JP2005112618A - Conveyance device for bar-like article - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To securely convey bar-like articles, for example, thin articles such as thin wheat noodles and align their front end parts. <P>SOLUTION: A group 12 of articles are held in storage recessed parts of holding members 24 aranged at a predetermined interval in the direction of article conveyance on a first conveyor 14 while a bottom side and both sides are supported. Aligning members 40 arranged by separating from each other in the direction of running on a second conveyor 16 are positioned in front and rear of the holding member 24 from an article conveyance start end to a conveyance terminal by a first conveyor 14 and move. The aligning member 40 is set to such size that covers a wide scope exceeding a storage region of the storage recessed part. The holding member 24 and the following aligning members 40 advance and move continuously for the preceding piled up aligning members 40 so that the front end parts of the bar-like articles deviated forward in the direction of conveyance in the group of articles are abutted on rear faces of the piled up aligning members 40 and are aligned. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a bar-shaped article for transporting a group of articles, which are a collection of bar-shaped articles such as dried noodles such as somen noodles and cold wheat, and bar-shaped confectionery, in units of a predetermined amount, toward a processing machine such as a packaging apparatus with the front end aligned. The present invention relates to a transfer device.

As a transport device for transporting bar-shaped articles such as bar-shaped chocolate and bar-shaped biscuits, there is an apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 1, for example. This apparatus is a push plate that moves in a conveying path formed in a bowl shape by an article guide having a bottom surface and both side surfaces on a conveying piece of a conveying attachment disposed at a predetermined interval in a circulating conveying chain. Is arranged, and a group of articles deposited in the transport path is pushed toward the carry-out portion by the push plate. And, by bringing the front end of each bar-shaped article into contact with the rear surface of the preceding-side pushing plate by the difference in the amount of movement between the feeding plate that pushes the group of articles near the carry-out portion and the preceding pushing plate, A system is adopted in which the misalignment of the front end portion of the article group is corrected to achieve an aligned state.
Japanese Patent Publication No.61-3726

  In the transport apparatus, when there is a gap between the feed plate for feeding the group of articles in the transport path and the transport path, and the rod-shaped article has a narrow diameter such as somen, for example, the front end alignment described above. At this time, there is a problem that the rod-shaped article slips through the gap between the feeding plate being fed or the preceding-side feeding plate and the conveyance path, and reliable feeding or good alignment cannot be performed.

  That is, the present invention has been proposed in order to suitably solve the above-mentioned problems inherent in the transfer device according to the prior art, and even if the rod-shaped article is thin, for example, somen. An object of the present invention is to provide a rod-shaped article conveyance device capable of reliably carrying out conveyance and alignment of the front end portion.

In order to overcome the above-mentioned problems and achieve the intended purpose, a stick-shaped article conveying apparatus according to the present invention includes:
In the rod-shaped article conveying apparatus that conveys an article group in which rod-shaped articles are gathered in a predetermined amount unit and aligns the front end of the article group while reaching the terminal end of the conveyance,
A holding member that holds the article group in an accommodation recess capable of supporting the bottom side and both sides thereof and conveys the article group at predetermined intervals;
In the middle of article conveyance by the holding member, the alignment member faces the front and rear in the conveyance direction of the article group held in the housing recess, and can cover the range of the front and rear end surfaces of the article group,
After the forward movement of the holding member and the rear alignment member, the front end portion of the article group is brought into contact with the front alignment member to align the front end portion, and then the front alignment member is moved from the front end side of the article to the outside of the conveyance path. While being moved, it is characterized in that the aligned article group is pushed by the rear alignment member.

  According to the rod-shaped article conveyance device of the invention according to claim 1 of the present application, the holding members that hold the bottom side and both sides of the predetermined amount unit of the article group are movable, and each alignment located before and after the article group is movable. Since the member is set to a size that can cover the range beyond the front and rear end faces of the group of articles, even if the rod-shaped article is thin, such as somen, for example, conveyance failure or alignment defect during article feeding or article alignment can be prevented. .

  According to the conveying device of the second aspect, since the holding members made of a plurality of support pieces are arranged at predetermined intervals on the endless cord, the article group is directed toward a processing machine such as a packaging device arranged on the downstream side. Can be transported satisfactorily without disturbing its transport posture. According to a third aspect of the present invention, when the attachment disposed on the endless cord starts to bend from the straight travel state, the alignment member provided in the transport disposed rotatably on the attachment temporarily stagnates. Since the front end portion of the subsequent article group is aligned as a state, the article alignment can be performed without temporarily stopping the endless cord body itself. Further, according to the transport device of the fourth aspect, the accommodation amount of the accommodation recess in the holding member can be varied by adjusting the interval between the pair of endless cords in which the support pieces are alternately arranged. It is possible to easily cope with changes in the size of the bar-shaped article and the conveyance amount.

  Next, with reference to the accompanying drawings, a preferred embodiment will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings for a stick-shaped article conveying apparatus according to the present invention. In addition, as an Example, the case where a conveyance apparatus is applied to the article supply conveyor in a horizontal type bag making filling machine is demonstrated.

  FIG. 1 shows an overall configuration of an article supply conveyor as a stick-shaped article conveying device, and the article supply conveyor 10 conveys an article group 12 in which stick-like articles are grouped in a predetermined amount unit at predetermined intervals. This is basically composed of a first conveyor 14 and a second conveyor 16 disposed above the first conveyor 14. On the downstream side of the article supply conveyor 10, for example, a well-known horizontal type bag making and filling machine (packaging machine) is disposed, and the belt-like film 18 drawn from the film supply source in the horizontal type bag making and filling machine is supplied by the bag making means 20. The article group 12 is configured to be supplied at predetermined intervals into the molded tubular film.

  The first conveyor 14 includes a pair of first endless chains (endless cords) 22 and 22 that circulate in parallel with the article conveying direction on both sides of the article conveying center. On the front side (conveying surface side), a plurality of holding members 24 that hold and convey the article group 12 are arranged at predetermined intervals in the traveling direction. As shown in FIG. 2, each holding member 24 individually supports a support piece 26 laid across a pair of first endless chains 22, 22 for each chain link of the first endless chains 22, 22. It is configured by arranging and arranging a plurality in parallel in the traveling direction. As shown in FIG. 3, each support piece 26 is composed of a bar-like member having a substantially U-shape that opens upward on the carrier side (upper horizontal rectilinear portion) of the first endless chains 22, 22. A rod-shaped article of a predetermined amount unit is supplied to a storage recess 28 in the holding member 24 defined by 26 in a posture in which the longitudinal direction thereof is along the article conveying direction. The article group 12 accommodated in the accommodation recess 28 has the holding member 24 in the first endless chain 22 in a state where the bottom side and both sides in the width direction intersecting the article conveyance direction are supported by the accommodation recess 28. , 22 is moved toward the conveyance terminal portion, whereby the group of articles 12 is conveyed toward the bag making means 20 at predetermined intervals.

  The length of each holding member 24 in the article conveyance direction is set to be equal to or less than the length of the rod-shaped article. Each support piece 26 is detachably and replaceably disposed with respect to each chain link of the first endless chains 22, 22. The support piece 26 is replaced with one having a size different in height and width, and the receiving recess 28 is exchanged. By changing the internal volume (accommodation amount), it is possible to cope with changes in the size, transport amount, etc. of the rod-shaped article.

  A metering feeder 30 serving as an article supply means for supplying a bar-shaped article in a predetermined amount unit is disposed in a predetermined portion of the article conveyance path of the first conveyor 14 in the housing recess 28 of the holding member 24. In the embodiment, the metering feeders 30 are installed at two locations apart in the article transport direction.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the second conveyor 16 has a second endless chain (endless rope) 32 that circulates in a substantially quadrangular shape directed upward, upstream from the upstream article supply position of the first conveyor 14. The lower horizontal rectilinear portion extends from the side to the article conveyance end, and the endless chain 32 is provided with a plurality of regulating means 34 at predetermined intervals in the traveling direction. . As shown in FIG. 2, each restricting means 34 includes an attachment 36 disposed in the second endless chain 32, a transport body 38 pivotally supported by the attachment 36, and a transport body 38. And an alignment member 40 that extends to the article conveyance path side of the first conveyor 14 and aligns the front end of the article group 12 held in the accommodation recess 28 of the holding member 24 and pushes the article group 12. Composed. The arrangement interval of each alignment member 40 arranged in each regulating means 34 is set to be the same as the arrangement interval of each holding member 24 arranged in the first conveyor 14, and depends on the first conveyor 14. Positioned before and after the holding member 24 from the article conveyance start end to the conveyance end, the alignment member 40 is configured to travel along the article conveyance direction at the same speed as the conveyance speed of the first conveyor 14.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the transport body 38 is formed with a long hole 38a extending at a predetermined length along the traveling direction on the rear side in the chain traveling direction from the pivotally supported position with respect to the attachment 36. A roller 42 disposed on the chain link of the second endless chain 32 is fitted into the elongated hole 38a so as to be able to roll. In the lower horizontal rectilinear portion of the second endless chain 32, the attachment 36 and the transport body 38 move in a state where the roller 42 is positioned on the rear end side of the long hole portion 38a. Oscillation is restricted and the alignment member 40 is held vertically. On the other hand, in the upward bending portion of the second endless chain 32 located at the article conveyance terminal portion of the first conveyor 14, the attachment 42 starts to bend until the roller 42 starts to bend. In the meantime, the roller 42 is configured to move straight in the long hole portion 38a so that the conveyance body 38 and the alignment member 40 are temporarily stopped before bending. Accordingly, the front end portion of the article group 12 conveyed by the subsequent holding member 24 comes into contact with the rear surface of the preceding alignment member 40 that is temporarily stagnated so that the front end portion is aligned. It has become. In addition, the distance between the alignment member 40 following the holding member 24 and the preceding alignment member 40 in the stagnant state is reduced, and the rear end of the article group 12 in which the subsequent alignment member 40 is held by the holding member 24. The rear end portion is configured to be aligned by contacting the portion. When the roller 42 starts to bend, the transport body 38 and the aligning member 40 also start to bend, so that the aligning member 40 moves out of the article transport path to the downstream side of the article group 12. Configured to allow movement.

  The front surface and the rear surface of the alignment member 40 are configured to cover a wider area than the front and rear end surfaces of the article group 12 housed and held in the housing recess 28 of the holding member 24. Thereby, when aligning the front end portion of the article group 12 by the aligning member 40 and when pushing the article group 12 toward the horizontal bag making and filling machine connected downstream from the conveyance end portion, the holding member The rod-shaped article accommodated and held in the 24 accommodating recesses 28 does not pass through the alignment member 40 and move.

[Operation of Example 1]
Next, the operation of the article supply conveyor according to the first embodiment will be described. A bar-shaped article of a predetermined amount unit is supplied from the metering machine 30 to the holding member 24. This group of articles 12 is deposited in the receiving recess 28 in a parallel state, and its bottom side and both sides in the width direction are supported. It becomes a state. When the bar-shaped article is supplied from the metering feeder 30, the alignment members 40 of the second conveyor 16 have already faced the front and rear of the holding member 24 in the article transport direction, respectively. It is reliably positioned between the front and rear alignment members 40,40. That is, in the configuration in which the alignment members 40, 40 enter the front and rear positions of the holding member 24 after the supply of the article group 12 to the holding member 24, if the rod-shaped article greatly protrudes before and after the holding member 24, the alignment member 40. However, such a problem does not occur although the rod-shaped article may be broken at the time of entering.

  The holding member 24 is moved by the traveling of the pair of first endless chains 22 and 22 on the first conveyor 14, so that the article group 12 accommodated in the accommodation recess 28 is supported on the bottom side and both sides in the width direction. In this state, it is conveyed toward the article conveyance end. In addition, the alignment members 40 and 40 positioned in front of and behind the holding member 24 by the travel of the second endless chain 32 of the second conveyor 16 are at the same speed as the holding member 24 at the same speed and at the end of article conveyance. Move towards. Since the article group 12 is conveyed while being held by the holding member 24, the article group 12 is not rubbed and damaged against a fixing member such as a table or a bed.

  When the holding member 24 that is moved by the travel of the first endless chains 22 and 22 in the first conveyor 14 reaches the vicinity of the conveyance end portion, the restriction on the leading side in the second conveyor 16 that moves at the same speed as the holding member 24 When the attachment 36 of the means 34 starts to bend, the alignment member 40 stays in the vertical state. In contrast, the holding member 24 and the alignment member 40 that follows the holding member 24 continue to move forward, and the front end portion of the rod-shaped article that is shifted forward in the conveyance direction in the article group is the rear surface of the preceding alignment member 40 in a stagnant state. It is aligned by abutting on. Further, the distance between the leading side alignment member 40 and the trailing side alignment member 40 is reduced, so that the trailing side alignment member 40 is shifted backward in the conveying direction in the article group held by the holding member 24. The rear end of the bar-shaped article is abutted and pushed, so that the front and rear ends of the group of articles 12 are aligned together. That is, the alignment member 40 can be temporarily stagnated without stopping the second conveyor 16 and the front end of the group of articles 12 can be aligned, so that the preceding alignment member 40 is moved by a separate drive mechanism, There is no need to temporarily stop the leading side alignment member 40 by a separate drive mechanism or to decelerate from the subsequent alignment member 40, and the operation control of the conveyor 16 can be simplified.

  Further movement of the attachment 36 of the preceding regulating means 34 causes the stagnating preceding alignment member 40 to begin to bend upward and move out of the article conveying path, and to reach the aligned condition. The group 12 is continuously pushed in front of the succeeding alignment member 40 and supplied into the film formed into a cylindrical shape by the bag making means 20 connected to the downstream side. Is done. The alignment member 40 that pushes the article group 12 becomes a leading-side alignment member that aligns the front end of the article group 12 held in the receiving recess 28 of the subsequent holding member 24 that follows. As described above, the alignment members 40 positioned in front of and behind the article group 12 are set to sizes that can cover a wider range than the accommodation area in the accommodation recess 28 of the holding member 24. When the end portions are aligned by the front and rear alignment members 40, 40, and when the article group 12 is pushed toward the horizontal bag making and filling machine connected downstream from the conveyance end portion, It is possible to achieve reliable alignment and pushing without passing through each alignment member 40 and moving. That is, even for a thin bar-like article such as somen, for example, the front and rear ends of the article group 12 can be reliably aligned and pushed. In addition, the article group 12 aligned with the specified longitudinal length can be satisfactorily packaged without being bitten by the sealing means when laterally sealing / cutting the tubular film in the direction intersecting the cylindrical film.

  As in this embodiment, when the present invention is applied to a horizontal bag making and filling machine, it is not necessary to make the front and rear end portions of the respective rod-shaped articles coincide with each other, and they are fed into a cylindrical film. It is only necessary to set the front and rear end portions in a substantially aligned state within a range that does not hinder horizontal sealing and cutting before and after the article group 12.

  The support piece 26 that constitutes the holding member 24 is not limited to a configuration that is laid on the pair of first endless chains 22, 22, and is disposed on an endless cord body including a single endless chain or the like. Also good. Further, the support piece 26 is not limited to the shape described above, and may be substantially U-shaped or V-shaped in cross section, and the article group is formed by the accommodating recess 28 defined by the plurality of support pieces. Various shapes that can support the bottom and both sides of the twelve can be employed. Further, the support piece 26 can be made of a plate-like member or a block-like member made of metal, resin or the like in addition to the rod-like member.

  Next, the article supply conveyor (bar-shaped article transport device) according to the second embodiment will be described. However, since the basic configuration is the same as that described in the first embodiment, only different parts will be described. .

  As shown in FIG. 5, the pair of first endless chains 22 and 22 constituting the first conveyor 14 are configured to be able to move close to and away from the article conveyance center, and are spaced apart in the axial direction and screwed with respective reverse screws. The distance between the pair of first endless chains 22 and 22 can be adjusted by a distance adjusting mechanism 48 including an engraved adjusting screw and an adjusting handle. The plurality of support pieces 50 constituting each holding member 24 are arranged so as to be alternately positioned in the traveling direction with respect to the pair of first endless chains 22, 22, and are accommodated by the plurality of support pieces 50. A recess 28 is defined. Each support piece 50 is formed by bending a flat plate member into an L shape so as to support the bottom surface of the article group 12 and a side receiving piece 50b as a part supporting one side of the article group 12. And the bottom end receiving piece 50a is disposed on one or the other first endless chain 22 and the tip end portion extends toward the other end or the first endless chain 22 side. Is done. That is, in the arrangement state with respect to the first endless chains 22, 22, the support piece 50 has the bottom receiving piece 50 a overlapping each other in the chain running direction, and the side receiving piece 50 b is one of the article groups 12 in the chain running direction. It is set to be alternately positioned at a position supporting the side surface and a position supporting the other side surface.

  Note that the bottom receiving pieces 50a and 50a of the support piece group disposed in one first endless chain 22 and the support piece group disposed in the other first endless chain 22 are alternately arranged in a comb-teeth shape. The articles stored in the storage recess 28 even when the width dimension of the storage recess 28 is changed by adjusting the distance between the pair of first endless chains 22 and 22. The bottom surface of the group 12 can be supported. Further, the extension length of the bottom receiving piece 50a is such that when the pair of first endless chains 22 and 22 is moved and adjusted to the maximum extent with respect to the article group 12 having the largest accommodation capacity, Most preferably, it extends to a position that intersects the position where the receiving piece 50b is disposed.

  Further, the side receiving piece 50b of each supporting piece 50 is set to a size sufficient to support the side surface of the article group 12 accommodated in the accommodating recess 28, and the bottom receiving piece 50a. Is set to be approximately twice as long as the length of the holding member 24 and extends to the front side or the rear side in the article conveying direction, thereby supporting the side surfaces of the article group 12 by the side receiving pieces 50b and 50b over substantially the entire length of the holding member 24. Configured to be able to. That is, the support pieces 50 and 50 that are alternately arranged in the first endless chains 22 and 22 and are adjacent to each other in a pair form a pair, and the side receiving pieces 50b and 50b of the both support pieces 50 and 50 are the bottom receiving pieces. By extending in the opposite directions toward the extending side of 50a, 50a, a large gap is not generated in the side portion of the holding member 24 (see FIG. 4). The upper end shape (the shape of the extended end portion) of each of the side receiving pieces 50b, 50b that form a pair is such that the arrangement positions of the bottom receiving pieces 50a, 50a with respect to the first endless chains 22, 22 are shifted in the traveling direction. Accordingly, the movement trajectories of the upper ends when the support pieces 50 and 50 return with the gap with the bag making means 20 downward are set to be the same. Further, in each holding member 24 of the second embodiment, another support piece 52 in which the lengths of the bottom receiving piece 52a and the side receiving piece 52b are set to be the same is provided at the top of the first endless chain 22 as one or the other. It is arranged. Note that the position of the uppermost end (maximum extended end position) of the side receiving piece 52b in another supporting piece 52 is set to be the same as the position of the uppermost end of the side receiving piece 50b in the supporting piece 50. The other support pieces 52 are provided to adjust the holding length of the holding member 24 with respect to the length of the rod-shaped article to be transported, and all have the same shape depending on the length of the rod-shaped article. The support piece 50 is preferably provided.

  Further, the size of the front surface and the rear surface of each alignment member 40 disposed on the second conveyor 16 is larger than the accommodation area when the accommodation recess 28 whose width dimension is variable is adjusted to the maximum width dimension. When the front and rear end portions of the article group 12 are aligned by the front and rear alignment members 40, 40 and when the article group 12 is pushed, the rod-shaped articles pass through the alignment members 40. It is configured not to move.

  That is, also in the article supply conveyor 10 of the second embodiment, the same effects as those of the first embodiment described above are obtained, and when the size and the conveyance amount of the rod-shaped article are changed, the pair of first endless chains 22, This can be easily handled by simply adjusting the interval of 22.

  In the support pieces 50 and 52 of the second embodiment, the bottom receiving pieces 50a and 52a and the side receiving pieces 50b and 52b are formed by bending the flat plate member. The bottom receiving piece and the side receiving piece may be formed by bending. In addition, as shown in FIG. 6, a shape in which a bottom receiving piece (part) 44 a that supports the bottom surface of the article group 12 and a side receiving piece (part) 44 b that supports one side of the article group 12 are connected by a curved portion. The bottom receiving piece 44a of each support piece 44 made of a rod-shaped member or a flat plate member formed on the one or the other first endless chain 22 so as to be mutually positioned in the carrying direction, 28 may be U-shaped. In the support piece 44 shown in FIG. 6, a bottom receiving piece 44 a is disposed on the first endless chain 22 on the side opposite to the side on which the side receiving piece 44 b faces, and a holding member comprising the plurality of supporting pieces 44. In 24, the capacity | capacitance of the accommodation recessed part 28 becomes large because a pair of 1st endless chain | strands 22 and 22 adjoin each other, and it becomes small by conversely separating. Further, as shown in FIG. 7, support pieces 46 made of rod-like members or flat plate members that are inclined downward from one or the other first endless chain 22 toward the other or one first endless chain 22 are mutually connected in the transport direction. By disposing it so as to be positioned, the accommodation recess 28 may have a V-shape when viewed from the transport direction. In the support piece 46 shown in FIG. 7, a portion where both the support pieces 46, 46 serve as a portion that supports the bottom surface of the article group 12, and a portion spaced upward from the part supports one side of the article group 12. It becomes a part to do.

  In the first and second embodiments described above, the alignment member 40 is detachably disposed on the transport body 38. When aligning different types of rod-shaped articles, the alignment member 40 has a longitudinal length. This can be done by exchanging for a different one.

[Example of change]
The present application is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment, and other configurations can be appropriately employed.
1. The second conveyor 16 including the alignment member 40 is configured to run the second endless chain 32 along the vertical plane above the article conveyance path in the first conveyor 14. The alignment member 40 is a holding member 24 of the first conveyor 14 such as a configuration in which the endless chain 32 travels, a configuration in which the endless chain 32 travels along a horizontal plane below the transport path, or the like. Anything can be used as long as it can face before and after.
2. The alignment of the front and rear ends of the article group 12 by the alignment member 40 is most preferably performed in the vicinity of the conveyance end portion of the article group 12, but is not limited to this, and is performed from the conveyance start end to the conveyance end of the article group 12. The article group 12 may be set so as to be aligned within any section such as a transport upstream part or a midstream part in the middle of the transportation of the article group 12 between them.
3. The holding member 24 is disposed at predetermined intervals on the first endless chains 22, 22. However, the holding member 24 holds the article group 12 and can be advanced at predetermined intervals. Various types of conveying means can be employed. The holding member 24 is not limited to the one constituted by the plurality of support pieces 26, 44, 46, 50, 52, and the housing recess 28 having the above-described various shapes is formed by bending one plate-like member. It is also possible to adopt a structure in which a housing recess 28 having various shapes is formed on a plurality of or a single block-shaped member.
4). Regarding the mechanism for aligning the front and rear end portions of the article group 12 housed and held in the housing recess 28 of the holding member 24, not only the method shown in the embodiment, but also the holding member 24 and the rear alignment member 40, The speed of the front alignment member 40 may be slowed down and the end alignment of the article group 12 may be performed, and then the speed may be changed to a high speed, or a constant speed period may be provided between the slow speed and the high speed. Further, it is possible to adopt a configuration in which the front alignment member 40 is disposed at a predetermined position, moved to a position where the front end portion can be aligned according to the passage timing of the article group 12 and aligned, and then retracted outside the conveyance path. The rear alignment member 40 may be disposed on the holding member 24 so as to advance integrally with the holding member 24, and at least the rear alignment member 40 moves in synchronization with the holding member 24. If there are, other configurations can be adopted instead of these various configurations.
5). The apparatus connected to the conveying apparatus is not limited to a horizontal bag making and filling machine, and may be a packaging machine or a conveyor that receives the article group 12 at a predetermined interval, or other various processing machines.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a schematic block diagram which shows the whole article supply conveyor which concerns on suitable Example 1 of this invention. It is a schematic front view which shows the principal part of the article supply conveyor which concerns on Example 1. FIG. It is a schematic side view which shows the principal part of the article supply conveyor which concerns on Example 1. FIG. It is a schematic front view which shows the principal part of the article supply conveyor which concerns on Example 2. FIG. It is a schematic side view which shows the principal part of the article supply conveyor which concerns on Example 2. FIG. 10 is a schematic side view showing a modification of the support piece according to Embodiment 2. FIG. 10 is a schematic side view showing another modification of the support piece according to Embodiment 2. FIG.

Explanation of symbols

12 article group, 22 first endless chain (endless cable body), 24 holding member, 26 support piece 28 receiving recess, 32 second endless chain (endless cable body), 36 attachment 38 transport body, 40 alignment member, 44 support piece 44a Bottom receiving piece (part)
44b Side receiving piece (part), 46 supporting piece, 50 supporting piece, 50a bottom receiving piece (part)
50b side receiving piece (part), 52 separate support piece, 52a bottom receiving piece (part)
52b Side piece (part)

Claims (4)

In the rod-shaped article conveying apparatus that conveys the article group (12) in which the rod-shaped articles are grouped in a predetermined amount unit and aligns the front end of the article group (12) while reaching the terminal end of the conveyance,
A holding member (24) for holding the article group (12) in a holding recess (28) capable of supporting the bottom side and both sides thereof and transporting the article group at a predetermined interval;
In the course of article conveyance by the holding member (24), it faces the front and rear in the conveyance direction of the article group (12) held in the receiving recess (28), and the range is equal to or greater than the front and rear end faces of the article group (12). An alignment member (40) capable of covering
The forward movement of the holding member (24) and the rear alignment member (40) causes the front end portion of the article group (12) to abut against the front alignment member (40) to align the front end portion, and The alignment member (40) is moved out of the conveyance path from the front end side of the article, and the aligned article group (12) is pushed by the rear alignment member (40). apparatus.   The holding member (24) is disposed at predetermined intervals on the endless cords (22, 22) that can travel along the article conveyance direction, and the holding member (24) is provided for the article group (12). The rod-shaped article conveying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of supporting pieces (26, 44, 46, 50, 52) capable of holding the bottom side and both sides are arranged in parallel along the article conveying direction.   A plurality of attachments (36) are attached to the endless cord (32) disposed above the conveyance path of the article group (12) at predetermined intervals, and are rotatably disposed on the attachments (36). The alignment member (40) is disposed on the transport body (38), and when the attachment (36) starts to bend from the straight traveling state, the alignment member (40) is temporarily stagnated, and the alignment member ( 40. The bar-shaped article conveying apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a front end portion of the succeeding article group (12) is brought into contact with a rear surface of the article. A portion that supports the bottom side of the article group (12), including an interval adjustment mechanism (48) that can adjust the interval between a pair of endless cords (22, 22) that run parallel to each other in the article conveyance direction ( 44a, 50a, 52a) and the support piece (44, 46, 50, 52) having a portion (44b, 50b, 52b) for supporting one side with respect to the pair of endless cords (22, 22). The supporting pieces (44, 46, 50, 52) are alternately arranged in the running direction, and the support pieces (44, 46, 50, 52) are superposed on each other in the running direction by the portions (44a, 50a, 52a) supporting the bottom side. The bar-shaped article according to claim 2, wherein the parts (44b, 50b, 52b) supporting one side are set alternately on one side and the other side of the article group (12) in the traveling direction. Transport device.

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