JP2000128305A - Selective shipping device and method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To directly send standard products to a product shipping part and to send scarce products to a pool conveyer to be stood by, by arranging a product dividing device in a branching part of a whole product carrier line and by dividing the products into standard ones and scarce ones. SOLUTION: In a fruit selecting filed provided with a selective shipping device, two-rows of carrier conveyers 13a, 13b are arranged with their ends adjoined in parallel and the product dividing device 28 is arranged between them. Here, a pusher 28a reads a division display of a packaging box by a reader, divides the sequentially flowing packaging boxes, and moves them to either of carrier conveyers 13a or 13b. The packaging boxes of a lot of standard products are sent to a direct product shipping part 26, packaging boxes of a few scarce products are momentarily stood by in a pool conveyer 29, sent to a product shipping part 26 by the conveyer 30 as necessary, and incorporated in a shipping rod so as to be disposed in the product shipping part 26 without any confusion and to enhance the efficiency of the shipping works.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an invention of a shipping line for selecting a product group in which two or more types are mixed, such as various industrial products and agricultural products such as fruits, by type. This is an invention that takes into account cases where there is a large difference.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a shipping transport line for sorting and shipping a product group in which a plurality of types are mixed, a label indicating the sorting is attached to the sorted and sorted product, and the product is sent to a product shipping section by a transport conveyor. At the product shipping department, it has been determined whether to read the label display and directly carry it out, or to temporarily store it until a predetermined quantity is reached. In this case, conventionally, a large number of standard products are shipped directly from the product shipping department, and a small number of rare products are transported to the warehouse for temporary storage.When the predetermined number is reached, the standard product is transported from the warehouse to the product shipping department. Has shipped. As described above, when rare items are stored in a warehouse, they are often stacked and stored on shelves or pallets, requiring not only a large storage space but also the shipment of rare items. Is required, it takes a long time to find a product in a predetermined category depending on the storage location of the warehouse.

[0003]

According to the present invention, a standard product having a large number and a rare product having a small number are distinguished from a product group in which a plurality of types are mixed, and the standard product is directly sent to a product shipping department, and the rare product is processed. An object of the present invention is to simplify the removal of rare items by sending them to an annular pool conveyor and temporarily storing them therein, and also to save storage space.

[0004]

According to the present invention, a delivery side of an all-item transport line for transporting all types of product groups in which two or more types are mixed is branched, and a direct-delivery line and a standby line are connected thereto. A product sorter is installed at the branch of the all-items transport line to sort a large number of standard products and a small number of rare products, and the standard products are directly sent to a product shipping section via a direct delivery line, and are rare. The products are sent to a ring-shaped continuous pool conveyor connected to the waiting line and made to stand by there, and when a predetermined number is reached, the products are sent out to the product shipping section by a take-out line connected to the pool conveyor.

[0005]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described using a fruit sorting place as an example. 1 and 2 are plan views of a sorting place provided with the sorting and shipping device of the present invention, and FIG.
FIG. 2 shows the second floor portion. In FIG. 1, a reception is provided substantially at the center of the first floor, a delivery box is taken out of the pallet carried in, placed on the receiving conveyor 1 and moved, and fruits S are delivered from the delivery box on the receiving conveyor 1 divided into two rows. Take it out, transfer it to two elevators 2 and send it to the second floor.
The elevator 2 puts the fruits S one by one without damaging, for example, like a bucket conveyor, and sends the fruits S to the second floor. As shown in FIG. 2, the fruits S transported to the second floor temporarily stand by two auto dampers 3 respectively, and the automatic dampers 3 are connected to the classifying conveyors 4a and 4b, each of which is arranged in two rows. The two rows of classifying conveyors 4a and 4b are arranged symmetrically with the center between them.

The classification of fruit selection is determined by a combination of quality grade and size. There are four grades of quality: excellent, excellent, good, and average, and six grades of size: 3L, 2L, L, M, S, and 2S. The classifying conveyor 4a includes a sorting class section 5 and a sorting class section 6, and is integrally connected. As shown in FIG. 3, the classifying conveyor 4a (4b) is provided with four rows of keyboard-type conveyors 7 at the center thereof. In the sorting grade section 5, an operator waits on one side and picks up the fruit S sent from the automatic damper 3 to judge the quality grade.
The fruits S are placed on the four-row keyboard conveyor 7 corresponding to the grade. A class determination device 8 is provided at the beginning of the sorting class section 6,
For each of the four rows of keyboard-type conveyors 7, the shape of the fruit S thereon is determined by the rank determining device 8, and the size is classified into six stages from 3L to 2S.

As shown in a perspective view in FIG. 3, the class judging device 8 arranges a CCD camera 8a and a light source 8b in opposition to the respective keyboard-type conveyors 7, and moves the fruits S moving on the keyboard-type conveyor 7. , The shape is photographed by the CCD camera 8a, and the size is 3L, 2L, L,
The data is classified into six classes M, S, and 2S, and the data is sequentially stored in a centralized management device (not shown) for each keyboard-type conveyor 7. As shown in FIG. 2, each of the keyboard-type conveyors 7 is provided with six discharge gates 9 at predetermined positions according to the size of the six grades, and each discharge gate 9 is provided with a box packing device 10. A box unloading conveyor 12 is provided along the box packing device 10. As the box packing device 10, for example, an elevating box packing device by the present applicant (JP-A-6-27092)
4). When the packaging box 11 is supplied, the packaging box 11 is fixed to a predetermined position and packed by a manual or automatic machine. When the packaging box 11 is full, the packaging box 11 is moved to a predetermined position. , Its classification and other management items are printed by an attached printing device (not shown), and discharged onto the box unloading conveyor 12 by the box packing device 10. The box unloading conveyor 12 is connected to the transport conveyor 13a. On the way to the transport conveyors 13a and 13b,
Dry ice inserter 14, ethyl alcohol sprayer 1
5. A bag exhaust device 16, a bag mouth sealing device 17, a sealing device 18 and the like are sequentially arranged, and after performing processing according to each fruit, sealing is performed, and a date, a production lot, and the like are further printed on a printing device 19. To print.

The bag exhaust device 16 and the bag mouth sealing device 17
As shown in FIG. 4, a turntable 20 provided in the middle of the conveyor 13 and a rotating device 21 for rotating the turntable 20 in a fixed direction are provided. An air suction nozzle 23 that moves up and down and an air suction pump 24 connected to the air suction nozzle 23 are provided. The in-bag exhaust device 16 and the bag mouth sealing device 17 are used when the fruit S to be packed in a box is, for example, persimmon. The packaging bag 11a is previously set in the packaging box 11 by expanding the packaging bag 11a, and the persimmon is placed in the packaging bag 11a. Ethyl alcohol sprayer 1 when packed and full
After spraying ethyl alcohol into the packaging bag 11a by 5, the air in the packaging bag 11 a is sucked by the in-bag exhaust device 16, the mouth of the packaging bag 11 a is closed under the reduced pressure, and the packaging box is held while holding the mouth. The turntable 20 is rotated horizontally in a fixed direction together with the casing 11 to seal the mouth of the packaging bag 11a by twisting, and to seal the box while suppressing the flow of air. Thereafter, in a state where the outside air is shut off during shipping and distribution, the fruits are aged with ethyl alcohol to remove the persimmon taste of persimmons.

The two rows of conveyors 13a and 13b have their ends arranged in parallel and adjacent to each other, and a product distributor 28 is provided therebetween. The product sorter 28 is provided on the conveyor 13
a and 13b are provided with an extruding device 28a toward the conveyers 13a and 13b opposed to each other at predetermined positions. The extruding device 28a is provided with a reading device 33 to read the division display of the packaging box 11 and read the division display. Of the packaging boxes 11 continuously flowing in accordance with
a, 13b. Further, the extrusion device 28a is provided with a box detection sensor (not shown) above the opposed conveyor, and when the packaging box 11 is on the opposed conveyor, the operation of the extrusion device 28a is temporarily stopped to wait. After the packaging box 11 has passed, the operation is performed to transfer the packaging box 11.

In this embodiment, a large number of standard packaging boxes 11 are collected on the conveyor 13a, and a small number of packaging boxes 11 are collected on the conveyor 13b. Next, the transport conveyors 13a and 13b are lowered to the first floor through the opening 25 provided on the floor surface, and one of the transport conveyors 13a is directly connected to the product shipping section 26. Ship together. From the other conveyor 13b, the extruding device 28a moves to the standby conveyor 27, and from the standby conveyor 27 to the endless pool conveyor 29 formed by the extruding device 28a, and temporarily waits while moving on the pool conveyor 29. . In this state, when the central management device instructs the shipping of the packaging boxes 11 of the predetermined section, the packaging boxes 11 of the predetermined section on the pool conveyor 29 are selected according to the order of loading, and are taken out by the extruder 28a, and the conveyor 30 is taken out. And sent to the product shipping unit 26, where it is incorporated into a shipping lot by the palletizing robot 31 and shipped.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the multi-stage pool conveyor of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a side view thereof. The pool conveyor 29 is formed in an endless oval shape, and a pool conveyor 29a is arranged at a predetermined interval above the pool conveyor 29, and a pool conveyor 29b is further arranged above the pool conveyor 29, and the pool conveyor 29 is stacked in many stages. To be integrated. Pool conveyor 29, pool conveyor 29a, pool conveyor 29
b each has a driving device and operates in the same direction. A standby conveyor 27 is arranged along one side of the pool conveyor 29, and a take-out conveyor 30 is provided along the other side. The standby conveyor 27 is inclined upward in the traveling direction, sequentially approaches the pool conveyor 29, the pool conveyor 29a, and the pool conveyor 29b, and the take-out conveyor 30 is inclined downward, and the pool conveyor 29b, the pool conveyor 29a, and the pool. They approach the conveyor 29 in order, and at their intersections, flat transfer portions 32 are provided.
Is provided. In the transfer section 32 with the standby conveyor 27, an extruding device 28a is arranged from the standby conveyor 27 to the pool conveyor 29, the pool conveyor 29a, and the pool conveyor 29b. In the transfer section 32 with the take-out conveyor 30, a pool conveyor 29 b, a pool conveyor 29 a, and an extruding device 28 a from the pool conveyor 29 toward the take-out conveyor 30 are arranged. The standby conveyor 27 and the take-out conveyor 30 are arranged in parallel and 2
Wood slats are arranged between the chain conveyors, and a flat transfer portion 32 can be formed at each crossing portion by restricting the guide horizontally above and below the chain conveyor.

With the above configuration, the function of the sorting facility will be described. The fruits S arrived on the first floor are arranged on the receiving conveyor 1 and sent to the second floor by the elevators 2, respectively, and temporarily wait at two automatic dampers 3. Then, the fruit S is transported from the automatic damper 3 to the classification conveyor 4, and the quality is determined one by one by the operator, divided into four divisions of excellent, excellent, good, and average, and each of the four rows of keys of the sorting grade section 5. Type conveyor 7
And moved to the sorting class section 6 as it is. In the sorting class section 6, the size of the fruit S is set to 3 by the class judgment device 8.
Sorted into 6 classes of L, 2L, L, M, S, 2S,
The data is sequentially sent to the central control device and stored together with the four categories of excellent, good, and medium. In this state, the fruits S are respectively moved by the keyboard conveyor 7, and one of the four rows of six discharge gates 9 is operated according to the data stored in the centralized control device to operate the fruits S on the keyboard conveyor 7. Is discharged, sent to a box packing device 10 connected to the discharge gate 9, and stored in the packaging box 11, respectively. In this state, the fruits S are classified into 24 categories, and accordingly, the box packing apparatus 10 requires 24 in accordance with the number of the discharge gates 9. When the packaging box 11 is full, the divisions and the like are printed on the side surface of the packaging box 11, and the packaging box 11 is transferred to the box unloading conveyor 12 and moved to the transport conveyor 13. The fruits S stored in the packaging box 11 are transported by the conveyor 13
And then sequentially processed by a dry ice inserter 14, an ethyl alcohol sprayer 15, an in-bag exhaust device 16, a bag mouth sealing device 17 and the like, and then sealed by a sealing device 18 as needed. After the box is printed, the date and time of shipment is printed by the date printing device 19, and the date is moved to the first floor. Depending on the type of the fruit S, dry ice is put in the packaging bag 11a or ethyl alcohol is sprayed, and the inside of the packaging bag 11a is evacuated to close the bag opening and then sealed. A shipping lot is not only composed of packaging boxes 11 of the same sorting grade and sorting grade, but is often shipped in combination with packaging boxes 11 of other sorting grades and sorting grades. 31 cannot be covered by one unit, but it depends on the quantity of shipment.
Provide a base to increase its operation efficiency.

With the above configuration, a large number of standard product packaging boxes 11 are sent directly to the product shipping section 26, and a small number of rare product packaging boxes 11 wait on the temporary pool conveyor 29 and become necessary. By sending the product to the product shipping unit 26 by the corresponding take-out conveyor 30 and incorporating it into the shipping lot, the product shipping unit 26 can load the goods without confusion. In addition, by allowing the rare packaging boxes 11 of a small number to stand by on the endless pool conveyor 29, the packaging boxes 11 of a necessary division can be taken out to the take-out conveyor 30 without delay by the rotation of the pool conveyor 29, Does not interfere with shipping. Furthermore, a pool conveyor 29 is formed by stacking a large number of pool conveyors 29, and a standby conveyor 27 and a take-out conveyor are provided on the side surfaces thereof at an angle so that the pool conveyor 29 is selected and transferred according to the division of the packaging box 11. And the inventory of the packaging boxes 11 in that category can be reliably grasped. At the same time, first-in first-out of the packaging box 11 can be ensured. In addition, packaging boxes 1 with different categories
In the case of selecting and taking out 1 together, they can be taken out simultaneously from the transfer section 32 of the pool conveyor 29 of each stage, and can be taken out without delay and the shipping lot can be formed promptly.

[0014]

According to the present invention, a large number of standard products and a small number of rare products are separated by a product sorter at a branching point of the all product transport line in a full product transport line in which various kinds of products are mixed and transported. By sending a large number of standard products directly to the product shipping department, a large number of standard products can be continuously shipped at the product shipping department. By immediately sending the product to the product shipping department, it is possible to avoid confusion at the product shipping department and to improve the efficiency of shipping work.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows a sorting facility equipped with a pool transport device of the present invention.
It is a top view of a floor part.

FIG. 2 shows a sorting facility 2 equipped with the pool transport device of the present invention.
It is a top view of a floor part.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating a configuration of a class determination device of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing the configurations of an in-bag exhaust device and a bag mouth sealing device.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the multi-stage pool conveyor of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a side view of the multi-stage pool conveyor of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 S Fruit 1 Receiving Conveyor 2 Elevator 3 Auto Damper 4a, 4b Classifying Conveyor 5 Sorting Grade 6 Sorting Class 7 Keyboard Conveyor 8 Class Judging Device 8a CCD Camera 8b Light Source 9 Discharge Gate 10 Packing Device 11 Packaging Box 11a Packaging Bag Carry-out conveyor 13a, 13b Conveyor 14 Dry ice insertion machine 15 Ethyl alcohol sprayer 16 In-bag exhaust device 17 Bag mouth sealing device 18 Sealing device 19 Date printing device 20 Turntable 21 Rotating device 22 Air cylinder 23 Air suction nozzle 24 Air suction pump 25 Opening 26 Product shipping section 27 Stand-by conveyor 28 Product sorter 28a Extruder 29, 29a, 29b Pool conveyor 30 Take-out conveyor 31 Palletizing robot 32 Transfer section 33 Reader

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A delivery side of an all-item transport line for transporting all types of a product group in which two or more types are mixed, a direct-feed line and a standby line are connected to the branch, and a branch portion of the all-item transport line. A product sorter is installed in the product line, and the sending side of the direct delivery line is connected to the product shipping department, while the sending side of the standby line is connected to a ring-shaped continuous pool conveyor, and a take-out line is connected to the pool conveyor. A sorting and shipping apparatus comprising a line sending side connected to the product shipping section. 2. A product sorter which sorts a large number of standard products and a small number of rare products out of a product group in which two or more types are mixed, and distributes the standard products via a direct delivery line to a product shipping section. And a rare product is sent to an annularly continuous pool conveyor and made to wait there, and when a predetermined number is reached, is sent out from the pool conveyor to a product shipping section via a take-out line.