JP2000236800A - Pipe-arranging apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pipe-arranging apparatus in which a worker can arrange a plurality of pipes that are hung in a prescribed range in an arbitrary timing of the worker parallel at a prescribed pitch. SOLUTION: The both end edges of a pipe 5 are restrained on the conveyer 21 at a prescribed position with the conveying-controlling means 22, then, as the pipes 5 following the restrained top pipe 5 is restrained, both of the edges of top pipe 5 are released, conveyed and allowed to orbit around along the rectangular orbital that extends the walking beam 23 vertically and longitudinally by the orbital-driving means 25 to transfer the pipes 5 from the conveyer 21 to the pipe-hanging frame 24, and the pipes 5 placed on the pipe-hanging frame 24 are allowed to move backward every one pitch and are transferred to the receiving groove 24a.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pipe arranging apparatus for arranging a plurality of pipes at a constant pitch in a noodle manufacturing process, and more particularly to a pipe arranging apparatus in which a worker hangs in a predetermined range at an arbitrary timing. The present invention relates to a pipe arrangement device capable of arranging books in parallel and at a predetermined pitch.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, noodles such as raw noodles are made by kneading raw material powder into balls, forming a thick noodle string of about 5 cm in thickness, and further converting this noodle string into a thin noodle string of about 1 to 2 cm. , 2
The noodle string is wound many times in an eight-letter shape and the interval between the two tubes is gradually increased so that the noodle string is further narrowed to form a noodle string.

A process of forming balls, a process of forming noodle strings,
After winding the noodle string around the tube, after the stretching step of stretching the noodle string or noodle string, leave the ball, noodle string, noodle string, etc. for a certain period of time to reduce the dough, noodle string or noodle string stickiness. A curing step is performed to enhance the noodle strings, and a drying step of drying the stretched noodle strings before cutting the stretched noodle strings into a predetermined length.

[0004] In a stretching step, a curing step, a drying step, and the like of a noodle string or a noodle string, a device called a machine is used to hold a large number of pairs of pipes arranged vertically, and in particular, noodles are used. When a large amount of is produced, this machine is indispensable in a curing step and a drying step in which the noodle strings or the noodle strings are left for a certain period of time.

[0005] As this machine, a pair of columns arranged at appropriate intervals in the front-rear direction, an upper pipe frame supported on the upper part thereof, a parallel to the upper pipe frame, and There is one provided with a lower pipe frame supported at the lower part of both columns.

A pipe receiving hole for inserting the end of the pipe from the right side and a pipe receiving hole for inserting the end of the pipe from the left side are formed alternately at predetermined intervals in the upper pipe frame of the machine. I have. Similarly, there is a lower pipe frame in which a pipe receiving hole into which the end of the pipe is inserted from the right side and a pipe receiving hole into which the end of the pipe is inserted from the left side are alternately formed at a predetermined interval. In addition,
In some cases, a groove such as an inverted V-shape or an inverted U-shape is provided to receive the end of the tube.

In addition, this machine has an upper pipe take-up frame and a lower pipe take-up frame, or one of them, which can be raised and lowered so as to be used consistently in a stretching step, a curing step, and a drying step. Is customary.

[0008] The work of inserting the tube around which the noodle strings are wound into the upper pipe frame and the lower pipe frame of the machine is traditionally performed manually, but in recent years when labor shortages are serious, this operation has been mechanized. Is urgently needed.

[0009] However, since there are various technical problems in mechanizing this operation, no satisfactory machine of this type has yet been disclosed to the public.

[0010]

One of the important technical problems associated with this type of machine is that a plurality of pipes can be simultaneously inserted into the pipe receiving holes of the upper pipe frame in order to improve workability. Therefore, it is necessary to arrange a plurality of tubes in parallel at a predetermined pitch.

In order to arrange a plurality of pipes in parallel at a predetermined pitch, for example, a pair of left and right pipe frame having a plurality of receiving grooves formed at a predetermined pitch on an upper edge is prepared. What is necessary is just to put a plurality of pipes in the receiving groove respectively corresponding to the left and right in order.

The work of sequentially inserting a plurality of tubes into receiving grooves and arranging them in parallel at a predetermined pitch can be performed manually, but this manual operation is performed by inserting one tube at a time into the machine. It is the same as performing work, and has little meaning in mechanization.

According to the present invention, a plurality of pipes installed at an arbitrary timing are automatically arranged in parallel and at a predetermined pitch without regard to the timing or the position at which the operator installs the pipes. It is an object of the present invention to provide a pipe arrangement device capable of performing the above.

[0014]

In order to achieve this object, the present invention firstly sets the right and left sides of a pipe to be loaded and conveyed.
A conveyor having a pair of endless cords, and after checking both ends of a pipe carried by the conveyor to a predetermined position on the conveyor,
Transport control means for simultaneously releasing both ends of the leading pipe and transporting it to the conveyor while restraining the succeeding pipe which is transported after the trailed leading pipe.

Thus, when the operator places the pipe at an arbitrary timing on the upstream side (transfer source side) of the conveyor with respect to the transfer control means, the transfer control means adjusts the positions of both ends of the pipe. When the worker hangs a plurality of pipes, the positions of both ends of the plurality of pipes are adjusted by the transport control means,
Thereafter, by releasing the leading pipe while checking the succeeding pipes, the pipes are separated one by one and transported downstream (toward the transport destination) from the transport control means.

The present invention also provides a pair of left and right walking beams having a plurality of receiving grooves formed at a constant pitch from one end to the other end on the upper edge. A pair of left and right pipe frames having a plurality of receiving grooves formed at the same constant pitch as the pitch of the pipe receiving grooves of the walking beam from the portion to the other end, and the conveyor and both pipe frames. And a circulating drive device for synchronously moving the two walking beams along a predetermined circulating trajectory extending in the vertical direction and the pitch direction of the receiving groove.

After passing through the receiving groove at one end of both walking beams upward or diagonally on the conveyor path, and then moving around the receiving groove at one end of both pipe frames so as to pass downward or obliquely downward. By operating the orbiting drive device, both ends of the pipe are received from both endless cords of the conveyor into the receiving grooves at one end of both walking beams, and then into the receiving grooves at one end of both pipe hanging frames. Can be replaced.

[0018] After passing the receiving groove at one end of both walking beams upward or obliquely upward through the receiving groove at one end of both pipe hanging frames, after that, the next receiving groove at one end of both pipe hanging frames is passed through. By circulating downward or obliquely downward, by operating the circulating drive device, the pipes are received from the receiving grooves at one end of the two pipe hanging frames into the next receiving grooves at the one end of both walking beams. After that, it can be replaced in the next receiving groove at one end of both pipe hanging frames.

When the circulating drive device is operated each time the pipes separated one by one by the transport control means are sent to the destination of the conveyor, the pipes are successively replaced in the receiving grooves at one end of both pipe frame frames. Then, it is replaced in the receiving groove on the other end side and is supported side by side in parallel at a fixed pitch on both receiving frames.

Incidentally, the endless cord of the present invention includes:
A chain, belt, string, or the like may be used, and the conveyor of the present invention may be configured so that both ends of the pipe can be transported with a pair of left and right endless cords placed thereon. As a specific configuration of the conveyor of the present invention, a left and right pair of front and rear wheels such as sprockets, pulleys, and rollers, and a pair of right and left endless ropes wound around the front and rear wheels respectively. And a drive device for synchronously driving both endless cords.

[0021] After the transport control means checks both ends of the pipe transported by the conveyor to predetermined positions on the conveyor,
It suffices if the structure is such that both ends of the leading pipe are simultaneously released and conveyed to the conveyor while restraining the succeeding pipe that is transported after the trailing leading pipe.

For example, a first stopper device for restraining a leading pipe at a predetermined position, a second stopper device for restraining a succeeding pipe, and a sensor for detecting a leading pipe restrained by the first stopper are provided. When the sensor detects that the first pipe is being restrained by the first stopper in the initial state after starting the conveyor, the second stopper device is operated to restrain the subsequent pipe, and thereafter, the first pipe is stopped. Activating the stopper device to open the first tube, and thereafter, when the sensor detects that the first tube has passed the first stopper, the first stopper device is returned to the initial state, and simultaneously or After that, the control for returning the second stopper device to the initial state and releasing the subsequent tube may be repeated.

Here, the first stopper device and the second stopper device each include a restraining device provided to be able to advance and retreat in a moving space at both ends of the pipe in order to restrain and release both ends of the pipe. It is necessary to provide a driving means for moving the restraint forward and backward. Specifically, for example, one restraining device provided so that both ends thereof move into and out of the movement space at the end of the corresponding tube at the same time, and one driving device for driving the same,
A pair of right and left restraining devices that move into and out of the moving space at the end of the corresponding tube, and one driving device that drives them synchronously are provided. 1
It is necessary to provide a pair of restraining devices and a pair of left and right driving devices that drive them in synchronization.

The shape of the restraint is not particularly limited, and any shape such as a pin shape, a plate shape and a block shape can be selected. Further, the driving device for driving the restraining device only needs to be configured to move the restraining device into and out of the moving space at both ends of the pipe, and the device moves the restraining device linearly (for example, a cylinder, a solenoid, etc.). Or a device for rotating a restraint device (for example, a motor).

The walking beam and the pipe frame are:
It is necessary that each upper edge has a plurality of receiving grooves formed at a constant pitch from one end to the other end thereof, but the shape of the receiving grooves is not particularly limited. However, it is advantageous for the shape of this receiving groove to be able to automatically position the position of the received tube, and from this point of view it is preferred to form it in a V-shaped, U-shaped, semi-circular or semi-elliptical shape. .

In addition, the walking beam and the pipe frame are arranged inside (end side) each endless cord of the conveyor, as long as the movement of the noodle strings or the noodle strings wound around the pipe is not hindered. May be arranged on the outside (opposite side). In addition, as long as the movement of the noodle strings or the noodle strings wound around the pipe is not hindered, the walking beam may be arranged inside or outside each endless cord, and the pipe frame may be arranged on the opposite side.

Further, the shapes of the walking beam and the pipe frame are not particularly limited, but are preferably thin in the left-right direction to make the moving space of the noodle strings or the noodle strings conveyed by the walking beam as wide as possible.
Therefore, it is preferable that the shape is a vertical plate.

The orbital path along which the walking beam moves with respect to the conveyor and the pipe frame may be any as long as it spreads in the vertical direction and in the pitch direction of the receiving groove, for example, a square such as a square, a rectangle, a parallelogram, or a trapezoid; Other polygons such as triangles, pentagons, hexagons, circles, ellipses,
Oval shapes and the like can be mentioned.

[0029]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pipe arrangement apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a side view of a pipe sorting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view thereof, and FIG. 6 is a side view of a pipe inserting apparatus provided with the pipe sorting apparatus. .

As shown in FIG. 6, this tube insertion device arranges a plurality of tubes around which a noodle string is wound around the front upper part of a frame 1 and arranges and supports them in parallel at a constant pitch.
And pick up multiple pipes from this pipe sorter 2 at the same time,
A chuck device 4 inserted into the upper pipe frame 31 of the machine 3 disposed in the frame 1 and a reciprocating drive device for reciprocating the chuck device 4 between the pipe organizing device 2 and a predetermined position in the frame 1. Have.

As shown in FIG. 1, the pipe arrangement device 2 comprises:
A conveyor 21, a transport control means 22, a walking beam 23, a pipe frame 24, and a circulating drive device 25 for moving the walking beam 23 along a predetermined circulating path with respect to the conveyor 21 and the pipe frame 24; It has.

As shown in the front views of FIG. 1, FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the conveyor 21 includes left and right sprocket-made wheels 211 and 212, and front and rear wheels 211 and 212, respectively. A pair of left and right endless cords 213 composed of a chain wound around 212,
A drive device 214 for synchronously driving both endless cords 213 is provided. The drive device 214 includes a motor 214a supported on the frame 1 and a chain 21 attached to the motor 214a.
4b, the synchronous axis 214c and the synchronous axis 21
4c and a pair of left and right chains 214d for interlocking a drive sprocket 214e wound around each endless cable 213.

The conveyor 21 includes a chain guide 215 (shown in FIG. 1) for preventing both endless cords 213 from hanging down in a conveyance section for conveying the pipe 5, and both endless cords in this conveyance section. Tube 5 on 213
A pipe guide 216 (shown in FIG. 3) with which the end face of the pipe 5 slides is provided on the left outer side or the right outer side of the both endless cords 213 in order to prevent the left and right sides from flowing in the horizontal direction during the conveyance. .

When the operator places both ends of the pipe 5 on the two endless cords 213 at an arbitrary timing during the operation of the conveyor 21, the conveyor 21 places the pipe 5 on the transport source side (front side, front side). That is, from the transport destination (rear side, that is,
(The upper right in FIG. 1).

The transfer control means 22 includes a pair of left and right first stopper devices 22 for restraining the leading pipe 5 at a predetermined position.
1, a pair of left and right second stopper devices 222 for restraining the succeeding tube 5, and sensors 223 and 224 for detecting the leading tube restrained by the first stopper.

As shown in the side view of FIG. 4, the first stopper device 221 drives a pair of left and right stopper pins 221a provided to be able to advance and retreat in a pipe conveying space on the conveyor 21, and the respective stopper pins 221a. For example, a pair of drive devices 221b composed of solenoids are provided. In an initial state, each stopper pin 221a advances into the tube transport space on the conveyor 21 to restrain both ends of the tube 5 to a predetermined position, and the conveyor 5 Withdraws from the pipe transfer space above the pipe 21.

The second stopper device 222 includes a pair of left and right stopper pins 222a provided in the tube conveying space on the conveyor 21 so as to be able to advance and retreat, and a pair of driving members, for example, solenoids for driving the respective stopper pins 222a. Device 22
2b, in the initial state, each stopper pin 222a retreats from the tube transport space on the conveyor 21, and when activated, advances into the tube transport space on the conveyor 21 to check both ends of the pipe 5 to a predetermined position. Like that.

Each of the sensors 223 and 224 has a portion (223) disposed on the upper side of the transport path and a portion (224) disposed on the lower side.
The left and right ends of the first tube 5 are simultaneously detected, that is, when the direction of the first tube 5 is adjusted by the first left and right stopper devices 221, the tube 5 is detected. To be recognized.

The sensors 223 and 224 detect the pipe 5 at two points arranged in the transport direction. Depending on the detection state, whether the leading pipe 5 has been carried into the first stopper device 221 or not is determined by the first Whether the first stopper device 22 is being controlled by the stopper device 221 or not.
It is possible to determine whether the user has been released from 1 and headed to the destination.

When an arbitrary number of tubes 5 are placed on the conveyor of the conveyor 21 and the conveyor 21 is started, both ends of the tubes 5 conveyed toward the conveyor are moved to their initial positions as shown in FIG. At the predetermined position by the first stopper device 221 located at the position.

When the pair of left and right sensors 223 and 224 detect the leading pipe 5 restrained by the first stopper device 221, the second stopper device 222 is operated as shown in FIG. Of the first stopper device 22 as shown in FIG. 4 (C).
1 is operated to open the leading tube 5 and transport it to the transport destination.

When the sensors 223 and 224 detect that the leading tube 5 has been transported to the destination, the number of tubes 5 that have passed through the first stopper device 221 is counted by a counter (not shown). As shown in FIG. 4A, the first stopper device 221 is returned to the initial position, and at the same time (or thereafter), the second stopper device 222 is returned to the initial position where the subsequent tube 5 is released.

By returning the second stopper device 222 to the initial position, the subsequent tube 5 advances in the direction from the second stopper device 222 to the first stopper device 221, and the leading tube 5 eventually becomes a new leading tube. Sensor 22
3 and 224, and the above-described control is repeated. As a result, the tubes 5 are separated one by one and are carried out of the conveyor 21 at a constant cycle.

As shown in the front views of FIG. 1, FIG. 2 and FIG. 5, the walking beam 23 and the pipe frame 24 are each formed of a plate.
It is arranged inside (end side) the endless cords 213 of the conveyor 21 so as to overlap inside and outside.

The pipe frame 24 is fixed via a bracket 26a, a fixing plate 26b, and a mounting plate 26c so that the leading edge receives the end of the pipe 5 conveyed to the destination of the conveyor 21 at a predetermined position. Fixed to frame 1.

A slide plate 26b is fixed to a fixing plate 26b fixed to the frame 1 via the bracket 26a.
An advance / retreat frame 25a that moves back and forth in the front-rear direction using d as a guide is supported, and the advance / retreat frame 25a is driven by an advance / retreat air cylinder 25b mounted over the advance / retreat frame 25a and the fixed plate 26b. .

Further, an elevating frame 25d is supported by the advancing / retracting frame 25a via an elevating a cylinder 25c so as to be able to move up and down, and the walking beam 23 is fixed to the elevating frame 25d.

In order to guide the elevating frame 25d up and down, the advancing / retreating frame 25a supports a pair of longitudinally extending guide sleeves 25e, and a pair of front and rear guide posts 25f fixed to the elevating frame 25d. It is slidably inserted through the guide sleeve 25e.

As shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of (here, 11) receiving grooves 23a, 24a formed of V-shaped grooves are provided at a constant pitch on each upper edge of the walking beam 23 and the pipe frame 24, ie, at a constant pitch. It is formed at the same pitch as the pitch of the pipe receiving holes provided in the upper pipe take-up frame 31 of the machine 3, and the pipe frame 24 has its leading edge restraining the pipe 5 on the conveyor 21 to a predetermined position. Be placed. The initial position of the walking beam 23 is set at a position where the receiving groove 23a at the foremost end is located immediately below the tube 5 received by the front edge of the pipe frame 24.

The orbiting drive device 25 includes the above-described advance / retreat frame 25a, advance / retreat air cylinder 25b, elevating / lowering air cylinder 25c, elevating / lowering frame 25d, guide sleeve 25e, and guide post 25f. The walking beam 23 is moved along a rectangular orbit that extends upward and backward from the initial position under the control of the orbiting drive control means including another sensor 27 that detects the received tube 5.

That is, as shown in FIG. 6, when the another sensor 27 detects the pipe 5, the circling drive control means firstly causes the walking beam 2 to be moved by the lifting cylinder 25c.
3 is raised from the initial position shown in FIG. 6 (A) to a predetermined height above as shown in FIG. 6 (B), and the receiving groove 23 of the walking beam 23 from the conveyor 21 during this ascent.
The pipe 5 skimmed in a is lifted higher than the upper edge of the pipe frame 24. Next, the circulating drive control means retreats the walking beam 23 by one pitch by the reciprocating cylinder 25b as shown in FIG. 4C, and moves the pipe 5 above the receiving groove 24a at the forefront end of the pipe frame 24. Let me
As shown in FIG. 4D, the walking beam 23 is lowered to the same height as the initial position by the lifting cylinder 25c. While the walking beam 23 is descending, the pipe 5 is replaced from the receiving groove 23a of the walking beam 23 to the frontmost receiving groove 24a of the pipe frame 24. Thereafter, the circulating drive control means advances the walking beam 23 by one pitch by the advancing / retreating cylinder 25b to return to the initial position, and waits until the another sensor 27 detects the next pipe 5.

The pipe 5 received in the frontmost receiving groove 24a of the pipe frame 24 is moved from the receiving groove 24a by the next round of the walking beam 23 into the walking beam 2a.
3 is remounted in the second receiving groove 23a from the front, and is retreated in the second receiving groove 24a from the front of the pipe frame 24 by retreating one pitch and then descending.

When the walking beam 23 circulates once each time the other sensor 27 detects the tube 5, the tube 5 is successively transferred from the conveyor 21 to the receiving groove 24 a at the forefront end of the pipe frame 24. The pipe 5 that has been placed and previously placed in the receiving groove 24a of the pipe frame 24 is one receiving groove 24
a. As a result, the plurality of pipes 5 are arranged in parallel at a fixed pitch and supported by the pipe frame 24.

When the number of tubes 5 counted by the sensors 223 and 224 reaches a predetermined number, the first stopper 22
When the first and second stoppers 222 return to the initial state, these controls are stopped, and the discharge of the pipe 5 by the conveyor 21 is stopped. After the number of tubes 5 counted by the sensors 223 and 224 reaches a predetermined number, the sensor 22
The tube 5 detected last by the sensors 3 and 224 is the other sensor 27
Is detected, the walking beam 23 goes around once, the tube 5 is replaced from the conveyor 21 to the pipe frame 24, and then returns to the initial state.
Wait until the waste is discharged.

When a predetermined number of pipes 5 are supported in parallel on the pipe frame 24 at a constant pitch in this manner, the chuck device 4 arranges a predetermined number of pipes 5 from the pipe frame 24 in parallel at the same time. Then, the pipe 5 is moved to a predetermined position in the frame 1 and the pipe 5 is inserted into the upper pipe frame 32 of the machine 3. Thereafter, when the chuck device 4 returns to the initial position, the control of the transport control unit 22 is restarted.

The operation of the conveyor 21 can be continued even while the control of the transport control means 22 is stopped for inserting a pipe into the machine 1, but in this embodiment, the conveyor 21 is operated to save energy. Is paused. Of course, it is free for the operator to place a new pipe 5 on the conveyor 21 while the control of the transport control means 22 is stopped.

Also, due to the structure of the machine 3, there are two places on the inner side and the near side of the machine 3 where the support of the upper pipe take-up frame 32 is skipped by one pitch due to hindrances. In the example,
The transport control means 22 is provided with a counter for counting the number of tubes 5 detected by the sensors 223 and 224. When the counter counts the number corresponding to the position immediately before one pitch jump, the control for that time is performed. After the completion, the count number is incremented by one, and the next control is stopped, and the conveyor 2 is stopped.
1 is skipped only once, the walking beam 23 is circulated each time the unloading of the tube 5 is skipped, and the tube 5 on the pipe frame 24 is replaced in the next receiving groove 24a. In other words, the so-called idle feed is performed without replacing the pipe 5 from the pipe mounting frame 24 from the pipe 21.

[0059]

As described above, the present invention relates to a conveyor having a pair of left and right endless cords for carrying and transporting the ends of a pipe as described above, and both ends of the pipe transported by the conveyor. After checking to a predetermined position on the conveyor, while checking the subsequent pipes that are transported following the top pipe that was checked,
Since the transport control means for releasing the both ends of the first pipe at the same time and transporting the pipe to the conveyor is provided, both ends of the pipe to be transported by the conveyor are restrained to a predetermined position on the conveyor by the transport control means and the direction of the pipe is adjusted. Thereafter, they can be conveyed one by one.

The present invention also provides a pair of left and right walking beams having a plurality of receiving grooves formed at a constant pitch from one end to the other end on the upper edge. A pair of left and right pipe frames having a plurality of receiving grooves formed at the same constant pitch as the pitch of the pipe receiving grooves of the walking beam from the portion to the other end, and the conveyor and both pipe frames. And a circulating drive device for synchronously moving the two walking beams along a predetermined circulating trajectory extending in the vertical direction and the pitch direction of the receiving groove. The conveyor, the walking beam, and the pipe frame are moved by operating the circulating drive so that both ends of the pipe are received in the receiving grooves at one end of both walking beams from both endless cords at the destination of the conveyor. After being received, it is replaced in the receiving groove at one end of both pipe mounting frames, and after receiving from the receiving groove of both pipe mounting frames into the corresponding receiving groove of both walking beams, the other end of the pipe mounting frame It is arranged at a position where it can be replaced in the adjacent receiving groove.

Thus, every time the pipe is carried out of the conveyor, the walking beam is rotated once, and the pipe is mounted on the receiving groove of the pipe frame from the conveyor, or is already mounted on the receiving groove of the pipe frame. Can be replaced in the next receiving groove of the pipe frame. By repeating the walking beam around a predetermined number of times, a plurality of predetermined tubes can be arranged in parallel at a fixed pitch and supported by the pipe frame.

That is, according to the present invention, a plurality of tubes installed at an arbitrary timing are automatically arranged in parallel and at a predetermined pitch without regard to the installation timing and the installation position of the tubes. The effect that can be obtained is obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the conveyor of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a side view of the transport control means of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a front view of the orbital driving device of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a side view of the orbiting drive device of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a side view of a tube insertion device provided with the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Pipe Organizing Device 5 Pipe 21 Conveyor 22 Transport Control Means 23 Walking Beam 23a Receiving Groove 24 Pipe Hanging Frame 24a Receiving Groove 25 Circular Drive 27 Separate Sensor 213 Endless Cord 221 First Stopper Device 222 Second Stopper Device 223 224 sensor

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A conveyor having a pair of left and right endless cords for carrying and transporting an end of a pipe, and both ends of the pipe transported by the conveyor are restrained to predetermined positions on the conveyor, and then restrained. Transport control means for simultaneously releasing both ends of the first pipe and transporting it to the conveyor while restraining the subsequent pipe conveyed following the first pipe, and a fixed control on the upper edge from one end to the other end thereof. A pair of left and right walking beams having a plurality of receiving grooves formed at a pitch, and a constant pitch equal to the pitch of the pipe receiving grooves of the walking beam on the upper edge from one end to the other end thereof. A pair of left and right pipe frames having a plurality of formed receiving grooves, and both walking beams with respect to the conveyor and both pipe frames along a predetermined orbit extending in the vertical direction and the pitch direction of the received grooves. And a circular drive device for moving both ends of the pipe from the endless cable rods in the receiving groove at one end of the two walking beams at the destination of the conveyor by operating the circular drive device. After that, it is replaced in the receiving groove at one end of both pipe mounting frames, and after being received in the corresponding receiving groove of both walking beams from the receiving grooves of both pipe mounting frames, next to the other end side of the pipe mounting frame. A pipe organizing device, wherein the conveyor, the walking beam, and the pipe frame are arranged at positions where the pipes can be placed in receiving grooves. 2. The transfer control means includes: a first stopper device for restraining a leading pipe at a predetermined position; a second stopper device for restraining a subsequent pipe; and a leading pipe restrained by the first stopper. When the sensor detects that the first pipe is being restrained by the first stopper in the initial state after starting the conveyor, the second stopper device is operated to restrain the subsequent pipe. Thereafter, the first stopper device is operated to open the first tube, and when the sensor detects that the first tube has passed through the first stopper, the first stopper device is initialized. 2. The pipe sorting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control for returning the second stopper device to the initial state and releasing the subsequent pipe is repeated at the same time or thereafter. 3. The transport control means includes a counter for counting the number of tubes detected by the sensor, and suspends the control for a predetermined time every time the count of the counter reaches a predetermined number. 3. The pipe arrangement device according to 2. 4. The transport control means includes a counter for counting the number of tubes detected by the sensor, and when the count of the counter reaches a predetermined number, increases the count by one and controls the control. Claim 2 to pause only once
Or the pipe arrangement device according to 3. 5. A circulating drive control means having another sensor for detecting that tubes conveyed one by one from said conveyor have moved onto one end of the walking beam, said circulating drive control means comprising: Each time the sensor detects a pipe, the circular drive device is operated once to move the pipe from the conveyor to the receiving groove at one end of the pipe hanging frame, or to move the pipe from one receiving groove of the pipe frame to the other. Move to the receiving groove next to the end side, or move the pipe from the conveyor to the receiving groove at one end of the pipe hanging frame and move the pipe from one receiving groove to the receiving groove next to the other end side of the pipe frame, The pipe sorting apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein during this time, the transport control means prohibits the first stopper device from opening the pipe. 6. The pipe sorting apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the circulating drive control unit operates the circulating drive device once at a predetermined timing while the transport control unit pauses once.