Film transport apparatus, film transport method, and film attachment apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10793301-B2
Application number	US-201916269382-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 6, 2019
Priority date	Mar 2, 2018
Publication date	Oct 6, 2020
Grant date	Oct 6, 2020

Abstract

Provided is a film attachment apparatus and a film transport method by which it is easy to switch a film each time, and a film attachment apparatus including the film transport apparatus. The film transport apparatus includes: a film holding unit configured to hold a long-length film; and a film cutting unit configured to cut out the film, in which the film holding unit holds the plurality of films, and the film transport apparatus further includes: a temporary holding unit configured to include a plurality of temporary holding mechanisms that temporally hold the films between the film holding unit and the film cutting unit; and a first transport arm configured to select and pull out one film from the plurality of films which are held in the temporary holding unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A film transport apparatus, comprising:
a film holder configured to hold a long-length film; and
a film cutter configured to cut out the film, wherein the film holder holds a plurality of the films, and the film transport apparatus further comprising:
a temporary holder configured to include a plurality of temporary holding mechanisms that temporally hold the films between the film holder and the film cutter; and
a first transport arm configured to select and pull out one selected film from the plurality of films which are held in the temporary holder,
wherein the plurality of temporary holding mechanisms are configured so that a relative distance between each of the holding mechanisms can be respectively changed, and
the plurality of temporary holding mechanisms are movable such that a relative vertical distance between a first temporary holding mechanism that holds the one selected film and a second temporary holding mechanism is increased during selection of the one selected film.

2. The film transport apparatus according to claim 1 , comprising a contact part wherein the temporary holding mechanism applies a frictional force on both sides of the film.

3. The film transport apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the temporary holding mechanisms are configured to maintain a relative distance between the plurality of temporary holding mechanisms until a next film is selected, and to maintain the relative distance when the next film is the same as that previously selected.

4. The film transport apparatus according to claim 1 , comprising a second transport arm closer to a side where a film is pulled out than the film cutter, wherein after the first transport arm has pulled out the film, the second transport arm grasps the pulled film before the film cutter cuts out the pulled film.

5. A film attachment apparatus, comprising:
the transport apparatus according to claim 1 ; and
a film attachment unit that is provided closer to a side where a film is pulled the film cutter is, wherein
the film attachment unit includes a container body capable of accommodating a workpiece and a lid body that seals the container body,
the first transport arm is provided so as to be able to pass between the container body and the lid body, and
the first arm transport arm that grasps the film passes between the container body which has accommodated the workpiece and the lid to place the film on the workpiece.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kawano Takayuki

Classifications

• B65H16/005 Primary

  Dispensers, i.e. machines for unwinding only parts of web roll · CPC title

• B65B7/162 Primary

  by feeding web material to securing means · CPC title

• B65H16/021

  Multiple web roll supports · CPC title

• B65H2301/4128

  Multiple rolls · CPC title

• B65H35/06

  from or with blade, e.g. shear-blade, cutters or perforators (from or with revolving blade B65H35/08) · CPC title