Roll transfer device and roll transfer method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10793384-B2
Application number	US-201716309644-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 9, 2017
Priority date	Jun 22, 2016
Publication date	Oct 6, 2020
Grant date	Oct 6, 2020

Abstract

A roll conveyance device includes a transportation device including a roll holding shaft extending in a predetermined direction from a distal section of an arm to hold a roll such that the roll holding shaft is inserted into a core member of the roll; and a mounting section within a moving range of the roll holding shaft, the mounting section allowing the roll to be mounted in a state in which both axial ends of the core member of roll are open. The transportation device is configured to mount the roll on the mounting section, the roll holding shaft is to be pulled out from the core member of the roll mounted on the mounting section to a first side of an axial direction of the core member, and the roll holding shaft is to be inserted into the core member from a second side of the axial direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A roll conveyance device for conveying a roll including a tubular core member and a sheet wound around a periphery of the core member from a mounting position set in advance to a target position, the roll conveyance device comprising:
a transportation device including:
a body;
an arm including a proximal section connected to the body and a distal section that is relatively displaceable with respect to the proximal section; and
a roll holding shaft configured to hold the roll while extending in a predetermined direction from the distal section of the arm and while being inserted into the core member of the roll;

a controller configured to control the transportation device to cause the roll holding shaft to move from the mounting position to the target position; and
a re-hold mounting section within a moving range of the roll holding shaft, the re-hold mounting section having a shape to allow the roll to be mounted in a state in which both axial ends of the core member of the roll are open to allow a change in an insertion direction of the roll holding shaft into the core member of the roll,
wherein the controller is further configured to control the transportation device to cause the roll with the roll holding shaft inserted therein to be mounted on the re-hold mounting section, the roll holding shaft being further configured to be pulled out from the core member of the roll mounted on the re-hold mounting section to a first side in an axial direction of the core member, and to be pulled out from the core member to be inserted into the core member of the roll from a second side in the axial direction of the core member to hold the roll.

2. The roll conveyance device according to claim 1 , wherein the re-hold mounting section includes a groove section penetrating the re-hold mounting section and having a shape open in a second direction orthogonal to a first direction to allow the roll holding shaft to be inserted along the first direction and to allow the roll holding shaft to move along the second direction, and
wherein the controller is configured to control the transportation device to cause the roll to be mounted on the re-hold mounting section at a position at which an inside portion of the core member overlaps with the groove section when viewed along the first direction to cause the roll holding shaft to be pulled out from the core member of the roll to a first side with respect to the first direction, to cause the roll holding shaft to be inserted into the core member of the roll from a second side with respect to the first direction, and to cause the roll holding shaft to be moved in the second direction.

3. The roll conveyance device according to claim 2 , wherein the re-hold mounting section includes a mounting surface, the core member of the roll being mounted on the mounting surface so as to extend in the first direction, and the first direction is set as a vertical direction, and the second direction is set as a horizontal direction.

4. The roll conveyance device according to claim 1 , further comprising a winding direction detection device within the moving range of the roll holding shaft, the winding direction detection device being configured to detect a winding direction of the roll,
wherein the controller is further configured to control the transportation device to cause the roll to be mounted on the re-hold mounting section only when the winding direction of the roll detected by the winding direction detection device is not a direction set corresponding to the roll to be used at the target position.

5. The roll conveyance device according to claim 4 , wherein the mounting section is above the winding direction detection device.

6. The roll conveyance device according to claim 4 , wherein the winding direction detection device is configured to detect the winding direction of the roll in a state where the roll holding shaft holds the roll.

7. A roll conveyance method of conveying a roll including a tubular core member and a sheet wound around a periphery of the core member from a mounting position set in advance to a target position, the method comprising using:
a transportation device including:
a body;
an arm including a proximal section connected to the body and a distal section that is relatively displaceable with respect to the proximal section; and
a roll holding shaft configured to hold the roll while extending in a predetermined direction from the distal section of the arm and while being inserted into the core member of the roll; and

a re-hold mounting section having a shape to allow the roll to be mounted in a state in which both axial ends of the core member of the roll are open to allow a change in an insertion direction of the roll holding shaft into the core member of the roll,
the roll conveyance method comprising a roll re-holding step to be performed while conveying the roll from the mounting position to the target position,
the roll re-holding step including:
a roll mounting step of mounting the roll on the re-hold mounting section;
a pull out step of pulling out the roll holding shaft from the core member of the roll mounted on the re-hold mounting section to a first side in an axial direction of the core member; and
a re-roll holding step of inserting the roll holding shaft pulled out from the core member into the core member of the roll from a second side of the axial direction of the core member to cause the roll holding shaft to hold the roll.

8. The roll conveyance method according to claim 7 , further comprising a winding direction detection step to be performed before the roll re-holding step, the winding direction detection step comprising detecting a winding direction of the roll held by the roll holding shaft, wherein the roll re-holding step is performed only when the winding direction of the roll detected in the winding direction detection step is not a direction set corresponding to the roll to be used at the target position.

Assignees

• Zuiko Corp

Inventors

• Nagafuchi Shinichiro
• Sato Hitoshi
• Tsujimoto Yoshiaki

Classifications

• B65H2555/30

  Multi-axis · CPC title

• B65H2301/4173

  by central portion, e.g. gripping central portion · CPC title

• B65H2301/41702

  management and organisation of stock and production · CPC title

• B65H2301/4132

  Cantilever arrangement · CPC title

• B65H2701/1924

  Napkins or tissues, e.g. dressings, toweling, serviettes, kitchen paper and compresses · CPC title