roller 11 is engaged with the upper part of the cloth lump F. To restrict passage and encourage loosening. The controller of the control panel 13 also determines the weight of the cloth lump F on the main loosening conveyor 6 based on a signal from the load cell 12 that continuously indicates the weight of the cloth lump F on the main unwinding conveyor 6. So as to gradually decrease, the operation speed of the main unwinding conveyor 6 is delayed, or the stop and start of the operation are repeated, so that the unraveling of the cloth mass F is promoted.

中間コンベヤ９の右端部付近にも、上記制御盤１３のコントローラに接続された図示しない光センサが配設されており、この光センサからの信号によって中間コンベヤ９上に布類Ｐがあることを検知すると、コントローラは、図３（ａ）に示すように、主ほぐし用コンベヤ６のコンベヤベルト上の布類塊Ｆから布類搬送用コンベヤ８上への布類Ｐの落下の間のタイミングで、中間コンベヤ９上の布類Ｐが布類搬送用コンベヤ８上に落下するように、中間コンベヤ９の作動速度を遅らせたり、作動の停止と開始を繰り返したりするように制御する。 An optical sensor (not shown) connected to the controller of the control panel 13 is also provided near the right end of the intermediate conveyor 9, and the cloth P is present on the intermediate conveyor 9 by a signal from the optical sensor. Upon detection, the controller, as shown in FIG. 3 (a), at the timing between the drop of the cloth P from the cloth lump F on the conveyor belt of the main unwinding conveyor 6 onto the cloth conveying conveyor 8. The operation speed of the intermediate conveyor 9 is controlled so that the cloth P on the intermediate conveyor 9 falls on the cloth conveying conveyor 8, and the operation is stopped and started repeatedly.

そしてここでは、図３（ｂ）に示すように、布類搬送用コンベヤ８上に均されて落下した布類Ｐが、布類搬出用コンベヤ１０のコンベヤベルト上に略均一に、あるいは１０枚程度ずつ纏めて引き渡され、その布類搬出用コンベヤ１０によって筐体１外に順次に搬出される。 And here, as shown in FIG.3 (b), the cloth P which leveled and fell on the cloth conveyance conveyor 8 is substantially uniformly on the conveyor belt of the cloth conveyance conveyor 10, or 10 sheets. The cloths are handed over in stages and are sequentially carried out of the casing 1 by the cloth carry-out conveyor 10.

従って、この実施例の布類捌き装置によれば、互いに絡まりあった複数枚の布類からなる布類塊Ｆを自動的に解きほぐして略均一に、あるいは１０枚程度ずつ搬出することができるので、布類塊を事前に手作業である程度解きほぐしておくための手間と人手を削減することができる。 Therefore, according to the cloth sowing apparatus of this embodiment, the cloth lump F made up of a plurality of cloths entangled with each other can be automatically unwound and carried out approximately evenly or about 10 sheets at a time. It is possible to reduce labor and manpower for unraveling the cloth mass in advance by hand to some extent.

また、この実施例の布類捌き装置によれば、主ほぐし用コンベヤ６の一端部に隣接して位置し、布類塊Ｆをその一部が掛かるように投入されてその布類塊との衝突により予備ほぐしを行う予備ほぐし部材として予備ほぐし用コンベヤ７を具えていることから、予備ほぐし用コンベヤ７との衝突による予備ほぐしの衝撃で布類塊Ｆがほぐれ易くなるので、その後の主ほぐしを容易かつ確実に行うことができる。 Further, according to the cloth spreading device of this embodiment, the cloth lump F is placed so as to be partly hung on one end of the main unwinding conveyor 6, and the cloth lump F is separated from the cloth lump. Since the preliminary unwinding conveyor 7 is provided as a preliminary unraveling member that performs preliminary unraveling by the collision, the cloth lump F is easily unraveled by the impact of the preliminary unraveling caused by the collision with the preliminary unraveling conveyor 7, so that the subsequent main unraveling Can be easily and reliably performed.

そして、この実施例の布類捌き装置によれば、予備ほぐし部材は、主ほぐし用コンベヤ６の一端部へ向けて布類塊Ｆを搬送する予備ほぐし用コンベヤ７であることから、予備ほぐしの際に予備ほぐし用コンベヤ７上に乗った布類塊Ｆを、主ほぐし用コンベヤ６へ移すことができる。 And according to the cloth unwinding device of this embodiment, the preliminary unwinding member is the preliminary unwinding conveyor 7 that conveys the cloth lump F toward one end of the main unwinding conveyor 6. At this time, the cloth block F on the preliminary unwinding conveyor 7 can be transferred to the main unwinding conveyor 6.

さらに、この実施例の布類捌き装置によれば、主ほぐし用コンベヤ６の右端部の下方に位置し、その主ほぐし用コンベヤ６の右端部から落下する、布類塊Ｆからほぐれた布類Ｐを搬送する布類搬送用コンベヤ８と、予備ほぐし用コンベヤ７と主ほぐし用コンベヤ６との間に水平方向に空けられた隙間Ｇの下方に位置し、布類塊Ｆからほぐれてその隙間Ｇから落下した布類Ｐを布類搬送用コンベヤ８に供給する中間コンベヤ９とを具えていることから、隙間Ｇから落下した布類Ｐを中間コンベヤ９でタイミングを取って布類搬送用コンベヤ８に供給することで、主ほぐし用コンベヤ６から布類搬送用コンベヤ８に落下する、布類塊Ｆからほぐれた布類Ｐと、隙間Ｇから落下した布類Ｐとを、一箇所にかたまらないように均して、布類搬送用コンベヤ８で搬送することができる。 Furthermore, according to the cloth spreading device of this embodiment, the cloth loosened from the cloth lump F located below the right end portion of the main unwinding conveyor 6 and falling from the right end portion of the main unwinding conveyor 6. The cloth conveying conveyor 8 for conveying P, the preliminary unwinding conveyor 7 and the main unwinding conveyor 6 are positioned below the gap G which is vacated in the horizontal direction. Since there is an intermediate conveyor 9 for supplying the cloth P dropped from G to the cloth conveying conveyor 8, the cloth P falling from the gap G is timed by the intermediate conveyor 9 to convey the cloth. 8, the cloth P that has fallen from the cloth lump F and the cloth P that has fallen from the gap G are dropped in one place. Level the cloth so that it does not accumulate, It can be conveyed by the arrow 8.

図４は、この発明の布類捌き装置の第２実施例の構成を透視して示す略線図であり、この実施例の布類捌き装置は先の実施例と同様の構成を具えるとともに、その布類搬送用コンベヤ８の後に後述のように、布類摘み上げ機構１６と、上下一対の圧迫コンベヤ１９，２０と、布類押し込み機構２１と、布類後端部引き上げ機構２２とを追加して、布類Ｐをさらにほぐし、その布類Ｐを布類搬出用コンベヤ１０で搬出するようにしたものであるので、図中、先の実施例におけると同様の部分はそれと同一の符号にて示す。 FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing the construction of the second embodiment of the cloth sowing device of the present invention in perspective, and the cloth sowing device of this embodiment has the same construction as the previous embodiment. The cloth picking mechanism 16, the pair of upper and lower compression conveyors 19 and 20, the cloth pushing mechanism 21, and the cloth rear end pulling mechanism 22 are provided after the cloth conveying conveyor 8, as will be described later. In addition, the cloth P is further loosened, and the cloth P is carried out by the cloth carry-out conveyor 10. In the figure, the same parts as those in the previous embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals. Is shown.

すなわちこの実施例の布類捌き装置では、先の実施例と同様の構成における筐体１のフレーム１ａの図では左側の部分がより大きいフレーム１ｃに変更されるとともに、側板１ｂがそのフレーム１ｃに対応するものとされ、そのフレーム１ｃから傾斜して突出した布類搬出用コンベヤ１０の手前に、先の実施例と同様の構成における布類搬送用コンベヤ８に接続されてその布類搬送用コンベヤ８から受け取った布類Ｐを図では左方へ搬送する、これもベルトコンベヤからなるもう一つの布類搬送用コンベヤ１４が配設され、その布類搬送用コンベヤ１４の図では左端部に仕切り板１５が立設されている。 That is, in the cloth sowing device of this embodiment, the left portion of the frame 1a of the housing 1 having the same configuration as that of the previous embodiment is changed to the larger frame 1c, and the side plate 1b is changed to the frame 1c. The cloth conveying conveyor connected to the cloth conveying conveyor 8 having the same configuration as that of the previous embodiment is disposed in front of the cloth carrying conveyor 10 which is inclined and protrudes from the frame 1c. The cloth P received from 8 is transported to the left in the figure, and another cloth transport conveyor 14 comprising a belt conveyor is also arranged, and the cloth transport conveyor 14 is partitioned at the left end in the figure. A plate 15 is erected.

フレーム１ｃ内には、上記布類摘み上げ機構１６が設けられており、この布類摘み上げ機構１６は、図では前後方向へ並んで位置して各々例えばエアシリンダで駆動され、布類Ｐの一部を把持および解放する二個のクランプ１７と、それらクランプ１７を斜め上下方向へ昇降移動させるスライド機構１８とを具え、ここで、スライド機構１８は、図では前後方向へ並んで位置して二個のクランプ１７をそれぞれ支持する二個のスライダ１８ａと、図では前後方向へ互いに平行に並んで位置してそれらのスライダ１８ａの斜め上下方向への昇降移動を案内する二本のガイドレール１８ｂと、それらのスライダ１８ａの斜め上下方向への一緒の昇降移動を駆動するモータ１８ｃと、モータ１８ｃの駆動力をそれらのスライダ１８ａに伝達する例えばベルト式の伝動機構１８ｄと、を有しており、布類搬送用コンベヤ１４上の布類Ｐの一部を二個のクランプ１７で把持してそれらのクランプ１７をスライド機構１８で斜め上方へ上昇移動させることで、布類搬送用コンベヤ１４上の布類Ｐを垂れた状態で斜め上方へ摘み上げることができる。 The cloth picking mechanism 16 is provided in the frame 1c. The cloth picking mechanism 16 is arranged side by side in the front-rear direction in the drawing and is driven by, for example, an air cylinder to It comprises two clamps 17 for gripping and releasing a part, and a slide mechanism 18 for moving the clamps 17 up and down obliquely in the up-down direction, where the slide mechanism 18 is positioned side by side in the front-rear direction in the figure. Two sliders 18a that respectively support the two clamps 17 and two guide rails 18b that are positioned in parallel with each other in the front-rear direction in the drawing and guide the up-and-down movement of the sliders 18a in the oblique vertical direction. And a motor 18c for driving the slider 18a to move up and down diagonally in the vertical direction, and an example of transmitting the driving force of the motor 18c to the slider 18a. Belt-type transmission mechanism 18d, and a part of the cloth P on the cloth transporting conveyor 14 is gripped by two clamps 17, and the clamps 17 are obliquely moved upward by the slide mechanism 18. By moving up, the cloth P on the cloth transporting conveyor 14 can be picked up obliquely upward in a suspended state.

フレーム１ｃ内にはまた、上記圧迫コンベヤ１９，２０が設けられており、ここで、下側の圧迫コンベヤ１９は、図では右端部である入口側端部から出口側端部へ向けてコンベヤベルトがやや下るように傾斜する一方、上側の圧迫コンベヤ２０は、三本のローラに掛けられたコンベヤベルトが図では右端部である入口側端部から出口側端部へ向けて大きく下るように傾斜し、これにより、垂れた状態で摘み上げられた布類Ｐの中間部に対向して入口側端部が位置するとともに、その入口側端部から出口側端部に向かって互いの間隔が狭まっている。 The compression conveyors 19 and 20 are also provided in the frame 1c. Here, the lower compression conveyor 19 is a conveyor belt from the inlet end to the outlet end, which is the right end in the figure. On the other hand, the upper compression conveyor 20 is inclined so that the conveyor belt hung on the three rollers is greatly lowered from the inlet end to the outlet end, which is the right end in the figure. As a result, the inlet side end portion is located opposite to the intermediate portion of the cloth P picked up in a hanging state, and the distance between the inlet side end portion and the outlet side end portion is reduced. ing.

フレーム１ｃ内にはさらに、上記布類押し込み機構２１が設けられており、この布類押し込み機構２１は、図では前後方向へ水平に延在する回転自在な押し込みローラ２１ａを、上方の支持軸２１ｂ周りに揺動可能な図示しない支持腕で支持するとともに図示しない例えばエアシリンダにより押し引きし、二本のガイドレール１８ｂの間を通して支持軸２１ｂ周りに揺動させて、布類Ｐの垂れた状態の中間部を圧迫コンベヤ１９，２０の入口に押し込むことができる。 The cloth pushing mechanism 21 is further provided in the frame 1c. The cloth pushing mechanism 21 includes a rotatable pushing roller 21a that extends horizontally in the front-rear direction in the drawing and an upper support shaft 21b. The cloth P is supported by a support arm (not shown) that can swing around and is pushed and pulled by, for example, an air cylinder (not shown) to swing around the support shaft 21b through the two guide rails 18b. Can be pushed into the inlets of the compression conveyors 19 and 20.

そして圧迫コンベヤ１９，２０の入口と仕切り板１５の上端部との間には、上記布類後端部引き上げ機構２２が設けられており、この布類後端部引き上げ機構２２は、図では前後方向へ水平に延在する引き上げローラ２２ａを図示しないモータにより図では反時計回りに回転させることで、布類摘み上げ機構１６により垂れた状態で摘み上げられた布類Ｐのその引き上げローラ２２ａ上に乗った後端部を引き上げてその引き上げローラ２２ａの図では左側へ落下させ、布類摘み上げ機構１６から離間させることができる。 The cloth rear end pulling mechanism 22 is provided between the entrances of the compression conveyors 19 and 20 and the upper end of the partition plate 15. The pulling roller 22a extending horizontally in the direction is rotated counterclockwise in the drawing by a motor (not shown), so that the cloth P picked up by the cloth picking mechanism 16 on the pulling roller 22a The rear end portion that is on the board can be lifted and dropped to the left side in the drawing of the pulling roller 22a to be separated from the cloth picking mechanism 16.

図５（ａ），（ｂ）および（ｃ）は、上記実施例の布類捌き装置の動作を順次に示す説明図であり、上記実施例の布類捌き装置にあっては、ホッパ２から投入された布類塊Ｆを、先の実施例と同様にして、予備ほぐし用コンベヤ７で予備ほぐしするとともに、主ほぐし用コンベヤ６で主ほぐしし、その主ほぐし用コンベヤ６から布類搬送用コンベヤ８に落下する、布類塊Ｆからほぐれた布類Ｐと、隙間Ｇから落下した布類Ｐとを、一箇所にかたまらないように均して、布類搬送用コンベヤ８および布類搬送用コンベヤ１４で略均一に、あるいは１０枚程度ずつ纏めて順次に搬送する。 5 (a), 5 (b) and 5 (c) are explanatory diagrams sequentially showing the operation of the cloth spreading device of the above embodiment. In the cloth spreading device of the above embodiment, the hopper 2 The cloth lump F that has been charged is preliminarily unraveled by the preliminarily unwinding conveyor 7 in the same manner as in the previous embodiment, and is unraveled by the main unraveling conveyor 6 and is conveyed from the main unraveling conveyor 6 The cloth P that has fallen from the cloth lump F and the cloth P that has fallen from the gap G, which falls to the conveyor 8, are leveled so that they do not collect in one place, and the cloth conveyor 8 and the cloth transport It is conveyed by the conveyor 14 substantially uniformly or sequentially about 10 sheets.

そしてこの実施例の布類捌き装置にあっては、布類摘み上げ機構１６が、図５（ａ）に示すように、その布類搬送用コンベヤ１４上の布類Ｐの一部（１〜３枚程度）を二個のクランプ１７で把持し、それらのクランプ１７をスライド機構１８で斜め上方へ上昇移動させて、布類搬送用コンベヤ１４上の布類Ｐの一部を垂れ下がった状態で斜め上方へ摘み上げ、さらに布類押し込み機構２１が、図５（ｂ）に示すように、二本のガイドレール１８ｂの間を通して押し込みローラ２１ａを図では左方へ揺動させて、その押し込みローラ２１ａで布類Ｐの、二個のクランプ１７から垂れ下がった状態の中間部を圧迫コンベヤ１９，２０の入口に押し込み、圧迫コンベヤ１９，２０が、その押し込まれた布類Ｐを間に挟み込んで図では左方の出口に送り、その際、布類後端部引き上げ機構２２が、引き上げローラ２２ａで布類Ｐの後端部すなわち下端部を引き上げて布類摘み上げ機構１６から離間させ、これにより図５（ｃ）に示すように、その圧迫コンベヤ１９，２０の出口から布類Ｐが布類搬出用コンベヤ１０上に落下して、その布類搬出用コンベヤ１０で搬出され、その一方で、スライド機構１８がクランプ１７を斜め下方へ下降移動させて次の布類の把持を行わせ、また布類押し込み機構２１が押し込みローラ２１ａを図では右方へ揺動させて元の位置へ復帰させる。 And in the cloth sowing apparatus of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5A, the cloth picking mechanism 16 is a part of the cloth P on the cloth transporting conveyor 14 (1 to 1). About 3 sheets) are gripped by two clamps 17, and the clamps 17 are moved upward and obliquely upward by the slide mechanism 18, and a part of the cloth P on the cloth transporting conveyor 14 is suspended. As shown in FIG. 5 (b), the cloth push-in mechanism 21 picks up obliquely upward, and swings the push-in roller 21a to the left in the figure as shown in FIG. 21a, the intermediate portion of the cloth P hanging from the two clamps 17 is pushed into the inlets of the compression conveyors 19 and 20, and the compression conveyors 19 and 20 sandwich the pushed cloth P therebetween. Then send to the left exit At that time, the cloth rear end pulling mechanism 22 pulls up the rear end, that is, the lower end of the cloth P by the pulling roller 22a so as to be separated from the cloth picking mechanism 16, and as shown in FIG. Thus, the cloth P falls on the cloth carrying-out conveyor 10 from the outlets of the compression conveyors 19 and 20 and is carried out by the cloth carrying-out conveyor 10, while the slide mechanism 18 holds the clamp 17. The cloth is moved downward obliquely to grip the next cloth, and the cloth pushing mechanism 21 swings the pushing roller 21a rightward in the drawing to return it to the original position.

従って、この実施例の布類捌き装置によれば、先の実施例と同様にして、互いに絡まりあった複数枚の布類からなる布類塊Ｆを自動的に解きほぐして略均一に、あるいは１０枚程度ずつ纏めて搬出することができるので、布類塊を事前に手作業である程度解きほぐしておくための手間と人手を削減することができる。 Therefore, according to the cloth sowing device of this embodiment, in the same manner as in the previous embodiment, the cloth lump F composed of a plurality of cloths entangled with each other is automatically unraveled to be substantially uniform or 10 Since it is possible to carry out about 10 sheets at a time, it is possible to reduce labor and manpower for unraveling the cloth lump by hand to some extent beforehand.

しかもこの実施例の布類捌き装置によれば、布類摘み上げ機構１６が、布類搬送用コンベヤ１４上の布類Ｐの一部を把持してその布類Ｐを垂れた状態で斜め上方へ摘み上げ、布類押し込み機構２１が、その垂れた状態で摘み上げられた布類Ｐの中間部に対向して入口が位置するとともにその入口から出口に向かって互いの間隔が狭まる上下一対の圧迫コンベヤ１９，２０の入口にその布類Ｐの中間部を押し込み、布類搬出用コンベヤ１０が、圧迫コンベヤ１９，２０の出口から排出されたその布類Ｐを順次に搬出するので、布類搬送用コンベヤ１４上の布類Ｐをさらにほぐして１〜３枚程度ずつ、あるいは１０枚程度ずつ纏めて布類搬出用コンベヤ１０で搬出することができ、しかも布類摘み上げ機構１６が布類Ｐを垂れた状態で斜め上方へ摘み上げるので、圧迫コンベヤ１９，２０の入口に垂れた布類Ｐが残っていてもそれに干渉せずに、布類摘み上げ機構１６が次の布類Ｐの摘み上げのために下降することができ、それゆえ摘み上げのタクトタイムを短くすることができる。 Moreover, according to the cloth sowing device of this embodiment, the cloth picking mechanism 16 holds a part of the cloth P on the cloth conveying conveyor 14 and hangs the cloth P obliquely upward. A pair of upper and lower pairs of cloth push-in mechanism 21 is located opposite to the middle part of cloth P picked up in a suspended state and the distance from the inlet toward the outlet decreases. The intermediate part of the cloth P is pushed into the entrances of the compression conveyors 19 and 20, and the cloth carry-out conveyor 10 sequentially carries out the cloths P discharged from the exits of the compression conveyors 19 and 20, so that the cloths Further, the cloth P on the conveyor 14 can be further loosened, and about 1 to 3 sheets, or about 10 sheets can be collected together and carried out by the cloth carry-out conveyor 10, and the cloth picking mechanism 16 can be used as a cloth. Slightly upward with P hanging Therefore, the cloth picking mechanism 16 may be lowered for picking up the next cloth P without interfering with the cloth P remaining at the entrance of the compression conveyors 19 and 20 even if it remains. Therefore, the tact time for picking can be shortened.

さらにこの実施例の布類捌き装置によれば、布類後端部引き上げ機構２２が、垂れた状態で摘み上げられた布類Ｐの後端部すなわち下端部を引き上げて布類摘み上げ機構１６から離間させるので、圧迫コンベヤ１９，２０の入口に垂れた布類Ｐが残っていてもそれとの干渉をより確実に回避して、布類摘み上げ機構１６のクランプ１７が次の布類Ｐの摘み上げのために下降することができ、それゆえ摘み上げのタクトタイムをさらに短くすることができる。 Furthermore, according to the cloth sowing device of this embodiment, the cloth rear end pulling mechanism 22 pulls up the rear end part, that is, the lower end part of the cloth P picked up in the suspended state, and picks up the cloth picking mechanism 16. Therefore, even if the cloth P hanging from the entrances of the pressure conveyors 19 and 20 remains, interference with the cloth P is more reliably avoided, and the clamp 17 of the cloth picking mechanism 16 is moved to the next cloth P. It can be lowered for picking, and therefore the picking tact time can be further shortened.

図６（ａ）および（ｂ）は、洗濯された布類をアイロンローラに一枚ずつ投入する際の従来の方法および上記実施例の布類捌き装置を用いた方法をそれぞれ示す説明図であり、布類捌き装置を用いていなかった従来は、図６（ａ）に示すように、ホテル等の宿泊施設や病院等の契約先から回収された使用後の布類が、先ず連続洗濯機で洗濯され、次いで脱水機で脱水され、次いで乾燥機で半乾燥状態まで乾燥されて、搬送バッグ内に例えば８０枚程度ずつ互いに絡み合った状態で塊状に収容され、その搬送バッグが搬送システムにより仕上げ投入機（あるいは展張機）の近辺まで搬送され、そこで搬送バッグの下端部が解放されて搬送バッグ内の布類塊が仕上げ投入機（あるいは展張機）の近辺に積み上げられ、もしくは乾燥機で半乾燥状態まで乾燥された布類が、コンベヤで搬送されて仕上げ投入機（あるいは展張機）の近辺に積み上げられ、作業者がその積み上がった布類塊の山から１枚ずつ布類を引き抜いて仕上げ投入機（あるいは展張機）に供給する。 6 (a) and 6 (b) are explanatory views respectively showing a conventional method when putting the washed cloths one by one into the ironing roller and a method using the cloth separating apparatus of the above embodiment. In the prior art, which did not use the cloth sowing device, as shown in FIG. 6 (a), the used cloth collected from accommodation facilities such as hotels and contractors such as hospitals is first used in a continuous washing machine. Washed, then dehydrated by a dehydrator, then dried to a semi-dried state by a dryer, and stored in a lump in a state of being entangled with each other, for example, about 80 sheets in a transfer bag, and the transfer bag is finished by a transfer system It is transported to the vicinity of the machine (or the stretcher), where the lower end of the transport bag is released, and the lump of cloth in the transport bag is stacked in the vicinity of the finisher (or the stretcher), or semi-dried with a dryer State The fabrics dried in 1 are transported by a conveyor and stacked near the finishing machine (or stretcher), and the operator pulls out the fabrics one by one from the pile of the stacked fabric lump and finishes them. Supplied to a machine (or a stretcher).

これに対し、上記実施例の布類捌き装置を用いた場合には、図６（ｂ）に示すように、ホテル等の宿泊施設や病院等の契約先から回収された使用後の布類が、先ず連続洗濯機で洗濯され、次いで脱水機で脱水され、次いで乾燥機で半乾燥状態まで乾燥されて搬送バッグ内に例えば８０枚程度ずつ互いに絡み合った状態で塊状に収容され、その搬送バッグが搬送システムにより上記実施例の布類捌き装置の上方まで搬送され、そこで搬送バッグの下端部が解放されて搬送バッグ内の布類塊がその布類捌き装置内に投入され、布類捌き装置が互いに絡まりあった複数枚の布類からなるその布類塊を解きほぐして仕上げ投入機（あるいは展張機）の近辺に供給し、作業者がその解きほぐされて小分けされた複数枚の布類から１枚ずつ布類を引き抜いて仕上げ投入機（あるいは展張機）に供給する。 On the other hand, when the cloth sowing device of the above embodiment is used, as shown in FIG. 6B, the used cloth collected from the accommodation facility such as a hotel or the contractor such as a hospital is used. First, it is washed in a continuous washing machine, then dehydrated in a dehydrator, then dried to a semi-dried state in a dryer, and is accommodated in a lump in a state where it is entangled with each other, for example, about 80 sheets each. It is transported by the transport system to the upper side of the cloth sowing apparatus of the above embodiment, where the lower end of the transport bag is released and the cloth mass in the transport bag is put into the cloth sowing apparatus. The cloth lump consisting of a plurality of cloths entangled with each other is unraveled and supplied to the vicinity of the finishing machine (or the spreader), and the worker unwraps and subdivides a plurality of cloths 1 Pull out the cloths one by one Supplied to the finishing-up machine (or stretched machine).

図７は、図６（ａ）に示す従来の方法で、洗濯された布類としてのシーツをシーツ塊から一枚ずつ引き抜いて仕上げ投入機に投入する際の作業進行に伴う、実際のシーツ引き抜き時間の変化状態を示す関係線図であり、ここではホテルリネン１，２および病院リネン１，２の４種類のシーツを扱い、そのシーツを仕上げ投入機（あるいは展張機）の投入チャックに差し込んだ瞬間から、次にシーツを山から引き抜いて仕上げ投入機（あるいは展張機）への投入準備ができるまでの時間を「引き抜き時間」として計測している。なお、図中、布類捌き装置（コンベアのみ）は第１実施例の装置、布類捌き装置（コンベア＋ピックＵＰ）は第２実施例の装置を示している。また、シーツサイズの数字はシーツ幅（×１００ｍｍ）を示しており、シーツ長さは概ね３０００ｍｍである。 FIG. 7 is an illustration of an actual sheet pulling out in accordance with the progress of the work when the sheets as the washed cloth are pulled out from the sheet lump one by one from the sheet lump and put into the finishing charging machine by the conventional method shown in FIG. It is a relationship diagram showing the state of change of time. Here, four types of sheets of hotel linens 1 and 2 and hospital linens 1 and 2 are handled, and the sheets are inserted into a loading chuck of a finishing loading machine (or a stretcher). From the moment, the time from when the sheet is next pulled out from the mountain and ready for loading into the finishing machine (or stretcher) is measured as the “drawing time”. In the figure, the cloth spreading device (conveyor only) is the device of the first embodiment, and the cloth spreading device (conveyor + pick UP) is the device of the second embodiment. The sheet size numbers indicate the sheet width (× 100 mm), and the sheet length is approximately 3000 mm.

この図７から明らかなように、仕上げ投入機（あるいは展張機）が毎時１０００枚で作動する際は作業者１人７．２秒間隔でシーツを投入し、毎時１３００枚で作動する際は作業者１人５．５秒間隔でシーツを投入し、毎時１５００枚で作動する際は作業者１人４．８秒間隔でシーツを投入することになるのに対し、第１実施例の装置は毎時２４００枚（但し絡み多少有り）の搬出を想定し、第２実施例の装置は毎時１８００枚の搬出を想定しており、これにより作業者は１人４．８〜４．３秒間隔でシーツを投入することができるので、仕上げ投入機（あるいは展張機）の毎時１５００枚での作動にも十分対応することができる。 As can be seen from FIG. 7, when the finishing loader (or the spreader) operates at 1000 sheets per hour, the sheeter is loaded at an interval of 7.2 seconds per worker, and when the finish loader operates at 1300 sheets per hour, One person puts sheets at an interval of 5.5 seconds, and when operating at 1500 sheets per hour, one worker puts sheets at an interval of 4.8 seconds, whereas the apparatus of the first embodiment is Assuming 2400 sheets per hour (however there is some entanglement), the apparatus of the second embodiment assumes 1800 sheets per hour, so that an operator can be carried out at intervals of 4.8 to 4.3 seconds per person. Since the sheets can be thrown in, it is possible to sufficiently cope with the operation of the finishing feeder (or the spreader) at 1500 sheets per hour.

また、図７から明らかなように、供給されたばかりのシーツの山からシーツを引き抜く際の引き抜き時間は約６．６秒かかっているが、山の最後の方ではシーツを引き抜く際の引き抜き時間は約４．８秒に短縮されている。上記実施例の布類捌き装置によれば、この山の最後の方での引き抜き時間と同程度もしくはそれ以下の引き抜き時間を実現することができるので、仕上げ投入機（あるいは展張機）への布類の単位時間当たりの投入速度を、布類捌き装置を用いていなかった従来よりも大幅に高めることができる。また、従来の方法では、シーツの山の高さが最初は約７０ｃｍと高く、シーツの引き抜きにより下がってゆくので、作業者は最初は伸び上がって作業し、最後は腰をかがめて作業する必要があって作業負担が大きいのに対し、上記実施例の布類捌き装置によれば、シーツの山の高さが最初から約２０ｃｍとなるので、作業者はほぼ一定の姿勢を保って楽に作業することができる。 In addition, as is clear from FIG. 7, it takes about 6.6 seconds to pull out the sheets from the pile of sheets that have just been supplied. The time is shortened to about 4.8 seconds. According to the cloth sowing apparatus of the above embodiment, it is possible to realize a drawing time equivalent to or less than the drawing time at the end of the mountain, so that the cloth to the finish feeding machine (or the spreader) can be realized. The input speed per unit time can be significantly increased as compared with the conventional case in which no cloth milling device is used. In the conventional method, the height of the sheet pile is about 70 cm at the beginning, and it is lowered by pulling out the sheet. Therefore, the worker needs to work up at the beginning and bend down at the end. On the other hand, the work load is large, and according to the cloth spreading device of the above embodiment, the height of the sheet pile is about 20 cm from the beginning, so that the worker can work easily while maintaining a substantially constant posture. can do.

以上、図示例に基づき説明したが、この発明は上述の例に限定されるものでなく特許請求の範囲の記載範囲内で適宜変更し得るものであり、例えば上記実施例では予備ほぐし部材を予備ほぐし用コンベヤ７としたが、回転自在なローラや、表面が滑らかな棒材としてもよく、またコントローラは、主ほぐし用コンベヤ６上の布類塊Ｆの重量の変化を検出するロードセル１２の出力信号を用いて主ほぐし用コンベヤ６の作動を制御しているが、主ほぐし用コンベヤ６の駆動モータの電流値を用いて主ほぐし用コンベヤ６の作動を制御してもよく、あるいは主ほぐし用コンベヤ６の出口側端部（図では右端部）に上下方向に延在させて設けたラインセンサ（多数の光センサを直線状に並べたもの）で、その出口側端部での布類塊Ｆの高さを検出して、その高さが徐々に低くなるように主ほぐし用コンベヤ６の作動を制御してもよい。 Although the present invention has been described based on the illustrated examples, the present invention is not limited to the above-described examples and can be appropriately changed within the scope of the claims. For example, in the above embodiment, the preliminary loosening member is used as a preliminary. Although the loosening conveyor 7 is used, it may be a rotatable roller or a bar having a smooth surface, and the controller outputs the load cell 12 that detects a change in the weight of the cloth lump F on the main loosening conveyor 6. The operation of the main unraveling conveyor 6 is controlled using a signal, but the operation of the main unraveling conveyor 6 may be controlled using the current value of the drive motor of the main unraveling conveyor 6, or for main unraveling A line sensor (a number of photosensors arranged in a straight line) provided at the outlet side end (right end in the figure) of the conveyor 6 in the vertical direction. Detect the height of F It may control the operation of the main disentangling conveyor 6 so that its height gradually decreases.

さらに、上記実施例では主ほぐし用コンベヤ６と予備ほぐし用コンベヤ７と布類搬送用コンベヤ８，１４と中間コンベヤ９と搬出用コンベヤ１０と圧迫コンベヤ１９，２０とを何れもベルトコンベヤで構成したが、それらのコンベヤの何れか１台以上もしくは全てを他の形式のコンベヤで構成してもよい。また、上記実施例では予備ほぐし部材を１つ設けたが、高さが異なる複数の予備ほぐし部材を設けて複数回の予備ほぐしを行ってもよい。さらに、上記実施例では布類押し込み機構が回転自在な押し込みローラを用いたが、表面が滑らかな棒材を用いてもよい。さらに、上記実施例では搬送バッグＢから布類捌き装置に布類塊Ｆを投入したが、他の搬送システム例えばベルトコンベヤから布類捌き装置に布類塊Ｆを投入してもよい。 Further, in the above embodiment, the main unwinding conveyor 6, the pre-unwinding conveyor 7, the cloth conveying conveyors 8 and 14, the intermediate conveyor 9, the unloading conveyor 10 and the compression conveyors 19 and 20 are all constituted by belt conveyors. However, any one or more or all of these conveyors may be constituted by other types of conveyors. In the above-described embodiment, one preliminary loosening member is provided. However, a plurality of preliminary loosening members having different heights may be provided to perform preliminary loosening a plurality of times. Further, in the above-described embodiment, a push-in roller having a rotatable cloth push-in mechanism is used, but a bar having a smooth surface may be used. Further, in the above embodiment, the cloth lump F is input from the transport bag B to the cloth sowing apparatus, but the cloth lump F may be input from another transport system such as a belt conveyor to the cloth sowing apparatus.

かくしてこの発明の布類捌き装置によれば、互いに絡まりあった複数枚の布類からなる布類塊を自動的に解きほぐすことができるので、布類塊を事前に手作業である程度解きほぐしておくための手間と人手を削減することができる。 Thus, according to the cloth sowing device of the present invention, the cloth lump comprising a plurality of cloths entangled with each other can be automatically unwound, so that the cloth lump is unraveled to some extent manually by hand beforehand. Can save labor and manpower.

１筐体
１ａ，１ｃフレーム
１ｂ側板
２ホッパ
３，４，５ガイド板
６主ほぐし用コンベヤ
７予備ほぐし用コンベヤ
８，１４布類搬送用コンベヤ
９中間コンベヤ
１０布類搬出用コンベヤ
１１制限ローラ
１２ロードセル
１３制御盤
１５仕切り板
１６布類摘み上げ機構
１７クランプ
１８スライド機構
１８ａスライダ
１８ｂガイドレール
１８ｃモータ
１８ｄ伝動機構
１９，２０圧迫コンベヤ
２１布類押し込み機構
２１ａ押し込みローラ
２１ｂ支持軸
２２布類後端部引き上げ機構
２２ａ引き上げローラ
Ｂ搬送バッグ
Ｆ布類塊
Ｇ隙間
Ｐ布類塊の一部の布類 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Case 1a, 1c Frame 1b Side plate 2 Hopper 3, 4, 5 Guide plate 6 Main unwinding conveyor 7 Preliminary unwinding conveyor 8, 14 Fabric conveyor 9 Intermediate conveyor 10 Unloading conveyor 11 Limit roller 12 Load cell DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 13 Control board 15 Partition plate 16 Cloth picking mechanism 17 Clamp 18 Slide mechanism 18a Slider 18b Guide rail 18c Motor 18d Transmission mechanism 19,20 Compression conveyor 21 Cloth push-in mechanism 21a Push-in roller 21b Support shaft 22 Cloth rear end pull-up Mechanism 22a Lifting roller B Carrying bag F Cloth lump G Gap P Some cloth lump

Claims

互いに絡まりあった複数枚の布類からなる布類塊を解きほぐす布類捌き装置において、
一端部とその一端部より高く位置する他端部とを有し、前記布類塊を前記一端部に掛かるように投入されてその布類塊を前記他端部へ向けて持ち上げ搬送し、前記布類塊をその自重によって崩してほぐす主ほぐしを行うベルトコンベヤからなる主ほぐし用コンベヤと、
前記主ほぐし用コンベヤ上で前記布類塊からほぐれた布類がその主ほぐし用コンベヤ上から徐々に落下するように、その主ほぐし用コンベヤの作動速度を変化させたり、作動を停止、開始する制御によりその主ほぐし用コンベヤ上の布類塊の自重によるほぐれの進行を促し、その主ほぐし用コンベヤ上の布類塊の重さを少しずつ減少させるコントローラと、を具えることを特徴とする布類捌き装置。 In a cloth spreading device for unraveling a lump of cloth made of a plurality of cloths entangled with each other,
Having one end and the other end positioned higher than the one end, the cloth lump is put on the one end, and the cloth lump is lifted and conveyed toward the other end; A main unwinding conveyor consisting of a belt conveyor that unravels the lump of cloth by its own weight,
The operation speed of the main unwinding conveyor is changed, or the operation is stopped and started so that the cloth loosened from the cloth lump on the main unwinding conveyor gradually falls from the main unwinding conveyor. controlled by prompting the progress of unraveling due to the weight of the cloth mass on the main loosening conveyor, characterized in that it comprises a controller for reducing the weight of the cloth mass on the main loosening conveyor little by little, the Cloth sowing device.

前記主ほぐし用コンベヤの前記一端部に隣接して位置し、前記布類塊をその一部が掛かるように投入されてその布類塊との衝突により予備ほぐしを行う予備ほぐし部材を具えることを特徴とする、請求項１記載の布類捌き装置。 A preliminary unwinding member is provided adjacent to the one end of the main unwinding conveyor, and the cloth lump is thrown in such a way that a part of the cloth lump is applied, and pre-unwinding is performed by collision with the cloth lump. The cloth sowing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

前記予備ほぐし部材は、前記主ほぐし用コンベヤの前記一端部へ向けて前記布類塊を搬送する予備ほぐし用コンベヤであることを特徴とする、請求項２記載の布類捌き装置。 The cloth unwinding apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the preliminary unwinding member is a pre-unwinding conveyor that conveys the cloth lump toward the one end of the main unwinding conveyor.

前記主ほぐし用コンベヤの他端部の下方に位置し、その主ほぐし用コンベヤの他端部から落下する、前記布類塊からほぐれた布類を搬送する布類搬送用コンベヤと、
前記予備ほぐし部材と前記主ほぐし用コンベヤの前記一端部との間に水平方向に空けられた隙間の下方に位置し、前記布類塊からほぐれて前記隙間から落下した布類を前記布類搬送用コンベヤに供給する中間コンベヤと、
を具えることを特徴とする、請求項２または３記載の布類捌き装置。 A cloth conveying conveyor that is located below the other end of the main unraveling conveyor and falls from the other end of the main unraveling conveyor to convey the unraveled cloth from the cloth lump,
The cloth is transported by the cloth that has been loosened from the cloth lump and dropped from the gap, located below a gap vacated in the horizontal direction between the preliminary unwinding member and the one end of the main unwinding conveyor. An intermediate conveyor that feeds the conveyor
The cloth sowing apparatus according to claim 2 or 3, characterized by comprising: