Roll accommodation unit, processing apparatus, and roll setting method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11679950-B2
Application number	US-202117313720-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 6, 2021
Priority date	May 13, 2020
Publication date	Jun 20, 2023
Grant date	Jun 20, 2023

Abstract

A roll accommodation unit includes: a roll support shaft; a pair of side walls; and a pair of roll bearings that are attached to the pair of side walls, recessed portions are formed at upper ends of the pair of side walls, the pair of rolling bearings are attached to the side walls at positions corresponding to bottoms of the recessed portions such that the rolling bearings project upward beyond inclined surfaces of the recessed portions, the roll support shaft includes a support shaft main body, and a pair of small-diameter portions that are provided at both ends of the support shaft main body, and the roll support shaft is supported with the small-diameter portions abutting on outer circumferential surfaces of the pairs of rolling bearings in a state in which the support shaft main body is located at an interval from the recessed portions.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A roll accommodation unit that accommodates a roll of a continuous sheet such that the roll is rotatable about a horizontal axis, the roll accommodation unit comprising:
a roll support shaft to which the roll is attached;
a pair of side walls that are disposed at an interval in a horizontal direction along the horizontal axis; and
a pair of roll bearings that are attached to each of the pair of side walls and are disposed at an interval in a width direction of the side walls,
wherein recessed portions with substantially V shapes along the width direction are formed at upper ends of the pair of side walls,
the pairs of rolling bearings are attached to the side walls at positions corresponding to bottoms of the recessed portions such that the roiling bearings project upward beyond inclined surfaces of the recessed portions,
the roll support shaft includes
a support shaft main body that has a length corresponding to a distance between outer surfaces of the pair of side walls, and
a pair of small-diameter portions that are provided at both ends of the support shaft main body and have smaller outer diameters than an outer diameter of the support shaft main body, and

the roll support shaft is supported with the small-diameter portions abutting on outer circumferential surfaces of the pairs of rolling bearings in a state in which the support shaft main body is located at an interval from the recessed portions.

2. The roll accommodation unit according to claim 1 , wherein the roll support shaft includes a large-diameter portion that is disposed to be adjacent to one end side of the roll support shaft relative to the small-diameter portions and has a larger outer diameter than the outer diameters of the small-diameter portions.

3. The roll accommodation unit according to claim 2 , wherein a flange portion, provided at an interval corresponding to a thickness of the side walls from an end portion of the support shaft main body is formed, at the support shaft main body on the one end side of the roll support shaft.

4. The roll accommodation unit according to claim 1 , comprising:
a bottom wall with a front surface on which the pair of side walls are provided to stand from the bottom wall; and
a plurality of casters that are attached to a rear surface of the bottom wall.

5. A processing apparatus comprising:
a roll accommodation unit that accommodates a roll of a continuous sheet such that the roll is rotatable about a horizontal axis; and
a main body that pulls out the continuous sheet from the roll accommodation unit and performs processing on the continuous sheet,
wherein the roll accommodation unit includes
a roll support shaft to which the roll is attached,
a pair of side walls that are disposed at an interval in a horizontal direction along the horizontal axis, and
a pair of rolling bearings that are attached to each of the pair of side walls and are disposed at an interval in a width direction of the side walls,

recessed portions with substantially V shapes along the width direction are formed at upper ends of the pair of side walls,
the pairs of rolling bearings are attached to each of the side walls at positions corresponding to bottoms of the recessed portions such that the rolling bearings project upward beyond inclined surfaces of the recessed portions,
the roll support shaft includes
a support shaft main body that has a length corresponding to a distance between outer surfaces of the pair of side walls, and
a pair of small-diameter portions that are provided at both ends of the support shaft main body and have smaller outer diameters than an outer diameter of the support shaft main body, and

the roll support shaft is supported with the small-diameter portions abutting on outer circumferential surfaces of the pairs of rolling bearings in a state in which the support shaft main body is located at an interval from the recessed portions.

6. The processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the main body includes
a horizontal guide plate that is provided to project from a lower outer surface, and
a pair of guide holes that are provided above the horizontal guide plate,
the roll accommodation unit includes
a bottom wall with a front surface on which the pair of side walls are provided to stand from the bottom wall,
a plurality of casters that are attached to a lower surface of the bottom wall,
a passage that is opened on a lower side of the bottom wall and extends along the bottom wall,
a pair of guide rails that extend along the passage at an interval corresponding to a width of the horizontal guide plate on both sides of the passage,
an auxiliary roller that is attached to the lower surface of the bottom wall at a center portion of an inlet of the passage,
a pair of guide pins that are paired with the pair of guide holes, and
a stopper that secures the roll accommodation unit at a constant position to prevent the roll accommodation unit from moving, and

a height position of a ground contact surface of the auxiliary roller is lower than a height position of the horizontal guide plate.

7. The processing apparatus according to claim 5 , comprising:
a hand lift that is for mounting the roll attached to the roll support shaft on the roll accommodation unit or dismounting the roll from the roll accommodation unit,
wherein the hand lift includes an arm that is able to support a lower surface of the roll in a laterally placed state and is able to move upward and downward,
the arm includes
a roll support plate, which is attached to a distal end of the arm, on which the roll in the laterally placed state is placed,
a stopper plate, which is provided to stand from the roll support plate on one side and extends in a front-back direction of the roll support plate, on which one end surface of the roll in the laterally placed state abuts,
a first rolling prevention plate, which is provided to stand from a front portion of the roll support plate and extends in an inclined manner in a left-right direction of the roll support plate and in a front upward orientation, on which a front portion of the lower surface of the roll in the laterally placed state abuts, and
a second rolling prevention plate, which extends in an inclined manner in parallel with the first rolling prevention plate and in a back upward orientation at an interval behind the first rolling prevention plate on the roll support plate, on which a back portion of the lower surface of the roll in the laterally placed state abuts, and

a position of the second rolling prevention plate is adjustable in the front-back direction of the roll support plate.

8. The processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the pair of side walls are secured to the main body.

Assignees

• Horizon Int Inc

Inventors

• Kambara Kanta
• Fukuda Shigenobu
• Ochi Masaru

Classifications

• B65H2301/41369

  hub arrangements, i.e. involving additional part between core / roll and machine bearing · CPC title

• B65H16/106

  in which power is applied to web roll · CPC title

• B65H19/30

  Lifting, transporting, or removing the web roll; Inserting core · CPC title

• B65H2301/4135

  Movable supporting means · CPC title

• B65H2301/41342

  shaft transversing the roll · CPC title