Sheet supply system and sheet supply method
AssigneeZuiko Corporation
InventorsShinichiro NAGAFUCHI, Hitoshi SATO, Yoshiaki TSUJIMOTO
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Abstract
The present invention includes a transportation device including a transportation-side holder that holds a roll. A roll mounting section, a sheet supply device including a supporter that holds the roll in a state where the sheet is continuously feedable, and an intermediate processing device that performs processing set in advance on the roll are disposed within a moving range of the transportation-side holder. A controller controls the transportation device such that the transportation-side holder holds the roll on the roll mounting section, and the roll held by the transportation-side holder is conveyed to the supporter of the sheet supply device through the intermediate processing device.
Claims14
A sheet supply system for supplying a sheet from a roll including a tubular core member and the sheet wound around a periphery of the core member, the sheet supply system 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;
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- a transportation-side holder provided in the distal section of the arm, the transportation-side holder holding the roll;
- a roll mounting section on which the roll is mounted, the roll mounting section being disposed within a moving range of the transportation-side holder;
- a sheet supply device disposed within the moving range of the transportation-side holder, the sheet supply device including a roll supporter that supports the roll in a state where the sheet is continuously feedable;
- an intermediate processing device disposed within the moving range of the transportation-side holder, the intermediate processing device performing intermediate processing set in advance for the roll;
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- a controller configured to control the transportation device,
- wherein the controller controls the transportation device to cause the transportation-side holder to hold the roll on the roll mounting section, and to convey the roll held by the transportation-side holder to the roll supporter of the sheet supply device through the intermediate processing device.
A sheet supply method for causing a roll holder to hold a roll including a tubular core member and a sheet wound around a periphery of the core member, and supplying the sheet from the roll held by the roll holder, by 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;
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- a transportation-side holder provided in the distal section of the arm, the transportation-side holder holding the roll,
- the sheet supply method comprising:
- a movement step of moving the transportation-side holder of the transportation device to a roll mounting section on which the roll is mounted;
- a roll acquisition step of causing the transportation-side holder of the transportation device to hold the roll mounted on the roll mounting section;
- an intermediate processing step of performing intermediate processing set in advance on the roll;
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- a setting step of causing the roll holder to hold the roll after the intermediate processing in a state where the sheet is continuously feedable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.